The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-26
HE, WILL PAY HIS WAY
President Roosevelt Opposed to Ac-
ccuting Transportation - Officials
Have Usually Taken What Has Been
Gladly offered.

1 GIVkE3- ~
Have Usually Taken What Has Been
Gladly offered.
In connection with the trip which HE
President has definitely announced he
will make to the south in October next
is the interesting fact that hc will
probably refuse 10 accept transpora-
ton over the railroad lines without
the payment of regular charges. Not
an official at the White House will an
swer yes or no to al inquiry as TO
whether the President paid all of his
own expenses, together with those Of
the party that accompanied him. en-
the recent journey to the west, but tneTe|
is fairly good authority for saying that
he did do so and that he will no, place
himself under Obligations to railroads
or to the Pullman Company.
WILL ESTABLISH A PRECEDENT
If it is true that the president has
ceased to accept the really earnest Of
fers Of the railroad and Pullman reo-
pie to put at his service at any time
the best trains to be found by them it
will be the establishment of a prece-
dent that may be Tar reaching in official
and public life. A railroad man recent
ly charged before the Senate committee
on interstate that the law
against free transportation is Dolly
!, violated by public men and that Pres
idents Of the United States have for
many years made the law negative by
riding on railroads without paving
transportation. Whatever President
Roosevelt is now doing it is a fact that
. when he came into Office he foundt ha-
his predecessors unless it was Pres
/; ident Harrison, had uniformly accepted
offers of trains to all parts of the coun-
try. President Mckinley had made
= many notable trips, and the railroads
: and Pullman people had never rendered
a bill or even thought of presenting
= one. They were glad to oblig9 the
PRECEDENT of the country. Further
> than that was the fact that his trips
= induced MUNICH tlavel over their lines
and was profitable to them. Excursion
trains are run 80 all cities where the
President stops, and the railroads made
money.
SUMPTUOUSLY ENTERTAINED.
i The Pullman people have never con-
/ tributed 10 these trips, unless it was in
Q furnishing cars, and it has been under
stood that the railroads have paid for
\ the cars that were used. 1t is knO IN
that in the furnishing of meals, dining
- cars. etc., the railroads have borne the
= expenses, the Pullman Company pre-
= | senting bills to he roads Each road
y travelled over has paid the expenses On
it's W lines. The trains have in The
Il past been sumptuously fitted UP, and
I large numbers OF perons have been
guests of the President, including cab
= met officers, newspaper men and perso
nal friends. If the expenses had beer
paid out of the pockets of the chief ex'
ecutives they would have amounted te
many thousands of dollars, and three
:. or four of them would have nearly
bankrupted the President, especially j
- he was not wealthy, as is the case with
President Roosevelt. Whiskeys, wines
champagne, waters of all kind ant
- tastes the finest of cigars and he lin
est viands have been stocked in tn
cars. No expense whatever has peer
spared. On the recent trip there wer'
few cars and few guests. Besides tn
President n Secretary Loeb Their
-, were one Of two stenographers, tW'
. messengers, three newspaper men, rep
- resenting press associations, n pho
tographer n some secret service 9TH
GERS.
It is not probable that the railroad
will accept full transportation charges
rs Their rules for half rates and othe
special rates will enable them to giv'
the President a fairly good rate. IL !
1T probable that the recent hunting trs
of the President cost him $4,000. !
w was noticed hat the train that too
him to the hunting grounds did no
Of stay on the side track at the DISPOSE
re ton of the party, but was sent on, re
t. turning when the party was ready I
n enter it for return to washington
Z. When these trains are furnished fre
~ they remain with the party Throughout
,r the roads caring little whether the
ct are sent back. Paying his own way
Id the President would not keep them an
ly would use them only when he wa
travelling.
of The Pennsylvania railroad has bee
f. especially kind and courteous IN IL
ne treatment of Presidents. 1t a bee
ne used more than any other road IN ID
u country. The officials of the road hav
= always felt that nothing was too goo
for Presidents of the United States, AN
in the best trains have been put at tn
service of the various chief executive
With Mckinley there was mach trav'
Is between New York and Canton, Ohit
and it was always over he Pennsy
NV vania. With President Roosevelt
us has been used between here and Ne
York.-Washingtou Star.
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