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Show yjyj TURN DOWN RESOLUTION Democrats Table Bris-tow's Bris-tow's Attempt to Have President Advise to Senate What Salary Would Be Sufficient to Keep Bryan on Job All the Time asnington. July is The senato Democrats today succeeded, without debate jn tabling Senator Bristow'e resolution aimed at Secretary Bryan's proposed six-weeks lecture tour Tho resolution would have called on President Presi-dent Wilson to advlso the senate what salary would be sufficient to keep Mr Bryan continuously at his post and was prompted by the secretary s pun-lie pun-lie announcement that h was obliged to augment his pay of $12,000 a year b lectures to meet his living expenses ex-penses . Senators PolndPxter and Borah vot-pd vot-pd with the Democrats to table the resolution. The- vote was 41 to 2!) As the vote was announced. Senator Sena-tor Bristow faced the Democratic sen ators and declares "You may shut off debate in the senate, but you cannot convince the American people that a secretary of state may neglect the duties oi his office for three months of a ypar " Vice President Marshall ruled Senator Sen-ator Bristow out of order. "It would be Just a6 reasonable for the attorney general to take three months off a year to practice law," shouted Senator Bristow. who refund to be shut out. "I think there is a condition before the country that should demand the attention of con gress and the administration m power " "Are you really apprc-hf-nsh e ' Interrupted In-terrupted Senator Yardaman. a Demo- i rat. "that the business of the state department will suffer because Mr Bryan Is occasionally awaj ! "It has been said sinre th.s discussion discus-sion began," said Senator Bristow, 'that the slate department Is better off with the secretary away than with him here. I believe If the secretary would give the problems before hlin the powers of his great intellect, he 'could perform a great service to tho country Whether subordinates In his department are better fitted to attend to the duties than ho I don't know." Senator Fall suggested that If Sec retarj Bran had remained at his post, the senate would have bad an answer to Its resolution of April 24, asking for the amount of damages to victims of Mexican troubles Charges Against Ashurst. W ashington. July 18 A uarRo that Senator Ashurst of Arizona had "used $200 of public funds" to pay lor telegrams tele-grams that should have been paid for out of his own pockets was made In tho senate today by Senator Bristow. Senator Ashurst denied It and Senator BriBtow agreed to produce tho telegrams tele-grams to prove his charge, The debate developed a sharp ex-Change ex-Change between Bristow and Senator MUUiVI nil Oil liiv ianv: i i-.iu it u-ui-i Intended to show that Bristow yean ago had expressed a wish to be an isthmian canal commissioner, with the suggestion that he need not spend much lime "on tho job " "Since I have been a member ol the senate," shouted Bristow, shaking a linger at Ashurst, 'I have not spent $100 of the funds of the United States to carry telegrams to my constituents, constitu-ents, 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 allegation, ho replied was "wholly baseless and without foundation ' Bristow reiterated that the "senator "sena-tor has sent at public expense, telegrams tele-grams pertaining to private business." The letter which precipitated the row was one Bristow had written to Senator Chester It Long. .May 27. 1906. "I think I would like to have one ol those advisory places on the canal commission." it sald "They pay $7600 and require a visit to the Isthmus Isth-mus once in three months, l could hold it and live in Kansas, being there at least half my time and. when the fight got hot, oojBld resign." 1 |