Show taft has no intention of resigning washington tho the story is wholly unauthorized declared secretary of war taft when his attention was called to the statement from H havana a v ana stating that thomas P egan of cincinnati cin nati in an interview is quoted as saying positively that secretary tart taft would resign immediately if 1 nominated at the chicago convention and that governor magoon of cubi cuba would succeed him as secretary of wat war the secretary added that so far as he knew there was no foundation for the statement tat ement |