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To explore, enjoy, and render accessible the mountain regions of the Pacific Coast; to publish authentic information concerning
them; to enlist the support and co-operation of the people and the Government in preserving the forests and other natural
features of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. BOARD OF DIRECTORS-1904-1905 Mr. John Muir, President Martinez Prof. A. G. MCADIE,
Vice-President Mills Bldg., S. F. Prof. J. N. LE CONTE, Treasurer Berkeley Prof. W. R. DUDLEY, Cor. Sec'y Stanford University
Mr. WILLIAM E. COLBY, Secretary Mills Bldg., S. F. Prof. GEORGE DAVIDSON Berkeley Mr. J. S. HUTCHINSON, Jr. Claus Speckels
Bldg., S. F. Mr. WARREN OLNEY 101 Sansome St. S. F. Mr. E. T. PARSONS University Club, S. F. (Vice Mr. ELLIOTT MCALLISTER,
resigned) COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATIONS: Pres. DAVID STARR JORDAN, Chairman Stanford Univ. Mr. ELLIOTT MCALLISTER, Editor
Crocker Bldg., S. F. Prof. WM. F. BADE Berkeley Prof. WM. R. DUDLEY Stanford University Mr. ALEX. G. EELLS Crocker Bldg.,
S. F. Mr. E. B. GOULD Mutual Savings Bank Bldg., S. F. Mr. J. S. HUTCHINSON, Jr. Claus Spreckels Bldg., S. F. Mr. E. T.
PARSONS University Club, S. F. Prof. H. W. ROLFE Stanford University Mr. WILLOUGHBY RODMAN Bryson Block, Los Angeles San
Francisco, Cal., Jan. 7, 1905. John Muir, Esq., President Sierra Club, Martinez, Cal. My Dear Mr. Muir: I enclose
you a letter which I have just written to Senator Perkins which will explain to you the situation in Sacramento. I have just
spent a day and a night there working on this Recession matter in company with one or two other members of our committee.
I did this in order to ascertain the exact sentiment of the Legislature as near as it could be determined in advance and also
to do as much missionary work as possible and prepare the way for the introduction of the bill in both houses. I think we
have a very clear idea as to the present situation. The Assembly seems to be with us, but I am afraid from present indications
that the majority of the Senate are opposed to the Recession for the reasons given in the letter to Senator Perkins. The influence
of the Examiner does not seem to be as great as I had anticipated, though it undoubtedly has aided Senator Curtin in his influence
in the Senate. If you can by any possibility get any expression of opinion from any of the high officials in Washington as
to what the U.S. Government would do for Yosemite Valley if it 03504