man as philip sheridan: i regretted exceedingly to learn that the national park had been rented out to private parties. the improvements in the park should be national, and the control of it in the hands of an officer of the government. i can keep sufficient troops in the park to accomplish this object and give a place of refuge and safety for our noble gameni [galloping] coyote: sheridan even suggested that yellowstone should be expanded by more than 3,000 square miles, doubled in size to provide greater protection for the elk and buffalo by conforming the park's boundaries to their seasonal migrations. it was a radical idea immediately opposed by western cipoliticians, who believed that yellowstone was already too big. in washington, grinnell took on the railroad lobby directly, calling for an investigation into the park contracts, proposing an expansion of yellowstone and trying to write park regulations concerning hunting into law. the debate that followed would be echoed in every debate on national parks for the next century. [gavel bangs] man: i do not understand myself what the