New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-24
MR.. ROOT NEARLY WE'LL
NO FE1R At W1SHINGTON
Secretary Of State Erpects to LeaUe
NuId0on's s SanatOrium Soon.
fFron Tho Tribune Bureau-l

From Tho Tribune Bureaul
Washington Aug. 23--No apprehension is felt
in washington because of the fact that Secre-
tary of State Elhu Root has deemed it wise to
spend short time at William Mudoon's sana-
torum. near White Plains, n. Y, as his plans
were known here as well the reasons which
nrompted the move. 1t is explained that Secre-
tary Root was wholly unable to obtain the rest
he was so much in need of at his NOME F'e Inn
tor because of the fact that hardy ua'
passed without several visitors coming up Iioiii
Now York some as personal friends. but more
VINO desired talk business or politics or 10 ''N
his advice on important matters
As the Secretary's summer home Is Solie u''
4ance from the railroad. he usually found 1t
necessary to keep his visitors overnight just do
did Secretary Hay when he retired to his sum
,,ar p1acn ON Lake Sunapee The result has peeh
that Mr. Root found the summer passing rapiulS
and the time for his Mexican trip approacnl'e
without having obtained the inuch neeue" i''
for which ho loft Washington
Having determined that it would be quite l"l-
,t,,a FOR hin, to rest at Clinton the Secretary
decided to retire to the Mudoon retreat WHlc"
has proved so beneficial to a number OF HIS
friends and where visitors cannot get at MN
without first reckoning with Muldoon, an enter
nrise few of them are likely to essay. MI Root
spends the greater part of his time in the SADDLE
and when not engaged in open air exercise IS
/ resting under the most approved condllloHs.
II is a recognized fact that the strain Oh '"e
Secretary when in Washington as we'll as "hth
he IS at his summer home, is becoming yearly
greater while ii seems fmPractlcapIe To renew
,4,, oF ,,,uch of the responsibility, or even OF
/ .,, "details Of administration. Some highly i'm
nortant matters will await Mr. Roots attention
when he returns from Mexico. and during the
vinter It is entirely probable that he Will have
ff.Arru
! to demonstrating to the Senate the Importance
/ of ,+i41-ine, certain important conventions.
c,ne of the latest official acts of Secretary
. poot was the assignment of the carrying ouI
Of tho Dominican treaty to the bureau OF l'-
+ s,,Iar affairs of the War Department. Secretary
Root has the utmost confidence in the aollly
and tact of General Edwards, chief OF ms
bureau. and in the organization which "e"ei III
Edwards has perfected, and he douD'eSS le''
that the terms OF the treaty could De carrier
out with far less responsibility and lnilhl'eN
less reference of details TO him If ne deiega'Fo
the work TO a bureau wholly without the De-
/ partment OF State.
! Secretary Root, who has already spent three
weeks at the farm sanatorium OF Nliilam =
/ Muldoon ex-champion wrestler, near " "hl'e
! Plains. taking Mr. Muldoons course of athletic
/ treatment for "A severe attack of nervous e%-
! baustion. expects TO complete his cure IN TWO
weeks more He is now well on the road to com
/ plete recovery, and all reason for apprehension
/, about his health seems TO have disappeared
On the quiet farm among the Westchester Hll!s
Mr. Root has gained flesh, put on healthy coat
of tan lost the drawn, worried look Of the early
summer and will go back To Washington. As Mr..
! Nuldoon phrases il, the strongest member OF
the Cabinet" During the first two weeks OF ms
stay he gained pound day. acquiring thefe-
with such a stock OF energy that he was AoIs
Yesterday to ride eighteen miles walk three
| miles and in addition to the usual course or
! exercise with the big medicine ball, box fifteen
vigorous minutes with Muldoon.
When visited yesterday on the veranda of
the Muldoon residence his face showed good
color his eyes clear and his hand was
steady He looked n trife tired. but otherwise
well Mr. Root asked TO be excused from talking
about his health, but his appearance was a sufh-
cIent contradiction Of tke exaggerated reports OF
a complete breakdown. His physician visited
him Yesterday but left the place without making
any arrangements to return.
According TO Mr.. MuIdoon. Secretary Root
when he arrived was suffering from nervous eN-
baustion, the result of overwork and strain
"t5e was very nervous" said the ex-athlete.
..noora 90 than ordinarily care to see patients.
His brain was tired: he was anxious ana "or-
ried about things which never happened ana
pavar couId happen. He was very weak thei'
but when he goes back he'll be the strongest
member of the Cabinet. He is taking a course
of exercise suited his age and strength and
goes at his work with the energy you would eX-
meet from a man who has come to the front as
1 bo bas He knows something about boxing,
too-seems TO have learned 1T as a boy and never
forgotten"
During his stay at White Plains Mr.. Root has
been resting as much as possible from mehtu
work II was part of the agreement with Null
doom that no one should be allowed to see him
except his secretary. physician and Mrs Root
Though no special effort had been made at Sc
cracv Mr.. Roots presence had been quite un-
noticed He had ridden almost daily with the
other patients over tho roads about White
Plains several times passing through the town
and had received his private secretary for the
transaction OF necessary State Department busi-
ness. His presence at the sanatorium became
known through the filing at the local telegraph
office Of dispatches for the State Department
Mr. Mufdoon said last night that President
Roosevelt had called at the sanatorium one day
last week to see Mr.. Root. The President. he
said slipped away a yacht from Oyster Bay
and sailed across the Sound TO Larchmonf
where he was met by closed autornobhe ana
taken TO the Muldoon retreat at White Pialns
The route Mr. Muldoon said was over back
country roads of Westchester, and in this man
NOR President Roosevelt escaped recognition 1t
q, said nv Mr. Muldoon that the President was
o apxfous about the health of his Secretary OF
S+ate that he made this special trip to see him.
rye now receives daily reports at oyster Bay
from the sanatorium as to Mr. Roots CONDITION.
o,,ster Raw. Aug 23.-When Secretary