The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-09
PLAN RAISES PROTESTS
DESIGN TO EXTEND CAPITOL DRAWS
 RESENTMENT OF PEOPLE.
Already Cftisens are Writing to Gov- efnor Jelks-Supreme Court Jus.
 tices May Yield to Public Sentiment

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 Already the warp and wool of public opinion is working in strong disap- proval of the selection of plans for the Capitol wings. and protests from some of the considerate people in the State have reached the Governor.
 It Is consistently believed at the Cap itol that other members of the Com mission besides Governor JelkS have received written protests against the enforcement of the blrnder of the Su- preme Court Justices who sat upon the rest of the Commission last Wednes- day and chose a two-story design for north and south wings against the har- mony of all architectural taste.
 Governor Jelks did not care yester- day to furnish the protests Ke has re- ceived for publication. It was not pos sible- yesterday to verify the report that other members of the Commission have received numerous protests against the blunder. as the State Audi tor. the State Treasurer and the Secre- tary of State were out of the city. Nevertheless. 1t is regarded as certain that at this time the expressions of the people on the action of the Supreme Court, if they could be gotten together. would make an interesting symposium. Everybody who Is approached op the matter unhesitatingly signifies his dis appointment at the choice of q two- story structure joined onto the old building. marring both the architectu- ral symmetry and beauty of the whole mass.
 Heretofore. only the competing ar chitects have expressed their views on the decision. All except the two who presented plans for two-story wings declared, 1t will be recalled. that 1t was absurd to connect the Capitol as 1t now is with these two-story pavilions with out going contrary to the rudiments of architecture. To get the opinions of disinterested architects on the success full design, a representative of The Ad- vertiser yesterday interviewed two or three of these in Montgomery. They readily committed themselves to the three-stort proposition as the unavoid- able solution for extension of the pres ent Capitol.
 Gossip at the Capitol yesterday waned somewhat as to Capitol extension sub- ject. The absence of the heads of most of tho executive departments might &C., count for the silence, but the proper conclusion seems to be that 1t is due to the unanimity of all attaches of the Capitol. They have been in a position to study the three prize-winning plans with some care, as they are on exhibi- tion in the Senate Chamber and disap- provaI of the selection for first prize among the Capitol officials Is so certain that there is no room for discussion. Hence, 1t seems that things will con- tinue quiet until the people are brought face to face with the work of building.
 It is by no means improbable that the chasm between the Commission proper and the Supreme Court will be bridged. It Is too Soon to talk of this yet, of course but conciliatory utter ances were heard yesterday from the mouth of one of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court who Is still In the city. He went 20 far as to say that he would be willing to submit the competitive plans to superior architects for their selection of the best and abide by the decision. This same Jus tice said that the two-story design of Frank Lockwood of Montgomery ap- pealed to his taste because 1t presented wings so subsidiary to the existing Capitol that there was no chance for the latter to be dwarfed in the general aspect He also approved heartily or the interior arrangements of the Lock- wood plans.