The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-10

that the President will live. All they will say is that every hour the danger of complication from peritonitis or blood poisoning decreases.
 Dr. McBurney, the most eminent of the physicians in attendance, expresses the opinion that if the improvement con- tinues 1t will be a week yet before the President can be pronounced out of dan ger and convalescent.
 And some of his colleagues, like pr. Mann places the limit of danger still further away. The fesr of peritonitis. it can be said positively, has we'll nigh dis appeared. At the expiration of the sev- enty-two hour period as { o'clock this afternoon danger from that source was almost gone.
 The President himself has been cheer full all day and has expressed confidence in his recovery. Today he asked for a morning paper, but this. of course. had to be denied him. It Is with some diffi- culty that he can be restrained from talking. and Colonel Myron T. Herrick of Cleveland is quoted as authority for the statement that he. has spoken at in- tervals of several things he proposes to do in the future.
 Patients Spirits Good.
 This morning he asked to be allowed to move his position and when permission was given before the attendants could move him, he changed to the position he desired to assume without difticulty or pain. This speaks much for his general strength, and spirits Mrs Mckinley saw him again today for a brief visit and Secretary Cortslyou vas admitted for the first time. No one else was allowed to see him, although he inquired several times who was below stairs. He was atven nourishment today in the form oi eggs beaten In milk administered through the rectum.
 The water which has been given here- tofore cold did not appear to agree with him and since last night very hot water has been taken into the stomach through the mouth with splendid results Hfl bowels moved freely during the day and this also was considered an excellent symptom. If he continues to Improve | will be gradually. If he should efcw worse the change in that direction slse probably will be slow This Is the opinion of Dr. Mann. There will be no crisis. If he arrives at convalescence Dr. Park ex- presses the opinion that 1t will be three weeks before it will be safe to move him. It is expected that the interior wounds will heal first. The sutures of the lacera- ted tissue were made so soon after the bullet passed that they are probably heal inR rapidly. With the exterior wound t Is a slower process.
 Roosevelt Optimistic.
 nf VVaA. President and the members of the cabinet would be difficult to over-state. T am absolutely confident everything will turn out all right" declared the Vice Prest- dent and he said he based his confidence | on information behind the public expres- sions of the physicians. So relieved gre Secretary Gage and Attorney General Knox that they left for Washington to- night feeling strongly that their chief will recover, with the assurance of the physi- clans that If a change for the worse should come. it would be gradual and that they would have ample time to re- turn.
 In the case of Secretary '1age there was also public reason why he should be al bis most. New York fnanciers have ap- | nealed to him to relieve the situation in | inc money market by increasing deposits in national banks. and he feels that he can hardly act at this distance from the scene if he finds that actdon desirable Secretary of State Hay is due to arrive tonight and will remain with the other | members of the cabinet at least far day or two.
 The devotion of the members of the l cabinet to their chief is touching. All
 wouId desire to remain near him until tbe crpcial period is passed and Secrstary Hitchcock and Secretary Wilson avoW that only absolute and imperative public business would induce them to dePsrt be- fore the President is pronounced out of danger. Senator Hanna will also remain until the physicians give absolute assur- ance that MT. Mckinley will live.
 Admiration For Roosevelt.
 Vice President Roosevelt has occupied a peculiarly delicate and trying position since the event which threatened the Pres ident's life but he has borne himeslf
 throughout this ordeal in such manner as to win the admiration and respect of all. It has. moreover added a new bond be- tween the Vice President and those inti- mateIv associated with the President and the latter are warm in their express stons of the manner in which he has met every requirement. of the situation. Not for A moment has he permitted the idea to be entertained that there was need for considering the constitutional disa- biIitv of the President and the exercise | of executive functions which this would tnoDose on him. On the contrary, MT.
 Roosevelt has been one of the most posi- five in the conviction that the President
 would recover. During the long period of carAeld's illness nice distinctions arose as +o what constituted the disability of ths president within the meaning of the Corstitution: whether. when the physical
 S.a',,t,ss were benumber while the men tai fsn,,Ities were uninpaired there was
 anv disability as meant by the Consti- t,,tior Rut fortunately, there has been no sncb issue presented on this, occa-
 Hto, and the Vice President himself has
 heen nrimarlly responsible for the avoid
 snce of any thought of the temporary e~ercise of executive functions by him.
 No Guard for Vice President.
 Nor has there been any occasion for
 .hs a~ercise of executive authority for
 s,'cb ro,nor routine matters comes can Tesd,,y % T he left until the present emerg- a.o,, ts Oassed. Twice during the day