The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-10
ABSOLUTELYFALSE
 SAYSUNDERWOOD
nruOCRATIC FLOOR LEADER DENOUNCES BRYAN IN
 THE HOUSE.
Colleagues Applaud House Leader is He Denies Charges Made by Nebraskan That He Worked in
 Interest of Steel and Iron.

Washington, Aug. 2--Arising to question of personal privileges in inc house today. Representative Underwood, chairman of the ways and means committee, denounced as an absolute falsehood" the statement made by William Jen- nings Bryan that Underwood had stood in the way of a revision of the iron and steel schedules.
 Underwood received one of the greatest ovations ever accorded a member of the house, and it was fully two minutes before he was al- lowed to continue with denunci- ation of Bryan.
 "The statement" declared Under- wood, lis absolutely false. If it re- nected upon me alone. l would not take time to deny it. But the re- iection rests upon the entire Dem- ocratic party in the house, and I would be untrue to them if I did not denounce the statement and prove it to be falsehood."
 MT. Underwood, amid cheers from inc Democrats, said that he had told the ways and means committee that he was ready to take up the iron and steel schedule at the be- ginning of the session, but that the committee voted to take up the wool and cotton first.
 Tn the same interview" contin- ued Representative Underwood William Jennings Bryan charged that there is a difference between Speaker Clark and myself with reference to legislation. That state- ment, too, is absolutely false. The speaker and myself have been in accord since the beginning and I predict that we will be in accord to the end.
 When I brought out the free list Dill Bryan did not accuse me of be- ing protection Democrat. Not until l dfFerr1 with him on the wool schedule, not until I refused to take his dietation as to the duty on raw wool, did MT. Bryan bring these charges against me and at tempt to make the country believe t'iat 1 was not an honest Democrat attempting an honest revision of the tariff
 Mir. Underwood then dramatic ally called upon Representative kitchen of North Carolina to stand up and tell tue house whether Kitchen had upbraided Underwood ill the caucus and accused him of protecting the iron and steel in- dustries as charged by Bryan. MT. Kitchen stood up. Bryan is bad- ly informed man." he declared. T don't know his informant is, but when he is talking about publicity of caucus action he ought to make public the name of his informant" "
 Kitchen Clears Underwood.
 Representative Kitchen declared that the only thing he had said in caucus was that, as MT. Underwood Lad frankly tod the house that he was interested i'll small way Tn an iron plant, that the Democrats, in order to prevent the Republicans s.om making capital of the fact, should revise the iron schedule be- fore the end os the session.
 MT. Underwood" continued Mir. Kitchen, wanted to begin on iron and steel, but the ways and means committee decided on wool first"
 Kitchen has always been regard cd as Bryan man, and his repudl- ation of the Nebraskan's charges was greeted with continued ap- n,ause.
 Representative Underwood then rssumed his ST eech.
 Another Ovation for Underwood.
 The steel and iron schedules will 3e revised" shouted Underwood, and the cheering broke out again and continued for fully q minute. The majority leader then explained that his holdings in the iron mlll were small, that the plant was lo- cated at Birmingham, Ala, and manufactured only pig iron and he intended to revise this schedule along with every other one of the tariff.
 When Mr. Underwood had con- ciuded the business of the house was stopped while Democrats and Republicans applauded and march ed up to take Underwood's hand.