| Show AN AMAZING PROPOSAL I r Mr 11 Bryans Bryan's epidermis is altogether im- im imf 1 f rj pervious n u t proposal that has been ma Xo to himI him I by hy the New York Tork World V orld should to his hitter inI consciousness g- g The difficulty of reaching the I Secretary Secretary- S of State tho tiro inmost almost impenetrable 4 j annor of sufficiency self in which h he lie is encased is with which he of t no small degree the thc calm sangfroid has proceeded proceed d with his bis lecture tours despite the criticism criticism cism of the people given point h by every influential those of Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- newspaper in ill iii the thc country including era cratic tic affiliations af proves he lie is not sensitive c But the World orld offer should accomplish something whore hore caustic criticism has failed The World cannot be regarded as ns unfriendly to Mr r. r Bryan since it applauded his generalship at nt Baltimore Balti more congratulated him upon the tho attitude attitude that nomi nominated noted Mr Wilson and joyfully hailed his inception aa oM Secretary of State It is t the tho e leader among the tho Demo Demo- I era erotic tic newspapers in the United States probably nc nd other daily publication ran in the tho W Western hemispheres equals eQual it in influence It is earnestly supporting the tho I Wilson Tilson administration an and i is more energetic in in this defense than upon any subject it has hns touched durin during dur- dur in ing the tho past decode decade I It consequently follows that tho the Worlds World's proposal I to do dir Mr 1 Bryan in which it offers to pa pay pay- him him a 1 ai i year during his term of office if he hein will in abstain fromi from i lectures or other othor addresses at which admission sion fees are charged is that of a n friend It cannot be considered a l malicious gibe ibe an effort to embarrass the Wilson Ti administration or 01 anything othor other than it appears it manifestly etly is a n stu studied attempt on the part of Mr r. r I Wilsons Wilson's chief newsPaper supporter to remove the embarrassment t which it considers Mr r. r Bryans Bryan's attitude attitude atti atti- tude tide to 10 have lu occasioned the tIle administration and govI government gov gov- I with which ho lie is so prominently connected This offer was published on the initial page of last lost World 1 T orld It is follows follos t Wednesdays Wednesday's y 5 edition of the thc as William Ullam J J. Bryans Bryan's alary lal as s secretary of ot Is IsI I a year oar Ho to has Justified his activities as a s lecturer lecturer lec lec- I by b the statement that to meet his ordinary or expenses eXt ex eX- t i pon posses cs w without encroaching upon his personal fortune fortuno I ho must have p an M Income of not less than S OOOO a year car He lie is willing to forego accumulations durin during h his s period of or public service but he resents tho idea that I there should hould be an any sacrifice on his part while he ho IB is honored honore by official pre preferment ferment The World that L the lJ to crux of the qu question is 18 th therefore the sum of oC a year cal Mindful l of manI many man manyi I things in tho the proposition pr ti that at it hereby makes notably the dignity of the government o the tho circumspect circumspect circumspect circum circum- behavior io of ot its principal officers and tho the success of oC the administration of or Woodrow Wilson all of or which have e been given gl the most sober attention It modestly m makes this 8 suggestion to Mr Bryan It Jr you OU will devote your time to the the- duties of ot tenure from lec lec- leco lectures your our office and refrain during your o tur tures s or other addresses at not which admission fees tees are arc charged the R World will pay you on behalf of ot the tho AmerIcan American Amerlean Amer Amer- ican lean people regularly during during- your our Incumbency of or theoffice tho the office of secretary of state tho sum Bum of ot a a. year ear with no obligation alfon on your part except to ob observe o cr tho the ono one condition herein expressed The lie New Nett York World Todd is not nota a yellow rello journal nor nn au obscure sheet seeking advertising or aggrandizement aggrandize aggrandize- ment no newspaper in iii the world is bettor known none stands stand higher from every viewpoint special interests interests in in- have found it impossible to bribe frighten or coax it into an attitude or an nn action it could not conI conscientiously con con- I assume or perform It is independent of any uy in an and l every influence and can afford to be It is impossible that this remarkable and unprecedented d proposal arose nrose from rom other than a n desire to arouse 1 lr Br Bryan an to tho the absurdity of his position I X Xo No 0 such uch suggestion was ever 1 foro mado n do by by any t y newspaper to so o high an officer of the American gO government coming coaling from a quarter of such irreproachable irre irro- standing it reveals an intensity of east eastern rn feeling on this subject that will rill astonish the west It cannot be bir minimized or belittled to attract attention J The The- X New cw York 1 World orld need use no such bizarre m methods t to td inflate either its circulation or its pres pres- i tige tugs The public generally will regret that the m most st honorable office in our government gO under the presidency f. f dency has been prostituted prostitute to uses ul-ies that would inspire such a proposal al from a n. great newspaper of the standing stand stand- iJ ins ing of the V World orId There will be popular hope that 11 r. r Bryan Bl all IUa may be bo awakened at last I |
