The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-17

speech in the interest or the new con- stitution. He would make short speech because while he and Colonel Bradon were warming up ratification the dinner would be getting cold. He told his hearers that the people had lived under four constitutions, the last one being adopted in 1875 Governor Jelks went into the finances of the State, and told
 how the State debt was increased from
 8. .000, 900 to S3o000,000 under negro mis-
 rule. The old constitution had outlived
 its usefulness. The taxable property of the State had about doubled since the
 old constitution was adopted, and 1t was
 not constructed to fit present conditions. As a rule people adopt a new constitu- tion, because the new instrument is gen. erally superior to the old. v ~ Governor Jelks said that if the ten com | mandments had been embodied in the
 new constitution that there would be
 some men who would be opposed to the
 new instrument. Some men were bound
 to have fits and they would have them periodically 1t matered not what was done.
 He spoke about the great saving to the State that would accrue by refund ing the State debt under the new con- stitution. Under the old constitution 1t l was impossible to refund the debt Under | the old if he should die who would be
 the Governor. Speaker Pettus died the last night of the last legislature. If he | should lie down and die there would have | been no one to take his place if the late convention had not provided for the suc- cession.
 Governor Jelks said that he had allow | ed himself to think that no white man would be disfranchised. The Democ- racy had said that. and why should he
 not repeat what the Democracy has said He would make a mild dictator. And | just think of his amiable. sweet friend | Bob Pool being a dictator, or his strong,
 cool friend Tom Sowell. becoming dic-
 tator. If that is treason they can make
 the best of it. (Applauseo
 At the conclusion of the speeches Gov
 ernor Jelks and Colonel Brandon were
 warmly congratulated. The speeches
 did much good in Dallas
 Five or six more attractions were ad- | ded to the Street Fair yesterday and | the crowds inside the inclosure, as shown
 from the gate receipts. was considerably larger than 1t was the first day. The
 tickets taken in at the gate Monday show I that nearly 1,500 came into see the sights.
 Yesterday over 2,O00 paid their entrance | fees at the gate, and the number Is ex- pected to be much larger today. Among the new attractions that opened
 up for business last night was the mov-
 ing pictures, representing the Galveston
 storm horror and the funeral procession | of President Mckinley. The moving
 picture show Is one of the most popular | in the inclosure and hundreds of people | visited 1t at every performance The
 pictures are good and are thoroughly en-
 joyed by all who go in to see them. The fat woman Is also one of the att | hot las She | weighs 720 pounds and is so fieshy that | she seems to be a burden to herself. In | the inclosure with her is a little woman, | 25 years old, who weighs only thirty | five pounds.
 family is very fine. No circus ever had | a better aggregation of performers than | this family and they performed some daring feats in mid air yesterday and | last night. The regulation netting Is stretched underneath them to protect | them in case of an accident Each dar- | ing feat that was performed by this | family was greeted with rounds of ap- plause by the hundreds and thousands on ! the inside and outside of the inclosure. | The trapeze on which this family of acrobats perform Is so high that the im- mense crowds that gather outside the tn- closure can see them perform without paying the dime entrance Tee. There are also a couple of geuine Fill | pino youths on exhibition and they, too, | have attracted their share of attention. On account of the troubles that the | United States have had in conquering | the Philippine Islands everybody Is in- | terested in this people, and many went to see these wonderful little fellows from | our far away possessions in the Orient. The grounds were opened al g a. m. to-
 day and the Fifth Georgia band sat on | the bridge at that hour and discoursed | music to the thousands who gathered | about the streets. The gates will be opened at a. m every day from now
 on and the fun and frolic will go on from | early morn until late into the night. To- | morrow Is Buffalo Bill Day" and 1t is | expected that the largest crowd of the
 week will be here on that day to see the
 wonderful sights A good many think | that Buffalo Bils coming will hurt the | fair. while still others think that many
 hundreds of the country people that come
 to the city will go into the fair grounds | in the morning and take in the sight l there and will then go to Buffalo Bilfs | show in the afternoon and at night thus | 'ldlling two birds with one stone" Buff
 falo Bill is an enthusiastic Elk and will
 not do anything if he can help 1t to keep | the Elks Street Fair from making
 money.
 | The EIks have taken up subscription
 amone themselves and will aid the Floral | parade which comes off Friday. At least | S1OO has been raised in this manner for | the floral display and the gaily decked l vehicles on Friday next will have the | aefeot of drawing an immense crowd both | from the city and the country.
 This morning Judge P. H. Pitts wrote | +o Governor William D. Jelks, notifying l hjr, that a vacancy existed in the Cir
 n',It Clerks office of Dallas County. The | tacts connected with the vacancy have | hoa, written LID several times before in | TNhn Advertiser Attorneys representing | | .tL sidcs appeared before Judge Pitts | | o,,d after hearing what they had to say | | he concluded that 1t was his duty' as no,.o+o Iudge of the county, to certify | | to inc Governor that there was Vacam,
 eo Tt Is now with the Governor to fill | | the vacancy MT Crawt PhilllpS ana MT. | IT Nunnelee are the only applicants
 o,d one of them will receive the appoint | ment.
 ,,,ssos Helen and Bessie Walters of
 1yaii,% Cnrings. Miss, are in the city on
 1,tsit to their uncle, Captain E. T.
 Walters.
 Miss Julia Jones of Demopolis. is in the
 oity nm a visit to Miss Hattie Lamar,
 or Cbnrch Street. She is niece of
 Hon. H. F. Reese