Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-07-18
RESOLUTION TO
HELP BRYAN
TABLED
DEMOCRATS BY VOTE OF 49 TO "a
DISPOSE or BRIST0W'S RESO.
LUTON TO RAISE BRYAN'S SAL.
AIRY so he WOULD NOT HAVE TO
LECTURE TO PAY EXPENSES.
BRISTOW AND ASHURST
HAVE A LIVELY tilt

Washington, D, G., July 1S.-The
senate Democrats today succeeded in
tabling Senator Bristow's resolution
aimed at Secretary Bryan's proposed
six weeks lecture tour.
The resolution would have called on
! President Wilson to advise the senate
what salary would be sufficient to keep
Mr.. Bryan continuously at his post
and was prompted by the secretary's
public announcement that he was
obliged to augment his pay of $4,000
ia year by lectures to meet his living
Expenses.
Senators PoindeXter and Borah vot-
ed with the Democrats to table the
resolution. The vote was Al to %.
The debate developed a sharp ex-
change between Senator Ashurst and
Bristow, when the former read letter
intended to show that Bristow years
lsthmian Canal commissioner, with
the suggestion that he need not spend
much time ION the job
Since | have been member of
the senate" shouted Bristow, shaking
a finger at Ashurst, I have not spent
one dollar of the funds of the United
States to carry kilograms to my con,
stituents, as has the senator from
Arizona, many Of which should have
been paid for by himself
i
absolutely. and dared" Bristow to
produce proofs. The whole allegation.
ne replied, was wholly baseless and
without foundation"
Bristow reiterated that the senator
las sent at public expense kilograms
pertaining to private business
The letter which precipitated the
'ow, was one Bristow had written to
Senator Chester l.. Long. May 27,
906.
Il think | would like TO have one
II those advisory places in the Canal =
ommission," it said.
They pay $500 and require a visit ;
o the isthmuS once in three months. :
could hold it and live III Kansas,
eing there at least half of my time, :
nd when the fight got hot could re- ,
ign"
Aside from the technical and legal ,
uestion of the right of public serv-
Mt to sell his services twice, the ;,
ublic announcement by Mr.. Bryan
lat a man of his well advertised Dem. i
cratic tastes cannot live on an i'll >,
ome of $4,000 year presents 81
oral question for the consideration :,
the American people," declared ~
enator Townsend, Republican of n
ichigan, in a speech in the senate to-
ay. -
"The question is simply this, n,
neither under the circumstances, it
the duty of the citizen and the pub h,
, servant to modify his style of his y
'ing within his legitimate income" III
He declared other cabinet officers
ere living on $4,000; that subordi- fl,
ties in the government departments or
)uld not be allowed to do other th
'rk while holding their positions; 81
d because of his previous attitude
fore the people. Mr.. Bryan should ,.
We felt an obligation to live within IL
IRE rigid lines.
IF the American people remain
ent at this time, and by their sill
ce give their inferential approval
assent to the policy Mr.. Bryan has
nounced,' said the senator, that n,e
itude of an official toward his dll- G,
S must be assumed to be perma- res
1t feature of our governmental in loo
tutions.
AT time when most unusual for ,,,,;
n complications confront us, the a.
)anese question is before us, when w.. NV
relations with the disturbed re- -
,lic to the south of us are most
We and fraught with mighty re- nee
indeed at this time VIC
We all others the statement of Mr.. "''
an that he proposed to desert his pio
ce for the purpose of personal cav
ncial gain comes as shock to l'ol
thoughtful people. a
This action is even more mex ire
able when it Is known that the EaV
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