The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-03-05
A Committee of the House Wa,
vestigate the Charge. Mad.
Against II.
There Promises TO Be Sumo 9
tiOnal Developments Made Re-.
fore the Committee
In Which the Interior Denartr.
and Certain Montana Pol
iticians Figure.
National Park Manaremen,

WASHINGTON, March The maD..
ment of the Yellowstone National D.,
is likely to be investigated by a Comm,
tee Of the house of Representatives y,
the frequent charges that have h..
made against the hotel and stage Coz,
buses in this great government rese,,]
ton will be inquired into in details A,
every opportunity given for the subst,,
tiation of these serious allegations.
Representative McRae of Arkars,
today introduced a resolution directnl
the committee on public lands to iuv.]
tlgate and report by bill or otherviJ
the circumstances under which leases 4
the hotel and stage coach privileges We,
awarded in 1889 to the Yellowstone y,
tional Park association but aftervs,i
rrscinded and forfeited them and thr
awarded them to S S. Huntle,. md
committee is also directed to make mi
inquiry INTO the matter of administernI
the affairs of the park, particulaI
touching the leases and privileges an
management of the park generally M
the interior department and it is autbr]
lied to engage a subcommittee with MI
power to send for persons and papn
McRae asked unanimous consent fort,
immediate adoption of the ~resolutp
but Buchanan Of New Jersey thougt
the matter was one that should first b
reported to the committee on rules anil
to his objection the resolution was nj
ferred to that committee.
"My objection in introducing this rs
olution," said McRae. sis simply to ban
a full investigation into all these chags
and reports that have been %currertr
garding the management of the Yellow.
stone National Park. | make no !agS
myself and the resolution maks.a
1t merely provides for an investaaM
into the present management din
park and asks for the reasons why M
leases TO the Yellowstone Park Assea
ton were rescinded and subseQudt
granted to a private individual vh'
altered to be of a certain political pat
and a friend of certain high offcin
| have no doubt the committee on r'
will report the resolution favoratly'
Hon. r. l.. Payson, for many ye.
member Of congress and chairman Oft
public lands committee in the last hoJ
of representatives. will probably
called before the committee to give
experiences in the park during last 81
n,nr DaN,lr &c ra,,,tal ~, lo,-a ctu,
at that time that the abuses practlced
the park and the impositions to VIII
visitors are subjected are such Il
should be inquired into by congress a
some relief afforded.
Lambert Tree. eX- minister to Rus
in his account of his experiences corr
Grated the statements of Payson, and
his recent visit to this city stated I
an investigation should be made, Ii
ly the matter has taken a political t,
by the allegations of newspapers :
certain Montana politicians have b
favored in the matter Of the Yellowsl
park leases.
Secretary Noble and Mr. Gibson
the Yellowstone Park association
some spicy exchanges Of opinions on
subject, and Gibson recently declare
congress would warrant an investigat
he would show up the park managem
in a somewhat unfavorable light.
due to Secretary Noble to say the otfc
of the interior department gener;
court an investigation in order that
charges which they deride may
proven groundless.