The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-03
DEMOCRATS CHEER
THE FLOOR LEADER
Criticism of Delay in Revis
ing Iron and Steel Seized
ules Draws Forth a
Sarcastic Reply.
TAT ASHINGTON, Aug 2.-Stand-
NM ing upon chairs, waving hand
Wv kerchiefs and yelling loudly,


Wv kerchiefs and yelling loudly,
Democratic representatives to,
day acclaimed Representative Oscar w.
Underwood of Alabama, Democratic
leader Of the house, when he attacked
William j. Bryan for criticising his
position on extension Of the tariff re-
vision programme, 1t WIS the NOSE
remarkable scene in the house since
the beginning Of the extra session of
congress,
Excoriating Mr.. Bryan, Leader I'm
derwood denounced his statements as
false, defended his own attitude as to
revision Of the iron and steel sched-
ules and said Bryan had placed upon
every member of the Democratic party
implications unfounded in fact. He
called on his Democratic colleagues of
the ways and means committee for
corroboration of his attitude In com"
mittee and caucus.
Mr., Underwood was backed up in a
similarly striking speech by Represent
ative Kitchin of North Carolina, long
devoted friend of Bryan. Mr.. Kitchin
expressed surprise that any Democrat
should so malign Mr.. Underwood and
the party. Not voice was raised in
defense of Bryan.
Alleged Bryan Interview.
1t all came about from published
interview, which purported to be 'au-
thorized" by Mr.. Bryan, declaring it
was time Democratic Leader Under
wood was "uDmask ed.
''The action of Chairman Underwood
in opposing an immediate effort to
reduce the iron and steel schedule re
veals the real Underworld said
the Bryan interview.
"Speaker Clark and other tariff re-
formers tried to secure the passage of
resolution instructing the ways and
means committee to take up other
schedules, but Underwood and Fitzger-
in the last congress, succeeded in de-
feating the resolution.
HThe unmasking of Chairman Under
wood will serve a useful purpose add
cd the interview, off it arouses the
Democrats TO an understanding of the
mistake made in putting Mr.. Under
wood at the head of the committee, if
he solidifies his policy of delay
Word Had Been Passed.
The house listened iutently TO the
reading of the interview, Republicans
applAuded it, Word Of the answer
that Mr.. Underwood was to make to
Bryan had passed among the Demo
the Democratic side greeted the tariff
leader.
AS the clerk finished reading the
Bryan interview, Mr.. Underwood be-
gan TO speak. If Underwood Is attack
was remarkable for it's bitterness and
vigor, it was not more SO than the gen
eral applause which greeted his sar
castle references to the Nebraska
leader and his specific and complete
denials of the charges made by Bryan,
He declared that because of the iron
and steel mills In his own state, Aal-
bama, he had urged the ways and
means committee at the very beginning
Of the session to save him embarrass,
ment by taking up the iron and steel
schedule at once. This had not been
done by the committee, he said, be.
cause it had determined that the tex
tile schedules, over which there is the
greatest complaint from the public,
should be tho subject Of earliest re.
vision,
Cause Of the Delay.
His opposition in the recent caucus
TO resolution calling or a revision of
the iron and steel schedule. he said,
had been due to the fact that it had
been determined no further tariff pro.
gramme should be worked out until
it was found what would be done by
the president.
Mr.. Kitchin confirmed Mr.. Under.
wood IS statement in every respect and
declared that Mr.. Bryan had launched
his criticism without having and spe-
cific information as to what the caucus
had done.
Mr., Kitchin referred to Mr.. Under
wood g frank statement about his iron
company holdings, and said he had ex-
pected that might be made "an occa
sion by our opponents to slander and
libel the Alabaman and the position
Of this Democratic house, but l never
dreamed thnt any Democrat in the
country would attempt to malign Mr..
Underwood OF the Democratic pnrty, !"
"Mr Bryan Is not responsible, -
| said Mr.. Kitehin amid great laughter
| from the Republicans "tor he WAS not
in our caucus; he must have gotten his
information from somebody, and he
was the most badly informed man in
| the world, -
Mr. Underwood is stockhoIder in