Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-08-03
BRYAN SCORCHED::
DEMOCRATS YELL
STATEMENT BY NEBRASKNN on
UNDERWOOD CALLED FALSE
Remarkable House Scene
Leader and Champ Clark in Perfect
MISUNDERSTANDING Candi-
datC Mi-infOrmCd,

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Washington, Aug. 2.--Standing up
on chairs and waving handkerchiefs
and yelling loud, the Democrats in
the House applauded Democratic
Leader Representative Underwood Of
Alabama for his denouncIng Of VIII
liam Jennings Bryan for his crit
icising his (Underwood's) position on
ON the extension Of the tariff royis-
on program,
1t was one of the most remarkable
scenes I'm the House since the begin
ming Of the extra session.
Excoriatug Bryan, Underwood de-
nounced the statements Of Bryan as
false relative to Underwoods position
in the taking up the iron and steel
schedule.
THE statement here contained,
declared Underwood, "ls absolutely
false. If IT IS reflected on me alone
would not take time to deny 1t, but
the reflection rests on the entire
Democratic party in the House tnd ]
would he untrue to them if | did
not denounce the statement and
prove the statement to be a false
hood"
Mr. Underwood amid cheers from
the Democrats said he had told the
ways and means committee that he
was ready to take up the iron and
steel schedule at the beginning of the
session, but that the committee voted
to take up wool and cotton first.
In the same Interview" continued
Representative Underwood civilian
Jennings Bryan charged that there Is
difference between Speaker Clark
and myself with reference to legisa-
tlon. That statement, too, Is abso-
lutely false The speaker and myself
have been in accord since the begin
ming and / predict that We will be In
accord at the end"
When / brought out the Free
List bill Bryan did not accuse me Of
being a protection Democrat, Not
until ! differed with him on the
wool schedule, not until l refused TO
take his dictation as to duty on raw
wool did Mr. Bryan bring these
make the country believe that l was
not an honest Democrat attempting
an honest revision Of the tariff
Mr.. Underwood then dramatically
called upon Representative Kitchen
of North Carolina to stand up and
tell the House whether Kitchen had
upbraided Underwood in the caucus
and accused him of protecting the
iron and steel industries as chatsed
by Bryan.
Mr.. Kitchen stood up. Bryan is
a badly misinformed man." declared
Kitchen,
81 don't know who his nformcr
is but in making public the action
he ought TO make public the names
Mr. Underwood continued KitGh-
en-, wanted to begin on iron and
steel, but the ways and means COM
mittee decided on wool first
Kitchen has always been regarded
as a Bryan man and his reputation
of the Nebraskans charges was
greeted with continued applause,
Representative Underwood ther
resumed his sTeech,
"The steel and iron schedules VII
be revised" shouted Underwood, and
the cheering broke out again ant
continued for fully q minute.
The majority leader then explain.
ed that his holdings in the iron mills
are small that the plant located ir
Birmingham, Ala, Manufactured only
pig iron and that he intended to re-
wise this schedule along with every
other one on the tariff
When Mr. Underwood had conclud.
ed the business of the House wa'
stopped while Democrats and Repub
licans applauded and marched up tC
take Undorwood's hand,