The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04
Will Accept No Passes on
 Southern Trip
PRECAUTIONS ARE TAKEN
MT. Hull oays the battle-ground In Con upess This winter Will Center Around RalIraod Rate
 Legislation.

Washington, October 3.-(Special.)-lt is definitely learned that the entire ex- pense of the Presidents southern trip, amounting to between s4,0OO and $o'ooo, will be paid by the President out or ms own pocket. The President has arranged to defray the expenses of the entire jour ney at the regular tariff rates and will accept no reduction from those rates.
 The railroads would have been glad to furnish the transportation and other facilities for the journey free of charge, but the President, who is intent upon securing railroad rate Legislation did not think 1t proper that he should accept free transportation. The railroads, 1t Is said, could well afford to carry the Pres ident for nothing, if he would be wiihng to travel that way, because every presi- dential journey Is not only an advertise- ment for the railroad, but affords oppor- tunity for running special excursions all along the route, thereby greatly in- creasing the revenue from passengers
 Precautions In New Orleans.
 From New Orleans comes the state ment that the most thorough precautions will be taken to safeguard the Presi- dent The principal one will be that which will prevent him coming In con- tact with the yellow fever-carrying mos- quito While the President will De on the streets of New Orleans a great deal in the day time. 1t is at night when the mosquito begins to ply its trade. In the rooms the President will occupy indn yvi carefully screened to prevent mosquito gaining entrance. The rooms Will DC carefully fumigated day or two De- fore the President reaches the city. This will then be screened by the sstost ep- proved screenff1g.~ Both dayssand night persons will be near the President to watch against mosquitoes.
 Just how this will be managed has not been decided, but 1t Is certain the ar rangements will prove effective.
 Whatever danger there may be is thought to turk in the possibility that persons in the first stages of the disease will conceal their symptoms so as to be on the streets when the President is be- ing shown around and that they will invite attacks from mosquitoes which Will Tn turn carry lile uiSedoS iiieo puti ters of the city the chief executive will occupy. These possibilities will be most carefully watched, though. and New Or leans makes herself responsible for see- ing that the President goes away with as good health as when he arrived. The reputation of the Marine Hospital serv- ice is at stake and there Is little ques- tion that the leading physicians of that service will leave no opening for the dis ease to reach the President, even sup posing that 1t Is still in existence by the time he gets there.
 Will Return By Water.
 The decision of the President to return from New Orleans to Washington by one of the war vessels of the navy Is a good one He will avoid any criticism that he has been aiding in breaking the quarantine laws of several states by going through uninfected territory fresh from an infected one. It will take about three days to come here from New Or leans by water.
 While the marine hospital regulations provide that a person leaving infected regions must spend six days away from there before being safe from infection, the rules will not be enforced so far as this city is concerned Washington is considered to be the northern limit for yellow fever, but there never has been any scare here over the prospects of the disease, and arrivals from the south arc not molested as they are in some southern cities.
 The President on his return will for a day be out of the Jurisdiction of the United States, but that however cuts no figure.