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Judson Was Bounced

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Parent Issue
Day
24
Month
March
Year
1899
Copyright
Public Domain
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JUDSON WAS BOUNCED

RAILROAD COMMISSIONER WESSELIUS FIRES HIM.

The New Railroad Commissioner if Confirmed May Reappoint Him Until He Becomes Oil Inspector in July.

The next thing done in the railroad department was an action by the commissioner himself. He dictated a letter to Secretary of State Stearns, the chairman of the state board of audiors, notifying him that the appointment of Wm. Judson as deputy railroad commissioner had been revoked. "Mr. Judson," says Wesselius in explaining his action, "was not my choice for the place. However, the deputy is appointed by the commissioner by and with the advice of the governor. Mr. Pingree insisted last January that Mr. Judson be named for the place. Judson would, he said, have to be in Lansing a good deal looking after things, and the income of the deputyship would give him the money to pay his bad while here.

"I consented on the distinct understanding that the appointment was to be merely temporary.

"Mr. Judson's only official act in hiss office was to come in one day and request a copy of my annual report. He has never done one minute's work in return for the $125 a month he has drawn." - Detroit Journal.