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"Federal Interference" and "Centralization of Pow- 

 er" in Wyoming.— Today the Wyoming Legislature hotly 

 resents the idea of any "federal interference" with that 

 state in the management of its game. And the Legislature 

 poses and says, "Look at me! See how all-sufficient am I 

 in game conservation !" 



It was in 1911 that we received from Jackson Hole, by 

 wire, an S. 0. S. distress call for help to save the elk of 

 Wyoming. It said : "William T. Hornaday : Five thousand 

 elk will starve this winter unless fed. S. N. Leek." In- 

 stantly we approached Congress in behalf of Wyoming. 

 And not in vain. 



Two weeks later the proud and militant LEGISLATURE 

 of Wyoming (now carrying a chip on each shoulder) , sent 

 an agonized "MEMORIAL" to the FEDERAL, "CEN- 

 TRALIZED" Congress, praying from its marrowbones for 

 federal help in buying hay to feed the starving elk of that 

 commonwealth. 



As it usually does in the protection of wild life, Congress 

 responded instantly and generously, with an emergency gift 

 of $20,000. And she sent some of her best men out to Jack- 

 son Hole, to give first aid on the spot. 



It was in 1913 that Congress appropriated $45,000 more 

 of federal money, to be spent in buying back for the elk, 

 from residents of Wyoming, the winter feeding grounds 

 that Wyoming had foolishly allowed her citizens to fence 

 off, and convert to their own uses. And the federal govern- 

 ment has been working on Wyoming's elk problem ever 

 since, — with such thanks and appreciation as this "Memor- 

 ial" reveals! 



Look upon this nauseating "Memorial" of the State Legis- 

 lature of that same State, protesting against "federal inter- 

 ference," — after $65,000 of federal money have been spent 

 in saving her game! 



Here we rest our case against the Legislature of Wyom- 

 ing. We ask the President, the Congress of the United 

 States and the Governors of the other 26 national forest 

 states to give their verdict : Is the legislative body at the bar 

 guilty as charged, or not guilty? 



