Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-24

importance and had strong weight Win tne
President. He had a number OF messages
to deliver to the country on this trip. II
was said at the beginning Of the journey
that the President would deliver nve set
speeches The first of these was made at
Cincinnati, the second in Detroit, tine tniro
was to be In Milwaukee, the fourth IN Mln-
neapolis and the fifth at some point in
Iowa He was especially deSirouS OF max
ing his tariff speech.
He considered it of national Importance
to announce where he stood. Within the
last few days other reasons have develop
ed to induce the President to want to make
his tariff speech Reports have continued
to come to the train that the situation In
Iowa was more serious than was generally
understood. The President felt there was
an expressed public inquiry for him to
make a declaration to the point. He want
ed it particularly understood that he did
not shrink this duty and that he consider
ed common-senSe treatment of the Iowa
situation was better than too much fine
politics. He had grimly made up his mind
to a certain course and did not want to be
turned aside by a swelling on his leg, even
though it was causing him very great pain
Crisis Came Yesterday.
On Tuesday morning he began to appre-
ciate that the judgment of the physicians
the night before was correct. The swelling
had visibly increased. The hard work of
the receptions, etc, was making it worse.
He then consented that Mr.. Cortelyou go on
with the arrangements begun the night be-
fore for the ending of the trip. 1t is proba-
night before, beyond the fact the President
wanted his last chance With a leg that
would have put other men to bed the Presi-
dent mounted the little stand at Logansport
and made his tariff speech.
He was suffering great pain all the time
while he was delivering this address. When
he was leaving the stand the committee In
sisted upon taking him down a sharp en-
an angle Of 45 degrees, and six or seven
feet high. When DR.. Lung saw this he
stepped forward to protest, but it seemed
almost impossible to change the rather in
a moments notice. In answer to the pro-
test that the President might slip on the
wet grass and fall, the chairman Of the
committee said that the men would gather
around the President and keep him from
losing his footing.
When the President came to the steep
place he stopped for moment, as though
to draw back 1t did not look very high,
but for man with a swollen and inf1amed
leg to dig his feet in the slippery grass to
keep from falling, it was no slight matter.
The President halted only for fraction of
a second. With set face he went down as
though there was no hurt DR.. Lung watch
ed his chief sliding down the sidewalk, and
altnOuSn ne knew the agony Wnlcn was
being caused, merely remarked to his COM
panion that the President was to have some
tobogganning.
Presidents Instructions.
The Presidents instructions were emphatic
and explicit that nothing be allowed to es-
cape by word or sign to indicate what was
the matter. At the luncheon at the Column
bia Club yesterday DR.. Lung was very
quiet. When asked what was the matter,
he replied that he had been trying to COM
pose some poetry recently and that 1t was
having very SOLDERING effect upon him. 1t
was reported several times during the day
that an announcement would be made with
in a few minutes.
Just before reaching Indiana polls 1t was
given out that the news would not be avail
able until after the luncheon at the Co
lumbia Club. The publicity part was ap-
parently very well taken care of. The first
returns from the bulletins indicated that
wild reports were flying here and there, but
the straight statement was made from SO
many quarters simultaneously that the cor
rect news soon prevailed.