Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-04-08

"ooiu nave Deem accomplished 1
TINS season, including 800 200 eyed
spawn OF the Rainbow trout
from Henry Woodson, of Fort
Bidwell, and 100000 eyed spawn
of river trout from Stevens 4
Mckenney, of Wsdsworth, Nevada.
all to be Matched at the Shehley
hatchery in Nevada County, and dis.
tributed early in the season. You are
aware that we hatched and distributed
about 200, 900 young fry of Tahoe trout
last year, and sent some below Cotton
into the San Bernardino Mountains,
some to the San Gabriel River in
Los Angeles County, some to Ven
tura County, some to Santa Cruz,
and to various other places,
giving them general distribution. You
are also aware that We sent black bass
into Yolo county and at three or four
places in Placer county. We also had
large number of small fry put into
the streams tributary to Lake Tahoe.
Besides this, the work OF breaking up
illegal fishing had advanced consider
ably, and we were in a fair way to
have accomplished much more good
this season, as we had just leaned
from experience what was necessary
to accomplish more work. But under
the direction OF some designing per-
son, or through ignorance of what
was being done and what was re.
quired to succeed, the Governor has
brought all to stauc-still, and now
little can be accompli- he'd this season,
| if anything. When the Governor
made an order removing Com
missioner Routier, and issued his
commission to J. ID. Redding, sup
posed that would be the extent of the
damage, ami that on this case they
| would 60 to the Courts and deter
mine the extent of the Governor &
power to remove, and at that time it
was so understood, and with such
understanding and agreement by MIR.
Redding, voted to accept his creden-
tials, or authority, as member.
Thus two members, Harvey and my
self, were not in dispute, and could
conduct the business without much
Inconvenience, until the Courts would
decide the matter. But later it was
feared by Mr.. Redding that the case
was against him, and another move
was resolved on. This included the
removal Of Commissioner Harvey and
the appointment of !. K Orr, and
thus compel me to join them and
make what they claimed was legal
Board, and compel Routier and Har-
vey to bring an action to restrain
them, changing the law tactics, and
then kedding withdrew his suit
against Routier.
Again, through the said designing
person or weakness of the Governor
this little plot was carried out. Under
strong pressure by the Governor and
the parties in interest, and consider
ing the former action in supporting
Redding, l was induced to Join the
new Board, and we held a meeting
and organized. At that time the Gov
ernor assured us that our bills would
be allowed, and that he would see
that money was furnished to carry on
the work of the Commission. But
time proved that the promise was an
empty one, and when a month later
nothing had been done towards carry.
ing out these promises, and l saw the
work at stand-still, and the tangle
increasing, l told Orr and Reddine
that would no longer be party to
it. They at that time professed a
feeling to the effect that they did not
wish to do anything to injure the work
of the Commission, yet were not like
myself willing to act, then and there,
even to the extent of resigning,
as 1 did do later on At the time Orr
was appointed and Harvey removed,
February Sd, l rendered to the Gov
ernor my resignation as commission
or, but he then positively refused to
accept it (his letter l now have y but
later, when he (or the said designing g
man) found that could no longer be
used as a tool to further the scheme
of forcing Redding on to the Commits
sion, he, the said designing man, or
the Governor, did accept my resigna-
ton, again offered. OF course | am
glad to be out Of the miserable muddle
as things now stand, for it is plain
that the usefulness of the Commits.
son is destroyed for the present. Now
have in this given you all, or nearly
all the facts in the case, and | hope
your journal, as the leading sporting
paper, will call halt, and talk plain
ly to the said designing man or acting
Governor. l am ready to prove the
correctness of all my statements, as
they are strictly true. l regret having
taken any part in the effort to disor-
ganize, and would not had l known
the men better. T. J. SHERWOOD.
Maiysville, March 20, 1888.