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S SENATE J July ul 18 Secretary Secretary Bryans Bryan's policy lolic of lecturing it in ill X his vacation oll time involved cd the Senate in a bitter Jitter controversy today It t bc began all when Senator Br v st w ignoring ignoring- the defeat o of his his' resolution directed di- di di directed at irr Mr r. r Rr Bryans Bryan's an s action insisted upon being being- heard in severe seere criticism of the cabinet officer i Before re the thc debate ended charges and countercharges countercharge l b between senator on un both sides of the chamber cha had brought Drought the Senate ton a high Pitch pi teh of excitement Senator Ashurst produced an old letter o of Senator Bristow Bristol's which ho lac that Mr fr r. r Bris Bristow ow in 1906 had been p perfectly r willing to take a federal position and devote ote only part of his iris time t to it Senator Bristow retorted with the charge that S-en S Senator for Ashurst hurst had bad spent o over er of public funds E sending private te telegrams that should have hao been paid for or from front his own pocket a charge denied by S Senator Ashurst l. but which Senator Bristow agreed to prove by producing original telegrams telegrams tele tele- grams that had been paid for out of Senate funds The letter r which precipitated the ro row r newspaper writing that Senator was t one Bristow had written to Senator Senator Sena Sena- tor Chester I. I Long Iong May a 27 7 1906 I think I would like to have one ono oneo o of those a advisory advisor IBor places on on the canal commission It Jt said The They pa pay 7 and require a a. visit to the isthmus once in three thre months I could hold it and live lI in l Kansas ansas being thereat there at at least ha half m my time and when the fight rIght got Hot gothot gothot hot I could coul resign Chautauqua Work DIec ed d. d From th these se personal accusations the debate dehate went t Into th the general r field of public lecturing and wr writing Ung and Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic senators called caned attention to the Chautauqua pla platform work of ot Senator Bristow and man many others and to the tow tor had done at the lust lost Baltimore co convention The Kansas senator emphatically em em- declared that th he never neter had had nc neglected tile the d duties of or his office I 1 am not on on trial here here I he e saidI said Bald I simply want want to show that people who t live livo in glass houses should not throw v stones stans said altI Senator Jam James s Senators Bristow To Townsend Fan Fall and others attacked attached in strong language angus ge e th the action of ot Secretary Bryan in deliverIng delivering deliver ing InS paid lectures at a time when they he claimed public questions required liha hi close attention to the affairs of ot time the state department The Bristow resolution introduced d Continued on Pa Page Pago 5 u. Column Column 3 3 SECRETARY BRYAN SCORED IN SENATE fOR LECTURE TOUR Democrats Table Resolution on Subject hut but Fail to Squelch discussion ton C Continued from Page 1 Tuesday calling ng- ng upon President Wilson Wilson Wil Wil- son to tat what salar salary would be sut- sut 19 secure nil ill of or S Secretary Bry Bry- an s time was was' tabled by a a. vote ote of U 11 Uto il to 29 21 as soon as It came up all nil he Democrats c cats an and Se Senators Borah and x opposing oPPosing- it It As Aa the vote voto was aS announced Senator tac faced the Democratic senators and declared You lou ma may shut or off debate In the Senate but you ou cannot convince the tho American people that a secretary of s tate state ma may neglect the thc duties s of ot his office for tor three months of ot a year ear Vice President Marshall ruled Senator Sena- Sena tor or Bristow out of ot order It would be just as ns reasonable for tor the attorn general to take three mont months ort off a year ear to Practice law shouted Senator Bristow who ho refused to o be shut shu tout out out- L I 1 think there Is a condition before the thc country that hould demand the 3 attention of ot Conr Con Con- gr gress r ss and the administration in r. r pow power Are Aro 5 you ou rea really lr apprehensive apprehensive Interrupted Inter Inter- Interrupted Senator benator Vardaman ardaman a t Democrat that that tho the business of ot the state department department depart depart- ment will Ill suffer b because ca Mr Bryan is Occasionally occasionally away It has been said since this tills discus discus- slon began said sald Senator Bristow that the tho state department Is better oft orr ff with the tue secretary a away wa than with him m here hrc I b believe lIc c If the secretary give i e to the pro problems lems before him hini the he powers of or his great intellect he could perform a great service tl to the countr Country Whether Vh ther subordinates in his department apartment are better fitted to attend to o the duties than lie ho I dont don't know Senator Fall suggested that If It Seer Seer- tar ary Br Bryan an had remained at his post the ne Senate would havo have had an answer o 9 lt its resolution c o of ot April 24 24 askin for tor I ne Le amount or damages to victims of at Mexican lexical troubles o A prepared d attack upon Secretary Bryans Bryan's action by Sen Senator tor Townsond Townsend and nd an extensive defense b by S Senator Lewis ls Illumined the oratory of or the da day Townsend insisted th the tho exam exum- plo pIc lo of oC the secretary in selling his Urn for Cor or private gain when it already had been cen sold to the government was wal unwholesome un- un wholesome for t the h entire country ron nd Course Connie Aside from the technical and legal question of ot th rf right hl of or a public 8 rv- rv ant nt to sell his service twice the public b by Mr Ir B Bryan an that a man of oC t his well advertised cd tic tastes cannot live JIve on an income of or 1 12 12 00 a year ear presents a moral question for or the consideration of oC the American n people cople declared S Senator Tc For Formy my y purt I feel eci Impelled to Y voice lc a protest 1 lm uni am no respecter of oC per per- sOnS I T cc ce no reason Wh why hy the hear head of or a department should bo hi permitted to tomake tomake tomake make private gain b by 13 methods that are forbidden to his subordinates At SAt a time when most unusual for for- or- or Ign complications confront us us when the ho Japanese question Is before us when our relations with the ept bile to the south of us arc are most grave griAs and fraught fraight with mighty might indeed at this time above e al ali others the statement of or Mr Ir Bryan Dran that h he i s proposed to desert hl his 3 office for tilt the PUI pOSe of ot the personal financial ol aln comes coe as a shock lo tu all thou thoughtful h ico- ico pIe le If hp ha had r sig-nel sig as secretary gi- gi iv- iv Ing ng as his reason as the ono onu hw II did il give viz that tha he could cO not JI Il live live- on Oh his alan y and bv by inference that he bc oweda owed n a higher Ms dut duty duly to hl his desire for forthan forc c wealth than han h he did to public service would have havo bee bern been n Jess less rC region reason for public but to hold his office and 1 t tho 11 II n n a n v f u at U V t- t VI UI J J he the time he lit service Is in m my judgment Improper and S Senator Louis Lewis asked when the sena- sena tOtS tor or from rom Kansas and anil the senator flIr ion Michigan ha had become so subtly l with a comprehension of or the dangers angers of ot a n public official sp spending his Is vacation ad addressing tho limo people peo on an quEstions of ot vital Interest to their H He said aid It could not h have hivo Vo been a n mh ican President who t was is campaigning at t the expense of taxpayers Where was the voice of or protest wh when n a postoffIce of official Ucla I turned himself him him- self elf into a great political machine to elect another public official to th lie residency ho inquired Where herE was was wis the he voice olce when MaJr Ra Ray Ilay abandoned his is post in the arm army to engage in pt po pa- pa oik In Chicago for a A. pi sl- sl candidate candidate- Why liy h were the voices of or the Senate silent then Wast Was It t because tho those tho-je e men were riot not Dr rala Where was tho the voice when of- of of ot previous pre administrations A ere r peculating In the stock market and andon andon on n tariff bills |