The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-30
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The rssa,ue Measure Ter the Pu-,sh-..s
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| The Fsudiue Measure Ter the Pu-Ish-e-t
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WASHINGTON. April 2p.-Aitsr years OF bsf-
| ned endsavor there IL now a bright prospect
Of securing suitable legislation for the splen.
did public pleasure ground at the headwaters
Of the Yellowstone.
Mr.. Lscey's bill TO protect the birds and sa-
finals In Yellowstone National Park. and 70
punish crimes in said Park" was passed -
the House Of Representatives. and then acted
upon with unusual prompti ude By the SenatA
On consideration II was deemed best to substt.
tute for the House measure . portion OF
pending Senate bill on the came subject; bus
as this was done in the form OF an Amendments
to the House bill. instead OF passing the Sen.
ate bill and then running the risk OF the action
OF the House upon II. the measure Ia far adj
vanced. II IT, In fact. in the hands OF confer
encs committee. which IL composed OF sincere
friends OF the purpose aimed Mt by the bill
and the points at variance are not such az to
imperil an agreement uron them.
The gist OF the measure is the provision Of Q
system Of jurisdiction over the park. with suit
able penalties for violating the regulations
that govern IT, The need OF such a statute
arises from the fact that the laws passed about
twenty years ago for Its government lett il
Of offspces a. long ago as when Mr, Viias
was secretary OF the Interior he reported that
it ia IT present doubtful whethsr there "
tends over this resetvation. and the reril Of
this condition demands early action from Cone
accepted from hiGhwaymen who had robbed
could not he punished at all. Secretary Noble.
in his turn; declared It to be very danger.
coSnsry without any legal protsctIon Tor lie.
name, or property, aud without the means u
punishment for the most dastardly crime
WEOntnn n
code OF laws enacted about ten years ago bus
It lid rather more harm than good By the
the ausstioD o. arose how L dsriVsd The right 10
Ieeislate for an area put under the sole control
fhereof ns'rsGs two yssr, later
Congress then endeavored to surply the
Ss Es1s sss% Tc Ss:
the bill for the purpose. introd uced by Senator
amended by the Public Lands Committee of
The H9 p Tor the purpose oil aiding a railroad
this rider the bill Invariably came to grief,
and thus It y that the pending measure is stu
there Is no longer any AM iety to build a rail!
road across the reservation. or because 1t IL
pending bill is not hand icapped BY IL.
As the bill goes to conference; 1t ia quite an
courts held in Wyomips. but it was I Amended
sionef to reside in the park. with juri sdictiog
over lighter offences. under the right OF appeal
to the United States court. As n collateral re-
with an appropriation OF $1,000, to serve as =
Jail. and also as the Commissioners ONCE.
The customary fees OF n Commi 'sioner are TO
be supplemented By a salary Of )! 900. since
with the paucity Of cases to be tried the Conn
rate. It might be diiiicuit to get a competens
man to take the place.
Without going into the details II seems clear
enees between the Senate and House pro:
visions as they stand which ought not to yield
readily to u compromise. or to wiser action
And yet there is stil some chance OF trouble
the railroad scheme does not appear. yet there
10 a PROPOSAL to cut OF the northeastern cor
ner Of the park along which 1T would pass.
In addition. further so-called rectincation OF
cludes not only the cutting of Of the narrow
western strip included in Montana and tho
portion within the boundaries OF Idaho. hue
the aggregation. Si Of large Part OF the ndt
no doubt ultimately be added to II "
formal enactment Without going into
the reasons on WHICH these boundary
no effort will be made to incorporate them Ia
the present measure before the Conference
Committee. Tho question might come up
throu ch tho proposal to extend the provisions
OF the Ill! to the adjacent forest reserve. since
the latter 10 now really under park super
vision and il regarded as belonging TO the
pleasure ground. Eut even IL these provisions
were 40 estenied. that would not prevent tho
question of the proposed change OF bounds
ries from coming up a. a separate measure to
be determ ned on its own merits.
Meanwhile. II Is a source OF congratuatton
that the long deayef measures for protecting
this magnificent resort from podchsrs and
more serious offenders are likely to DO enacted
at al early day