Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-06-06
THE PRESIDENTS HEALTH.

There has been great deal Of talk
about the alleged procarlous state OF
President Clovolaud's health, aud this
doubtless viii DO increased by the
news that m insurance company has
ius, declined 10 Issue policy on his
life. The facts Of the case are that the
company which solicited Mr.. Cleye.
lands application recently accepted a
risk OF s25, 900 on tho life OF senator
Gordon. The senator 10 62 years old
and pays u premium Of $500 per an.
mum. The President named In his
application the sum Of $4,000, ana NJ
no II 81 years old he would have had
to pay about 81 $50 per Rnnum. The
company declined TO issue policy.
While from tho fact that tho com.
pany rejected tho Presidents appliua.
ton II might DO concluded that his
health lie not ordinarily good for one
NJ ieshy rs he, yet an examination
into the circumstances reveals differ
ont condition, The Insurance COM
pAny could have refused to issue a
policy Just as well without eKamina.
ton MS with It on tho ground that was
taken, ami II looks as though the
solicitation 10y the agent either was ono
the company did not care to have
made, or the insurance men thought
thoy could gain some notoriety for
reliability and thorsughness by the
Advertisement that they had refused 10
insure the chic, executive. The
answers to the questions propounded
In tho medical examination OF the
President were satisfactory In respect
10 his ancestry ana his physical hit-
tory, anu his vital organs were found
to DO unimpalfed; but the policy
was refused owing to his tx.
ccfsiye weighl-32O pouuds--lt BE-.
ing an inference that the com.
pany feared some form OF fatty degpn.
Grafton might intervene, though med.
zeal experts could find no evidence OF
Il. The excessive weight was as well
known TO the company before the
examination as after, ani the inquiry
made revealed the fac. that the Presi.
dent was IN better condition physically
than ho had been believed to DO.
While there Is no probability OF Mr..
Clevelanl's mortal career ending
before the CLOSE Of his presidential
torn, In ,he event Of such possible
occurrence taking place, there is every
probability tnat as hi, successor Mr..
Stevenson would institute marked al.
mlnisIrhliyc changes. The Vice Pre,i-
dent differs win his Chiul's views In
several essential particulars, notably
the silver the Isrll aud the foreign
policies. Stevenson fayors bimetallism
~ q theory, aud Is said to hold very
strong convictions on that point. lac
also belieyes IN a gradual revision OF
tho tara ana would antagOnizs auy
sudden or radical changes. AZ 10 the
foreign policy, Il Ia asserted by bis
friends that treaty looking to the
annexation OF Hawaii would be amlsl
d certainty, and even Samoa might be-
included within his policy for an ex.
tension OF the Unions dominion, while
there would be no more ardent SUP
porter OF maintaining with foreign
nations the plan OF commercial reel,
prlCity,
Whatever the might-bes OF the case
are, It Is not at all likely that Mt.
Clovoland's health viii cut short bic
presidential career, Or that even the
relusal OF an insurance policy under
such circumstances as those narrated
viii do much toward worrying the life
out 0t hlm.