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Will Not Take It: Said That W. W. Wedemeyer Will Decline the Private Secretaryship

Will Not Take It: Said That W. W. Wedemeyer Will Decline the Private Secretaryship image
Parent Issue
Day
25
Month
November
Year
1898
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

The Lansing State Republican in speaking of the appointment of W. K. Bush, the governor's private secretary as deputy secretary of state says: "There is much gossip about his successor. It has been generally believed that Deputy Railroad Commissioner Wedemeyer would be selected for the place, but a gentleman very close to Mr. Wedemeyer informed the Republican last night that under no circumstances would Mr. Wedemeyer accept the position of private secretary. 'There is only one position in the gift of Gov. Pingree he would even think of accepting,' said this gentleman, 'and that is railroad commissioner, and I do not think he would even ask for that. If it were tendered him, in case Commissioner Wesselius declines a re-appointment he might possibly accept. Otherwise, Mr. Wedemeyer will return to Ann Arbor and re-engage in the practice of law.' "