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March 20th, 1893. letterhead Personal My dear Mr. Muir:- I have made my personal protest in a letter to the President
against the appointment of John P. Irish as Commissioner of Public Lands, and I do not believe that that appointment will
be made; but if good citizens of California care anything about the matter, it is time that they also should protest, or else
forever after hold their peace. I consider it a part of good citizenship to warn the President of his peril in making such
an appointment. Why should this type of man flourish by the sufferance of the citizens whom he misrepresents? Is there nobody
in California who sees the peril and disgrace of such an appointment or is it time that the S. P. has the state under its
thumb. And if this be the case why speak of California as part of the free republic. Who would be free themselves illegible
strike the blow Stir up some of the timid good to action. Mr. John Muir, Martinez, California. (over)