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and the executive. . . . He is in fact a very sovereign"; while as to 

 the people of the West, "their souls are not their own ; their American 

 manhood is subdued ; there is ringing in their very souls a hatred of 

 this government." It has often been claimed that the Forest Service, in 

 its management of the reserves, was accustomed to disregard the state 

 laws." 



*^Cong. Bee, Apr. 28, 1909, 1567; May 14, 1909, 2019; Feb. 1, 1910, 1351; May 

 19, 1910, 6526-6529; Feb. 27, 1912, 2529: No. Am. Review, 191, 465; Apr., 1910. 



