The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-11
ROOSEVELT STARTS FOR HOME.
Vice President Is Confident Mr.. Nc
KinIey VIII Recover.

| kinIey VIII Recover.
| BUFFALO. n. Y, Sept. 10.-Vice Presi-
dent Roosevelt left the city tonight at $50
o'clock for Oyster Bay, perfectly confident
| that the President will recover. So conf
dent was he, in fact, that when question
| of doubt was put to him he answered it
with a parry. He was asked:
do you remember that President Gar
field progressed for ten days, and that
| then, just when he ready to get out,
he collapsed and finally died?"
| Quick as thought the Vice President
| swered: "Ah. but you forget twenty years
of modern surgery of progress From what
| can learn also the Garfield wound was
much more serious than the wound of Pres
ident Mckinley. / believe the President
will recover and believe it so thoroughly
4 that l leave here tonight"
Questioned as to the mode of procedure
| so far the state was concerned he said:
81 see no need for the calling of an extraor-
binary grand jury The grand jury now in
session, composed OF American citizens,
will undoubtedly take care of the would-be
assassin. and the authorities of Erie county
will, for county. state and national pride.
make a vigorous prosecution. Unless Gov
| ernor Odell is asked to interfere 1 see no
need of his calling an extra term or dep
utizing an assistant attorney general to
| prosecute"
| Asked as to the enacting of legislation
against Anarchists, he said: II have not
! thought much on the matter. What has
disturbed me has been to find reason for
even Anarchists to attack a man like Pres
| ident Mckinley. Here is the one country
where they are allowed perfect freedom of
| speech. Here, as the ruler, is a man de-
| scended from farmer stock. self-made. Here
| is man who has no fortune or no means
! other than that which he may manage to
| save out of his salary President. Prob
| ably many a wOrkingman in the United
| States to-day has as large an amount of
| real estate Mr.. Mckinley. In addition
| he is a kindly disposed Christian gentle
| man, and in every great emergency in
which he could act he has been a friend
of the common people. Why should he be
shot at, then. even by Anarchists
When Mr.. Roosevelt came out of the
| Milburn mansion tonight a United States
officer, Major Mann, of the local post,
shook hands with him. 1.-The last time 1
saw you," said Major Mann, was in Cuba
just after a fight in which you took part"
"Oh. yes cried the Vice President. IT
remember now. I'm so glad to see you, so
| glad" and then there were "reminiscences
with frequent handshakes.
| Vice President Roosevelt read with eager
ness the morning bulletin from the Mflburn
mansion telling of the Presidents i'm
provement. When he had finished he clap
| ped his hands joyously, and with tears in
his eyes said to Mr.. Wilcox. his host:
There, didn't L tell you God would not let
| Ito Nv ir'c h,,l
let?'
| After breakfast Mr. Wilcox announced
that the Vice President had been urged,
in view of the Presidents improving condi-
| ton, to utilize his last day in seeing some
of the Pan-American Exposition. notably
the government building. The Vice Presi-
dent declined the invitation, with some lit
| tie vehemence He said: Il do not be-
lieve, even though l am assured OF the
| Presidents convalescence that il would be
| entirely proper for me to take part in any
| of the festivities. / have studiously re-
Trained from going out or being entertained
| during my visit and l will continue that
| policy until l leave. l came here absolutely
as a matter of duty. both to the President
and to the people, and not for pleasure"
| When the Vice President stepped out to
the sidewalk 10 go to the Milburn house
a secret service detective stepped up along
side of him. He turned around when he
found the man following him, and said:
II don't want you to follow me L don't
want any one and I'm not afraid"
Then, to the newspaper man with him.
he said: II am sorry to say that the Oyster
Bay police force is not large enough to
| permit an assignment of men to guard me-
and if l get used to it up here. they might
have to increase the force down there at
the expense of the poor taxpayers of
| which / am one
Vice President Roosevelt stayed in the
! Milburn house over half an hour, ard the
fact that five members of the Cabinet were
also there gave rise to much speculation
When the Vice President came out he said:
You may say that | am absolutely sure
that the President will recover-so sure in
fact. that / leave here tonight"
Asked as to what significance there was
in the simultaneous presence of the Cabinet
members. he said: 1T was purely accident
same time. | assure YOU there was no con-
sultation. As matter of fact. the various
Cabinet members are distributed in vari-
Gus parts of the house talking to different
members of the family and to the physi-
clans The reason that stayed in so long
was that 1 had not seen Secretary OF State
Hay for some time. and he and | had
long personal talk. | think the ma jority Of
the Cabinet will leave to-day for their
homes.
TALKS WITH THE DOCTORs.