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letterhead February 12th 1893 R. U. Johnson Esq. c/o The Century Magazine Union Square New York. Der Sir Your
favor of the 6th illegible reached me last evening. Immediately upon its receipt I wrote Mr. Muir of my readiness to present
the matter to the Legislature in some form and recommend a resolution requesting Congress to appoint a Committee to confer
with the State Commissioners during this Summer It is probably too late to be able to bring up this question in any other
form as the Session is already half over I doubt the advisability of attempting any more determined action than such? a resolution.
The Fresno people have through their Senator, introduced a resolution before the Senate, to urge Congress to pass Caminetti
s bill changing the boundaries of the Yosemite reservation. I am watching this resolution carefully so that when it comes
up for action, I can have it sent into committee. Caminetti himself, in a conference on the subject last Fall in 06396