The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-29
A Plain Statement of Fact

MT. Borden Burr printed card in yesterdays Age-Herald about his can didacy for national committeeman, in which he made no reference to his op- position to Senator Underwood, but says: "In the opinion of Ned Brace, I am i'll fitted on account of my lack of financial ability and prohibition views to fill it."
 Ned Brace, in his article in Sundays issue of The Age-Herald, did not refer to MT. Burr's financial ability, nor did he refer to MT. Burr's prohibition views making him unfit for national committeeman.
 In the Ned Brace article the state ment was made that "Mr. Burr is en- titled to his own views, but he is so antagonistic to Senator Underwood that he would never do for national committeeman"
 The entire Ned Brace article was for the purpose of showing that Mir. Burr had signed statement so un- fair, unjust and antagonistic to Sen ator Underwood that, if he believed in the article which he signed, he would necessarily oppose Senator Un- derwood's nomination for the presi- dency in 1920, and that it would be a grievous error for Alabama to put a man on the national committee who openly expressed such views.
 MT. Burr, in that statement, says:
 "We never expected to see, nor
 did you, southern senator cham
 pioning the proposition that the
 negro should decide the issue be-
 tween whisky and prohibition.
 Yet we are face to face with that
 very thing in the leadership of
 the whisky forces, now assumed
 by Senator Underwood of Ala
 bama, in the form of his bill to
 put the question of prohibition in
 the District of Columbia to vote
 of the adult males, resident in the
 district"
 MT. Burr knows full well that Mir. Underwood never proposed that "the negroes should decide the issue be- tween whisky and prohibition"
 MT. Burr attempted to hit Sena- tor Underwood below the belt in his signed statement; and in his signed letter in yesterdays Age-Herald, he does not refer to Senator Under wood. He begs the issue and pretends that he is being opposed because of his lack of financial ability and his prohibition views. Nobody ever accused MT. Burr of lack of financial ability. He is a member of one of the greatest, most successful and most prosperous law firms in the south. He is good lawyer, popular fellow, clever, digni- fled and able He is to be commended for his energy and his enthusiasm in fighting for what he believes to be the right. But he has signed state ment which shows that he is unaltera. ply opposed to MT. Underwood. He has attempted to class him as whisky leader and to destroy his influence with the people of Alabama.
 The Age-Herald does not believe that there are thousand prohibi tionists or any other type of men 1T the state of Alabama who would bt willing to put man on the nationa committee from Alabama who hold such views regarding Senator Under wood that he would necessarily hav' to oppose him as presidential can didate in 1920.
 The people of Alabama want Sen ator Underwood as the democrati nominee fin 1920. If MT. Burr feels st antagonistic towards Senator Under wood as he has expressed himself il | a signed statement, he should con tent himself with going as a delegat' l to the national convention in June vote with all other good democrat for the renomination of Presiden Wilson and retire from the race fol national committeeman, for the na tional committeeman will have nc power or authority until the contes