The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-09-09
lOPE FOR PRE SIDENT
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35llSHleSC ln1lamatlOn appears the pal ! will be immediately extracted. No diff
 fculty is anticipated in this regard. N One of Edison's best X-ray machines
 and the most skilful and trusted opera
 tor, pr. H. A. Knolls, arrived to-day The batteries were charged and the
 machine is ready for instant use. With
 1t the physicians say there is not the
 slightest doubt that the ball can be To- cated perfectly for an operation. They
 do not deem it advisable to sap any of the presidents strength at this time.
 All the presidents reserve force is
 needed now to resist the danger of peri
 tonitis and septic poisoning. ..... All the effects of the ether which was
 administered when the operation was
 performed on the exposition grounds :. had disappeared this morning and the s presidents mind was perfectly clear during the time he was awake to-day. \ While he was still more or less under
 the influence of the anesthetic his
 slumber was restless and disturbed and
 did him little real good, but to-day be-
 tween 9 and o'clock he slept naturally
 for about four hours, and the physi-
 clans stated unofficially that his sleep
 had been "quiet and reposeful' and had
 helped the sufferer a great deal. To-
 day also for the first time nourish-
 ments were administered It was in
 liquid form and was injected hypoder
 mically to avoid the possibility of irri- stating the walls of the stomach where sthe sutures are healing. The exterior
 wound was dressed this morning and is
 progressing satisfactorily.
 tIo of 1,a oo1
 and others associated with the presi-
 dent in public life came solicitously and went away almost jubilantly, all Breflecting the hopeful outlook at the
 MfIburn house. Vice President Roose-
 welt received the earlier bulletins, and after going to church hurried to the
 residence. There he was joined by Sen Ator Hanna. They came away together
 and gave expression to the most confi- dent and encouraging sentiments. The vice president not only shared the cheerful feeling, but was extremely op- ltimistic.
 Both gentlemen took occasion to de- nOunce in unmeasured terms the state Illents gaining circulation in some quar- lters that the doctors were not frank in their communications to the public. sThey maintain that the presidents favorable condition was even under stated by the physicians through mo- tfves of conservatism during the seven- ty- -two-hour period.
 X Later Secretary Cortelyou took occa- sion to emphasize this very point by Issuing an official statement assuring the public of the complete trustworthi- ness of the bulletins sent out by the Senator Hanna came again during the afternoon and was seldom far removed from the Milburn house. Secretary Root has taken up quarters next door and was in ire duent consultation with those inside. | He and Secretary Gage, Secretary | Hitchcock and Attorney General Knox calIed together about noon, and, indeed, kllere was no time during the day when tome member of the cabinet was not in me house.
 \ The doctors, however, could not relax Their ironclad rule to exclude every one from the sick room.
 Y the members of the cabinet are now here except Secretaries Hay and Long. The former telegraphed to-day Eiiat he would start from Newberry, N. k7s, lOIIlOTTOW. OecTeldTy LOI1S dlSO | signified by wire that he was coming 5ut did not specify the time. The cabi- net officers feel it to be their duty to oe here in this crisis. They are hold rE no formal meetings, although there ire some matters of public business which they daily discuss informally and lie possible contingencies should the president grow worse are also thor Jllgflly canvassed. They do not believe hatI there is the most remote possibl- ty that Vice President Roosevelt will 3e called upon to exercise the functions # chief magistrate under the disabil- ty clause of the constitution while the president lives.
 Avice President Roosevelt would not lear of such course. Still in the event # grave int ernational complications an n1ergency might occur and the ques ion has arisen in their minds as to Vho should proclaim the disability pro- ided for by the constitution. That in- trtiment is silent on the subject There 5 no precedent to follow. During the rotracted illness of President Garfield efore his death Vice President Arthur 1Ae not called upon to act. The con- eflsus of opinion among the members E { the cabinet is that should the occa- lon arise they themselves would have l 5 decide and proclaim the existence of he disability. The members of the abinet are making their headquarters I [ the Buffalo club. Interest in the presidents condition l cross the Canadian border is so great nat the Associated Press was asked to | lrnfsh a bulletin this morning to be sad in the churches in Quebec and s Eontreal and many of a similar char cter came direct to Secretary Cortel- ou from different parts of the United tates The messages of sympathy from all f Yer the United States and all over the ( orid, in fact have fairly overwhelm- h l Secretary Cortelyou. Almost every ,yernment in the world has been gard from, most of the crowned heads l I ]. Europe, sending personal messages. ne of the most touching messages thus l p lr received was from Madame Labori, le wife of Maitre Labori, who defend- l Dreyfus in his famous trial at " ennes . Mrs. Mckinley continues to bear up N -avely and her fortitude under the cir ;c as