Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-09-19

Dtlnb Il lOOI Oh wall olItet, OF Ol DelnS Il Tory OESdu.
We reprint for a second time the juxtaposition of
names which we took from a page advertisement in
a July issue of the Gazette:
New York City Marine Band
Avon Sketch Club
English Opera Quintet
Neapolitan! Troubadours
William Jennings Bryan
Elliot A.. BoyI
Sears, the Taffy Man
Lorenzo zwickey
Ed. Anahurst OFT
And to think" adds the advertisement, that all the
supreme pleasure of this royal feast is yours for the
mere payment of a few pennies a session under the
season.ticket plan" And all of this is further cracked
up to be literary, musical, entertaining, instructive,
devotional, inspirational, and life-building" the
secretary of state of the United States, holding the
third office in rank in the country, as the special
drawing card.
Now, the Evening Post, being published in the
vicinity of Wall street, has to admit its geographical
damnation and to confess that it has been one of
those newspapers which feel seriously concerned over
the extra-oficial activities of Mr.. Bryan. But there
are no hidden motives for this, and there are no
old scores it would even up. 1t simply has a deep
respect for the office of secretary of state, which
transcends its interest in any given secretary. 1t
was not d~ispleased at Mr.. Bryan's selection for his
position, because it knew him to be a sincere devotee
of peace. 1t has found much to admire in his conduct
of his office, both in the Mexican and Japanese
entanglements, and in his international peace propos-
ais, which are of great promise and, if adopted, will
be of tremendous moment. We, moreover, have not
quarreled with the idea that the secretary Of state or
any other cabinet official may, from time to time,
accept pay for giving a lecture. We have no preju'
dice against the chautauqua itself, and do not dispute
that Mr. Rrvan'S 6iccOursaS are all that he cracks
them up to be. He admirably %expounds the homely
virtues, the gospel of peace and human brotherhood,
and probably gives to many Of those who hear, him
better preaching and ethical teaching than otherwise
falls to their lot. We are even willing to accept
without question a Washington journalists assertion
that Mr.. Bryan has actually spent more hours at his
office than did his immediate predecessors in the
same amount of time, and that when in Washington
he works u%ntiringly, often until late at night.
Despite all this, we are deeply outraged by the
spectacle of the secretary of state appearing nightly
under canvas for pay, or a part OF the gate receipts.
in company with acrobats and vaudeville performers
of every kind. We can most sincerely assure Mr..
Bryan that in this part of the country our feeling is
shared by all those VIVA reverence our institutions
and believe in their being dignified by those entrusted
with the duty of governing. Into this feeling nothing
enters which could properly be termed antidemocrat'
ic.. When Mr.. Wilson, as governor, proposed to talk
to his constituents annually from the steps of every
county court house, it seemed to us an ad1nlraole
plan. But no money consideration entered into II,
and no ~jugglers or %xylophone artists were included
in the program. We have no quarrel because the
secretary of state wishes to meet crowds Of his fellow
citizens and draw inspiration from them. But we
do protest emphatically at what is now going on-a
secretary of state cutting short conferences with for
eign ambassadors to rush off to a little town in West
.-..-. Hgz.,lo-l - oo 80 QDS0s fhor rnfIrninP
to Washington by sleeper for a few hours at his office
and finally rushing off again for a wild night ride by
auto or a train journey to some obscure hamlet
There, it is obvious, he appears not before a real
old.fasnioned chautauqua-which was a ~dignifed uni
versity extension type of mOvement-but before a
vaudeville audience, with Sears the Tafy Man, and
Howard Jones trained seals preceding or succeeding
him in the linelight. .." .,.
If Mr.. Bryan will take our advice he will cease
defending these performances and either resign MS
position forthwith, if he cannot live within his of1clal
means, or rest his case squarely upon his having the
presidents sanction for his performances. NO otner
course appears to us to be posslhle. II tAat puts tne
responsibility for what seems to us nothing less tAah
a scandal directly upon President Wilson, il Is merely
placing it where it already belongs. The president is
charged with the duty of controlling his caplnet,
and the task of keeping it's members in bounds when
thew exceed the proprieties, and that duty cannot De
shirked. even when the relationship IS such as to
call for most tactful and diplomatic procedure on the
presidents side.
Warren A. Stickley is now editor-in-chief OF the
Bismarck Tribune and his many old.time friends IN
the newspaper business will be glad to hear of this
and will wish him abundant success. II anybody IN
the state can put a little ginger into this already
fine newspaper it is Stick. and we shall read the
papeE with more interest than ever, and that is saying
a great deal, because we always find time to read the
Tribune and enjoy it.-Valley City Courier.
Alittle old-fashioned "home-sweethome sentiment
continues to be urged on American citizens temper
arily- residing in Mexico.