Morning journal and courier., 1881-09-03
News by Telegraph
 FROM ALL QUARTERS. VERY SLOW PROGRESS, The President Not Making
 Much Headway.
 But Still Holding His Own With the Conditions Favor.
 able for Recovery. The Wound Not Improving. His Proposed Removal to
 Long Branch.
The Wound Not Improving.
THE PRESIDENT.

THE PRESIDENT
 l His Condition Remains Stationary-NO
 Appreciable Progress i'm the Case-The , Wound at n Standstiu-But the Condf-
 tions Are Favorable for an Early Inn
 provement-The Subject of His Removal
 | A Consultation to Be Held To-Day. WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.-As the President
 continues to do well and no unfavorab1e fea-
 lures are developed in the case, the weight of
 interest both on the part of those in the : White House and those outside turns towards the question of his early removal to some
 other place. Thus far Long Branch seems
 to be the favorite among the places consid-
 cred. President and Mrs. Garfield have also given it their preference in the past over
 other seaside resorts The question of how
 his removal shall be made will not be decided
 upon before tomorrow, when all the surgeons
 will be present. No reports other than fla
 vorable have been made by the sick room at-
 tendants to-day. Although the patient does
 not gain strength rapidly, he still holds his
 own. The various symptoms are improving
 and the physicians feel assured that sure
 foundation is being made for rapid improve
 ment before long. The gland is doing nice l ly, but the wound is almost at standstill Dr. Bliss says he can see good improve
 ment since yesterday. Dr. Reyburn says all
 is going well, but he would gain strength
 faster somewhere outside of Washington and | thinks the President could be moved inside l of five days. He said it has become now al-
 most imperative that he shall be removed at
 an early date. The air here is bad for him.
 '1 understand that the September air is
 worse than that of August in it's contents
 of malaria. The sooner he gets away the better. It is necessary that at an early day l he shall have change of air and think the l danger would be greater to allow him to re- | main here than in moving him. With 1 change of air the improvement in four or 1 benefit. In that time, with removal without l accident or undue disturbance, he would be ] much better and improve. repeat that the
 air here is very bad for him.' The Presi- | dents stomach is doing nicely. He has l chewed more steak to-day, he has had chick l en broth and enjoyed it all. The enemata are continued as usual. The President is as cheerful and patient as ever. TALK WITH DR. BoYNToN In an interview this evening pr. Boynton said the President was fully as well as at any l time since his relapse, but there had been no great gain of strength. He thought in fact that the President had had about all done for him that was possible for him in this climate. 1 and the sooner he was moved the better for | him. The gland was doing very well, the | swelling being almost entirely subsided Dr. Boynton was asked if trouble might be ex | pected from the ball if it was not encysted. l He replied that it was the general opinion of | the surgeons that the healing of the wound | began. ..at the ball. and that the channel was | healed to the point reached by the catbetsr | ThJ1c {ho,o of a pus collection beyond that point. If the | ball should be moving about he did not think | 1t would necessarily cause the formation of | pus. He had known balls to move from place to place without causing inflammation In regard to moving the President Dr. Bovn ton says he favors his removal by rail rather
 than by water. He talked with the President about it to-day and asked him if he thought
 the passage of train on another track would demoral1ze him. The President was sure it would not. In regard to the opening from the gland into the mouth Dr. Boynton said l the cleansing water did not find it's way into the mouth tOday. The opening was a very small one and thought to be through the eel luloid tissue and not through the back.
 THE PROPOSED CHANGE TO LONG BRANCH
 c. A. Rockwell, who now spends much of each day in the sick room. said to-nieht that the greatest change he noticed in the President since his former visit here was the improved nerves He had no fear that re- moval from the White House would disturb his nerves particularly. He says, too, that water trip does not seem to be as favorable as that proposed by rail. The President talks freely on the subject, and seems anx- ious for change. Mir. Rockwell thinks the removal of the President from Washington would do him great good General Swain said tonight that the President talked philosophically about his removal. He thinks he would like to go away want to go until the physicians think it best. He has no fear that it would injure him to move. The physicians will take no risks in the matter and will let him stay where he is until 1t will be perfectly safe to make the change. General Savain thinks his removal would be possible within a week or ten days. There is no special object in it other than to accommodate the desirability of all convalescents being placed amid new scenes. It is not on account of any existing malaria September is the bad month in Washington, and if bad rains should come the President might be affected. Lono Branch air would probably be good for him, but any change might be beneficial. The only objection to Long Branch is the possibility of severe coast storm General Swain says too that all these details of where and how are merely talked of as yet Moth ing at all h s been decided on. The Soldiers Home he thought would scarcely be change enough although it might be available for station en route, sort of trial trip. Gene ral Swain does not seem to tackle kindly to the trip of the President on the Tallapoosa- He says the change from 8 large high walled room even to the very best accommodation any vessel can afford is hardly desirable He says too that the President will be ready for considerable moving in week if the present improvement continues. He shows gains in his voice and in his appetite. He has eaten twenty-sevsn ounces of liquid food to-day and porridge and soup from the dinner table He has chewed some steak and also had little squir- rel soup, of which he said he liked the game taste. General Swain also said that the Pres ident's face looked very natural now. The glandular swelling seemed almost gone and no further trouble was expected from that l source.
 FAVORABLE SYMPTOMS IN THE CASE. II
 At Il D. m. tonight, in conversation with l { the agent of the National Associated Press Dr. Bliss stated that there was not an unfa- | vorable symptom in the Presidents case at present. All were favorable The swelling ] of the gland was scarcely noticeable and rep { was slow work. It could not be expected to be more rapid until the gland was nearer being cured. The ball, he said. was not like ly to cause any trouble now. The Presidents ] improvement was most noticeable in his gene ral expression, his voice and hls pulse The ] pus was of better quality to-day than for four weeks. What was needed now l was change of air. Dr. Bliss said he would not vote to remove the President at once. | { but if the present improvement continued he ( would be able to go in a week l or two, perhaps less. It would { depend somewhat on the weather | { too. He thought the proposed trip of the Tallapoosa would be abandoned, also t that the President would not be taken to the f Soldiers Home. The President had planned ( a trip for himself to-day If he could not go l i to Mentor he would like to go to Long 2