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than to be Governpr of Texas. Hence he declined to 

 accept the honor conferred npon him by the people whom 

 he represented. 



" He was re-elected as President of the Farmers' 

 State Alliance of Texas, at Dallas, August 24, 1888, by 

 acclamation, which position he now holds. He repre- 

 sented the National Farmers' Alliance and Co-operative 

 Union of America in the Northwestern Farmers' Alliance, 

 and a meeting of the Executive Committee and National 

 Officers of said body at Des Moines, Iowa, February 13 

 and 14, 1888, and presented to said body the necessity of 

 co-operation in such a forcible manner that his mission 

 resulted in the appointment of a committee of five to meet 

 with the National Farmers' Alliance and Co-operative 

 Union of America at its next meeting at Meridian, Miss- 

 issippi, to perfect a plan of co-operation between the two 

 great National bodies. 



1 ' At the annual meeting of the National Alliance in 

 Meridian, Mississippi, a consolidation of the National 

 Farmers' Alliance and National Wheel was affected, pro- 

 vided three-fourths of the States ratify the action of that 

 meeting. Evan Jones was elected President of the new 

 organization, the Farmers' and Laborers' Union of Amer- 

 ica. A wiser head could not have been found." 



Mr. Jones is a man of quiet and modest manners, 

 untiring industry and unimpeachable integrity. He pos- 

 sesses, in a large degree, the unflinching and unselfish 

 patriotism which characterized the fathers of the Ameri- 

 ican revolution. Amid the storm of opposition which 

 assailed the organization in his State, of which he was 

 President, he stood calm, cool and determined. His 

 excellent judgment and executive ability did much 

 towards adding to the strength and success of the Order 

 in the Lone Star State. He is a forcible and logical 

 speaker and a good parliamentarian. His well trained 



