The record-union., 1895-11-26
ENGLAND'S UBIQUITOUS GAME LAWS.
They Won't be Tolerated by Freemen
of America.
Uncle Sans Attempt at Game Protec-
ton is Not Howling
Success.

The following appeared yesterday in
a dispatch from Chicago:
"a dispatch from Butte, Mont, says
it is stated, in connection with the ar
rest of J. S. Courtney for killing buffalo
in the National Park, that there are
only ten head of these animals left IN
the park, and that the soldiers and
park officers are unable to protect them
from the poacherS, and that the true
Department at Washington. There are
warrants out for the arrest of six
others who were with Courtney in re-
cent raid, but SO far they have eluded
harreSt. 1t is claimed other wild animals
in the park are slaughtered as rapidly
and remorselessly as the buffalo.
What right has the Government to
set apart big preserve and assume to
prohibit the utter extinction of the
bison? 1t is no excuse for Uncle Sam to
say that unless he maintains preserve
for buffalo, elk and other wild animals
that have elsewhere been eXterminated,
their destruction will soon be complete,
for are we not told that it is un-Amer-
lean to do this thing-that to preserve
game from poachers of the Courtney
stripe is but to put in practice here the
obnoxious game law system of Eng
land?
Are we not told that Courtney and his
kim of mercenary destroyers have a
God-given right to shoot for the hide
and meat market wherever and when
ever they can. find anything left to
slaughter?
Go it, Courtney wipe from the face
of Gods green earth the last hoof and
hide of the once lordly bison! Follow
wherever he may go, until you get him!
And when you have taken the skin
from the last buffalo and can jingle the
i'll gotten price thereof in your pocket,
then grid on your cartridge belt, Shout
der your rifle and sneak into the vale
where the last little herd of elk have
made their final stand. Be sure and
kill the COWS first, for their hides are
worth more than those of the bulls, and
then, too, you will have little trouble in
bringing down the calves with your
Misunderstanding guns. Don't worry
If few get away-you will get them
the next day, perhaps.
Keep up your lick, Courtney No mat
ter what a few so-called spOrtsmen
may say of you or your business, you
have the backing and moral support
of all men who are opposed to the in
iquitous game laws Of England (What-
ever that may be-.
And when you shall have completed
your destructive work, friend Courtney,
go climb some hilltop, from the sum-
nit of which you may look about over
the beautiful Yellowstone Park thatyo
laid waste-Uncle Sans game preserve
gaze upon the destruction you had
wrought, and then, like Lucifer of old,
go and kick yourself.
Don't be afraid Of the law, brother
Courtney If arrested over there, all
you will have to do is to get a change Of
venue to California, and then you'll be
safe. Juries here don't convict men
for doing what you have done on Uncle
Sans big game preserve. They tell
them to go and sin some more, and the
members of the so-called State Sports
mems Protective (and Game Destroy
ing) Association of San Francisco will
take you by the hand and make you
feel at home
And more than that, Courtney. You
should bring your guns along with you,
for they will be of no further use to you
in Yellowstone Park, and you can put
in your time here slaughtering ducks
for the market out of season.
Well give you the freedom of the
State, Courtney, if you'll come out here,
but be sure and bring your guns with
you.