New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-01
Hopes TO Advise in Campaign.

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ton, although the doctors have pre-
scribed absolute rest.
Hopes to Advise in Campaign.
John l.. Woodruff. the stricken mans
son. last night said that his father
hoped TO act in something OF an advis-
ory capacity in the municipal cam
paign. receiving an occasional caller
In his bedroom later on. The former
Lieutenant Governor is intensely inter
csted. i'm addition 10 the campaign, IN
tho Sulzer impeachment trial lie
begged his attendants 10 read him yes
terday's developments at Albany, his
son said but this was forbidden.
The attendants at Carlton House. the
apartment annex Of the RitZ-Carlton
Hotel. where Mr.. and Mrs. Woodruff
are living. had positive orders yester-
day not TO send up any cards or to
make telephone calls or even to ring
The bell Al the entrance TO the apart
ment or KNOCK upon the door. Tele-
grams. cards and Ilcssages were kept
at the dos.. downstairs and delivered 10
Mr.. WoodruT's son.
Messages OF coincidence poured in
upon Mr.. Woodruff. one from Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt came late in the
afternoon. Colonel Roosevelt asked II
there was anythin. nc could do 10 help.
and expressed the hope that the pa
TENTS illness was not SO serious as re-
ported.
Those who saw Mr.. Woodruff fight
his seizure on the platform OF Cooper
Union. as he was notifying John Pur-
roy Mitchell and the other fusion can
didatcs of their nominations. were re-
minded - the shooting Of Colonel
Roosevelt at Milwaukee a year ago.
Mr.. Woodruff, like the colonel, refused
TO give in. He finished his speech. al
though with great difficulty. But the
fact that he finished IT yesterday gave
him infinite satisfaction.
well, finished it, anyhow" That.
his son said, was his fathers first re-
mark when they met last night after
Mr.. Woodruff was taken from the hall
10 his apartment. He had an intima-
tion that afternoon that az was not
as well as II might be with him. his son
said. He felt i'll and said to Mrs.
Woodruff:
I'm not so sure I'm going to set
through that speech tonight"
Not Stricken Two Weeks Ago.
The report. however. that he suf-
fered from a slight attack Of his pres
ent trouble two weeks ago al his camp
in the Adirondacks is not true. His
son last night denied IT.
Dr. Walter b. James, classmate OF
the former Lieutenant Governor at
Yale, and Or. Norman T.. Ditman.
house physician at the Carlton House,
are in attendance upon the patient.
They issued an optimistic bulletin early
in the day. as follows:
mir. Woodruff has been overworkcd
and has suffered collapse. with slight
temporary loss OF power on one side.
1t will be necessary for him 10 have
absolute rest for considerable period.
He is already improving.
"DR. WALTER Il. JAMES,
"DR. NORMAN DITMAN."
1t was admitted later, however. that
an effort was made to reassure Mr..
Woodruff's friends. His temperature
and appetite were reported normal. and
Yesterday afternoon he had a restful
nap.
John Purroy Mitchell and Henry l..
Stimson, who presided at the Cooper
Union meeting. called at Carlton
House in tie morning to inquire after
Mr.. Woodruff. They talked with the
doctors and went away with express
sions of deep regret over the serious
ness of Mr.. Woodruff's illness.