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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

DOCUMENTS RELATIVE TO ITS ORIGIN
AND HISTORY.

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COMPILED AND EDITED BY

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EM EAV GO; VOLUMES.
Vol. LI—1887-1899.

FIFTIETH CONGRESS TO FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS

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CONTENTS OF VOLUMES I AND II.

VOLUME I.

Page
an MP rRPET UEC ots aS oe Se SA SA ag noha ian cictin cee melind aeee II
RenrnMeeenesR rayne. Sie a Pe SO ge es oes See supa Aoewie cee III
Sons no pile Ulin Ie Se fone Sica eR ib lied eae ie Blin a pe ei Rm nde SE V
OS eee Et glee IP IEP CAE pe A Do a VII
Act of organization of the Institution and amendments, ete. to March 3, 1899.. xxr
Acts and joint resolutions of Congress referred to in this work .-........-..-- XXVII
PART I.
Will of James Smithson /made October 23, 1826; proved June 27, 1829) ....-. 5
Correspondence between attorneys in England, the Department of State,
Richard Rush, etc., relative to the bequest of Smithson (July 21, 1835-
ME Perea ees ote Sa Pe ey eet Nd es bony lt a ee 7-111
The case of the United States Government against the English Government in
pie court of chancery to obtain the bequest..-.:.....2-..2222-22-22.---2-0% 13
Bpmennoe ane Tnlist: Counsel .\y 2.5 U4 lee ese te te 14
Decree in chancery awarding Smithson’s bequest to the United States, May
eRe ee ron tenee hy PRL. wt WML hei cay ey eM 56
eParE CIRCCIMED Ce LIVE: O°NNG tan ee Se ke ee 70
Peeenny OF expences OF Richard. Rush)... 2252 oo te ee 98
Penemue OF tie personal effects of Smithson: 5.2202... s eee oe seen 98
Smithson bequest paid into the Treasury of the United States ............_-- 109
Residuary bequest of Smithson (May 16, 1861-February 22, 1867) .........-- 112
Increase of the Smithson fund:
Perincn fund: (Pebtuary 24,°1874)) 2st ooo ke eS 120
Pereees me EUINIEe ERECHY LD PGGO)\ 2 0 oi Eee oo 120
Hodgkins fund (October 22, 1891-May 19, 1894).................--2---- 120
Other bequests and gifts to the Institution:
umeernMtaE EG) MLSE ar Nsom 9s aac as I ee ek eee et 121
BEEN MESO 32 ooo cet Sen, ee hae) i et Ae ee 121
oe | ETT (GM 21) ee 2 aes Ry nee Cee o> SENOS 9 SNe TEA © ae 121
PART II.
Legislation relative to the establishment of the Smithsonian Institution, 1835-
ee Re Nl So PE fe aoe ne ee Soca Oe Ce 123
Twenty-fourth Congress, 1835-1837:
Message of President Jackson, December 17, 1835_...........--.--..---- 125
Report of Senate Committee on the Judiciary (Leigh) ................-- 135
Heport.of House select committee (Adams) ..:.................---...-- 150
Dena on acceptance. obtihe bequest’... 4.25. .5221-/.4.2.222.-225-.20-- 136
Act to authorize and enable the President to prosecute the claim for the
yout 7 ee 1 re gh a RS Ti 0 ee re Tn on 142

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Twenty-fifth Congress, 1837-1839: Page.
Bequest considered ....-._ 222 tenes eee... .....-. enn 143
Message of President Van Buren, December 6, 1838_.....--------------- 145
Memorial of Prof. Walter BR.) Johbnsonpeaesre 45. ¢.-...-......-.4.—e 146
Memorial of Charles Lewis Fleischmann -_ =. 2:____..........-------22088 155
Speeches on application of the bequest...................-.---------- 163, 173
Bill for disposition of the bequest (Robbins)_...--._.....-..-------+-228 ilerale
Debate on establishment of the Smithsonian Institution .....------.----- 173

Twenty-sixth Congress, 1839-1841:

Bill offered for disposition of the bequest (Adams).............--------- 184
Estimates of cost of an astronomical observatory...........-.----------- 206
Statement of investment of Smithson bequest in State stocks .......----- 215
Bill for disposition of the bequest (Linn); -seeweeee ee. ae 215
Incorporationionthe Nahonal institaiions seer ee ae 217
Bill to esfiblish the Smithsonian Institution (Preston) -........---.---- 219
Care or Goverment collechons s..o. 2.2.55 Sas eee me es en ou See 219
Intem~atonaexchanves' 22 2.52 2. < foo ee ee A oe eres 220
Twenty-seventh Congress, 1841-1843:
Repeal of.act to invest Smithson fund in State stocks --......-.---.------ 220
Message of President Tyler, December 7, 1841 ...-...-..--.--.--2+-+--<- 225
Report of House select committee (Adams) -..-.-..2.-.2--..--.-4--2064 226
Copies of State bonds procured from Smithson fund ......-.-....------- 229
Statement of stocks in which the fund was invested ...........---------- 235
Bill to establish the Smithsonian Institution (Adams) -----------.------ 235
United ‘States exploring expedition... .:- 22... 2223-5225... eee 239
Twenty-eighth Congress, 1843-1845:
Message. of President Tyler, December 5,°1843........---.--. 22g 0sseeee 241
Condition.of the Smithson fund; January, 1844-_- 2... aoe eee 243
Bonds and stocks purchased from Smithsonian Institution .......--.---- 245
Imberest onl stocks’. -0': 22 Sone CS cee Cee ee See eee hel 246
Correspondence relative to purchase of stocks ........--.-.-----------<- 250
Biull tovestablish the Institution: ((Vappan.))Se2e22— 2-22.22 eo 266
Report from House select committee (Adams) ..-.-..--.---------------- 268
Bill toestablish+the instubuwon. (Adams) 222. soe) ee ee ese aoe ae eee 273
Hill to establish the Institution (Tappan) 22.2.2 ->..- 222-52. 5.5. eee 276
Debate on bills to establish the Institution -..........-.------.--------- 280
Exploring expeditionae hse. te. sae n= ee = oe eee ar ee 320
Twenty-ninth Congress, 1845-1847:
Bill to establish the Institution (Owen))2---2--- === os eee eee 321
Debate in House on establishment of Institution.-.....-.-...----------- 333
Bill to.establish the Institution (Morse) 222525042 355222 eee. eee 388
Bill to‘establish the Institutiom (Hough))) passed 225222) 52 ae 423
Act to establish the Institution, approved August 10, 1846.....-.-...---- 429
International exchanges. <2. .s2 bl Stas sees eee ee eee 454
Exploring expedition. .2.2 5222.2 .i bose age e eee ee ee 435
Catlin Indiam. gallery... 4e5-062 2b 2 a LE ee eh ee 435
Anpointment, of Repents .2.~ 22 22) sc aacase sees > pe esses 2 ee 436
Purchase of city hall for Smithsonian Institution (proposed) .......----- 438
Reportiof the Smithsonian Institation |... 22.2222 -5<-her cheese eee 439

PART TEE

Legislation relative to the Institution and its depenaencies, 1847-1899. ....... 441

Thirtieth Congress, 1847-1849:
Committee on the Smithsonian Institution. ......2.22.2.22...--2oeeeeeee 443

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- Thirtieth Congress, 1847-1849—Continued. Page.
eIOmMmneY Ol tepemtes |: = 5.205 - =~ aanqanes-cccens lan ccaieccceeee ss ce 463
Pepor: or cue eaithsonian Institution --.-1.-...-.--..--2-- 2 cn. wens se- 464
RnenminenmiO ACL Ol OFPANIZAtION... 2. 22 co5 5 ssecc ence ewe ewe a eween--- 466
Pane cea ee ORCUANEOS) 5. 266.2 62a ode ance cease co usencwisc coe eens 466
ane RUT al eo oe wan 2 eye ee wo tle oS sine oataie cl © 467
Thirty-first Congress, 1849-1851:
eee re ED ROUTE pe Sel eo Be = Re eis w= io aac 468
amen covermuient, collections /../2.- 2. 52-2. .-agde--- snc <ce.-sceee ee 470
manor of the: Smithsonian Institution 22... .....-2..b.--- cece eee ones 477
aN mrrat SUID REE LORY ccs eta on os isle pains See sae een e ne nec cee oats 480
Sere ae ene ONE <5. 2S Sok Sleek ede wce nce onnee oe 481
Peinumenino: Regents 22 0) Soe. ues cl eter vecccsecarnn 482, 1838
Thirty-second Congress, 1851-1853:
mppropriations for Smithsonian grounds ........-..-.....-....-.------ oe) ADAG
Seer eer eu GnIRE er BUEN, 532235 os Le one pas esc ee n Race nek dwiase enim on 484
RE See ha Ds hE Es ree a Re aa AEE eo 485
heport.or the Smithsonian Institution .......-..2.-..-5-.....2-.------ 485
PbGmuaneiit C8 WeSPUES 2.05.52) os aces atk phot Lt onesee os ecevua eens ce 486
(5 STD) TES cab Ola Sil ge 487
rates matttrey CPE CIRUNGUGIN 25 $205 ec cle ema o ee elac id ae Sk Grete one membre Galen: 487
teamianenmavexchanved’.. = ol... i285. 5-2 khs eunkabaecssecowesseses eae AST
Pe rate mr ae. ESD, o. 20 eck o.nk od Soka nw sn oeacnieweeces << ee 487
Thirty-third Congress, 1853-1855:
MMEIEMEMINONR SOE = At SNe re Sto we odo e pat ae he kn aden cm tine wie ease 488
CmBMaEEaeTECE ere ee hie wi he a a a See ae 5.20 Ge tee oa.c oi mys aaa ye 500
Pe eminnuTiG Ol Re POMS S252 50k. 3 Os oebaca sesh assbcee nosciees--a-s-e 502
(SLAC EE lea es he an en ee ce ah pr NL Anan Cia 503
20 TES Shi gin WARES elo RR a ee 503
ae o Government collections)... ......22...28..2-52cl5. ene ee asa 503
menor ot the Smithsonian Institution _............080..22.0.--5-- Laae SOUS
eae AIO CAN Y (ooo. Sony onic ke eikin aan aa Some eects 507
TTY Lo So 697203 100s ea Sens eee 511
Resignation of Rufus Choate as Regent ..........---.-..--------------- 511
Peer OSbhie! AMSRICINON. «si S 25 54 eG as She 6 oe ai bln oat Oe ole Gaines uate 511
Oh TS TELE eaa Wp ph el 2 te ae as a GE A OR hc ph a ee Wey 511
SOLES ARON Tn ea gt oT a ah ea ere eine = aR ET Aa 599
Thirty-fourth Congress, 1855-1857:
Operations of the Smithsonian Institution............./00....-..--.6. o<. 599
fearon the Smithsonian Institution .......-..-t-.....0-t.----2-. ~ .. 600
ee eT NTRS CE ERCPIERN ES SN ee ee ne ks 601
UES TELE SP e-0 Gl 1 2) eee aga He ae ne 603
Ran BETBULACM Soca" 8 te eR ARE ich eee Re Ste a 603
ier syornitent Collections f.s55.42 Metis fac 40's cia some a alae ns 603
aE Mery AROSE: MPN 2110) Bee Sates one wha iene UE ACR dead « 602
Thirty-fifth Congress, 1857-1859:
ReppsanERmUMECAIIIL Oth) REGO Yo te Cn ite ha ee ee be ee bs 604
ioapor or the Srnithsonisn Institution -..52.2..0002 2b eke ck owen 604
Mameen eaveriment collections: -.--.. 2.2 20.-2ib eae ekeeet aol. ke ee 607
EEE OMEN GEMM ua) sie Dew cca yeh bom ake ee eve nde 2a 608
PHD PCIE sa 04h. ooo oe opeutela cud to tiee ekki Laut iee eee 608
Act of organization amended. Copyrights...................-.-..----- 608

Thirty-sixth Congress, 1859-1861:
BPD TELE CS 1 a ae A oe eo 609

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Thirty-sixth Congress, 1859-1861—Continued. Page.
Report.of the Smithsonian Institution = 225252) 2.2) ee ae 610
Free use of telegraph by the Smithsonian Institution _-...--..-- i ee 610
Gare of Government collections's 2.22 Susesut ete Sees Loe aes 611
Exploring expedition... .- 5 tI, (EN US aa Seer A Rn eg rk TS al ae 627

Thirty-seventh Congress, 1861-1863:

Ampothiment,of Heoents 22277) 3526. aS eee reer ree lee 627
Care of Governmenteollectionsiss 222 es ce ot te ee ee see 633
Exploring expedittieny . 02225 2 20re <a ee oe Reema. aes 637
Report of the Smithsonian Institution 4." ds-eeee5- eee ne a ee 637
exposiions, (uondon. = cise 2as ack cee Ae ee eee ee eee 1838

Thirty-eighth Congress, 1863-1865:
Heport/of the Smithsonian, Institution: .... 2-255. 2228.2 ore. 2 ee eee 638
Care ol Government.collecttons: 26s 50 55-25 =e ee ee eee 639,
Amendment to act of organization of Smithsonian Institution...........- 639
Hire aL Sinithsonn, Insieniion. 2.2052 aso se a ee er eto ee 641
Inferesbionipnithson fund. 24. oo of 5k ee ee eer ener eee ee 645
ATIPOMIUMENL Ol OREN tS oc oe ob Ser gee ee ee ee 657

Thirty-ninth Congress, 1865-1867:

PAIS CUR OMMNONE 2052 6 oo 25 coe eels aU leer Abedait yon ee ee ee 658
Dransier of smitnsonian library . 22. = 24.3.2). de ce tas ee eee 660
Gane:ot Government collections: . 2.22.2 =2 246 gs. bee oe ae 662
Report of the Smithsonian Institution :. 2. .....05-- secicss2.5 2829 oeee 663
Rxploriag expedition. ou} oo. sas d tease sane a eo 664
Amendment to act of organization of Smithsonian Institution .-......__- ~ 664
International exehanpes ... 22-02 nS isn ge Sacha ee eee 666
Appointee Of Werents o. 5,02. 2 Sept ea oes saps wee eee 667, 1838

Fortieth Congress, 1867-1869:

PEEPORIIONS, PARIS 2 <.. no: ap aes aide ne soe eee ee Pee seen oe 667

PIQVTe | 2 oe os en ame eee ae eee eee 668
BEpCniNent OF MOPCMIE 22. 2 ann Se aden enoee ate te atees oe ee ee 669, 1839
Careorizovernment collections: <0. 0-42.52 ogew ee cei oe oo ee 670
aeploniny ex peninel 7.6 0 soes Soa Cha sate teak ee 678
Report of Smithsonian Institution ......-.-- ye Se ee ee yeas) 678°
Powell's exploration 2s -s2e0 t.00s,..a sone a ces ee ee ne hn ee 679
Wirshington canal . 2 2 vsn cen ose ot ut ene eaes oot eens ce 680
SMminasorn funds... 22. poe eet Oe ack aha 2 eee ete ra a 680
Paceriational exchanges... o...ccsc2 ocean eee ae 680

Forty-first Congress, 1869-1871:

Appointment of Regents. 2... ..20--24stes2-eree se esse = oe 681
Report of Smithsonian Mstitution../2 02-3 oso te ee os - ee 682
International exchanges =2. 7.2. l2 2.225 Sse ee ee 683
@orcoran Gallery: of Agt:3222:2 522 ooo 2 ses ote eee ne eee 684
moological Society = 2 2c 2262s cE eee oe ae ee ee 685
pianley Indian paintings; 2. :2252-56.24.525.2 420-8 a ok 2 686
Powell’s'exploration ...5.2.6. J. 20s eee et bse eS ee oe ee 686
Ware of Government collections: i222) 222253226 2/5552 a 686 ©
Philadelphia Centennial Exposition..s222022 2222 2 IS ee ee 687
Forty-second Congress, 1871-1873:
Amendment to act of organization of Smithsonian Institution ---.-...--- 688
Report of Smithsonian Institution: . 2.232922) 454245 a ee eee 689
Decoration for Prof. Joseph. Henry scsahweee se ee ee ae cee ee 692
Hacploring expedition... ........ .sas2-2 See ae tee ee ae eee 692
Intemational exchanges ....:.--.2)52-2..2eene4ansae eee Cee 692

CarerotGovernment- collections’ J: .. 2525626 Beene tee ae ee eee 693

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Forty-second Congress, 1871-1873—Continued. Page.
mapaaiiinnic — niladelphia Centennial... ...222 225.2. ated fos oe ek 694
OSE Vn TAS aE Sd ee Ee Sa an SNe ee eee oo and tt, Meet Ot Ba 698
BE ia eRe RE IR niet ition dw wis araleiemicine i ee sta ticle OMe Bee SLE s 699
eae Ce MMESI OVEN ag eB perce) 3 ata Sg me ae a eee es ieee ale 699
, ae MRRP Ey ROOT Sfp ole nrc «SCM LL hs 699
a Forty-third Congress, 1873-1875:
{ fepostiions, Ehiladelphia Centennial .......2.....J0g20s2 2c ceeice tee 700
4 VETS ESS SE Sh ER eS: | i LP ae we 705
| PRI UMUienG OTC vepeIthe Matos 2h ace o 8 no ose eames coat etek es 705
: BeporyoLomitnsonian: Institution... ...10.1524--+.7ee 5. ool 718
| peroneal omehanyeris nes Uo Leeds Le ee 724
(ESTEE TS Sac SEC Sad Soe ote nee ere me ese, ee 724
; Act of organization of Smithsonian Institution. Revised Statutes.______- 724
: Rep MEG en NS Oa ie a hc oiatk SRO LN 728
loulh. SELGRA Sethi nt 22M & £2 ans pee ew peya 2 ae Ue EUs Ted ea 728
ei GNA MV LMSe UN CSLIMALESESeaeas ate ee teed See ete ke 728
MPR RAMONE ts a5 tio tose bee St Se 729
Regents to nave use of Library of Congress...-....2-.-.-.---2-.-------- 730
Forty-fourth Congress, 1875-1877:
heporwol emathsonian Institution 2.022). .02. sok else eck. we le 1839
Restoration of the original Declaration of Independence. . - - - - Se eee: 730
LOT SID WRC GS-61 2121 | ea Oe 731
eA RR MCLE IEICE RETOOL toc ees. SU SS A ee 731
Pena Seti YADA 90 hs Sam aoa SES oo ode ee ee 731
CoiTEN AINE eS Sor pee EN AR RR Oe as Je Sod 739
UB UIMONE E542 b Spe eee 2 5 742
aR SAS BNET TIVE TAN Tete. ter ora 2 ara ctarcian ke AU Ag ASM 743
"Grog uasiit ols) aot jie ne ales bees Me ances ie RCT a 746
Act of organization of Smithsonian Institution amended __._...........- 767
LL PEST EE 2 a Rw eS a a Se TSE, | he A et SP 767
“SOT TINCEE ein 0 122 592772111 al Ee et 1839
Forty-fifth Congress, 1877-1879:
National Museum, building required for Government collections .....--- 768
Government collections to be deposited in .........-- 779
PURER RORY Dei. bys catcher eh cet Re ad SE LR, 779
SUPOORIUIALEON: Boo) Se et ETD ee 2 Rew 782
PePOreuibeny ls MeCOmnte Ho) oon. ao ese ee Be eee see eee hoenweni 783
Pie provectiom tor public: buildings... 0l/022.2e le. SIL es. Se? 784
Sroacroreaint Olat for 8.4By Baird, \).32 2-1 wrceatels SUS Lg LO 788
mMocdrutt saentine Hxpedition 3... .< ce so ee SO ns 789
Peepers LaChiotiol CHOIMORCY o-oo ai. enna nk actrees ba ews ee Seige 790
SRR RERT eA ASN 95 Sse Far pa ee at et pled EN 791
Geological and Geographical Survey reports -.............-.----------. 791
PEUIISn er Arin. Reece Nee PLease eda os. dined BSL) 792
Pimlgel minis: Contenmighs sa. 2 ey py ot ed pe ks ow 794
Beemer PUIG CMO MIAON: <2 5 Pe en ete Monde « 795
Ventilation of Hall of House of Representatives ..................------ 796
Popore OL emitnsoniam lnsiitution».. 9.025.205 2002265 olf 799
international exchanges, appropriations.............---.--.0s-----.--- 799
The Smithsonian Institution, a corporation ?................----------- 800
Joseph Henry, death and memorial services of ..................---.--- 801
Pade te POPE TMM RDN IIE Ce EN eS pa, os oo mes eo wae 805
SUE VICeN Of. .1c) (ue GOMeRnmonh 2. et sl. 806

Acting Secretary of Smithsonian Institution........2..................- 809

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Forty-fifth Congress, 1877-1879—Continued. Page.
Protectionot public lipraries'o2.2_.. seaees aes Seee eee tlle oe 810
SPICGUAC BOTVEYS.<—) 0 ies ok ee ee eae poe 810
Ethnology, conim butions 222 tus. #2 ateeeeeee ere eee ees 2 2 eee 811
and ‘Otice Museum =: oso Seep se See ee nee eee ae Ere ce Le 811
Glover entomolorical ‘plates: 2.22 sce cee eee hs 8 ae 812
Ethnology, estimates... 2.2 tee ee ee et 818

APPTOPTIALIONS . eee on pee oe ere oan. cL eee 818
Pree postage =o. Jeet = - deere thease eee eee ee en Lt See 818

Forty-sixth Congress, 1879-1881:

Appointuent olmhesents.. 2222 22 e. Oa ee ae eae oe oem 819
Joseph Henry, portrait for memorial volume.................-.-..-.-.- 820
AUADUG . a st oe oe See en eee eee Ee OO eee oe ee eee 821
portrait for ‘the Institution \222¢ 24 pos cee ees ok 823
dand Oiice: Miseam: . Yao ac she 3 Se ee ee ee ee 823
Expositions, Sydney-and Melbourne: ..-...--. acces eee ee ee eee 823
Philadelphia Centennial: -. 22: ic. eee eee eee 824
Berlin Fishery = <2. i Secc. eee eee eee 824
Berlin Fishery, Baird prize: :....°2 225058 seee eee eee ee 825
Philadelphia Sheep and Wool) .2\ ..<0-222fceeeeeeeeeee eee 827
New York: 225. +-2222..52eus ete eees eee 827
National Museum, transportation: £5... 2¢s020.46 Seed eee ee 828
use of "building... 222-222... 2c ecte ee oe 828
Sunday and night opening’... 22. 425.0522 Sue 829
building «oo. sensi ects eee ee eee eee 830
street sailroad to)... - 2. +.2deeeee ee seen te eee 835

CsliMNighed':. 2c). w2e web ebee is oo cee eee 835 ~
appropriations ; 2: .s¢vie2-222.feee eee ee eee 840
Library of Congress, new: building: ....= 222322... veeies See pee 842
DBiandard weights and moedstites of:.2...-.csn-ath ook oh See eee 843
Binnolopy, cOnmimipUtoOns .¢ 2222: apes een ete ds eednner ee eee eee eee 843
142) 010) 4 eae ee ee ay I Oa yt acs =: 844
Srmiblison SONG). 22-2. 22 coon pec on nb bots oon eee ee eee 845
Report of Smithsonian Instittition.. .c..s:4.o2.s.5-.l2ei.csepeteeeeeee 845
iriemsatonal exchanger bh. cS cad) Galan Sagec deseo ele kee ee 851
Hrench exchanged... 2+ 2 cc fe ecw ne che es Se Pe eee nee eee 854
International exchanges, estimates ..-. ..<...Sveck et ese.e toe beeeee 855
appropristione 22. -.-...cehiegiet Paes pee 855
Smithsonian Institution a corporation ? ..22...22-sUscseeewle elle eee 856
Ethnology, estimates . .: 22: i. s2cs2-2.55608 dads pe Seen eee 857
Appropriations - 2222 osc es aoe pease ee Ce ee 859
#imil Bessels’ scientific report... 22 2. 255.4 2a oe Bee eee ee ee 865
reimbursement Of...02.....2stesec eke cate ee sole 866
Pocnments «25. 2h .28s seem ees oui ew Saat e eee eee eee oekne ee 869

Forty-seventh Congress, 1881-1883:

Appointment of Regents. 220. cu. UL PL) aie 869
Ethnology, estimmtes :i:222-2s2-.222b2: 220. -2 Le le ee 870
appropristions ) ss 22870222 ei 2h Se ee eee ae 870

@homson Siamese deposit: = 222.2225 25-.22022e5 5 ce Oe eee eee ee 871
fxpositions, Atlante... 2: cstsedeoece cen 22 Sema tee eee ea ee 872
DGDVerencso eee bkcc se ec eeee eee tee eee ee 872

London Fishery 2c css 4c eee csee oe Seen eee ene 872

BOSON geese toe 2A en eee ee ee ee 883

CONTENTS.

Forty-seventh Congress, 1881-1883—Continued.

eee S pe) OMICE NE 2 ia Cn wink Uwlecbee obese ceseseuaties
ipnnlilelnniaubieetmeal ee aewseses asus. tcetineateese fee

Tbsoyirnts\ intl DRS yh 9s Ss een eee nie Ae eT Nee DF ee, Sere reds eee eee

Rirepmooune omibhsonian building .... os. cusses esse cscs Meteo
MDS oe Hea Stratecast sees aaeeneme nes focus fale oul S
Peer SMV OULD. ees et etek SYS Se fee ce nee een seis
PERENCMA OM EM ANGER os te, alae ae ol Se SU ee ese dele enc eoees
CREME Seta CEES oo areiciala ater eats

LST SATS SUS CG 1 Cipla ey Ree ee Sees ene a epee 1 occ ea
Prem ERCOROLOMIGAh Plabes eo. S26 wi secs nec takes cet wmweic baw edicees
fomoogy, contributions and reports. .....22...-2.-22----2-.55- 20-2
[CT LRG) a5 Rat ge ia he 2 ag eae egies UAE Bay SEO

Monin Usdin empl Oy ees. ai = cnc ewiscs escise mee ane ce eee alee eee
RETIRES oe ceca eA EE RI te te HL Recta ere eens rene

O00) EU AP ee Ee ee ee ee ee Oe eee a
SiPSiNOC Cont, “A ICaYSTS) op ated ee aa eee panied nn Pn t-te) ofc ee Sl ame
Miners and Nelson's reports on Alaska. ...22 2.2. j.cico2-cece csc ceases
Reports of Smithsonian Institution and National Museum..---..--------
fepert of-Sunthsonian Inutitution..........22-92<22-bee-ss2-t-.- seen.
PEntnnOner ee, LAC TOPOL. Si ote a merece tea oeciek des celta
Pry Mewes! Dsbrary and Museum... -..--<2-5 --2eceeh neeed sosdee nse
Forty-eighth Congress, 1883-1885:
Siamimnomiame WUCIne estIMOates <2 222 ote chs ee deaee woe tcc es cece
PERIPORTAL EMOTE tS Shes eee Oe ak Leki eke
Houmolory, estimates 2. .-3..5--22-62..0262 eSB RE eh CaS ee! bites
PRION 4 5 a eee he ON pee ae a
Sarernanonal exchanges, estimates... 22525522. bas fees cececeesele
AP PLOPMAMONG + 2.255 ses See Oe eL ee eee
Pray Memes! Dabraryvand Museum. 22.2222 5032. cs. cccseeek selec
Pe PMMMUIOML Ol, MOSCMI...2c.co.ctecc. otk Meeteebese Nadie. suis Meee
rsamr rath CRONIN opiate tetera 3 wim iale aieroeln ipa seelaeins Gee eat ad
Oy Efe ETS 0 a SS ENE ee Sep a el
Petonal Museum, Sunday opening -2... 5.2.22... serene acne oo oct ene
Lie ORO os os eRe ea) Re Ee ee ee
1 XE) YO) I I eR meas Pg Me ten Nh Os es 2 yn
(GIs) VLA 2 MR ee gee ree el a a 2 ae eo
SpprOpPRMnen ee LAS eco cee abcd oper eee Noe wcosleed
Beene iMee At es8 feos 55.2. be oe 4 cog ee Sak bene So eee ae dente emesis
Seep Mere GE Moor OL Senate. 2.552 5csa5he sae oo eo eae bed ea eae wees
Acting Secretary of Smithsonian Institution......-......--.---...--.---
Se EIE POU ened HSS clos! oie be whee ac Ae cle anal bea ke at
BESO SUIP OMA aN C Wa © CLEATS teats ssa a eerie ys See ney TM pl
CREPE aa ae oe nate Ee OC ad So ae
iP orth teanet espns aS Does eerie hoe 24 cee Se Us Leen oo pice
USE LUST 2) 3 ees a aie 2 er Ey Ane ele gaa «Seen er
meport of Smithsonian: Institution.-...-....-..<--.-,-ae0.-2e< Be acre
Ventilation of Hall of House of Representatives ............-----------
a eS Ee genom hc a ee a
Pemeerroniine aan binding: 505522. sys oc Se onc dcle dois... ..---
eau RUINS et Pay) Se ene ere Ey ecna nL LENE coe ne ne ee
Grant relics

x CONTENTS.

Forty-eighth Congress, 1883-1885—Continued. Page.
Documents '..226. sb sbls los Jc lees webe ee ce eesee eee ee 968
Department of Agriculture, entomology, ornithology -.---..---.-------- 968

Forty-ninth Congress, 1885-1887:

Appomtmentof Regents. 2.5. 22-5 > 25h Ue See eee 970

imternationaliexchanges - 22 a joes Sess See 6 ee a te aan 974, 1840

estimates... i s.o2 22 See ee ee ee Soe 978

appropriations: = S22. eo see ieee 979

Smithsonian building, estimates- "=... eee tee eee eee SaaS 980

APPTOPTIAMONS |. 2 ye ees ae Ley oe 981

Bureau of Ethnology, estimates:...2-. 55-2. se set ous eee ence ae 981

aAppropniations:< 252. cape ees. 981

Ibtireaw of (meres 2s 2 oe cee ee ee Re eee tee Oe cote, ial 981

Nelson's report on Alaskan. 2 0522552. 3 bo ee eee sot ee 982

‘urner'd report on Alaska <2 soo. 222k oe eee os ee 983

Report of the Smithsonian Institution _.=--_.--- 5222.-22---4-<-4--~-e0ee 986

Capron Japaneseiepllection: 222255025525 Vl ee ee en Soe 988

Hibnology, ull@hime Sono oS so cece eos Oo ec aoe ae ne ee ee 1002

Great NOU GH en, Seton ee aes see ety ae ae Sema eel ee ee 1009

National Museum, Government collections. ..-.....-.........--..-----. 1011

Binds y Opetine: Too. th ee oo en eee 1014

section of transportation <5 22202222... see. See 1014

estimates: i250) 524575 oe eee een eee eee 1018

appropriations 22 222.25' +4 sel eee 1022

Manusorints: commission <1 2.50.22. Se ee 1032

Expositions, Centennial celebration of the Constitution --_.....-.------- 1033
Minneapolis 2.2 2..2i<-< .2cc2h = SULERESE Ee ee 103'

Rock (Creek Parkes tes 221 22h s2522 ssc eee eee tee ae eee eee 1040

Neumann’s suk flag... o.cos Jo cs¢cices cesses tee bets Lee eee 1041

SBoulthsoniam fone, oe sess ose theccad beoted sete cee ee 1042

Public printing and bindings... ...2..0..22b2ul2 9: 2 eee eae 1042

Smithsonian erounds).226..2255. 22/0 See 2. eee ee 1043

School of Research and Medicine. ... 2c s2selU. Lo .e. Ce 1043

Anny Medical, Museum.and. Libtary- 2: 22..2.22- /tutsie se eee 1043

RemVeAWOPRG. noi Ceseds eo mcee cs ccbeeeeepreres-s 225 5seeeee eee 1044

VOLUME II.
Fiftieth Congress, 1887-1889:

Bureau of Ethnology, estimates... a [oo ue oe eh ns 2 1045
BpPrOpriaWoOns.—.- 4a ose en sesh sees 1045

Spencer BF: Baird, services Of 2:5. 52 Siiteen eee. 4-5-2 2lo ee 1045
Static Olt 2 I. Sekt See eee a: a. eee Bea Lil)!

Bureau. of FmMecArts See oS. eee ere ne ee eee 1105
G. Brown’ Goode; Fish\Commissioner: —32 52 eens +2 oe oes. eee 1106
Rock Creek Nattonal Park's 2228 0S. oe eee ee ee eee bs: oe 1106
Appointment’ ol RevenitssS2— ees ett ttt es eee 2 OF
Capron Japanese collection= 5.222.222.2227 i: * Soo ee oe ee 1110
Army Medical Museum and’ Library: +:2:22-222 212222220. 3-2 ee 1112
Senon: Bache '& Go 2222252 tSstc boss ee See Se ee 1112
Expositions, Washington 2.2.0. Cece ieee ee 1113
Melbourne !: i. 222.2. shite Se ee ee 1118

Barcelona <2 2.22/18 PSS Be ee ee 1114

Paris o2.3..04.dcuck. Sock ee eec elec eee ee eee eee eee ee 1114

Brussels . 20222. Lecce Meee aie aie Se ee oe 1119

Gincinmattia. = <2 /.s,2 Ee ge eee 1119

Marietta... -- a ancle sh ein ea ee ae 1122

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CONTENTS.

Fiftieth Congress, 1887-1889—Continued.
mau ep MENG ie ee nee. atiekeetesetesbet i022 ssctele isl seks.
{WEF} ON MS SIS ae 2 OV aS or ee nee ne a
(SER CIOS TS EL HS) ot [Cae a a ee
epore or amithsonian Institution ....\.......2-...2 vs 2202 eee. eee
MMMM NUR HM TCOMITMMACTON oc oles fees eee e PA Le le JL el
ole P nn UAT SSNs Eos SEE ay ence ae 2 Oe) eae RE Oy MRC i Sa
Privilege of floor of the House of Representatives......-..-....-.-.-.--.-
eee mnineiath PAIN eGo cL sel os. snuck la bcte dees ewe ee coe
Senos ab Goverment WON. ..<.2222.2.- 222 bee teed le ose aed eds
Pron nanert. Wale Owen t > .00dvel 25 eof Use te
linthereraegai@naenil’ hel abn olste\y ce anys get a nee ee ee Ac te RR Sm Ree Rie
CSUN gies ne ekepea tans ater a a Oe <n CE ee
Mppropraiond tJ Aw ier oes etude) ees
ERIM AE OOMIACAN ARK sooo aoe Ca icle nem aw sweeceha eee ecurece +i eeee seid
Pane canvllistOnGdl VASsOCIAtlON: 2-28 a225 ot ises ices ceeu ol eee fl Pee
Pereoproounm pimithsonian building .-..22..2-35 oy eeee eee lee ee
eumeeclorra pnt ANSEFUMMONG - . ot ee ke. ee oss 235 PIU e Foe ss een Saee
MERON eee = ote eRe bon eh a eae ecient eee Le Pees SO
peuona, Murenni, new buildings: tic. 2. soe ee doe ese bk
ABER OT ys ULES a SF EE Tee os tes uy 2a
Clnpeilied ahwicesy ware SNS Se) a ols Sookie sca 3
DIME ARMM tc ee ek eR A eRe teens Jee e
BAUMAN tes ont tg ee eae ete Un) iii es
SPRLONPUrMOle: eo once Re ate) ee EU a
iE Methy a O NAVELM USUI. 2.025 bis bas st Use dene ceasedene alone
Detailed statement of expenditures required...........----.------------
Government publications restricted to public business. .-.......--.---.--
PemeopienlereryOy: WUUGING ee Lo ak as bape acta Soe os ee
menmepiinciedh. ODEErVabOry = 902 fio... k cee cee SMe

Fifty-first Congress, 1889-1891:

Pee SchuIMeTNE On HOGG Es 2 6-1 Say Mise Hieas R14 8 OS eo Lec asus
Prraproonne Smithsonian building... ...2.t.---ee/tacenecene ced VUES:
Sem ING OATES 2 nee Le econ etek hint ot oe cee erks eet
Waucnnermal teleoraphic téceiver i... cuha<-csucus+ seek ese
Bivaraan jet peniene COMerhOn “6 2-0 ene ee cis eae eh eee NU Poe
Pepocnan smithsonian. Inetitubion = ..- 2.2. -..eee shen es hehe set
SIG teRTOMn eee ee ae See a ae eee! 0 Re es Re

Wahonal Military and. Naval Museum... <4 o.<-0..2222. 225.0. 22458-2222
Peioteal murray DOMGInes.(i.* 2322 1a Dee Ale ee Ue ee Gu
National Museum, evening opening 22.2. 42 2S-24-2.-.2..-..25222-52545
BEMOry Uti Leena weet ee SS es

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DERE yet ee Pe ce el) Sr aae aL eRT SE Di a

Romiea tery tachey rer erat eMsiie Osi kor ose

APP LOO RADON S yee ener en wee een TEL odo ee

Baeere Cree DONGIMIFCS. =). 2 oe emcees es See estene- ncn i- 0 cusses
OEE) SS) are Se ie SS Se rc 5” a oe eee ee ee
CEA SUS SCARS Co U2 BS BR | SE ener Soe ye ne a
Wanonal Zoological Park, appropriations: .2. 24... ss0.L.-2......-..-----
report Oh. wommmMsiomesy Ss OLS tele

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XII | CONTENTS.

