The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-19
COLONEL ROOSEVELT FEELS AS LIVELY AS
 A BULLDOG, HE SAYS
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 at first, I suppose" he said. but I'll make some good ones"
 The colonel paused for moment He set his jaw hard and clenched his fist for the only time during the inter- view.
 q ask no quarter,' he said. "It is amusing to see the predicament of Governor Marshall,' he added with a laugh.
 "The governor has been making his campaign on the assertion that I was not at San Juan hill. This may stag ger him, but in a week he will dis cover that I was not shot at all and that anyway it was bird shot, and that it hit another man instead of me, and finally that I was In Oshkosh that night"
 Hopes to Campaign a Week
 Colonel Roosevelt expected. he said, to bring the campaign to a close just as though he had not been shot. He hoped to be able to put in week of campaigning and say "a few things" although he might be unable to travel as he had been doing. making some times a dozen speeches in a day. His physicians told him probably he could leave for Oyster Bay on Monday or Tuesday and the colonel at once made up his mind he would go on the earl lest train Monday which would suit his purposes.
 Despite his confidence that he will be back in the fight week after next, the colonel has not yet received assurances he will be able to make a single speech. A week of absolute rest at Sagamore Hill comes first, and it will depend upon his progress then what comes next.
 Colonel Roosevelt spoke of the visit of Gov. Hiram Johnson, his running mate. c1,o <trr,n nxrvffh !, ,tvrrIt q r. ernoon He said there was little he could say about the conversation and that they had not talked much politics" r
 The effect of Colonel Roosevelt's exer- tion was beginning to show itself. At the outset of the talk he bore himself in a way which gave no indication of his con- dition. But finally he spoke in loweS tones, in which there was trace of weariness. He had plucked a little green sprig from plant which someone had sent him, and as he talked he held it by the leaves and used the stem as a pointer, thrust ing it quickly at one after another of his interviewers to emphasize point. Al last he dropped the sprig and let his hands fall to his knees. It was his sign that the interview was over.
 ''Good-by," he said.
 Physicians More Optimistic While Colonel Roosevelt's physciani were careful to say ..lat their patient was not yet out of danger, they were distinct ly more optimistic tonight than at any previous time. The passage of the day brought an end to the period within which symptoms of blood poisoning were to be looked for.
 Colonel iRoosevelt's condition was vir. tually unchanged throughout the day with no indication of the development oi sepsis, the one thing most feared. There still remained the possibility of compli. cations in the shape of telanus pneumo. mia or pleurisy But with the danger of blood poisoning remote, it was felt tho chances were greatly in favor of rapio recovery.
 Colonel Roosevelt's temperature fel late today to three-fifths of a degree be- low normal. This was explained as be- ing the result of his exercise during the day and natural under the circumstances Colonel Roosevelt's physicians say that while they believed the colonel's desire 1 to leave for New York on Monday could be gratified. it would be necessary fol