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Appalachian National Park Association Newspaper Clippings, 1899-1902

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  • -Sunday- fHE ASHE1 !002. ■;.-.; BILL'S SUCCESS Much of It Due to Senator Pritehard and Maj. Moody. Former Has Worked Untiringly j for Bill in Senate. Maj.J Has; Been Equally i Zealous in the House. Editor of the Gazette: In your issue of Friday, March 21st, ed an article giving Prof. Pin- ad Prof. Holmes the greater part ol' the credit for the work done in Washington during the past few I ■months reparding the Appalachian Na- j tional Forest Reserve. We all ri nize and appreciate the energy and j Mention which these gentlemen have o this movement, but neverthe- ' i that it is only fair to Sen: itelnn-il ami Congressman Moody ai their efforts should receive due ; cognition. i All those who have followed the for- . ■bt movement are well aware that Senator Pritehard. lias identified himself. Willi lae movement ami has availed, himself nt every opportunity in the cause. The very I I committee reported bly to the Senate last year ttor Pritchard's active work ,ln Washington ami we should also re-' .- Senator Pritehard ha" again this 5 na r secured fa voi a hi'- act ion iltural committee of the sen- lie expects to have the brought up in the senate at an j A year ago the matter failed to get ;recognition in the house, but owing to tin- untiring energy put forth by (Jon- lan Moody in the house during ast year, the torest reserve move- iment is now -meeting with an ex ingly favorable reception In the agricultural committee of that body. Already a majority of this committee have signified their intention of supporting the bill and it is more than probable that a unanimous report of this committee will be presented to the mi Wednesday next. The thorough understanding of the whole movement by the different members of ths commit as well as the great interest which they bfeve shown in the -matter Is due more than anything else to the fact that "Congressman Moody has given a great part of his time to this project during the present session of congress. He is making this issue his issue of this session and judging from the activity which he has shown in the .past, there is no longer any doubt but (-what the matter will be considered in (the house during the present session. | As above mentioned, we all recognize that Prof. Pinchot and Prof. Holmes have from the time of our organizing convention here In Asheville, November ~ i, 1S99, heen giving constant attention to the movement and all praise should be given to these gentlemen for the part they have taken. It is due, however, to the active co-operation of our senator and congressman that the matter is now in its present favorable condition in Washington. Very truly yours, C. P. AMB'UER. Sec. A. N. P. Association. ) Asheville, March 22. QHHHi -THE ASHEVILLE GAZETTE - '-ViAir.'H z7, 1902. FAVORABLE REP0f\0N I FOREST RESEWE BILL i 'committee on agriculT^ recommends appropriaj tingsio.ooo.ooo. Special to the gazette. 'Washington, irch 26.—The house , committee on agriculture today favor- \ ably reported tie bill to establish an Appalachian nalonal forest reserve, appropriating ten million dollars for the purchase of four million acres of land. Two memoers of the committee ' dissented. Major Moody fe highly gratified at the committee's action. The following despatch was received . I'n>ni Congressman Moody: . Washington, D. 0., March 26, 1902. The Daily Gazette, Asheville, N. C. 1 The National Appalachian forest re- serve bill today passed committee of house appropriating ten million dollars to purchase four million acres. J AMIES M. MOODY. The Asheville Citizen FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1902. M\ RK BILL REPORT WOULD FILL A N VOLUME The Name Presented Will be the Appalachian National Forest Reserve THE NON-VOTING MEMBERS Surprise at Their Silence-Senator Simmons Tells of Convention (Special to the Citizen.) Washington, March 28.—Former dis- itrict Attorney C. M. Bernard, who is - here on legal business with some of the departments, called on the attorney general yesterday to give his endorse- ment of Judge Adams' candidacy for ; the federal bench at Nome, Alaska. The i Republicans of the eastern part of the ! state are said to favor the appointment {of Judge Adams for two reasons. They ] have a strong personal liking for him, | and re is a noV.tio^l ">ason, i which embraces the hope that when | Judge Adams is enred for and out of Ithe way it may afford a chance for jsome of their number to secure recognition-in the way of "outside" ap- jpointnients. Thus far no foreign country has had the benefit of the wisdom | of these men of the east. When the park bill is formally presented to the House by Chairman : Wad.sworth, which will be during the next few days, the park will be desig- I "The Appalachian National For- 'est Reserve:" Numerous suggestions were made relative to the designation, but no name outside of the one given found any great favor except the prop- [ 'osition to call the park the "McKinley Memorial Forest Reserve." But even this was abandoned" soi.-e time before the committee adjourned. The idea of ' changing the name of the park or re- j serve from that originally given it has !from the first been opposed by Dr. Am- ibler, secretary of te Park association, |and it will be remembered that he and Representative Brownlow had considerable correspondence on the subject. No newspaper will care to publish the report of the committee, as it would fill several times over the entire space of any newspaper published in the country. In fact the report would make a good-sized volume. In perfecting this report, which is to accompany the bill, the committee worked as asslduouslyas beesWednesday throughout the entire day. There were many legal technicalities to consider, that part relating to the purchase of the land calling for especially careful handling. Some of the capitalists of this city own tracts of land which will be affected by the bill, and it was nec- esary so to word the provisions as to permit these land owners to preserve, or advantageously dispose of, their timber rights for a term of years, with the provision that the timber shall be cut under governmental supervision. One of these gentlemen, who is interested in timber properties in Surry and Caldwell counties, called at the Capitol recently to discuss the provisions of the bill with Representative Kluttz and others. This gentleman will not oppose the bill in its present form. The : ity of the members of the committee were given a surprise when Messrs. Haugen of Iowa, Williams of Mississippi and Allen of Kentucky refrained from voting. These members were present throughout the entire day and assisted in perfecting the measure, so naturally it was believed every proposition met their approval. There was no little surprise, therefore, when they declined to record their vote. However, it is not believed they will voice any opposition when the bill is taken up for discussion on the floor of the House. They simply reserved the right to cast their vote against the bill in the event something should arise to give them a desire to do so. Senator Simmons spent some time on the floor of the House Wednesday, discussing with the North Carolina members the recent meeting of the state executive committee. The report Senator Simmons gave of the meeting, which he does not hesitate to say was 'the best in the history of te party, has greatly pleased the members. They are enthusiastically ready for the fray. The young ladies of the art class of the Baptist university at Raleigh made a .visit to the Capitol Wednesday and were shown about the building by Representative Claude Kitchin. F. H. H'OWDAND.
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