The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-29
nR. oIEyEEayD,s HEiLIH.
Deniais There IL Evidence
that the enter Executive Il Far from
Betnc - Well Man-Thoush His Reai Ali
nent Is Irknown II Is 50 serious as TO
Cause Alarm TO Himself and Others.

Prom M I1iidadps'n Joprni'.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 25.-There can be no pos
sible sane object In any Misrepresentation oil
President Cleveland's physical condition.
There lie no campaign pending which could be
in the least affected by reports regarding his
good or Ill health. The stock markets are at
their lowest ebb. and no bear movement could
be preciptated By any reports as to Mr.. C!eve-
lands health. There is no disappointed office
seeker or other person with pique who could
have an Interior design in annoying the Chief
Executive by reports as to his III health.
spatchos the other day that there was god
authority for stating that Mr. Cleyeiand
posed to be Bright's disoase, Secretary La
mont and the Presidents private secretary
trat!on volunteered statements to the effect
that Mr. Cleyeland's health WAS never better:
the Presidents serious physical condi lion do.
scribed the Presidents official mouthpieces as
laughing down the ridiculous statements
"smilin broadly at the repeated absurdities"
&c. In short, the three or four friends OF the
President, who do everything which theJ sup
scribed as having attempted to laugh the press
statements out OF countenhnce. Just why
these gentlemen should have volunteered TO
60 so far in their Genials cannot he imagined.
for there was neither fasity nor malice in the
original statements.
Unless Grover Cleveland Is suffering from
either Bright's disease OF the kidneys. dropsy.
con Institutional rheumatism. which affects his
entire constitution to the extent that 1t para
lyzes oil Of tho external Indications which lead
physicians to make anything like an accurate
diagnosis or come other organic trouble which
the President himself states falsely. Your
correspondent for the purpose OF getttrg more
ments Of two distine uished Democratic United
states Senators who have been much with the
f hs w9sE f9
Of reputation. and the personal opinions Of
three or four other gentlemen who have re;
upon the words Of the President himself.
One OF the officials who was SO swift TO de-
n n the ppblish.ed reports soncernIipg tho
him at the time he made his denials two or
three letters written n the Presidents own
nsFed ifa aasS f9s o 1f
q those letters was the aayisability, Of the
snn III ~ item hs
present condition. Of health. These letters
were read BY another high, official Of the Adj
toned. The President stated in these letters.
In the most positive LANGUAGE. that his health
NM sas IN f
did not state what his trouble was. as he knew
the to Sh9n n, he Tross WIS inp
sh VI 1sE d'
emphatic language the President left the i'm
preston upon the mind oil the second official
who read those letters that his trouble was
organic. probably permanent and 80 serious
as TO cause him alarm
When President Cleveland prepared the
statement which gave the reason for his de-
parture q few days ago. for BuZzard's Bay. no
not only said In plain Language to the country
that he was in Ill health. and was going away
on that account, but he stated to another per.
son that he was so seriously sick that he in
tended to devote himself to his health rather
than pending questions before Congress and
oiico giving.
These statements your correspondent, makes
under circumstances which warrant him in
samit Of no peryerstio sion They may b denied;
will deny them. 1t is the chronic custom OF
denying ali sorts Of reports. true aud untrue,
respecting the health OF public men that is to
bla u for SO many false reports Tho absurd
~ misleading sta tements which were made by
physicians and friends Of Mr.. Blaine during
the last few weeks OF that distinguished gem
tleman's life disguised all honest and frank
spoken persons. 1t was contended UP to the
very day OF Mr.. Blaine's death that his disease
was not necessarily OF a fatal character. and
that his condition had SO. improved that he
would surely recover. II Mr.. Cleveland has no
serious physical a ment. he will have proved
the fact long before another campaign ap-
proaches. The statements respecting his
health. which have been made In these de-
epntches. were based almost wholly upon
private congregations which the President has
had with public men and the letters he has
written with his own hand since he last won't
to Gray Gables. J.. s. II.