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kind could be brought to vote at this
session, / have every confidence that at
the next session of Congress L Will De
able to secure the passage OF the Dill ana
repay the city the amount due from the
United States for that work Ana II
Is something to feel proud of, because,
% far. the rule has been not to pay.
Again. 1 received a telegram from the
Board of Trade of this city calling at
tention to the fact that there was an
attempt made to remove the United
States Weather Bureau Service from
this city. l did not wait to write to the
bureau / Immediately went there and
called upon them; had conversation
with all of them, and they very
promptly acceded-I give them full
credit-they very promptly acceded to
my wish, backed by the wish, as 1T was,
of the other members of the delegation,
and said there should be no change in
the Weather Bureau Service here, and
that Sergeant BarWick would be re-
tained to carry ON the good work that
has been carried on for many years.
(Applause) 1 did not stop to write a
letter. but, as soon as / received the
telegram, I took a carriage and drove
out Immediately to the Office, believing
that whatever needed to be done should
be done quickly, and going upon the
principle that to act quickly was better
than to wait a good while and then to
act very nicely.
Now, in this district is the Yosemite
National Park. Those that have had
the pleasure of going there-and 1 am
not one of them-know that there are
toll roads, and that it cost a man con-
siderable for himself and his family to
go through the Yosemite Park, paying
toll. Those who are conversant with
that matter know also, that the Yosem-
ite National Park dispossessed a large
number of people who had made claims
and attempted to locate homesteads
there, and that they have never been
settled with. The Yosemite Park is in
this district
L learned of that matter and intro
duced a bill calling attention to the
matter and conversed with Mr. Bowers.
who is a member of the Public Land
Committee, and we prepared a bill hav-
Ing for its purpose the settlement of all
those claims, and the appointment of
commission, and the expenditure of
money to pay them, and we secured the
passage through the Senate of the bill
to appoint commission to make those
toll roads free, and we have great hopes
that we will be able to get that bill
through the next session of Congress.
and then make the roads through that
wonderful portion of our State free to
every person who chooses to visit it.
That is a matter which is of account
and Importance to US, because tourists
from all over the world come to view
that and we ought to make those roads
free, so as to invite the people from all
over the world to visit. That is a mat
ter that required time and attention,
and which / endeavored to do for you.
Again, in our sister city of Stockton
and | speak of this because, although we
are not directly interested in it, still it is
our sister city-the people of that city
have had a desire to have a postoffice
building. They had some years ago an
amount appropriated for the purpose
of constructing a building. They bought
a site four or five or six years ago-I
have forgotten now the length of time.
They bought that, and they have never
Gecessor, no doubt, did his best to Sc
cure something, but he failed.
introduced bill appropria ting S115,-
GOO for the purpose of finishing the Post
office in Stockton and succeeded in OBJ
tanning favorable report from the com
nIittee in that behalf. l feel certain that
at the next session of Congress we will
be able to obtain the passage of the bill
l may say that at this session of Con-
gress the Speaker of the House set his
foot down, to use an expression. upon
any appropriation being made for pub
lie buildings or for anything outside OF
the regular appropriation But we
obtained a favorable report upon that
matter, which fixes it, | think, for the
next session.
There is one work that / succeeded in
accomplishing there that / feel proud
of as a citizen of Sacramento. / feel a
direct personal interest in it, in addi-