Fifty-First Congress, 1889-1891—Continued. Page.
International exchanges /:2.2.%. os. dose ce eee eee ee 1492
eshimaheny 2 ep aek wee ee ae. 1496
Appropriations es see asec ease ees ee 1497
Stanley dindian pammtines. 5% 2 ae see ere eter ee eee Eye 4 Se peee 1500
Christopher Columbus memorial. 35534 65-5- 6 ee ee 1501
Pex positions, |\Chicawo: . . ees See eee he ee Sink 1501
St. Louis .. Seater eee 3 Se eee 1514
Toaeyitle «5 Sooke eS opr ad es ae eee rc cad 1514 ©
Heirs of Josephatenty |. 552. SB sen oe eee eee ke 1514
Society of Sons of the American Revolution.........- CA ees See 1527
University ot tie United Stateess- - 45. eo ee oe ee Ok eee 1530
American Wmyersity .. 520s Wetec eee See eee 1531
American Historical Association Reportsd-: ssi f:2ee nec. wk 1534
OWEN SATIS ou. pte See See eee lg ohm Leen oa ee ian ee ee 1537
iburean of Bihnology oo. 3..se- nek ce Le es eee 1539
@sGUMALGd S.J 2. eos le she eee be a eee 1541
appropriationse.,. 6222-2200: dae eee ee eee 1541
Perkins collection of copper implements'....:.....225-2---2o4ce enue eeee 1543
Printing reports from Executive Departments. -...........-.-.----.----- 1544
Astrophysical ‘Observatory, estimates... 2s. U seo veces tout eee eee 1544
appropriations!::.-. i aces hae eee 1545
Hubnolopy. report... Sono o kkk ee A bn eee et eee oe eae 1546
Fifty-second Congress, 1891-1893:
MUtnsonian building, estimates. ..2 tc. seeseune See oe ee 1547
appropriations: .....o..i¢e eee Shiga eee 1547
International exchanges, estimates; +. <s2ciei3 soe: 4 eee 1548
appropriations: (2) uccce slew ate eee eee 1549
Bthnology, estimates .2 2.221.255 uc. ds. <b ee ce eek Pee eee ek eee 1551
APPTOPMIBtONe: coc. cts eae ea stnceue cae es ae 1551
Astrophysical: Observatory, estimates... ......2.2.iteceee see ee 1551
appropriations. ...~...2¢tece ky Ghee eee 1552
Omen Staion ost. ob. Ses. eae Do peewee Woh Eee ie Leeper 1552
Sppommment of Hepents. : o.oo bss. acne ewes ey oe eee oe ee See 1553
Stonge.of Spencer I’. Baird .2 52 25-12. 4.2. 24s pee eee eee ee eee 1557
Gecsmphic DAMES. --..50-25-2-.---2652o2s beeen skeet eeeee ee 1557
Report, on expenditures... .022-..=2- 62... ste ee eee ee ee eee 1558
Vail original telegraphic receiver... -...2.1.224-.2¢u525..se ese 1559
Eunolopy, reports ....4...2--- «e-ced ¢ -Leceeeeee ates eee ere es Oe ee 1559
Colonial Dames of Amerita :_...~.<-Lcielese le ee cee- eee sl oe 1560
National Zoological Park, Zoo street railway .....---.-.----.----------- 1561
report on expenditures..2 5.252 2x ews 1562 ©
estimates. 2-2. aeseeneee .oreteeis. .. eee 1562
appropriations... 5. ccJblse¢ eee. 2. ee 1567
National Museum, nicht opening 2.202502 2. c.c. asses. oe ee 1574
new building... 222 2625... 2 oe ee ee es ee eee 1575
estimates voi ootSiecnt Supevecebcet tae. a5cce. ee 1575
appropriations! ....2) 2 oecbee 442 ee eee eee eee 1581
Pizpositions, Madrid ... .....2--2 se ccknc dees eeeciece Cetees. ee 1582
Chicavo>...2.2. 5.4 4a es ee ee 1584, 1840
Philadelphia Centennial: -2iu-ceelyeel eae ee oe eee ene 1595
Use of Government collections in Washington by studenis, ete ---------- 1595
Tnshot employees. 2.2... . 560... ea eee eee ee eee eee eee 1596

Astrophysical! Observatory 4-eeeeeee ese ee ee eee eee 1597

CONTENTS. XIll
Fifty-second Congress, 1891—1893—Continued. Page.
List of employees, International exchanges .........-.....-.-.--------- 1597
f National Aoolopical Wark oo. 2.02... scent loos eee ee 1597
yi PaO UE NETSEUT | eM et aaa in 2a oo Debs eae 1598
| Meuehters’of the American Revolution....-:2.-.--.-.-.-.-...-....----- 1600
Select committee on the Smithsonian Institution......-.-...-.---------- 1600
Perens collection of copper implements .- -. 2... sess 225.2 22 adage lle. 1600
Sep prorciinone d@incussed 2G l2bF so1s. 22s i eaee! F228 ee GSU 1601
National Society of Colonial Dames of America......-...-.-.---...----- 1623
i Amencany Enstoricall Associations Report... ....-.. Suse obs se. teak 1624
mepon of aintheonian- Institution ..2.....-.2.2.222225.2.. 2.02 ee 1625
ema nun atic, Ramin on. Ss te ee ssl ok 1628
MVetiiy Ch gue UmMibed sigtes: 22262 2.7L Peete cS su leek sass. ee elk 1629
Monae IstOnenl Saclkeby. --- 4--- = tee ee se eee ee cose eens aie 1632
Public buildings. .......--- Peer a ee aS Baa eae hres ato eC 1632
LS Fifty-third Congress, 1893-1895:

Pemrrmminielinth Mesemia 6 40. .0 Slee ecb ke eo etal aan 1632
PreneCcHaiIen OhUOCUIMENIS 22 th2on. 20 lonsn seas ttiads cUaee see nace 1635
emRreaGnin- alr ni ranCIsCO. CL ~ SYS LL eee ot ose Sasha ces cee voles o UNS. 1635
UT EEE 0 Ne ep eset A th Pat ee Puen) hg a a 1636
LMA MUSG TENG One ch take aR net ren Aes ol ate a TH OE Ah ea 1639
MSY ee Se i SP ae aleve he Bei ec ihe e GAN penn iia pee Rae 1639
ENG AIRTO DED Ste Pelee hee REN Seah i ha pe eR ee 1640
oem ee eee ee nt tie ess erence onge tee oak, Sy 2 eae 1643
Teton Peay aE Mee Bek Ak “AEN Oy an Acted oa Sed gig nc Bi a eat anil oi 1 1643
IBANCClONA eee neta Aaa tee etree eee Senate a= tie eee a es 1644
LCL ENG IROTE gi) 019) 5 REID, OS a ee te ee a > eae Ree 1644
Pemiversiny or une United States... 223-2 be eseo4 ede enone oes 1654
enema Ia hOrienl NOGIELY EMR Eel lel fo ees Soe e ede Se 1661
Pemos| Museum, armory building 02-2. .2 30.2. eek sete eens ccsle 1661
new building.......-.- Zar seaport cath 2 ka ple bio eee 1661
Sunday and evening opening..........2....2..2..2-- 1662
COS UHINTET TSS Fak 8 Dhue las aie Pica re EEL Nea ee esa 1662
SURO SPR niaeie ese ee kek ah eee ce eae eee 1668
Documents for the Smithsonian Institution...........--.-----+----L---- 1670
SMmion Er Suppilce sine. ea nase anos as et Gat ha ee apne are ee ata 1670
Report of SMmibisomian Institution: .s252 S224 05 20d Soto se bee eee 1672
fmeport on expenditures... -2-.. ss. <ses.. sessed Se, 0p = pete ae ge 1672
iiicernational exchanges, estimates ...-..-..2<----4-.23) 252. 2isenes 2 1676
BP PLOPRIAlLONSy ae —= a= ee cee Se 1674
iuimectimo ie Kohn Olooy.(CStlIMNAtes =< fork Sastre re eerste he erate ch oie ws 1675
A PROWEAGLOM aes veteran en ae eat EL 1676
AmrOphy Merl Observatory, CSbliMates: —s525 Se Mee sn bs Wea ee 2 1676
AD PUOME NOMS wlan eeee te oe eels So terre arn 1677

Objects of the Smithsonian Institution. Letter to President of the United
ee eye eye eae eee ESAS a te hee Oe aaa s wees 4 = 1677
Amendment to act of organization of Smithsonian Institution --....--.--- 1680
Deposit of securities in the Treasury vaults .....2...-..:.-.--..-------- 1685
Permanent appropriations, Smithsonian fund -.-...---.-----.---------- 1687
Preah EUGEOPICA ASSOCIILON «ino aso ous fas oc eee skdhoccs seen --s-- 1687
REND ese itn) Ne NE hare Se ee 1688

Objects of the Smithsonian Institution. Circular by Secretary Langley.. 1688

XLV CONTENTS.
Fifty-third Congress, 1893-1895—Continued. Page.
National: Zoological .Park, entrame@e,-22sc: 55. ae See 1690
FEPOLLOMexpeMseses + aeearee eles. eee 1692
estimates 2224 Sa ee ager mee fos >) 1692
aApPropriakwoneze sass wee SL | 5 ee 1694
Act for public printing and binding and distribution of public documents. 1695
Appropriations debated. 2c. . 4: _s26 gab eee Pate eee ee oat eee 1697
Weighing coal and measuring wood for public service. __.......---.----- 1698
Arrears of (busimessan publiciotiicess sa. ees ea ee eee 2 ee 1699
Bonds of «disbursing. officers. 225222 su-.cte eee eed eee 1700
Fifty-fourth Congress, 1895-1897: at
International-exchanges; estimates... uso soe ee ead see 2) + ic ae Se 1700
APPLOpriahions.-<ee eee ee ee ees) ee 1707
Bureau of American Ethnology, estimates --...--...-.--.---..-- iss ae 1709
appropriations Sot fk ee 1709
Astrophysical. Observatory, estimates... 1... Je. se geeet nt soe 1709
Sapproprigtions:.- 24. . apseeace 2h eee tee 1710
Smithsonian deposit in Library of Congress 22. 2..-222¢522.-25.642ce5208 1710
Owen stabiete S. oo oo = sec cee oes se tetas ore eee eee ee 1710
WiniversiinnoleAmertcas Bo Se 02 5 hon cee ape oe oe a eee Sees 1710
National Museum, new building. ..0..-0 2142 oso 5 lee oS eee ee 1711
Nicaracuan collectionvof pottery. 2-- 4. 5=-s2e-eee ae 1726
CSHIMALES 255 25 tse a Saco cutee sae oer eee eee 1727
approprigions ’:....2.5.5..55.. 22502 bees ee 1732
Appointment of Recents. .o2c. 2. 22. 26.4 acecas ko etek eee ee 173
National Zoological Park, improvement of thoroughiare near park ....-- 1738
Mount Pleasant and Zoo Gravity Railway Com-
PANY. oes each Si: aeee See eee 1738
estimates... 2.222 0c.cneccetees see eae 1738
spproprintions 25... 2ccu thes. eee ee 1739
International Permanent Exhibition Company, New York ..-....--..--- 1739
National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution -.......------ 1740
Anacosia statue ot George Washington... 225.45 4-22-6- 5 ee 1745
RepoOreOn: Cx penditowes. ic... a sant hone ge we ye ee See 1746
SIMiihsonian, mail nmatvermot limited: 2-2 see eee 1746
Hxpositions; Chicago. 2-25. fcc. 252s ck tense es oe soe eee 1746
Nasbwilles eee a5 s522.e. 2 eee igehsos eee 1748
Atlanta) 202 28h esos o Le Rts a ee ee 1751
Omahase eee oes se eee ee ee i 1751
Brussels 325 282/223 jokes ete eo eee 1754
New York GasiA pparatug 322225. oe. Sele a See 1754
Settlement between the United States and State of Arkansas -._.....---- 1755
Sociological Institution’. .=:)veecc= 2.) ae ee ee 1761
National Society of Colonial Dames of America and Society of Colonial
Dames. of Amerea:2! 3.22 oe: noe et eee eae ee eee 1763
Hor-ceal investigation. .2 5.50 loge > fea te eee eh eee ee er 1766
Smithsonian bureaus under civil service .........-.-.------------------ 1767
International catalogue of scientific literature .......--.---.------------ 1769
Covernment of Library of Conpress-< 222: 2220. seer eae ee 1773
Fifty-fifth Congress, 1897-1899:
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FIFTIETH CONGRESS, 1887-1889.
BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY—ESTIMATES.

December 5, 1887—House.
Estimates for 1889.

For the purpose of continuing ethnological researches among the
American Indians, under the direction of the Secretary of the Smith-
sonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary
employees, $50,000.

December 3, 1888—House.
Estimates for 1890.

For the purpose of continuing ethnological researches among the
American Indians, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution,
including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, $50,000.

BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY—APPROPRIATIONS.

March 30, 1888.
Deficiency act for 1888.
For North American ethnology, Smithsonian Institution, $49.09.
(Stat., XXV, 63.)
[To cover claim reported in House Executive Document No. 90,
Fiftieth Congress; first session. ]
October 2, 1888.
Sundry civil act for 1889.

For the purpose of continuing ethnological researches among the
American Indians, under the direction of the Secretary of the Smith-
sonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary
employees, $40,000.

(Stat., XXV, 529.)

March 2, 1889.
Sundry civil act for 1890.

For the purpose of continuing ethnological researches among the
American Indians, under the direction of the Secretary of the Smith-
sonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary
employees, $40,000.

(Stat., XXV, 952.)

SERVICES OF SPENCER F. BAIRD.

December 12, 1887—Senate.

Mr. Grorce F. Epmunps introduced a bill (S. 533) to pay Mrs.
Mary C. Baird, widow of the late Spencer F. Baird, the sum of
50,000, in full compensation for the services and expenses of the said

1046 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

Spencer F. Baird during his administration of the office of Commis-
sioner of Fish and Fisheries, from February 25, 1871, to the time of
his death, in August, 1887.

Mr. Epmunps. This is not a claimant’s bill, but is a bill to provide
for paying the widow of the late Professor Baird for about sixteen
years of gratuitous service that he performed as Commissioner of
Fish and Fisheries. I move that the bill be referred to the Commit-
tee on Appropriations, who have been familiar with the subject and
made appropriations for it, and I hope that they will report upon it
very early, indeed, as I believe it myself to be a very meritorious and
just bill.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

January 12, 1888.—House.
The first bill on the Calendar was read, as follows:

A bill! (S. 261) to amend the law concerning the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries.

Be it enacted, etc., That section 4395 of the Revised Statutes ce the United States be,
and the same is ee amended to read as follows:

‘‘That there shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, a person of scientific and practical acquaintance with the fish and
fisheries to be a Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, and he shall receive a salary of
$5,000 a year, and he shall be removable at the pleasure of the President. Said
Commissioner shall not hold any other office or employment under the authority of
the United States or any State.”’

The report (by Mr. PoiInpExTER Dunn) was read, as follows:

The Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries, to whom was referred the
bill (S. 261) entitled ‘‘An act to amend the law concerning the Commissioner of
Fish and Fisheries,’’ have considered the same, and report it back to the House
without amendment and recommend its passage without delay.

The United States Fish Commission was established by act of February 9, 1871,
which provided for the appointment by the President, with the consent of the Sen-
ate, of a Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries from among the civil officers or
employees of the Government, who shall serve without additional salary. The act
contemplated simply an investigation, ‘‘ with the view of ascertaining whether any,
and what, diminution in the number of food-fishes’’ had taken place, and also what
‘* protective, prohibitory, or precautionary measures should be adopted, and report
upon the same to Congress.”’

The act of March 3 of the same year to provide for deficiencies, etc., appropriated
$5,000 for the expenses of the inquiry ordered.

Prof. Spencer F. Baird, then assistant secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
and an employee of the Government, he having charge of the National Museum, was
appointed Commissioner. He prosecuted the inquiries with so much zeal, energy,
and ability that the act of 1871 was reenacted, and the deficiency bill of May 18,
1872, made an additional appropriation of $3,500 to continue the inquiry and $500
for the preparation of illustrations, tables, and report.

So impressed was Congress with the wisdom of Professor Baird’s recommenda-
tions, based on the investigations he had made into the condition of our fisheries,
that the act of June 10, 1872, contained an appropriation of $5,000 to continue those

1The bill (S. 261) passed Senate on December 21, 1887.

FIFTIETH CONGRESS, 1887-1889. 1047

investigations auring the fiscal year, and $15,000 was provided ‘‘ for the introduction
of shad into the waters of the Pacific States, the Gulf States, and of the Mississippi
Valley; and of salmon, whitefish, and other useful food fishes into the waters of the
United States to which they are best adapted.’’ Each succeeding year appropria-
tions have been increased as the work was extended under the wise and successful
management of the Commissioner.

The act limiting the appointment of the Commissioner to the detail of some one at
the time in the employ of the Government appears to have contemplated only an
inquiry occupying perhaps a few summer months.

At the time of the selection of Professor Baird his duties under his salaried posi-
tion were comparatively light, as he was charged with the administration, under
the Secretary, of the Museum, which was in those days contained in the small space
which could be allowed in the Smithsonian building. Under Professor Baird’s
masterly, wise, and energetic management both the Fish Commission and the
National Museum have grown to large proportions, so that at his death the work of
the Fish Commission had developed from an inquiry in 1871, on an appropriation
of $5,000, to the production, transportation, and distribution of over 100,000,000
young fish and the administration of some 16 hatching and rearing stations—2
in Maine, at Grand Lake Stream and Bucksport; 2 in Massachusetts, at Gloucester
and Woods Hole; 2 in Michigan, at Northville and Alpena; 1 at Duluth; 1 on the
Columbia River; 2 in California, on the Sacramento; 1 on the Susquehanna, at Havre
de Grace; 1 at the mouth of the Potomac; 2 within the city of Washington; 1 at
Fort Washington, and 1 at Wytheville, Va.—besides the administration of scientific
investigations and fish hatching done by three steam and one sailing vessel and of
three transporting cars specially designed to transfer fish from one end of the coun-
try to the other.

The National Museum has had a corresponding expansion, for in addition to the
hall of the Smithsonian, which held the collections in 1871, and whose administra-
tion cost $20,000, a building covering 33 acres has been built and equipped, and it
has been found necessary to appropriate $168,000 for their care this year.

The necessity arose for husbanding and increasing our food resources, and Pro-
fessor Baird created and expanded the Fish Commission, and although the act of
1871 may have been prudent and a wise measure at the time it was enacted, and
although the work of the Fish Commission as well as that of the Museum was well
done by him, perhaps at sacrifice of some years of his valuable and honored life, it
is to be doubted if, at the time of his appointment as Fish Commissioner, the Smith-
sonian, the National Museum, and the Fish Commission had been of their present
magnitude, Congress would have provided for their conduct being placed even on
his broad shoulders and the work of three assigned to his well-trained and culti-
vated intellect.

The work of the Fish Commission has become so extensive and the results so
important to the country that it should be made, as this bill proposes, the sole
object of the Commissioner. It should occupy all his time. This bill, therefore,
while giving the President the greatest latitude in making his choice, takes away
the limitation that that choice shall be confined to those who may be otherwise
employed by the Government. This bill repeals the provision of the act of 1871
which requires that the now important and all-engrossing duties of the Fish Com-
missioner shall be performed at the expense of some other department and some
other appropriation.

Under the present law the Commissioner must either hold a sinecure, receive a
Government salary which he does not earn, or he must neglect duties for which he
is paid in order that he might perform others for which he is not paid, or perhaps,
as in the case of Professor Baird, devote hours which nature demands for rest and
recreation to Government work without compensation. The first two alternatives

1048 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

are neither right nor proper, and the Government is not so impecunious or needy
that we should ask for it or accept such gratuitous services.

The rate of salary named in the bill is the same as has been fixed for and paid to
the assistant commissioner for years.

With a Commissioner charged, as his sole duty, with the work of the Fish Com-
mission there will be no further need for an assistant commissioner. The bill,
therefore, does not contemplate any additional expense. The further details of the
administration will be looked to when the appropriation bills are made up.

It is best not to encumber the present bill with other matter than the provision
for the head of the Commission, as it is of the first importance that a permanent
head of the Commission should be provided for at once. As soon as the new Com-
missioner provided for by this act shall have been appointed and installed he can be
called before the committees of the House, and if further legislation be needed it
can be predicated on his reports and after a revision of any projects for the prosecution
of the work which he may submit.

Mr. PornpExtTER Dunn. I do not know of anything that I can add
to the explanation given in the report if members have attended to
the reading of it. The simple question is whether the Fish Commis-
sion shall be retained and given a thorough business organization,
with a distinctive, independent, and responsible head to it, or whether
it shall be abandoned.

I presume that members generally know that it originated at the
instance of Professor Baird in the institution of a mere inquiry in
1871, and that it has grown now to be one of the most important
bureaus of the Government in the estimation of a great many
thoughtful and considerate people. Appropriations have been made
from year to year and placed at the disposal, practically, of Professor
Baird almost without limitation, and I believe during most of the time
without detailed report as to the manner of their expenditure, so great
was the confidence which Congress and the country had in his wisdom
and in his integrity, and the results have justified that confidence.

But Professor Baird is dead, and there is now no practical head to
that bureau. And it is thought wise and to be best that an inde-
pendent head be created, in order that the bureau may be administered
on a basis of responsibilty, as the other departments or bureaus of
the Government are and should be.

Mr. W. C. Oates. Will the gentleman from Arkansas permit me a
question ?

Mr. Dunn. Yes, sir.

Mr. Oates. Will the gentleman inform us what authority Con-
gress has for legislation creating this bureau?

Mr. Dunn. Well, Mr. Chairman, that is a very large question,
undoubtedly, in the estimation of my friend from Alabama; but it
seems that Congress created this bureau in 1871 and has maintained
it since. It was perhaps unfortunate that my friend from Alabama
was not here just then to intercept it; but we have the bureau in

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FIFTIETH CONGRESS, 1887-1889. 1049

existence, and it is for Congress to determine now not whether it will
create such a bureau, but whether or not it will retain it. Really,
time would fail me to undertake to go into a general disquisition as to
the exact authority of Congress to do or not to doa great many things
which it has done in the past.

Mr. Oates. Will the gentleman answer another question ?

Mr. Dunn. If I can.

Mr. Oates. Was not the origin of this bureau merely a resolution

authorizing the detail of an officer of the Government to inquire into

the destruction of fish along the coast?

Mr. Dunn. Yes, sir; that was its origin, as is stated in the report
of the committee. Inquiry made under that authority led to the
making of the appropriations by Congress from time to time for the
creation of hatching stations, for the construction and equipment of
vessels, for the construction and maintenance of railway cars to trans-
port spawn and young fish, and distribute them over the country, and
for doing all the things that the Fish Commission has done. There
has been created and brought into existence a plant costing the Goy-
ernment perhaps more than a quarter million dollars, possibly a half
million. We now have sixteen hatching stations, several vessels with
their equipments, and some railway cars constructed for the express
purpose of transporting spawn and young fish to different parts of the
country, where they are deposited in the water for development and
propagation. That is the situation. The bureau is now actually in
existence. Heretofore the appropriations have been intrusted to Pro-
fessor Baird, but, unfortunately for science and the good of mankind,
Professor Baird is no longer alive, and it now devolves upon the Goy-
ernment to put that bureau upon a business basis or else to abandon it.
It is not believed that there is any strong sentiment in the country in
favor of abandoning it, because everybody is aware of the great bene-
fits that have resulted from its establishment.

Mr. G. W. Sreevx. Can the gentleman inform us whether Profes-
sor Baird’s successor has been appointed ?

Mr. Dunn. There has been designated an officer to take charge of
that bureau temporarily, Professor Goode, who is now away on leave
of absence, I believe. By reference of the question to the Solicitor-
General, it was found that the assistant commissioner, who had been
really the administrative officer of the Government, was not eligible
for appointment to the position of Commissioner.

Mr. Sreete. Is Professor Baird’s successor at the head of the
Smithsonian Institution ?

Mr. Dunn. Professor Goode?

Mr. Sreee. Yes.

Mr. Dunn. I can not answer that question. Professor Baird, I
believe, was one of the secretaries of the Institution.

1050 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

Mr. 8. S. Cox. Professor Goode is assistant secretary of the Smith-
sonian Institution, but he will probably be compelled to resign by
reason of ill health.

Mr. STEELE. Professor Baird’s successor, if appointed, will receive
$8,000.

Mr. Dunn. Oh, no.

Mr. Streets. Professor Baird received that.

Mr. Dunn. Professor Baird received nothing as Fish Commissioner.

Mr. STEELE. But in connection with the Smithsonian Institution he
received $8,000.

Mr. Dunn. He received $8,000 for performing the duties of that
office and of two others.

Mr. Cox. But not from the Government.

Mr. Dunn. Not from the Government.

Mr. STEELE. I want to ask the gentleman from Arkansas whether,
within his knowledge, the President of the United States has canvassed
the country to find a man who can perform the duties which Professor
Baird performed as secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and as
Fish Commissioner.

Mr. Dunn. I must respectfully refer the gentleman to the President
himself. The question would not be a respectful one for me to ask,
and I must decline to make the inquiry; and, in the absence of any
information on the subject, I can not undertake to answer the gentle-
man’s question.

Mr. SteeLtx. Do you not think it would be possible for the Presi-
dent to find a suitable successor to Professor Baird?

Mr. Dunn. I have never doubted the President’s ability to discharge
all the duties devolving upon him by law as Chief Executive with
great ability and great benefit to the country.

Mr. Streets. As I understand it now, the party of ‘‘economy and
reform” propose to pay $13,000 to some one for performing the same
duties that were performed by Professor Baird for $8,000.

Mr. Dunn. The gentleman is greatly in error. I sympathize with
him, and I shall be patient in enlightening him. The Government has
never paid one dollar as a salary to any person for acting as Fish
Commissioner.

Mr. Steeve. Professor Baird did that work in addition to his other
duties?

Mr. Dunn. Yes; Professor Baird was a great naturalist and scient-
ist and an enthusiast about this particular matter. He rendered the
Government a very valuable service as a labor of love, and his labors
produced such valuable results that it is now deemed wise for Con-
gress to preserve and extend them by preserving this bureau and
leaving the President to find a fit successor to carry on Professor
Baird’s work.

FIFTIETH CONGRESS, 1887-1889. 1051

Mr. Sreetr. Would it not be economy to defer this matter for
a while in order to see whether a successor can not be found to per-
form the same duty that Professor Baird did and for the same pay ?

Mr. Dunn. The President will scarcely ‘‘search” for a Commis-
sioner, for he is authorized to appoint one.

Mr. Sreee. He has already made a designation, as I understand.

Mr. Wu. L. Wiuson, of West Virginia. The gentleman from
Arkansas [Mr. Dunn] yields to me for a few moments. As to the
question of the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Steele], I will simply
make this explanation, that the salary of Professor Baird was never
paid out of the Treasury or by the Government of the United States.
As Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, elected by the Regents of
that Institution, not appointed by the President, he was paid out of
the income of the Institution. He was designated as the head of the
Fish Commission, and for his services in that capacity he received no
salary whatever.

Professor Baird’s successor as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion has been selected by the Regents, and is performing his duties.
This Fish Commission has grown to such an extent that the adminis-
trative work requires an executive officer at the head of it. It will be
no longer proper to devolve the duties of the head of this Commission
upon an officer paid out of a private fund, and who, having been
selected for his high scientific abilities and attainments, can not prop-
erly be required to give to the administrative duties of an office like
this the time and attention which they demand, and who is not expected
to have the special qualifications which would fit him for work’of this
character.

While on the floor I will say only one other word with reference to
the appointment of a head for this Commission. By the language of
the bill it is provided, I observe, that the President shall appoint as
Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries a person of scientific and practical
acquaintance with the fish and fisheries of the coast. The gentleman
from Arkansas [Mr. Dunn] informs me that this language has been
modified so as to include the inland waters of the country. With the
respect which I have for Professor Baird’s memory and which I had
for him while he was living, I would be the last man to make any crit-
icism upon the past management of the Fish Commission; but I think
there is danger that the scientific side of this question may be given a
prominence not designed by Congress in the establishment of this Com-
mission. I do not understand that the appropriations made by Con-
gress for this work, amounting to several hundred thousand dollars
per annum, and increasing from year to year, are given for the purpose
of investigations in natural history. In my view, the work of this
Commission is designed to be economic and practical, looking to an
increase of the food supply in the fisheries of the United States. The

1052 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

practical and economic side of the work of this Commission is the one
which should have prominence, and the scientific work should be only
an adjunct. I think the danger to be apprehended in the future,
especially if we should have a purely scientific man at the head of this
Commission, is that he will consider the appropriations given by Con-
gress as designed rather for the purpose of conducting scientific experi-
ments and investigations than to be applied to the actual economic
work contemplated by Congress in the creation of the Commission.

Mr. A. J. Hopxins, of Illinois. Does not the gentleman’s argument
apply more to the question of the appointment which may be made by
the President than to the phraseology of the bill?

Mr. Wison, of West Virginia. I am not objecting to the phra-
seology of the bill, for it includes both terms—‘‘ scientific” and ‘‘ prac-
tical.”

Mr. Hopkins, of Illinois. Of course the appointee must have some
special knowledge with reference to the subjects intrusted to the Com-
mission.

Mr. Wuson, of West Virginia. If I were going to write the bill I
would give the word ‘‘ practical” preference over the other.

Mr. Dunn. I yield to my colleague on the committee, the gentle-
man from California [Mr. Felton].

Mr. Cuarues N. FEtton. I wish to state for the information of gen-
tlemen here that while Professor Baird received no salary other than
that paid from the funds of the Smithsonian Institution

Mr. STEELE. A salary of $8,000.

Mr. #revron. He had an assistant who performed, under the super-
vision of the professor, most of the duties connected with the work of
the Fish Commission, and this assistant was paid for his services
$5,000 per annum. It is now proposed to dispense with this assistant
and to put at the head of this Commission some competent gentleman
who will receive the salary of $5,000. Consequently there will be no
increased expenditure in the matter of salaries for conducting the
work of the Commission. This work having grown to such magnitude
as to justify the creation of a distinct bureau, with an official head, it
is important that this officer should give to the work of the Commis-
sion his entire time, instead of attending to matters connected with
two or three different institutions. There will be no increase of salary
and no additional expenditure of money.

Mr. Stee te. Does the gentleman refer to Mr. Ferguson?

Mr. Fetron. I do refer to Mr. Ferguson, a gentleman as to whom
Professor Baird is upon record as saying that there was not in the
United States a man who was his equal in iii of these fish
industries.

Mr. Cox. Mr. Chairman, I think I can answer satisfactorily th
queries which haye been propounded on the other side. I would

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not obtrude myself in connection with this matter but for some rela-
tion which I had in the early days to the Smithsonian Institution and
my regard for the gentlemen who have been associated through that
institution with the Fish Commission.

Professor Baird, as we all know, became, after the death of Professor
Henry, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. He received a
salary, but not from the Government. He was a beneficiary under
the will of an Englishman—James Smithson. When we undertook,
through the agency of the Government, to investigate the propagation
of food-fishes in America, a measure was passed by Congress on the
9th of February, 1871, authorizing the President to appoint, for the
purpose of taking charge of this work, someone connected either with
the Smithsonian Institution or with the Government. Professor Baird
at that time was connected with the Government ‘‘ National Museum.”
He was an employee of the Government. Being an enthusiast in rela-
tion to the propagation of food-fishes, having a thorough scientific
training, he entered upon these researches con amore. He was
selected by the President to undertake it. He undertook it with-
out pay.

The pay he received as secretary was perhaps adequate for his run-
ning expenses as a citizen of Washington in such an eminent position,
but he died a comparatively poor man, and his family, consisting of an
infirm wife and an infirm daughter, are living in a house which they
must sell or give up, unless they are more or less supported from some
other source than remained to him at his death. After all his gratui-
tous and beneficent services for the Government, they must yield up
that comfort which they enjoyed while the husband and father was
serving the Government. But of that I may speak on another and
‘more fitting occasion.

I do not wish to discuss the question whether there is any necessity
for this bureau. It exists. The only question now is, whether we
shall sustain it in its present efficiency.

Professor Baird inaugurated the inquiry to which I have adverted
in 1871. He continued his service until the last year, when he died.
On his decease Professor Goode was called to take his place. He was
and is in frail health. He had been an assistant to Professor Baird and
has been receiving $5,000 as such Assistant Fish Commissioner. Pro-
fessor Goode, at the express request of the President, took charge of
this trust temporarily, as understood. He is not able to keep up his
relation with the Smithsonian and the Museum and with the Fish
Commission also; so that he is see to resign that position as Fish
Commissioner.

Now the question comes up pation we shall continue this bureau.
‘%t does not call on us to pay any more money out of the Treasury as
salary than has been paid to the Asssistant Commissioner. This was

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well stated by the gentleman. We propose to give the same sum to
the officer created under this act as was paid to the assistant, namely,
$5,000.

The business of propagating our food-fishes is well appreciated by
the people all over our country. Since Professor Baird began this
work there has been sent out by tank, cans, and otherwise, throughout
the land, from Texas to Maine, and from the Columbia River to the
St. Johns, one hundred millions of young fish, or spawn for the
propagation of this food.

The report of Professor Goode (H. Mis. Doc. No. 39) to the present
Congress shows the cost during the last fiscal year of the production,
transportation, and distribution of these hundred millions from their
sixteen hatching and rearing stations. ‘The propagation expenses was
$130,000, the cost of fish ponds and distribution was $45,000; and the
same sum for vessels engaged in the service. There are existing other
appliances for the founding of this extensive and humane object, which
J will not now dwell upon.

The time has almost come prophesied by Professor Huxley, when an
acre of water will almost produce as much food for the support of
human life as an acre of land.

The science of fish propagation is one of the marvels of our time.
It is one of the miracles of physical culture. We have understood,
appreciated, and encouraged by law this wonderful multiplication of
food-fishes.

If I am permitted to refer modestly to my travels, I will say that
when I was coasting around Norway a scientist informed me—point-
ing out over the Arctic Ocean, which we were inspecting—that there
had been the year before a shoal of codfish near the Loféden Islands
1 mile in superficial extent, containing 150,000,000 cod; and that those -
codfish had fed on 420,000,000 herring. There is no limit to the
wonderful infinitude of these finny creatures of the deep.

Professor Baird saw with generous vision this result of natural law.
Although I believe the invention or discovery of this remarkable
fecundity and mode of propagation in fish was made at an earlier date
than 1871, still he utilized it. To be just in this connection, I may
remark that before Professor Baird undertook this service, Dr. Gar-
lick, an Ohio man, discovered the process. His is not a happy name,
but his discovery was felicity itself to millions. Is it not a curious
fact that Ohio always seem to be a little ahead of other States in cer-
tain affairs—political or otherwise? Excuse my seeming forwardness
in speaking of Ohio products, for I was born there myself.

Nevertheless, Mr. Speaker, there never was an interest in this
country so cared for by the Government as this of fish. Our first
efforts, at least in New England, began with fish. -When our ances-
tors—I refer to New England where I was educated—when our an-

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cestors went to King James for a charter to go across seas and colonize
Massachusetts, the King asked the Puritans—

‘* What is your object? What do you intend?”

Their answer was: ‘‘To worship God and catch fish!”

Then the king rejoined: ‘‘I give you the charter. ’ Fore Gad! it is
the Apostle’s own calling!”

Why, sir, even in the early churches of New England the early and
pious Puritans used to sing:

Ye monsters of the bubbling deep,
Your Maker’s name upraise;

Up from the sands ye codlings peep,
And wag your tails always.

So that in early New England the cure and care of fish was concom-
itant with commerce, liberty, and sanctity. In later times New Eng-
land has obtained Congressional enactments giving free salt for her
fish, while the miserable man in Chicago can not get free salt for his
pork. Congress has always had a kindly word for the fishermen. For
many decades it gave bounties at so much per cod. These fishermen
have not become less tenacious of their rights since the bounty ceased.
They are a power in numbers and influence. They number a million
or more of men constantly engaged in their hardy and hazardous occu-
pation. Their calling is associated at the present time with some curi-
ous wriggling in diplomacy. But wherever they are, and wherever
they adventure, they should be cared for by the fostering arm of the
Government.

The main object of this bill, sir, is not to assist the fishermen so much
as the consumers of fish. It would send out the seed broadcast, that
food harvests may grow in all the waters of this land. I trust there
will be nothing done here to impair the usefulness of this Bureau. I
trust, as this bill takes no money out of the Treasury, that no further
objection will be made to its passage; that the President may be able
to select a good, practical man of science and energy, whether he be a
Democrat or not, to occupy and honor the position. Iam not sure but
that there may be found some good scientific Democrat in the country
to administer this office. All the sciences can not be monopolized by
the Republican party. There may be a Democrat discovered with the
qualities of a good scientific fisherman. The President will find him.
The President himself is somewhat of an expert in that line. At all
events let us by this enactment enable him to select the right man for
the position. So far as I am individually concerned I am not over
eager whether he selects a Democrat or a Republican to carry out the
humane and beneficent provisions proposed by this bill reported by
my honored friend from Arkansas [Mr. Dunn], to whom I tender
my thanks for the privilege of these desultory remarks.

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Mr. Dunn. Mr. Speaker, I trust that the committee is now in the
humor to rise and report this bill to the House; and I make that
motion unless some other gentleman desires to be heard upon it.

The motion was agreed to.

The committee accordingly rose; and the Speaker having resumed
the chair, Mr. SPRINGER reported that the Committee of the Whole
House on the state of the Union, having had under consideration the
bill (S. 261), had directed him to report the same to the House without
amendment.

The bill was passed.

July 17, 1888.
Statement of G. F. Edmunds to Committee on Appropriations

Mr. James B. Breck. To what part of the bill do you wish to call
the attention of the committee?

Mr. G. F. Epmunps. I propose that you shall insert an amendment to
pay Mrs. Professor Baird $50,000 for the fifteen years and a half of
unrequited service that Professor Baird did for the United States; and
this is my statement as a witness, which I have condensed as much as
possible, to save your time:

By the act of 9th February, 1871 (vol. 16, p. 594), Revised Statutes,
section 4395, page 851, it was provided that—

There shall be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the
Senate, from among the civil officers or employees of the Government, a Commis-
sioner of Fish and Fisheries, who shall be a person of proved scientific and practical

acquaintance with the fish of the coast, and who shall serve without additional
salary.

Section 4396—

The Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries shall prosecute investigations and inquir-
ies on the subject, with the view of ascertaining whether any and what diminution
in the number of the food-fishes of the coast and the lakes of the United States has
taken place, and, if so, to what cause the same is due; and also whether any and
what protective, prohibitory, or precautionary measures should be adopted in the
premises, and shall report upon the same to Congress.

From this it will be seen that the scope of the duties of the Com-
missioner was limited to a purely scientific inquiry into an existing
state of things, and it is apparent from the language of the statute
that it was to be a temporary affair.

Under this act Professor Baird (who was chon assistant secretary of
the Smithsonian Institution at a salary of dollars) was appointed
Commissioner to make these investigations, and he immediately
entered upon the vigorous prosecution of his duties, and after his
report Congress, in 1872, made provision for continuing the inquiry;
and by the act of 10th June, 1872 (vol. 17, p. 350), it extended the

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duties of the Commissioner to the entirely new work of the introduc-
tion of shad into the waters of the Pacific States, Gulf States, and the
Mississippi Valley, and of salmon, whitefish, and other useful food-
fishes into the waters of the United States to which aey were best
adapted.

