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February 8, 1883
National Republican (Washington City
Washington, District Of Columbia
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Gov. Crosby of Montana responds to accusations from Rufus Hatch regarding Yellowstone National Park, defending his position against Hatch's monopolistic plans to turn the park into a private cattle ranch and hotel enterprise, urging annulment of unauthorized leases.
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GOV. CROSBY ON UNCLE RUFUS.
A Raking of the Yellowstone Park Enterprise on Personal Grounds.
In a communication presented to the senate by Senator Saunders yesterday, Gov. Crosby, of Montana, writes: "Mr. Hatch arraigned me by name for regarding the interests of the territory which I have the honor to preside over, and accuses me of posing as a public reformer. I cannot retort the accusation. Mr. Hatch has achieved a certain sort of national reputation as an unscrupulous monopolist and speculator, but it would be irony to call these vicious things reform. I am not unwilling to be called a reformer, and I am attacked in good company, for Gen. Sheridan, whose official report struck a damaging blow at the scheme of Mr. Rufus Hatch and his coadjutors, is also fiercely assailed by the notorious speculator."
Gov. Crosby then says, "The issue between Mr. Hatch and myself is neither important nor of my seeking. The real issue is national, not personal. It is whether the Yellowstone park shall be, in the language of the dedicatory statute, 'a public park, and a pleasure ground, for the benefit and enjoyment of the people,' or whether it shall be the cattle ranch of Mr. Rufus Hatch et al, who propose to establish 'vast cattle enterprises close to the park,' and secure unlimited forage and immunity from disturbance in their trespass, by controlling the park as hotel monopolists, who lease some 4,000 acres, embracing every object of interest to the tourist, and mean to let their cattle obtain free pasture over the remaining millions of acres? The issue is, shall the public or a band of speculators profit by the Yellowstone park."
Gov. Crosby then reviews, at length, and with much acrimony, the plans and alleged purposes of Mr. Hatch and his associates, and closes by recommending "the absolute annulment of every unauthorized lease of any part of the park, for the reason that if Mr. Rufus Hatch and his associates are permitted to keep hotel there, all the abuses that have made Niagara a byword of disgust, will attend such an administration."
The communication was referred to the committee on territories.
A Raking of the Yellowstone Park Enterprise on Personal Grounds.
In a communication presented to the senate by Senator Saunders yesterday, Gov. Crosby, of Montana, writes: "Mr. Hatch arraigned me by name for regarding the interests of the territory which I have the honor to preside over, and accuses me of posing as a public reformer. I cannot retort the accusation. Mr. Hatch has achieved a certain sort of national reputation as an unscrupulous monopolist and speculator, but it would be irony to call these vicious things reform. I am not unwilling to be called a reformer, and I am attacked in good company, for Gen. Sheridan, whose official report struck a damaging blow at the scheme of Mr. Rufus Hatch and his coadjutors, is also fiercely assailed by the notorious speculator."
Gov. Crosby then says, "The issue between Mr. Hatch and myself is neither important nor of my seeking. The real issue is national, not personal. It is whether the Yellowstone park shall be, in the language of the dedicatory statute, 'a public park, and a pleasure ground, for the benefit and enjoyment of the people,' or whether it shall be the cattle ranch of Mr. Rufus Hatch et al, who propose to establish 'vast cattle enterprises close to the park,' and secure unlimited forage and immunity from disturbance in their trespass, by controlling the park as hotel monopolists, who lease some 4,000 acres, embracing every object of interest to the tourist, and mean to let their cattle obtain free pasture over the remaining millions of acres? The issue is, shall the public or a band of speculators profit by the Yellowstone park."
Gov. Crosby then reviews, at length, and with much acrimony, the plans and alleged purposes of Mr. Hatch and his associates, and closes by recommending "the absolute annulment of every unauthorized lease of any part of the park, for the reason that if Mr. Rufus Hatch and his associates are permitted to keep hotel there, all the abuses that have made Niagara a byword of disgust, will attend such an administration."
The communication was referred to the committee on territories.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
Deception Fraud
What themes does it cover?
Justice
Deception
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Yellowstone Park
Rufus Hatch
Gov Crosby
Monopoly
Public Park
Cattle Ranch
Unauthorized Leases
What entities or persons were involved?
Gov. Crosby
Mr. Rufus Hatch
Senator Saunders
Gen. Sheridan
Where did it happen?
Yellowstone Park, Montana
Story Details
Key Persons
Gov. Crosby
Mr. Rufus Hatch
Senator Saunders
Gen. Sheridan
Location
Yellowstone Park, Montana
Event Date
Yesterday
Story Details
Gov. Crosby writes to the Senate defending against Rufus Hatch's accusations, arguing the national issue of preserving Yellowstone as a public park versus Hatch's monopolistic cattle and hotel schemes, recommending annulment of unauthorized leases.