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J.M.2. have accepted the Vanderver bill as an admirable solution of the Yosemite difficulty I am rather embarrassed by his
request. I am indeed already advocating the extension to your exterior lines, and unless Mackenzie shows better reasons than
he has yet for opposing the bill, I shall support it. Later : I see the Times has illegible Mackenzie's letter illegible
the bill from a duplicate illegible by him. illegible inclose a copy. What do you this of it? I have a letter from the associated
Press (S.F.) man illegible that a illegible , no other illegible illegible Very faithfully Yours, R.N. Johnson. 0/412