This enactment changed the character of the duties of the Com-
missioner from that of mere scientific investigation into an extensive
and most important administrative work, Sed! time, labor, and
‘responsibility many times greater than the inquiry to be made under
the act first above mentioned into the causes of the decrease of food-
fishes. From 1872 down to the time of Professor Baird’s death, in
1887, his work was continually increasing under the provisions of the
acts a Congress passed from year to year, enlarging the area of his
labors in respect of the hatching of fish and their establishment in all
the waters of the United States, as well as the shipment of eggs and
young fish to other countries having similar establishments, etc. And
in addition to all this Professor Baird was required to take the respon-
sibility of and provide for the exhibition of the fishery products,
etc., of the United States at the Berlin International Exhibition, at
the British International Exhibition, at the Philadelphia Centennial
Exhibition, and at the New Orleans Exhibition, and he was also
required to devote a great amount of time and labor, in the prepara-
tion of statistics and furnishing facts for use on behalf of the United
States before the Halifax Commission. And yet it was not until the
year 1883 that provision was made for his having any responsible and
official assistant. In all this work, scientific and administrative, he
made himself familiar with every detail and gave many hours of -
nearly every day in each year to the personal management and super-
vision of it, to the great advancement not only of science and scien-
tific knowledge, but to the successful development of the scheme of
restocking the waters of the United States with fish as provided for
in the acts of Congress; and his management of the fishery exhibits of
the United States at the various exhibitions referred to conferred the
greatest honor upon his country. ;

During all this period of more than fifteen years I was a near neigh-
bor and intimate friend, and saw him and his work almost constantly
from week to week, and so I can state from personal knowledge that in
my deliberate opinion his work as Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries
occupied not less than six hours on an average of every day of the
whole period. During a large part of this time he had his office at his
house, occupying rooms set apart and devoted exclusively to these pur-
poses, and he had the almost. constant assistance of his daughter in the
examination of the very voluminous correspondence, the writing and
revision of letters, and in all such incidental ways as that most compe-
tent young lady was able to help her father; and a few years ago he

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enlarged his house at an expense of many thousand dollars from the
controlling motive of having more space for carrying on his Fish Com-
mission work. From early morning until nearly noon he devoted him-
self to itat his house constantly. He would then go to the Smithsonian
Institution and spend several hours there in intense personal applica-
tion and labor to his duties as assistant secretary and, after the death
of Professor Henry, as secretary; and having fully performed all his
duties there would return to his house and devote most of his evenings,
and often far into the night again, to the work of the Fish Commission.
I speak of all these details during these long years from intimate per-
sonal knowledge of his course of life. He could almost never be per-
suaded to take a holiday, when year after year his family and his inti-
mate friends, who knew that he was overworking himself, would remon-
strate and beg him to leave some share of these great responsibilities
and exacting labors in other hands. The result with him was what
many of his friends feared would happen—he literally worked himself
to death in most valuable and meritorious and honorable service to the
United States, the largest part of which was never contemplated nor
provided for when his office of scientific investigation was created with-
out a salary.

In such a case it appears to me that both the dignity and the justice
of the United States require that a suitable recognition of this unre-
quited labor should be made to his widow, who has been for many
years a great invalid, and who, with their daughter, is left in decidedly
slender circumstances. i

Here is a memorandum which I think was mostly made by Professor
Baird himself about his work in the last year of his life, when he knew,
and bis family did not know, that he was going to die, which I will
read. Iam certain, privately, that Professor Baird left this memoran-
dum, except perhaps the last word or two of it, among his papers for
his wife. I will add that I dictated the paper, my own statement as a
witness, without knowledge or recollection of the fact that such a mem-
orandum as this existed. Then I came up again and asked Mr. Cleaves
to let me see the papers, and I found this, which I had entirely forgotten.

MEMORANDUM AS TO THE RELATIONSHIPS OF S. F. BAIRD TO THE U. S. FISH COM-
MISSION.

The Commission was established in 1871, with myself as Commissioner, solely for
the purpose of investigating the alleged decrease of the food fishes of the seacoast
and lakes of the United States, and its causes and remedies. The service was only

expected to occupy the summer months of one or, at most, two years, requiring com- ~

paratively little trouble and responsibility, and an appropriation of $5,000 was made
for the purpose the first year. The law expressly stipulated that no additional com-
pensation was to be paid to the Commissioner for his work.

In 1872 the subject of fish culture was added to the work to be done by the Com-
mission, and an appropriation of $15,000 was made for continuing the inquiry into
the food fishes and meeting the cost of the new division.

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Year by year the appropriations were increased, the scope of the work enlarged,
-and the labors of the Commissioner amplified in proportion, until, including the ap-
propriations for the fiscal year 1886, the sum amounted (in all) to over $2,000,000.

The average amount of time required of the Commissioner exclusively for the
duties of the Commission is not less than six hours a day, mostly in the early morn-
ing and in the evening, after the office work of the Smithsonian is completed.

The Commission is organized on a business basis, corresponding to that of other
bureaus of the Government, although more completely than most of them.

The correspondence of the Commission is enormous; the letters received, and re-
quiring the attention more or less direct of the Commissioner, amounting to at least
15,000 per annum, and as many more circulars and blanks. The letters written by
the dictation of the Commissioner, or by his direction, and reviewed by him before
signing, represent half that number.

‘The death of Professor Henry, in 1878, and the succession of the present Commis-
sioner to the office of Secretary of the Smithonian Institution so greatly increased
his work as to make it necessary to give up all outside work which has enabled him
to add to his private revenue.

For a number of years all the office accommodations and conveniences required by
the Commission were furnished gratuitously by the Commissioner in his private resi-
dence. From 1871 to 1875 one of the best rooms of his house on New York avenue
was given up for the needs of the Commission, including office accommodation of the
clerks. The increasing magnitude of the work made other additional space neces-
sary, and the Commissioner built a large house on Massachusetts avenue, mainly for
this purpose, arranging it entirely in the interest of the Commission. These accom-
modations included two basement rooms with iron safe, closet, and other necessities.
This for a time answered all the purposes of the Commission, but with the increasing
growth it became inadequate, and an appropriation was obtained from Congress for
renting a house next door to the Commissioner’s residence, and connected with it by
an iron door, allowing free access between the two buildings.

A few years later the accommodations again became insufficient, and the Commis-
sioner extended his private residence for the purpose of obtaining an additional room.
No rent was ever asked or received by the Commissioner for any of the quarters fur-
nished by him. At present all the expenses of lighting, heating, etc., in the rooms
of No. 1445 Massachusetts avenue are borne by the Commissioner. The rent paid by
the Commissioner for his house on New York avenue was $55 per month, and the
house was quite sufficient for his own needs. The cost of the building on Massachu-
setts avenue has been not less than $30,000, plus the taxes and insurance and extra
expense of maintaining so large an establishment, representing the increased cost to
him of hardly less than $1,500 for continuing for fifteen years to act as the unpaid
servant of the Government in connection with Fish Commission work.

The alternation of the headquarters of the Fish Commission office for three or four
months in the summer from Washington to some point on the seacoast from which
investigations could be prosecuted made it necessary for the Commissioner to take
his family with him, involving much additional expense in passenger fares, board,
etc. The necessity of spending the summer in small fishing villages along the coast
has also involved more or less inconvenience and almost privation.

_ The construction of the Commissioner’s residence on Massachusetts avenue was
made in part at the expense of Mrs. Baird’s share of her father’s property, and in
part of the moneys earned by his own editorial work. If his money had not been
invested in this manner it would have been invested otherwise, so as to have pro-
duced a corresponding income, the house on New York avenue being amply suffi-
cient for his needs. It may be safely said, therefore, that apart from any question
of compensation for services rendered, the many questions connected with the
accommodations of the Commission and the loss of interest on the investment—the

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Commissioner has been a loser to the amount of from $1,800 to $2,000 a year; this,
independent of the expenses of furnishing gas and coal, unreturned cost of the sum-
mer work, etc. é

Since the completion of the buildings at Woods Hole for the accommodation of
the work of the commission, the commissioner has paid all expenses of board of visi-
tors to the commission; this sum, in 1885 (including the board of his own family and
that of visitors to the station), amounting to over $300. It may here be distinctly
and emphatically stated that all the subsistence of visitors to the commission has
been paid from the commissioner’s private funds.

In conclusion, attention may be called to the fact that the commissioner receives
his entire pay from the Smithsonian Institution, which is not a Government estab-
lishment, and that consequently the Government does not make one cent of compen-
sation to him either for his work as U. S. Fish Commissioner or as director of the
National Musuem. There is and has been nothing to prevent his receiving pay as
commissioner, even under the law of prohibition of double salaries.

It may also be stated that, on several occasions, when it was proposed to pay him
a salary he declined to entertain the proposition, on the ground that it might impair
his usefulness as commissioner by the impression that he derived benefit from
appropriations made for its maintenance.

The fact may be well emphasized that the clause providing for noncompensation
of the commissioner was inserted at the request of the commissioner; but that the
increase in the duties and responsibilities was made by Congress at the suggestion of
an outside association and not at that of the commissioner.

ADDITIONAL MEMORANDA IN REGARD TO THE RELATIONSHIPS OFS. F. BAIRD TO THE
U. 8. FISH COMMISSION.

The act establishing the U. 8. Fish Commission provided that the commissioner
should serve without additional salary. From the time of the appointment of the
present commissioner to the secretaryship of the Smithsonian Institution, he has re-
ceived no salary whatever from the Government; and therefore any compensation
for the service would technically not be additional to anything already received. In
view of this fact Mr. Edmunds proposed to ask for a specific appropriation to pay a
salary, but the commissioner discountenanced the movement, on the ground that it
would take away from that disinterestedness and freedom of action in requesting
appropriations which were desirable under the circumstances.

Some years ago the commissioner, feeling the burden of furnishing quarters to the
commission, asked for an appropriation to pay for the renting of rooms or a building
outside; but Mr. Holman, who was then chairman of the Appropriations Committee,
declined to entertain the proposition, as he was opposed to anything ‘‘that looked
like fastening an additional Bureau upon the Government.”’

It will, of course, be understood that the expense of keeping up a house large enough
to furnish a number of rooms for the service of the Fish Commission, in addition to
the needs of his own family, will be much greater than that of an ordinary private
residence. The house contains twenty rooms, of which three are in constant use by
the commission. The expense of lighting and heating a house of this magnitude
amounts to about $600 per annum.

Mr. Eugene Harr. Why did we not take this matter in hand years
ago, and give Professor Baird a salary ?

Mr. Epmunps. I proposed it to Professor Baird (and that is what his
daughter or somebody must have referred to in making the end of that
memorandum after he died), and Professor Baird said, ‘‘ No; Congress
will do whatever they think is proper for me in the end, and I do not

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want to have anybody say, as this thing is expanding all the time, that
I am nagging around Congress to get something for myself; I am will-
ing to trust the future for all that sort of thing when my work is done.”
That was the reply he made to me. I.talked with Mr. Randall about
it once, and Mr. Randall said it ought to be done, but the professor was
so reluctant to bring himself in, that, under the circumstances, we never
did anything. I introduced a bill, and I want to turn that bill into an
amendment.

The CHarrMAN. You want to have whatever we do put on this bill?

Mr. Epmunps. Yes; that is exactly what I want, and it is perfectly
suitable and proper if it is right to do it at all, because it is not a pri-
vate claim, but is a miscellaneous donation that under the circumstances
it is proper for Congress to make, if you think so.

Mr. Hatz. How much is the amount?

Mr. Epmunps. Fifty thousand dollars, which is just about $1,500 a
year, including the rent of all the rooms; and, according to the rates
you are paying for other rents, if they had been hired by the United
States you would have paid more than that for the rent of rooms for
doing this business. I will just change the bill to an amendment, so
as to read:

To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay Mrs. Mary H.C. Baird, widow of
the late Spencer F. Baird, the sum of $50,000, full compensation for the services and
expenses of the said Spencer F. Baird during his administration of the office of Com-
missioner of Fish and Fisheries, from February 25, 1871, to the time of his death,
in August, 1887.

That is the amendment I desire to have made.

Mr. Brecx. You have Professor Langley’s letter?
‘Mr. Epmunps. I have a copy of it here.

The Cuarrman. We had better put that in the record.
Mr. Brecx. I think so. It is a very full statement.
Mr. Epmunps. It is an exact copy.

The letter is as follows:

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION,
Washington, D. C., February 4, 1888.

My Dear Sir: I have before me your letter asking for eserastiod in regard to
the public services of the late Prof. Spencer F. Baird. It would have given me much
pleasure to prepare a fuller statement than that which I now send od but I have
here done what the time allowed.

Professor Baird was appointed assistant secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
July 5, 1850, and on October 3, at the age of 27, he entered upon his life work in
connection with that foundation for ‘‘the increase and diffusion of knowlege among
men.’’ In May, 1878, after the death of Professor Henry, he was, by the unani-
mous vote of the Regents of the Institution, elected secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution, a position which he held until his death, August 19, 1887.

He was for thirty-seven years continuously in the scientific service of the Govern-
ment. In connection with his duties as an officer of the Smithsonian Institution, his
principal work was the development and care of the National Museum of the United

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States, which, under his wise administration, has always been an important element
in the scientific and educational progress of this country, its scale of operations becom-
ing each year greater and more highly appreciated both in this country and abroad.
He was also especially instrumental in organizing the system of international
exchanges of publications, which was always under his direct charge, and which has
been one of the most important agencies in the development of the public libraries
of the United States, particularly in the departments of pure and applied science.
He was, furthermore, during his entire official career, directly or indirectly concerned
in the organization and administration of the scientific work of the numerous expe-
ditions and surveys sent out under Government auspices, from the time of the Wilkes °
exploring expedition until his death. The reports upon the natural history of the
Pacific Railroad survey, Mexican Boundary survey, and many of the other surveys
of the West, were prepared under his direction, and the two volumes of the Report
of the Pacific Railroad Survey devoted to mammals and birds were written by him
and are still standard works of reference. In addition to these reports, he was the
author of several hundred important papers upon the natural history and natural
resources of the United States. In 1876 he was a member of the board on behalf of
the United States Executive Departments at the International Exhibition of 1876,
and the collections prepared under his direction were acknowledged to be among the ~
most instructive and impressive exhibited on that occasion.

I have thus briefly alluded to these labors to show that his position as an officer of
the Smithsonian Institution was not a sinecure, but that he devoted to it, to the
Museum, and to other allied Government interests the full time and labors of an excep-
tionally active and conscientious official. In spite of this, and in addition to it, his
most important work, from an administrative and economic standpoint, and certainly
the most self-sacrificing work of his life, was begun at the time of the organization of
the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries in 1871, when Professor Baird
was appointed commissioner, an office which he held in addition to all the preceding,
and to the duties of which he gave himself uninterruptedly during the remainder of
his life. I mean to say that he served continuously in both capacities, doing, not
figuratively but literally, more than the work of two active men, in order to do this
working ordinarily and constantly over twelve or fourteen hours a day, on Sundays
as well as week days. During the sixteen years in which he was constantly at his post
he never deputed his responsibilities to another, except during the five months pre-
ceding hisdeath. There can be no doubt that his death was hastened many years, not
by his independent regular labors as an officer of the Smithsonian, but by the labor,
anxieties, and responsibilities of his peculiar position as Fish Commissioner, which
became more burdensome each year with the expansion of his work.! After this, it
is saying little to add that out of his slender private means he gave the equivalent
of at least $1,500 per annum, for sixteen years, to the commission, in the form of
uncharged house and office rent.

As Commissioner of Fisheries he rendered a twofold service. The scientific work,
which was considered by him to be of the utmost value as a foundation for the prac-
tical work which was to follow, has been exceedingly extensive and important, and
the achievements of the United States Government in this direction are recognized
throughout the world as evidence of its enlightened and liberal attitude toward sci-
entific research. Fifteen years ago less was known in this country of the natural
history of our waters than perhaps in any other civilized country of the world. In
1887, however, it was generally conceded by foreign naturalists that the United
States was further advanced than any other country in this department of science.

' Norr.—It is, at the same time, but proper to say that this expansion was depre-
cated rather than recommended by him, and was the result of the interest exhibited
by the public at large in the advancement of the work of fish culture.

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The scientific work of the Commission has always been conducted with reference to
definite and practical results, and thé economic side of the work of the Fish Commis-
sion is comparatively in a still more advanced condition.

It seems scarcely necessary to dwell upon the results in fish-culture attained by the
Commission under Professor Baird’s direction. You are thoroughly familiar with
the manner in which certain fisheries, such as the shad fishery of the Atlantic coast,
the salmon fishery of the Pacific coast, and the whitefish fishery of the Great Lakes,
have been saved from destruction; how the Asiatic carp has been planted in the
20,000 or more ponds and lakes in almost every township in the United States; how
the shad fishery has been established in unfamiliar waters, such as the Ohio River
and Pacific Ocean; and, in addition to this, how many other steps of great magnitude
have been made in the art of fish-culture.

I dare not attempt to estimate the practical value of the work of the Commission
to the country, but can not doubt that it amounts to very many millions of dollars,
I presume you are familiar with Mr. Goode’s ‘‘ Review of what has been accomplished
by the Fish Commission in fish-culture and in the investigation of American fisheries;”’
but I venture to send herewith a copy of this pamphlet, and to direct your special
attention to pages 26 to 34, in which are quoted numerous commendations of the Fish
Commission from the principal authorities of Great Britain, Norway, Holland, Ger-
many, Belgium, France, and other European nations. Professor Huxley, in an ad-
dress at the London Fisheries Exhibition, said that he did not think ‘‘that any nation
at the present time had comprehended the question of dealing with fish in so thorough,
excellent, and scientific a spirit as that of the United States;’’ while M. Raveret-
Wattel, the principal French authority on this subject, states that ‘‘to this day
pisciculture has nowhere produced results which can be compared with those obtained
in the United States.’’ No one can question that the peculiar excellence of the work
of our Government has been directly or indirectly due to the presence of Professor
Baird at the head of.the Commission. He had no rivals, and during his administra-
tion no word of criticism was ever uttered by competent persons.

All this, it may well be remembered, was accomplished while filling effectively the
distinct duties of an officer of the Smithsonian Institution, for which alone he was
paid. And it may be added that during the first half of his term of service as Com-
missioner, and while he was assistant secretary of the Smithsonian, his entire salary
was less than that received by several of his assistants during the last few years.

In reference to the possible precedent of the action of Congress in the case of the
late Professor Henry, I would state that a communication from the Secretary of the
Treasury was received by the House of Representatives June 4, 1878, and by the Sen-
ate June 5, 1878, recommending an appropriation of $500 for each year during which
the late Professor Henry was employed as a member of the Light-House Board, for
the benefit of his family. On June 20, 1878, an act was passed ‘‘to pay to the legal
representatives of the late Joseph Henry, for services rendered by him as member
and president of the Light-House Board, $11,000.’’ (Second session, Forty-fifth
Congress, p. 214. )

In the absence of time for a fuller statement, let me ask your attention to the few
words in which the benefits to his country of Professor Baird’s labors were described
by a recent most competent biographer:

“‘The Fish Commission was an agency of research; but it was more. He made it
an agency by which science is applied to the relief of the wants of mankind; by
which a cheap, nutritious, healthful, and luxurious food is to be given to the millions
of men. .He affirmed that for the production of food an acre of water was more than
equal to 10 acres of land, thus giving to the gloomy doctrine of Malthus its ultimate
refutation, and clearing away the veil of despair from the horizon of the poor; for
when the sea shall serve man with all the food that can be gathered from its broad
expanse, the land will not contain the millions whom it is thus possible to supply.”

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Professor Baird’s services as Fish Commissioner were entirely unremunerated.
When he knew he was dying, looking to the position of his family and the slender
provision that the sacrifice of all opportunities for private gain had left, he only told
them that he could not but think that Congress, in view of these sixteen years of
unrequited service to his country, might be trusted to see that justice was done.

I am, sir, yours, very respectfully,
S. P. LANGLEY.
Hon. James B. BEcx,

U. S. Senate.
July 27, 1888—Senate.

The sundry civil bill being under consideration, an amendment was
offered to insert, on page 49, after line 19:

To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay Mrs. Mary H.C. Baird, widow of
the late Spencer F. Baird, $50,000, in full compensation for the services and expenses
of the said Spencer F. Baird during his administration of the office of Commissioner
of Fish and Fisheries, from February 25, 1871, to the time of his death, in August,
1887.

Mr. James H. Berry. I would like to inquire of the Senator from
Iowa how itis that, although Professor ‘Baird was to receive no salary,
this full sum is now due for the entire time of his service? My recol-
lection of the law is that the Fish Commission should be appointed
from employees of the Government and was to receive no additional
salary. This appropriation of $50,000 is for the entire time that Pro-
fessor Baird was in office, from 1871 to the date of his death. I would
like to inquire how this comes. |

Mr. Auuison. If the Senator from Arkansas will take the report of
the committee (Report No. 1814), and will turn to page 100 of that
report, and read carefully the statement made there respecting the
services of Professor Baird in this regard, and his relations to the
Government as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, I think he
will be convinced that this is a just and proper appropriation for the
eminent services of Professor Baird during the long period of his sery-
ice as Chief of the Fish Commission. And in order to give Senators an
opportunity to make an examination of this testimony and statement,
I will ask that this amendment may be passed over until the bill is gone
through with, or at least until Senators may have an opportunity of
examining the report.

The Presipinc Orricer. That will be agreed to if there be no
objection.

July 28, 1888—Senate.

The sundry civil bill was considered as in Committee of the Whole.

Mr. James H. Berry. When the amendment now under considera-
tion was reached yesterday I asked the Senator from Iowa [Mr. Alli-
son] to state why the salary of Professor Baird had not been previ-
ously paid. He referred me to the report of- the committee, and
especially to a statement made by the Senator from Vermont [Mr.

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Edmunds]. I have carefully examined that statement, and find the
facts to be about as follows: In February, 1871, there was an act of
Congress passed providing that the President, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate, should appoint from the civil officers or
employees of the Government a Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries,
and it was especially and particularly provided in the act that he should
receive no additional salary. It is stated in the report that Professor
Baird at that time was assistant secretary of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion. He was appointed as such Commissioner.

It is stated in this report that he was not an officer or employee of
the Government at the time of this appointment, and therefore that
the question of a double salary, which is prohibited by the statute,
could not apply. If he was not an officer or an employee of the Gov-
ernment, then he was appointed contrary to the provisions of the act
of Congress, because the act specially provided that the Commissioner
should be a civil officer or employee of the Government. It is stated
in the report also that subsequently to that time additional duties were
imposed upon the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, and it is stated
and I admit that Professor Baird performed the duties successfully
and well for the period of about fifteen and a half years.

At no time during his life did he ever apply for any salary for act-
ing as Fish Commissioner. It is further stated in the report that he
occupied and used two rooms in his private dwelling as an office for
the purpose of discharging the duties pertaining to this commission;
and it is also stated that a reasonable rental for those rooms, or, rather,
if they were paid for as the Government usually pays for renting prop-
erty in this city, they would have been worth probably $1,500 a year.

The Senator from Vermont [Mr. Edmunds] says that this is not a
private claim. I submit, Mr. President. that if Professor Baird hada
claim against the Government for rent paid for the Government, then
it should be presented as a claim, and it ought to go to the Committee
on Claims, and there be reported to the Senate and take the usual
course of any other claim.

Mr. I. G. Harris. I wish to ask the Senator from Arkansas if his
investigation has enabled him to inform the Senate what salary Pro-
fessor Baird received as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; and
if he is not able to answer, then I should be glad to have the chairman
of the Committee on Appropriations or some other Senator give that
information.

Mr. Berry. I am able to answer that. He received a salary of
$6,000 per annum as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; that
was the sum he received in that capacity from the time of his appoint-
ment in 1878 until his death in 1887.

As I was stating, if this is a claim against the Government, either
for salary or for house rent, then it ought to take the usual course of

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claims and ought not to be placed on this sundry civil bill. The
Senator from Vermont, however, in his statement says that it is not a
claim; he says that it is ‘‘a miscellaneous donation;” and because it is
a miscellaneous donation, Mr. President, I am opposed to it. If the
Government is indebted to Professor Baird, then the Government
ought to pay whatever it owes him; but if this is a donation, miscella-
neous or otherwise, as stated by the Senator from Vermont, then I
submit that we have no right to make it.

The money in the Treasury of the United States comes from taxes
collected from the people. The money is collected for public pur-
poses, not for private purposes. It is collected by authority of the
Constitution, which authorizes it to be collected to pay public debts,
to provide for the common defense and the general welfare, and if it
is to be treated as a fund which belongs simply to members of Congress
to donate to whomsoever they may think worthy and deserving, then
it simply becomes a question as to what persons can bring the most
influence to bear on these two Houses in order to receive that donation.

If the Senator from Vermont is correct when he says this is a dona-

tion, then Congress has no right to donate the money. If it is a pri-
waite claim or debt, then it ha no business upon this appropriation bill.

I submit, caihacaidte: that when the law expressly provided that
no salary showld be paid, eee for fifteen years Professor Baird made
no claim for salary, it can be nothing else than an absolute donation
or gift to Professor Baird’s widow. If he was not willing to perform
those duties without salary, if it was intended that eventually the
Government should be called upon to pay a salary, then it ought to
have been stated in the act of Congress under which he was appointed,
and we ought not to have been misled by saying that no salary should
be paid and now come in with a claim of $50,000 as salary.

If it is true that he was not an officer of the Government, if he was
not an employee of the Government, then he was appointed in direct
contradiction to and in the face of the statute which provided for this
appointment. If he was such officer, then he was receiving a salary of
$6,000 a year, and I care not whether it was paid by the Government
or paid by the Smithsonian Institution. There is a general statute
that says that no officer employed by the Government shall be paid a
double salary; and in either case this can not be paid.

I have no doubt Professor Baird performed the duties attending the
position which he held with great fidelity; I have no doubt his widow
is a worthy lady; but I insist if he has no claim, if we do not owe him
this money, Congress has no right to make an appropriation to ane
her this money.

Another thing: If this is a donation or gift, why shall it be put upon
the sundry civil bill, a general appropriation bill? It may be held,
and the President of the United States may conclude, that Ganges

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has no right to donate the public money; he may take that view of it,
that his oath of office and the Constitution of the United States require
him not to sign a bill which is a mere gift, as the Senator from Ver-
mont says this is. If that be true, then you propose to put upon a
general appropriation bill and force him either to approve that which
his conscience does not approve, or to veto one of the general appro-
priation bills of this session of Congress. That, it seems to me, ought
to be a sufficient objection to putting it upon this appropriation bill. If
there is a just and valid claim either for rent or for salary, let it go to
the Committee on Claims and let it take its chances with every other
claim that comes before this body, and not seek upon this general
appropriation bill to give $50,000 of the money which we have no
right to give, which does not belong to us, which the Constitution does
not authorize us to give. If we do not owe the money, then it is simply
a gift and can be nothing more and nothing less.

The PRESIDENT pro tempore (Mr. J. J. InGauus). The question
recurs upon agreeing to the amendment proposed by the Committee
on Appropriations. Is the Senate ready for the question ?

Mr. J. H. Reacan. Mr. President, I knew Professor Baird very well
during his life time and respected him very greatly, and I take it that
no one knew him but did respect him and respects his memory; and
in what I shall say I shall bear in mind the great value of his services
and his worth as a citizen and as a man.

This amendment proposes to give his widow $50,000 in considera-
tion of services rendered by Professor Baird to the Government. The
question is raised whether he was an officer of the Government of the
United States in his capacity as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion. By the act of Congress of 1846 for the organization of the
Smithsonian Institution, it is provided that a Secretary shall be
appointed. It does not specify what his compensation shall be, and I
understand that his compensation has been paid out of the fund arising
from the interest on the donation given by Mr. Smithson. So, while
he was not compensated out of the Public Treasury, he was appointed
under an act of Congress. I do not. know whether that would pre-
clude his right to receive an additional salary or not, and it is not
material, in the view I take of the question, whether it would or not.

In Europe, under Great Britain, Germany, and other governments,
we find large appropriations made for individuals out of the public
treasury. The amounts paid annually out of the public treasury of
Great Britain to the royal family go up into millions, because it is the
policy of that country to maintain royalty and to maintain an aristoc-
racy. In this country it has not until lately been any part of our
policy. Weare gradually drifting into the policy of creating an aris-
tocracy supported out of the Treasury, who render no service and who
are paid at the expense of other people. I do not wish to see this go

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further than it has already gone if it can be arrested. IJ do not think
there is any hope of arresting it, for the tendency for a good many
years past has been not only to build upa central republic, but to build
up with it by class legislation an aristocracy. Any person watching
the operations of the Government can not fail to see that this is the
drift of the Government, to centralism and to an aristocracy, besides
general privileged classes.

Professor Baird was not a very great sufferer. From 1878 to 1887,
a period of nine years and three months, he was receiving a salary of
$6,000 a year, aggregating $55,500, that he received during that period
as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Previous to 1878 he
received a salary of $2,500 a year as Assistant Secretary.

If it is thought that his services as Fish Commissioner merit addi-
tional compensation to that which he received for the services which
he rendered as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, I would not
object to a reasonable appropriation, if it can be lawfully made; but
when it comes to adding $3,333 extra compensation annually for fifteen
successive years, making $50,000 more to his compensation, it seems to
me that it is going too far. That is what it would be; $3,333 a year
for fifteen years in order to get $50,000 after his having received
$55,500 during thatsame period. Unless the committee sees proper to
modify and to reduce this amount to a reasonable compensation I shall
vote against its adoption; and while I do not wish to raise a question
of order upon this amendment unless they do so, I shall raise a question
_ of order under Rule XVI, which provides:

And no amendments shall be received to any general appropriation bill, the effect
of which will be to increase an appropriation already contained in the bill, or to
add anew item of appropriation, unless it be made to carry out the provisions of
some existing law, or treaty stipulation, or act, or resolution previously passed by
the Senate during that session, or unless the same be moved by direction of a stand-
ing or select committee of the Senate, or proposed in pursuance of an estimate of the
head of some one of the departments.

This amendment does not come under the authority of either of
those provisions. I take it that being reported by the Committee on
Appropriations is not a compliance with the meaning and purpose of
that part of the rule which says:

All amendments to general appropriation bills moved by direction of a standing
or select committee of the Senate, proposing to increase an appropriation already
contained in the bill, or to add new items of appropriation, shall, at least one day
before they are considered, be referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and
when actually proposed to the bill no amendment proposing to increase the amount
stated in such amendment shall be received.

This evidently shows that the rule means that some other committee
shall recommend it to the Committee on Appropriations; but if that

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view were not sustainable, then under the fourth clause I think the
amendment would clearly not be allowable, which clause provides that

4. No amendment, the object of which is to provide for a private claim, shall be
received to any general appropriation bill unless it be to carry out the provisions of
an existing law or a treaty stipulation, which shall be cited on the face of the
amendment. |

This is purely a private claim in the nature of a relief bill, and, as
suggested by the Senator from Arkansas [Mr. Berry], a donation by
the Government. It has not been estimated for by any department
that I am aware of. It does not arise under any law or under any
treaty, and is not, therefore, receivable.

I said that I did not propose to ask the President of the Senate to
rule upon the point of order unless the committee refuse to make a
reduction so as to make a reasonable allowance to the widow of Pro-
fessor Baird for the services he rendered as Fish Commissioner. If
they will put the sum at $10,000, or even at $15,000, I will not oppose
it if there is authority for the passage of such a bill, as to which ques-
tion I hardly feel prepared to determine now, vecause I do not know
whether his being appointed under an act of Congress and compen-
sated out of the Smithsonian fund would constitute him an officer of
the Government receiving salary so as to preclude the payment of
another salary. As I have doubt on that subject, and as I know that
Professor Baird rendered most valuable services to the Government
while he was receiving a large salary for other services, still I will not
object to voting $10,000 or $15,000 to his widow.

Mr. 8. M. Cuttom. Iam inclined to think myself that the sum speci-
fied in the committee’s amendment is too large. I appreciate the serv-
ices of Professor Baird to this country and to the world very greatly,
but it seems to me that the sum of $50,000 is too much money, and I
should be inclined to propose an amendment to the amendment of the
Committee on Appropriations reducing the amount to $25,000.

Mr. Harris. Mr. President, I suppose there is no Senator on this
floor who did not appreciate very highly the ability, the patriotism,
and the public services of Professor Baird. It does not matter, how-
ever, to me how the question may be decided as to whether he was or
was not technically an officer of the Government. It is certainly true
that he accepted a public service. He accepted it on terms satisfactory
to himself. He rendered the service in a way eminently satisfactory
to the country, and he received the salary for which he agreed to ren--
der it.

After his death, to appeal to the sympathies of the two Houses of
Congress to donate to his widow or to his estate the sum of $50,000,
or $25,000 as suggested by the Senator from Illinois, or any other sum,
is a precedent to which I do not intend to commit myself. It is wrong

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in principle. It is a precedent that will return to haunt us for every
day and every year that we may continue here. I shall vote against
the amendment in any form it may be presented.

Mr. W. Cau. Mr. President, I take it that it will not be disputed
that every act of legislation to be justified must be based upon some
public policy, or it must be in the line of some wise and reasonable
public policy. Suppose we examine the proposition of the Senator
from Tennessee, and the Senator from Texas, and the Senator from
Arkansas in the light of this truth. What is the proposition, and
what is the public policy which they avow upon this floor as the foun-
dation of their action here?

It is to discourage all devotion to the public service, superior merit,
and disinterestedness. A man may serve the country. faithfully, fie
may be a great public benefactor, as Professor Baird was; he may give
his services to the Government ane the people asa penebrobar: and those
services are not to be measured by the gratitude of the people and the
value to the world and to his country, but by the idea that he did not
drive a hard bargain with the Government; that he was disinterested
in his devotion to the public service; that, like Shylock the Jew, he
must make a contract and take the pound literally, and take it as his
pay.

Mr. President, governments are not based upon the idea of contract-
ing for services. They act with the power of the law and of command,
and they compensate according to the service rendered. There is no
other correct principle upon which to found our action.

The public policy of every government must be to encourage emi-
nent virtue, eminent ability. And how encourage it? By refusing to
reward it? By saying that this man’s wife shall be left in comparative
destitution after he devoted his life and gave the service of his house
to the Government, giving to the Government the offices in which
these duties were performed for fifteen years, which is in itself, I am
told, very nearly worth, at the price the Government is paying rent
in this city, the amount proposed to be given to this man, who devoted
himself to what? To enlarging the field of subsistence, the food sup-
ply of mankind. He gave his nights and his days, and it is said lost
his life at a comparatively early age from the severity and continuous-
ness of his labor.

Because he refused to receive compensation and gave this service
voluntarily we are told that the public policy and-safe precedent for-
bid that we should be generous and liberal to those whom he has left
behind; that‘is, that we shall say to everybody, ‘‘ Our public policy is to
discourage and to censure and to punish the man who exhibits superior
capacity, superior morality, devotion, and disinterestedness in the
country’s service.”

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Mr. President, there never was and there never will be a govern-
ment, and there ought not to be a government, that is based upon such
principles and such a policy.

Mr. Cuttom. I move, in line 22, to strike out the word “fifty,”
before ‘‘ thousand,” and to insert ‘‘ twenty-five,” if the amendment is
in order.

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The amendment of the Senator from
Illinois to the amendment of the Committee on Appropriations will
be stated.

Mr. Cuttom. I ask the chairman of the committee whether he will
not accept the amendment I propose?

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The amendment will be stated.

The CureF CLERK. On page 49, line 22, in the amendment of the
Committee on Appropriations, it is proposed to strike out ‘‘ fifty”
and insert ‘‘ twenty-five,” so as to read ‘*$25,000.”

The PrEstpENT pro tempore. The question is on agreeing to the
amendment of the Senator from Illinois to the amendment of the
Committee on Appropriations.

Mr. Wii. B. Atuison. If it is the general sense of the Senate
that the sum of $50,000 is too large, I shall yield, of course, to that
judgment. I shall be glad if the sense of the Senate will be that some
sum is equitably and fairly due to the widow of Professor Baird. He
certainly performed very eminent service, and I do not think that he
was, in the sense stated by the Senator from Tennessee and others,
an employee of the Government. He received his compensation from
and his services were rendered for an institution founded by a person
not a citizen of his own country.

His salary was paid from the Smithsonian fund and was not appro-
priated from the Treasury. He devoted the years of his life from
1871 largely to this service, and, as has been stated by the Senator
from Florida, he not only did that, but contributed what others would
have charged a considerable sum for annually, namely, the place
where the work of the Fish Commission was done. I think Professor
Baird’s services deserve some recognition at the hands of Congress.

Mr. Harris. Will the Senator from Iowa allow me to ask him if he
holds that the Government owes to the estate of Professor Baird a
debt?

Mr. Atuison. If the Government could be sued as a citizen could
be sued in the courts, it is probable that Professor Baird’s representa-
tives could not recover from the Government for the service, because
he never made any charge for the service or pretended to do so.

Mr. Harris. Will the Senator allow me to ask him if he does not
recognize the amendment as proposing to take out of the Treasury and
donate in the form of a gift in recognition of distinguished services
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Mr. Auuison. Practically that is just what it does.

Mr. Harris. That is what I know.

Mr. Atuison. It proposes to give a sum of money for distinguished
services rendered to our Government and to our people and to mankind
without compensation. Somebody has said that he is a public bene-
factor who makes two blades of grass grow where one grew before.
Professor Baird made thousands of fish grow where only one grew
before, and he rendered in that scientific work of his a service, not
only to our own country, but to every country on the globe, which
deserves the recognition of some government, and I think it is a small
recognition to give him the sum proposed by the report of the Senate
Committee on Appropriations.

Mr. Harris. If the Senator will allow me to ask him one other
question, I will promise to ask no more. Iam charmed with the
frankness of the answers of the Senator. My question is this, and it is
a pretty broad one: Does the Senator from lowa hold that we have the
constitutional power to levy and collect taxes and donate the money
so collected to any object that we may think meritorious?

Mr. Auuison. The constitutional question I prefer not to argue just
now. I could cite numerous precedents where we have done a great
many things in that direction.

Mr. Harris. I have no respect for those. I want the opinion of the
Senator from Iowa as to the constitutional question.

Mr. W. M. Stewart. I should like in this connection to ask the Sen-
ator from Tennessee a question.

Mr. Harris. I am very ready to answer any question the Senator
from Nevada desires to ask me.

Mr. Stewart. Does not the Senator think that the Government of
the United States is under the same moral obligation to pay for bene-
ficial services rendered that an individual would be where the services
were rendered without a contract, or where for some technical reason
no recovery could be had?

Mr. Harris. I commenced my inquiry by asking if the Government
owed a debt, and that certainly meant whether by express or implied
contract. The answer was that it did not. The second answer was
that this was a donation. The Senator can deal with that question as
he pleases. If the Government owes a debt, no matter whether by
express or implied contract, no Senator would go further in the direc-
tion of paying it than I would; but I am not here to make donations.

