The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-05-19
PRESIDENT BARS
RAILR0RDPASSHS
ANNOUNCEMENT IN WASHING.
TON NEWSPAPER THAI HE
lLEAccEPT NO MORE
FREE TRANsPoRTA
$s5 4 TON

N.FanEs.
FREE TRANSPORTER
%5.$ ton:
WASHINGTON q May -
ills stated; Al he Washington Star
which has spoken with considerable
White House authorits ever since Mn.
R%ooseyse!s has been 1 his present OF
ace: TINT the President viii accept /
no more free railroad transportation
Tats stSleet has Eecorae d matter 81
great public interest since the CANT
palgn on railroad rates began rhc
Star says:
In connection with the trip Which
tho President has definitely announo
cd he Will make % the South in octo
Der next ISL the Interesting taet that
he Will refuse q accept Fanspofta
ton over the railroad lines without
the payment OF regular charges Not
an official at the White House viii
answer yes or no toan inquiry q
whether the President paid all III ms
own expenses. together With thuse
Of the party that accompanied him
on the recent tourney ID The West
but there IS fairly gcodsanthority fot
saying that he ldssosand8th that e VIII
not place himself under OBLIGATIONS
Q railroads 81 e the Pullman Com
pany.
III 1t Is true that the President has
ceased to accept the really eartlea
offers of the railroad and Pullman
people D put at his service at any
time the best trains 70 be found
will establish q precedent that may
be far reaching ID Official and public
, life.
i railroad man recently charged
before the Senate Committee ON In,
terstate Commerce that the INV
! against free transportation Is daily
i 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 pay.
Ing transportation.
Whatever President Roosevelt ~
now doing; II isSa fact that when he
ii came into Office he found that his
predecessors; unless Il was President
Is Harrison. had uniformly accepted
o offers Of trains al parts Of tie
le country. President MCKINLEY had
te made notable trips and tie railroads
and the Pullman Company had never
e rendered a bill, or wen thought Of
presenting one. They were glad TO
pblIge the President d the country.
q Further than that was the fact that
his trips induced much travel over
their linesEand was profitable 70
Y them Excursion trains are rim 70
all cities where the President stops
and the railroads made money.
THE Pullman people have neyer
contributed 70 these trips unless u
was In furnishing cars and II has
Il: been understood that the ratfroads
have paid for theScars thatswere used
ny IT Is known that In the furnlshing b
he a meals, dining cars 60, the railroads.
have borne the expenses, the Pull
man company presenting bills to tht
roads Each road Travelled over has
In paid the expenses on rs own lines.
THE trains have IN the past beer
sumptuoasly8ftt ed up and large num
bers Of persons have been guests d
the President, including Cabinet ON
GERS newspaperm men and persona
friends. II the expenses had beel
ing paid out tof the pockets 81 the chic
An executives they would have amount
ka- ed Eto many thousands Of dollars AMI
Ing three oil four 81 them Would hAy
ern nearly bankruptedsa President esps
inc cially5if3hhe was not wealthy, assis th'
lvll case With President Roosevelt.
of aaWhiskeys, Wines CHAMPAGNE
ich waters Of all kinds The finest o. d
iris g;sairrss and the finest Yiands have beaI
nee stocked in the cars On the recer
we trip there we're few cars and feN
eat guests. Besides the President an
Secretary Loeb there were one 9
two sttenaographers two r~aessengsrl
three newspaper men rspresentin
.Ds.s press associations, one photographs
and some secret service officers.
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