Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-06-10
BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE

reace congress in the near future to
cad the war, Pope Benedict presiding,
according to the Giornale Dltalia.
Twice before, it is now known, Mr..
Bryan was willing to place before the
President his resignation, but each
time the President succeeded in bring
ing the secretary to his W point OF
view.
In the present crisis Mr.. Bryan is
understood to have insisted upon and
convinced the President that to re-
main in the cabinet would be very EN-.
barrassing to him because OF his
known advocacy Of the cause of
peace.
Up Bright and Early.
MI. bryan was up early today tC
begin closing up his affairs at the
state department. Before breakfast
he took a long horseback ride alone
through Book Creek park ana then
returning to his home, Calumet Place,
formerly the mansion of General John
A. Logan, received one callc", Louis
F. Post, assistant secretary q labor,
who stopped on his wa 70 his Office
to speak a word OF roget at the sec
retary's departure. "
MI. Eryan said he would issue his
promised statement, giving in detail!
his reasons for resignation, some time
today, after the note to Germany has
been started on its way to Der in. II
will beTabout 1000 words long. %H
II will make it public IS soon as =;
learn that I am no longer secretary
Of state said he. 7"rhat will be
when the note is dispatched
Mr.. Bryan's letter OF resignation
had asked that his resignation be ef-
fective when the note was sent, IN.
less President Wilson wished to &C
cept it sooner.
When Mr.. Bryan started for his Of
fee. Mrs. Bryan walked down the
drive with him to his carriage and
at the approach Of the couple the
cid state department coachman, who
Coachman Sympathetic.
for many years has driven the car.
riages which arc assigned to the sec.
rotary, got down from his box, and
hat in hand, told them both how much
he regretted to see Mr.. Bryan 60 and
how much he had appreciated the
secretary's k%indnesses.
AS the secretary drove to his Of
flee, probably for the last time, he
passed throngs of government clerks
on their way to office, reading in the
morning papers the news Of his resig-
nation. lie was surrounded by scores
who wanted to say a word OF regret,
when he entered his office.
Counselor Lansing, who upon Mr..
Bryan's resignation, becomes acting
secretary OF state, was at his desk
early today, and shortly before ~
o'clock went to the White House and
saw the president. "
First TO Resign.
So far as state department recordc
show, Mr.. Bryan is the first secrs.
tary Of state to resign as the direct
result of a clear issue with the presi-
dent on foreign policy. Some OF his
predecessors have had differences
with their chiefs, but usually those
have arisen from divergent views on
details Of negotiations, but never
haye they developed to a point in
voNihg the surrender Of a portfolio.
The nearest approach to Secretary
Bryan,s action recalled here was the
resignation in 1898, Of James A. Gary
Of Maryland, postmaster general in
President McKinley's cabinet. His
,,orfory - f;o,,$ ,roc hon~I ,,y,r~ ror,o
nance to the approaching war VITA
Spain. ~ E ~.
,.5 Responsible Cabinets.
In Mr.. Eryan's dramatic resigna,
ton observers in some quarters pro.
fessed to see a development in this
country Of the European idea Of re-
sponsijye cabinets answerahle to pub
lie opinion. In nearly all constit'.
tional European countries it has been
the custom for an entire cabinet to
resign office upon some such mani.
festat!on OF public disapproval as an
adverse vote in the legislative body,
But in such case the consequence has
been a more or less complete re.
versal in the political construction OF
the cabinet which was able to infu.
ence the action Of the executive.
Since the beginning of the present
war, many of the European cabinets
have thus been reconstructed, but
with the single exception of Italy, all
of the changes have been caused by
popular desire to meet the internal
question and, perhaps, to strengthen
the constitutional rulers in the con-
duct Of the war.