Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-01

Presidents condition, which have been |
put in circulation, by the visits OF DIR
Hugh Ii. Young of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity and of Dr II. Y. Dcrcum Of Phils-
dclpha, each of whom is pre-eminent IN
his speciality. II is, Of course, quite true
that they have been called in and that,
though their visits are now lniTequent,
they are still rendering valuable services
to the President. However, the con-
cluson drawn that the President IS suffer
ing from the diseases IN which these ply
sicians specialize is an erroneous one.
1T is true that under the strain Of the
Illness which has been frankly described
above, there have been from time to time
organic arrangements which these gen
tlcmcn have allcviated, and helping ma
turc have finally removed. These de-
rangements were, however, temporary
and were brought on by the President 8
illness and they did not contribute TO
provoke the illness. Today, entering
upon his 9th year, the President is or
ganically sound, and how few men OF his
ago are in this happy situation you can
ascertain by asking the insurance com
panics. ] 60 into all these tedious and
perhaps unnecessary and, as It VIII ap-
pear to some, mdelicate details because
there would seem 10 be an organized cru
was an organically III man for at least
a year or two peforc his hcrculcan work
ing schedule was interrupted by his
breakdown in the west There Is not =
word Of truth IN that campaign; 1T IS
born Of ignorance or malCvolcncc or both.
WILL REGAIN HEALTH.
"Of course. we must try to answer
fairly the question that is on every lip:
VIII the President he an absolutely
we'll man again
"That IS q fair question and the pub
lic IS entitled to frank reply Well,
b. Is sound and increasingly ablc-hocied
TODAY He viii never be able 10 work Is
hours dav acain-that is, not with im-
punitv and his physician should be
rla-ci IN arrest and double irons Il he
permits II. and. of course, iii = sense
which physicians understand, hut which
ltyTncn mav miS,ntcrpret, no man over so
,- quite the Same after q serious illness
such IS the President so recently cS-
perlcncCI
liIt unless something wholly unforV-
sc,n occurs and, ~ course, human litC
Is uncertain that there is NJ present no
rca. on 10 expect Tr will have within /.
moath IN thu White House perfectly
comp t,nt working President
yIRST REsr ~ IL WARS
'Tl there ~ any men IN or on; uf
Crurr,sS who ART counting in thoIr nf-
position to the Wilson pohcicS mon
ms ting and joining issue At an early
Ran with President Who IS hclow rar
mentally or below par physically, u i
#, ornament sense IN MY ludgmt III these
garti-prn had better tilt thr'r thinking
3,~ 81 different angle Il they wFsh %
avaI grave discontinue X sceIn> al-
nlo-f Incredible 70 sav - biz i can be
eui yltb prfect Truth that ne ITc~,-
d.r.t las cnjoy"d ard prohtcd trcmen-
dctslv IN On, icatur ~ his lines Tho
perfect r,-,t whirh has hccn forced uf,on
hru has done Inn mentally snd phHsi
cal.> / world of rood II was the PrrSi-
4, rt hrst varatIon . l5 yrart. ard
ar hsz ynjoycd anI proftcd lv il thor
u4aIy md immensely and hc never
uorrl,d 4 moment
These remarks at.clt the Pnsidcnts
0rTauynt~. al coursc Ncn should under
stand are tC ~ taken IS : pleasantly
caoase r. think that appearsnocS arc
3ccrltful and that thcrr Is really NJ one
hl.adcd iy pnrtlsan politics as a.
ulsh I'D "a fair frank opponent !
-iuAr who lille ourselves /, dong what
h, fel,rvcs u h. als dutv p tho station
" ptich i has pleased n.S tcllou citizens
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