The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-31

out an interview last night in which he tells some of the unwritten history of the late republican movement in Alabama and has something to say in favor of Senator Mark A. Hanna as a possible re- publican nominee for the presidency.
 MT Cook says his personal preference is for the Ohio senator, and he thinks if the Alabama republican delegation to the next republican national convention will indorse him that the other southern states will do likewise.
 MT Cook is the second republican in Alabama to talk for publication on the situation as 1t now exists in republican circles. He takes occasion to severely censure President Roosevelt on account of his southern policy. He also says the Alabama organization as it now exists will continue and grow stronger.
 MT. Cook Is well known attorney of Birmingham. He was chosen chairman of the republican state campaign com mittee, and worked untiringly during the recent state campaign. He believes strongly in the new republican move ment and was very active In having it promulgated.
 It is known that the chairman of the state republican executive committee, w. l. wellman, has sent letters to members of the committee asking that they pay no heed to the requests of Roosevelts representative, J. A. Clarkson; that the committeeman pledge themselves individ- uaIly. It is rumored that Clarkson has sought such pledges.
 The republican situation grows more interesting every day and it is certain that a hard fight is going to be made on the President.
 In his interview last night MT. Cook talked as follows:
 Decided Inconsistent.
 "Yes, I am opposed to the renomination of MT. Roosevelt and have several req sons the principal one of which is his decided inconsistenoe and petty partisan politics.
 There is little unwritten history be- hind the movement in Alabama which has gained ter them the title of the lily whites, wb'ch I believe will be interest ing to all American citizens and especial ly to Alaoamians.
 Previous to the now celebrated repub- lican convention held in Birmingham September last when the so-called new movement was agitated. we deliberated with great ca.e as to who would be the proper person of national prominence to open our campaign, and after much thought end many consultations 1t was decided that as Senator Prichard of North Carolina was in sympathy with the so- called new movement he was the proper man for the occasion What added great weight to ths choice was the further fact that he was at that time touring his own state with the President. We knew the President was fully cognizant of all movements of political nature transpr- ing throughout the north, and that after his conferences with the President, Sena- tor Prichard would speak with author ity.
 "The President knew, or at least our organization was led to believe that he knew, what was to be done in Alabama in order to build up a republican party that would command the respect of the best element in the country, but he neither said or intimated that we should change our course. Subsequent events explained this mysterious silence. He was well aware that when our movement had succeeded, and we had finally &C., complished what we sought to obtain, namely, a respectable white republican party organization in a southern state, E.- IL. gro voters in the north, which would give him the opportunity of proclaiming to these northern voters that the southern republicans had taken action which he would not countenance, and in order to make himself solid with that class of voters he preceded to use his every power. both tyranical and despotic, to crush our organization.
 Actions Bearing Fruit.
 His actions are bearing fruit, as Is evil denced by the utterances of negro politi- clans throughout the north, such as the sentiments expressed by a negro named Hayes in speech delivered in Washing ton city this week.
 However, as I stated at the close of the recent campaign, our organization Is not to be crushed by the President or his advisers, as we have men identified with us today who care little for political pre- ferment and who would not have an office if 1t was offered to them. We are working for a strong republican organization be- cause we believe that In It's success lies the best interests of Alabamas future; and not fhsfa a ndinp inc onnoaiffou xua have received at the hands of the nation- al administration where we should have