The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-08-26
Letters from the President Showing He
Is Worried About His Condition.
Notwithstanding Denisls Of Friends. There II
Evidence that the Chief Executive Is
Far from Being Well Man.
Though His Real Ailment Is Unknown,
1t Is So Serious as TO Cause Alarm.
Representative Bynum Says He Is Now Gold
MonometaIlst, and He Is Not Afraid to
Admit lis New Position.
WORTHLESS DESIALs.

WORTHLESS DESIALs.
Despite Statements OF Friends, President
Cleveland Is Not weu Man.
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
WAsuINGToN, Aug. 25.-There can be nc
possible sane object in any misrepresentss
tion OF President Clevelsnd's physical con-
dition. There Is no campaign pending
which could be in the least affected by Ie-
ports regarding his good or i'll health. The
stock markets are ut their lowest ebb, and
no bear movement could be preoipItated by
any reports as to Mr.. Cleveland's health.
There is no disappointed office seeker OF
other person with piaue who could have
an interior design in annoying the chief
executive by reports as to his supposed i'll
health. The conditions at this time are.
in short. ripe for telling the truth.
As soon as it was announced in these dis.
patches the other day that there was good
authority for stating that MIR. Cleveland's
most intimate friends and physician be-
lieyed he was suffering from kidney
trouble. supposed to be Bright's disease.
Secretary Lamont and the Presidents
private secretary and other official spokes-
men of the administration volunteered
statements to the effect that Mr.. Cleveland's
health was never better. The official state
ments denying the reports of the Presi-
dents serious physical condition described
the Presidents Official mOnthpleces az
Laughing down the ridiculous Statements"
SMILING broadly at the repeated absurd.
lties." etc. in short the three or four
friends OF the Presldent who are hired to
do everything which they suppose will be
to his personal interest are described as
having attempted to laugh the press state
ments out OF cOuntenance. Just why these
gentlemen should have volunteered TO go
80 tar In their deniais cannot be imagined,
for there was neither falsity nor malice in
the original statements.
Unless Grover Cleveland is suffering
from either Bright's disease of the kidneys,
dropsy. constitutional rheumatism. which
Affects his entire constitution to the extene
thatit paralyzes all OF the external indica.
thing like on accurate diagnosis. or some
other organic trouble which cannot
be either relieved or cured By med
icines, the President himself states
falsely. Your correspondent. for the pur-
pose of getting more definitely at the
Truth, Will wipe away the statements OF
two distinguished Democratic United
States Senators who have been much with
the President during the past three weeks.
the positive assurance of a Washington
physician of reputation. and the personal
opinions of three or four other gentlemen
who have recently talked to the President,
President himself.
THE PRESIDENTS LETTERS.
One of the officials who was SO swift to
denounoe the published reports concern.
ing the Presidents Ill health the other day
had before him at the time he made his
denials two or three letters written in the
Presidents own hand and dated since the
chief executive departed from Washing
tou. The principal topic of those let
ters was the advisability of the Presi.
dent remaining away from Washington
and his present condition Of health. These
letters were read by another high official
of the administration, whose veracitv cam
not be questioned, as IL is much better es-
teblished than that of the gentleman
who received the letters. The President
stated In these letters. in the most
positive language. that his health con-
tinued to be the uppermost sub
serious concern. He aid not state what
his trouble was. as he knew the person TO
whom he wrote was familiar with the
character of his illness. The President did
say that his condition was no better than
when he loft Washington. and he feared
he could not overcome the serious charac-
ter of his indls position. In the most con-
else and emphatic language the President
left the impression upon the mind of the
second official who read those letters. that
his trouble was organic, probably perma-
nent and so serious as TO cause him alarm.
When President Cleveland prepared the
statement which gave the reason for his
departure. few days ago. for BuZzara's
bay, he not only said In PLAIN language TO
the country that he was In i'll health and
was going away on that account, but he
stated TO another persOn-and at least one
of the officials. who has denied subsequent
statements, heard the remark-that he was
so seriously sick that ho intended to de-
vote himself TO his health rather than
al
fice-giviDg.
These statements your correspondent
makes under circumstances which warrant
him IN being positive. as they come
straight as TO admit or no perversion. They
may be denied by those who were given
Office to make professional denials. but it is
not likely tDat the President himself Will
deny them. It is the chronic custom of
denying all sorts of reports. true and un-
true. respecting the health of public
men that is TO blame for so many
false reports being put into circulation. IL
there was frankness and truthfulness there
would be not half as much said about the
health Of public men. The absurdly mis-
leading statements which were made by
ply ysiclans and friends of Mr.. Blaine dur
ing the last few weeks of that distinguished
gentleman's life disgusted all honest and
frank-spoken persons In Washington. lt
was oontended up to the very day OF
Mr.. Blaine's death that his disease was not
necessarily of ,oaai.tn fatal character cha and
proved that he would surely re-
cover There was somc slight
excuse for denying that Mr.. Blaine was
critically i'll. For two years he had been
reported to be In a serious physical condi-
rion. and there was yet O hope that he
might fulfill his political ambition. liz
Mr.. Cleveland has no serious physical all
ment he will have proven the fact long be-
fore another campaign approaches. The
statements respecting his health. which
have been made in these dispatches, were
| based almost wholly upon private conver-
sations which the President has had with
public men and the letters he has written
mere with his own hand since he last went
to Gray Gables. Psi