The San Francisco call., 1905-02-08
THE YOSEMITE RECESSION.

THE bill to reced the Yosemite Valley to Federal
has passed the House at Sacramento by vote OF about
circumstances have made them descriptive In its legal
ect proposition that asks terminate
trust proposition for
endmen the constitution conferrng the Legislature the
power amendment is for
the purpose letting the people the recession We
tend drespe in saying that seems more like an
evasion of the issue
The Congress granting administration of
the valley passed June 1864 The made upon the
condition that the shall be held for public USE resort
recreation Governor Low accepted the by proclamation
September 2s 1904 and appointed Commissioners to take charge OF
the valley and Maosa grove which was included IN the grant
Two later the Legislature passed act OF acceptance and
by provided commission with style and title and the
d and by such they and their sue and be
sued shall have full and administer the grant
made and the trust created by said act of Congress
recognized put in the legal catalogue of
which terminate at time by agreement OF the truor
and also acknowledgment that the State does
on 4 le aiy ti: y e - u, III e e. i % E ICY % tk ~ ~ g e
Immediately upon assuming trouble
began which the further ntrencng the feature
Of the transaction NJ Huchngs and J. c. Lamon claimed pri
rb MS esr "a a vi i;+ % - =; The c1niy ~ bsp th d bs no
pre-empon unsurveyed public Legislature,
however recognized the claims which by the
Governor and passed over his veto 1t provided that the
survey by Hutcngs and
Lamon such shape they desired Though this failed Of
proper Authorization after passed the the Surveyor
survey. Hutchngs had his land
laid the form of of which the short reached from
wall to wall tos OF the he Tssy s % completely blocking fa4i it
and meadows This act interpreted to be grant by the trustee
OF the land private ownership and assumed that Congress-
acting for the would have sanction Out of this and
other which Huchngs
OF from the Supreme Court of the State that of the
United States Both held him and defined the legal
of the State be that of for the management of the
valley.
Further back than this much interesting history. 1t became
the the valley notices of claims land
between walls Even before the ambitious scheme of Hutchngs,
these claims all joined traded liquor seller the
mountains who the whole valley up rattle for dollar
ticket
State Federal the character
of the understood be managerial only. It's acceptance
does require that fomay Nor is there any analogy
of
has been suggested during the debate the Legislature The
valley has belonged the State and the only question
Is the better able administer its property than
the trustee?
What of the facts of the management? The
Commissioners who this have put of fifty
head all the who the valley
This only rank discrimination against those
private but violation the conditions the
only from the itself expressly
Congress from leases privileges parties the
ley For the State itself visitors clear violation of its
The foregoing exposition OF the legal of this
ample all of the sentimental objections giving
valley property State and always
property the United States 1t ncosed by park
property United proposition simply
ced from the managerial and let the United
manage property park valley
passengers for visiting the valley