 When the Democratic Party 's platform did not endorse his inflationist views in 1876 , Chambers quit the party . The new Greenback Party ( sometimes called the Greenback @-@ Labor Party , ) had not yet begun to organize in Texas , but its positions better suited Chambers and he joined in 1877 . The Greenbackers , in the words of one author , " anticipated by almost fifty years the progressive legislation of the first quarter of the twentieth century . " Their platform advocated an eight @-@ hour work day , safety regulations in factories , and prohibition of child labor . Their most prominent position , however , and the one from which their name was derived , was support for the continued issuance of the greenback dollar . 
