Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-18
SENATE DEMOCRATS
TABLE RESOLUTION
AIMED At BRYAN
By Strict Party Vote Measure
Is Buried Without
Debate.
SECRETARY ATTACKED FOR
PROPOSED LECTURE TOUR
Personalities Exchanged by
Bristow and Ashurst in the
Course of Argument.

w NAonlNG1oN, july lS.-By StrlcI
party vote the Senate Democrats to-
day succeeded without debate in
tabling Senator Brlstow's resolution
aimed at Secretary Bryan's proposed
six weeks lecture tour. The resolu-
ton 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
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 30.
AS the vote was announced, Sena-
tor Bristow faced the Democratic
senators and declared:
You may shut off debate in the
Senate. but you cannot convince the
American people that a secretary of
state may neglect the duties of his
office for three months of a year"
Ruled Out of Order.
Vice President Marshall ruled
Senator Bristow out of order.
ut would be just as reasonable for
the attorney general to take three
months off year to practise law,
shouted Senator Bristow, who refused
to be shut out. II think there Is a
condition before the country that
should demand the attention of Con-
gress and the administration in
power"
Are you really apprehensive." In
terrupted Senator Vardaman, a
Democrat. that the business of the
state department will suffer because
Mr.. Bryan is occasionally away"
1T has been said since this dis
cussion arose." returned Bristow,
"that the State department Is better
off with the secretary away than
with him here. But l believe If the
secretary would give to the problems
before him the powers of his great
| intellect, he could perform great
service to the country. Whether the
subordinates in his department are
better fitted to attend to the duties
/ than he do not know"
Senator Fall suggested that If
Secretary Bryan had remained at his
post the Senate would have had an
answer to its resolution of April "a.
asking for the amount of damages
to victims of Mexican troubles
Bristow and Ashurst Clash.
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 ] have been a member of
the Senate" shouted Bristow, shak-
ing a finger at Ashurst, Il 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
produce proofs The whole allega-
ton, he replied, was wholly base
less and without foundation
Bristow reiterated that "the sem
ator has sent at public expense tele-
grams pertaining to private busI-
ness"
The letter which precipitated the
row was one Bristow had written
to Senator Chester l. Long, May u,
1906.
'I 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 18TH
mus once in three months. I could
hold 1t and live in Kansas, being
there at least half my time, and
when the fight got hot l could re-
sign"