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deprive 26 other states of their chance to save their big 

 game by the sanctuary plan! On that score we decidedly 

 object to Wyoming's memorial. 



The Charge. — We charge the Legislature of the State 

 of Wyoming with having on February 10, 1917, adopted 

 and transmitted to the President of the United States, to 

 Congress and to the governors of the states containing na- 

 tional forests, (of which there are 27) , a certain "Enrolled 

 Joint Memorial No. 1," consisting of 7 sections of preamble 

 and three resolutions, in and by which the following offenses 

 were committed : 



1. That "Whereas" No. 1 suppresses and conceals an im- 

 portant material fact, the omission of which conveys 

 a totally false impression, and is injurious to a great 

 cause. 



2. That "Whereas" No. 2 is untrue. 



3. That "Whereas" No. 3 distinctly breathes a spirit of 

 open rebellion against the authority of the United 

 States Government in the administration of its own 

 property, known as the National Reserved Forests. 



4. That "Whereas" No. 7 is totally false and misleading, 

 and injurious to the interests of the 100,000,000 peo- 

 ple of the United States generally, all of whom have 

 vested rights in the wild life of the National Reserved 

 Forests. 



The Evidence. — As Exhibit A, we offer the first section 

 of the Chamberlain bill (S. 4418), favorably reported 

 to the Senate on March 15, 1916, by the Committee 

 on Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game, 

 and now on the unanimous consent calendar as No. 

 237. 



A BILL To establish game sanctuaries in national forests, and for 

 other purposes. 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

 the United States of America in Congress assembled. 



Sec. 1. That for the purpose of providing breeding places for 

 game animals on lands in the national forests not chiefly suitable for 



