Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-03-11
T7HO B. MOORE
OUTS As ADVISOR
,onsaIOr of State Department
Quits His Post.
EXPORTS OF FRICTION HEARD
.,..,,..msnts With Higher Officials
i, 7sIieved TO Have Led to Ac-
tion-Had Understanding
With President.

Washington. March 6.-John Bias.
..- Moore resigned as counselor for
n state department Wednesday. His
,..lg1ation has been accepted by Pres
g.Tf Wilson. simultaneously the
,,.sidpnt nominated w. Phillips Of
aston to be third assistant secretary
a state.
Far the present Mr.. Moore will con-
4rrge his work here for the Carnegie
,:ti-ute and later will resume his
nD1ection with Columbia university.
No announcement as to a probable
successor was made.
John. Lind is mentioned as posi-
M successor to Mr.. Moore. The
names of Hannis Taylor, minister to
srsin under Cleveland, and Henry
White, ex-ambassador to France, are
lD mentioned.
In submitting his resignation, under
ats Of February 2, Mr.. Moore wrote
President Wilson as follows:
IN resigning the Office of counselor
5r the department of state, it is
woDer to recall the fact that / indt-
ated at the outset that my tenure was
only provisional, my sole motive in
accepting the place being to render
hyOur administration such service as
might be possible in a period of transit
tou. This design IS now fulfilled.
Ample opportunity having been af-
hriei for the effective organization
q the departments force, the duty
which l took upon myself has been
billy performed.
Permit me to assure you that L
Gan always stand ready to serve you.
as far as may be practicable, in any
opacity in which there may-seem to
be an opportunity for usefulness"
In statement accepting the resig-
latiOn, President Wilson says:
It is with the greatest reluctance
md regret that I see the administra-
Ton deprived of the further services
fair John Bassett Moore. His coun-
Gel has been very valuable to us, but
la1nOl say that the resignation was
inspected, because when I, with diff
lcllty, induced Mr.. Moore a year ago
accept the post he frankly told me
nat he felt certain that his other en-
9gemenJs and systematic work which
lie had pledged himself to do would
lot permit his giving more than a
!saF at the outside to this Office.
His resignation has been in my
lands for a month, to take effect
-aFeh 4. have entertained the hope
nat ne might find the other things
pressing upon his attention less i'm
lsatiye than he had expected, but
y view Of what he now tells me l
ave no right to urge him further to
STAY.
can only say that the admins
1auon loses a man with whom / was
E0ld to be associated and who de-
serves the thanks Of the country for
uent"
Aamors have been current for some
lle that friction had developed be-
.'een Mr.. Moore and Secretary of
State Bryan.
. @E Moore rendered his resignation
1eT a brief conference with Presi-
Gent Wilson.
MS reasons for taking this action
'1e not made public when the resig-
4 ,l''on was announced. 1t is believed,
-oneyer, that he had been greatly dis
=. .-',s-el with the management Of the
:, department. under Secretary OF
!, ,'@'s Bryan and that he has frequent
expressed his dissatisfaction to
resident Wilson
When he assumed Office. Mr.. Moore
= that he would remain until
- - 1fSt year Of the administration
- oeen concluded, and now that
-, -. lne has passed, Mr.. Moore, it is
~ ~ Ieels that it is no longer incum.
-, vi On him to stay in office. 1t is ex,
- ,rt.eu that President Wilson will
r- --As a statement regarding the res
station in a short time.