Hon. Frank D. Currier, Representative from New Hampshirj 



against the measure and made clear the 

 bitter and uncompromising opposition 

 of the House managers. On the roll 

 call the Speaker asked that his name 

 be called and was recorded in the nega- 

 tive. The bill was ably managed by 

 Mr. Weeks and Mr. Currier on one 

 side of the House and by Mr. Lamb 

 and Mr. Lever on the other. The bill 

 went immediately to the Senate, where 

 Senator Teller and Senator Heyburn 

 objected to its being sent to conference 

 without consideration on the floor of the 

 the Senate. Finally, on the evening of 

 March 3, when Senator Brandegee 

 called it up on a motion that the Senate 

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concur with the House amendmentb, 

 the Rocky Mountain Senators an- 

 nounced that if any attempt was made 

 to pass the bill they should require full 

 time for debate, and that they would 

 alone occupy all the time that remained 

 of the session, to the exclusion of other 

 business. Against this opposition no 

 move of force or strategy could be of 

 any avail and the friends of the bill 

 were obliged to accept its reference to 

 the committee on forest reservations 

 and the protection of game, which, of 

 course, meant its death, so far as that 

 Congress was concerned. 



