The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-05
CONVENE ACTIVITY TO OWN CAMPAIGN
 CANDIDATES ADVICE
Wants to Know for Whom He Was Working in Op- posing Commissary Check Bill, Liability Bills and
 Semi-Monthly Pay Day

J. A. Carnley of Elba, member of the legislature and candidate for presi- dent of the Alabama public service commission, last night issued a warm reply to the letter of Borden Burr, published in The Age-Herald Sunday. In his signed statement MT. Carnley renews his charges, which had been previously denied by MT. Burr, con corning the alleged activities of the latter during the legislature as lob byist for certain corporations and other interests
 In reply to the published statement of MT. Burr that he represented no railroad nor any public service cor poration before the legislature, MT. Carnley asks MT. Burr if he will deny that he represents certain railroads and public service corporations which are named in the statement of MT. Carnley.
 He also asks MT. Burr to explain whom he was representing when he, "assisted by Charles E. Rice, led the fight before the committee on mining and manufacturing in the senate against the semi-mOnthIy pay day bill, which applied only to public service corporationssr
 MT. Carnley further inquires of MT. Burr whom he represented when The led the, fight against the passage of the commissary check bill?" He asks MT. Burr if he denies the fact that he bitterly opposed the liability bills introduced in the house and senate and if he will deny that he favored and worked for the exemption of the Alabama Power company from taxation for 10 years.
 CARNLEf'S STATEMENT
 The statement of MT. Carnley fol- lows:
 T desire to answer MT. Borden Burr's letter in your paper of April 3, re- garding certain charges I have made against H. P. Merritt. I charged that MT. Merritt is the candidate of the Alabama Power company and certain public utilities, while Sam P. Kennedy is the candidate of the railroads in the race for president of the Alabama public service commission.
 'In making these charges I have in- cidentally mentioned MT. Borden Burr, MT. Charles F. Rice and some other corporation attorneys, who attended the last legislature as lobbyists for the Alabama Power company and oth- CT big interests, and who dictated to and controlled Mir. Merritt, floor lead- CT of the house.
 sTt is we'll known that MT. Burr, who is attorney for the Alabama Power company and other big corpora tions, is actively supporting H. P. Mer- ritt for president of the Alabama pub lie service commission.
 Does MT. Burr deny that he favored and worked for the exemption of the Alabama Power company from taxation for 10 years? Does he deny the fact that he remained at Montgomery until he and other lobbyists for the Alabama Power company secured the passage of the measure exempting the Ala bama Power company from taxation?
 Does MT. Burr insist that he main- tained headquarters at Montgomery during the greater part of the 1915 session of the legislature for the pur- pose of working for legislation on the subjects of prohibition. education and agriculture?
 NAMES CORPORATIONS
 He says he represented no railroad or public service corporation. I wish to ask if he denies that he is attorney for the Alabama Power company, the Birmingham Waterworks company, the Illinois Central Railroad eompany, the Birmingham Southern Railroad com- pany, the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company, and the Republic Iron and Steel company. Will MT. Burr please explain whom he was repre- senting when he. assisted by Charles E. Rice, led the fight before the com mittee on mining and manufacturing in the senate against the semi monthly pay day bill, which applied only to public service corporations?
 EXPLAINS ACTIVITY
 Will he please explain whom he rep- resented when he led the fight before the house committee on mining and against the passage of the commissary check bill? Does he
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