The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-07-16
Sen. Bristou,
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services given the country by other
secretaries of state. who managed to
i've in comfort on salaries much less
than that now paid Mr.. Bryan.
The Bryan statement is the talk OF
Washington and the country. The
frank admission Of man who declares
he cannot exist on $1,000 per month
shocked his followers and brought
upon him condemnation by his politl.
cal opponents within his own party.
Some openly criticised the man who
has been preaching Jeffersonian sim.
plicity in all things. while others. de.
cllnfng TO speak for publication. be.
moaned the fact that Bryan had EN-.
barrassed not only the President. but
fthe party.
Bryan May Quit ieeturine.
Mr.. Bryan, In his statement issued
this evening does not say that he has
decided to abandon the series OF lee.
lures he has contracted 10 deliver, and
which will net him tidy sum. There
are Democrats close to the administra.
ton. however, who say that the sec.
rotary of state will find it convenient
lG cancel any further lecture dates ana
devote his time TO settling great inter
national questions now pending before
the State Department"
Democrats, in and Que of Congress
hemoan the situation surrounding the
Bryan statement. They fear its effec
upon the country and upon the issueI
which both the President and his sec
rotary OF stare stand for. They fee
that Mr.. Bryan. by his frank admis
sion that $1,000 a month is not stuff
cient 10 maintain himself and wife
will not appeal 10 the hard workin
man who makes So to So day an
who rushed TO the Wilson standar
last November upon the promise @
the Democratic party that, once /
power. II would reduce the high eos
OF living and bring about the miller
ium so far as the American wage carr
J er was concerned.
} They know that these men, who ar
following public affairs closer to.da
than tany time. will ask why tn
great Commoner. with such pricel
salary compared to their own, car
not maintain himself. while they tot
in mill and factory at n wage whIcl
does not aggregate more than 81 90
. per year. Mr.. BryanS position jus
now Is most delicate and the effect
oil his confession" is feared by Dem
ocratic leaders generally.
Wilson Is Silent.
AT the White House there was M
statement forthcoming. The President
1t is understood. discussed the Brya!
statementf Sunday night with the sec
rotary of state. but If any conclusion
was reached 1t was safely guarded.
The Bristow resolution. which wa
read when nearly every senator wa
in his seat and to we'll filled galleries
recited these facts:
| From 1879 to 1893 the salary of III,
secretary OF state was $4,000 per an
nun. during which period the ofIic,
was occupied by Thomas Jefferson
and Edmond Randolph. From 1899 Il
1919 the salary was $1,000, when sucl
eminent statesmen as John Marshall
James Madison. James Munroe ant
John Quincy Adams held the office
From 1919 to 1858 the salary vas Sc,
900. during which period the office wa.
Occupied by Henry Clay. Martin Van
Buren,. Daniel Webster, John c. Cal
houn and James Buchanan. From 1861
10 1911 the salary was 5000. when VII
liam H. Seward. james G.. Blaine
Thomas F. Bayard. Walter Q. Ores
ham. Richard .0lney. John Sherman
John Hay and Elihu Root held the
post. During this long period of time
no one OF these eminent statesmen
was compelled TO neglect the duties OF
the office because OF the meagerness
OF the salary. During the year 1911
the salary of the secretary OF state
was increased from $4,000 to $4,000
per annum.
The great "Commoner" now holding
that high Office. the Hon. W. J. Bryan.
has stated in the public press that the
salary Of $1,OOOp er month is not suf.
iicient 10 enable him to live, in com.
fort, and that because OF the meagre.
ness OF the salary OF $4,000 per an.
rum he is compelled to neglect the du.
ties of his Office and go upon the lee.
ture platform in order TO earn living.
Whereas. there are now pending be.
fore the State Department matters of
the highest importance to the nation,
affecting the relations of our country
with Mexico. Japan. England and 9th.
er foreign countries that demand the
most earnest. careful and continuous
attention OF the secretary OF state.
therefore,
BE IL resolved that the President be
requested. If not incompatible with the
public interests. to advise the Senate
what would be proper salary TO en-.
able the present secretary of state to
live with comfort and enable him to
give his time to the discharge of his
public duties for which he is now paid