Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-30
The Atlanta Journal News Bureau,
623 Riggs Building.
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By THEODORE TILLER
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2S.-Beyond
what the president said to the dele
cation of pro-league Republicans who
came to the White House to tel MN
that they put patriotism above par
ty in the present critical hour" is
the story of the physical appearance
of Woodrow Wilson, revealing to the
little group privileged to see him,
how sick Mr.. Wilson is and has been.
Leaving the White House, the del
egation issued statement that be-
tween the lines records the surprise,
even shock, experienced by these call
ers who had not seen the president
since he became i'll more than year
ago.
The statement, given by men and
women who are ordinarily Republlc-
ans, is IN itself a shaded down pen
picture of the physical feeb!eness OF
the president. 1t declares that IL is
nothing less than tragic that the
Great President of the United States
Should have been brought to such a
stricken physical condition as result
of his interchangeable labor Tor the
country and for humanity.
Ono of these visitors, plainly dis
tressed that the strain of the League
of Nations fight and other ofnclal
cares had undermined the health OIL
the president, described his appear
ance as pathetic" ,,+
\ Mentally the president was alert
vigorous, forceful and even aSstes-
siVe. All were agreed as 10 lnal,
Physically, Mr.. Wilson's appearance
is said to tavc been that OF nldn
who has aged much in a year Wnose
hair has grown much Wnioei' +bat
vofre has lost the resonance OIL tnaI
If tho Wilson the country once knew
and whose bodily infirmltles nave
hnrna down heavily upon a combatlVe
will and one time sturdy frame
shows Deep Emotion
Tho president sat in a wheel
cbair while addressing the Repup-
lean men and women who are ~
ing to support the League OF Na-
ton when he reached PASSAGES ~ -,
his address wherein he referred 70
the horrors of war, such as In ne
mothers and sisters ana wives oe %
the country know the sacrifice u
The delegation said the presldent
was "voicing the profoundest emo
Despite the vigor of his written
words, the presidents voice was
filling the four walls of the small T1d !,
room in which he was seated. ms,
with his grayer hairs ana genera
appearance of care and long sur,
fering and confinement. left VlVId
picture on the minds of the small
aendience, They marveled at the will
of the man in the wheel-cha1r,. YET
recorded sympathetically in their
hearts an understanding of the
tragedy it was theirs to see:
Once Mr.. Wilson paused IN MS
reading and waited a bit before re-
Stunning. The pause was attributed
not only to the emotion he felt, but
to WEAKNESS of voice. 1t may not
have been as long as 1t seemed, but
tn the men and women who were I'M
prepared for the revelation of the
effect of the presidents illness, this
moment of pause was possibly the
most solemn and touching. of this
remarkable conference in the name
of the peace covenant.
Probably Final Appeal
It is doubted if the president will
issue further statement before
the campaign ends. In its dramatic
setting, the White House confer
ence may well constitute the final
approval of what the president en-
deavored 10 do for the world at
Versailles.
Mr.. Wilson received a delegation
women who were ready to put pa
triotism above party in the present
critical hour" He spoke and they
heard not as partisans but as be-
levers in the principle Of the league.
with their faces set toward the hope
of world peace. The president met
them in the historic blue room. and
though the room is small and the
auditors were few. Mr.. Wilson vir-
tually spoke to the entire nation
when he addressed-from wheel
chair-this little group of pro-league
Republicans.
Certainly, the president will not
deliver another speech before the
campaign closes. In his letter to Ma
tional Committeeman Costello, of the
District of Columbia, Mr.. Wilson
said he was not able to address a
mass meeting here and that it would
be "unwise" should he attempt it.
Those who saw the president prob,
ably sensed fully what. the president
meant when he said this and appre-