CABINET "STARS" EN TOUR
——— MR, BRYAN'S lEGTCRES BILL IN UNITED STATES COKGKES? . 6t ?elcefc4Bij:i-Pr(!Ei» (Roc. Juno 9, . 8.45 p.m.) Washington, June 0. Representative Crittoil has iiitredaC'eiJ a ltili suaisin.d it a pcmil ofi:enco for any Cabinet. officer to le.cture for pay, and alio prohibiting Senators or representatives from le'eturiiig during CoiiSriNSsionnl feVsiofi.i . ' 'BtK Crittaft • admitted fliat'liis. Bill Wis directed agiviitst .Ml'- .Bryan's laiest kctttre engagements. . 3fti W f .T. Bryan, United Pfnies Secretary o| Slate, intimated ,tas|. year, rhonly after tile Wvl.°on Ac'taißistratian came into office, thai ;is ti'.e sa.liry e.f his offie.o vas not sufficient for his needs lie proposed to augment it hy giving lectures, and ho aenordinftly went I on. several ■ lecturing. tours, much to ike-amazement aiid ■ Indignation of sober-minded citizens of the United States ?nd other rounlrie*. Not a fev; .editors wire gravely concerned oyer ihe possible loss of dignity which the office iof &CTetaT.j! of State Uji g.l.it sfi.stain by the .actioiis. of the present 'incumbent. The New; York "Evening J s osl" (Independent) published the., .manner in lyhich Srereiary- Bryan was "billed" foi Emporia, Illinois:— J'Tsn 'Kg. Ways"... and i' Night,'.', "Twenty. RuJi Royal. Ses- , siotu," "Nearly every scsion a double ' '('iien followed.' the bill i New lerk Cay Marine Band 'Avon Skcteh Club Ehgllsli Opera. (}uii.ift Neapolitan '. Troubadours.' ,:. .7 William Jejini'igs Bryti.il Sears, ilio .Taffy Man . Such advertisements Its the preceding moved: the. Nov.-, York . "Tribune"., tfto■pu:bfi::(Sa'ii) io remark'; V > "'Me,;feretSry.-6f/Slate, i.E ~pjio of iho great; offices of the bind. Sitice tho decline ill the precise of i.lut Speakership, it: may fiurly be Mid lo rank, *ecoml oniy to the Presidency in importance an.it dignity. For th.e occupant of that oilica to exhibit himself as a tect urer iar hire is' to ea.St every of .dignity and decency to the winds and turn tiro Government of tho United .Slates into a. ■trfa-dljirig Spei'efe.ry Bryaii e-annot • retreat from, his impossible stand too 'quickly-/ If lie needs assistance iitreaVisuiß the soundness nt' the conrirv« wide .protest, that jdrideiftd"Sy" SS'siden't 'WusW xvilthoiit ije lay." .
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2172, 10 June 1914, Page 7
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338CABINET "STARS" EN TOUR Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2172, 10 June 1914, Page 7
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