The Washington herald., 1914-04-05
'BRYAN'SFOOTMAN
BUTT OF SOLONS
House Has Its Joke at Society
Code Of Secretary Of
State.
HIS LOCKS RIDIcULED
Underofhcials of the Commoner Suffer
Losses to Salary in. Course
of Debate.
HIS LOCKS RIDIcULED

The House yesterday took up Secretary
Of State Bryan's recent statement that /
is bad form for him to make calls with
out a footman: also his suggestion that
/ Congress appropriate for ian assistant
I to the coachman." as the Great Com
rnoner described the stately person whit
sits on the box with the driver of hi;
coach.
In the melee Mr. Bryan and his view,
on the social proprieties were pounded by
the Republicans and defended by ths
Democrats. In the course of the turmoil
\ Representative johnson, of South Caro-
lima. who is very serious minded. arose
with Bible in hand, and likened the Sec.
\ retary of State to Shadrach, Mishech and
Abednego.
He has been cast In the fiery furnace
of your sarcasm for sixteen long years, -
| thundered johnson, but like the three
Hebrews who refused to bow down to the
golden images of Nebuchadnezer, he
comes forth uuscathed and his hair un-
singed."
And uncut" suggested an insprgent
Republican.
All this took place In the course of n
Discussion of the legislative, executive.
and judicial appropriation bill. Pretty
rs4-iy everything the Republicans could
ftDlhh OF was ulStuSSEu, DuI eSDeCldl. IDc
Secretary of State, his unsigned hair,
his footman. his lectures, his policies;
the fourth-class postmai re, the grocery
bills at the White House, end other vi-al
topics .-s ' -
Wants Bryan Salary Cut.
The cdd part ef 1t wac hat Democ at
led the anvil chorus. This> was Repre-
sentative Fowler. of Illinois, who for
several years has been bowling against
any increase of salary. and who yester-
day succeeded in reducing the salaries
of the Assistant Secretary of State and
the Second and Third Assistant Secre-
taries of State. from $500 and a, 500 to
s, 500
Representative Humphrey, OF Washing
ton. a Republican, then offered an
amendment raising Secretary Bryan's
salary to $l500o. The Democrats with one
accord declared the amendment out of
order. Mr.. Humphrey then offered an
other resolution, reducing the Secretary's $
salary to $500. The willy Washington
ian did this merely to get a chance to
talk under the rules of the House. He
said:
when, l offered the amendment to
raise his salary i did not have in mind
that the Secretary of State should be
paid a large enough sum to keep him
Iob uO any lHlll6 10
him in Washington, as / believe he is
doing the best service TO the country
when he is outside of the State Depart
ment. 1 heard some one say this after
noon high salaries in the government
service should be paid so as to insure
better results. We certainly ought to
pay more money to the Secretary of
State IL We think we could get better
service in the State Department.
l,N
who would not have to sell something
to England and violate his party plat
form in order to extricate himself and
the country from the difficulties into
which ii has fallen through him.
The Democrats retorted hotly.
High Life in wichita.
Don't let us frown upon the employ
ment of an extra footman," said Repre-
sentative Sloan, a Republican. from Ne
braska- 81 am sure the Secretary of
State wants to reduce the great army of
unemployed under this administration,
and If he can do it to the extent of a
footman here and there, let him go
ahead"
Bringing to the discussion a picture
of social customs as practiced in the
great trans-Missouri regions. Represent
ative Murdock, Of Kansas. the Bull
Moose leader, delivered an grafton in
Weighing against lace and gold braid.
out in that glorious region where the
Secretary of State halls FROM he said,
the coachman wear no gold braid, the
footmen no livery, and the gardener.
when called into the leading homes of
Wichita to act as butler for the infre-
quent receptions, looks only like a gard
ener-nothing more. And now some of
you are endeavoring to foist a coachman
in gold lace upon the Secretary of State
and 1 admire his steadfast courage in
refusing one"
Representative Mondell bobbed up a.
minute later when the House was dis
cussing an item of 500 for equipment
OF driver for the man who holds the
reins of the Secretary Of States coach
This means a livery uniform 1 sup
pose" suggested Mr.. Mondell, 'and the
only question about this uniform since
the surrender to England the other day
will be whether or not the British Union
Jack is to be worn on the front or the
back"
For hours this discussion continued,
and at the end of il, Representative
Fowler arose and made a warm defense
of Mr.. Bryan.
He has done more to put the govern
ment OF the United States in the hands
of the common people than any other man
in the country" shouted Fowler.