Bisbee daily review., 1913-07-19
BRYAR AND HIS NIECE ssiTIEs.

The statement made last week b. Col. William Jennings Bryan that his salary of twelve thousand dollars 8 year as secretary of state was not sufficient to presirve his earnings and savings of the past for use in old age, has attracted wide attention through out the country and is being generally criticised in the public press.
 It is pointed out that the salary now provided for the office of secretary of state ;s the largest ever enjoyed by anyone occupying that high office and that ir the past none Of them ever baked at the sacrifice necessary to be made in serving their country, or went on the Chatauuqua circuit as a means Of earning more money.
 Coming from one who has been regarded for years as a typicial com moner and one who appreciated this distinction to the extent of calling his newspaper by that name, the state ment that he could not afford to sac rifce his earning capacity for four years in filling the office of secretary was in the nature of a clap of thun- der from a clear sky and we are sno5 surprised at the Criticism being hurled at him. We regard the position taken by Col Bryan as being nothing more or less than an exhibition of will ingness to commercialize the office which he now holds. as Chautauqua managers will quite naturally be will ing to pay handsome sums to secure the man filling the highest cabinet of- fee, an office second only to that of the president, as a prize attraction.
 Commenting on the Bryan prouun- ciamento regarding his great need of coin the Fl Paso Times says.
 "of recent years Col William J Bryan has shown highly developed thrifty instinct. and in public state Tnent given out in connection with criticism of his lecturing tours, he states that for several years be has been able to put away more than S1o, GOO per annum as fund to provide for tho emergencies of old age. He states further that his present of fciai salary of s1.OOo per month is in adequate to meet his expenses and hs feels he has made a sacrifice 1T giving up the sic 0oo he would have added to his nest egg during the per fod he will serve as secretary of state which embodies his former outside in come, and during vacation periods ht Is going out and lecture for consid eration. Secretary Bryan declares h' can see nothing imprdper in such pro cedure
 awhen the situation is slSinne' dov-n to, actualities # is evident Sec retary Bryan is making a logical de fense of his own action. but the trou blo with the situation is that he cd not induce the world to see the situ' ton from his viewpoint secretar Bryan is drawins the largest ofaeia salary ever paid to an American se' retarv of state-s12.e0o pe- annun the salary heretofore having bee ss.oeo. Men just as prominent poll icslly as Col Bryan have manage to get along on much lesser salarie during their incumbeney of the pos ton he occupies and t will be urge mat the se-etary should first try th expedient of bringing his expens' within his income If grape juice
 expensive he should cut out the graE juice
 That Col. Bryan's earning eapaci' is large is attested by the fact tn he has heretofore been able 10 n only meet the enormous expense
 living. but has been able to lay ssi'