The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-20
GREAT CROWD !
AT CAPITOL
Spectacular Military Pa
rade Marked the
Occasion.
STREETS WERE THRoNGED
Speeches of JelkS and Gun
ningham Applauded.
Fifteen Hundred Soldiers of National
Guard Reviewed by Governors
Party on Dexter Avenue.
weather Made Ccrs-
monies Perfect.
STREETS WERE THRONGEn
Speeches of JelkS and Gun
ningham Applauded.

William Dorsey Jelks, standing upon
took the oath of office as President Of
the Confederacy; looking upon the happy,
expectant faces of thousands of men and
women of Alabama; rejoicing in the new
era, and with the sunlight of perfect
winter day cleaning and glistening from
of the citizen soldisSy of the State, was
indicted into the high office of Governor
of Alabama for a term of four years at
l o'clock yesterday afternoon.
BY the suffrage of an overwhelming
majority of his fellow citizens, he is to
serve term of four years.
1t was an Inspiring, suspicious scene;
one that will cling for many years in the
memory of those who looked upon it or
was one of the vast throng that assem-
bied to do honor to. the first Governor.
in bis entry into ONCE under the new
CONSTRUCTION
About the old State House celebrated in
history. the birthplace of the Confed-
eracy. were gathered the citizens of Ala
bama. the guard of honor with the blue
and gold of their uniforms. their flags
fiuttering in the breeze and rank after
rank of the Alabama National Guard
massed, one upon the other. with their
accoutrements rejecting the January
sun. From the serried ranks there came,
now an dtheu. the blare of trumpet stir
ring and inspiring, or the ir~esistent, ex-
ultant music of Dixie from one of the
four bands which came to Montgomery
n do honor 10 the first Cnvarpar NJ
bama in the new era so auspicious and
so promising.
THOUGHT OF OTHER DAYS.
To the minds of the thoughtful and the
well-informed, during the ceremony there
came swiftly the thought Of another oc-
casion alike and Yet unlike. There came
to them the memory of Jefferson Davis
standing upon the Threshold of the Capi--
tol Of Alabama, addressing the people
not only of Alabama, but OF the South,
voicing the hopes and confidence OF the
leaders of the brilliant. but ill-starred.
nation whose hope to take its place among
the governments Of the world never
reached fruition. The glory of its four
years, the achievements OF It's defenders.
was fresh in the minds Of the thoughtful
gathered about the white-pillared struc-
ture,' old in story, as they looked upon
the vast assembled throng which had
gathered to do honor 10 William Dorsey
jerks and the new era he represented.
Following fast upon the heels Of the
Confederacy, which In Its fall "streamed
glory through the skies. their came the
humiliation of a proud, hopeful people,
A servant race, upon the bayonets Of
thoughtless. inconsiderate vietors had
been raised to the political plane Of their
former master, an evil condition which
for forty years bore down upon the clh-
Senship of Alabama.
And now two score years afterwards
the intolerable conditions have passed
into the realm of things that were, never
to COME again, 1t reunited, hopeful people
gathered and with loud reclaim ushered
in the new era.
1t was one Of the most inspiring spec
tacles ever accorded a citizen OF Ala
bama to witness. The people OF Ala
bama rarely If ever, saw such a spectacle
of and belonging to the State of Alabama.
IMPRESSIVE PAGEANT.
The parade attendant upon Governor
Jelks In his entry into his new office was
called the finest and most impressive
military pageant seen In Alabama since
the great war. 1t was said again and
again yesterday that the military parade
which escorted Governor Jelks was the
largest, the most impressive that had
been seen in Montgomery since the stars
and bars were forever furled at Apo
mattox.
From every quarter of the state the
citizen soldlery of Alabama came to take
part In the hopeful suspicious occasion
They came from the Tennessee Valley,
from the hills of North Alabama, from
the Gulf coast ana the wiregrass, from
the banks OF the Chattahoochse and from
the fertile plains Of West Alabama And
with them came train load after train
load of the men and women Of Alabama
The military pageant with infantry, ar
tillery. and cavalry. its brilliant arary
If color, its exuitant strains of music
will linger long in the memory Of those
who were among the attendants at the
inauguration of Governor Jelks.
The companies began arriving in Mont
gomery Sunday night. The Evergreen
and Brewton ompanies with twenty-five
and twenty men respectively reached the
depot at s:45 p. m. and the Tuscaloosa and
Prattville companies came in at $50
O'Clock Sunday evening with nifty and
thirty men. The incoming military were
met at the depot by a special committee
NJ the Montgomery officers and escorted
to the arrnory where arms were stacked
and tha men dismissed for the night.
All other companies with single ex-
ception, reached the city before noon yes
tardav and In time TO participate IN the
parade. II was a source of general re-
greet that the Opeiika company attached
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