The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-09-23
BRYAN'S AEALTHgVESOUT
PHYSICIANS ADVISE INDEFINITE
REST FOR STATESMAN.
SAYS HE WILL COME TO NORFOLK.
In Spite OF the Advice to Quit Work
indefinitely, the Distinguished Dem
ocrntic Leader Declares He VIII
Keen His Dnte In This City.


ocrntic Leader Declares He VIII
Keep His Date In This city.
Word comes from Denver that w.
]. Bryan has been warned by his
PHYSICIANS that one of his lungs was
affected in his st. Louis speech and
that he must give himself indefinite
rest Mr.. Bryan declares he will meet
his dates beginning with October. If
he is able he will probably appear in
Norfolk October 5, the date originally
set, although the doctors have in
structed him to quit, The telegram
follows:
DENVER, Sept, 1S.-William Jen-
nings Bryan, Nebraska's most dstin-
guished citizen, has not entirely re-
covered from the effects of his strenu-
osity at the st. Louis convention, and
left today for Rawlins, Wyo., where
he will spend two weeks in absolute
rest.
81 am going away from the rail-
roads and the telegraph" said Mr..
Bryan, "for | want real rest. l don't
expect to hunt--it is rest that l seek"
A close friend of Mr.. Bryan says
condition, yet the doctors have told
him that his tremendous physical eff
fort at the national convention left
one lung affected, and that he must
give 1t absolute rest for an indefinite
| period. Mr.. Bryan has agreed to give
the lung two weeks to mend, but in
| ssts that he has pledges out to par
| ticipate in the campaign and that he
will spend the first week in October
in Nebraska the second in Missouri
and the third in Indiana. The last of
the campaign will be in Nebraska
again.
The intimation that Mr.. Bryan was
suffering from lung affection was ap-
parently news to Lincoln friends. His
| family physician, DR. Fighter, said
that he had not examined Mr.. Bryan
for two months, and that he knew of
no lung trouble. He regarded him as
a man possessing the most perfect
physical health possible. Mr. Bryan
has been having a good time out in
the west. The Denver Post says of
his visit there:
Mr. Bryan and his wife will leave
Friday for Rawlins, Wyo., and will re-
|
The children returned to Lincoln this
afternoon to enter school.
Mr.. Bryan's trip to the southwest
was primarily to see the Grand canon
of the Colorado. The party visited the
petrifed forests near Holbrook, Ariz,
the cliff dwellings near Flagstaff, and
the Indian pueblo at Acoma, N NJ, Al
Las Vegas he went duck shooting anC
when he left the train this morning he
carried his big hunting booth slune
over his arm.
The only speech of length deliver
ed on the trip was at Las Vegas, al
though he made brief, talks at Albu
querque, Rattan, Trinidad and othel
points
Il will not say that I will not agair
be a candidate for the democratic nom
ination for the presidency, but 1 dC
say that l have no plans at presen
for such a candidacy" William Jen
nings Bryan said, who arrived in Den
yer over the Santa Fe at $3.50 o'clocl
this morning. He was accompanied b!
his wife and his children, Grace ant
William jr., and Miss Sarah Dakin,
teacher in the Denver public schools
a | anu the lOlhS NtlCHSl VI lllS al
; children in Lincoln.
Seated at desk in one of MI
Hughes private offices, where he wa
writing, Mr.. Bryan made the forego
ing statement to a caller, and con
tinued:
. Il enjoy the work that l am en-
gagged in, and the part take in poll
tics is entirely impersonal, 1 an
,. striving for the success of the princi
:. pies that 1 adhere to-undying princi
:, ples-and am not considering myself.
: But you do not regard yourself a
a dead one as the eastern democrat
claim?"
There was Grown of thorns" Loo
= in Mr.. Bryan's face, but he replie
= simply:
Il do not care to discuss myself"
a What do you think of the outloo
= for the national democratic ticket?"
Il consider it good, but it is littl
early TO judge, However, have littl
faith any more in political prognosti
!. cations, You know I have failed i
!, several of my own, in which I ha
> been very confident"