PORTRAITS AND BIOGRAPHIES. 



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President, and on August 14, following, he was re-elected 

 by acclamation. He is a splendid parliamentarian, and 



presides with dignity 

 and ease. He is firm 

 in the discharge of 

 duty, though courteous 

 in demeanor, with 

 naturally quick per- 

 ceptions to catch a 

 point and decide it. 

 As President of the 

 State Alliance in Ten- 

 nessee he developed 

 unusual ability as a pre- 

 siding officer. When 

 the Wheel and Alli- 

 ance consolidated he 

 was chosen unani- 

 mously, by acclama- 

 /. P. Buchanan. tion, as President of 



the consolidated body. He was a delegate from his 

 State to the National Alliance which convened at 

 Meridian, Mississippi, in 1888, and was in hearty 

 sympathy with the effort to consolidate the two bodies. 

 He was a member of the committee that prepared the 

 Constitution and By-Laws of the National Farmers' and 

 Laborers' Union, and took an active part in securing their 

 adoption. He was a delegate to the St. Louis Conven- 

 tion in December, 1889, and contributed' much towards 

 the successful work accomplished there. His recognized 

 ability as a leader, coupled with his sterling integrity, 

 brought him prominently to the front and he was pressed 

 to become the Alliance candidate for Governor of Ten- 

 nessee. Notwithstanding a strong effort was made by the 

 tools of monopoly to defeat him, his friends made such a 



