The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-09
PRESIDENT IMPROVING.
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was still more or less under the influence
Of the anesthetic his slumber was restless
and disturbed and did him little real good.
To-day, between 9 and o'clock, he had
the solace of natural slumber for about
four hours, and the physicians stated unof-
reposeful" and had helped the sufferer a
great deal. To-day. also for the first time,
nourishment was administered. IT was in
liquid form and was injected hypoder-
mically to avoid the possibility of irritating
the walls of the stomach. The exterior
wound was dressed this morning and is pro-
crossing satisfactorily.
FRIENDS ALL JUBILANT.
All day the members of the Cabinet and
others associated with the President in
public life came solicitously and went away
almost jubilantly. all rejecting the hopeful
outlook at the Mnburn house. Vice Presi-
dent Roosevelt received the earlier bulle-
tins, and after going to church hurried TO
the residence. There he was joined by
Senator Hanna. They came away together
and gave expression to the most confident
and encouraging sentiments. The Vice
President not only shared the cheerful
feeling. but was extremely optimistic. Both
gentlemen took occasion to denounce in
circulation in some quarters that the doc
tors were not frank in their communica-
tions to the public. They maintained that
the Presidents favorable condition was
even understated by the physicians,
through motives Of conservatism, during
the seventy-two-hour period.
Later Secretary Cortelyou took occasion
to emphasize this very point by issuing an
official statement assuring the public of the
complete trustworthiness of the bulletins
sent out by the physicians. Senator Hanna
came again during the afternoon, and was
seldom far removed from the Miburn
house. Secretary Root has taken up quar-
tiers Immediately next door, and was in FIRE,
quent consultation with those inside. He
and Secretary Gage, Secretary Hitchcock
and Attorney 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 prom
inent in public life did not see him, as the
doctors would not relax the iron-clad rule
they have laid down to prevent the least
drain upon his energies and vitality. Those
who came and went moved silently and
reverently, receiving the latest statements
from the doctors and departing.
HAY AND LONG ALONE ABSENT.
All the members of the Cabinet are now
here except Secretaries Hay and Long. The
former teegraphed to-day that he would
start from Newberry tomorrow probably
in time to be here tomorrow night. Secre-
tary Long also telegraphed 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 emer-
| gency. They are holding no formal meet
| ings. although there are some matters Of
! public business which they daily discuss
| informally and the possible contingencies
| should the President grow worse are also
! thoroughly canvassed. They do not believe
| that there is the most remote possibility
| that Vice President Roosevelt will be called
| upon to exercise the functions of chief
magistrate under the disability clause of
the Constitution while the President lives.
| The Vice President 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 for by the COnstitu-
! ton That instrument is silent on the sub
| ject There is no precedent TO follow. Dur
| ing the protracted illness of President Gar
! field before his death Vice President Arthur
was not called upon to act. The consensus
| of opinion among the members of the Cabi-
net is that should the occasion arise they
! themselves would have to decide and pro-
/ claim the existence of the disability. The
| Supreme Court, they say, could not do so as
| there would be no way in which the ques-
| ton 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 indefinite and not
! even thought of while the President is not
entirely out of danger. If he should pass
the danger point however they will return
| at once 10 Washington.
| The interest in the Presidents condition
was such across the Canadian border that
| the Associated Press was asked to furnish
| q bulletin this morning to be read in the
| churches in Quebec and Montreal, and
many requests OF similar character came
| direct to Secretary Cortelyou from differen;
| parts of the United States.
Mrs Mckinley continues to bear up
bravely and her fortitude under the cir
| cumstances is regarded as remarkable. One
| of her dearest and closest friends, Mrs.
| Rand. of Washington. has arrived here
and will probably remain with her during
! this trying period.
! Secretary CortelyOu. in whose hands the
/ management of everything seems 10 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 than at the Exposi-
/ ton Hospital, when he was about TO be
placed upon the operating 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 10
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