Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-07-23
u n. Carr, Hubert Carr. Wade 3
Long. Fred w. Hermann.
Editors and Proprietors.
! sWEDNEsDAY,SJuLYE2s 90, 1918.
M. BRYAN AND HIS CRITICS.

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Every government employee at
\ Washington is allowed certain num- NJ 10
Der Of days each year on full pay
AS a vacation, and Mr.. Bryan is tax.
) ing his vacation this year prea CHI b
{ Ing true democracy, patriotism and
Christian living from Chautauqua'
platforms. He says that his salary
ct $12, 900 a year Is not sufficient
to pay his expenses while he holds ls
! the office ,ot secretary of state, and &C
+ that he feels Justified in accepting
6lpay for his Chautauqua lectures.
This statement about the mad
equacys ct his salary has caused a
& deluge of criticism from two classes
Y Of critics. The men who have q no
use for Mr.; Bryan or, the policies
he stands tor constitute one class.
They would grab at any kind Of " a
1 straw In an endeavor. to discredit
Mr.. Bryan and keep him from talk al
I ing to the American people. They are
discredited politicians, who blame
Mr.. Bryan for their political re
verses and can he depended upon to
( howl whenever 4 Mr.. Bryan puts his
thumb down where they think y his
fore finger should be. It matters s
but little what that class Of men
say or refrain from saying about Mt Mt.
3 Bryan. .atss u
But there is another class % crit TT
/: ics who are well meaning. They seem
I unable to understand how = Jeffe3rI.
$sonian. democrat like Mr.. Bryan Is ls
unable to live on . salary Of $1,000 (')
per month. NJ z 4.
That class OF critics cease to be
critics as soon as the situation is
explained to them. 4
Our secretary Of state, It must be
remembered, is the cabinet OFFICER
who deals with the official represen,
tatives at Washington Of all the 9TH 9th
3er. nations OF the earth. He is The tn
Representative Of all the people OF o.
this country to all these foreign
Representatives. In our name he ac--
cepts entertainments from them. In
our behalf he must entertain them hen
In return. The custom which obliges
him to do this is infinitely stronger
than any law, and q salary OF So
900 per year is insufficient to meet
these obligations to say nothing
about his ordinary family expenses.
AS secretary Of state MI. Bryan ls
much more than w. J. Bryan; he IS
the spokesman OF wealthy and and
powerful nation in its dealings with VII
all the other nations Of the world.
While Mr.. Bryan would be one Of
the last men in the land to indulge
in social rivalry. he could not sub
1ect his countrymen 70 aS8 hum mi Z s.
Ing contrast between his residence nee
ans the residences OF q score OF . more re
Of foreign ministers and ambassa-
doris, with, whom he has to deal with
constantly. It is stated, and we be
5lleve truthfully stated, that some some 81
our secretaries OF state in 4 recent
years have used their entire salaries.
in the rent Of their homes alone.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan are exceeding
II frugal people. When MI. Bryan
was nominated for the presidency
at Chicago he and Mrs. Bryan were
rooming at one Of the least expen'
sive Of the good hotels in that city.
Mr.. Bryan told the truth about
the inadequacy Of his salary. and
with truth on his side criticisms can
not harm him.