El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-14
WOULD REMOVE
THE PRESIDENT
Enemies Of Wilson Spread
Dark Rumors About His
Mental Condition.


two weeks. During that interval the
senate has not passed any RESTITUTION
OF sympathy or expressed any solicit
tuoe for the presidents health. In
diyioual senators, many o. them Re
punlcansi have inquired personally
OF by letter and have offered their
sympathy but q minority OF the Re
publican side has seized one oppor-
tulity 10 spread one impression
first that 1Ir- Wilson broke down be-
cause his western trip was a fiEzle
second. that he had been out Of his
mind for some time, and third. that
the facts about the presidents true
condition have been carefully con-
cealed-
Doubt Cast On Physicians.
The words OF the eminent physi-
clans who have attended the presi-
dent have not been regarded as suffi-
clent- They have been openly accused
Of camouflage. Al persistent effort
to make the physicians deny all sorts
Of stories and rumors has been met by
stubborn refusal on the part OF these
physicians. They have not wanted to
add 70 the circulation Of these stories
BY digniiying them with denials. The
campaign to cast doubt on the Off
ciai statement about the presidents
condition continues and some OF the
widest tales and most absurd innu-
eudoes have been brought here.
what is the animus behind It ali2
If the feeling OF bitterness between
Mr. Wilson and some Of the men he
has fought were only an official mat
ter u would be difficult TO say; but
the deepest personal hatred for the
president has been growing IN the
minds Of certain men on capitol hill
and in the passion OF party contest
they have not hesitated TO spread
rumors about him in the hope that
the public might insist on the relin-
qulsnment by ar Wilson OF his office
II is regarded by Mr.. Wilson's friends
as nothing less than an effort to de-
stroy public confidence IN the chief
executive himself
Send Committee To White House.
Many correspondents have been talz-
en- into the confidence OF the white
house on the presidents condition
and there is not the slightest war
rant for the suggestion that Mr.. VIII
son has suffered any cerebral lesion
or that based on anything that has
yet developed, he viii be incapaci-
tated mentally when he does get out
Of bed Cloak room gossip at the
capitol has gone so far as 70 suggest
the appointment Of a committee 10
cali at the Thite house 10 demand
facts about the presidents health. IT.
would be an interesting and very
probably the most dramatic occasion
under the wilson administration II
such a committee ever did call with
any such belllgerenr purpose.
The majority Of the men in the sen
ate; indeed the majority OF the Re-
puhllcans. feel kindly toward Mr.. VIII
son personally and speak Of his illness
as tragic thing. But there IS q
group which started personal gossip
about Mr. Wilson IN the 1916 cam
paign and e IS active again with the
stories about his present illness. The
physicians say enrhatlcallv they
Wilson IS suffering from nervous eI-
haustion and needs rest. No symp-
tons Of paralysis or other brain dis
turbances have developed OF are now
feared
May Kick over the Traces.
The president himself IS represent
ed as having as clear a mind as he
ever had. He is reading newspapers
One wonders how ne can get com
plete mental rest with subtle attacks
going on all around him. with pub
lishad stories about taking his job
from him and with o1en declaration
that he never viii be able to per-
form the duties Of his office again
not been any help in bringing back
the distinguished patient to health.
for he IS man OF intensity and Il
is with difficulty that he can be kept
IN bed he insists on working. The
published stories. &c can wen be mag
ined. have only the effect OF irritat-
ing the president and making him
want 20 Kick over the traces and get
10 work again 20 prove that he has
net sen incapacitated--Cc Copyright,
1913, The Fl Peso Herald