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Show LITTLE DO10CRAHC CLASH IN HOUSE WASHINGTON. Aug. I" Democratic harmony in th. houee waa momentarily m fried yMterday when Democratic Leader L'nderweog and RsprM.ntetiv James of Kentucky, who have bean cleee friends, became Involved In a basted exchange of worde In the discussion of a bill providing pro-viding for th. Improvement of Black Warrior r!vr. In Mr rnderwood'e die-trtcl. die-trtcl. Both men withdrew their remarks and ths incident was smlcebly closed. Th. bill providn for th. building of a dam to Iniprov. navigation on ths rlv.r. Th. .construction of th. dsm would crests cre-sts a larg. amount of water power, the nshta to which, under the bill, would he leaned for fifty years to the Birmingham. Birming-ham. Ala.. Ught Power company. Mr. James and others opposed It. ss-serting ss-serting the term of the wae. aa too long. Mr. rnderwood, derleHng that he cared nothing about the water power feature of the bill, but was much Interested In the navigation feature, aald that If th. blli waa held up. work on th Black War- I nor would go shead as originally contrm-platod contrm-platod at an expense of neerly tlio.ooo more thaa the proposed an would coot. Mr. Jaraee aaked If It waa to to argue that unleae th. sows paseed the bill, giving giv-ing a half-century lose, to a corporation corpora-tion without limitation of Its charges to consumers, certain work would be done coating the government tie-COOt more than If the right were not given away. "Mr ftiead from Kentucky." replied Mr. rnderwood, hee lust come Out of a euceeeafui campaign for senator, where a Slav to the gallery has purchased votea. but I will ear to him that to claim that one compear controlling me water power le a monopoly, to aaawvr m with th. propo.luen that I am pleading for a monopoly, mo-nopoly, is not fair te me." Mr. James mponded that he wouM have expected "a statement more considerate consid-erate or the people ef Kentucky, among .ana tha gentleman (Mr. Underwood) was born." Then Mr. Underwood. -plaining that be epohs under erovocatlow. withdrew Ms remarka. Mr. James withdraw with-draw hia. too. The house odjourued without with-out acting aw tha bill , 4 ' ' - |