The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-02
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,By G. Arthur willamsD
Washneton. September 3o.-tstaR Core
pondenec l-As the DAYS 90 by and the
net that the presidents injury Is mt
tiieus becomes more and more apparent
aere Is an Increased tendency toward tae
lriei THAI the reason aEciihcd for tsc SUD.
On termination of tho Northwestern trip
NaS not the real one This brHcf / on.
ttriained hy numerous thoughtful and fon-
6ctvatiyc men, irrespective " party ana IA
lion The majority Of these do not. psr.
lans so 50 far M to think tho announce.
mont regarding the ''traumatism" In the
middle third" Of the prcsident's left
anterior iihlal region was a rhsc chi.
Quilted 10 throw dust in the egcs o. the
people, as It were. hut they 10 think that
the Injury was not of such a natnrc MS to
warrant such n radical change Of pr1grAm
In other words, they believe tn president
could have continued HIS tour had he
really been DESTROYS Of doing So.
IL seems almost incredible that sncl an
exalted official as n president Of the United
states should be a party TO such dcr-p-
ton ana the number OF people who be.
ieve that such IS tho case Is comparatively
small. That the slight injury WAS made
the excuse for the failure to 80 on vita
the trip and tho spccchmaking, however. is
not doubted II IS pointed out that the
attending physicians said when the matter
was hrst made public that nothing serious
allied the president and that H. would sur.
fer little or 10 Inconvenience II he re-
mained quiet. II Is now obvious that the
injury could scarcely have been loss I'm
portant than It was and that so far as
their statements concerning the nature OF
the hurt was concerned. the physicians
were right This only tends 10 strengthen
tho Impression that the "traumatism' netd
not have interfcred with tho trip as orig
inally planned. Reduced to plain English
the professional statement regarding tho
prcsldcuts trouble meant simply that he
had a hruiso on bis loft leg. ana that under
the swelling there was n small amount of
cAtrancous matter Tho physicilps them
selves admitted that serious results were
not 10 he expected, in Wow of which their
recommendation that tho tour be ahun
dohcd seems rather significant More th3n
one person, In discussing the mHttcr With
in the past few days, has remarked that
an ordinary man--onc around whom the
"fcroe white light" does not beat 50
strongly as It does about tho strenuous
presldcnt-would. under the circumstances.
have gone on about his business and not
even thought Of consulting physician
OF course any official on stamping tour
must necessarily exert himself to d con
siderable extent in a physical way and 1t
may be true that the continuation Of tho
presidential iunket would have brought
about unpleasant and perhaps serious com
plcdtious But It must be admitted that
this opinion Is not general in Washington.
There are many reasons why tho prcSl
dent might have wished 10 return 10
Washington SO long before tho appointed
time. ana to bring his tour 10 an end With
out visiting many OF the points named in
the original itinerary. 1t is known, in
the first place, that practically all OF the
senators and other officials who partici-
pated in the OYSTER BAY conference went
on record as being of the opinion that tho
Northwestern trip was ill-advised and that
it would result in no good for the prcsi
dent personally or for his party. Even
before the announcement OF the withdrawal
OF Speaker Henderson, which 1t will be
remembered. was transmitted 10 the oyster
Bay assembage lust as the conference
was being brought to close the presi-
dents advisers realized that the matt
OF tarih revision was one ON which the
rank aud hle of the dominant party held
divergent views. They realized, too, that
while the presidents utterances regarding
the trusts had by no means ahenated the
sympathlcs Of the monouolsts. 1t had Great.
ed a great deal OF discussion which was
doing the party no good and which was
calculated to do it harm II persisted in,
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The mon whom the president asked 10
the conference realized also that 1t would
be the height Of folly. from their stand,
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