The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-24
Louisiana Governor Asks
 About Quarantine. UP TO JUDGE JONES, TOO New Orleans Man Wants to Travel at His Pleasure. !. T. Wftherzpoon Contends That Ala- baama Regulations Are viela-
 tive of Interstate Law--Dx.
 Sanders stands Firm.

Out of the experiences of T. T.. witherspoon of New Orleans in travel | ling through Alabama and running up against quarantine restrictions. it Is believed from reports sent out of the office of Governor Blanchard of New Orleans. that some controversy will likely arise between the Louisiana Gov ernor and Governor Jelks.
 Private Secretary J. Kirk Jackson of the Governor yesterday confirmed the report that correspondence had been exchanged between the two Governors passengers from New Orleans to come into Alabama
 Governor Blanchard, it is understood. let Governor Jefks know of his belief that no State has the right to interfere with the free passage of citizens from one State to another through the State assuming to interfere. 1t Is an effort to get some more concessions from Alabama on the quarantine system as new enforced Governor Blanchard would have the State Board of Health of Alabama to take the ban of through passengers into this State, no matter what the direction in which they are travelling. State Health Oficer W. H. Sanders is not inclined to indulge any thing to people travelling through Aia- bama from infected points except those who are refugees in the strict sense of
 the word
 traced to witherspoon.
 The origin of the impending contro- versy between the Alabama and Louis strongly believed in Montgomery, to the case of J. T. Witherspoon, an ex- ecutiye officer of. the American Sugar fell Into the tolls of the quarantine of. ficiais in this city Sunday August s. He was a passenger found on the At. of Atlanta and destined for New. Or leans. He met with an Alabama train officer before entering the State line at tion which prohibits persons going through Alabama who are from inc fected, points and have not spent seven aays sbs since eaeetIon be beins cases Of refugees who are allowed to traverse the State one time.
 Mir Witherspoon and his party of four friends had not been out of New Orleans the requisite seven days im- posed by the Alabama Health Board, but objected to being put on the train antfSe laafn 5tflesf dne efssse eeufss wise is said and finally managed to reach MontSoms a report was made on the violatiye cases to Quarantine Supervisor w. R. Brassell of the Montgomery circuit He Witherspoon and told him that he and his companions would have to be put under guard until they were out of the
 A Heated Controversy.
 According to Mfr. Brassell, the pas senger, MT. Witherspoon. grew indtg- nant and asserted that he had a consti- tJtionaI right to pass through Alabama undisturbed or without being guarded The two engaged in heated contro- versy in which MT. Witherspoon de- nounced the Alabama quarantine sys- tenn as unjust and threatened to, con- tend for his rights before Governor Jelks and United States District Judge Thomas c. Jones'
 witherspoon wrote a letter of com plaint to Governor Blanchard fin which he set out his side of the tour through Alabama. Yesterday afternoon Mir. Vandlver, of Montgomery, handed an envelope to pr. Sanders who has re- turned from Mobile. The envelope con- tained a letter from MT. Witherspoon accompanied by a copy of the complaint that was filed with Governor Blanch- ard and believed to be the same that was written to Governor Jelks and Judge Jones. The letter asked if Dr. Sanders approved the course of his su- bordinates in their treatment of Mir. Witherspoon in Montgomery. It had been published that pr. Sanders did ap- prove of the treatment but 1t seems that MT. Wltherspoon wanted to be sure of it believing. perhaps, that 1t was not an official regulation to bar him from the State.
 Dr. Sanders was seen last night in reference to the matter and he declin- ed to discuss it in detail saying that he would be ready to make a statement to Governor Jelks who he supposed, would make an investigation before re- plying to Governor Blanchard. Dr. Sanders did say, however. that the