408 



Q. There were no other provisions in regard to fires afterwards; I 

 mean under this particular section, were there any rules or regula- 

 tions ever made by the commission in its official capacity ? 



A. No. 



Q. Now, in regard to Lynch; Lynch was discharged what time ? 



A. February, 1889; his final discharge was on the first of March; 

 the meeting was held in New York on the first of March. 



Q. There he was formerly discharged ? 



A. Yes. 



Q. The end between him and the commission ? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. These two letters were written the fall after ? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Isn't it true that Kline was sent there after he was discharged 

 at your office ? 



A. My recollection is that it was on Kline's report that we took the 

 action. 



Q. The question I asked was a matter of recollection, was it not 

 after his discharge that Kline was sent up there? 



A I recollect it in the other way, that it wasn't so ; it was not after 

 but before his discharge. 



Q. Are you satisfied, as a matter of fact, that Kline went there 

 before he was discharged at your office in New York ? 



A. I can not state any more positively than I have; I have a very 

 strong impression, however. 



Q. These letters, they were in your judgment sarcastic, wern't they? 



A. I should not call it sarcasm; I should characterize it very 

 differently from that. 



Q. Were they, in your judgment, the language of a man who was 

 mad, angry ? 



A. I should say he was angry. 



Q. Written under feeling ? 



A. Yes. 



Q. You speak of the recommendations made; is it not true that the 

 act of 1885 gives this commission the same power as commissioners of 

 the land office ? 



A. Yes. 



Q. All the powers of the commission of the land office in regard to 

 the lands in the forest preserve are transferred to your commission ? 



A. Yes. 



Q. If a practice had grown up between the commissioners of the 

 land office and people occupying the public lands, as you have stated, 