Mr. Stewart. If the Senator means by a debt only such matter as
can be collected in a court, then we had better abolish the Committee
on Claims and all other committees which are here daily considering
equitable claims, claims which appeal to the conscience of the Govern-
ment where services have been rendered and the party has not been
compensated. I understand that Congress has regarded itself from

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_ time immemorial asa kind of court of chancery to consider claims
against the Government which could not be recognized, which the Goy-
ernment does not regard as legal obligations, and Congress will not
delegate to any tribunal the power to enforce them; but it has been in
the habit, during all the time it has been constituted, to consider claims
of an equitable character. It seems to me that whena man voluntarily,
without compensation, renders services of the great value that this man
did, to say that he should not be compensated, that it did not raise an
equitable obligation which Congress should consider, is to repudiate all
considerations of equitable claims in Congress.

It seems to me that the services in this case were meritorious accord-
ing to any idea I can conceive of, and that they were vastly more
valuable than $50,000. They were rendered through years of diligent
service by an eminent man who was not in the habit of driving hard
bargains, but who was devoted to his country, and who developed a
great industry. The Government and the people have had the advan-
tage of his services. It appears to me that the Government would be
very unmindful of its duties and obligations to its citizens if it would
not reward such services as these.
> Mr. Henry W. Buarr. I should like to ask the Senator from Ten-
nessee a question. I ask him where he finds the constitutional power
for the Government to pay the expenses of burying a dead Senator
who dies at home in vacation ?

Mr. Harris. I do not know that I can find that at all; I finda i thou-
sand things done that I regret to see. The records Beasts with uncon-
stitutional usurpations of power. I regret that it is so.

Mr. Buarr. Does the Senator think that an assumption of unconsti-
tutional power?

Mr. Harris. I am not prepared to say that I do or that I do not,
because I have not looked narrowly to that question; but does the
Senator from New Hampshire hold this to be a debt to Professor
Baird?

Mr. Buarr. I do not know the circumstances of the case.

Mr. Harris. I suppose not.

Mr. Buatr. I have been present only a few ionic during the
discussion, but from what I know of Professor Baird and his work I
think we should give $25,000 if there is any want on the part of his
family, and I would give it in the same way that I think it is essential
that the Government of the United States shall be empowered to do a

decent and fair thing, exactly as much so as an individual citizen.

Mr. G. F. Hoar. Mr. President, the case is exactly this: A citizen
of a foreign country made a munificent donation to the people of the
United States for the advancement of science, and a distinguished man

whose life had been devoted to natural science was appointed to admin-
ister, that fund, and was paid for it. He gave one man’s full work,
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“in the prime of life, when he was at his best in body and intellect.
He received from that fund a moderate'salary, a salary probably nota
tenth part of what he could have commanded by giving his scientific
attainments to the service of manufacturing or railroad or other busi-

ness interests. He was one of the great men of his day. Being paid
for his services to science, not by salary, but by simply having ren-
dered them, that account was made up. But in addition to one man’s
work he did voluntarily and without compensation in the service of this
people the full work of two men more. He originated, organized,
administered the great National Museum, and he rendered in that a
service which as business men pay business agents would not have been
half compensated by any salary like that which he was receiving as
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.

In addition to that he originated and executed experiments and sci-
entific work, the result of which by the common consent of all men
conversant with the subject is to be that it will be much easier not only
to supply the present generation of Americans with healthful, abund-
ant, and cheap food, but he has shown us how to support and feed the
hundreds of millions who are to come to this continent from all parts
of the world and who are to be born here for generations upon ger
erations to come. That wasa gratuity. That was the greatest bene-
faction, with very few exceptions if with any exception, which God.
has given it to any human being in our day to render to his kind.

I wish I could have the attention of the Senate fora moment. I think
I have something to say which is worth while for my honorable friends
to hear, if they will do me the great favor to listen. I say that this
man in devising and executing successfully these experiments has
not only furnished our generation with cheap and abundant food, but
has made it possible hereafter, in all probability, unless the judgment
of scientific men is mistaken, to feed amply and cheaply the hundreds
upon hundreds of millions who are to people this continent in no remote
future.

In rendering that benefit to us and to future time this man sacrificed
his life. After a full day’s work in his other office he devoted without
vacation, without rest, without pause, spring, summer, autumn, and
winter, the year through, every hour, every minute, every second
which he could snatch from his sleep. In rendering that service the
strong, vigorous brain and body broke down. Professor Baird gave
his life in rendering this service to mankind in the very prime and
glory of his great intellect and his great physical frame just as certainly
as any soldier ever gave his life on the field of battle.

Mr. President, I do not believe that the American people have such
a constitution of government that there is‘nobody authorized so far to
express the gratitude of the American people for that illustrious sery-
ice as to make a decent provision for the widow that shall not come

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from private charity. If the American Congress can not do this thing,

the result is it can not be done on this continent. If the authority is

not vested in these Chambers, it is not vested anywhere.

This was not a service to the State of Tennessee or to the State of
Massachusetts; it was a service to the United States of America; and
we have the same constitutional right to see that when this man gave
his life for us in this way without asking terms, without demanding
compensation, without thinking of pay, that at least there shall be
some little pittance which shall save his wife and his daughter from.
the almshouse.

I want to know if on the narrowest construction of the terms it is
not for the general welfare to Have it understood and to have a policy
adopted that when men do these things they shall be compensated.

’ When these things are done in other governments, the man is raised to

the peerage, vast tracts of land and vast funds are provided from the
public treasury, and the family goes down fora thousand years, it goes
down until it is extinct, honored and respected and raised above the
rest of its fellow-citizens for the single service. Can we not do for the
widow of Professor Baird a thousandth part as much as England has
been doing for ten centuries for the race of some Norman robber who
came over the sea with William the Conqueror?

It is for the general welfare that when men are sacrificing themselves
in such services to this country they should at least know that the
country has a power and a disposition which will not let their* widows
and their children go to the poorhouse.

We have done it a hundred times. A man in the Treasury a few
years ago, after doing his duty asa clerk ata salary of $1,200 or $1,500
a year, devised some salary tables, which he worked on at night, and
saved to the people who had to pay the vast number of salaries which
are paid the labor of calculating in each one the fraction of a quarter,
the fraction of a month, and the income tax, and all the deductions.
We sent to the Court of Claims by the authority of this body last year
that case, and the Senate passed for that little paltry year’s service a
bill within three or four weeks giving to that man $1,200 or. $1,500, I
do not remember exactly how much; the chairman of the Committee
on Claims knows what compensation was given for that service.

Is it possible that we have a Constitution which has banished from
this whole American continent, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and
from Canada to the Gulf, the power to be exercised anywhere of show-
ing our gratitude to a national benefactor? Is the one supreme lux-
ury which is given to the human soul, the luxury of gratitude, denied
by our Constitution to this great American people? The Senator from
Tennessee may believe it; I do not.

Would not the Senator from Tennessee vote for a monument to the
memory of Professor Baird? Has he not voted for a hundred monu-

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ments to great soldiers and sailors of the war of the Revolution and
of the later war? ;

Mr. Harris. He allowed the Senator from Massachusetts to vote
for them.

Mr. Hoar. Who would like to see the monument to Professor
Baird, with the inscription of this splendid and magnificent service,
paid for by the Congress of the United States, and then have it written

on its reverse: ‘‘N. B. His wife and children died in the poorhouse

because the Senator from Tennessee did not think it constitutional to
give them $25,000?”

Mr. W. M. Evarrs. Mr. President, I can not allow this item to
pass without some notice from me. © I certainly can not think that
the Senator from Tennessee supposes that there is not lodged in the
two Houses of Congress the power of disposing of money in the
Treasury as the two Houses shall regard useful to the public interest.

No court, if there were courts with strict authority to keep us within
our duties, could say that an effort by a nation to recognize and com-
pensate services of a citizen was ultra vires for the nation that had
power to apply money to the public welfare. If the public welfare
can be consulted in advance for what it will gain for public welfare, it
can examine for itself after the service has been performed, seeing
whether it was not for the public welfare, and whether it is not for
the public welfare that such services should be rewarded.

It is therefore a figure of speech to say that to a nationa debt is not
a debt because it is one of gratitude, of duty, and of encouragement in

the future as well as reward in the past, and that a debt of a nation is

to be measured on a book-account debt and on proof in a piepoudre
court.

Mr. President, I want to look at the situation relieved from every-
thing but the most distinct and direct examination of the attitude of
the family of Professor Baird to this nation upon what none dispute
about as the facts of thesituation. Professor Baird, it seems, notwith-
standing great occupations and valuable and brilliant services to science
and the world, was so in love with this industry that if he did not
invent it he raised it from the condition of an amusement to that of the
feeding of a nation. He would not let it go because he would serve
his family, his name, his patriotism, and the welfare of this country.
He knew, we knew, we now know, that if these years of service had
been relinquished by Professor Baird there was nobody who would
carry on with the same volume and the same rapidity the development
of thisaffairas he did. When he has died, in the strength of his man-
hood, entitled to calculate upon as long a life and as enduring a health
as any man who ever undertook the trust and services of life, when
it is over and ends at the zenith, it is discovered that besides these
double services the compensation received has every dollar of it been

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- consumed in the support of himself and his wife and his daughter. In
looking back at the record of the service, it is discovered that it had
passed sub silentio, without the observation of this people or of Con-
gress, that all this had been done by him without stipulating for pay-
ment or exacting compensation; and now it is said that when looking
at the past we see that though these services might be done by the
‘strong man in his life and his confidence in its endurance, in the actual
- situation of his death it has all been done at the expense of his wife
-and his daughter.

The nation looking at that can not say, ‘We might have accepted
it from you, we might have endured it without being too careful of
our own duties toward you;” but when we find at the end all that we
are asked to do is to do afterwards what would have been just to have
done at the time, how are we to discharge that obligation and upon
what direct proposition or consideration on both sides? Read the
simple clause of the amendment of the committee in the bill:

To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay Mrs. Mary H. C. Baird, widow of
the late Spencer F. Baird, $50,000, in full compensation for the services and expenses
of the said Spencer F. Baird during his administration of the office of Commissioner
of Fish and Fisheries, from February 257 1871, to the time of his death, in August,
1887. ,

Supposing I will not say a munificent but a just employer, finding
that his salaries had been punctually paid in the lifetime of his employee,
_ had found in the calculation of opportunities of future provision for
those dependent on him that he had been cut off, and it had been the
habit to give extraordinary value to this employer’s administration in
his affairs, could he not without seeming to defraud any rightful claims
upon him say, ‘‘I will now reckon up what is proper to be paid, not
as a gift, not as a gratuity, not as a bounty, but in my own calculation
of what I will have measured as a just satisfaction of these long
enumerated and uncompensated services ?”

It is thus, then, Mr. President, that we are absolutely free from any
pretension that we have not the power under the Constitution of
estimating services to the public welfare and fixing their compensation.

I must think, then, there is nothing left for us but to say, ‘‘As this
was not done in advance and has passed long without recognition as
needing compensation, it should be done now.” It is too late, they say,
for us, because there is no such relation of stipulation and obligation
as to permit us to measure and compensate as we now see to be just.

Mr. Cuttom. Mr. President, I do not believe there is any Senator
on this floor who appreciates more highly the very distinguished work
of Professor Baird than Ido. It so happened, by the favor of the
Presiding Officer of the Senate, that I was thrown with him in con-
nection with the administration of the affairs of the Smithsonian
Institute, and thereby came to know more of his life and services than

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perhaps I should have been able to learn otherwise. Iam ready to
admit that when we come to attempt to make an estimate of what
Professor Baird’s services to the world, and to this country especially,
have been we can not do so in dollars and cents.

When I offered the amendment a few minutes ago to reduce the
appropriation from $50,000 to $25,000 I did it feeling that we should
probably fail to do anything toward recognizing that great service,
and for Mrs. Baird and the daughter, unless a smaller amount should
be agreed upon than that which was proposed to be inserted in the bill-
by the Committee on Appropriations. Hence it was that I offered
the amendment. I am ready to say now that so far as I am personally
concerned I shall have no hesitation in voting for $50,000.

I believe that we have the power, in the first place, to do whatever
in the judgment of the Congress of the United States is right to be
done in the way of voting money to the widow and family of the late
Professor Baird. I have no compunctions or doubts in my mind upon
that question. But I am desirous that some appropriation shall be
retained in the bill for the family of Professor Baird. It was with the
feeling that there was doubt whether the provision as it was reported
by the committee could be retained that I moved the amendment I did.
I am willing now, tf it is permitted by the Senate, to withdraw the
amendment which I offered, and allow a vote to be taken upon the
original amount before any amendment is offered, unless some other
Senator shall see proper to offer one.

Mr. Reacan. I-wish the Senator would not eee the amend-
ment, for I do not want to make the point of order, and I can not con-
sent to an appropriation of $50,000.

Mr. Cuttom. The Senator from Texas indicated that he desired to
make a point of order. Iam not prepared to say whether the Presi-
dent of the Senate would sustain the point of order. It was on
account of the suggestion made by the Senator from Texas, as well as
the suggestion indicated by him that he would not make the point of
order if a smaller amount was proposed, that I came to the conclusion
that it was best, all things considered, to move, as I did, to amend the
amendment reported by the committee. As it is probable that some
other Senator will renew it if I should withdraw it, it may be as well
that I should let it stand and let the Senate vote on it. I do not,
therefore, withdraw my amendment. ft

Mr. H. L. Dawes. Mr. President, there is one view of the case
which I feel ought not to be lost sight of by the Senate when they
come to vote upon this question.

The connection of Professor Baird with this matter dates earlier
than the statute of 1871. Before there was any such office or any
duties imposed upon anyone with reference to this matter Professor
Baird volunteered his services and came, as the Senator from Ken-

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tucky knows, to the Committee on Appropriations of the House and
stated to them what his ideas were and what he thought was a possi-
bility. He stated that if the Committee on Appropriations of the
House would give him $5,000 he would devote his time without cost
to the Government in experimenting to such’an extent as to demon-
strate the possibility of accomplishing something of value to the people
of this country in the line of producing food-fish, and $5,000.two
years before the date of the law, when there was no law regulating it,
was appropriated for that purpose.

When Professor Baird had demonstrated freely to his own satisfac-
tion and everybody else’s what he could do, he drew the statute, and
that it might not appear that he was seeking a place of gain or profit
to himself, but that it was solely in the interest of the poor people of
this country, he said: ‘‘I do not ask anything for this work; I am
willing to devote all the time I have left from my duties at the Smith-
sonian Institution to the work.” Then the law was adopted.

He created an institution; he created the: law governing it; and

under it from $5,000 a year we have imposed upon the officer created
by that law the disbursement of more than $100,000 a year. From
one single station for hatching fish close by him here at the Smith-
’ sonian Institution he has been required by appropriations from time
-to time and by the duties of an office voluntarily taken upon him to
establish stations all over the country, first in the Lakes, then on the
Pacific coast, down on the shores of Massachusetts and Maine, and
down on the Southern waters. Everywhere where it was possible to
make the experiment useful and demonstrate its possibility, the serv-
ices of Professor Baird were required in the discharge of duties that
he.never could possibly have pinion Gite when he tendered his
services.

Mr. Harris. Will the esultia from Massachusetts allow me? I
believe the Senator from Massachusetts has been in one or the other
of the Houses of Congress for the last eighteen or twenty years. If
the Senator from Massachusetts regarded this service as meriting a
higher degree of compensation than was being ‘allowed and paid to
that very distinguished and able official or person, whichever he may
have been, why did not the Senator see that he was paid to the extent
that his services merited ? :

Mr. Dawes. That is not an inquiry, it seems to me, becoming
the Senator from Tennessee to make of me. I am showing what
Professor Baird voluntarily took upon himself, and what we in addi-
tion, and beyond any possibility of a conception on his part, put upon
him, and that without murmur or complaint or reference to the fact
that the statute required it should be done for nothing, he willingly
took the new burdens we imposed upon him until the end, seventeen

years after it had grown up into an institution that no man could be

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procured to discharge the duties of for any such sum as we found it
necessary after he died to affix to an office created to do just what he
had been doing voluntarily, without requirement from anybody, for
nothing. When he died the President found it impossible to procure
any man under the description here from among the civil officers of
the Government to discharge these duties. He tried the experiment
of a distinguished officer of the Treasury Department, and he declined.
He tried others, and they would not undertake the work. -It was
found necessary to seek an employee of the Smithsonian Institution to
discharge these duties until an act could be passed by Congress creating
an office with a salary of $5,000 a year to do that which Professor
Baird had done for nothing.

Now, because of the suggestion that it is quite vad our province
and our duty to compensate for the services of this office, is raised this
queer constitutional question. As has been so Suncililys said by my
colleague and the Senator from New York, we have been doing it
daily. It occurs to me that we at one time took out of the Treasury a
large sum and paid it to Professor Morton for the value, not only to the
United States, but to mankind, of a discovery which he had made.
Every day ina smaller way it is done. I believe in the legislative,
executive, and judicial appropriation bill just passed there was a small —
appropriation which involved all this. A clerk in the Interior Depart-.
ment, a valuable clerk there, was sent by the Interior Department
upon responsible duties in the far West, and there was no law by
which he could draw anything but his meager salary in the Interior
Department.

Without a word from anybody there was put into the legislative
appropriation bill what the committee thought was a proper and a fair
additional compensation to him for the increased duties and burdens
imposed upon him. He had to disburse about $15,000. Professor
Baird had to disburse and become personally responsible for $100,000
year after year for many years. Yet we can not find it in our power
or in our disposition, one or the other, to recognize the value of sery-
ices imposed upon a willing and enthusiastic servant of the people by -
the Congress of the United States, and we are unwilling to make fair
and decent compensation to his representatives.

Mr. Spooner. I offer two amendments to the pending bill and move
that they be referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds.

The motion was agreed to.

Mr. A. P. Gorman. Mr. President, I should very much prefer that
no case of this kind should come up for consideration, and except for
the extraordinary circumstances surrounding it I would not be -in
favor of making an appropriation of this character. But unfortu-
nately, and I think it is unfortunate, the parsimony of Congress in-

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providing proper compensation for the valuable officers of this Govy-
ernment isalmost acrime. There has not been a session, I think, since
I have had the honor of a seat upon this floor when some case has not
been presented where such injustice has been done the individual that’
provision was made for extra compensation for some officer of the
Government.

There is no case that has ever been brought to my attention where
the equities were so strong as in this case. As has been well said by
other Senators, the services of Professor Baird excelled those of any
other man in this generation. Not only did he perform the extra
duties, as stated by the Senators from Massachusetts and New York,
but I have the very best reason for believing that his own private
property, the use of his own dwelling, was freely given to the Govy-
ernment in order that the great work he had in hand might go on.

In this very bill, and inevery appropriation bill, I think, since 1 have
been a member of the Senate, you have made provision for your ofli-
cers who have performed not half the duty, to my best belief, and I
say this with a full knowledge of the careful consideration which the
chairman of the Committee on Appropriations gives to every item of
this character. If there is any criticism on him and the members of
the committee it is that they are too close, too parsimonious. In the
very bill under consideration we have appropriated several thousand
dollars for officers of our own body, men who have performed extra-
ordinary duties and who are entitled to compensation. We required
two or three of the most efficient clerks that we have in this body to
give their time out of office hours to make an index and compile the
records of the executive sessions from 1829 to the end of the Fortieth
Congress, and it would have been cruel not to have compensated them
for that work. Others who have compiled indexes and papers for the
Senate have been paid for it. Their compensation has not been so
great in the aggregate as the amount proposed to be given in this
case, but it has been equally as great, and indeed greater, when you
compare the service that was rendered.

Therefore, Mr. President, in the committee and here I take great
pleasure in saying that in my best judgment this is a proper appro-
- priation to be made, and I shall vote for it with great pleasure.

Mr. J. B. Becx. Mr. President, I agreed to this appropriation in
the committee very cheerfully. I did so, perhaps, because I was as
familiar with the great work performed by Professor Baird from the
beginning as most men. When Congress first began to investigate the
questions as to the cause of the decrease of food fishes in this country
it was an experiment; a small appropriation was made, as the Senator
from Massachusetts [Mr. Dawes] very well said, to see what could be
done.

Professor Baird was an employee of the Smithsonian Institution,

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drawing from it the only salary he received, it being a scientific insti-
tution, established by Mr. Smithson for the purpose of ‘diffusing
knowledge among men. We knew that Professor Baird was the best
man to do the work, and he was willing to help us develop it and see
what could be done in that direction, and he did it cheerfully.

Two years afterwards Congress passed a law largely extending his
duties, labors, and responsibilities. The experiment was progressing
satisfactorily; nobody could do the work but Professor Baird. Con- —
gress was anxiously looking to see the development, often without
making the proper appropriations to carry it on. In fact, it grew up,
as many things have done, as the Signal Service grew- up, and as
very many of the great institutions here have grown into great impor-
tance from small beginnings, from experiments to established facts, so
the Fish Commission kept on progressing until it became one of the
great institutions of the country.

While many leading men in both Houses were iting: whether it
would be a success, Professor Baird was entirely confident that it
would be, and he went on developing by his experiments that it would —
be, proving it by results year by year, until it became assured.

In the meantime I know, as the Senator from Massachusetts knows,

for I visited his house time and again when we were working together
in the House of Representatives, that Professor Baird was living in a
plain house on New York avenue, plenty big enough for him and his
family, for it was a small one and an unpretentious one, but he carried
the clerks of the Fish Commission, our employees for whom we were
bound to provide, to his own house, furnished them with workrooms
for nothing, and when the work increased so that it could not be done °
there, using, as his statement and that of Senator Edmunds shows, in
large part the money which belonged to his wife, inherited from her
father, he built a house on Massachusetts avenue, and used the base-
ment and other rooms of that building for our employees to do our
work, not only charging no rent, but furnishing fuel, lights, and ~
everything needed to carry it on. Afterwards, at an expense of thou-
sands of dollars, which he had no sort of need to expend on his own
account or for the comfort of his family, he added to his house for
the purpose of better and more effectually carrying on the work of
the Fish Commission. In short, he actually spent for the Govern-
ment, if only moderate rent and actual costs, without interest, is
allowed, more than half the amount now proposed to be restored to
his family in this bill.

I need not tell Senators what Professor Baird did. They know its
The country knows it. I remember his coming to the Appropriations
Committee room one day, after he had proved how most of the different
varieties of fish could be hatched and where they could be most advan-
tageously distributed, with a new discovery, of which he was very

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proud—one of the best of our food-fishes they had never before been
_able to produce by artificial means. It was the Chesapeake or North
Carolina rock bass. Many experiments had been failures because of
not knowing exactly how to rock its cradle. He had finally had it
worked out, and brought in a glass case, which he carried with great
care, to the Committee on Appropriations, a lot of young rock which
he was developing. The development of that fish alone artificially was
worth millions to this country. So it was with other varieties—with
_ the whitefish of the lakes and the salmon, the trout, and the carp,
which are now circulated all over the country. All that work was
developed under him. He carried on experiments along the New
England coast for years to increase the supply of codfish. When he
had established the commission on that coast and men went to visit the
_ works, and he sought to induce gentlemen to visit them and take
interest in the work, he entertained them all at his own expense when.
they went there. The Government never paid a dollar of the expenses
of anybody who went to the works under his charge in order to get
information.

Mr. President, I repeat that he spent in the rent of his house ata
fair rental, in furnishing rooms to our clerks, in fuel, in lights, in
entertaining men to educate them in the great public work he was
doing and taking them to the different establishments of the Fish Com-
mission, all of which he paid himself, more than the $50,000 which it
is now proposed shall be given to his widow and daughter.

Mr. Dawes. I wish the Senator from Kentucky would tell the Sen-
ate what Professor Baird said on the very clause in the bill that his
services should be without compensation.

Mr. Brcx. The Senator from Massachusetts knows about that as
well as I do.

Mr. Dawes. I presume the Senator remembers that when the bill
was drawn, after the two years’ experiments, and there were persons
in the House of Representatives opposing it and saying that it was a
job, he said that in order to have it clear before the world that he
would promote no job we might put into the bill that he should not
have any compensation.

Mr. Brcx. Certainly; I remember that well.

Mr. Dawes. He was prompted to do that in order to have the world
understand that he was promoting no job. |

Mr. Brcx. I meant to say in addition that when Congress did not
have faith enough in the work of the Commission even to furnish room
for our own clerks to work in, he took them to his own house and
provided means for them.

Mr. Cuttom. Will the Senator from Kentucky yield tome? In the
light of the information which has been given and the disposition
I see manifested on the part of the Senate to support the original

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amendment reported by the Committee on Appropriations, I desire to
withdraw the amendment I offered.

Mr. Brcx. I am very glad of it. The sum ought to be $50,000.

The PresipENtT pro tempore. The amendment of the Senator from
Illinois to the amendment of the Committee on Appropriations is
withdrawn.

Mr. Reacan. I offer a substitute for the amendment of the Gaia
mittee on Appropriations, which I ask to have read.

The PrEestDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Kentucky is entitled
to the floor. Does he yield to the Senator from Texas?

Mr. Brecx. Certainly; I have no object or purpose except to tell
what I know and give my reasons for voting as I propose to do.

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The amendment proposed by the Sen-
ator from Texas to the amendment of the Committee on Appropria-
tions will be read.

The Chief Clerk read as follows:

For rent of house of the late Spencer F. Baird for the United States Fish Commis-
sion, and for his services as United States Fish Commissioner from 1871 to 1886,
$25,000.

Mr. Beck. Mr. President, another thing I might add as an instance.
The Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. Dawes] very well knows that
until Professor Baird took charge of the Fish Commission work and
amplified it, and spent every hour that any man could very well spend
at labor, up to that time he was writing, as he had the right to do, for
scientific magazines and works all over the world, and was realizing
large sums of money to eke out the salary that was paid him by the
Smithsonian Institution. :

When he took up this work and found that its success depended on
his exertions he devoted all his time to it, and all that source of income
was cut off from him and his family, and he was unable to earn a dol-
lar because of the immense labor he was performing in the Fish Com-
mission, added to his Smithsonian work, and I doubt if he ever after-
wards earned anything for himself, which he was well able to do by
the use of his pen or by his scientific researches that would have
brought him in large sums of money from that source.

Mr. Harris. What was his salary ?

Mr. Brcx. Six thousand dollars. He has never drawn a dollar
from the United States—not a penny—in all these years, and he could ,
have made $6,000 more a year with his ability by the use of his pen
otherwise than in the employment of the Smithsonian Institution and
not lost an hour nor a’ minute from the work of the Smithsonian: but
for the work he was doing for us.

Mr. James Z. Grorcr. Can the Senator state about the condition of
his family at present?

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Mr. Brox. I am not accurately informed as to the circumstances of

his family, but I understand from the Senator from Vermont [Mr.
Edmunds] that they have an income of about $1,200 or $1,500 a year.
_ I think that is the statement of Senator Edmunds, but I do not know
about it personally.
' Mr. Harris. If I understand the Senator from Kentucky, the Sen-
ator from Maryland, the Senator from Massachusetts, and the Senator
from New York, they all claim and make statements that amount to
the establishment of a debt against the Government for rent and the
services of Professor Baird. Now, if the Government owes to the
estate of Professor Baird $1 or.$50,000 or $100,000, it ought to
be paid. No one’appreciates the distinguished services of that very
distinguished and eminent man more than I; but the thing that I pro-
tested against and now protest against is levying and collecting taxes
and donating the money to the estate of Professor Baird or any other
human being; and I simply desired to know if I understood the Sen-
ator from Kentucky and other Senators correctly. Whatever we owe
we ought to pay, and nobody is more ready to pay than I am, but I
am not here to make donations.

Mr. Brecx. Mr. President, I do not believe that the estate of Pro-
fessor Baird has any claim that it could go into court and collect by
law, but I believe that we morally and equitably owe every dollar of
this money to Professor Baird and his family just as much as any debt
that we owe for labor honestly done and for accommodations for our
employees in our service fairly furnished. I consider it as just an
obligation as was ever paid out of the Treasury.

I do not care about stating what we have done in many other regards,
what we have given to generals and their widows and their families,
for I do not desire to make any contrasts of that sort; but I repeat
that, while I do not believe the estate could collect it in the Court of
Claims, it is an honest debt, and I shall vote for it cheerfully, and I
believe my people will cheerfully consent to be taxed to pay it, because
I insist that we owe this debt morally and equitably, if not legally, as
much so as any debt ever due by the Government. The very fact that
we are not forced to pay it adds, I think, to the reputation of the
United States for doing justice when the facts are laid before Congress.

I remember the pride we all took in the great expositions that were
held abroad, when Professor Baird arranged all our exhibits to be sent,
making a contrast between the progress made by our people and the
people of other nations. Even the fishermen of Sweden and Norway,
who were thought to be ahead of all the world, were astonished at the
development we had made in that direction. Professor Langley wrote
me a letter, which I filed with the committee, in which he said:

I dare not attempt to estimate the practical value of the work of the Commission
to the country, but can not doubt that it amounts to very many millions of dollars.

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I presume you are familiar with Mr. Goode’s ‘‘ Review of what has been accom-
plished by the Fish Commission in fish-culture and in the investigation of American —
fisheries,’’ but I venture to send herewith a copy of this pamphlet and to direct
your special attention to pages 26 to 34, in which are quoted numerous commenda-
tions of the Fish Commission from the principal authorities of Great Britain, Nor-
way, Holland, Germany, Belgium, France, and other European nations. Professor
Huxley, in an address at the London Fisheries Exhibition, said that he did not think
‘‘that any nation at the*present time had comprehended the question of dealing with
fish in so thorough, excellent, and scientific a spirit as that of the United States.”

Until Professor Baird took hold of it we had done nothing worth |
mentioning in that direction; we did not even know our own resources;
we had taken no steps to develop.them, and yet in a few years the
energetic, intelligent action of this single man, oné of the few scien-
tific men I ever saw who could do all he talked about, who knew how —
to show others how to do it, who, knew how to pull off his coat and do
it himself, until he impressed the world with his great efficieney and
the greatness of this people in a great enterprise that all the world
was struggling to carry on.

Professor Langley goes on to say:

While M. Rayeret-Wattel, the principal French authority on this subject, states
that ‘‘to this day pisciculture has nowhere produced results which can be compared
with those obtained in the United States,’’ no one can question that the peculiar
excellence of the work of our Government has been directly or indirectly due to the
presence of Professor Baird at the head of the commission. He had no rivals, and dur-
ing his administration no word of criticism was ever uttered by competent persons.

All this, it may well be remembered, was accomplished while filling effectively the
distinct duties of an officer of the Smithsonian Institution, for which alone he was
paid. And it may be added that during the first half of his term of service as Com-
missioner, and while he was assistant secretary of the Smithsonian, his entire salary
was less than that received by several of his assistants during the last few years.

In this same letter he shows how Professor Henry was employed as

a member of the Light-House Board, and how Congress recognized
the value of the work done by him. In relation to that he says:

In reference to the possible precedent of the action of Congress in the case of the late
Professor Henry, I would state that a communication from the Secretary of the
Treasury was received by the House of Representatives June 4, 1878, and by the Sen-
ate June 5, 1878, recommending an appropriation of $500 for each year during which
the late Professor Henry was employed as a member of the Light-House Board,.
for the benefit of his family. On June 20, 1878, an act was passed ‘‘to pay to the legal
representatives of the late Joseph Henry, for services rendered by him as member
and president of the Light-House Board, $11,000.’’ (Second session Forty-fifth Con-
gress, page 214.)

These payments were made, and purposely made, in recognition of
the eminent services of that distinguished gentleman. Congress was
under no legal obligation, if you please, to Professor Henry, but for
the benefit he had done the country, which was well known, Congress
paid for his services as a debt, not a legal but a moral and equitable

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one, and $11,000 was therefore given, or paid—call it what you like—

to Professor Henry, together with $500 a year while he was a member

of the Light-House Board. 1 have not time to state even half of what

I know in regard to the great services rendered to the people of the

- United States by Professor Baird, though it would perhaps be proper
todoso. From my knowledge of him and his work I could tell of
hundreds of things of immense benefit to the country which he did
that no amount of money can repay.

He made a practical survey of the bottom of the ocean from the'
coast of New England to the bank of the Gulf Stream. He took great
interest in establishing many of the scientific things, such as the elec-
tric sounding bell, or whatever it is called. Whatever he did he threw
open for the benefit of the world. I never heard of his securing a
patent for anything; and I have no more doubt than that I am standing
on this floor that but for his determination to make this great work a
success, but for the overwork he did, he would have been a living man
to-day. I believe he killed himself by overwork and overzeal in the
service of the United States, and left his wife and daughter dependent,
measurably at least, instead of being supported by him in affluence as
they would have been, for his own wants were few and his tastes sim-
ple, but for the fact that he was the victim of overwork in the public
interest. That adds very largely, in my mind, to our obligation, and
that is one of the reasons why I propose to vote for the full amount
asked for in this amendment.

Mr. Berry. Mr. President, I wish to submit a few remarks in
response to those made by the Senator from Kentucky [Mr. Beck].
The Senator has raised the point that this is not a donation, but that
it is a private claim against the Government of the United States.
The Senator from Kentucky is a member of the Committee on Appro-
priations. That committee have made a report, and they have adopted
as their report the statement made by the Senator from Vermont [Mr.
Edmunds] as to the character of this claim, and I wish to read to the

‘Senate the opinion of the Senator from Vermont, which the committee
of which the Senator from Kentucky is a member have adopted and
made to the Senate. |

In response to the question by the chairman of the committee, ‘‘ You
want to have whatever we do put on this bill,” Mr. Edmunds said:

Yes; that is exactly what I want, and it is perfectly suitable and proper, if it is
right to do it at all, because it is not a private claim, but is a miscellaneous donation
that under the circumstances it is proper for Congress to make, if you think so.

Now, Mr. President, if this is a claim for house rent, and if it is a
claim for salary which can be enforced against the Government of the
United States, the Senator from Kentucky well knows that it has no
place upon this general appropriation bill: The rule read by the Sen-
ator from Texas [Mr. Reagan] absolutely prohibits the attaching of

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any private claim to a general appropriation bill. No claim that this
was a legal obligation upon the part of the Government or that it was ©
a debt was ever made until it came here to-day; and now, when the ~
committee find that it can not be sustained as a donation, they shift
the premises and say that it is a private claim for services rendered
and house rent furnished. If we owe to Professor Baird anything for
house rent, then I agree with the Senator from Tennessee [Mr. Har-
ris] that we should pay it, and I will cheerfully vote for it; but, Mr.
President, when it comes to say that the Congress of the United States,
as was said by the Senator from Florida [Mr. Call], can take from
the Treasury of the United States $50,000, or any other sum of money,
and donate it to any person whom a majority of members may think
most worthy, then I say that is a proposition to which I can not and
will not yield my consent.

This is money collected from the people by taxation; it is collected
for public purposes, and, however pleasant it may be to donate money
to individuals, I conceive that we have no right to donate other peo-_
ple’s money, however sympathetic and generous we may feel. If,
however, it is a claim, let it come in the regular way; let it be proved
how much the house rent was, and I shall be ready to vote for it, as I
will vote for the payment of any other debt that the Government owes.

But the Senator from Kentucky appeals to our sympathies by saying
that this lady’s income is only $1,200 or $1,500 a year, and therefore |
the Government of the United States should add to it, although it was
expressly provided in the law under which Professor Baird served
that he should not receive any additional compensation to the $6,000
he received as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. There are
widows all over this land of ours whose income is not more than $125
a year—widows of men, too, who rendered service to the Government
and offered all they had and gave their lives to the country—who are
receiving certainly not more than $250 a year.

If we are going into the private donation business; if we are going
to take the people’s money and give it to whomsoever we please; if
that be true, it simply comes down to a question as to what persons
can secure the good will of the greatest number of Senators and mem-
bers of Congress in order to take not only the money now in the
Treasury of the United States, but all that can be placed there under
any system of taxation that can be devised.

The Senator from Vermont has said that it was a donation, not a’ ~

private claim; and if it be not a donation it has no place upon this bill.
I for one will not vote for the $50,000, nor will I vote for the $25,000
in the amendment offered by the Senator from Texas. If we have a
right to donate one dollar, then the right is unlimited, and we will
soon find that the demands will be such that our generosity will only
be limited by the capacity of the people to pay taxes.

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Mr. Reaaan. Mr. President, I desire to say a few words in refer-
ence to the amendment which I have presented; but before I do that
I wish to state that in the remarks I made at the opening of this dis-
cussion I referred to the question as to whether we could pay this
money to Professor Baird’s widow on account of his having been an
officer of the Government and having received compensation for
another service. .

I have thought more of that. While he was appointed Secretary of
the Smithsonian Institution under authority of an act of Congress, he
received his compensation from the fund donated by Mr. Smithson for
that Institution, and I take it that it would be held to be in the nature
of any other corporation that might be created under an act of Con-
gress and the employees of which were paid by the corporation and
not by the Government, and would not, on that account, give rise to the
question as to whether he could be compensated for his services as
Fish Commissioner, in view of the fact that he had received this com-
pensation as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. So I dismiss
that branch of the subject.

As stated by the Senator from Arkansas [Mr. Berry], the Senator
from Vermont [Mr. Edmunds] before the Committee on Appropria-
tions suggested that this was in the nature of a miscellaneous donation,
and that idea seems to have been assented to, perhaps without a very
full consideration of the subject, by the chairman of the Committee
on Appropriations. If it is a donation simply, I do not see how we
have a right to appropriate money as a donation. The Senator from
Arkansas will see clearly the distinction between the amendment
which I have presented and the clause reported by the committee.
Let the Secretary read the amendment which I have presented.

The Presiding Officer (Mr. Coartes F. Manperson in the chair).
The Secretary will report the amendment.

The Curer CLERK. In lieu of the proposed donnie it is now
proposed to insert:

For the rent of the house of the late Spencer F. Baird for the use of the United
States Fish Commission, and for his services as United States Fish Commissioner
from 1871 to 1886, $25,000.

Mr. Reacan. That places the compensation on the ground that it
had been earned. It has been stated by all those who are familiar
with the transactions of Professor Baird that he furnished rooms in his
house and enlarged his house for the purpose of furnishing rooms for
the use of the Fish Commission, for which he was never compensated
by the Government, and he also rendered very important services as
Fish Commissioner for which he was not compensated.

I have no objection, as I stated in the outset, to a proper and rea-
sonable compensation for the services and the use of the property of
Professor Baird. I do object to the $50,000 which it is proposed to

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give; and when I do that I call attention to the fact which I presented
before—that during the last nine years and three months of his service
as Fish Commissioner he received $55,500 as his compensation as Sec-
retary of the Smithsonian Institution. '

Now, then, receiving this large amount, though it did not come from
the Government, he was acting under the authority of an act of Con-
gress, and at least it shows that he was not under the necessity of being
entirely compensated and it shows how he could consent to perform
the important services he performed for the Government without
compensation.

