The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-24
BOOM FOR HANNA
AGAIN LAUNCHED
Stir Caused by Republican
State Convention Call
OPPOSITION TO ROOSEVELT
J. w. Davidson, William Vaughan, j..
A. w. Smith and Other Party
Leaders Declare for the
Senator From Ohio.
OPPOSITION TO ROOSEVELT

| Wellman, chairman or the republican
state committee for a convention in Bir-
mingham in May to elect delegates and
alternates to the national convention,
comes a renewal of the boom launched
last winter by julius w Davidson and
other republicans of the state for Senator
Mark A. Hanna for the presidency.
Mr.. Davidson was the presiding officer
of the now famous lilly white" conven-
ton which was held by the republicans of
Alabama in Birmingham, September 1902
when the negro was practically eliminated
from the party and in backing Senator
Hanna he has the endorsement of Will
lam Vaughan. ]. Carter Cooke. ]. A. W.
Smith, e. G. Stevens, J. II. Bingham and
other prominent republicans.
State Convention.
The republican state convention is to be
held in the city hall in Birmingham ON
May 10. The call was issued by Chairman
Wellmaa while he was in the city yester-
day
While here Chairman Wellman conferred
with j. w. Dimmick of Montgomery, ma
floral republican committeeman. and 9TH
ers closely identified with the party in the
] See''e. AAAo 1iNSNlii5 hcie was dill lllOffdl
enc. Mr.. Dimmick and Mr.. Wellman re-
turned to their homes yesterday. The
home of the latter is In Huntsville.
Republicans declare that the call for
the coming state convention Is almost
identically the same as the one issued for
The meeting in September, 1902. The view
IS Expressed ny those favoring the nomi-
ration OF Senator Hanna in opposition to
President Roosevelt that the coming con-
vention viii proceed along the same lines
as did the lily white meeting, with refer
ence to the negro.
There will be 1886 delegates to the state
convention and as many alternates. The
representation will be based upon the
vote cast for Mckinley and Roosevelt at
the last presidential election. That is to
say there will be one delegate for every
200 votes cast for the republican nominees
Jefferson county will have fifteen dele
gates. The convention will select four
delegates to the national convention,
from the state at large. Each of the
nine congressional districts in Alabama
will be entitled to two delegates, and
with the national committee, Alabama's
representation will consist of twenty-three
delegates.
Yesterdays conference was held in the
offices of Vaughan and Davidson in the
woodward building
Several Interviews.
At the close of the conference the fol-
lowing interviews were given out by those
present:
J. w. Davidson: I'm an interview given
to The Age-Herald in January 1908 1
said that Mark Hanna was the greatest
living American statesman and should he
be elected to the presidency it would
guarantee four years of the greatest
prosperity and happiness in the history of
this country 1 repeat that statement
and am more convinced than ever before
that he will be nominated at the Chicago
convention.
Fully ninety-ive per cent of the repub-
licans of this state for Senator Hanna
and he will have the solid delegation
from Alabama
J. II. Bingham: I'm my opinion, the
friends of the present republican state or
ganization will control the policy of the
state convention. which will convene In
this city on May 10. that a representative
delegation of strong republicans will be
elected and that they will go to the ma
tional convention unnstructed, therefore
at liberty to cast their votes for such
Presidential candidate as will best rep
resent the sentiment of southern republi-
cans.
| Mr.. Roosevelt seems to misunderstood
the southern situation from a republican
standpoint, and for that reason his fol-
lowing will be limited to those who feel
that they are under personal obligation to
him."
]. A. w. Smith: Hanna is certainly
as much q. candidate for President as
Roosevelt was for Vice President in 1900
When nominated Roosevelt accepted and
when nominated Hanna cannot refuse to
accept.
"Alabama's delegates to the national
convention will vote for Hanna. ! am not
in favor of an instructed delegation. The
delegates elected will be jealous Hanna
men"
q. G. Stevens: Mark Hanna, without
doubt, will be the next republican Pres
ident. He will be regularly nominated in
convention and will bring out larger
vote than any name in the whole coun-
try"
William vaughan Mark A. Hanna
will be nominated by the republicans for
President"
Opposed to Party Suicide.
Another republican who favors the NOM
nation of Senator Hanna said:
Il am opposed to party suicide, hence
am opposed to the nomination of Mr..
Roosevelt. The republican party should
not contemplate self destruction. The
nomination of Mr.. Roosevelt would at
least paralyze the party for time"
Continuing he said:
fIt is a well-known fact that Mr.. Well
man and Mr.. Dimmick favor the nominal
ton of the senator from Ohio. James Car
ter Cooke is for Hanna once, last and
always James w. Bruce told Mr.. Dim
mick that Hanna must be nominated. and
II would place Alabama in the doubtful
column. Alonzo Green is for Senator
| Hanna. and 1t is a known fact. that Col.
| r. H. Aldrich Is an ardent supporter of
his A. L. Wilson Of Bessemer says that
no one can beat Senator Hanna. and
prominent republican of Pratt City told
me today that all of the republicans In
that section We're straightont for him.
There are hundreds of others in the state