The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-03
Democratic Leader in House Takes
William Jennings to Task
on Tariff Interview.
NO ONE DEFENDS THE
DEPOSED PARTY LEADER
Bryan's Own Friends Forsake Him
and Cheer UnderwOOd's
Remarks.

WASHINGTON. Aug 2.-Standing
upon chairs. waving handkcrchiefs
and yelling at the tops OF their voices.
democratic representatives today ac.
claimed Representative Oscar ". Tin.
derwood. OF Alabama. Democratic lead.
er OF the house. when he fired "A verbal
broadside at William Jennings Bryan.
Tor criucising his position on exten.
sion OF the tariff revision program.
EXceriating the thre-times candidate
OF the Democratic party for presi.
Dental honOrs. Leader Underwood de.
nounced Mr.. Bryan's statements AS
false. defended his nderwood'sl AT.
ttude a. to revision OF the iron ard
steel tariff schedules. and said Bryan
had placed upon every Democratic
member Implications unfounded in
fact. He called on his Democratic
colleagues OF the Ways and Means
committee for confederation OF his at.
utude In committee and in caucus.
Friends Forsake Bryan.
Mr.. Bryan WAS backed up in simi.
larly striking speech by Representa-
tive Kitchen. of North Carolina. long
a devoted friend of Bryan Mr.. Kit
chin expressed surprise that any
democrat should so maHgn Mr. Tn
derwood and the party, and through
out all this arraignment not voice
was raised in defense OF Bryan.
II all came about from published
interview. which purportcd 20 be au-
thorized by Mr. Bryan. declaring Il
was time Democratic Leader Under
wood was "unmas skcd."
Real Underwood Revealed
The action OF Chairman Underwood
n fraa
reduce the iron and steel schedule re-
veals the real rndcrwood. said the
Bryan interview. Speaker Clark and
other tariff reformers tried 20 secure
the passage Of a resolution instruct
ing the Ways and Means committee
TO take up other schedules. including
the iron and steel schedul. but Tn
derTood and Fitzgerald. thc Fitzcer-
aid who saved Cannon in then last con
Eress. succeeded I'm defeating the Re
solution
The unmask.ng Of Chairman Tn
derwood will serve "a useful purpose.
added the Interview. "lt arou-cs the
Democrats 10 understanding the mis-
take in putting Mr. Underwood az the
head OF the committee II he solidihes
his policy OF delay"
Republicans Applaud.
The house listened intently as the
entire interview was read from the
clerks desk. Republicans app,audcd
g.
As tho clerk finished reading tho
Bryan interview. Mr. Underwood. IN
calm and even tones. opened the vials
OF his wrath
he declared that because Of the
iron and steel mills in bis own state
OF Alabama he had urged the Ways
and Means committee 90 the very be-
ginning OF the session fO save him ON.
barrassment by taking up the iron
and steel schedule ~ once This had
not been done by tho committee. no
said. because 10 had determined that
the textile schedules over which there
IS the greatest complaint from the
public. should be- fh- subjects OF car.i-
est revision His opposition Goo the re-
cent caucus 20 resolution ealing for
revision Of rhe ir'n and sfeel schcd-
ulo. DO said. bad been due to tho fact
that it had been determined uo fur.
thor tariff program should Doe worked
ont WILL if wa- found What would boo
done by the pre- dent
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