The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-09

| ton with those inside. He and Secre-
| tary Gage, Secretary Hitchcock and At
torney General Knox called together
about noon and, indeed, there was no
time during the day when some member
| Of the cabinet was not in the house
where his stricken chief lay Even
| those most prominent in public life did
not see him, the doctors would not
relax the ironclad rule they have laid
: down to prevent the least strain upon
his energies and vitality Those who
came and went moved silently and rev.
erently receiving the latest statement
from the doctors and departing.
CABINET MEMBERS PRESENT
All of the members of the cabinet are
now here except Secretaries Hay and
Long. The former telegraphed today
that he would start from Newberry to-
morrow probably in time to be here to-
morrow night. Secretary Long also tele-
graphed that he was coming, but did not
specify the time. The cabinet officers
feel it to be their duty to be here in
this crisis, to meet any emergency. They
are holding no formal meetings. although
there are some matters of public bust
ness which they daily discuss informally.
They do not believe that there is the
most remote possibility that Vice Presi-
dent Roosevelt will be called upon to
exercise the functions of chief magistrate
under the disability clause of the consti-
tuition while the president lives. Vice
President Roosevelt would not hear OF
such a course. Still, in the event OF
grave international complications an
emergency might occur, and the question
has arisen in their minds as to who
should proclaim the disability provided
tor by the constitution mat 1nStru-
ment is silent upon the subject. There
is no precedent to follow. During the
protracted illness of President Garfield
before his death, Vice President Arthur
was not called upon to act. The con-
scnsus of opinion among the members
of the cabinet is that, should the occa-
sion arise, they themselves would have to
deci le proclaim the existence OF the
disability. The supreme court, they say,
could not do so, as there would be no
way in which the question could be raised
before that tribunal.
The members of the cabinet are making
their headquarters at the Buffalo Club,
and there their interchanges take place.
They are to remain here for the present,
and the plans of departure are indeti-
mite, and not even thought of while the
president is not entirely out of danger.
If he should pass the danger point how
ever, they will return at once to Wash
ington.
Vice President Roosevelt's attendance
at the morning service of the First Pres
pytertan church gave occasion tor
heartfelt expression of the sorrow uni
versally felt over the calamity and the
detestation of the assassin's methods. A
fervid prayer by the pastor, DR.. Mitchell,
invoked the sternest reprobation of an
archy, and asked that the temples of
public life be scourged of men willing to
temporize with the madness of anarchy.
KINGS SEND CONDOLENCES.
The interest in the presidents condl-
ton was such across the Canadian bor-
der that The Associated Press was asked
to furnish a bulletin this morning to be
read in the churches in Quebec and Mon
treal, and many requests of similar
character came direct to Secretary Cor
telyou from different parts of the United
States. The messages of sympathy from
all over the United States and all over
the world, in fact, have fairly over
whelmed Secretary Cortelyou Two more
White house Stenographers have been
sent for, and upon their arrival, some of
the more important messages will be
made public. Almost every government
in the world has been heard from, most
Of the crowned heads of Europe sending
personal messages. Among the latter are
King Edward, Emperor William, the
kings of Portugal, Italy and Sweden
and the sultan OF turkey. President
Loubet, of the republic of France, has
also ca,bled his sympathy direct. One
of the most touching messages thus far
received was from Nine. Labor the
wife of Maitre Labori who defended
Dreyfus in his famous trial at Rennes.
Mrs. Mckinley continues to bear up
bravely, and her fortitude is regarded
as remarkable. One of her dearest and
closest friends, Mrs. Rand, of Washing
ton has arrived here and will probably
remain with her during this trying Pc
Rod.
Secretary Cortelyou, in whose hands
the management of everything seems
to be- was able to take some rest this
morning for the first time since the
tragedy The great confidence which the
president has in his secretary could not
have been more strikingly illustrated
that at the exposition hospital, when he
was about to be placed upon the operat-
ing table The president realized that the
sooner the operation was performed the
better, and he was perfectly willing to
submit himself to the knife. his only
solicitude was as to the competency of
the surgeons who were to perform the
operation. Just before he was placed
upon the table he called Secretary Cor
telyou to him and asked whether the
surgeons were all right. Mr. Cortelyou
assured him that he had made inquiries
and that they were reputed to be among
the moot skillful in their profession. The
president accepted the assurance, and
Immediately announced that he was
ready.
The members of the cabinet are doing
everything in their power to prevent the
sensational exploitation of Czolgosz, be-
cause he undoubtedly Graves notoriety and
because his fellow anarchists through
out the country love it. They do not de-
sire to place any stone in the path of
the authorities who are laboring to tIr.-
ravel the plot if any plot existed, and ali
the minions of the government secret
service will be used to aid the state au-
thorities in the prosecution of their in
vestigation. But by the direct request
of Secretary Root, on behalf of his col
leagues, the district attorney and the
police will not permit the prisoner to
be seen or interviewed, nor will they dis
cuss the methods or the results of their
efforts to discover the originators of the
plot All that has leaked out from the
jail shows that the prisoner is vain and
boastful of his crime and would, If given
an opportunity fill the newspapers with
columns of his vaporings.
PERFORMED BY DIR. MANN.