Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-07-18
BRISTOW is ITS FATHER
SENATOR AsHuRsT OF ARIZONA
SPRINGS SURPRISE ON PRO-
GREssIVE KANsAN
HE MENTIONS soft JOB"
HIS REMARKS, HOWEVER, RE
suit IN BOOMERANG, COM
Inc BACK STRONG

" Mashington, July 1S.-lhe senate
democrats today succeeded In taDnns
Senator Bristow resolutIon aimee
at secretary Bryan's proposed SIX
weeks lecture tour. Inc resolution
would have called on President vii
son 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 year by
lectures to meet his living expenses.
Senators Poindexter and Borah
voted with the democrats to table the
resolution. The vote was Al to 29.
The debate developed a sharp ex-
change between Bristow and Senator
Ashurst when the latter read let
ter intended to show that Bristow
years ago had expressed a wish to
be an Isthmian canal commissioner,
with the suggestion that he need not
spend much time ION the Job"
Since I have been member Of
apats altaa Bsistow shak-
ing a finger at Ashurst, i have not
spent 500 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"
Senator Ashurst denied the charge
absolutely and dared" Bristow to pro-
duce proofs The whole allegation,
he replied, was wholly baseless and
without foundation"
Bristow reiterated that the "sena-
tor had sent at public expense, tele-
grams pertaining to private business" /"
The letter which precipitated the
row was one Bristow had written to
Senator Chester !. Long. May 27,
1906.
II think | would like to have one
of those advisory places on the canal
commission, it said. "They pay ST.
500 and require a visit to the isthmus
once in three months. could hold it
and live in Kansas, being there at
least half of my time and when the
fight got hot could resign"
Bryan is scathed
aside from the technical and legal
question OF the right Of a publAs yer.
want to sell his services twice the
public announcement by Mr. Bryan
that his well-advertised democratic
tastes cannot live on an income Of
$4,000 year presents moral ques-
ton for the consideration Of the AM
erican people, declared Senator Town
send, republican, Of Michigan in a
speech in the senate today.
The question is simply this. whe
ther, under the circumstances, it is
the duty Of the citizen and the public
servant to modify his style of living
Ito within his legitimate income
He declared other cabinet officers
were living on $4,000; that subordin
ates in the government departments
would not be allowed to do Other
work while holding their positions;
and because Of his previous attitude
before the people, Mr.. Bryan should
have felt an obligation to live With
more rigidness.
IF the American people remain 81
lent at this time, and by their silence
give their inferential approval or as
sent to the polly Mr.. Bryan has an
nounced,a said the senator that atti-
tude Of an official toward his duties
must be assigned to be permanent
feature Of our governmental institu-
tions.
"At time when most unusual for
eign complications confront us, when
the Japanese question is before us,
when our relations with the disturbed
Irepublic to the south Of Us are most