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Show SECY HAY TO REMAIN IN STATE DEPARTMENT IF REPUBLICANS WIN CHICAGO, Sept. 80. That Secretary of State Johit Hay is to remain at the head of the State department In case President Roosevelt is elected In November, No-vember, has been settled, according to President Benjamin Ide Wheeler of the University of California, who was In Chicago to day on hjs way borne from the East. r In an interview with a representative of the i Associated Press. President Wheeler said: . "The beet news I had while in the East I had from President Roosevelt, to the effect that John Hay has now. definitely defi-nitely consented to remain at 'the head of the State department in case of President Pres-ident Roosevelt's election. This will be heard with satisfaction by all American citizens who appreciate how important are the international questions likely to arise within the next two or three years. There has been apprehension at various times lest Mr. Hay. yielding to his natural nat-ural liking for a quiet life of scholarly leisure, might withdraw from office. I was, therefore, -very much gratified to learn that the matter was settled." |