The sun., 1893-08-12
MIR. CLEVELAND NEEDS REST.
HE HAS GONE TO BUzzARD's BAY TO
STAY UNTIL SEPTEMBER

The President Says HI. Advisers Tell Him
the Vacation IIc Is About to Take I-
Absolutely Necessary for Hts Health and
Strengtb-Dr. Bryant Accompanies Him.
President Cleveland spent Thursday night
at the White House. and early yesterday
morning left Washington with Col. Lamont
Before going Mr.. Cleveland made the follow
ing statement for publication:
MY absence from the capital at this time
may excite some surprise in view Of my in
tense interest In the subject now awaiting tho
determination OF Congress. Though my views
and recommendations have already been OFF,
cially submitted to that body. and though 1
am by no means certain could further aid in
bringing about the result which seems so
necessary. II would be q great satisfaction to
mo III / could remain at the scene OF action.
But whether l am here or elsewhere.
shall look with hope and confidence to the ac-
tion Of those upon whom the responsibility
now rests OF relieving our people from their
present dangers and difficulties.
L am going hack to my summer homo at
the seashore. because / am not sufficiently
rested from tho strain to which l have been
subjected since the 4th OF March 70 fit mo to
again assume the duties and labors which
await me here l have been counseled by
those whose advice cannot disregard that the
further rest contemplate is absolutely neces-
sary to my health and strength. l shall re-
main away during tho month OF August, and
shall devote myself to rest and outdoor recrea-
ton.
MY days doings will be devoid OF interest
to the public. and l shall be exceedingly
pleased il can be free from the attentions OF
newspaper correspondents"
The Presidents train reached Jersey City at
12:42 o'clock. and Mr.. Cleveland and Col.
Lamont drove directly to the Victoria Hotel.
which they reached shortly after l o'clock.
Precautions were taken to Keep their arrival
secret. and Col. Lamont gave emphatic orders
that tho President should not be disturbed.
Neither Mr.. Cleveland nor the Secretary re-
ceved any callers at the hotel.
At quarter after 3 o'clock the President
and Col. Lamont drove to the residence Of DR..
Joseph d. Bryant 54 West Thirty sixth street,
where they remained three- quarters OF an
hour. Col. Lamont returned to the Victoria
alone and the President and DR.. Bryant were
driven down Broadway to the Fall River pier.
They reached the boat the Puritan. at twelve
minutes of 5.
Few Of the passengers recognized the Presi..
dent; Mr., Cleveland wore dark grey suit OF
light .overcoat on his left arm. He stepped
from the sar1age Tiih o and
plank, looking neither to the right nor the left.
His eyes looked dull and heavy. and his face.
although slightly Drowned by its recent eXpo-
sure to the sun, showed by no means healthy
complexion. He seemed to have lost much
OF his usual snap and vigor.
DR.. Brvant's eyes never wandered from the
President. and he kent close at his side until
the Presidents stateroom was reached. 1t iss
on the hurricane deck in the extreme forward
part OF the Puritan. sdent Cleveland i'm.
mediately retired to his bed. and Dr. Bryant
left him in the care of one OF the stewards.
In RESPONSE to a SUN reporters inquiry DR..
Bryant said:
"There is nothing to say President Cleve-
land is not sick man. but Is merely slightly
exhausted from overwork. He has labored
hard. and needs vacation as much as any
man know"
DR.. Bryant said he did not know when the
President would return to Washington.
As for myself" he continued: may re-
Col. Lamont companied the President only
as faras New York. and no one loined him on
Sorrento Me-. where his wife and family are
spending the summer. He is expected to re-
turn to Washington about the middle Of next
week.