Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1898 — HE HAS NOT RESIGNED. [ARTICLE]

HE HAS NOT RESIGNED.

Rumors Regarding Secretary Gage Are Without Foundation. A Washington dispatch snys that Secretary Gage hits no intention of resigning from the cabinet. The report that he had formally tendered his resignation grew out of an incident at the cabinet meeting last Friday. The subject of the Wolcott commission wr.a under discussion, and n reference was made to published reports that Senator Wolcott hud criticised Secretary Gage. Suddenly the Secretary turned to the President and remarked: “If my position embarrasses the administration in the smallest degree, Mr. President, I will cheerfully resign and relieve you.’’ The President took occasion to reassure Secretary Gage. The incident was pot regarded seriously by the cabinet. Nothing more will come of it. The Secretary stated afterward to friends that he had no idea his position embarrassed the President, but he wanted to be clear on that point. The Secretary thinks Senator Wolcott’s feelings toward him have been misstated. The Union Pacific Hallway baa reduced the time from five to four days a week in the shops at Idiramie, Wyo., and cut salaries 30 per cent. The men get a twenty days* holidsy lay off. Business on the road has fallen off 40 per cent.