Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Theodore P.] Lukens
Transcription
as to recession of Yosemite to Nat Government
Martinez Feb 14 1897
My dear Lukens.
As you no doubt have seen by the newspapers our resolution for Yosemite recession has failed in the Assembly. I wrote to Melick & others on the recipt of your telegram and got a resolution in its favor from the Sierra Club but not soon enough to be of use at present. I also tried to get Mr. Olney & McAllister to go with me to Sacramento to speak & work for the measure but at length had to go alone, though far from being the right man for such work. I went up last Wednesday only to find that the matter had been desposed of before I arrived. At the noon recess I spoke to a dozen or so of the Assemblymen & most of them said they would have voted for recession had they understood the matter. Melick did not let me know when the vote was to be taken & so the enemys of the measure had the field nearly
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all to themselves they suceeded though without a single argument that was sound in their favor.
Perhaps more than nine tenths of the people in the state favor Federal control yet they merely favor it so languidly that they do nothing & say nothing, - while those few pecuniarily interested say & do with all their might. President Jordan is heartily with us, so is Senator Perkins & the Governor & Judge McKenna & indeed nearly everybody & we will I think win at last for things refuse to be mismanaged long. We have made a good beginning anyhow. Possibly the measure will be granted a rehearing.
Remember me to Mrs Lukens & Lottie & all your family.
Ever cordially Yours
John Muir
Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1897 Feb 14
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [Theodore P.] Lukens, 1897 Feb 14." (1897). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2143.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2143
Resource Identifier
muir09_0735-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 09, Image 0735
Collection Identifier
Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
Owning Institution
The Huntington Library, Muir Family Papers, HM 57349-57497. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Pages
1 page
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