We manage here, whenever a claim of somebody is presented, to work
up a great deal of sympathy and to value that sympathy by the amount
we can appropriate out of the Federal Treasury. Has it occurred to
Senators that $50,000 would give $100 apiece to five hundred poor
families and make them feel happy? Is there no sympathy for those
five hundred poor families that work from the rising to the setting of
the sun, toiling to make a living? Have we forgotten here the mil-
lions of dollars we are collecting as taxes for the purpose of furnish-
ing the funds we appropriate for the use of the Government and for
the use of private persons, to a large extent?

I know, sir, and I am sorry to know it, that he who speaks as I now ©
speak is, if not regarded as a crank, regarded as a very impracticable
man in the Senate of the United States; but I can not help it. My
way of looking at it is that I do not represent those who seek to plun-
der the Treasury of the United States, but I represent those who pay
the taxes which support the Government and which ought to be
employed in the legitimate support of the Government and the fulfill-
ing of the obligations of the Government; and I desire to balance my _
sympathies between the claimants and the people who toil for the
money that they obtain, and I expressed the other day the hope—

Mr. Grorer. Will the Senator allow me to ask him a question?

Mr. ReaGan. Certainly.

Mr. Grorer. What proportion of the people of Texas do not have
- $1,200 per annum income from property, leaving out their own indi-
vidual exertions

Mr. Reagan. I do not suppose there is one in a hundred who has
an income of $1,200. I doubt if there is one in-a thousand.

Mr. Groreer. Independent of their own individual exertions 4

Mr. Reacan. Independently of their own exertions. Mr. President,
the question which the Senator from Mississippi asks causes me to look
back to the people whom I in part represent upon this floor and the
condition of the people of other States represented upon this floor,
where there are thousands and tens of thousands of toilers that.can not
make enough by hard labor under the existing condition of things to
support their families in decency, and to call attention to the fact that

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the farmers of this country, once an independent and a happy class,
are year by year becoming impoverished, year by year encumbering
their little farms by mortgages, year by year unable to meet their lia-
bilities, and it will not be long, under the existing condition of things,
‘till their homes will be swept from under them and they will become
beggars or tramps. '
- Mr. Buarr. Will the Senator allow me to ask him a question 4

Mr. Reagan. I will.

Mr. Buarr. Does the Senator, in this description of the farmers,
mean to be understood as stating that it is the condition of the farm-
ing population of Texas?

Mr. Reaaan. I mean to say that that is the condition of the farm-
ing population throughout the United States.

_ Mr. Buarr. Of course, then, in Texas.

Mr. Reagan. I mean to say that by class legislation and by the
transfer of the wealth of this country by law from the many to the
few farming has become a degraded occupation, and that the young
men of this country will no longer pursue the occupation of farming
if they can get into the humblest employment in towns that does not
involve agricultural labor. That is what I mean to say; and if the
Senator will go among the people in the farming States he can every
day of his life verify the truth of what Iam saying. It is that class,
and it is a class once happy, once loving and respecting their Govern-
ment, but who are now discontented and murmuring and making organ-
izations such as Grangers’ alliances, Union Labor parties, Knights of
Labor, making up organizations to protect themselves against the
aggressions of the money power and those who are pressing class leg-
islation. That is the kind of people to whom I am referring.

The policy of Congress ought not to be to add to the discontent of
the people, but it ought to pursue a course which shall make them feel
that they have the protection of the Government in common with all
others, and that no others are being given advantages by law of which
they are deprived. They ought to be allowed to learn that this Gov-
ernment is not to be run in the interest of millionaires, in the interest
of aggregated capital, either individual or corporate, in the interest of
those who are piling up their hundreds of millions while discontent
pervades the whole working masses of this country, while want and
wretchedness are spreading their dark wings over the toiling people of
this country. We may hide it from ourselves, but we can not hide it
from them. We may think men are ignorant and that they do not
know what we are doing, but if we think so we are mistaken. They
know what Congress is doing; they know the acts of extravagance we
are guilty of; they know whether we act so as to promote the general
welfare or whether we act so as to promote the interests of particular
individuals at the expense of the great mass of the people.

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Mr. Groree. Will the Senator allow me to interrupt him?

Mr. Reagan. Certainly.

Mr. Grorer. The modern way of promoting the general welfare,
I believe, is to take the money from the people at large and give it to
a few.

Mr. Reacan. That is the effect of the Tecan which has prevailed
for a great many years past.

Mr. Buarr. Will the Senator allow me to ask him a question?

Mr. Reaaan. Certainly.

Mr. Buarr. When a little while ago it was proposed to take
$79,000,000 and spread it among the poor people of this country and
the children of this country, was that an effort to take the money of
the many and give it to a few?

Mr. Reacan. ‘‘Still harping on my daughter.”

Mr. Buarr. And will the Senator bear in mind his own speeches
about the enormous wealth and growing prosperity of the people of
Texas which he made upon the education bill?

Mr. Reagan. Mr. President, I made no statements about the enor-
mous wealth of the people of Texas. The idea of making the people
mendicants is the thing that I am resisting. The idea that the whole
_ American people shall be made beggars from the Federal Treasury,
debased and deprived of their manhood and patriotism, is a thing that
Iam resisting. That educational bill simply made States come hat in
hand to a school commissioner to make reports and to ask privileges.
It took away from the States and from the people the feeling of man-
hood and of independence by which they propose to educate their own
children. But I do not propose to go into the educational bill.

Mr. Buarr. I was going to suggest to the Senator that I would turn
him over to the Senator from Mississippi [Mr. George] so far as that
part of it is concerned.

Mr. Reacan. We will settle that in our own way. I think perhaps
the Senator from New Hampshire will learn something before that
bill comes up again.

Mr. Buarr. I hope the people BE Texas will, and there _ be
somebody here to advocate it.

Mr. Reacan. Mr. President, in submitting the amendment which
I presented I had two objects. One was to reduce the amount of this
appropriation, and the other to place it upon a basis upon which we
can justify our action; that is, as compensation for rent and services.
If that is not done—of course I can not speak or think for other Sena-
tors—I do not see where the authority is to come from to makea
‘* miscellaneous donation.” That is what it was called before the com-
mittee, and what I understand it is called by the committee here in the
Senate—a ‘‘ miscellaneous donation.”

I agree with the Senator from Tennessee [Mr. Harris] that we have

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no power to make miscellaneous donations of $50,000, nor of 50 cents.
We have the right, I think, to compensate for services where we
believe those services have been rendered and have been valuable. I
agree with Senators that Professor Baird in his lifetime and his family
since his death could not be paid in dollars and cents for the services
he rendered his country.

While I believe that, I do not wish to excite popular indignation by
giving an unreasonable amount in view of the fact that in the last nine
years and three months of his service he was the recipient of $55,500.
This $50,000 which we propose in our sympathy to give to this partic-
ular lady, as worthy of it as any other lady no doubt, would make
happy five hundred families of poor people if it could be given to them
in hundred-dollar sums; and I have thought always, if this Govern-
ment is to be converted simply into a charitable, eleemosynary institu-

tion, that we ought to exercise good judgment and Christian charity
in selecting the objects of our charity, and we ought to begin with the
poor and unfortunate.

Mr. President, I hope that my amendment will be adopted in lieu of
the original proposition of the Committee on Appropriations.

Mr. Stewart. I am constrained to say a word. I deprecate as
much as the Senator from Texas any laws that have a tendency to take
the money from the masses and give it to the few, and I have expressed
myself pretty distinctly on that subject on various occasions during
the present session; but I think that his speech was particularly ill-
timed as applied to the present case.

There is no man who has lived in this country who has done as much
as Professor Baird for the poor, for the laboring men. I have traveled
over a large portion of the United States, and at almost every railroad
station now you will find a kind of fish that is not common to that sec-
tion, that has been cultivated by reason of developing this industry by
Professor Baird. Away up in Oregon, on Puget Sound, in San Fran-
cisco, we have as fine shad as you have anywhere, and all over the
country the poor people, who avail themselves of this food as much as
any other, have had it brought home to their doors. ‘There has been
more food placed within the reach of the poor by this man’s exertion

‘than by those of any other man. He has distributed wealth and food
among the masses, and, by the statement of the Senator from Kentucky
and other Senators who are familiar with what he did, we are only
giving to his family a reasonable compensation, a small compensation,
for this great service he rendered, and there is no poor man who has
had fish brought home to him who will complain of the compensation
that is given to Professor Baird for this great good.

So I do not think the speech of the Senator from Texas applies to
this case. He may get sundry cases to which it does apply, but it
does not apply here. This is the case of a man who has fed the poor

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during his lifetime and has provided means for feeding them during the
ages, bringing a kind of food that is cheap to their doors. There is hardly
a stream of any importance in America that is not now stocked with
fish, and you find it on the tables of the poor and the rich everywhere.
He has provided a great industry, more important than any other man
has done in the United States, and by his sacrifice, according to the
testimony here. I repeat, he gave up his own house to it, gave up
everything, and left his family poor. '

I think the poor will sympathize with them and will be willing to
reward any man who will do a tenth part of this. The masses of the
people, I say, would vote ten times this amount to any man who will
confer a tenth of this benefit on them. And Iam glad that the peo-
ple do watch what is being done here. I want them to watch this act.
I want the people to know that Congress has been just in this respect
and has appreciated the great blessing that has been conferred upon
them by the efforts and the genius of this man.

Mr. Cau. I do not propose to detain the Senate, but I am not
content to give my vote on this amendment without one or two
statements.

The Senator from Arkansas [Mr. Berry] said that the Senator from
Florida had stated that we had the power to make a donation of any
amount that we pleased. 1 did make that remark to the Senator from
Tennessee [Mr. Harris]. I did not, however, say that we could right-
fully exercise the power to make a gift without some object, some
sound public policy, to sustain it. ,

I apprehend there is not a Senator on this floor who does not
acknowledge that Congress has the power. Whether it is rightfully
exercised or not is another question. But who is to prevent? If the
two Houses of Congress make the appropriation the money must be
paid. Is not that power, I ask the Senator from Arkansas, whether |
it is rightfully exercised or not, if the Constitution of the United
States has not referred it to the sovereign judgment of Senators who
represent the States, and the people’s Representatives, not for one
Congress, but for every recurring Congress, to decide when and how
and for what purpose the money in the Treasury shall be appropriated ?
To Congress alone, with the President, is committed the power and
duty of deciding whether or not an appropriation of money is within
the limitations of the Constitution.

Now, I say that this Government can make no appropriation of
money which is not a gift or grant. It does-not operate by contract.
“Who ever heard of the Government saying you shall or shall not do
this unless you agree to it? Why, look at your Constitution here.
Congress shall have power to do this, Congress shall have power to do
the other—not by consent. What is power? Power is mandatory.
It commands; and when Congress says ‘‘Be it enacted that so much

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money shall be paid as the salary of an office” it does not say it shall
be paid if the incumbent agrees it shall be done.

It does not say that certain public functions or duties shall be per-
formed if some particular person shall contract or agree to perform
them, and that the Government then agrees to pay him so much; but
it declares that the duties or function shall be performed and that a
certain sum of money shall be paid. It punishes the failure to obey
this command and requires in all cases obedience, and not consent.

It says if you accept of this office we command that you perform
these duties attached to it; we command that a certain designated offi-
cer shall pay this money. ‘There is no place.for contracts in the oper-
ations of government, and it is so recognized everywhere. It is soy-
ereign power, not consent, not agreement, but the exercise of
attributes.

Now, the Senator from Tennessee says if we owe a debt we must
pay it. The Government owes no debts in the sense in which he uses
the word; that is, arising from contract, from agreement. Bonds are
simple declarations that the Government of the United States will pay
so and so; and the fact that all appropriations of money must be made
by or subject to the consent of each succeeding Congress every two
years forbids the idea or obligation of a contract and makes the con-
tinuance a reenactment of an appropriation dependent on the public
faith and the sound policy of maintaining it.

Mr. Harris. Is it not a contract?

Mr. Cau. No; not a contract in the sense that it arises from con-
sent and agreement. A debt is an obligation. It may be by contract,
it may be by virtue of some other consideration ex debito justitie, as
the obligation of justice, the result of law; but it is not a mere mat-
ter of agreement between two persons, and does not derive its obliga-
tion from an agreement between the Government and a person, but
from the higher idea that the public faith is by law pledged or com-
mended to be used for some public purpose.

The Government owes what? The Government owes protection and
the proper exercise of the powers conferred upon it. It owes the cre-
ation of a sound policy in the exercise of those attributes of power
which, by the Constitution, are vested in it. The Government is the
people, all the people, not a part, requiring with power, not consent,

policies, public policies, affecting the whole people and generations

of people, to be declared and carried into effect, and each specific act
required to be done or forbidden to be done must be in the line of
and a part of some public policy.

Now, the Senator from Texas [Mr. Reagan] undertakes to repre-
sent the people, and he does not allow any other Senator who does not
agree with him to do so. He asks why not give this money, $100
apiece, to so many people? Why does not the Senator from Texas

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give his salary, so much money, $100 apiece, to the people to do this
charity? He.will say because the Government commands it to be
paid to him, and for what? For services rendered. Suppose Profes-
sor Baird has rendered greater service than he or I or any other Sen-
ator; suppose he has rendered to these poor people in this whole
country, to each one of the poor people for generations, services a
thousand times greater than the Senator or I or all other Senators or
members of Congress, and he rises here to say, ‘‘I will take the $5,000;
I will not give it to the people, but I will not compensate the man who
rendered the far greater service. Jam the friend of the poor; I rep-
resent them. I represent the oppressed, the farmer; but I will keep
my $5,000; I will vote this to myself, but I will not vote anything to
the man who has fed all these starving millions. This is no debt of
the people, because he did not make a contract with the people to do
it. He has done a service which I have not done, but I have a right
to the money, service or no service, because it is a contract.”

Mr. Harris. Iam tempted to ask the Senator from Florida, if he
will allow me—and yet I know how he will answer before I oe the
question, for he utterly repudiates the idea of contract between the
Government and employees, in which I totally disagree with him—but
I want to ask him this question: Does he hold that he as a Senator,
that a majority of the Senate and a majority of the House of Rep-
resentatives can levy, collect and appropriate the money to any
charitable object that they may think charitable and deserving as a
donation ?

Mr. Cau. I will ask the Senator to answer me this question-——

Mr. Harris. I would rather you would answer my question, and
then I will answer any question you please to propound to me.

Mr. Cauxi. But if the Senator will answer my question he will
refute his own statement and answer his own question himself. I ask
him if it is true or untrue that an act passed by a majority of this body
and by a majority of the other House of Congress and signed by the
President appropriating money to any object whatever is the law of
this land or is it not, and are or are not all persons and powers
required to obey it?

Mr. Harris. Whether the act be within the limits of constitutional
delegated power or not, I suppose it would get the money out of the
Treasury, and I suppose if a thief were to break into the Treasury and
get the money out he would have the money all the same. But I ask
the Senator from Florida a question that involves his construction of
the constitutional powers of Congress and not what may have been
done or what possibly may be done in the future.

Mr. Cau. The rightful exercise of power and power itself are dif-
ferent things. Every use of money by Government is a grant, and

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the Senator’s statement is no answer to the argument. The use of
public money may or may not be a charity.

Mr. Harris. The Senator dodges the question I asked.

Mr. Cau. The Senator from Tennessee dodges the conclusion, but
Ido not. When the Senator from Tennessee says that an act of Con-
gress passed by a majority of each of the two Houses and approved
by the President is the same as a thief breaking into the Treasury
and taking the money out, then there is no argument about it.

In the one case the people’s representatives, appointed by the Con-
stitution to decide what is a proper use of the public money, decide
and perform the constitutional duty assigned to them, and not to the
Senator from Tennessee, and he says this, if it does not agree with his
opinion, is very absurd.

Mr. Grorer. Mr. President, right here I want to put on record an
extract from an old-fashioned and now almost forgotten paper. It is
the eighth section of the first article of the Constitution of the United
States:

The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and
excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of
the United States.

Mr. Catu. The Senator from Tennessee and all others who maintain
his argument do not allow the words ‘‘ Congress of the United States ”
to have any meaning.

Now, Mr. President, this is a matter of argument, and it has been
argued a hundred times; but every time Congress exercises this power,
if it does not suit a Senator’s fancy, like the Senator from Tennessee
or the Senator from Texas, this same question is raised. I remember
some years ago the Senator from Tennessee thought that charity and
the general welfare required an ice ship to be built to freeze out the
yellow fever that had been decimating and destroying Memphis, and
if I recollect aright there was some amount, over a hundred thousand
dollars, I think, for this charity donated, granted, appropriated out of
the Treasury of the United States.

As to the money that Congress appropriates in the forms of the
Constitution, the argument is that the Constitution is an assemblage
of powers—not of ideas, but of powers. That is an instance, and the
Senator’s vote can not dodge, but answers his question. It is true there
are declaratory phrases in the Constitution which say the powers ought
to be exercised so and so, but the power is distinct from the direction;
the power is given to the two Houses, to the people through their
representatives.

Mr. President, that is what I said, and I say the fathers who made
the Constitution, when they gave to the people the power to send Rep-
resentatives here every two years and the people as States to send them

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to this body every six years, knew what they were doing, knew that
responsibility to them was the sole preservation of the Government.

But, Mr. President, whence come these ideas of the Senator from
Texas? They have no foundation in reason; they are not in behalf of
the people.

They are oppressive of the people. They are destructive of these
starving millions, for whom the inventions of science and the devices
of philanthropists discovered food products; and wise public policies,
instead of starving, give life and energy and comfort. The Senator’s -
ideas, however well intended, are in this instance the support of
monopoly and oppression to the great mass of the people. Put the
iron hand of power on the friends of the poor, like Professor Baird,
refuse them all compensation, and say the rich alone shall labor for
the people, and what will become of us? The policies of the Senator
from Texas would destroy the inventions and the virtue of the age,
would destroy philanthropy, would punish devotion to the toiling mil-
lions, instead of encouraging those who, in the the providence of the
Almighty, are permitted to be great benefactors. It is a wise public
policy that gives life to these things, and not tho pitiful sum of a hun-
dred dollars here and there.

Mr. President, that is my reply. The people want knowledge and
comfort. They want philanthropists. They want the benefaction of
wise public policies which reach to every poor man’s cabin and clothe
his naked children and feed the starving millions. And among these
benefactors Professor Baird was first and foremost in furnishing food
to the millions that are to come here.

Let us, in the people’s name and with the people’s money, reward
him who gave his money, his labor, his life, with true devotion to the
people—of this and future generations—and let us not, in the interest
of monopoly and tyranny, refuse to reward devotion to the people—on
the ground of injury to the people to reward a man for his devotion to
them.

Mr. Axuison. Mr. President, I think we have now reached a point
where we understand this matter, and I am willing to go as far as I can
in aid of my friend from Texas, so as to put this upon the right ground.
Therefore I will move, in line 1, page 50, after the word ‘‘ Fisheries,”
to insert ‘‘including rent of rooms for the use of said commission.”
Although I think I could make a long speech on this amendment, I
will not occupy time. If we can have a vote upon it and then upon
the main amendment, I shall gratify Senators by moving an adjourn-
ment.

The Presiding Officer (Mr. Manprrson in the chair). The amend-
ment will be stated for the information of the Senate. The Chair is
of the impression that it is not now in order, there being now an
amendment to an amendment pending.

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The Secretary. After the word ‘‘ Fisheries,” in line 1; page 50, it
is proposed to insert:

Including rent for rooms for the use of said commission.

Mr. Buarr. How will the whole clause read?

Mr. Axuison. The Senator from Texas moved to strike out the
paragraph and insert another paragraph. I think I can amend it first.

The Presrpine Orricer. By unanimous consent the amendment
will be considered as perfecting the text. It will be again stated.

The Srcrerary. It is proposed to amend so as to make the clause
read:

To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay Mrs. Mary H.C. Baird, widow of
the late Spencer F. Baird, $50,000, in full compensation for the services and expenses
of the said Spencer F. Baird during his administration of the office of Commissioner

of Fish and Fisheries, including rent of rooms for the use of said commission, from
February 25, 1871, to the time of his death, in August, 1887.

The Presipine Orricer. The question is on the amendment pro-
posed by the Senator from Iowa to the amendment of the committee.

The amendment to the amendment was agreed to.

The Prestprne Orricer. Does the Senator from Texas now insist
on his amemdment ?

Mr. Reaaan. Yes, sir.

The Presrpine Orricer. The amendment will be reported.

The Secretary. It is proposed to strike out the amendment of the
committee from line 20, on page 49, down to and including line 3, on
page 50, and in lieu thereof to insert:

For the rent of the house of the late Spencer F. Baird for the United States Fish
Commission, and for his services as United States Fish Commissioner from 1871 to
1886, $25,000. .

The Presipine Orricer. The question is on the amendment of the
Senator from Texas to the amendment of the committee.

The amendment to the amendment was rejected.

The Prestpine Orricer. The question is on the amendment of the
Committee on Appropriations.

Mr. Berry. | ask for the yeas and nays on the adoption of the
amendment proposed by the committee.

The yeas and nays were ordered.

Yeas, 29; nays 11.

So the amendment was agreed to.

August 1, 1888—Senate.

In considering the sundry civil bill for 1889 (H. 10540)—

The President pro tempore (Mr. Joun J. Incatts). Is a separate
vote desired on any of the amendments made as in Committee-of the

Whole?

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Mr. J. H. Reaaan. I desire a separate vote on the amendment to
give $50,000 to the widow of Professor Baird.

x ee, x x % * x

The PrestmpENT pro tempore. Is a separate vote desired on any
amendment made in Committee of the Whole other than that reserved |
by the Senator from Texas [Mr. Reagan]? If not, the Chair will put
the question on concurring in the other amendments made as in Com-
mittee of the Whole. |

The amendments were concurred in.

The PrEesIDENT pro tempore. The question recurs on the amendment .
reserved, which will be stated.

The CutEeF CLERK. On page 49, after line 19, the Senate, as in Com-
mittee of the Whole, inserted the following:

To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay Mrs. Mary H. C. Baird, widow of
the late Spencer F. Baird, $50,000, in full compensation for the services and expenses
of the said Spencer F. Baird during his administration of the office of Commissioner
of Fish and Fisheries, including rent of rooms for the use of said commission, from
February 25, 1871, to the time of his death, in August, 1887.

‘The PrEstDENT pro tempore. Will the Senate concur in this
amendment?

Mr. Reaaan. I ask for the yeas and nays on concurring in the
amendment.

The yeas and nays were ordered.

Yeas, 28; nays, 11.

Adopted.

Mr. JoHn SHERMAN. IJ have no amendment to offer, but I wish to
say a few words in regard to one amendment which has been adopted.
I did not vote on the proposition simply because, while I was very
much in favor of the allowance to Mrs. Baird of a reasonable sum, I
thought the amount voted was too large, and therefore did not vote
at all. .

But I wish to state that the Senate has set a precedent in this matter.
In the case of Professor Baird’s predecessor, Professor Henry, a very
eminent man, and perhaps even more eminent in some respects than
Professor Baird, he was allowed by the generosity of Congress $500 a
year for the twenty-two years he served at the head of the Light-House
Board, a scientific position, where he rendered great service to the
Government. He died and the claim was made, and I had the honor
of submitting it, and Congress generously allowed $10,000, expended
for a house in which Professor Henry’s wife and children now live.
The amount of $50,000 for fifteen years’ services of Professor Baird
seems too large, but if it followed the precedent in Professor Henry’s
case, or even if twice the amount was given that was allowed to Mrs.
Henry, I should have voted for the amendment with pleasure.

Mr. G. F. Epmunps. Mr. President, having now the right to speak on

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the question of the engrossment of the amendments and the third read-
ing of the bill, I will say that the cases of Professor Henry and Mr. Baird
were entirely different; but if you take the $500 a year extra allow-
ance to Professor Henry for twenty-two years, that would make
$11,000 of that. Then $11,000 more was given to Professor Henry;
that made $22,000. He got $500 a year, it is stated, extra allowance
during that period of time.

Mr. SHerman. That was the only allowance ever made to Professor
Henry, to my knowledge.

Mr. Epmunps. I think the Senator is quite mistaken in that respect,
but no matter about that.

The difference between these two cases is so wide and obvious that
if the Senator knew the facts I am sure he would agree to the propo-
sition before the Senate; and that was this, that the amount of labor
and responsibility as distinguished between a member of the Light-
House Board and the enormous labor that was imposed upon Professor
Baird in this administrative work is too obvious to require any length
of time to state it. I merely refer to it. But during the whole of
these fifteen years, when the Fish Commission work of propagating,
etc., was going on, Professor Baird furnished, as Professor Henry did
not, the rooms and appliances necessary to carry on that work out of
his own private fortune and out of his own private rent; and if those
rooms, thus necessarily occupied for the public interests, had been
hired by the United States in the regular way from anybody else at
an average of the rate that the United States is paying in this city of
Washington all the time, it would take up a great deal more than half
of this $50,000. Then, when you add to that the furniture, the attend-
ance, the fuel, the lights, and everything which, besides the mere rent,
goes into the account against the Treasury when we hire rooms and

furnish them and take care of them, it would take one- -halt of the

remainder that is left.

So that, for the mere service of Professor Baird for these fifteen
years which destroyed his life, you give his widow really about $10,000
or $12,000; and as to the rest youare merely returning the money that
he actually spent out of his own pocket to promote your service.

Mr. Suerman. Mr. President, Iam perfectly willing to be generous,
and if we measure the work of both these officers at what it is really
worth to science and the world, we could not pay for it in money. I
agree tothat. Both of these gentlemen were scientific men, who devoted
their lives to their pursuits.

The idea, however, of paying $50,000 for fifteen years’ work seems
to be an exaggeration, and it would be more in accordance with the
character of Professor Baird to make the sum moderate. He never
made any claim for any of this duri ing his lifetime. He rented a house
probably worth $1,000 or $1,200 a year, a very respectable residence,

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and he occupied it and devoted a portion of it to scientific purposes,
some of which was out of doors and some of which was indoors. At
the same time, I think a very reasonable sum would be to allow from
$15,000 to $20,000, and it would be more in accordance with the well-
known position of Professor Baird, who never, I believe, in his life

time made a demand for this sum, nor did Professor Henry, and I think
it was greatly to their credit.

I simply wished to explain why, though present in my seat, I did
not vote upon that proposition. I trust that in the committee of con-
ference the conferees on the part of the Senate may be able to estimate
carefully the items that go to make up this sum.

Mr. Cuanpuer. Mr. President, may I ask what is the question —
before the Senate ?

The PrEestpENT pro tempore. Shall the amendments be engrossed,
and the bill be ordered to a third reading?

Mr. CHAanpDLER. | desire to avail myself of the opportunity which
has been occasioned by the debate between the Senator from Vermont
[Mr. Edmunds] and the Senator from Ohio [Mr. Sherman] to say
that for the reason given by the Senator from Ohio for not voting at
all I voted against the amendment giving to the heirs of Professor
Baird $50,000.

I disagree entirely with the argument that the Congress of the
United States can not vote money in a case of this kind unless the Goy-
ernment of the United States owes a debt which can be recovered in
the Court of Claims. I agree entirely with the argument of the Sen-
ator from Massachusetts [Mr. Hoar] and the Senator from New York
[Mr. Evarts] that there rests in this Government the power to recog-
nize the services of those citizens who have been able in their lifetime
to render distinguished service to the country or to illustrate the patri-
otism of an American citizen, and therefore it was with no misgivings
on the question of the power of Congress to make this donation that I
declined to vote for the $50,000.

I am willing to vote as a miscellaneous donation, but not as services
or rent due but not collected, for the sum of $25,000. I am not will-
ing to vote for the sum of $50,000; and as I am not willing to vote for
that sum, I concluded that the natural and legitimate and appropriate
method of expressing that dissent was to vote ‘‘nay” when the yeas
and nays were Cmte

Mr. J. R. Hawtey. Just a single Hat 8 In estimating the sum
to be given here I would not only take into consideration the actual
expenditures of that distinguished professor, but I would measure that
donation, if you choose to call it so, by his distinguished services in
general. In estimating what his labors were worth we have some
guide in the sum that is fixed in the annual compensation of his Sue-
cessor. Professor Baird was, in a measure, the originator and builder

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of this greatly improved system. Mr. McDonald takes it from Mr.
Baird well established in the general confidence, and we give him
$5,000 a year, and for fifteen and a half years that would be nearly
$80,000. Iam content to vote for the $50,000.

The PrestpENT pro tempore. Shall the amendments be engrossed,
and the bill be ordered to a third reading?

The amendments were ordered to be engrossed, and the bill to be
read a third time.

The bill was read the third time and passed.

August 17, 1888—Senate.

Notice having been received that the House disagreed to certain
Senate amendments, conferees were appointed: Mr. W. B. Allison,
Mr. Eugene Hale, and Mr. J. B. Beck.

August 20, 1888—House.

Mr. W. H. Forney, Mr. James N. Burnes, and Mr. T. Ryan
appointed conferees.
Angust 27, 1888—Senate.

Conferees reported disagreement.
August 29, 1888 —Senate.

Conferees appointed: Mr. Allison, Mr. Hale, and Mr. Beck.
August 31, 1888—House.

In considering the sundry civil bill for 1889, ven W. H. Forney
moved that the House insist upon its disagreement to the amendment
of the Senate numbered 105.

- Amendment No. 105 was read, as follows:

(105) To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay Mrs. Mary H. C. Baird,
widow of the late Spencer F. Baird, $50,000, in full compensation for the services and
expenses of the said Spencer F. Baird during his administration of the office of Com-
missioner of Fish and Fisheries, including rent of rooms for the use of said Commis-
sion, from February 25, 1871, to the time of his death, in August, 1887.

Mr. T. Ryan. I suggest to my colleague that he pass that over for
the present, as the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Butterworth] desires to
make some observations upon it.

Mr. Forney. Very well; I ask unanimous consent that it be passed
over informally.

There was no objection.

September 13, 1888—Senate.

Mr. J. B. Beck excused as conferee and Mr. F. M. Cockrell
appointed.

September 18, 1888—House.

Mr. W. H. Forney, from committee of conference, reported
inability of conferees to agree to Senate amendment No. 105.

September 20, 1888.—House.

Further disagreement of conferees.

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September 21, 1888.—Senate.

Mr. W. B. Allison reported from committee of conference that the
House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate
No. 105 and agree to the same with an amendment: In lieu of the sum
named in said amendment insert ‘‘$25,000 ;” and the Senate agree to
the same.

Passed.

September 21, 1888.—House.

Passed.

September 24, 1888.—House.

Mr. James N. Burnes submitted dnenes report that the House
recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate No. 105,
and agree to the same with an amendment: In lieu of the sum named
insert ‘*$25,000.” |

Conferees appointed: Mr. Forney, Mr. Burnes, and Mr. Ryan.
October 2, 1888.

Sundry civil act for 1889.

To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay Mrs. Mary H. C.
Baird, widow of the late Spencer F. Baird, $25,000, in full compen-
sation for the services and expenses of the said Spencer F. Baird dur-
ing his administration of the office of Commissioner of Fish and
Fisheries, including rent of rooms for the use of said Commission
from February 25, 1871, to the time of his death, in Spent? 1887.

(Stat. XXV, 52 2.)

STATUE OF SPENCER F. BAIRD.

ogee 12, 1887—Senate.
Mr. J.S. Morrill introduced a bill (S. 140):

That the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution be, and are hereby, authorized to
contract for a statue in bronze of Spencer F. Baird, late Secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution, to be erected upon the groundsin front of the National Museum; and
for this purpose, and for the entire expense of the foundation and pedestal of the
monument, the sum of $15,000, or so much of said sum as may be needed, is hereby
appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Referred to Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

December 21, 1887—Senate.

Mr. J. S. Morrill reported bill (S. 140) without amendment.
February 9, 1888—Senate.

Mr. J. S. Morritu. I ask unanimous consent to take up Senate bill
140.

Mr. H. W. Brarr. I ask that the request be put in such a form that
the unfinished business will be informally laid aside to consider the
bill indicated by the Senator from Vermont.

The PrestpENT pro tempore (Mr. J. J. Iyeauzs). The Senator
from Vermont asks unanimous consent for the present consideration

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of the bill (S. 140) for the erection of a bronze statue of Spencer F.
Baird, late Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.

By unanimous consent, the Senate, as in Committee of the Whole,
proceeded to consider the bill.

Mr. Morr. The bill proposes a monument in front of the
National Museum for perhaps the most distinguished civilian who has
died in our country during the past year. His eminent scientific sery-
ices are known to all of us. His unselfish and untiring work as Sec-
retary of the Smithsonian Institution, with all the branches attached
to it, has been conspicuous for years; and I think that perhaps there
has been no measure proposed for a monument that will receive a
more hearty response than this.

Passed.

February 13, 1888.—House.

The bill (S. 140) referred to Committee on the Library.
February 11, 1889—Senate.

Mr. J. S. Morrill, from Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds, reported an amendment to be proposed to the sundry civil
bill for 1890:

That the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution be, and are hereby, authorized to
contract for a statue in bronze of Spencer F. Baird, late Secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution, to be erected upon the grounds in front of the National Museum; and for
this purpose, and for the entire expense of the foundation and pedestal of the monu-
ment, the sum of $15,000, or so much of said sum as may be needed, is hereby appro-
priated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

BUREAU OF FINE ARTS.

December 12, 1887—Senate.
Mr. Wilkinson Call introduced a bill (S. 243):

That there be, and is hereby, created in the Smithsonian Institution a bureau
called the Bureau of the Fine Arts, the management of which is intrusted to the
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.

Sec. 2. That the purpose and duties of this bureau shall be to aid in the develop-
ment of the fine arts in the several States and Territories of the United States, by
the reproduction, for the use of art schools and academies, of casts of statuary and
other objects used in giving instruction in art; by preparing and distributing plans
for the construction of buildings and the adaptation of rooms suitable for use as art
schools, with printed plans for the organization of various grades of art academies
and classes; by causing to be held annually, in Washington, District of Columbia, a
public exhibition of works of art, open to all desiring to exhibit, in which the fairest
possible opportunity for exposition shall be afforded all contributors; and by the
publication of an annual register containing an account of new discoveries, inven-
tions, and methods of instruction useful to students of art, together with a report of
the progress of the fine arts in the United States.

Sec. 3. That the reproductions and publications of the bureau shall be distributed
among institutions of art, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution may establish.

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Src. 4. That the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution shall provide suitable
quarters for the holding of the annual art exhibition.

Src. 5. That for the purpose of carrying on the operations of this bureau there be,
and is hereby, appropriated, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 188—, the sum of
$———, to be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury out of any moneys in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and expended under the direction of the
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.

Referred to Committee on the Library.

G. B. GOODE, FISH COMMISSIONER.

December 12, 1887—Senate.

Executive nomination:

G. Brown Goode, to be Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, vice
Spencer F. Baird, deceased.

ROCK CREEK NATIONAL PARK.

December 13, 1887—Senate.

Mr. J. J. Ingalls introduced bill (S. 588) to establish Rock Creek
Park.

Referred to Committee on the District of Columbia.

January 9, 1888—House.

Mr. Jonathan H. Rowell introduced bill (H. 3328) to establish Rock
Creek Park, in the District of Columbia.

Referred to Committee on the District of Columbia.

July 20, 1888—House.

Mr. J. H. Rowell, from Committee on the District of Chee
reported bill (H. 33 28. )

Referred to Calendar.

December 21, 1888—Senate.

Mr. J. S. Morrill proposed amendment:

Provided, That in the event of the creation of a public park in the valley of Rock
Creek the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution shall cooperate with the commis-
sioners of the same in providing a common roadway or roadways through the tract
of land assigned for the uses of the Zoological Park, and also in such other respects
as may be deemed advisable in promoting the benefits and enjoyment of the people.
January 14, 1889—House.

Mr. J. J. Hemphill intr sawed bill (H. ieee! to establish a public
park in the District of Columbia.

Referred to Committee on the District of Colne
January 25, 1889—Senate.

Mr. G. F. Edmunds offered amendment to the bill for the District

of Columbia for 1890:

Src. —. For the establishment of a national park in the District of Columbia,
$1,300,000, to be expended under and in accordance with the provisions following,
that is to say:

That, in order to establish a park in the District of Columbia, a commission shall
be constituted, composed of three persons, namely, the Secretary of the Treasury,

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the Secretary of the Interior, and the Attorney-General, which shall be known and
designated as the commission for the establishment of a park.

That the said commission is hereby authorized and directed to make an inspection
of the country along Rock Creek, beginning at the point on that creek at Massachu-
setts avenue extended, and extending upward along its course to where said creek
is crossed by the road leading west from Brightwood, and to select from that district
of country such a tract of land, including said creek and not more than one-fourth
of a mile on each side thereof, on an average, as said commission shall deem to be
suitable and appropriate for a park.

That the said commission shall cause to be made a careful map of said park, show-
ing the location, quantity, and character of each parcel of private property to be
taken for such purpose, with the names of the respective owners inscribed thereon,
and the said map shall be filed and recorded in the public records of the District of
Columbia; and from and after that date the several tracts and parcels of land
embraced in such park shall be held as condemned for public uses, subject to the
payment of just compensation, to be determined by the said commission and
approved by the President of the United States: Provided, That such compensation
be accepted by the owner or owners of the several parcels of land.

That if the said commission shall be unable to purchase any portion of the land so
selected and condemned within thirty days after such condemnation, by agreement
with the respective owners, at the price approved by the President of the United
States, it shall, at the expiration of such period of thirty days, make application to
the supreme court of the District of Columbia, by petition, at a general or special
term, for an assessment of the value of such land, and said petition shall contain a
particular description of the property selected and condemned, with the name of
the owner or owners thereof, and his, her, or their residences, as far as the same can
be ascertained, together with a copy of the recorded map of the park; and the said
court is hereby authorized and required, upon such application, without delay, to
notify the owners and occupants of the land, and to ascertain and assess the value
of the land so selected and condemned by appointing three commissioners to
appraise the value or values thereof, and to return the appraisement to the court;
and when the values of such land are thus ascertained, and the President shall deem
the same reasonable, said values shall be paid to the owner or owners, and the
United States shall be deemed to have a valid title to said lands.

That the said commission is hereby authorized to call upon the Superintendent of
the Coast and Geodetic Survey, or the Director of the Geological Survey, to make
such surveys as may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this section;
and the said officers are hereby authorized and required to make such surveys under
the direction of said commission.

Mr. Grorcr F. Hoar. I desire to raise the question of order on
that amendment.

