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senate, and secured the reconsideration and passage of that odious 

 Kasson bill. 



Mr. Elliott. And then what happened ? 



Dr. Hornaday. They had a " quick roll-call"; and the report of 

 the clerk showed 48 men out of 50 as having voted for the bill. 

 Only 6 of those 48 would testify that they had voted for it. A 

 number of senators said they did not know the bill had been brought 

 up at all. One senator, whom I know very well, was asleep in his 

 hotel when the bill was passed, but he was marked as voting "aye." 



After that there was just one recourse — the governor of the State. 

 We made representations to Gov. Whitman, and in a ringing mes- 

 sage he vetoed that bill. New York State was saved the disgrace 

 of putting such a law upon the statute books. But it was not due to 

 the legislature. Ordinarily in wild-life protection the legislature of 

 the State of New York is not only as good as the best, but very often 

 it is better. But that is one time wherein they went back on their 

 good record. 



Now, if I thought for a moment that the States which enjoy the 

 possession within their boundaries of national parks could and 

 would handle this question successfully, I would not be spending my 

 time here, and I would not have devoted nearly a year's hard work, 

 all of my spare time, I might say — to this cause. 



Mr. Mondell has stated to you that he has had no request from 

 any of his constituents asking him to support this bill. I think that 

 the gentleman from Wyoming ought not to convey to you the impres- 

 sion that the people who have pledged their approval and support 

 to this bill did not know what they were doing. The people whose 

 names appear in this list, in my Bulletin No. 2, are not people of the 

 character who do things in matters of this kind simply through good 

 nature. 



I took the trouble to go to Wyoming, and make an address in 

 Cheyenne, and the newspapers contained a good deal of information 

 about this whole matter. It was discussed in various ways and finally 

 the people of Wyoming, of their own volition, circulated those printed 

 cards giving the terms of the plan, and asking for signatures. Let me 

 read you the names of some of the officers represented in this list. 

 First, there is the governor; then the secretary of state, the deputy 

 secretary of state; Mr. Richard A. Scott, justice of the supreme court, 

 and the clerk of the supreme court; the State superintendent of 

 public instruction; the secretary of the State board oi livestock com- 

 missioners, who surely ought to be interested in this question, if 

 anybody is; the commissioner of public lands; the chief clerk of the 

 commissioner of public lands; the adjutant general; the assistant com- 

 missioner of public lands; State Senator Hall; State Game Warden 

 Wilson; Assistant Game Warden Sorcnson; the secretary of the treas- 

 ury, Mr. Millard, of the Wyoming State Board of Sheep Commis- 

 sioners, etc. 



Here are the names of people inhabiting probably 25 cities and 

 towns' in Wyoming. All told, there must be at least 850 names of 

 Mr. Mondell' s constituents printed here as having read over the 

 Hornaday plan, of having approved it in writing, and pledged to it 

 their support. 



That showing of public interest and support has been not quite 

 duplicated in other States, because it is not every State that is as 



