The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-26

| his candidacy for reelection. Perhaps
 it is as good an idea a3 can be suggest ed just now to allow Mir. Jelks to be | the beneficiary of the Democratic pre- cedent of a second term.-Coosa River News.
 Governor Jelks ask for reelection and says he will then retire to his newspa- per pffice at Eufaula on the banks of the beautiful Chattahoochee. Governor Jelks is an able man and if he proves
 himself worthy there is little doubt
 that the Democracy will honor him with another term.-Russellville Head
 light.
 | Governor Jelks has announced that
 he Is a candidate to succeed himself.
 There is nothing surprising about this,
 and it is only what was expected. Now ! that Jelks has gotten a taste of public office he. like the rest. will see the thing out. As Jeiks Is pretty good fellow. we are willing.-Huntsville Republi- | can.
 Governor Jelks is the first to an- nounce himself as a candidate for the once which he has so ably filled since the death of Governor Sanford. The Governor Is rather early in his an- nouncement. The early bird. though. has a better chance at the worm than the tardy one.-Piedmont Inquirer.
 At the meeting of the Alabama Press Association at Jackson's Lake. and on occasions since that date, particularly at the banquet rendered to him by Colonel Higdon at Camp Rufus N. Rhodes this week. Governor Jelks stat ed that he will be candidate for re- election as Governor of Alabama at the expiration of his present term. That he will have no opposition is most probable, as he has won great distinc- ton in the few short months he has served his State, and there is every reason to believe that he will be the unanimous choice of the people to suc- ceed himself.-Pratt City Herald. The Birmingham News announces under staring headlines that Governor Ielks is a candidate for reelection af- l ter his present term expires.
 The Governor in his speech at Jack sons Lake during the Press Conven-
 tion.. told the boys very plainly that
 he wished to be elected Governor at
 the next election. He was loudly ap-
 plauded.
 Governor Jelks is very popular with
 the newspaper men all over the State. He is affabie, courteous and dignified. and has on the whole conducted him. self we'll in the trying positions in
 which he has been placed. He still has
 about a year in which to make his
 record The Sun believes it will be a
 good one.-Tuscaloosa Sun.
 | Governor Jelks, at a banquet given in Birmingham a few days ago. announced I k1 t.A AnAt Aak Co ernor at the tnd of his present term. It
 Is further announced that he will prob
 ably have no opposition. but will be the unanimous choice of the people. l When called to the temporary dis
 charge of the duties of Governor last
 winter, during the illness of Governor
 Sanford. MT Jelks was comparatively
 unknown: yet in the few weeks he filled l the Executive chair his officiaf record
 was marked by an intelligent concep-
 ton of the duties and responsibilities
 of the office. Tn all his official acts he
 displayed sound judgment and good.
 common sense, and 1t was not long un-
 til he was we'll established in the con- fdence of the whole State.
 Coming into office on the death of Governor Sanford, he has more than
 fulfilled the expectations of his friends. and has continued to grow in popular ity. That he should aspire to succeed
 himself is but natural, and 1t would not be surprising If the prediction that he
 will have no opposition should be veri-
 hed.-Shefield Standard.
 The announcement of his candidacy | for Governor was expected of Governor Jelks. His friends have known for some time that he proposed entering the race next year. in the event that Governor Sanford did not ask re- election, and since the death of Gov ernor Sanford, it has been a foregone conclusion that the popular ex-news- paper man from Barbour would an- nounce his candidacy whenever the nroper time and occasion arrived.
 The people of Alabama will cheer. fully give Governor Jelks second term. He has demonstrated during his service in the Senate, and later
 when acting Governor, that he belongs to the conservative type of statesman; and. when accompanied with reason able ability, that is an excellent recom- mendation. If he continues along the
 lines riRldly observed in the past, there
 is no reason why his popularity should
 not increase with his term of service in the Executive Ohhce.
 There are a number of prospectiVe
 candidates for Governor, among them
 some of those who were defeated last
 wear. but the present indications are
 most favorable to Governor JelkS. He
 will at least have his competitors dis
 tanced at the start. and that Is great
 advantage in a political contest. The
 ScrIptural quotation, "The first shall
 he last. and the last shall be first" does