The Washington times., 1911-08-10
Many Fear James And Un-
j derwood Still Feel
Bitterness.
BOTH WITHDRAW
OFFENSIVE REMARKS
Trouble Started When Kentuckian
Was Accused Of Playing
To Galleries.

The Democratic side of the House II
busy explaining today how Representa-
tive Underwood, the majority leader
and Representativ Ollie James, an.
other Democratic wheelhorse, became
Involved in a serious tilt late yesterday
afternoon.
Representative Underwood, in the
heat of debate, charged that Mr.. James
had JUS come from a successful Sen
atorial campaign in Kentucky, where
a play to the gallary purchased votes.
RepresentatiN James made a hot re-
tort and the break between the two
Democratic friends seemed serious for u
few minutes. Afterward ther were
mutual apologies, which, however. did
not seem to entirely efface the bitter
ness of debate, for the colloquy was
not stricken from the record.
Mr.. Underwood was supporting bill
for the improvement Of the Black
Warrior river, in accordance with the
revised plan of the army engineers.
One of the provisions gave an electric
light concern in Birmingham certain
water rights for a period of fifty years.
Debate Waxed Warm.
The debate waxed warm as follows,
Mr.. James-I would like to ask the
gentleman from Alabama If he thinks it
is quite a fair argument to say to the
House that unless We pass a bill Civ
ing a franchise to a corporation for half
"a century, with no limitation upon the
amount it shall charge the consumer
for this power, an insistance Is going
TO be made that certain work shall go
on which will involve an expenditure
lof $780, 900 or 100000 out of the Treasury
more than would he expended If we
give away this right, to which we do
not agree; that unless We 'urn the peO-
Dple over to the insatiate NAV OF this
monopoly. which we are unwilling to 90,
he is going to insist that $4,000 or $780,
600 more shall be expended.
Mr.. Underwood-My friend from Ken
lucky has just come out of a success
ful campaign for Senator, where a play
10 the gallery purchased votes, but
will say that to claim that one COM
pany controlling one water power is a
monopoly; to answer me with the prop
osition that | am pleading for a mOnOp-
oily, when | have just stated to him
that there are five water powers in use,
and that the smoke that comes out of
these coke ovens is the power to pro-
duce electricity; for him to say these
things is not fair proposition to put
TO me.
Resents Thurst
Mr.. James-Mr. Chairman. I want to
cay, in reply to the gentleman's state
ment that l just came out of a success
Iful campaign in Kentucky where an
appeal to the galleries purchased votes,
that / should have expected a statement
more considerate of the people of Ken
lucky, among whom the gentleman was
born. than a statement such as he made
rejecting upon them.
And, in addition, may say that Ken
tuckians are just as intelligent as Ala
bamianS and they are just as little
susceptible to the influence of playing
to the galleries as any people in this
republic. II does not intimidate me any
for the argument to be made here by
the gentleman from Alabama that be
cause l am unwilling to give a half a
century franchise TO a corporation III
Birmingham, ALA, with an unlimited
right to fix charges upon the consum
erS, to say that ! am playing to the |
gallery If that is playing to the gal
lerics, the sooner the gentleman from
Alabama commences playing to the gal |
lery the sweeter the applause OF the
gallery will be to the gentleman.
Mr. Underworld will say to the |
gentleman from Kentucky, I have never
learned TO play to the gallery. / do not |
know how to do ii, and / want to say |
this, my answer to the gentleman |
moment ago was provoked by what he
said. I do not think 1t was justified, |
and I wish now, in justice to him and
myself, to withdraw what | said.
MIR. James-Then, in Nlike justice to |
the gentleman from Alabama, l with |
draw what | said.
Both withdrawals were greeted with |
applause