The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-29
FORMAL DENIAL OF INSTALLATIONS MADE IN NEWS EDITORIAL E.. K. Campbell Authorized by Underwood to Make
 Categorical Statement | NAILS AT ONCE TALK
 OF STALKING HORSE" Campbell Says There Was No Excuse for Drawing of Spacious Con
 clusions' From Governor
 Nichols Statement

| K. K. Campbell chairman of the state | Underwood committee, announced last night that MT. Underwood had authorized him to deny absolutely the implications l in an editorial published in the Birming- ! ham News yesterday afternoon The edi- torial had insnuated that Mir. Under- wood was being used as a stalking horse l for Governor Harmon of Ohio. As as the editorial of the News containing this lnsinuation was read by E. K. Campbell. he got into communica- ton with his chief
 over the wires of the telephone com pany Mir Campbell read the editorial to Mr. Underwood.
 As Senator Bankhead is not in the city" repliod MT. Underwood to Mir. Campbell, you answer that editorial. While 1 do not think that among my friends in Alabama the impression which the paper evidently desires to make will | ever be made. inasmuch as the paper calls for an official denial of the allegation, deny"
 Campbell's Statement Immediately after this conversation, in ! which MT Campbell had been instruct ed ! to dlgnify an editorial by .forrIkn nial of the insnuations eon,ain9 Campbell issued the following:
 "There is no basis of fact for the s' ment or suggestion of the Birmingh News that any agreement or arrane ment whether direct indirect. has bee1S made or is contemplated whereby the Alabama delegation Is to vote for Gov in, inn if oscar w. Underwood cannot be nomi- mated.
 MT. Underwood is seeking the vote of Alabama in good faith, and he has no concern as to where its vote may go in case his name is ultimately removed from the consideration of the delegates to the national convention. If Lieutenant Governor Nichols of Ohio made the statement quoted in the Birmingham News of Wednesday. it is evident from that which he is alleged to have said that he was actuated by as de- sire to inhate further the boom of his candidate, or that he was in that peculiar mood which delights in the indulgence of fapdoodle.
 And in case Governor Nichols did
 
 which by any construction can be termed as true, there was little excuse or reason for the Birmingham News, aware of ths real condition in Alabama, To draw such i spacious conclusions. And it may be added in this regard that the language accredited to Governor Nichols Is in substance not unlike an ex- pression made in Nashville by the editor of the Birmingham News. when he saw proper to claim the vote of this stats 1 for Governor Wilson.
 People Will Understand The good people of Birmingham. among whom oscar W. Underwood is SO well known, will appreciate, of course. the ungenerous statement of the Birming- ham News when 1t makes the allegation | by reference that the favorite son of this state is stalking horse for the gov ernor of ohio.
 "The implication of this phrase Is in my judgment offensive to the people who know MT. Underwood. the people who know that he Is not the man to deceive them or lead them through their love for him treacherously in the camp of an enemy
 "It is to he regretted that in his zeal | for the cause of the governor of New | Jersey the distinguished editor of the Birmingham News should see proper fo l indulge in insinuation and inuendo, when every other man in Alabama knows tbat there Is neither rhyme nor reason l,r the allegation that Underwood would sA riace himself and the regard of his pei