Mr. Epmunps. 1 will modify my amendment first, if the Senator
will pardon me fora moment. Instead of ‘‘ $1,300,000” I wish it to
read ‘* $500,000.”

The President pro tempore (Mr. J. J. Incatus). The Secretary will
state the proposed modification. .

Mr. Epmunps. Everybody understands it. I propose to appropri-
ate $500,000 instead of $1,300,000.

The Srecrerary. In line 2 of the amendment it is proposed to
strike out ‘‘one million three” and to insert ‘‘five;” so as to read:
** $500,000.”

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Mr. Exr Sautsspury. I should like to ask the Senator from Ver-
mont if there is any provision made for an appeal in case of condem-
nation ?

Mr. Epmunps. The amendment provides that if this commission of
three heads of Departments can not agree upon the value of the land,
they shall apply to the supreme court of the District, which proceeds
judicially, and then, as in such cases, no appeal is provided for unless
a question of law arises, and in that case an appeal is vested by gen-
eral law.

Mr. Hoar. I desire to raise the question that the amendment is not
competent under Rule XVI.

Mr. Epmunps. It is, I think.

The PrestmbDENT pro tempore. Will the Senator indicate the clause
of the rule?

Mr. Epmunps. The amendment has been referred to the Committee
on Appropriations, I think.

Mr. Hoar. I raise the question that the amendment is irrelevant to
the matter of the bill, and also the question that it proposes general
legislation.

I should like to inquire whether it has been reported by a standing
committee and referred to the Committee on Appropriations more
than twenty-four hours before being offered here /

Mr. Morritz. I have reported from the Committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds an amendment for a zoological park, not the
amendment for a general park.

Mr. Hoar. This is a separate amendment, and has not been referred
to the Committee on Appropriations, I understand, twenty-four hours
before being offered in the Senate.

Mr. Epmunps. Mr. President

The PresIpENT pro tempore. While the question of order is not
strictly debatable, as an appeal would lie, the Chair will hear the Sen-
ator from Vermont on the subject.

Mr. Epmunps. I was under the impression that my colleague had
reported from the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds the
amendment for a general park, but he says he only reported the one
for a zoological park at $200,000. Therefore I think myself that the
amendment would be subject to the point of order that it proposes a
new item of appropriation which had not been referred to the Com-
mittee on Appropriations. The other parts of the point of order I do
not think are well founded.

Mr. Hoar. If it would be out of order for any purpose, I suppose
it is not necessary to pass on the other points at present.

Mr. Epmunps. But the Chair may differ with my friend.

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair would be compelled to hold
that under the second paragraph of Rule XVI, technically the amend-

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ment is open to the point of order suggested by the Senator from
Massachusetts.
January 26, 1889—House.

Mr. J. J. Hempnuiwy reported, with amendments, bill (H. 12136) for
establishment of a public park.

Referred.

January 28, 1889—House.
* Mr. J. J. Hempnry asked for consideration by Committee of Whole
of bill (H. 12136).
Not agreed to.
February 15, 1889—Senate.

Mr. I. G. Harris reported with an amendment bill (S. 588) to estab-
lish Rock Creek Park. Same as reported by Mr. Penn in the
House, January 26, 1889.

Referred to Daten of Whole.

February 19, 1889—Senate.

Mr. G. F. Epmunps. I move—and Senators all know what it is—the
printed amendment’ that I offered to the District of Columbia appro-
priation bill regarding the national park. I ask that it be referred to
the Committee on Appropriations, so that, if they shall report it, it
will be in order to-morrow.

The President pro tempore (Mr. Joun J. Iyeatus). It will be so
ordered, if there be no objection.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS

By the Vice-President.

December 19, 1887—Senate.

The President pro tempore (Mr. Joun J. Incauus.) The Chair
appoints Randall Lee Gibson, Senator from the State of Louisiana, to
serve upon the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, under
the provisions of the Revised Statutes relating to that Institution, in
the place of Samuel Bell Maxey, of Texas, whose term of office has
expired.

APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS

By the Speaker.
January 5, 1888—House.
The Speaker (Mr. Jonn G. Car.isLE) announced the appointment
of Samuel §. Cox, of New York, as Regent of the Smithsonian Insti-
tution.

1See Senate proceedings, January 25, 1889.

1110 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

January 10, 1888—House.

The Speaker (Mr. Joun G. CaRLisLE) announced the appointment
of Joseph Wheeler and William Walter Phelps as Regents of the
Smithsonian Institution.

APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS

By Joint Resolution.
February 8, 1888—Senate.
Mr. J. S. Morritx introduced a joint resolution (S. 50):
That the existing vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution

of the class ‘‘ other than members of Congress’’ shall be filled by the appointment
of Andrew D. White, of the State of New York, in place of Asa Gray, deceased.

The President pro tempore (Mr. Joun J. InGauts). The joint reso-
lution will be referred to the Committee on the Library.

Mr. Morritu. I hardly think it necessary to refer the joint resolu-
tion. Let it be printed and lie on the table.

The PrEsIDENT pro tempore. It will be so ordered, if there be no
objection.

February 9, 1888—Senate.

Mr. J. S. Morrimu. I ask for the consideration of Senate joint res-
olution No. 50, for the appointment of a Regent for the Smithsonian
Institution.

The motion was agreed to; and the Senate, as in Committee of the
Whole, considered and passed the joint resolution (S. 50).

February 10, 1888—House.

Mr. 8. S. Cox. With the permission of the gentleman from Texas
(Mr. Lanham], I ask by unanimous consent to call up from the Speak-
er’s table joint resolution (S. 50) appointing Andrew D. White a
member of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, and
to put it upon its passage.

There was no objection, and the joint resolution was passed.

February 15, 1888.

Resolved, etc., That the existing vacancy in the Board of Regents
of the Smithsonian Institution of the class ‘‘other than members of
Congress”, shall be filled by the appointment of Andrew D. White, of
the State of New York, in place of Asa Gray, deceased.

(Stat. XXV, 617.)

CAPRON JAPANESE COLLECTION.

December 21, 1887—Senate.

Mr. Dante, W. VooruHEEs introduced a bill (S. 1033):

That the sum of $10,000 be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purchase of “‘the Capron
collection of Japanese works of art,’’ now on temporary deposit in the National
Museum, at Washington, D. C.

Referred to Committee on the Library.

Se a

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February 23, 1888—Senate.

Reported by Mr. D. W. Voorness, from Committee on the Library.
March 1, 1888—Senate.

Recommitted to Committee on the Library and bill (S. 2215) substi-
tuted.
March 5, 1888—House.

Mr. R. H. M. Davipson, of Florida, introduced a bill (H. 8026):

That the sum of $14,675 be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purchase of ‘‘the Capron
collection of Japanese works of art,’? now on temporary deposit in the National
Museum, at Washington, District of Columbia.

Referred to Committee on the Library.

March 15, 1888—Senate.

S. 1033, reported by Mr. Wirui1am M. Evarts; amended to appro-

priate $14,675 instead of $10,000.
March 31, 1888—Senate.

S. 1033 considered and postponed indefinitely.
March 31, 1888—Senate.

S. 2215 passed.

April 3, 1888—House.

The bill (S. 2215) providing for the purchase of ‘‘ the Capron collec-
tion of Japanese works of art” referred to Committee on the Library.
August 8, 1888—House.

Mr. Cuartres O’Neri1i, of Pennsylvania, from the Committee on
the Library, submitted Report (H. 3221), on bill (S. 2215):

The Committee on the Library, to which was referred the bill (S.
2215) providing for the purchase of *‘the Capron collection of Japa-
nese works of art,” reports the same favorably and recommends its
passage.

This collection was made by the late Gen. Horace Capron, a gentle-
man of great refinement, culture, and learning, while he was United
States minister to Japan. It was carefully examined by Prof. G.
Brown Goode, the assistant to the late Prof. Spencer F. Baird, Direc-
tor of the National Museum, who estimated its value at about the
sum proposed in the bill to be appropriated. The committee thinks
the Government should have the ownership of this collection. It
would be placed in the National Museum, where the many visitors
from all parts of the country could see it. .

Committed to Committee of the Whole.

February 8. 1889—Senate.

Mr. W. M. Evarts, from Joint Committee on the Library, reported
an amendment to be proposed to the sundry civil bill for 1890:

For the purchase of ‘tthe Capron collection of Japanese works of art,’’? now on

temporary deposit in the National Museum at Washington, District of Columbia,
$14,675.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations,

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February 19, 1889—House.
Sundry civil bill considered.
The next amendment was, on page 41, after line 9, to insert:

Purchase of Capron collection of Japanese works of art: For the purchase of the
Capron collection of Japanese works of art, now on temporary deposit in the National
Museum at Washington, D. C., $10,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

The amendment was agreed to.
[This item failed, but was passed March 3, 1891. |

ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM AND LIBRARY.
December 22, 1887—House.

Deficiency estimates for 1887, ete.

To reimburse the appropriation for the erection of a building for
the Army Medical Museum and Library by the amount expended in
moving a large wooden building belonging to the National Museum,
so as to clear the site selected for the building in question, $245.

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION,
Washington, D. C., January 6, 1887.
Str: I respectfully ask that the following item be inserted in the deficiency bill
which you are about transmitting to Congress:

To reimburse the appropriation for the erection of a building for the Army Medical
Museum and Library by the amount for the building in question, $245.

The annexed building in question was erected several years ago, for the pur-
pose of carrying out a provision of Congress for the participation by the National
Museum, United States Fish Commission, and the United States Geological Survey
in the New Orleans National Exhibition, and had been placed where it was most con-
venient at the time. Subsequently, when a site was selected for the new building
for the Army Medical Museum, this construction was found to encroach to such an
extent as to make it necessary to move it some 50 or more feet, and as there was no
appropriation available for the purpose, it was done at the expense of the appropria-
tion for the construction of the Army Medical Museum building, the demands upon
which have been very great, so as to naturally induce the desire for reimbursal.
Unfortunately the National Museum has no funds applicable to this purpose, and
the subject is respectfully transmitted to Congress for its action.

Very respectfully,
Spencer F. Barrp,
Secretary Smithsonian Institution.
Hon. Danie, MANNING,
Secretary of the Treasury, Washington, D. C.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

SEMON BACHE & CO.
December 22, 1887—House.
Deficiency estimates for 1887, etc.

To refund the duty paid by Semon Bache & Co., of New York,
upon glass from imported stock furnished to the National Museum and

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the New Orleans, Louisville, and Cincinnati expositions, for exhibition
cases, $3,562.56.

Norr.—In explanation I would state that from time to time for several years past
the Treasury Department has, at the request of the Smithsonian Institution, granted
free permits for importations of glass to offset the duty paid on that furnished from
stock to the National Museum, and the New Orleans, Cincinnati, and Louisville expo-
sitions by the firm in question; but in the summer of 1884 an order was issued by the
Treasury Department declining to grant further permits unless the glass came directly
through the custom-house to this city, this order proving retroactive with regard to
Messrs. Bache & Co. Theamount of duties now asked to be refunded we have found
to be correct, and covers the entire liability of the Government on this account to
the firm mentioned, to the present date.

September 26, 1888.

Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is
hereby, authorized to pay to Semon Bache & Company, of New York,
the sum of $3,562.56, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for the purpose of refunding the duty paid by said firm
upon glass from imported stock furnished to the National Museum and
the New Orleans, Louisville, and Cincinnati expositions for exhibition
cases.

(Stat., X XV, 1190.)

EXPOSITIONS.
Washington, D. C., Exposition.

January 5, 1888—Senate.

Mr. George F. Hoar introduced a bill (S. 1165) to provide for a
world’s exposition at the national capital in 1892, and thereafter a
permanent exposition of the three Americas in honor of the four
hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America.

* * * * * * *

Sec. 5. That space be assigned in some Government reservation in the city of
Washington for the following permanent governmental buildings, namely:

(1) Space for the enlargement of the present National Museum into a continental
or three Americas museum, said space to be available whenever the necessary funds
are provided for said purpose.

(2) Space for a permanent building, under the control of the Interior Department,
for the exhibit of working models of important American inventions, said space to
be available whenever the necessary funds are provided for said purpose.

Referred to Committee on the Centennial of the Constitution and
the Discovery of America.

Melbourne Exposition.
February 1, 1888.
Joint resolution.

Whereas the British Government has extended to the Government
of the United States an invitation to participate in the international
exhibition which is to be held at Melbourne, beginning on the 1st day

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of August, 1888, to celebrate the centenary of the founding of New
South Wales: Therefore,

Resolved, etc., That said invitation is accepted, and that there be,
and there hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury
of the United States not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $50,000,
or so much thereof as may be necessary to effect the purpose of this
resolution, to be expended in the discretion of the Secretary of State
for the purpose of such representation at said exhibition.

Src. 2. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to trans-
mit to Congress a detailed statement of the expenditures which may
have been incurred under the provisions of this resolution, together
with any reports which may be made by the representatives of this
country at said exhibition.

(Stat., XXV, 617.)

Barcelona Exposition.
April 11, 1888.
Joint resolution.

Whereas the Spanish Government has extended to the Government
of the United States an invitation to participate in the international
exhibition which is to be held at Barcelona, Spain, commencing in the
month of April, 1888:

Resolved, ctc., That said invitation is accepted, and that there be,
and there hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury
of the United States not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $25,000,
or so much thereof as may be necessary to effect the purpose of this
resolution, to be expended in the discretion of the Secretary of State
for the purpose of such representation at said exhibition.

Src. 2. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to trans-
mit to Congress a detailed statement of the expenditures which may
have been incurred under the provisions of this resolution, together
with any reports which may be made by the representatives of this
country at said exhibition.

(Stat. XXV, p. 620.)

Paris Exposition.
May 10, 1888.
Joint resolution.

Whereas the United States have been invited by the Republic of
France to take part in an exposition of works of art and the products
of manufactures and agriculture of all nations, to be held in Paris,
commencing the 5th day of May and closing the 31st day of October,
1889: Therefore,

Resolved, etc., That said invitation is accepted, and that the governors
of the several States and Territories be, and are hereby, requested to

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invite the people of their respective States and Territories to assist in
the proper representation of the productions of our industry and of
the natural resources of the country, and to take such further measures
as may be necessary in order to secure to their respective States and
Territories the advantages to be derived from this beneficent under-
taking.

Src. 2. That the President, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate, shall appoint a commissioner-general to represent the
United States in the proposed exposition, and under the general direc-
tion of the Secretary of State, to make all needful rules and regula-
tions in reference to the contributions from this country, and to control
the expenditures incident to the proper installation and exhibit thereof;
the pay of jurors, and the preparation of the reports on the exposition,
and the general results thereof; and an assistant commissioner-general
to act under the direction of the commissioner-general, who shall
perform the duties of commissioner-general in case of his death or
disability; and that the President may also appoint as assistants to the
commissioner-general nine scientific experts, corresponding to and
specifically assigned to the nine groups into which the exposition will,
under the official regulations be divided; that the allowance to said
commissioner-general for salary and personal expenses shall not exceed
$10,000 for his whole term of office; that the allowance of said assistant
commissioner-general for salary and personal expenses shall not exceed
$5,000 for his term of office, and the allowance of the nine scientific
experts for salary and personal expenses shall not exceed $1,500 each,
not including such clerical service as may be allowed by the commis-
sioner-general, which shall not exceed $15,000.

Src. 3. That in order to defray the necessary expenses above
authorized, and for the proper installation of the exhibition, and the
expenditures of the commissioner-general made under the direction of
the Secretary of State, and with his approval, and not otherwise, there
be, and hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury of
the United States not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $250,000, or
so much thereof as may be necessary for the purposes herein specified,
which sum shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of
State; the Commissioner of Agriculture is hereby authorized to collect
and prepare suitable specimens of the agricultural productions of the
several States and Territories of the Union for exhibition at the Paris
Exposition and accompany the same with a report respecting such
productions, to be printed in the English, French, and German lan-
guages, the expense of the same to be paid out of said appropriation.

Src. 4. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to transmit
to Congress a detailed statement of the expenditures which may have
been incurred under the provisions of this resolution, together with
all reports called for under section 2 of this resolution, which reports

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shall be prepared and arranged with a view to concise statement and
convenient reference.

(Stat., XX'V, 620.)

October 10, 1888—Senate.

Mr. J. N. Doxrn introduced a joint resolution (S. 115):

Resolved, etc., That the Executive and other Departments of the Government, the
National Museum, the Geological Survey, and the Smithsonian Institute, be, and
they are hereby, authorized to use for exhibition at the Paris Exposition of 1889
such articles and cases as may be on hand and for which space can be obtained; and
that any unexpended balance of the appropriation for the Cincinnati Exhibition of
1888 may be applied for the preparation and boxing of such exhibits.

Mr. Dotex. This joint resolution was handed to me by an officer of
the State Department to-day. He came here to see the chairman of
the Committee on Foreign Relations, who is absent. The resolution,
I think, will meet no opposition. I have consulted all the members of
the Committee on Foreign Relations who are present to-day, and all
are in favor of the resolution and agree to its being pat upon its pas-
sage now.

Mr. Gro. F. Hoar. What does the joint a Aaiees comprehend?
It seems to be pretty vague in description. I should like to have it
read once more.

The President pro tempore (Mr. J. J. Incauts). The joint resolu-
tion will be read the second time at length.

The joint resolution was read the second time.

Mr. Hoar. I do not understand what the phrase means, ‘‘the
Executive and other Departments of the Government.” _ What are the
‘other Departments ” ?

Mr. Dorn. I understand that the articles which it is proposed to
place on exhibition at the Paris Exposition are the articles which are
now on exhibition at Cincinnati, Ohio.

Mr. Hoar. The joint resolution does not say so.

Mr. Dorn. I send to the desk and ask to have read a letter from
the Acting Secretary of State to the chairman of the committee, which
was handed to me in the absence of the chairman.

The PresmpENT pro tempore. The letter will be read, if there be no
objection.

The Secretary read as follows:

DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington, October 10, 1888.

Sir: The attention of this Department has been called to the fact that, without
Congressional action, the Director of the National Museum will have no authority to
have articles shipped from that collection to Paris. The same is true of articles in
the possession of the Smithsonian Institution and the Bureau of Ethnology, all of
which departments of the Goyernment would be able at trifling expense, if author-
ized to do so, to make a satisfactory and creditable display at the Paris Exposition
which opens in May, 1889.

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It will be quite unnecessary to make any further appropriation of funds for the
purpose indicated if the unexpended balance of the sum appropriated for the Cincin-
nati Exposition may be devoted to packing and preparing the exhibits made by the
Government there, and transferring them to Paris. All that is desired is that
authority should be given to the various Departments of the Government that have
articles on hand to use them in the direction indicated. It is proposed by the com-
missioner-general, who, I believe, has been in correspondence with the authorities
of the Smithsonian Institution and the Geological Survey, that little more should be
done than transfer the articles now on exhibition at Cincinnati to Paris.

A form of a proposed resolution is hereto appended.

I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,
G. L. Rives,
Acting Secretary.
Hon. JoHN SHERMAN,
Chairman Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate.

Inclosure: Joint resolution (proposed).

Mr. Hoar. The joint resolution is slovenly, unmeaning, and utterly
unworthy of the Senate or of a legislative body. The Senator from
Oregon ought to put it in proper shape before it is passed.

The Geological Survey—

What is the ‘‘ Geological Survey” as an official ?

The Geological Survey is hereby authorized to use for exhibition at the Paris
Exposition of 1889 such articles and cases as may be on hand.

Where? It is accompanied by a letter saying that it refers to the
articles which have been already exhibited at Cincinnati.

The executive and other departments of the Government—

are also authorized.

There is no limitation im the joint resolution to articles which have
been exhibited at Cincinnati.

Mr. Dorn. I will ask the Senator if he knows of any such resolu-
tion that has been passed which specifies the articles in the different
departments which are to be put on exhibition?

Mr. Hoar. The resolution might at least state, not indicating the
several articles, that the responsibility of selecting such articles should
be put upon some official or person named.

Mr. Dorn. I understand the resolution to do that. It specifies
the heads of the various bureaus or departments which have the
articles.

Mr. Hoar. It seems to me very extraordinary legal phraseology to
say that the Geological Survey is authorized to send to Paris ‘‘such
articles and cases as may be on hand.”

Mr. Doxpu. | am not going to get up a controversy with the Sena-
tor from Massachusetts about the joint resolution. I did not draw it.
It was transmitted here by the Department of State

Mr. Hoar, I shall object to it until it is put in proper form.

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Mr. Doten. Otherwise I might feel disposed to defend the joint
resolution and its phraseology.

Mr. Hoar. I object to its present consideration.

Mr. H. M. Tetter. While ‘‘ the Geological Survey” is a common
term, perhaps it is not technically correct. That designation ought
to be stricken out and the Interior Department inserted. The Geo-
logical Survey is but a bureau under the Secretary of the Interior.

Mr. Dorn. I have no objection to that amendment being made.
I will modify the joint resolution in that manner if it will be satisfac-
tory to the Senator from Massachusetts; but if the rest of the resolu-
tion is not satisfactory to him, of course it must go over.

The PresipeNT pro tempore. The joint resolution having been
read twice, is there objection to its present consideration ?

Mr. Hoar. I object.

The PRrEsIDENT pro tempore. The resolution will be referred to the
Committee on Foreign Relations or placed on the Calendar, at the
option of the Senator from Oregon.

Mr. Dotpn. Let it go on the Calendar.

The PrEsIDENT pro tempore. The joint resolution will be placed on
the Calendar.

October 15, 1888—Senate.

Joint resolution (S. 115) relating to the Paris Exposition of 1889
being considered, Mr. Jonn T. Morean said:

Mr. President——

The President pro tempore (Mr. Jonn J. IncAuus). Does the Sena-
tor from Georgia yield to the Senator from Alabama?

-Mr. JoserH E. Brown. I will yield to the Senator from Alabama,
but I shall not yield further. My remarks will not be lengthy.

Mr. Morean. I desire to call up the joint resolution (S. 115) author-
izing the departments of the Government to use articles in their
possession for exhibition at the Paris Exhibition of 1889.

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection to the present con-
sideration of the joint resolution ?

Mr. GrorcE F. Hoar. Let it be read for information.

Mr. Morean. I offer a substitute for it.

Mr. Hoar. Let the substitute be read.

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The amendment will be read.

The Secretary. It is proposed to strike out all after the resolving
clause and insert:

That the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of War,
the Secretary of the Navy, the Postmaster-General, the Secretary of the Interior,
the Attorney-General, the Commissioner of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Smith-
sonian Institution, the Director of the National Museum, the Commissioner of the
Fish Commission, and the Commissioner of Labor be, and they are severally hereby,

authorized, in their discretion, to use for exhibition at the Paris Universal Expo-
sition of 1889 such articles as may be available for said exposition, and that any

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unexpended balances of the appropriations for the Cincinnati Exhibition of 1888
may be applied for that purpose.

By unanimous consent, the Senate, as in Committee of the Whole,
proceeded to consider the joint resolution.

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The question is on agreeing to the
amendment proposed by the Senator from Alabama [Mr. Morgan].

The amendment was agreed to.

The joint resolution as amended was passed.

Brussels Exposition.
May 11, 1888.
Joint resolution.

Whereas the Belgian Government has extended to the Government
of the United States an invitation to participate in the International
Exhibition which is to be held at Brussels, Belgium, commencing in
the month of May, 1888:

Resolwed, etc., That said invitation is accepted and that there be,
and there hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury
of the United States not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $30,000,
or so much thereof as may be necessary, to effect the purpose of this
resolution, to be expended in the discretion-of the Secretary of State
for the purpose of such representation at said exhibition.

Src. 2. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to trans-
mit to Congress a detailed statement of the expenditures which may
have been incurred under the provisions of this resolution, together
with any reports which may be made by the representatives of this
country at said exhibition.

(Stat., X XV, 622.)

Cincimmati Exposition.
May 28, 1888.
An act, ete.

Whereas the States which comprise the Northwest Territory and
the adjacent States will hold at Cincinnati, Ohio, from July 4 to
October 27, 1888, a centennial exposition commemorative of the
organization of the Northwest Territory, under the ordinance of 1787,
in which exposition all the States and Territories of the United States
and the General Government have been invited to participate, the
object being in said exposition to present a panorama of the nation’s
resources and present state of progressive development by an exhibi-
tion of the products of agriculture, of the various industries and fine
arts; also the results of advancement made in the sciences; the whole
illustrating the opportunities secured to and the possibilities which
wait upon the citizens of this Republic; and

Whereas the citizens of the Ohio Valley and the several States adja-
cent thereto have made suitable and adequate preparation and arrange-

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ments for holding said exposition, and are desirous—and it being fit
and proper—that the several Executive Departments of the Govern-
ment, the Department of Agriculture, the Smithsonian Institution,
including the National Museum and Commission of Fish and Fisher-
ies, should participate in said exhibition: Therefore,

Be it enacted, etc., That the head of each of the several Executive
Departments of the Government, the Commissioner of Agriculture,
and the Smithsonian Institution, including the National Museum, and
Commission of Fish and Fisheries, under the direction of the Presi-
dent of the United States, be, and they are hereby authorized and
directed to prepare and make suitable exhibits at the said Centennial
Exposition of the Ohio Valley and Central States, to be held at Cin-
cinnati, beginning on the 4th of July and closing October 27, 1888.

That there shall be appointed a committee of Congress composed of
ten members, five to be appointed by the President of the Senate and
five by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Said committee
is authorized and directed to visit said exposition and make such report
to Congress in that behalf as they may deem needful and proper: /ro-
vided, That the President may in the exercise of his discretion allow
such documents and exhibits as relate to early settlement at Marietta,
Ohio, and the establishment of civil government in the territory north-
west of the Ohio River, to be taken to Marietta, and exhibited during

the time from July 15th to 19th, 1888, inclusive, under such restric-

tions and custody as he may direct.

That to enable the several Executive Departments of the Govern-
ment, the Department of Agriculture and the Smithsonian Institution,
including the National Museum, and the Commission of Fish and Fish-
eries, to participate in said exposition, to be held as aforesaid, there is
hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, $147,750, apportioned as follows:

For the War Department, $7,150.

For the Navy Department, $15,000.

For the State Department, $2,500.

For the Treasury Department, $7,500.

For the Interior Department, $36,100.

For the Department of Agriculture, $20,000.

For the Post-Office Department, $5,000.

For the Department of Justice, $2,000.

For the Smithsonian Institution, including the Commission of Fish
and Fisheries, $50,000.

For expenses of the committee of Congress, $2,500.

That the President may, if in his judgment it shall be deemed nec-
essary and expedient in order to secure the best results with greatest
economy, transfer a part of the fund hereby apportioned to one
department or bureau to another department or bureau. The term

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bureau wherever used herein shall be construed to include the Agri-
cultural Department, the Smithsonian Institution, and Commission of
Fish and Fisheries. '

That the President of the United States is hereby authorized to
detail an officer of the Pay Department of the Army or Navy to dis-
burse the fund appropriated by this act.

The payments on account of expenses incurred in carrying out and
into effect the provisions hereof shall be made on itemized vouchers
approved by the representative of the department incurring the lia-
bility, and a person to be designated by the President to make final
audit of said accounts: Provided, That payment of the expenses
incurred by the committee of Congress shall be made on vouchers
approved by the chairman of said committee.

That the head of each of said Executive Departments and of the
Department of Agriculture, Smithsonian Institution, and Commission
of Fish and Fisheries shall, from among the officers or employees
thereof, appoint a suitable person to act as representative of such
department or bureau, and said representative shall, under the direc-
tion and control of the head of the department or bureau, supervise
the preparation and conduct of the exhibits herein provided for.

That no officer or employee appointed as aforesaid shall be paid
extra or additional compensation by reason of services rendered in
virtue of such employment; but nothing herein shall be so construed
as to prevent the payment of the just and reasonable expenses of any
committee, officer, or employee appointed or employed under and by
virtue of the provisions of this act.

That all articles imported from the Republic of Mexico or the
Dominion of Canada for the purpose of being exhibited at said expo-
sition shall be admitted free of duty, subject, however, to such condi-
tions and regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may impose
and prescribe.

(Stat., X XV, 159.)

June 28, 1888—Senate.

Mr. John Sherman, Mr. W. B. Allison, Mr. C. F. Manderson, Mr.
A. H. Colquitt, and Mr. J. H. Berry, appointed by President of the
Senate to attend the Ohio Exposition.

June 28, 1888—House.

Mr. B. Butterworth, Mr. W. M. Springer, Mr..W. C. P. Breckin-
ridge, Mr. G. W. Steele, and Mr. M. H. Ford, by the Speaker of the
House.

July 16, 1888.
Joint resolution.

Resolved, etc., That it is the true intent and meaning of the act of
Congress approved May 28, 1888, by the President of the United
States, entitled ‘“‘An act making appropriation to enable the several

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Executive Departments of the Government, and the Bureau of Agri-
culture, and the Smithsonian Institution, including the National
Museum and the Commission of Fish and Fisheries, to participate in
the Centennial Exposition of the Ohio Valley and Central States,
to be held at Cincinnati, Ohio, from July 4 to October [2]7, 1888,”
that the President of the United States may, in his discretion, make
an order directing that any documents, papers, maps not original,
books or other exhibits which properly and pertinently relate to the
establishment of civil government in the territory northwest of the .
Ohio River, may be sent upon an Executive order from any of the
several departments in said act named, or from the exhibits now at
Cincinnati, and that the appropriation of money in said act to defray the
expenses of such exhibits may be made applicable, in so far as the Pres-
ident of the United States may direct, to the payment of the expenses.
of the care, transportation to, and return of such exhibits from Mari-
etta. And the same shall be paid from such fund heretofore set apart
for each department as the President may order. Nor shall anything
in said act be so construed as to prevent the purchase of suitable mate-
rials and the employment of proper persons to complete or modify
series of objects and classes of specimens when in the judgment of the
head of any department such purchase or employment or both is nec-
essary in the proper preparation and conduct of an exhibit. Nor to
authorize the removal from their places of deposit in Washington of
any original paper or document or laws or ordinances whatever.
(Stat., XXV, 626.)
October 20, 1888.
Joint resolution.

Resolved, etc., That authority is hereby granted to continue until
and including November 15, 1888, the exhibits made by the Govern-
ment at the Centennial Exposition of the Ohio Valley and Central
States, at Cincinnati, Ohio, under authority of the act approved May
28, 1888.

(Stat., XXV, 634.)

Marietta Exposition.
(See Cincinnati Exposition.)

ETHNOLOGY—BULLETINS.

January 9, 1888—House.
Mr. A. G. Carutu introduced a joint resolution (H. 50):
That there be printed at the Government Printing Office 6,000 copies of any matter

furnished by the Bureau of Ethnology relating to researches and discoveries con-
nected with the study of the North American Indians; the same to be issued in parts

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and the whole to form an annual yolume of bulletins; 1,000 of which shall be for the
use of the Senate, 2,000 for the use of the House of Representatives, and 3,000 for
distribution by the Bureau of Ethnology.

Referred to Committee on Printing.

[Never acted on. |
June 18, 1888—Senate.

Mr. James K. Jones, of Arkansas, introduced a joint resolution
(S. 95) to print bulletins of Bureau of Ethnology.

Referred to Committee on Printing.

July 20, 1888—Senate.

Mr. C. F. Manprrson, from Committee on Printing, submitted a
report (S. 1875) on (S. joint resolution 95). ;

Section 3795 of the Revised Statutes provides that ‘‘all propositions
in either House of Congress for printing extra copies of documents,
the cost of which exceeds $500, shall be by concurrent resolution.”

The committee, proposing to report in favor of the printing of the
report above mentioned, and desiring to comply with the law, recom-
mend that the joint resolution be indefinitely postponed, and that in
lieu thereof the Senate pass a concurrent resolution herewith reported.

The number of copies proposed to be printed is less by 4,000 than
authorized by the resolution for printing the bulletins of the previous
year.

The estimated cost, as per the Public Printer’s letter herewith sub-
mitted, is $3,990.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE,
Washington, D. C., July 2, 1888.
Str: The estimated cost of printing the ‘‘matter furnished by the Bureau of Eth-
nology relating to researches and discoveries connected with the study of the North
American Indians,’’ as provided for in Senate resolution No. 95, is $3,990.
The approximate cost of the amount of printing previously estimated upon for
Congress within the present fiscal year is $1,365,705.90.

Very respectfully,
G. H. BENEDICT,

Chief Clerk for the Public Printer.
Hon. Cuas. F. MANDERSON,

Chairman Committee on Printing, United States Senate.

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That there be printed
at the Government Printing Office 6,000 copies of any matter furnished by the
Bureau of Ethnology relating to researches and discoveries connected with the
study of the North American Indians; the same to be issued in parts and the whole
to form an annual volume of bulletins, 1,000 of which shall be for the use of the
Senate, 2,000 for the use of the House of Representatives, and 3,000 for distribution
by the Bureau of Ethnology.

Passed. :

July 28, 1888—House.
Passed.

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ETHNOLOGY—REPORTS.

June 18, 1888—Senate.

Mr. J. K. Jones introduced a joint resolution (S. 98), to print
eighth and ninth Reports of the Bureau of EOE Ne

Referred to Committee on Printing.

July 19, 1888—Senate.

Mr. Cuares F. Manperson, from Committee on Printing, reported
adversely S. 98, providing for printing the eighth and ninth Annual
Reports of the inieewny of the Bureau of Ethnology, with the recom-
mendation that it be indefinitely postponed, and in lieu thereof reported
a concurrent resolution, and asked for its consideration.

(The estimated cost of usual number, $2,103.85; for 15,500 copies,
bound in cloth, $31,869.65.)

The President pro tempore (Mr. J. J. Incas). The adverse report
will be agreed to if there be no objection, and the joint resolution will
be indefinitely postponed.

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That there be printed
at the Government Printing Office 15,500 copies each of the Eighth and Ninth
Annual Reports of the Director of the Bureau of Ethnology, with accompanying
papers and illustrations, and uniform with the preceding volumes of the series, of
which 3,500 shall be for the use of the Senate, 7,000 for the use of the House of
Representatives, and 5,000 for distribution by the Bureau of Ethnology.

Agreed to.

July 24, 1888—House. :
Mr. J. D. RicHarpson reported Senate concurrent resolution.

July 28, 1888—House.
Passed.

GENERAL JAMES SHIELDS’S SWORDS.

January 9, 1888—House.

Mr. C. H. Mansour introduced bill (H. 37 96) for purchase of Shields’s
swords.

Referred to Committee on Military Affairs.

January 9, 1888—House.

A bill (H. 3814) introduced by Mr. M. L. Crarpy.

Referred to Committee on Military Affairs.
February 8, 1888—House.

H. 3796 reported by Mr. G. D. Truman and referred to Committee
of the Whole.

March 8, 1888—House.

Remarks were made by Mr. George D. Tillman, Mr. George W.
Steele, Mr. C. H. Mansur, Mr. William H. Hatch, Mr. Jehu Baker,
Mr. J. L. MacDonald, Mr. William M. Springer, Mr. Binger Her-
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M. Glover, Mr. C. R. Buckalew, and Mr. B. M. Cutcheon in favor of
purchasing certain swords of the widow and children of the late Gen.
James Shields.

Mr. C. A. Boute.ie. Before the previous question is called, I ask
the gentleman from South Carolina if the bill [H. 3796] is not slightly
ambiguous in its closing words as to the disposition of these trophies?
It says:

When so purchased the same to be deposited with the other military archives of
the nation.

Is that phraseology well understood? What disposition will be
made of these swords under the bill?

All the gentlemen who have spoken have referred to the importance
of the purchase of these relics and their ownership by the Govern-
ment as pointing to an example of illustrious patriotism and giving an
incitement to the emulation of future generations. It strikes me this
bill is slightly vague in its provision in the closing lines, so as to leave
some doubt as to whether these trophies shall be placed in a position
where they can be seen by the people.

Mr. Titiman. In reply to the gentleman from Maine I will say this
bill was drawn by the gentleman from Missouri [Mr. Mansur] and
was reported back to the House by the Military Committee without
amendment. We thought it was very modest in the price it fixed,
and we also thought that the provision leaving the whole matter in
the hands of the Secretary of War was ample protection for the Goy-
ernment to dispose of these mementos properly. I presume they
will be deposited either in the National Museum or in the War
Department.

Mr. Bouretxe. The Secretary of War, in a recent communication
to the House, has stated that the lack of legislation or of instructions
by Congress as to the disposition of certain relics and trophies has
prevented the War Department from making any such disposition of
them.

Mr. Truuman. Iam ready to accept any amendment which may be
suggested by the gentleman from Maine to accomplish his object, and
will thank him to suggest one. It occurs to me the National Museum
would be the appropriate place.

Mr. Bouretie. I am not particular about the place, but I would
suggest some such amendment as this. Let the last clause of the bill
be so amended as to read:

When so purchased the same to be deposited and publicly displayed, with the

other military archives of the nation, in some appropriate place at the national seat
of government.

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I am willing to leave the selection with the Secretary of War.

Mr. Tirruman. | should prefer it if the gentleman would suggest
in his amendment the National Museum. That seems to me the most
appropriate place.

Mr. G. W. E. Dorsry. That is right.

Mr. BourE.ue. I would prefer not to specify the place, for I do not
like to dictate the selection. My only object is to provide that they
shall be displayed, as was provided by the original law of 1814 in
regard to matters of this kind, at some place to be designated by the
President and the Secretary of War.

Mr. Benton McMitu1n. Let the amendment be reported.

The amendment was read.

Mr. McMurry. I wish to ask the gentleman from Maine [Mr.
Boutelle] one other question; what other trophies or archives he has
reference to in the amendment he has offered and in the explanation
he has made?

Mr. BourEiue. I asked the question as to what was referred to in
the bill in relation to that.

Mr. McMiurn. Some are in one place, some in another. They
are not all together. It may be convenient to put these in one place.
Is it designed to collect them all in one place and make a public
exhibit?

Mr. Bouretie. The amendment does not require that they shall all
be displayed in the same place.

Mr. McMrruin. Does this seek to control the dspiny of other
mementos or archives of the war than the two swords?

Mr. Boutrtie. I had nothing to do with preparing the proposition
providing for this purchase. I do not favor the purchase. I am sim-
ply amending the wording of the original bill.

Mr. McMruuiy. Your only object, I understand, is to control these
swords as to where they shall be placed ?

Mr. Bouter tye. To perfect the reading of this bill.

Mr. McMiturn. But is your only object to control the location of
these swords?

Mr. Bouretie. If the gentleman will be kind enough to make a

distinct statement of what he wants to know from me, I will try to
answer him.

Mr. McMuu1n. I want to know what object you wish to accomplish
by your amendment?

