The San Francisco call., 1913-07-19
HURLs
HOT RETORTs
OVER BRYAN
Senator Bristow Starts Tenn
pest of Oratory by Renew
ing Attacks on Secre-
tary's Lecture Tour
BITTER WRANGLE
is PRECIPITATED
Democratic Members Point
Accusing Finger at Kan
saS Senator
BITTER WRANGLE
IS PRECIPITATED

WASHINGTON July 1s.-secretary
Bryan's policy Of lecturing in his va
cation time involved the senate In a
bitter controversy today 1t began
when Senator Bristow, ignoring the
defeat of his resolution directed at
Mr. Bryan's action, insisted upon being
heard in severe criticism OF the cabi-
net officer.
Before the debate ended, charges
and countercharges between senator's
on the two sides of the chamber had
brought the senate to a high pitch of
an old letter of Senator Bristow's.
which, he declared, indicated that Mr.
Bristow in 1906 had been perfectly
willing to take federal position and
devote only part of his time to 1t.
Senator Bristow retorted with the
charge that Senator Ashurst had spent
over 500 of public funds sending pri-
vate kilograms that should have been
paid for from his own pocket. a charge
denied by Senator Ashurst, but which
Senator Bristow agreed to prove by
producing original kilograms that had
been paid for out OF senate funds
DEBATE BECOMES HOT
From these personal accusations the
debate went into the general field of
public lecturing and writing, and demo-
cratic senators called attention to the
Chautauqua platform work of Senator
Bristow and many others. and to the
newspaper writing that Senator Bris-
tow had done at the4last Baltimore con-
rention. The Kens1s sena tor. emphati- :
cally declared that he never had
neglected the duties of his Office
IT am not on trial here he said.
'T simply want to show that people
who live in glass houses should not
throw stones" said Senator James
Senators Bristow Townsend. Fall
and others attacked in strong language
the action of Secretary Bryan in de-
1fvering paid lectures at time when
they claimed public questions required
his close attention to the affairs of the
state department
The Bristow resolution introduced
Tuesday calling upon President Will
son to state what salary would be
Bryans time was tabled by vote OF
Al to % as soon as 1t came up today.
all the democrats and Senators Borah
and Poindexter opposing 1t.
BRYAN's PLAN SCORED
A prepared attack upon Secretary
and an extensive defense by Senator
Lewis ilIumined the oratory of the day.
Senator Townsend insisted the ex-
ample of the secretary In selling his
time for private gain when 1t already
had been sold to the government was
unwholesome for the entire country.
Senator Lewis asked when the SEN
tor from Kansas and the senator from
Michigan had become SO "subtly inocu-
lated with comprehension of the dan
gers of a public official spending his
vacation addressing the people on
questions of vital interest to them. He
said this could have been when a re-
publican president was campaigning
at the expense Of the tax payers.
where was the voice OF protest
when a postoffice official turned him
self into a great political machine to
elect another public official to the
presidency2, he inquired. Where was
the voice when Major Ray abandoned
his post in the army to engage I'm po-
litfcaI work In Chicago for a presi-
Dental candidate? Why were the
voices of the senate silent then? Was
It because those men were not dem
ocrats? Where was the voice when
officials of previous administrations
were speculating in the stock market
and on tariff bills?"
BRYAN TALKS FREELY
Secretary Bryan talked freely with
the newspaper men today about his
much discussed and criticised plan to
spend his vacation on the lecture plat
form He said he probably would make
a little more than $3.50 on each lee
ture. and added When I return I'll
tell you Just how much I have made"
Mr.. Bryan will deliver his first lee
ture before the Winona Indiana)
Chautauqua assembly Sunday after
noon. He will make as many addi-
tional lectures as time Will permit be-
fore his return for his conference with
Henry Lane Wilson. now
en- route to washington from Mexico
City to make the report to President
Wilson and Secretary Bryan which
probably will determine the future at
titude of the United States toward the
revolution torn republic to the south.
The secretary indicated that he was
making the trip under his own aus
pices and said he would not become
president of the Winona Chautauoua
until its reorganization after its in
debtedness had been liquidated.