The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-25
BOWIE IS FOR JELKS
FOURTH DISTRICT CONGRESS
 MAN ENDORSES GOVERNOR
Was in Montgomery Yesterday and Pledged His Support to Senator Pettus-Working for Selma
 Public Building.

Hon. Sydney J. Rowie, Congressman from the Fourth Alabama District, was in Montgomery yesterday and went to Birmingham yesterday evening. He will go to his home in Anniston today. MT. Bowie returned to Anniston Friday night from Washington, and came to Mont gomery yesterday on personal business.
 In an interview with representative of The Advertiser, Congressman Bowie declared himself unalterably in favor of the nomination of Governor Jelks next year to succeed himself and said he hoped and had no doubt that senator Pettus would be reelected to the United States Senate by the next Legislature.
 MT. Bowie is one of the new Dem ocratiG Congressman from Alabama, ana during the first days of the session he familiarized himself with national leg islation. He was appointed on Elections Committee No. l, of which Hon. Robert W. Taylor of Ohio, is Chairman, This committee will have to consider the con test between Hon. John l.. Burnett, Dem ocrat, and Hon. N E. Spears. Repub- lican, for the Congressional seat from the Seventh Alabama District. MT. Bowie iS the only member from Alabama on tho Committee.
 Discussing national legislation. MT. Bowie said he had already introduced a q for q Federal building In Selma. He thinks there Is good reason to believe the bill will be passed by this session of Congress. He is also deeply inter ested in a proposition to have the Gov ernment cede all public lands in Ala bama to tho common schools or tqe State, instead of distributing the lands out to colleges of higher learning, While in Washington Mir. Bowie laid predt- cate for a bill which he expects to in- troducs embodylne this proposl don. He said the idea met with much taVor an1 ho had hopes that the measure would be successful. The bill will be introduced by MT. Bowie as soon as the Congress recOnvenes.
 Governor Jelks next year to succeed himself i" declared MT. Bowie. "I think he has made an excellent oncial and Tn view of his record in the office and his service as a Democrat he is entitled to the nomination by the Party convention The Governor not only gave his hearty support to the new Constitution. but as a member of the State Board of Reg istrars he has indicated by the appoint- ments of County Registrars that he ex- poets the spirit as well as the letter or tho new Constitution to be observed. In my opinion he Will be nominated Dy
 'Senator Pettus will stand for re-elec- ton before the next Legislature" con heartiest endorsement l earnestly hope and l have no doubt he will be elected with substantial unanimity
 Mir. Bowie was one of the most ardent
 
 he expressed his pleasure that thus far 1t appeared to be giving great satisfac- ton, He said he-felt sure the instrument would be appreciated when the people more fully understood it's operation. He pointed out that the Constitution was ratified by majority of the white voters of the State and should meet the ap- proVal of all white men.
 "A majority of the white vote in three quarters of the counties of the State and more than three-quarters of the fo. ratification of the new Constitution" declared MT Bowie. and there can be no question as to whether it is a white maT'3 instrument.
 He said those persons who contend that the white people of Alabama were against the new instrument utterly ig- n0re tho fact that the negroes hold tbo balance of power in many of the white counties and that several of the white counties were carried against it by the use of negro votes.