New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-19
AMUSED WHILE SPEAKING
Found 1t Interesting, He Says,
When He Discovered the
Hole in His Manuscript
and in His Specta.
Gle Case.
LIVELY AS A BULLDOG NOW
Feels No Bitterness or Rancor, Means
to Make Few Short, but Good"
Campaign Speeches, and De-
clares, Il Ask No
Quarter"

Quarter"
Chicago, Oct. 1S.-The clinical record
taken at $50 o'clock to-night showed
that Colonel RooseveIt's temperature
had risen slightly from the SUBJ normal
point recorded three hours earlier. The
change was attributed to the fact that
after finishing his dinner Colonel Roose-
Welt rested for a time.
The record was: Pulse, 80; tenn.
perature, 98.2; respiration, 18.
Colonel RooseveIt's condition was so
satisfactory that it was announced q:
II o'clock that the usual night bulletins
Of the physicians would not be issued.
Chicago, Oct. 1S.-The first vivid in2-
pres5ions Of Colonel Roosevelt on the
night on which he was shot in Mil
waukee were related tonight from the
colonel's own lips. Apparently well or
the way toward recovery, he was per-
mitted to enjoy a greater degree Of
freedom, and for the first time he gave
an account of the happenings in the
first few hours after the bullet found it's
mark
The colonel said that he expected 10
leave for oyster Bay on Monday, and
hoped to be back in the campaign.
making speeches again. week after
next.
Il feel as lively as bulldog" said
the colonel, by way OF preface. He was
sitting in a huge leather chair by a
window I'm Mrs Roosevelts room, ad-
Joining his own, wrapped I'm a bath
robe. with steamer rug thrown over
his feet to protect him from the autumn
breeze borne in through the open win
dow.
What seemed TO impress Colonel
Roosevelt most strongly was not the
shooting itself-he seemed to accept
that as a thing of the past 10 be dis
missed once 1t was over-but, rather,
his hour on the stage Of the Milwaukee
Auditorium when he was speaking with
bullet I'm his side. He insisted that
TO make the speech was only what any
other man would have done under the
circumstances.
1T was nothing nothing" said the
colonel. Il felt little pain, but IL was
not severe When / stretched out ny
arms or reached for my manuscript 1t
made me gasp bit, but that was all
HoIe in Manuscript Amusing"
'It was quite amusing when reached
for my manuscript to see that 1t had
a hole in 1t from the bullet; and there
was a hole in my spectacle case, too"
The colonel chuckled as he recalled
the surprise he had felt at his discov-
cry.
Amusing, did you say, colonel?"
asked one OF his hearers.
Well" he qualified, 1T was inter
esting"
Colonel Roosevelt showed no indca-
ton that he had felt the fear Of death
He said he had no means of knowing
as he delivered the speech he had
promised TO make, whether he was
wounded fatally, but accepted as a
matter Of course that he should go on
until he had finished II his strength
held out.
But when Il was all over and he had
turned away to go to the hospital, the
colonel said, he found 1t difficult TO
keen his temper when half dozen
men scrambled over the edge of the
platform and asked him to shake
hands.
"They wanted TO shake hands he
said. as If it still surprised him.
Didn't they know that It is impossible
for a man who has just been shot 70
shake hands with genuine cordiality?'
Feels No Bitterness.
Of the shooting itself Colonel Roose-
yelt had little to say. Not once did he
mention the name OF John Schrank, his
assailant. He talked in an unemo-
tional way OF being shot, as II he was
discussing the case Of man with
whom he was not acquainted. he
said he bore no bitterness or rancor.
In a dispassionate way Colonel
Roosevelt spoke Of his present condi-
ton and speculated on the chance that
he would have blood poisoning or some
other serious complication. The physi-
clans thought he was getting well. he
said. but they had told him there stiil
remained the chance Of setback.
isn't Il curious thing" he re-
marked, that a little spot,"-h placed
his thumb near the top OF his forefnger
to indicate how small spot ne meant
-"can become infected and set the
whole thing back?"
Then. Colonel Roosevelt went on.
there was the possibility. the physi-
clans had told him, that pleurisy or
might develop. Dr. Alex
ander Lambert. he said. had spoken OF