Daily Republican., 1881-07-12
CHAT FROM THE WHITE HoUsE.

CHAT PROM THE WHITE HOUSE
Bits ekConversat1On ~ and About
| the Presidsns.
A special dispatch from Washington
to the New York Sun says:
| "Last Sunday when the correspon.
dent entered the waiting room, he saw
scores of anxious inquirers, among them
Postmaster-General James, whose usual
good spirits had utterly fed, but to-day
he was chatting cheerfully with Mr..
Browne, the Presidents secretary. He
sat down at one of the desks and wrote
q cheering letter to friend in New
York. Secretary Lincoln came in a
moment later, just as Secretary Win
dom passed out from the Cabinet room.
Well, Mr.. Window" said Secreta-
ry Lincoln, 81 can see by your face that
you have heard good news"
Why, OF course he has Bob, put in
Mr.. James, looking up from his writing.
The President passed the best night
he's had since he was shot"
" And he's gained strength, too, ".ad-
ded Mr.. Window as he passed ont.
General Swain left the sick room
at about noon. While the general was
conversing with a friend in the anti
room. Secretary Blaine happened to
come in. Before entering the Cabinet
room he stopped to talk with General
Swain. " How is the President this
morning." vas Mr.. Blaine first ques-
tion.
he seems more comfortable than
any time since the shooting" replied
General Swain.
Did he pass a good night?"
"He slept at one time three hours on
a stretch, which is, believe, the long
est nap he has had. When he woke M
he called for some water. gave him a
sip, and almost Immediately afterward
he was mapping again"
ii hope you will manage to keep him
quiet said Mr.. Blaine"
swell, we try our best, but some
times he gets ahead of us. He CON
denSes his talk wonderfully, OCCASION
ally, into two or three words, so that
he gets through before we can caution
him against talking
81 suppose" said Mr.. Blaine, "tnat's
what you mean when you say he gets
ahead of you all"
"Yes, and he knows it, too. Once,
when he had condensed some sentence
into couple OF words, and we began to
tell hlm he must not talk, he said, ban
teringly. "Why, got through long
ago"
After Secretary Blaine entered the
Cabinet room. Gen. Swain said to
your representative that the President
often spoke Of himself in the third per.
son. Gle seems to feel" said he,
'that JAlnes A. Garfield and the Pres-
dent of heUnited States are two differ
ent men,
Does it seem to You that the respon-
sibility of his pablo position nerves
him for the struggle"
81 think it does. OF course he has q
tremendous force Of will, and a wonder
ful physique. Yet his public position,
and the feeling that Il nation is watch
ing him and praying for him as chill
dren watch and pray for their father,
must strengthen his physical and mem
tai powers"
Here Gen. Swain looked at his watch
and seeing that he had been away FROM
the SICK chamber a few minutes, he
hurried back to the duties he and Col.
Rockwell nave di5cergcd so delcately
and conscientious!y ever since the Pre-
sidcnt was stricken down.
Col. Rockwell took advantage Of Gen.
Swain 5 return to leave the sick room
for a shore time. When yollr represen-
tative questioned him in regard to the
Presidents condition, he replied:
Hes the most wonderful patient
I've ever seen or heard of. You can
how fretflll a strong man lying
PROSTATE on his back for week might |
become, but the President pre-, erves |
his temper, and so far lave not heard
a complaining word from him. What
ever lie says is cheerful, and he often
speaks in q bantering tone"
'DO you think he realizes the gravity
of his injuries, the dangers he has pass
ed through, and those lie must meet"
"He certainly does. He IS sure to
ask the physicians some time during
the day how they think ne is getting
along, and believe he is always fully
informed by them"
elias he said anything this morning
70 indicate that he feels himself improv-
sd?"
''Ies: his first lenark on awakening
rom one of his maps was, 4 am feeling
better this morning."
"Does he talk much about public af-
'airs?"
"He does not, but he would if we'd
ct him"
elias he ever told you that his mind
vas busy with them"
"He began once to talk of some local
lffairs, and when | tod him he must
ieep quiet hereplied: Rockwell, can't
lelp talking. My mind seems to Inc
ike Kaleidoscope. so many things are
passing through it as lie here. Ican't
leep them in. 1t would get so crowded
'dn jumblel.
"Doyou think he has gained strength? /
81 should judge so from his remark ,
hat he was feeling better, and from
he fact that he has moved his arms
round good deal more" !
"Is he cheerful"
"Remarkably so. Once this morn 4
ng he turned to me and asked, with a =
mie: well Rockwell, is the great !,
u bile eye on me this morning" |
At this point Harry Garfield, who q
ooked happier than during the last
ew days, entered the Cabinet room,
nd Col. Rockw ell followed him.
When Steward Crump approached
he bedside this morning the 2 resident j
sked, "Well, Billy, how is your able t
ssistant this morning. t
Whom do Won mean Mr. PresilantoH !