Show PRESIDENT UNDER STRAIN It now Is s disclosed that President dept dent Harding was ph physically unfit to make nicks his tour ot of the country and nd by the tho time he be had spoken iii St Louis he felt worn out No o o doubt his doctor urged the president to cancel hIs hia engage enrage engagements engagements ments but the will to do asserted itself and the president Insisted on the theL trip as s scheduled He Ho was sea near Bear to collapse at the close ot of his speech In Seattle He did not regain bis his strength on the Alaskan voyage and ana and then It be be- became became became came evident be he was a sick man For the first time It Is now told that the presidents president's Illness lost last spring as as much worse than re- re reported reported re reported ported officially That being true his advisers should have prevailed on him to avoid the set speeches which he be was scheduled to make The strain 1 nas tas as great as the presIdent president dent was attempting to combat op opposItion opposition posItion which bad had developed Our opinion Is that the president he took II BBS as weakened soon after office orrIce by tho mental strain pro pro- produced produced produced by the depression which was upon the country Then camo the demand for or the bonus followed by the big railroad strike He was sensitive to criticism and allowed the tho attacks made on his bIs adminis administration to bear him down He Ho be- be became became be became came gloomy gloom although naturally of ofa ofa ota a cheerful disposition and this de- de depressIon de depression did much to disturb his nervous ous S system stem and weaken lila his heart action We agree with Senator Cummins that our presidents have too many serious problems placed upon them In the regular course of ot of- of official of official duty and to that Is added the social functions which are equally exacting In their call on the vitalIty vitality vital vital- Ity of a 0 s man |