Mr. Bourettez. I will endeavor to inform the gentleman very sim-
ply. I took up this bill a few minutes ago; I did not frame the bill;
I did not originate it, and I know nothing about it. I find, however,
that it says, in effect, that the Secretary o War, after the parchhies of
these pos, shall deposit them with the other military archives of the

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nation. Now, I do not pretend to say what those are; I do not know;
I have no idea what was intended by the wording of that portion of the
bill. I presume something was meant; but I suggested that it left the
matter vague, that there was no provision that these swords should
be placed anywhere for public inspection; and inasmuch as the Secre-
tary of War has stated in a recent report that the want of legislation of
that character has prevented him, or prevented the War Department,
for many years from making any public disposition or display of
. articles which may come under the general classification of ‘military
archives,” I suggested that if these relics were to be purchased for the
purpose of being exhibited to the people, we had better provide for
that in the bill. For that reason I suggested such additional words, by
way of amendment, as would accomplish precisely that result. So far
as the other words that are left in the bill are concerned, I have no
responsibility for them and no intention in connection with them.

Mr. McMinn. But you spoke of the fact that a report has been
made from the War Department stating that there is an absence of
legislation concerning the public exhibition of the other archives
referred to. Now, is it your object to accomplish anything, with ref-
erence to those other military archives beyond these particular swords?
I suspect that is the object, and oppose it.

SeveRAL Mempers. Regular order!

Mr. Titiman. Mr. Speaker, I yield two minutes to the gentleman
from New York [Mr. Charles 8. Baker].

Mr. Baxer of New York. Mr. Speaker, I think this whole difficulty
may be composed by a suggestion in the nature of an amendment pro-
viding that these swords be placed on permanent exhibition in the
National Museum.

SEVERAL Members. That is right.

Mr. Baker of New York. I move that amendment as a substitute
for the amendment of the gentleman from Maine [Mr. Boutelle].

The Speaker pro tempore (Mr. S. S. Cox). The clerk will report
the proposed substitute.

The Crier read as follows:

In line 9, after the word ‘‘nation,’’ insert ‘‘in some public place at the National
Museum.”’

The substitute offered by Mr. Baker of New York was agreed to.

Mr. Mansur. Mr. Speaker, I move to amend, in line 50, by striking
out the words ‘‘actual cost not to exceed,” leaving the amount $10,000.

Mr. McMuiun. I hope the gentleman from Missouri will not insist
on that.

Mr. B. M. Curcutron. I hope that will be withdrawn. It never
has been before the committee.

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Mr. Mansur. Well, let the amendment stand, but change the word
“ten” to ‘‘eight”, making $8,000, which is the actual amount the two
legislatures paid for the swords.

SrverAL Mempers. Oh,no. Withdraw your amendment.

- Mr. Mansur. Well, Mr. Speaker, I withdraw the amendment.

Mr. Trttman. I now move the previous question on the bill as
amended.

The previous question was ordered.

The bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed and read a third.

time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time.
Mr. W. C. Oates. Mr. Speaker, let us have the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were refused, one-fifth not voting in favor thereof.
The bill (H. 3796) as amended was then passed.

March 8, 1888—Senate.
Referred to Committee on Library.

March 15, 1888—Senate.
Reported by Mr. W. M. Evarts.

April 11, 1888—Senate.
Passed.

‘April 19, 1888.
An act, ete.

Whereas the State of Illinois and the State of South Carolina, after
the war with Mexico, each presented to the late Gen. James Shields a
sword, in consideration of gallant and meritorious services rendered
by him in said war; and

Whereas he has left surviving him a widow and three minor chil-
dren, with but limited means of support, and said swords, though
costly and valuable, can not be divided and apportioned between said
children, and their value is needed for the education and support of
said children: Therefore,

Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby,
authorized and directed to purchase of said widow and children said
swords, at their actual cost, not to exceed the sum of $10,000, to be
paid for out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
and when so purchased the same to be deposited with the other mili-
tary archives of the nation, in some public place at the National
Museum.

(Stat., XXV, 86.)

July 23, 1888 —House.

Mr. Cuarutes H. Mansur introduced a joint resolution (H. 202;
Report 3400) to construe an act passed at this session entitled ‘‘An

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act to purchase of the widow and children of the late Gen. James

Shields certain swords:”

Whereas the State of Illinois and the State of South Carolina, after the war with
Mexico, each presented to the late Gen. James Shields a sword, in consideration of
gallant and meritorious services rendered by him in said war; and

Whereas he has left surviving him a widow and three minor children, with but
limited means of support, and said swords, though costly and valuable, can not be
divided and apportioned between said children, and their value is needed for the

education and support of said children: Therefore,

Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and
directed to purchase of said widow and children said swords, at their actual cost, not
to exceed the sum of $10,000, to be paid for out of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, and when so purchased the same to be deposited with the
other military archives of the nation in some public place at the National Museum.

Whereas these swords. were presented forty years ago; and

Whereas that presented by the State of Illinois was paid for out of the contingent
fund of the governor, of which no record remains in the department of state at
Springfield, Ill.; and

Whereas the Beh ivss of the State of South Carolina were bamed at Columbia dur-
ing the civil war, and no record remains of the amount paid for the sword presented
by the State of South Carolina, and no record or authenticated evidence can be
obtained; and

Whereas tradition says that the sword presented by the State of Illinois cost
$3,000, and the one by the State of South Carolina $5,000: Therefore,

Resolved, etc., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and
directed to construe the words ‘‘at their actual cost’’ in the above-recited act of
Congress to mean the sum of $8,000.

Referred to Committee on Military Affairs.
September 4, 1888—House.

Mr. R. W. TownsHEnp, from Committee on Military Affairs,
reported favorably.
September 25, 1888—House.

Mr. C. H. Mansur asked for consideration. Mr. C. B. Kinecore
objected, and the resolution went over.

REPORT OF SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.

January 16, 1888—House.

Mr. 8. 8. Cox introduced a concurrent resolution to print reports of
Smithsonian Institution and National Museum for the years 1886 and
1887.

Referred to Committee on Printing.

January 16, 1888—House.

Mr. 8. 8. Cox offered a memorial of the Smithsonian Institution as
to printing reports. .
Referred to Committee on Printing.

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January 16, 1888—House.

Mr. PornpexterR Dunn. I wish simply to ask a question of the
chairman of the Committee on Printing. Iam satisfied there is some
delay in printing which is inconveniencing this House, and I wish to
ask that gentleman whether the rumor I have heard is true—that the
Public Printer has alleged as a reason of the delay that large orders for
printing have heretofore been made, and that he feels bound to give
those prior orders precedence over the current work of Congress?

Mr. J. D. Ricnarpson. I can not answer the gentleman’s question.
I know that the Public Printer is engaged in the execution of previous
orders.

Mr. Dunn. I do not assert that such is the fact; I have heard such
a rumor, and if the Printer is exercising his discretion in that way he
is perhaps in error, because, certainly, printing connected with the cur-
rent business of Congress ought to take priority of everything else.

Mr. 8. 8. Cox: I think I can answer my friend from Arkansas [Mr.
Dunn]. Asa Regent of the Smithsonian Institution I had occasion to
inquire the other day in relation to the Smithsonian report for the year
ending June 30,1886. It had not been printed. I found out from
the Public Printer that the reason he has not been able to print the
report of the Smithsonian Institution and the National Museum for
the last two years is that he has been so thoroughly occupied in doing
other work, including the current work of Congress. He has never
neglected that current work; and by ‘‘current work” we understand
bills and reports such as are necessary to assist us in the daily business
of legislation. I think I can say, without any hesitation, for the Pub-
lic Printer that he never for one moment neglects to assist the House
in its business by performing as promptly as possible the ordinary work
of his office.

Mr. Ricnarpson offered a resolution and asked its immediate con-
sideration:

That the Committee on Printing be instructed to investigate what amount of
delayed work in the shape of public documents of various kinds and of all other
matter is in the Government Printing Office which was ordered printed by former
laws and now remains unpublished. The committee shall report to the House what
documents and other. matter deemed worthless by them are now remaining, and
whether, in their opinion, the laws ordering such publication may not be repealed,
and shall accompany their report with a bill or joint resolution repealing all laws or
sections of laws ordering the publication of documents or other matter which may in
their judgment be dispensed with.

Agreed to.

January 31, 1888—House.

Mr. J. A. Hrestanp, from the Committee on Printing, submitted
report (H. 207):

The Committee on Printing, to whom was referred the House reso-

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lution authorizing the printing of the report of the Smithsonian Insti-
tution and of the National Museum for the years ending June 30, 1886
and 1887, in two octavo volumes for each year, 16,000 extra copies of
each, at a cost of $14,949, or so much thereof as may be necessary,
report the same with the recommendation that the following concur-
rent resolution do pass:

That there be printed of the report of the Smithsonian Institution and of the
National Museum for the years ending June 30, 1886 and 1887, in two octavo
volumes for each year, 16,000 extra copies of each, of which 3,000 copies shall be for

the use of the Senate, 6,000 copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and
7,000 copies for the use of the Smithsonian Institution.

Committed to Committee of the Whole.

July 28, 1888—House.

Passed.

October 1, 1888—Senate.

Mr. C. F. Manpverson, from the Committee on Printing, submitted
report (S. 2296), on concurrent resolution to print Smithsonian reports:

The Committee on Printing, to whom was referred the above con-
current resolution, having considered the same, report it back with
the recommendation that it do pass, and that there be printed, in two
octavo volumes, 16,000 extra copies of each report for the years 1886
and 1887, of which 3,000 copies shall be for the use of the Senate,
6,000 copies for the use of the House, and 7,000 copies for the use of
the Smithsonian Institution.

The number of copies provided for in the resolution is about the
same number of copies printed in previous years, the number author-
ized by the Forty-eighth Congress being 17,960 copies.

The cost will be, as per the estimate of the Public Printer, about —
$11,000.
- Passed.

December 7, 1888—House.
Mr. S. S. Cox submitted a concurrent resolution:

That there be printed of the report of the Smithsonian Institution and of the
National Museum for the year ending June 30, 1888, in two octavo volumes, 16,000
extra copies, of which 3,000 copies shall be for the use of the Senate, 6,000 copies
for the use of the House of Representatives, and 7,000 copies for the use of the
Smithsonian Institution.

Referred to Committee on Printing.

NATIONAL ART COMMISSION.

January 18, 1888—Senate.
A pill (S. 1514) introduced by Mr G. F. Hoar.
Referred to Committee on the Library.

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February 29, 1888—Senate.
Passed with amendment.

March 2, 1888—House.
Referred to Committee on the Library.

NEUMANN’S SILK FLAG.

January 317, 1888—Senate.

The President pro tempore (Mr. Joun J. Incas) presented the
petition of Joseph Neumann, of San Francisco, Cal., praying for the
preservation of the flag made of American silk presented by him to
the Government and deposited in the Smithsonian Institution.

Referred to Committee on the Library.

PRIVILEGE OF FLOOR OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

February 18, 1888—House.

Letter from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.

February 18, 1888.
Hon. 8.8. Cox,
House of Representatives, Washington, D. C.

Str: My attention has been called to a resolution offered in the House of Repre-
sentatives by Mr. Oates, February 6, 1888, and referred to the Committee on Rules,
“‘That Rule XXXIV of the House of Representatives be so amended as to admit of
the privileges of the floor to the Interstate Commerce Coypmissioners, the Commis-
sioners of Agriculture, Pensions, Indian Affairs, Patents, Railroads, Education,
Printing and Engraving, and the Public Printer.’’

I venture to suggest that the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution be also
included in the list of those entitled to the privileges of the floor of the House of
Representatives, and would state in this connection that this courtesy has been
accorded by the Senate of the United States.

I have the honor to be, your obedient servant,
8. P. Laneuery, Secretary.

March 26, 1888—House.
Mr. 8S. S. Cox submitted a resolution:

That Rule XXXIV of the House of Representatives be amended by inserting after
‘‘foreign ministers,’’ in line 14, ‘‘the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.”’

Referred to Committee on Rules.

STANLEY INDIAN PAINTINGS.

March 7, 1888—Senate. .
: Mr. THomas W. PALMER submitted a resolution:

That the Committee on the Library be, and it is hereby, directed to inquire into
the propriety of purchasing from the administratrix of the late John M. Stanley the
historical Indian paintings by the said John M. Stanley now in the custody of the
Smithsonian Institution.

FIFTIETH CONGRESS, 1887-1889. 1133

March 12, 1888—House.

Mr. J. L. CureMan introduced a resolution same as that submitted
by Mr. Palmer in Senate, March 7.

Referred to Committee on the Library:

‘METHODS OF GOVERNMENT WORK.

March 8, 1888—Senate.

Mr. F. M. Cocxreti, from Select Committee on ‘‘ Methods of
business and work” in the several Government departments, made a
report (S. 507).

[Extract.]

From letter of J. W. Powell, Director of the United States Geolog-
ical Survey, to the Secretary of the Interior, August 23, 1887:

THE MUSEUM SYSTEM.
The production of museum property.

* * * Although the building up of a museum is not a function of the Geological
Survey, yet considerable collections of rocks, minerals, ores, fossils, ete., are made
for purposes of necessary study in the prosecution of the work of the different divi-
sions. Such materials are ultimately transferred to the United States National
Museum, it being provided by law that all collections made for the Government of
the United States, when no longer needed for investigations in progress, shall be
deposited there.

It should be observed that the collections made by institutions or individuals
engaged in investigating the natural resources of a country are of unequal value.
There are certain collections, embracing rare and beautiful minerals, the ores of the
precious metals, etc., which possess intrinsic value and are readily marketable; and
there are certain other materials, embracing well-preserved fossils, typical rocks,
ores, minerals, etc., for which there is a demand for educational and museum pur-
poses. Of recent years museums, both independent and connected with educational
and scientific institutions, have greatly multiplied; there is a constant demand for
museum material, and a trade in such material hassprungup. Thus there is a class
of museum material which has money value, and it is desirable that a definite
system of preserving and accounting for such property shall be followed. But there
is another class of material collected by the investigator, comprising rocks, soils,
some ores and minerals, and common or ill-preserved fossils, which have no money
value, would be worthless in a museum, and are useful only in elaborating the field
notes of the geologist or paleontologist. It would manifestly be unwise to preserve
such material in the National Museum, and it is accordingly destroyed. Since the
collector is best able to judge of the value of his own collection, and will be very
unlikely to underestimate it, provision is made for allowing each investigator to
select from the material collected in the progress of his work that which shall be
permanently preserved.

The acquisition, custody, and transfer of collections.

The employees of the Survey are provided with printed label blanks, which are
filled out and attached to specimens as collected in the field, and a field number is
given to each specimen upon the label and in the notebook of the collector. The
labels used are appended.

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CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

FIELD LABELS.

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

Cascade Mountain collection, No. 9-30.

Name: Basalt.
Remarks: Probably recent.
Locality : . Crater Lake, Oregon.
Collector: Dutton. Date: January Donor: E. Dut-
1, 1887. ton.
Notebook : AS
Page: 35, 36.
Field label.

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

Notebook “ B.”’ Date: January 1, 1887.
Page 30.

Locality: San Francisco Mt., Grand Cafion district, Arizona.

Collector: E. M. Blank.

id Field label.
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY—APPALACHIAN DIVISION.

No. 39. Date: January 1, 1887.

Locality: 3 miles southwest of Warrenton, Va.

Collector: J. B. Wright.

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.—DIVISION OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.

State or Territory : Colorado. Coll. No. 91.
County: Lake.
Town or district: Leadville.
Mine: ‘Dirty Devil.”
Precise locality: 30 feet from pit of shaft “A.”

Local designation: Granite. Determined
Collected by Emmons, 1887. by Meade.

S. F. Emmons,
Geologist in Charge.

-

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

Yellowstone Park survey. ARNOLD HAGUE, geologist in charge.

Field No., 33. Date, October 10, 1887.
N. B.,3 B. Page, 21-23.
Collected near Upper Geyser basin.

Collected by Shuster.

FIFTIETH CONGRESS, 1887-1889. 1135

Sometimes specimens are collected by persons not connected with the Survey, and
are transmitted either as gifts or with requests for identification or for more extended
information. When it is believed that the public interest will be subserved thereby,
all such inquiries are answered as fully as seems to be desirable. If it is requested,
the specimens are returned; but if no such request is made, they are either destroyed
or, if of sufficient value, labeled by the collaborator by whom they are examined, and
thus become Survey property subject to the regulations controlling the collections
made by its employees. .

The material collected by the specialists employed upon the Survey is of exceedingly
diverse value and character; the specific purposes for which it is employed are also
diverse; and it is therefore inexpedient to prescribe regulations for the use and dis-
position of the material so long as it remains in the hands of the collector. Fre-
quently there is no record oi the material produced by the collector, except in his own
notebooks, lists, and catalogues, and he is not charged with it upon any of the general
records of the Survey. If, however, the material in the possession of an employee
has been acquired by gift through the Director, or has been transferred to him by
another officer of the Survey for examination, a record of his acquisition of the prop-
erty is contained in the correspondence files of the Survey, and he is held accountable
for it. Moreover, when the collections are shipped at the expense of the Government
they become subjects of record, and their custodians are accountable for them in a
general way. ,

There are three ways in which collectors dispose of their acquisitions: First, if the
material is worthless except for immediate study, it is preserved as long as may be
required for that purpose and is then destroyed. In this case there is no account of
the production and disposition of the naa except in the records of the collector,
and in the transportation records if it has been shipped as public property. Second,
if the material is of value for museum purposes, if it promises to be useful in subsequent
researches, or if for any other reason it is deemed wise to preserve it in the National
Museum, it is transferred to that institution by one of the two methods described in
a subsequent paragraph; and there isa record of such transfer both in the Geological
Survey and in the National Museum. Third, if the maker of the collection is, for any
reason, unable to investigate the material in the desired manner, it is transferred,
through the Director, to some specialist, generally within but sometimes without the
Survey, for the requisite examination; and the material thus becomes a subject of
general record in the Survey.

The person to whom material is transferred, either from collectors or from outside
parties, disposes of it after investigation in one of these ways; but since there is a
record of his custody of the material, greater caution is always exercised in disposing
of it when so obtained than when it is obtained by collection.

There are two modes of transferring material collected in the progress of the work
of the Survey to the National Museum: (1) Certain of the collaborators of the Survey
are honorary curators of the National Museum, and have charge in the Museum of
the classes of objects which, as members of the Survey, they are engaged in investi-
gating. When a collaborator has completed his investigation of a specimen or collec-
tion; and has prepared, identified, and suitably labeled it, he formally transfers it to
the National Museum through the accessions clerk of that institution, and receives
from him a Museum number which is inscribed upon the label or labels. The material
then becomes the property of the Museum, and is arranged upon the shelves, or in the
drawers provided for the purpose. To facilitate such transfer, some of these collab-
orators keep in their offices parts of the catalogue of the Museum, upon which there
is a duplicate record of the transfer. The principal record of transfer is, however,
that of the accessions clerk of the National Museum. (2) When acollaborator of the
Survey who is not a curator of the National Museum desires to transfer specimens or
collections to that institution, they are prepared, labeled, and packed, a suitable list

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or catalogue is added, and the whole is transferred to the Museum by means of a for-
mal letter addressed to the Director and by him referred to the officers of the Museum.
Material so transferred is unpacked, entered into the Museum catalogue, numbered
in the Museum series, and arranged for preservation or exhibition in the Museum in
accordance with the plans of that institution; and the principal record of the transfer,
in which all such collections are credited to the Geological Survey, is kept by the
accessions clerk of the Museum.

The following officers of the Survey are honorary curators of the National Museum:

Name. Function. Division. Museum department.
Wee Dalliz:ts Paleontologist..| Cenozoic Division of Invertebrate | IX. Mollusks.
Paleontology.
C.D. Walcott ..| Paleontologist..| Paleozoic Division of Invertebrate | XII. A. Invertebrates.
Paleontology.
C. A. White ..-.| Paleontologist..| Meso-Cenozoic Division of Inverte- XII B. Invertebrate fossils.
brate Paleontology. |
XIII. A. Fossil plants.
L. F. Ward ..... Paleontolopist..| Fosstl Plants’ 32. 755 2. 2es isso. shee ae {
an 8 XIII. B. Recent plants,

F. W. Clarke ...}| Chemist ........ Chemistry and Physics............-.- XIV. Minerals.

The work of the Survey is greatly facilitated by the cooperation existing between
it and the National Museum.

STATUE OF ee DALE OWEN.

March 19, 1888—House.

Mr. A. P. Hovey introduced a joint resolution (H. 134):

That the sum of $15,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary to carry out the
object of this resolution, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of
any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, for the
purpose of erecting onthe grounds or in the building of the Smithsonian Institution,
in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, under the direction of the Regents
of the said Smithsonian Institution, a statue of the late Robert Dale Owen, a distin-
guished citizen and statesman of the United States, and one of the principal pro-
moters and architects of the building of said Institution. :

Referred to Committee on the Library.

May 11, 1888—House.

Mr. W. A. STAHLNECKER, from the Committee on the Library, sub-
mitted a report (H. 2091):

James Smithson, a son of the Duke of Northumberland, England,
on the 26th of October, 1826, by his last will and testament, bequeathed
to the ‘‘ United States of America his property to found at Wash-
ington City, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an estab-
lishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.”

When the bequest was received by the United States, June, 1829, it
amounted to a little over $500,000, and was accepted as a trust under
an act of Congress.

For many years this large sum was in the vaults of the United
States or under its control, and several unsuccessful efforts were made
in Congress to pass bills to carry the trust into execution.

FIFTIETH CONGRESS, 1887-1889. 1137

In the Twenty-ninth Congress, December 19, 1845, Robert Dale
Owen introduced ‘‘a bill to establish the eatcanian ineoanaen for
the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men,” which, after
long debate and bitter opposition, was to some extent remodeled by a
substitute and became a law April 29 [August 10], 1846. The vote in
the House on its final passage stood 85 ayes to 76 nays.

Mr. Owen was regarded as the champion of the measure, and was
appointed chairman of the Board of Regents in July [August], 1846.
From the date of his appointment to the completion of the Smith-
sonian building he devoted all his time and energy to the organization
and completion of the work.

Few men could have been found in any country whose talents, edu-
cation, and sympathies would have so well qualified them to carry out
the munificent bequest of Mr. Smithson.

Mr. Owen was a ripe scholar, had traveled much, and was familiar
with the best institutions of Europe. He was fond of architecture
and was one of the most active members of the Board of Regents in
forming the plans for the building. During this period, and growing
out of his labors, he published his work on architecture.

Robert Dale Owen was distinguished in literature and as a moral
and legal reformer. He was chosen by his people to hold many high
positions. He was several times a member of the house and senate
of Indiana, member of the constitutional convention that formed the
present constitution of that State, and a member of this House in the
Twenty-ninth Congress. He was subsequently United States minister
to, Naples.

In private life he was a model of the highest type and a true gen-
tleman. He was a man of great and untiring energy, with the cour-
age that never shrank from openly avowing his honest convictions.

It would be only an act of simple justice to place his statue by the
side of that of the illustrious Professor Henry.

Your committee recommend that the joint resolution do pass, with
the following amendments, viz:

In line 9, after the word ‘‘Columbia,” insert ‘‘ to be located;” and
in line 13, after the word ‘‘ Institution,” insert:

Provided, however, That the expenditure of said money shall be made under and
by the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury.

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES.

April 5, 1888—Senate.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington, April 4, 1888.
Srr: I have the honor to transmit herewith, for the consideration of the Senate, a
copy of a note to this Department from the British niinister at this capital, commu-
nicating a proposal from the government of the Dominion of Canada for a direct and

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immediate exchange of the parliamentary publications of this Government and that
of Canada. :
I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,
T. F. Bayarp.
Hon. Joun J. INGALLS,
President pro tempore of the Senate.

Wasuineton, March 19, 1888.

Str: I have the honor to inform you that the Marquis of Salisbury has forwarded
to me a report of the privy council of Canada, expressing the desire of that govern-
ment to arrange for the interchange of official documents, and his lordship has
requested me to communicate with you on the subject.

The report statesthat by an arrangement entered into by the library of the Dominion
parliament with the Smithsonian Institution copies of public documents are exchanged
between them, but that the reports from the United States arrive sometimes two or
three years after date, and are therefore practically useless. The United States official
publications have aspecial value in the eyesof Canadian public men, and the Dominion
government is desirous of obtaining them by a more direct means. They would be
glad, therefore, if an arrangement could be made by which they could be furnished
with four full sets of the United States official publications through Her Majesty’s
legation at Washington, and for the purpose of reciprocating the favor of exchange
of official documents with the United States Government, they will direct the ministers
of the several departments to furnish copies of every publication issued by them,
through Her Majesty’s legation.

Trusting that you will kindly submit this proposal to the competent authorities on
such matters, I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir,

Your most obedient, humble servant,
L. 8. SAcKVILLE WEst.

Hon. THomas F. Bayarp, etc.

Referred to Committee on Printing.

December 10, 1888—Senate.

The President pro tempore (Mr. Jonn J. InGaAs) laid before the
Senate a communication from the Secretary of State, transmitting
a note from the minister of Chile, communicating a request of the
Speaker of the Chilean Chamber of Deputies for a regular exchange
of publications between the legislative bodies of the United States
and Chile.

Referred to Committee on Printing.

December 11, 1888—House.

The Speaker (Mr. Jonn G. Cartise) laid before the House a letter
from the Secretary of State. (See Senate, Dec. 10, 1888.)
Referred to Committee on the Library.

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FIFTIETH CONGRESS, 1887-1889. 1139

Convention between the United States of America, Belgium, Brazil, Italy, Portugal,
Servia, Spain, and Switzerland for the international exchange of official documents,
scientific and literary publications, concluded at Brussels, March 15, 1886; ratifi-
cation advised by the Senate, June 18, 1888; ratified by the President, July 19,
1888; ratifications exchanged, January 14, 1889; proclaimed, January 15, 1889.

January 15, 1889.

By THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas a convention to establish a system of international ex-
changes of the official documents and of the scientific and literary
publications of the States adhering thereto, was concluded and signed
at Brussels, Belgium, on the 15th day of March, 1886, by the Pleni-
potentiaries of the United States of America, Belgium, Brazil, Italy,
Portugal, and the Algarves, Servia, Spain and the Swiss Confeder-
ation, which convention being in the French language, is word for

word as follows:

Le Président des Etats-Unis
d’Amérique, Sa Majesté le Roi des
Belges, Sa Majesté l’Empereur du
Brésil, Sa Majesté la Reine Ré-
gente d’Espagne, Sa Majesté le
Roi d’Italie, Sa Majesté le Roi de
Portugal et des Algarves, Sa Ma-
jesté le Roi de Serbie, le Conseil
Fédéral de la Confédération Suisse,
désirant établir sur les bases adop-
tées par la Conférence réunie 4
Bruxelles du 10 au 14 Avril 1883,
un systeme d’échanges interna-
tionaux pour les documents ofli-
ciels et pour les publications
scientifiques et littéraires de leurs
Etats respectifs, ont nommé pour
leurs Plénipotentiaires, savoir:

Le Président des Etats-Unis
d Amérique, Mr. Lambert Tree,
Ministre Résident des Etats-Unis
d’ Amérique a Bruxelles,

Sa Majesté le Roi des Belges,
Mr. le Prince de Caraman, Son

[Translation.]

The President of the United
States of America, His Majesty
the King of the Belgians, His
Majesty the Emperor of Brazil,
Her Majesty the Queen Regent
of Spain, His Majesty the King
of Italy, His Majesty the King
of Portugal and of the Algarves,
His Majesty the King of Servia,
The Federal Council of the Swiss
Confederation, desiring to estab-
lish, on the bases adopted by the
Conference which met at Brus-
sels from the 10th to the 14th
April, 1883, a system of interna-
tional exchanges of the official
documents and of the scientific
and literary publications of their
respective States, have appointed
for their Plenipotentiaries, to wit:

The President of the United
States of America, Mr. Lambert
Tree, Minister Resident of the
United States of America at Brus-
sels,

His Majesty the King of the
Belgians, The Prince de Caraman,

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Ministre des Affaires Etrangéres,
et Mr. le Chevalier de Moreau, Son
Ministre de P Agriculture, de l’In-
dustrie et des Travaux publics,

Sa Majesté ’Empereur du Bré-
sil, Mr. le Comte de Villeneuve,
Son Envoyé Extraordinaire et
Ministre Plénipotentiaire prés Sa
Majesté le Roi des Belges,

Sa Majesté la Reine Régente
d’Espagne, Mr. de Tavira, Chargé
d’ Affaires ad interim d’Espagne a
Bruxelles,

Sa Majesté le Roi d’Italie, Mr.
le Marquis Maffei, Son Envoyé
Extraordinaire et Ministre Pléni-

potentiaire prés Sa Majesté le Roi

des Belges,

Sa Majesté le Roi de Portugal
et des Algarves, Mr. le Baron de
Sant? Anna, Enyoyé Extraordi-
naire et Ministre Plénipotentiaire
de Sa Majesté Trés-Fidéle,

Sa Majesté le Roi de Serbie, Mr.
Marinovitch, Son Envyoyé Ex-
traordinaire et Ministre Plénipo-
tentiaire prés Sa Majesté le Roi
des Belges,

Le Conseil Fédéral de la Con-
fédération Suisse, Mr. Rivier, Son
Plénipotentiaire spécial.

Lesquels, aprés s’étre commu-
niqué leurs pleins pouvoirs,
‘trouvés en bonne et due forme,
sont convenus de articles suivants:

ARTICLE I.

Il sera établie, dans chacun des
Etats contractants, un bureau
chargé du service des échanges.

CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

His Minister of Foreign Affairs,
and the Chevalier de Moreau, His
Minister of Agriculture, Industry
and Public Works,

His Majesty the Emperor of
Brazil, The Count de Villeneuve,
His Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary near His
Majesty the King of the Belgians,

Her Majesty the Queen Regent
of Spain, Mr. de Tavira, Chargé
d’ Affaires ad interim of Spain at
Brussels,

His Majesty the King of Italy,
the Marquis Maffei, His Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plen-
ipotentiary near His Majesty the
King of the Belgians,

His Majesty the King of Portu-
gal and of the Algarves, the Baron
de Sant? Anna, Enyoy Extraor-
dinary and Minister Plenipoten-
tiary of His Very Faithful Maj-
esty,

His Majesty the King of Servia,
Mr. Marinovitch, His Envoy Ex-
traordinary and Minister Plenipo-
tentiary near His Majesty the King
of the Belgians,

The Federal Council of the
Swiss Confederation, Mr. Rivier
its special plenipotentiary.

Who, after having communi-
cated between themselves their
full powers, which are found in
good and due form, have agreed
upon the following Articles:

ARTICLE I.

There shail be established in
each of the contracting States, a
bureau charged with the duty of
the exchanges.

FIFTIETH CONGRESS, 1887-1889.

ARTICLE II.

Les publications que les Etats
contractants s’engagent a échan-
ger sont les suivants:

1°. Les documents officiels, par-
lementaires et administratifs qui
sont livrés 4 la publicité dans le
lieu C’origine.

2°. Les ouvrages exécutés par
ordre et aux frais des Gouverne-
ments.

ARTICLE III.

Chaque bureau fera imprimer
la liste des publications qu’il peut
mettre a la disposition des Etats
contractants.

Cette liste sera corrigée et com-
plétée chaque année et adressée
réguliérement & tous les bureaux
déxchange.

ARTICLE FY.

Les bureaux d’éxchange s’en-
tendront sur le nombre d’exem-
plaires qui pourront étre deman-
dés et fournis.

ARTICLE V.

Les envois se feront directe-
ment de bureau a bureau. II sera
adopté des modéles et des for-
mules uniformes pour les borde-
reaux du contenu des caisses,
ainsi que pour toutes les piéces
de correspondance administra-
tive, demandes, accusés de récep-
tion, ete.

ArtIcLE VI.

Pour lexpédition 4 l’extérieur,
chaque Etat se charge des frais

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_Articie II.

The publications which the con-
tracting States agree to exchange
are the following:

1st. The Official documents,
parliamentary and administrative,
which are published in the coun-
try of their origin.

2nd. The works executed by
order and at the expense of the
Government.

ARTICLE ILI.

Each bureau shall cause to be
printed a list of the publications
that it is able to place at the dis-
posal of the contracting States.

This list shall be corrected and
completed each year and regu-
larly addressed to all the bureaus
of exchange.

ARTICLE IV.

The bureaus of exchange will
arrange between themselves the
number of copies which they may
be able eventually to demand and
furnish.

ARTICLE V.

The transmissions shall be made
directly from bureau to bureau.
Uniform models and formulas
will be adopted for the memo-
randa of the contents of the cases,
as well as for all the administra-
tive correspondence, requests, ac-
knowledgments of reception, etc.

ARTICLE VI.

For exterior transmissions,
each State assumes the expense of

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demballage et de port jusqu’ a
destination. Toutefois, quand
Yexpédition se fera par mer, des
arrangements particuliers régle-
ront la part de chaque Etat dans
les frais de transport.

ARTICLE VIL.

Les bureaux d’échange servi-
ront d’intermédiaires officieux
entre les corps savants et les so-
ciétés littéraires, scientifiques, &e.
des Etats contractants pour la ré-
ception et ’envoi de leurs publi-
cations.

Mais il demuerera bien entendu
que, dans ce cas, le rdle des bu-
reaux d’échange se bornera a la
transmission en franchise des
ouvrages échangés et que ces bu-
reaux ne prendront aucunement
Pinitiative de proroquer )’établis-
sement de ces relations.

ArticLeE VIII.

Ces dispositions ne sont appli-
cables qu’aux documents et
ouvrages publiés a partir de la
date de la présente convention.

ARTICLE IX.

Les Etats qui n’ont pas pris
part a la présente Convention sont
admis a y adhérer sur leur de-
mande.

Cette adhésion sera notifiée par
la voie diplomatique, au Gouver-
nement belge et par ce gouver-
nement a tous les autres Etats
signataires.

CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

packing and transportation to the
place of destination. Neverthe-
less when the transmissions shall
be made by sea, special arrange-
ments will regulate the share of
each State in the expense of
transportation.

ARTICLE VII.

The bureaus of exchange will
serve, in an officious capacity, as
intermediaries between the learn-
ed bodies and literary and scien-
tific societies, etc. of the contract-
ing States for the reception and
transmission of their publications.

It remains however well under-
stood that, in such case, the duty
of the bureaus of exchange will
be confined to the free transmis-
sion of the works exchanged and
that these bureaus will not in any
manner take the initiative to
bring about the establishment of
such relations.

ARTICLE VIII.

These provisions apply only to
the documents and works pub-
lished after the date of the present
Convention.

ARTICLE IX.

The States which have not taken
part in the present Convention
are admitted to adhere to it on
their request.

This adhesion will be notified
diplomatically to the Belgian
Government and by that Goy-
ernment to all the other signatory
States.

FIFTIETH CONGRESS, 1887-1889.

ARTICLE X.

La présente Convention sera
ratifiée et les ratifications seront
échangées a4 Bruxelles aussit6t
que faire se pourra. Elle est con-
clue pour dix ans, 4 partir du
jour de l’échange des ratifications,
et elle continuera 4 subsister au
dela de ce délai tant que Pun des
Gouvernements n’aura pas dé-
elaré six mois 4 l’avance quwil y
renonce.

En foi de quoi, les Plénipoten-
tiaires respectifs Pont signée et y
ont apposé leurs cachets.

Fait 4 Bruxelles, en huit exem-
plaires, le 15 Mars 1886.
[SEAL] LAMBERT TREE
[SEAL] Pr. DE CARAMAN
[SEAL] CH’WLIER D. MorREAU
[SEAL] CTE. DE VILLENEUVE
[sEAL] José Ma. pE Tavira
[SEAL] MAFFEI
[SEAL] B’on DE Sant’ ANNA
[sEAL] I. MarrInovircH
[SEAL] ALPHONSE RIVIER

11438
ARTICLE X.

The present Convention will be
ratified and the ratifications will
be exchanged at Brussels, as soon
as practicable. It is concluded
for ten years, from the day of the
exchange of ratifications, and it
will remain in force beyond that
time, so long as one of the Gov-
ernments shall not have declared
six months in advance that it re-
nounces it.

In witness whereof, the re-
spective Plenipotentiaries have
signed it, and have thereunto af-
fixed their seals.

Done at Brussels in eight copies
the 15th of March, 1886.

[L. s.] LamBrert TREE

[L. s.] Pr. DE CARAMAN

[L. s.] Ca’vw LIER D. Moreau

[L. s.] Cre. DE VILLENEUVE

[u. s.] José Ma. pe Tavira

[u. s.] MAFFEI

[L. s.]| Bon DE Sant’ ANNA

[L. s.] J. MartnovitcH

[L. s.| ALPHONSE RIVIER

And whereas the Plenipotentiary of the United States of America

did, on the 17th day of November, 1888, deposit the President’s rati-
fication of the said Convention with His Excellency the Minister of
Foreign Affairs of Belgium, for delivery to the Plenipotentiaries of
the other signatory States, on the occasion of their reassembling to
exchange the ratifications of the said Convention;

And whereas the Plenipotentiaries of the several Contracting Par-
ties did, on the 14th day of January, 1889, exchange the ratifications
of the said Convention;

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Grover Cleveland, President of
the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be
made public, to the end that the same and every article and cause
thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United
States and the citizens thereof.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the
seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

Done at the City of Washington this 15th day of January in the

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year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, and
of the Independence of the ELIE States the one hundred and
thirteenth.
[SEAL] GROVER CLEVELAND
By the President:
T. F. Bayarp
Secretary of State.

March 1, 1889—Senate.

The President pro tempore (Mr. J. J. Ineauus) laid before the Sen-
ate a communication from the Secretary of State, transmitting a letter
from Professor S. P. Langley, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion. (Ex. Doc. 139).

DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington, February 28, 1889.

Sir: I have the honor to inclose a copy of a letter from Prof. 8. P. Langley, Secre-
tary of the Smithsonian Institution, in reference to the legislative measures necessary
for carrying into effect the convention between the United States and Belgium,
Brazil, Italy, Portugal, Servia, and Spain for the immediate exchange of public
documents, concluded at Brussels, March 15, 1886.

The most efficient means for the purpose would seem to be a joint resolution of
both Houses of Congress, and I therefore have the honor to suggest the inclosed
draft as embodying Professor Langley’s views.

I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,
T. F. Bayarp.
Hon. Joun J. INGALLS,
President of the Senate pro tempore.

