Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-02-14

! ~ htr1. and II Mr.. Wilson no longer haG
confidence in him, he was ready to
relieve YOU of any embarrassment hy
placing my resignation in your hands
nesday that he was much disap-
! pointed by Mr. Lansing's letter
regarding the so-called cabinet meet
lngS. He said he found nothing in the
secretary's letter which justifies yonr
assumption Of presidential authority in
| such NATTER and added that he must
=, frankly take advantage of your kind
suggestion e resign Il must say the
| president continued. that it would re-
ilere me of embarrassment, Mr. SEE
retarE. the embarrassment Of feeling
your reluctance and divergence of judg-
ment If YOU would give up your present
office and afford me an opportunity to
select some one else whose mind would
more willingly go along with mine"
Lansing Drops Cabinet Conferences.
day for the regular cabinet meeting
last Tuesday had passed and the cor.
respondencf disrloses why the cabinet
did not meet. On the same day that he
received this letter from the president.
Mr.. Lansing announced that he had
written other cabinet officers that he
would not call any more cabinet con
ferences for the present. but no explana-
tion was offered. Inquiry at the White
House brought only the statement that
Mr.. Wilson himself probably would call
and preside at the next session of his
official advisers But the differences
between the president long pre- dated
the first cabinet call by Mr. Lansing
which was issued last October 5, seven
days after Mr. Wilson returned from his
western speaking tour and took to his
bed. They began at the peace conference
in Paris, as Mr. Lansing disclosed III
his final letter TO the president and had
continued since that timc-one of tho
chief differences being over the gov
crnment attitude toward Mexico.
TumuIty Sponsored First Meeting.
When the cabinet met on October )
Joseph T. Tumulty. private secretary
to the president. issued n formal state
mcnt explaining the reasons for the
conference. He said THE cabinet was
called to consider questions in which
more than one department was con
cerncd, and also to discuss the industrial
He referred to the first
conference called by the president with
the hope Of allaying the industrial I'M
rest. In his statement Mr.. Tumulty |
said that Rear Admiral Grayson Mr.. |
Wilson's physician was present and |
suggested that only urgent matters be |
brought to the presidents attention"
Coal Strike Doubled Meetinas.
Thereafter until this week. the
,abinet met more or less regularly. Dur
ng the coal strike it met twice a week.
n an effort to avert the walkout of the
miners. and several weeks ago il was
lecided to have meetings every Tues
lay and Friday. During the coal wage
controversy the president was said al
he White House to have been advised
# the meetings, and to have been kent
Informed as to the progress his adj
'isers were making toward settlement
i the controversy He finally took the
natter out Of the cabinets hands and
uggested settlement which the miners
ccepted.
Lansing Chafed at Paris.
Mr.. Lansing accompanied the president
D Paris in December, 1918. as one of
he American peace delegates, but his
riends have said that while Mr. Will
on was at the peace conference Mr..
.ansing was virtually without authority,
nd that naturally he felt this keenlv
nce the other allied and associated
ountries We're represented by their
renters and not the heads Of their
overnments.
Mr.. Lansing finally returned from
aris. The friction between himself and
lr. Wilson continued after he came
ack to Washington
During the presidents illness, the