The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-07-18
BRYAN HAS SAVED
$17O,OO0 IN II YEARS
SECRETARY'S PUBLIC STATE
MENT SAYS HE WILL LECTURE
IN VACATION TIME"

$1,000 Month Income Poverty
Plea is Severest Blow Yet to Ad-
ministration-Big Storm of Ridi-
Cule.
Washington, July 17.-Secretary
of State Bryan felt obliged to defend
himself again today against the flood
of criticism that has poured in on ac-
count of his absences from Washing
ton on the Chautauqua platform.
Mr.. Bryan issued statement in
which he announced that his forth
coming six weeks speaking tour
would be his vacation. He reiterat-
ed his statement that he was unable
to live within his salary of $4,000
year, and added that he is sacrific-
! ing $4,000 net income by serving as
Secretary of State for four years.
Mr.. Bryan acknowledges that in
the last seventeen years he has saved
| $4,000. Inasmuch as this appar-
emily does not include investments
which Mr.. Bryan may have made
there seems to be good reason for
the statement that he is worth be-
! tween 100000 and $500,000.
Bristow Says "How Much?"
While Mr.. Bryan was doing this
/
things were happening at the Capitol.
Senator Bristow arose from his seat
and introduced a resolution calling
upon President Wilson to advise the
Senate what salary is necessary in
order to retain the Government the
| exclusive services of the Secretary of
State and keep him in Washington.
The Bristow resolution flabber-
gasted the Democrats of the Senate
for a few minutes, but they got their
wind soon enough to shut off debate
on the resolution. 1t will come up
under the rules of the Senate on Fri
day, and Senator ,Bristow intends
to push it.
Those two developments indicate
clearly the rumpus that has been
stirred up in the national capital
over Mr.. Bryan's Chautauqua cir
cult predictions. Nothing more
embarrassing for the Democrats and
the Wilson administration has yet
occurred than this attempt by Mr..
Bryan to use the time for which the
Government is paying him to deliver
Chautauqua speeches for hire.
Not the least humiliating feature
of the case is the knowledge that it
will be used in Europe to add to the
ridiculous impression that already
has been created by the grape juice
and other stirring episodes in Mr..
Bryan's brief career as head of the
State Department.
MIR. Bryan's Statement.
Here is the statement issued by
Mr.. Bryan:
II am glad to have the criticism
brought to my attention. / believe in
criticism Of public officials. Critic
ism is helpful. If man makes a
mistake, criticism enables him to cor
rect it; if he is unjustly criticised the
criticism helps him. l have had my
share of criticism since / have been
in public life, but it has not prevent
ed my doing what l thought proper
to do.
\ I'm devoting a part of my vaca-
tion to lecturing l am doing what l
believe to be proper, and l have no
fear whatever that any unbiased per-
son will criticise me when he knows
the facts.
For seventeen years the sources
of my incomes have been writing and
lecturing, but each year l have made
more public speeches without COM
pensation and where l have paid my
own travelling expenses than have
! where compensation was received.
My earning capacity has been large
and / have made not only an income
sufficient for my immediate needs,
but have saved on an average some
thing more than $4,000 a year.
/ I'm accepting the Office which /
now hold | gave up the opportunity
to add to my accumulations, for 1 do
; not expect to increase during my
5 term the amount / have laid aside,
, that is 1 am willing to forego what
ever advantage l might derive from
r the acquiring of $4,000 more for
| the privilege of serving the country
! in this office during the coming
= four years.
Lectures in Vacation Time.
81 will do more if necessary, but /
do not believe that fair minded peo-
> pie will ask it of me. Therefore un-
: til / see some reason for changing
my purpose l expect to lecture
enough to bring my income up to my
expenses, these lectures to be de-
livered during the time that other
: officials give to their vacations.
j I'm addition to supplementing my
;. salary l hope that my lectures do
: good-people who attend them
d would not do so if they did not
y think they received their moneys
worth, but would be glad to spend
: my vacation resting instead of lect-
e uring if l could do so without eat
t ing in upon the amount that l have
: laid away as protection against
old age"