McKinley Assassination Ink: A Documentary History of William McKinley's Assassination

Publication information

Source: New-York Tribune
Source type: newspaper
Document type: article
Document title: “The President’s Unselfishness”
Author(s): anonymous
City of publication: New York, New York
Date of publication: 12 September 1901
Volume number: 61
Issue number: 20024
Pagination: 1

Citation

“The President’s Unselfishness.” New-York Tribune 12 Sept. 1901 v61n20024: p. 1.

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Keywords

William McKinley (medical care); William McKinley (activity, conversations, etc. during recovery); McKinley assassination (public response); William McKinley (medical condition: public response).

Named persons

none.

Document

The President’s Unselfishness

HE HOPES NOTHING THAT HAPPENS TO HIM WILL DISTRESS
THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTRY.

     Buffalo, Sept. 11.—The President’s physicians are exceedingly careful about repeating any of his utterances. There is an understanding that all the sickroom conversation shall be regarded as professional privacy. The rule was broken to-night by one of the doctors, who, on account of the unselfishness of the thought, considered that the American people are entitled to know it through The Tribune. On Monday morning, while the physicians were preparing to examine him, the President said somewhat abruptly:
     “How are the people all over the country taking it?”
     Then he quickly added in a most impressive and distinct voice:
     “I sincerely hope that nothing that happens to me will distress the people of our country.”

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