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anu HdNe louhu lnHL pFiCeS or al products, as well as the wages palC to wage earners, have continued tC 20 down, while the price of money has increased in value, and now, il our impoverished condition we ar, making the last struggle to, in soml degree of justice and right, eQualiz( the parity between the money ant our commodities, so that the farmer the mechanic and the laborer may receive just compensation for hi. work or commodity, and this ear only be accomplished by q change ir the present laws of our government for if the policy pursued by our gov ernment since 1872 has produced the depression in trade, the low prices ir commodities and the general condi tion of bankruptcy which has pre- vailed almost constantly since that time, what reason have we to pre- sume that a continuance of our pol icy will not produce thesa results
 At the conclusion of Maj. Whites remarks, Messrs. D. c. Bell and J. k Core were elected temporary secre- taries.
 The delegates were then requested to hand in their credentials, and there being no contests, the follow ing gentlemen were declared dele gates from their respective town ships:
 Barraque-W.C c. Davis, J. A. Bain, ". c. Rerdsley.
 Bogy-G. l.. Maddlng, Nj. G. Sen nett.
 Boliyar-J. A. Miller, j. R. Core.
 Dudley Lake-J. W. Tucker, s. Galligan.
 Dunnington-A. E. Grace (proxy), G. E. Lytle.
 Jefferson-J. D. Bush, J. l.. Davis.
 Melton-A. J Hooker.
 Niven-J. H. Shelby.J. $. Wingard.
 Plum Bayou-T. NJ. Phillips, H. A. Mccoy (proxy), J. NJ. Barrett, D. c. Wa t.
 Roberts-O. H.V Dawson.
 Riehland-R. T. Moore (proxy1, J. A. McPhail. B. T. Perry.
 Spring-A. ". Monk, l.. Melton, J. R Homan.
 Talladega-M. A. Hudson. E. c. Cotter.
 Yictoria-J. W. Davis, J. W. Cor coran.
 Yaugine-W. B. Greenfield, Leo Nj. Andrews. John Currie.
 Washington-J. W. Bates. F. T. Miller, D. Foley.
 Whlteville-W. D. Raney. U. NJ. Ross, G. l.. Blackwell.
 First Ward-DeWitt Hope, NJ. Hol- land, John Canady, II. k. C. Foster, NJ. Donovan, W. G. Street.
 Second Ward-W. z. Tankersley, F. c. Bridges. W. II. Langford, W. T. Woodbridge, J. w. Crawford, A. Brewster, Gabe Meyer, H. r. Vest brook, N. J. Owen.
 Third Wards. NJ. Taylor, S. F. ] W. Adams, A. $. Trigg, George Steinback. D. c. Bell, V. O. Alexander. c. Nj. Philpot, Alex Strauss.
 Fourth Ward-N. T White, J. B. Johnson, Creed Caldwell.
 Upon motion, Mir. J. W. Jones was to represent Villemont and Mir. B.Curlin Pastorla township.
 Upon motion the temporary officers were then declared the per manent officers of the convention.
 Upon motion Mess"s. A. B. Grace and $. Y. T. Knox were indorsed for appointment by the Governor as Election Commissioners for Jefferson county.
 Mir. A. B. Grace then arose and of fered the following resolutions:
 RESOLVED, That we are in favor of sound money and an "h0nest dollar" n dollar worth neither more nor less than one hundred cents, and a currency whose ''soundness" has been tested and proven ny more than u hundred years of the growth and prosperity of this nation. Therefore, we favor bi-mntallism, and to that end we demand the free and unlimit- ed coinage of both gold and silver at the ratio of 16 to l as standard money. with equal legal tender, power independent of the action of other nations.
 RESOLVED, That our delegates to the State convention be and they are hereby instructed to vote for such persons only as delegates to the Ma tional Democratic convention as are well known to be ardeht and sincere advocates of the principles embodied in the foregoing resolution.
 Mr. II. l.. c. Foster then offered the following as an amendment:
 RESOLVED, That we endorse the course of the Hon. James K. Jones in the Senate of the United States, and recognize in him statesman Of unusual ability and unquestionable loyalty to his constituents and the peoples' interests. And we instruct our delegates to the State conyen- tion to endeavor to have him recom- mended to the Legislature for re- election.
 That we instruct our delegates 10 the State convention to use their ln- q. .1I hfo VpnQn9 fO