Creator
Geo[rge] G. Mackenzie
Recipient
R[obert] U[nderwood] Johnson
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[3]It is expected that Senator Stanford's university will be opened in May, and that the President, Cabinet officers, and other men of influence will assist. The party will be taken to Yosemite hedged around carefully by Southern Pacific influences which support the monopoly's interest. Everything wrong will be explained away or as much as possible concealed. There will be no one who can and will show the truth. And by assiduous attentions the governing powers will be brought into the belief that all the critics of past management are liars or imbeciles, and the whole matter will be fixed up nicely to the monopoly's satisfaction. The knowledge of this scheme, which has been planned for a long time, has had much to do with my anxiety to see Mr. Noble start aright and before that visit. Should he persist in the soldier idea, I predict that another year will see the monopoly people more firmly in power than ever before and acting in a worse spirit than ever before, knowing that the last fight has been made against them. Ever since I took a hand in this contest, people of large experience have been telling me that I was wasting my time - injuring myself and without a prospect of the public being benefitted. I begin to believe in the soundness of that advice. The task of getting around the stumbling block of official perversity ought to be shunned by a person in 06357
Location
Raymond, Calif.
Date Original
1890 Dec 28
Source
Original letter dimensions: 28.5 x 20.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir06_0797-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 06, Image 0797
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Owning Institution
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Page Number
Page 3
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
