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Show OFFERED TO HAWLEY. The Connecticut Man May Sneoretd Proo-tor Proo-tor na Secretary of War. Washington, Sept. 7. Private advices ad-vices received here states that Senator Hawley of Cennecticut has been offered offer-ed the war office to succeed Secretary Proctor, and that Senator Hawley is at Cape May conferring with the president presi-dent about the matter. ri.-w Ifivrv (!nnn Stint 7 Senaf. or Hawley was this morning shown a copy of the dispatches stating that he was at Cape May conferring with President Pre-sident Harrison relative to accepting the place in the cabinet made vacant by the resignation of Secretary Proctor, Proc-tor, Ha was asked if there was any truth in it. "None at all," he answered, "I have not seen the president since last May and he has not sent for me. The matter mat-ter referred to has not entered my mind and I do not know that auy of my friends have asked the ph.ee for me." Capk Mav, N. J. Sept. 7. It is authoritatively denied at the president's pres-ident's cottage this moruing that General Gen-eral Hawley's visit to the president is in auy way connected with tho secretaryship secre-taryship of war. |