Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-07-19
PROBE BRYAN'S PAY
ASKED TO
Bryan Gives Out Statement settlno
Fourth That He Has Saved
About $4,000 a Year.


WASHINGTON. July le. Follow
ing the presentation o. al iroical res
olutlon in the Senate BY Mr.. nrlstow
Of Kansas. Republican. for an in
vestigation Of the Secretary OF state
salary. Mr.. Bryan Issued formal
statement in answer 10 the criticisms
which hostile newspapers have for
days past heaped upon him IN con
nection with his forthcoming lecture
engagements
The Secretary makes no apology
what ever for his plan to deliver a
series Of chautauqua lectures. He
says that he means 10 devote most
of his vacation to them and that he
is doing it 20 supplement- the income
he receives from the Government.
Incidentally Mr.. Bryan explodes
the oftsrepeated report that he Is a
very rich man This bit OF fiction
has been handed about for years and
was based upon statements that the
present Secretary received a princely
income from his magazine and more
princely in come from his lecturing.
In his statement the Secretary
says he has been able to lay aside
during the last few years about $4,000
year, The aggregate Of these say.
ings will therefore not reach any fig.
IRE near the 100000 mark at which
the Bryan fortune has been placed.
The statement was not an answer
of the Bristow resolution. having
been promised late Monday and again
yesterday morning before the Kansas
Senator itroduced his measure. The
resolution, which was not Intended at
any time for serious consideration
but was designed as gratuitous slap
at the Secretary. was promptly OBJ
jected to when introduced. IL there
upon went over and viii probably new
err be called up.
What Resolution Provides.
The resolution reads as follows;
Whereas from 1889 to 1899 the sal
airy Of the Secretary of State was
$500 per annum during which per.
iod the office was occupied by Thorn
as Jefferson and Edmud Randolph,
and
Whereas from 1893 to 1919 the sal
airy of the Secretary of State was So,
900 per annum during which period
the office was occupied by such emf
nent statesmen as John Marshall,
James Madison, James Monroe and
John Quincy Adams, and
Whereas from 1919 to 1853 the sal
airy OF the Secretary of State was So
900 per annum, during which period
that high office was occupied by such
eminent statesmen as Henry Clay,
Martin Van Buren,, Daniel Webster,
John G. Calhoun and James Buchan-
an, and
Whereas from 1853 to 1911 the sal
AIRY of the Secretary of State was 49,
900 per annum during which period
that high office was occupied by such
eminent statesmen as William II. Sc
ward, James G. Blaine, Thomas f..
Bayard, Walter @. Gresham, Richard
Olney. John Sherman, John Hay and
Elihu Root, and.
Whereas during this long period OF
time no one OF these eminent states
men was compelled to neglect the du.
ties of the Office because of the mea.
greness OF the salary, and
Whereas, during the year 1911 the
salary of the Secretary of State was
increased from $4,000 to $4,000 per
annum, and
whereas the Great Commoner'
now holding that high Office. Hon. w.
J. Bryan. has stated in the public
press that the salary of $1,000 per
month is not sufficient to enable him
to live with comfort, and that because
of the meagreness of the salary OF
$4,000 per'annum he is compelled to
neglect the duties OF his Office and go
upon the lecture platform in order to
earn a living, and
Whereas there are now pending be
fore the Department Of State matters
of the highest Importance to the ma
ton affecting the relations Of our
country with Mexico, Japan, England
and other foreign countries that de
mand the most earnest careful and
continuous attention of the Secretary