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Show SECRETARY OF STATE HAY WILL NOT RESIGN. Repeated Ramon to that Effect Positively Denied Pros! dent Desires Him to Remain. In view of the repeated publications of late to the general rumor that Secretary Sec-retary Hay is about to retire from the cabinet, a statement is given with full authority touching this subject. ub s'.aotiu 1 f to i eSecl Cak oec.stiry Hay does not now contemplate retirement retire-ment from the cabinet. This statement state-ment applies not only to the present moment, but to that indefinite period fixed by the conclusion of the negotiations negoti-ations to the construction of an isthmian isth-mian canal. Also, it is stated with equal positiveness and authority, that President Roosevelt had in the strongest strong-est terms expressed to Secretary Hay his earnest desire that he shall remain in the cabinet, of which he forms one of the principal props. Thus, according accord-ing to the statement, the secretary's inclinations and the president's desires run together, and there is no founda" tion for the reports to the effect that Secretary Hay is to leave his post. |