The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-04

Washington, April 27.-To The For
UNI: The Associated Press has in
formed you of the serious condition
of Senator McCumber following the
recent operation. / have been able to
see the senator today and can assure
your readers that he is now on the
road to recovery, and his physician is
confident that he can assume his lab
ors within a few days, though they
insist that he must do no hard work
for some little time. The senator wish.
ed me to express to his Grand Army
friends, and to his friends in North
Dakota his appreciation of their kind
ly solicitude for his welfare.
The Fargo lodge, B. P. o. E., of
which Senator McCumber is a mem
Der, upon hearing of his illness sent
him a beautiful bouquet of flowers as
a token Of their esteem, coupled with
wishes for his speedy recovery This
token was greatly appreciated by the
senator, and shows that the Elks new
er lose track of their members, and
when they are sick or afflicted their
sympathy is always demonstrated.
The old soldiers from all over the
United States have manifested their
love and sympathy for Senator Nc
Cumber. The grand officers of the
G. A. r. organizations make daily in
quiries, and many of his Grand Army
friends have kept him supplied with
flowers. Gen. John c. Black, pension
commissioner under Grover Cleveland,
and now president of the civil SER
vice commission wrote Senator Nc
Cumber as follows:
Dear Senator: l have heard with
pain OF your affection and of your
confinement to the hospital. Will you
accept my assurances, with those of a
multitude of Others that you have
the best wishes and the prayer of
many men for your speedy restora-
ton to health and usefulness. Your
sincere friend, John c. Black.
Hon. P. j. McCumber, Garfield hos
pital.
John r. King, president Of the Grand
Army club Of Maryland, wrote:
Hon. p. J. McCumber, u. S. Senator,
My Dear Sir: The Grand Army club,
in session assemble learn, with sim
cere regret, of your illness, and take
occasion to tender the heartfelt SYM
pathy of every member of the asso-
citation with an earnest hope for your
early recovery to good health and the
companionship of your loving family
and friends, as we'll as the enjoyment
of honors so well earned by your earn
est and successful efforts in behalf of
the veteran union soldiers and sailors
and the widows of those of our de-
ceased comrades.
BY order of the club.
Sincerely yours,
John r. King, President.
Every old soldier whom l meet,
knowing that I am from North Dakota
expresses the warmest friendship for
him and the greatest soHcitude and
most fervent hope for his recovery.
The letters quoted express the general
tenor of the several hundred received
from all over the country. Hundreds
of kilograms have been received from
G.. A. R. posts, and from his friends
in the state. The senator is himself
anxious to resume work in the senate
and take part in the investigation of
the prices of the food products, which
he was working on when he was
stricken.
Come years ago a certain class of
editors were called sod corn editors.
Horace Greeley spoke Of another class
as little creatures" etc. One of these
fellows, about as useless as a stalk
Of sod corn stricken by an early frost,