EDITOR'S CORNER. 



RECREATION desires to oe of the greatest possi- 

 ble service to its readers in every way. You are 

 therefore invited to ask this office for any infor- 

 mation you may want, on any subject whatever. 

 If I cannot answer directly ; I will endeavor to 

 get the information, and reply at the earliest 

 Possible moment. 



More especially if you are planning a hunting 

 or fishing trip anywhere in the United States, 

 Canada, or Mexico, let me know and I will tell 

 you all that can be learned about the fish or 

 game to be found in any such region, and as to 

 the best means of reaching your objective point. In 

 nearly every case, I can put you in correspond- 

 ence with subscribers who live in the district in 

 question. 



If you do not see what you want, ask for it. 



To All League Members : 

 Gentlemen : 



I congratulate you most heartily on 

 the fact that the Lacey Bird Bill has 

 passed the House of Representatives 

 by a large majority. In fact, there 

 were but 23 votes against it. For this 

 the League owes a debt of gratitude 

 to the Hon. John F. Lacey, which I 

 trust we may be able to discharge in 

 some measure in the near future. 



The bill is now in the hands of the 

 Senate Committee on Interstate Com- 

 merce, of which the Hon. Shelby M. 

 Cullom is chairman. 



It now becomes our duty to take 

 up the work there and to push it to a 

 finish. The millinery people made a 

 stubborn fight against the bill in the 

 House, and will no doubt carry it into 

 the Senate. There are indications 

 that the Railway and the Express 

 companies will also make a quiet but 

 effective resistance. The greatest 

 danger is that an amendment may be 

 tacked on the bill in the Senate, when 

 it would have to go to a conference 

 committee of the 2 houses. There it 

 would be buried and no further action 

 taken on it at this session. 



It is now the duty of every mem- 

 ber of the League to write, first, 

 to Senator Cullom, and then to all the 

 other members of the Interstate Com- 

 merce Committee (see list below), 

 urging a speedy and favorable report 



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on the bill. Then you must write the 

 Senators from your State, imploring 

 them to act favorably on this bill, and 

 to resist any attempt to amend it. 



Here is a list of the names of the 

 Senate Committee on Interstate 

 Commerce: 



Shelby M. Cullom, of 111. 

 Wm. E. Chandler, of N. H. 

 E. O. Wolcott, of Colo. 

 N. W. Aldrich, of R. 1. 

 J. H.Gear, of Iowa. 

 5. B. Elkins, of W. Va. 

 John Kean, of N. J. 

 Wm. Lindsay, of Ky. 

 Horace Chilton, of Texas. 

 B. R.Tillman, of S.C. 

 Wm. V. Allen, of Nebr. 



Delays are dangerous. There are 

 some thousands of bills pending in the 

 Senate and probably not more than 

 one in 50 will be acted on at this ses- 

 sion. You therefore see the urgent 

 necessity of doing everything possi- 

 ble to secure immediate action on 

 Mr. Lacey's bill. With such meas- 

 ures as the Nicaraguan Canal Bill, the 

 Army and Navy Personnel Bill, the 

 various Puerto Rican, Cuban, Alas- 

 kan, Hawaiian and Philippine meas- 

 ures, and the Presidential conventions 

 engrossing the minds of the Senators, 

 you see there can be little hope of se- 

 curing action on our game bill unless 

 an overwhelming appeal is made for it. 



In writing your Senators, tell them 

 the bill has been carefully considered 

 in the House; that all objectionable 

 features have been eliminated ; that 

 it has been amended in the in- 

 terests of the millinery trade as far as 

 we are willing it should be, and that 

 there is no occasion for further 

 changes or for prolonged discussion. 

 It can be passed in 10 minutes, under 

 a suspension of the rules, if we can 

 get unanimous consent for this ; and 

 we can get it if all members of the 

 League will do their duty at once. 



The bill is known as House Bill 

 6,634. Mention it thus when writing. 



Do not neglect this important duty. 

 Act on it now, and we shall win. 



G. O. SHIELDS, President. 



New York, May 3, 1900. 



