New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-17
BRYAN TELLS WHY He
CAN'T LIVE ON $4,000
OBLIGATIONS Which Must Be Met
Independent Of Office More
than Half His Salary.
PURELY PERSONAL MATTER
Real Question, He Says, Is
Whether One Can Meet Ex-
penses of Official Life Add
ed to Other Expenses.
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Lincoln. Neb., Aug l6.-William J.
BRYAN. I'm signed statement, made
public through The Monthly Com
moner" to-day. says it is not ques-
tion Of whether a Cabinet officer can
live on $1,000 year. but rather one
Of whether he can subsist on that sum
"a matter purely personal In part
his statement follows:
when / announced that ! found Il
necessary TO supplement my official IN
come and that / would turn 10 the lect-
ure platform AS the most natural as
well AS an entirely legitimate. means
Of earning what additional income
needed. the question was at once
asked. Why is MIR. Bryan unable TO
live upon a salary Of $1,000 a year,
1T ought 20 have occurred TO any one
who was tempted To ask the question
/ that the question is not whether cab
met officer could live on $1,000 year
if he had nothing to consider except
the EXPENSES attendant upon livinS IN
Washington. but whether he could add
the expense Of official life to his other
cvpenses and NEE them all out Of his
salary
! ..F,, CIV man who has reached a post
where ne is likely 80 be appointed t. a
high Office has assumed obligations
which cannot be suspended when he
enters office. Ny obligations to church.
charity. education and for my insur-
ance cannot be discontinued. They
amount to more than $500 per year,
and these. though the largest, are ny
n, means all and will absorb more tha!,
Il.4lf the salary when ! receive.
Doesn't Complain Of Salaries.
81 have not complained OF the sal
aries of Cabinet officers; neither would
II advocate an increase, although the
., eition of Secretary Of State carries
With il more entertainment than any
other position i'm the Cabinet because OF
tic relation to the outside world ana
my acceptance of hospitality through
ont the country and throughout the
NrnT
tertaining expected of me. But there
is no rule requiring Cabinet ofncer u
COMPRESS his expenditures Withln the
salary limit, and no criticism mas peeh
oteorad heretofore when Cabinet oihcers
have drawn upon their private incomes
10 meet their expenses "heh 'hose o.
penses have exceeded the aihouh'
drawn from the government.
II have as much reason not 10
neglect public duty as one can nave
and those who are fair minded ough'
"a assume. until they have evidence 10
the contrary that my vaea'ioh perIou
,,m no en- chosen as not TO sacrihce
official dutv. All officials are given
,acations and where several are as
sociated together in an office the Vaca-
lions are so arranged that Worh Is eN'
changed and the business OF the ue-
partment goes on.
"A mans expenditures gro" WIN 4'-
income. My income. due largely 10 'h'
fact of my political prominence mas
been considerable, and as IL mas e'o"'
my expenses, also due largely 10 Poi'',
cal prominence have grown Du'
have been able 10 meet them ana u
Law aside some money each year Tor thS
last seventeen years. l have planned
to forego for the next four years any
additions to my accumuations, and
do not regard II as a sacrince 10 90 so
I so much appreciate the opportunity