The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-05
Washington,


upon chairs w;ving handkerchiefs
and yelling at the tops of their voices.
Democratic repres entatives today ac.
claimed Representa- ative Oscar w. In
derwood, leader Of the house. when
he fired a verbal roadside at William
Jennings Bryan fer criticising his po-
sition for an exten sion Of the tariff re-
vision programme 1t was the most
remarkable scene in the house since
the beginning Of he extra session Of
congress-
ExcOriating the three-times candi-
date Of the De nocratic party for
presidential homo s, Leader Under
wood denounced Mr.. Bryans state
mems as false. de ended his (Under-
wood's) attitude al to revision Of the
iron and steel ia riff schedules, and
said Bryan had p aced upon every
Democratic memb,r implications un-
AONSu III i"St' nc CdlleQ on MS
Democratic collea yues of the ways
and means comm ttee for corrobor-
alton Of his atcitud, in committee and
in caucus.
Mr.. Underwood was backed up in
a similarly striking speech by Repre-
sentative Kitchen n. c., long a de-
voted friend Of Bryan. Mr.. Kitchen
expressed surprise that any Democrat
should so malign Mr.. Underwood and
the party.
1T all came about from a published
interview, which rported to be "au-
thorized" by Mr.. Bryan, declaring it
was time Democrat tic Leader Under
wood was "unmasl ed"
The action of Chairman Under
wood in opposing an immediate effort
to reduce the iron and steer schedule
reveals the real Tn 1erwood," said the
Bryan interview. Speaker Clark and
other tariff reform RS tried to secure
the passage of a res olution instruct ling
the ways and met MS committee to
pass a resolution ircluding the iron
and steel schedule but Underwood
and Fitzgerald-the Fitzgerald who
saved Cannon in the last congress-
succeeded in defeat ng the resolution.
THE unmasking of Chairman Tn
derwood will serve a useful purpose" "
added the interview IF it arouses the
Democrats to an W derstdnding of the
mistake In putting n Mr.. Underwood
at the head of the committee If he
solidfies his policy Of delay"
The house listen ed intently as the
entire interview was read from the
clerks desk. Word of the answer
that Underwood vas to make to
Bryan had been pas sed among Demo-
Gratis and almost full membership
on the Democratic side greeted the
majority leader. Ch GERS and applause
that lasted for sever al minutes greeted
him as he rose to speak.
AS the clerk fin shed reading the
Bryan interview. Mr.. Underwood in
calm and even tone.i, opened the Walls
Of his wrath. If UnderwoOd's attack
was remarkable for its bitterness and
vigor, 1t was rot more than the
general applause which greeted his
sarcastic references to the Nebraska
leader. and his specific and complete
denials Of the char res made by Bry-
an.
He declared he was Interested in
iron and steel mills in his own State
OF Ala ALBANIA, and lie had urged the
ways and means committee at the be-
from embarrassment: by taking up the
iron and steel sche iule at once. This
had not been done by the commit
tee, he said, becaus. it had determin-
cd that the teXtil schedules over
which there is the greatest complaint
from the public sho I'D be the subjects
Of earliest revision. His opposition
in the recent case calling for a re-
vision Of the iron and steel schedule.
he said, had been Ie TO the fact that
j; had been dctern ined no further
tariff programme should be worked
out until il was certain what would
lee done by the pres dent.