Resolved, etc., That for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of the
convention between the United States of America, Belgium, Brazil, Italy, Portugal,
Servia, and Spain, concluded at Brussels, March 15, 1886, and ratified by the
President July 19, 1888, the Public Printer is hereby authorized to supply the inter-
national exchange office, with due promptness, a sufficient number of public docu-
ments; and that, to meet the additional expense entailed for clerk hire and postage,
the sum of $2,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is
hereby, appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION,
Washington, D. C., February 26, 1889.

Srr: In reply to your letter of the 12th instant, inclosing printed copies of the
two conventions relative to the international exchange of official and other docu-
ments, proclaimed on the 15th ultimo, and inquiring as to the ability of the Smith-
sonian Institution to execute all of the provisions of those conventions without
further legislation by Congress, I haye the honor to state that the convention first
named in your letter does not change the usage now prevailing in the conduct of the
exchange with the contracting nations, and that no further legislative action is
_ required thereon.

For the fulfillment of the obligations incurred by the second convention (for the
immediate exchange of official journals, etc.), however, it will be necessary—

(1) That the documents referred to be promptly and frequently furnished to the
international exchange office;

FIFTIETH CONGRESS, 1887-1889. 1145

(2) That provision be made for the salary of an additional clerk, who shall attend
especially to this duty; and ‘

(3) That provision be made for the considerable increase in the cost of postage
which will be required.

It is difficult to estimate with precision beforehand the cost of a service the extent
of which is not yet accurately known. From the best information at hand, however,
I incline to the opinion that the additional service, so far as the United States is con-
cerned, should not exceed $2,000 a year.

I am, sir, very respectfully, yours,
S. P. Laney, Secretary.
Hon. Tuomas F. Bayarp,
Secretary of State.

* * * * * * *

Referred to Committee on Foreign Relations.

March 2, 1889—House.

The above communications laid before the House.
Referred to Committee on Foreign Affairs.

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES—ESTIMATES.

December 5, 1887—House.
Estimates for 1889.

For expenses of the system of international exchanges between the
United States and foreign countries, under the direction of the Smith-
sonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary
employees, $15,000. .

June 1, 1888—House.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, May 31, 1888.
Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith, for the consideration of Congress,
copy of a communication from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution of this
date, submitting an amended estimate for the expenses of international exchanges,
under the direction of said Institution, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1889,
amounting to $27,050.
Respectfully, yours, C. 8. FarrcHixp,
Secretary.
The SPEAKER OF THE Housk or REPRESENTATIVES.

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION,
Washington, D. C., May 31, 1888.

Sir: In the ‘‘ Estimates for Appropriations,’’ page 212, appears the item:

‘* For expenses of the system of international exchanges between the United States
and foreign countries, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including
salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, $15,000.”’

An investigation made after this first estimate was sent in showed that at this
time an amount of matter (virtually presented to the United States) could be secured
which would make it of advantage to the Government to appropriate the sum of
$27,050. This estimate was to have taken the place of the $15,000, and I learned
only yesterday that it has not, as I had supposed, done so.

In view of the pressing importance to the interests of the Government and of the
fact that the Appropriations Committee of the House is now passing upon these

1146 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

items, I have the honor to request that you will send in the amended estimate,
$27,050, at as early a date as possible.
I am, sir, very respectfully, yours, 8. P. LANGLEY,

Secretary.
Hon. CHARLES S. FarRcHILpD,

Secretary of the Treasury.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
December 3, 1888—House.
Estimates for 1890.

For expenses of the system of international exchanges between the
United States and foreign countries, under the direction of the Smith-
sonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary
employees, $27,500.

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES—APPROPRIATIONS.

July 11, 1888.
Legislative, executive, and judicial act for 1889.

Library of Congress: For compensation of * * * assistant

librarians, * * * eight at $1,400 each, one of whom shall be in
charge of international exchanges.

* * * * * * *

For expenses of exchanging public documents for the publications
of foreign governments, $1,500.

(Stat., XXV, 262.)

(This pays one clerk at $900 and one clerk at $600.)

Naval Observatory: For payment to the Smithsonian Institution for
freight on Observatory publications sent to foreign countries, $136.

(Stat., XXV, 283.)

Patent Office: For purchase of books, and expenses of transporting
publications of patents issued by the Patent Office to foreign govern-
ments, $3,000.

(Stat., X XV, 287.)

July 28, 1888—Senate.

Sundry civil bill for 1889 considered.

The next amendment was under the head of ‘*‘ Under the Smithsonian
Institution,” on page 68, line 20, to strike out ‘‘ fifteen” and insert
‘*twenty,” so as to make the clause read:

International exchanges: For expenses of the system of international exchanges
between the United States and foreign countries, under the direction of the Smith-
sonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees,
$20,000.

Agreed to.

Mr. J. H. Reaaan. Will the chairman of the committee state the
items which make up this $20,000?

FIFTIETH CONGRESS, 1887-1889. 1147

Mr. W. B. Axuison. I can not state them in detail. There are of
course a great number of items. The Smithsonian Institution has
charge of the entire exchange of our public documents for the public
documents of other countries. Of course this includes all services in
connection with the exchanges.

Mr. Reacan. What I was trying to get at was what part of this
appropriation would be for salaries and what part would be for the
exchange of public documents and books.

Mr. Auuison. I have a memorandum here which discloses the way
this money is to be spent:

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES.

Present system established by act of Congress approved March 2, 1867, and sub-
sequent legislation. Fifty copies of all Government publications put at disposal of
Committee on Library for international exchange.

Uniform system agreed upon at international geographical conference, Paris, 1875,
and modified by conferences for this particular purpose at Brussels in 1880, 1883, and
1886. Treaty now before Senate is result of these conferences. There is now no
completed treaty obligation. England, Germany, and France have declined to
ratify the treaty and were not represented at the last conference.

The Smithsonian is not concerned with the system otherwise than as the agent of
the Government, but has paid a material part of the cost annually from its pri-
vate fund.

As the office is now organized, the annual expenditure is at the following rates:

STC Ee MetePee TONE coho ee ta sexe ne coke tee ou tet ang aa Sne $11, 580. 00
EE RE oOo oii aaa one ane tera a bn auwclnme gh oeeeae 1, 500. 00
Sema ateieiin, cle. (estimated) .. 222.2-2-221-..5-4205- 0h 22 oot oe: 3, 000. 00

16, 080. 00

This means ‘‘slow’’ freight, and for the most part gratuitous on the ocean. The
average time for transmission of a parcel to western Europe is now thirty-six days.
By ordinary fast freight it could be reduced to sixteen days. Extraordinary delays
occur frequently because of the fact that the freight is carried gratuitously. Boxes
shipped from Rome, for example, in December last were held in Naples three
months by the steamship line because its steamer space was all filled by paying
freight. The same thing has occurred frequently on this side of the ocean.

As at present organized, the Smithsonian sends out about one-third of the United
States Government publications and receives from foreign governments less than one-
tenth of their official publications. Very much is thus lost which is of great interest
and value to our Government offices.

Many of the Executive Departments which wish to use the exchange system are
obliged to adopt other measures, at considerably increased cost. Some of them have
special appropriations to defray part of the cost of special transmissions by the
Smithsonian.

The sum estimated for, $27,050, is the result of careful calculation, based upon a
comparison of the details of the business for several years back. It is the Secretary’s
opinion that it will far more than repay itself by an increased efficiency in the
service and by the number of valuable works which it will bring to Congress and
the Executive Departments of the Government.

(Instance Hydrographic Office, Nautical Almanac, Naval Observatory, and Signal
Office; also Bureaus of Education and of Statistics.)

1148 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

The committee, under this statement and a letter from the Secretary
of the Smithsonian Institution, increased the anfount in the bill $5,000
and did not allow them the $27,000 they asked for.

Mr. Reacan. I think a criticism of the terms of this item is proper.
The language is:

International exchanges: For expenses of the system of international exchanges
between the United States and foreign countries, under direction of the Smithsonian
Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, $20,000.

It seems to me, if it is necessary that the Government should make
appropriations at all for this purpose, that what they are made for
should be specified, and not brought in in a lump in this way. For
instance, if there is a secretary provided for at $6,000, it ought to be
so stated. If there is an assistant secretary at $5,000, the clause ought
to say so.

Mr. Auuison. I will say to the Senator from Texas that I believe
there is no person employed in this work who receives a salary greater
than $960. The entire exchange system involves the transfer to the
Library of Congress of all the books obtained from abroad.

Mr. Reacan. I dislike to be causing delay and perhaps annoyance
to the chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, but when he
says no person receives more than $960, let me ask if that statement
is meant to embrace the Secretary of the association ?

Mr. Auuison. The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution ?

Mr. Reacan. Yes, sir.

Mr. Atxison. Oh, no; the Secretary is not paid out of this appro-
priation. Some years ago Congress directed that the exchanges of
books with foreign countries should be under the direction of the Sec-
retary of the Smithsonian Institution. Now, it is but fair that the
Government of the United States should be at the expense, whatever
it may be. Of course those exchanges require more or less clerical
service, correspondence, etc., and also require that a careful statement
shall be made there and an account kept of all the books that are trans-
mitted or are transferred to the Library of Congress, and it is for this
service that this appropriation is made.

The President pro tempore (Mr. J. J. Incauts). The amendment has
been agreed to.

October 2, 1888.
Sundry civil act for 1889.

Geological Survey: For the purchase of necessary books for the
library, and the payment for the transmission of public documents
through the Smithsonian exchange, $5,000.

(Stat., XXV, 527.)

For expenses of the system of international exchanges between the
United States and foreign countries, under the direction of the Smith-

FIFTIETH CONGRESS, 1887-1889. 1149

sonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary
employees, $15,000.

(Stat., X XV, 529.)

War Department: For the transportation of reports and maps to
foreign countries, through the Smithsonian Institution, $100.

(Stat., XXV, 538.)
February 26, 1889.

Legislative, executive, and judicial act for 1890.

Library of Congress: For compensation of * * * assistant libra-

rians, * * * eight, at $1,400 each, one of whom shall be in charge
of international exchanges.
% * * * * * %

For expenses of exchanging public documents for the publications
of foreign governments, $1,500.

(Stat., XXV, 711.)

(This pays one clerk at $900 and one clerk at $600.)

Naval Observatory: For payment to Smithsonian Institution for
freight on Observatory publications sent to foreign countries, $136.

(Stat., X XV, 733.)

Patent Office: For purchase of books and expenses of transporting
publications of patents issued by the Patent Office to foreign govern-
ments, $3,000.

(Stat., X XV, 737.)

March 2, 1889.
Sundry civil act for 1890.

For expenses of the system of international exchanges between the
United States and foreign countries, under the direction of the Smith-
sonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary
employees, $15,000.

(Stat., XXV, 952.)

Geological Survey: For the purchase of necessary books for the
library and the payment for the transmission of public documents
through the Smithsonian exchange, $5,000.

(Stat., X XV, 960.)

War Department: For the transportation of reports and maps of
foreign countries, through the Smithsonian Institution, $100.

(Stat., X XV, 970.)

NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK.

April 23, 1888—Senate.
Mr. J. B. Brox introduced a bill (S. 2752):
Be it enacted, etc., That, in order to establish a zoological park in the District of

Columbia, for the adyancement of science and the instruction and recreation of the
people, a commission shall be constituted, composed of three persons, namely, the

1150 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

Secretary of the Interior, the president of the Board of Commissioners of the Dis-
trict of Columbia, and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, which shall be
known and designated as the commission for the establishment of a zoological park.

Sec. 2. That the said commission is- hereby authorized and directed to make an
inspection of the country along Rock Creek, beginning at the point on that creek
where the Woodley road crosses said creek, and extending upward along its course
to where said creek is crossed by the Klingle road, and to select irom that district of
country such a tract of land, of not more than 100 acres, which shall include a sec-
tion of the creek, as said commission shall deem to be suitable and appropriate for a
zoological park.

Sec. 3. That the said commission shall cause to be made a careful map of said
zoological park, showing the location, quantity, and character of each parcel of pri-
vate property to be taken for such purpose, with the names of the respective owners
inscribed thereon, and the said map shall be filed and recorded in the public records
of the District of Columbia; and from and after that date the several tracts and par-
cels of land embraced in such zoological park shall be held as condemned for public
uses, subject to the payment of just compensation, to be determined by the said com-
mission and approved by the President of the United States, provided that such
compensation be accepted by the owner or owners of the several parcels of land.

Src. 4. That if the said commission shall be unable to purchase any portion of the
land so selected and condemned within thirty days after such condemnation, by
agreement with the respective owners, at the price approved by the President of the
United States, it shall, at the expiration of such period of thirty days, make applica-
tion to the supreme court of the District of Columbia, by petition, at a general or
special term, for an assessment of the value of such land, and said petition shall con-
tain a particular description of the property selected and condemned, with the name
of the owner or owners thereof, and his, her, or their residences, as far as the same
can be ascertained, together with a copy of the recorded map of the park; and the
said court is hereby authorized and required, upon such application, without delay,
to notify the owners and occupants of the land and to ascertain and assess the value
of the land so selected and condemned by appointing three commissioners to appraise
the value or values thereof, and to return the appraisement to the court; and when
the values of such land are thus ascertained, said values shall be paid to the owner
or owners, and the United States shall be deemed to have a valid title to said lands.

Sec. 5. That when the said commission shall haye obtained the land for a zoolog-
ical park, as herein provided, it shall have power to lay out the same as a park and to
erect such building or buildings thereon as may be necessary for the scientific pur-
poses to which the park is dedicated and proper for the custody, care, and exhibi-
tion of a collection of animals. ‘

Src. 6. That when the said commission shall have established a zoological park in
the District of Columbia under the provisions of this act, by acquiring the necessary
lands and by laying out the same as a park and by the erection of the necessary
buildings, thereupon it shall be the duty of said commission to turn over the said
zoological park, with all its buildings and appurtenances, to the custody and care of
the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution; and when such transfer of the custody
and care of the zoological park shall be made, the duties of said commission shall
cease and its existence terminate.

Src. 7. That when the said commission shall tender to the Regents of the Smith-
sonian Institution the care and custody of the zoological park provided for in this
act, the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution are hereby authorized to assume the
care and custody of the same; and the said Regents of the Smithsonian Institution
are hereby authorized to make such rules and regulations for the management of the
park, and of the property, appurtenances, and collections of the park, as they may

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deem necessary and wise to secure the use of the same for the advancement of
science and the instruction and recreation of the people.

Sec. 8. That the said commission is hereby authorized to call upon the Director of
the Geological Survey to make such surveys as may be necessary to carry into effect
the provisions of this act; and the Director of the Geological Survey is hereby
authorized and required to make such surveys under the direction of said commission.

Src. 9. That for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this act there
is hereby appropriated, from any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
the sum of dollars.

Mr. Beck. I ask that the bill be referred to the Committee on Pub-
lic Grounds. I do not propose to refer it to the Committee on the
District of Columbia, because it provides for the appointment of a
commission to be composed of the Secretary of the Interior, the
president of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia,
and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and the friends of
the measure believe that the enterprise can succeed better with such a
commission than any other.

June 4, 1888—Senate.

Mr. J. S. Morriu offered, from the Committee on Public Buildings
and Grounds, an amendment to the sundry civil bill for 1889.

(Same as bill of Mr. J. B. Beck of April 23, 1888.)

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

August 28, 1888—Senate.

The sundry civil bill for 1889 (H. 10540) being debated, Mr. Wix-
L1AM B, ALLison remarked:

The next item is the establishment of a zoological park, $200,000.
Of course, the House conferees disagree to that. They seem to share
rather the view of the Senator from Missouri [Mr. George G. Vest],
that if we were to have a zoological garden we ought to have it in the
mountains, and inasmuch as we had 60 miles square of ground in
the neighborhood of the Yellowstone Park set apart and devoted to
the growth of wild animals we had better dedicate a portion of that
to a zoological garden. The Senate conferees did not take that view.

August 31, 1888—House.

Mr. K. Nretson. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House recede from
its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate No. 256, relating
to the proposed zoological garden, and agree to the same. At the
proper time I wish to be heard on that amendment.

September 12, 1888—House.

Mr. K. Nretson. I now move that the House concur in the two hun-
dred and fifty-sixth amendment of the Senate.

Mr. J. H. Buounr. I ask that it be read.

The Speaker (Mr. J. G. Caruisyz). The Clerk will report the

amendment.
* * * * x * . *

1152 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

Mr. W. H. Forney. I move that the House insist on its disagree-
ment to that amendment. Before the gentleman from Minnesota com-
mences I should like to know how much time is proposed to be taken

up in debate? Iam willing to consent to. an hour’s debate [cries of |

‘*No!”], and that each side shall have 30 minutes.

Mr. Netson. I should like to inquire of the gentleman from Ohio
[Mr. Foran] how long a time he wants?

Mr. M. A. Foran. Ten minutes.

Mr. Netson. Very well, then; I am willing to agree to the debate
being limited to one hour, to be equally divided—thirty minutes on
each side.

The Speaker. Is there objection?

There was no objection, and it was ordered accordingly.

Mr. W. C. P. Brecxinriper, of Kentucky. I ask, by unanimous
consent, to print in the Record a paper prepared on this subject.

There was no objection, and it was ordered accordingly.

Mr. BreckinripGr, of Kentucky. I do not object to the proposition
to limit the debate, but Lask leave to have read the accompanying
paper, prepared at my request. My friend, the senior Senator from
Kentucky [Mr. Beck], whose enforced absence from this city by rea-
son of sickness, took great interest in this project, and this, as well as
other reasons, induced me to look into it; and that the House may have
the benefit of this paper, I put it into the Record,

The paper indicated is as follows:

OBJECTS.

The object of the zoological park for which this Senate amendment provides is
declared to be ‘‘the advancement of science, and the instruction and recreation of
the people.’’ Probably no one will deny that the advancement of science and the
instruction of the people are objects for the support of which every enlightened gov-
ernment is in duty bound to provide. Every zoological garden or park is in the
strictest sense an educational institution of a high order, the same as is every museum
of science, art, or industry, every marine laboratory and aquarium, and every botanic
garden; and one may also add without fear of contradiction every public library.

Although the United States is to-day perhaps the wealthiest nation on the earth,
and the most prosperous, in comparison with all the nations of Europe, almost with-
out exception, we are actually poor in such institutions as those mentioned above.
True, we have in some ways made a good beginning, as for instance in the National
Museum, the National Library, and a few other similar institutions.

But although we have made a good beginning in the higher educational institu-
tions—those which must be established and maintained by national aid everywhere—
the public is clamorous for more, and, what is more, the public is willing and even
anxious to pay for what it asks.

Just as breech-loading fire-arms of precision have been invented by the score and
manufactured by the hundred thousand, so have the living creatures of our fields
and forests disappeared, until now he who would seek to study or even to see repre-
sentatives of what were once our commonest quadrupeds and birds must seek them
either in museums or zoological gardens. With a fauna that is almost unsurpassed
in richness and variety of forms, and boundless resources of every kind, the United

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States to-day is without a zoological garden, or even the semblance of one. With
our quadrupeds and birds both great and small being rapidly swept out of existence,
we have as yet taken no steps whatever to preserve a good collection of living speci-
mens for the advancement of science and the instruction of the people.

NEED.

It surely is unnecessary to urge the great desirability and even the necessity that
exists for the immediate establishment of such an institution as that contemplated in
this Senate amendment; but it is possible that many members of this House, who
have been engrossed in other questions of public importance, have not until recently
had their attention called to this matter, and it may be as well to briefly direct atten-
tion to the reasons for urgency in the consideration of this measure. In the first
place, many specimens of our most important and conspicuous North American quad-
rupeds are very rapidly approaching extermination. So far as his existence in the
wild state is concerned, the great American bison, the grandest and once the most
valuable ruminant on the earth, is already considered by naturalists as an extinct
animal.

In the whole of the British possessions not a single wild buffalo remains. In the
whole of the United States, where it is estimated between eight and ten millions
existed as late as the building of the Union Pacific Railroad in 1868, only twenty
short years ago, there exist to-day not over 125 buffaloes in a wild state. Of these,
50 head, or less, are in northern Texas, and will all be slaughtered by hunters next
fall and winter. The remaining 75 head are in the Yellowstone Park, but every year
a number of head wander out on the north and west and are promptly killed by the
hunters who eagerly watch for them. Six months ago the Government had not a
live buffalo anywhere in its possession, nor had any means been taken to provide
against the total extermination of the species. It is true that various private parties
own captive buffaloes, but the species is in danger of being lost through crossbreed-
ing with domestic cattle.

The naturalists of this country, and even of England, declare that it is the duty of
the National Government to secure a herd of American bison, and preserve it under
the best conditions, not only for the public of to-day, but for future generations. But
for the wise forethought of the Czar of Russia, exercised many years ago in a similar
direction toward the last representatives of the European bison, or aurochs, that spe-
cies would have been utterly exterminated long ago. Science and the public demand
that the United States Government should do as well by the last representatives of
our most characteristic quadruped. Three months ago a New York patron of science,
Mr. E. G. Blackford, purchased a pair of buffaloes in Nebraska and presented them
to the National Museum, where they may be seen to-day—the only living representa-
tives of the species in the possession of the Government. But instead of two only
we should have a herd of at least twenty head.

It has been predicted by those who are in possession of all the facts that within five
years the rare and really wonderful Rocky Mountain goat will also be totally extinct
in the United States. At the Cincinnati exposition, in the Smithsonian exhibit,
there are now displayed seventy skins of the mountain goat, which were brought into
Denver and sold for the paltry sum of 50 cents apiece. And yet this animal exists
in so few localities and is really so scarce in numbers that only the largest scientific
museums in this country and Europe have even stuffed skins.

American naturalists and sportsmen assure us that the elk, moose, antelope, cari-
bou, black-tailed deer, grizzly bear, wolf, beaver, otter, wolverine, and many other
large quadrupeds that could be named if time permitted, are rapidly approaching
extermination. Railroads are being built everywhere, and sportsmen now go every-
where in pursuit of every living thing that is large enough to shoot with a gun or

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catch with a hook. If we are ever going to bring together a national collection of
living creatures to illustrate the animal life of our forests, fields, and waters, it must
be done now. Weare permitting all these great animals to be exterminated, just as
we permitted the extermination of the buffalo, and if we take no steps to preserve
living examples of them—at least in a zoological garden—in the eyes of science, of
the public, and the world, we will be inexcusable.

THE PLAN.

In order to hasten the establishment of a national zoological garden, and to make
it immediately possible, three eminent persons, a distinguished Senator from the State
which I have the honor in part to represent, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Insti-
tution, and the Director of the United States Geological Survey, assisted by the judg-
ment of a practical naturalist whose whole life has been spent among animals—these
gentlemen, I say, have selected a spot and formulated a plan for the establishment of
a zoological park or garden in the District of Columbia. That plan, in the form of
this amendment, comes to us from the Senate with the unanimous approval of the
Senate itself, the Senate Committee on Appropriations, and also the Committee on
Public Buildings and Grounds. It contemplates the appropriation of $200,000 for
the purchase of a site of not less than 100 acres, lying in a certain region, the nature
of which most of the members of the House are acquainted with, and the balance
of $50,000 or $75,000 that will remain after the purchase of the 120 acres desired is
to be devoted to improvements. The amendment provides that the purchase of the
site and the making of the improvements shall be under the direction of a commis-
sion composed of the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution, and the president of the Board of District Commissioners. When the
park establishment is complete it is to be turned over by the Commissioners to the
Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, who are empowered to receive it and assume
control of it.

THE LOCATION AND COST.

It is declared by those whose judgment in such matters is worthy of acceptance,
that the site selected on Rock Creek, between the crossing of Woodley road and the
Klingle road, is incomparably the best that could be found within a radius of 5 miles
of the city of Washington, and by its natural features is magnificently adapted to the
purpose in view. It has features of beauty and utility possessed by no similar insti-
tution in the world. The abundance of water in the stream, and the course of the
stream itself, are worth more than $100,000 to any such an institution. The pictur-
esque features of valley, hill, slope, and cliff are unrivaled. A large portion of the
tract is covered with a fine growth of virgin forest, which affords an abundance of
shade, and the drainage is perfect.

The maximum estimate of the cost of the site of 121 acres is $142,000, but there is
good ground for the belief that this estimate is too high, and that no board of
appraisement could reasonably consider the whole tract worth more than an average
of $1,000 per acre, or $121,000. By many eventhat is regarded too high an estimate.
The ground is owned by seven different parties, but the largest portion of the site
desired—55 acres of the Evans estate—has never been in the market. The ground
lies sufficiently near the city to render the garden easy of access, which is a very
important point. The London Zoo lies in the heart of London, and no one will deny
that an accessible location is a matter of prime importance. This site was not chosen
until all the Government reservations around Washington had been carefully exam-
ined from the Arlington Cemetery around to the Eastern Branch of the Potomac.

The Potomac flats were fully considered, but it was believed that while it would be
almost impossible to make so low a piece of land a suitable habitation for mountain-

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loving animals, it would also cost four times as much to make it habitable at all as it
would cost to purchase the site on Rock Creek. A zoological garden must have
dry knolls and well-drained slopes to make it even habitable for wild beasts in rainy
weather. It was decided that it would be a serious and costly mistake to locate the
gardens on the flats, even though the ground cost nothing in purchase money. The
site on Rock Creek is to-day, without the expenditure of a single dollar, a beautiful
and picturesque park, with features of loveliness for which the city of New York
would gladly pay $1,000,000 were it possible to place them in Central Park by the
expenditure of money.

It is not too much to assert that the character of the three men who have proposed
the plan makes the plan itself stand, like Czesar’s wife, above suspicion. Not one of
the promoters of the plan owns a dollar’s worth of property anywhere in that region,
nor do any of them expect to own any there. It is the sincere conviction of the dis-
tinguished Senator who introduced this measure, and of the other Senators who have
by every means in their power facilitated its passage thus far, that it would be a boon
to the public, not only of this city but of the whole United States as well, to secure
that beautiful spot to the people forever, and establish there a great national zoologi-
cal garden to instruct not only the millions of the present but also the millions whica
will come after us.

COLLECTIONS.

It has been proven conclusively by the records of the Department of Living Ani-
mals, lately established by the National Museum, that an institution of this kind
could and would acquire fully three-quarters of all its collections of American ani-
mals by donation. This has actually been the experience of that department during
the eight months of its existence. It has made 30 purchases and received 114 gifts,
and the cash value of the gifts is declared to be six times as great as the value of all
the specimens purchased. As has been proven by the receipt of rare and valuable
gifts of live animals from Texas, Kentucky, New York, Alabama, Nebraska, Montana,
and Utah, to say nothing of the city of Washington, Virginia, and Maryland, the
people of the United States will take unbounded pride in such an institution as it is
proposed to establish. Gifts will come pouring in from every direction the moment
it is known that a place has been provided for them, that they will be thankfully
received, carefully and comfortably cared for, and exhibited under the name of the
donor.

It is in just this way that all such national collections are kept up. To-day the
figures show that the Philadelphia Zoological Garden receives nearly three-fourths
of its accessions as gifts. Already the United States Consul at Maracaibo, Venezuela,
has written to the Secretary of State and offered to send jaguars, pumas, monkeys,
and other objects innumerable to the national zoological garden which he hears is
to be established here. Can it be doubted that nearly all our consuls would take
pride in doing the same? Can it be doubted that any member’s constituents would
rejoice at the establishment here of such a source of national pride, which he feels is
free to him and his children forever, because it is partly his own? No one need fear
that anyone will find fault with Congress if it appropriates this money. The news-
papers of the country, from Boston to New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Chicago,
and even far away San Francisco, say in so many words, ‘‘Give us a National Zoo!
Give it to us before all our great game animals are exterminated.”’

The entire public is certainly behind the measure. There is no opposition to it in
any quarter. The Smithsonian has been urged to further the end sought by this
amendment. The plan challenges the closest scrutiny and invites criticism, for to
know the details of the plan and the public need for this institution is to become an
advocate of it. Every great nation on the earth, excepting this, has its national
zoological garden, for the advancement of science and the instruction of the people.

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Like the collections of the National Museum, the people, no matter how ignorant of
natural history, will feel it is for them, and they will support it accordingly. Under
the management provided for in this amendment, no man who votes for this amend-
ment will ever regret it. We have lost too much time already in the prosecution of
this enterprise; let us delay no longer, but begin at once to build up the grandest
collection of American quadrupeds, birds, and reptiles on the face of the earth.

Mr. Knute Netson. Mr. Speaker, I do not propose to enter upon any
extended discussion of this matter. I think on its face it will commend
itself to the favorable consideration of every member of the legislative
department of so great a country as that of the United States. This
city, sir, ought to be something more than a mere political center,
something more than a mere gathering place for statesmen and poli-
ticians. The people coming from every part of the country expect at
the national capital to see something else than to come into these gal-
leries and look down upon members of Congress to see us perform our
duties in a listless and perfunctory manner, as we often do. This city
ought to be not only the political center, but it ought to be the great
art and educational center toward which the attention of our people
should be directed.

The people of this country, Mr. Speaker, are not endowed with the
little and mean spirit some persons suppose. Amongst the great insti-
tutions we have established in this city, which are now in successful
operation, are the Smithsonian Institution and the National Museum.
I venture to say there is not a man or woman who comes to this capital
throughout the year who does not visit those institutions to examine
carefully the specimens and study the object lessons there presented,
and who does not go away satisfied and content that the Government
has established those institutions, and who does not cheerfully acqui-
esce in the taxation necessary to supply the money to carry them on.

All great governments have recognized the fact that such scientific
establishments as the National Museum and the Smithsonian Institu-
tion and a zoological garden are well calculated to train and educate
the people and to cement the nation into one harmonious, intellectual
whole.

All great countries on the face of the globe have these zoological
gardens or institutions of a similar character established in some form
or other. There is scarcely one—indeed, I doubt if there is one—that
has not already made a beginning in this direction except the United
States of America. And now, Mr. Speaker, when we have an abun-
dance of money in our national Treasury, when the country is so rich,
powerful, and prosperous, can there be any valid reason assigned why
we should not inaugurate this establishment, this great scientific
instructor that all nations have the benefit of to a greater or less
extent? Shall we, claiming a higher grade of civilization than many
of the other nations of the world, be the only one which is to deprive

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its people of the lessons to be taught and the education to be obtained
from such an establishment as a zoological garden?

In addition to this there is another consideration which is pressing
upon us at this moment, and which ought to make us anxious to make
a beginning in this direction, and it is the fact that many of the unique
and peculiar zoological specimens which were once common to this
country are fast passing away and very few of them now remain.
The time will not be far distant when many species of animals which
once existed in vast herds on this continent will be entirely extinct.
Let us begin and preserve a few specimens before all are gone. But
a dozen years ago I could purchase buffalo robes cheaper at my village
home in Minnesota than I could purchase calfskins, while now the
buffalo is almost a thing of the past in America; and what is the case
with that animal is also the case with a great many other specimens
which once roamed this country.

Now is the time to gather up the remains of our animals and con-
centrate them here, where they can be properly cared for, and become
a scientific link between our past and present. It is now or never,

Mr. Speaker, I have looked into this matter further, and I find that
the proposition is to establish this park on that beautiful little creek
in the northwest section of the city known as ‘‘ Rock Creek,” and to
take about 120 acres of land for the purpose of this garden. I am
satisfied from what I have been able to learn on a personal examina-
tion of the matter, for I have taken particular pains to look into it,
that there is no real-estate job or speculation connected with it. On
the contrary, those people now owning real estate in that immediate
neighborhood are averse, as I am informed, to the establishment of a
zoological garden in their midst.

It is proposed to appropriate about $140,000 to secure the site, and
about $50,000 for the preliminary plant and a year’s operating expenses.

Mr. E. Payson. I would like to ask the gentleman where he finds
that in the bill, or where he finds any limit to the amount of land
which is to be acquired? There is no limit whatever on it.

Mr. Netson. The limitation is on the amount of the appropriation.

Mr. Payson. Yes; but not as to the quantity of land that may be
acquired. The bill does not limit them and does not specify the lands.

Mr. Newtson. Certainly not. The bill does not go on and describe
the lands, because this tract is composed of a multitude of little tracts
varying from 6 to 20 acres in extent. They have to secure these sey-
eral tracts in order to get the site.

Mr. Payson. But my point is this: That this bill provides for an
unlimited acquisition of lands in that region, and the minimum amount
is fixed in the amendment, which is to be not less than 100 acres, but
as much more as these gentlemen choose to incorporate into the tract.
Now, if it is to be adopted at all, there ought to be some limit.

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Mr. Netson. I want to say in reply to the gentleman from Illinois
that that is a pure matter of detail, and if he thinks that there is any-
thing in this which is susceptible of a misconstruction it can be coy-
ered by a suitable and proper amendment, which I am perfectly willing
to accede to.

Mr. D. B. Henperson, of Iowa. The amount fixed in the Senate
amendment is 100 acres.

Mr. Netson. Yes, sir; and so far as I know the gentlemen with
whom I have conversed, and I may say, indeed, about the only gentle-
man I have talked with is a man who is interested in this from a purely
scientific standpoint—I refer to Mr. Hornaday, of the Smithsonian
Institution—informs me that all that is contemplated and all that is
desired is 121 acres. It has nothing of the element of speculation
about it. It is to establish a zoological garden for the benefit of the
great body of our people who visit this city and for no other purpose.

Now, by establishing the institution, sir, in this manner, we will
make a beginning; and knowing what our experience has been in ref-
erence to the Smithsonian Institution, we are safe in saying that a large
number of valuable specimens which we are likely to acquire in the
future will be given us as a free gift whenever we have the place to
put them and take care of them. I urge every gentleman in this
Chamber, no matter what his politics may be, as he looks upon the
greatness of this country and regards its abilities and resources, vast
and unparalleled as they are, under all these circumstances, to join
with me to aid in establishing this institution here, and thereby place
us on a par with other great countries of the world, and in this manner
do what intelligence, civilization, and public spirit has done for all
other countries. There are no people in the country, no class of our
people, who would begrudge the sum—the few thousands of dollars—
necessarily involved in this establishment.

This city is the great center which attracts all of our people. They
do not feel that anything is too grand for this city or Government.
They go away from here often feeling perhaps that with the exception
of the Capitol our public buildings, particularly the White House, are
most insignificant and incompatible with the high character and dig-
nity of the country. They feel that here, in the capital of a great
nation, everything should be on the grandest scale, in consonance with
the dignity of our nation, and that all that appertains to culture, art,
and science ought to have a home and abiding place here on a grand
and ample scale, commensurate with our resources, greatness, and
dignity as a nation.

Mr. W. H. Forney. It is proposed by this amendment of the Senate
to establish a zoological park in the District of Columbia by the
appropriation of $200,000 at this time. Now, when this $200,000 is
expended, what have you got? You simply have 121 acres out here

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on Rock Creek, for which it is proposed to pay $142,000. - In the first
place, that is an immense price for that. kind of land. Then, after we
have spent $142,000 for the 121 acres of land, there are $58,000 left
with which to commence building houses. Next year we will be called
upon to appropriate $200,000 to buy buffaloes, tigers, lions, monkeys,
and other animals to put in there. The next year after that we will
have to appropriate another $200,000, because we will have to buy
reptiles, snakes, and things of that kind. So really, Mr. Speaker, it
simply means $200,000 this year, and $200,000 a year for the next five
years, and then we have a zoological garden. There is a zoological
garden in New York and another in Cincinnati. Of course we must
rival them, and it will cost $100,000 every year for all time to come.
‘Now, are we ready to commence this business? I say not; and why?
Because the Government has no business to enter into this matter
until we are out of debt, and if the gentleman will postpone this
measure until 1907, when we have paid our debt, I will join in the
business. - I now yield to the gentleman from Alabama [Mr. Herbert. |*

Mr. J. G. Cannon. Mr. Speaker, I doubt the wisdom of providing
for this expenditure at the present time. I have no hesitation about
the right and expediency, at the proper time and in a proper way, of
improving the parks about our cities and establishing, at proper places
and under proper safeguards, zoological gardens. In nearly all of our
great cities you find them. Since this measure has been pending I
got on my horse and went up Rock Creek road along the northern and
the southern boundary of the proposed zoological garden. I went along
the creek, and, as nearly as I could, found the boundary of that pro-
posed park. Nature has done a great deal for that location; and I am
very frank to say that I hope to live a good many years after the
zoological garden shall have been established there or at some other
good point; and I doubt whether any better location can be found
any where.

Yet I am frank to say I do not favor this measure at this time,
because we are not ready. I believe the time is near at hand when
there ought to be a park established, commencing at Massachusetts
avenue and running a considerable distance north of the proposed
northern boundary of this garden; and in that park ought to be placed,
I believe, the zoological garden.

It may be, and I think it quite likely, that a portion of the expense
of this park proper ought to be borne by the District of Columbia;
but whether that shall be done or not, we are not ready at this time to
establish the park; 1 mean as disconnected with the zoological garden.
If you establish the garden there now, and the Government begins to
spend money upon it, my opinion is that the cost for the land north

'The remarks then made by Mr. Hiliary A. Herbert were held over for revision,
but were never recorded.

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and south of it for a park proper would be very greatly increased, I
think it wise, therefore, to let this matter go over until the next
session of Congress; and in the mean time let the Committee on Appro-
priations, if you choose, or the Committee on the District of Colum-
bia, or both committees, as well as members generally, look into this
subject.

Mr. W. P. TautBer. Would it disturb the gentleman if I should ask
him a question ?

Mr. Cannon. Not at all.

Mr. Tavuipes. If I understand the gentleman, his position is that
the District of Columbia ought to pay half the expense of this park,
while the Government acquires the title tothe property. Now, if the
District of Columbia is to pay half of the expense, is it not right
under the present system of taking care of the parks of this city and
of dividing the general expenses of the city, that the title should be
vested in the District of Columbia? If the Government owns the
property, why require the District of Columbia to pay half the expense ?

Mr. Cannon. The Government does not own the property.

Mr. TaviBer. I understood that was the purpose.

Mr. Cannon. That is a matter for adjustment in the future. The
Government of the United States may pay all the expense, or the
District of Columbia pay one-half; that would depend upon the pro-
visions of the law which may be passed at the time we acquire the
park. It may be that the District of Columbia ought not to pay any-
thing, so far as the zoological garden is concerned.

But my particular objection to this provision at the present time is
that, after having gone over that portion of the District and examined
it pretty closely, the impression rests strongly on my mind that we
ought to have not only the ground proposed, but north of it a consid-
erable distance—a mile or two—and south of it to Massachusetts ave-
nue for a general park, in which this garden ought to be located.

Mr. TautBeer. That is the same plan, I believe, which was consid-
ered some weeks ago in the time belonging to the District of Colum-
bia, when we had a bill before us proposing to establish a park.

Mr. Cannon. I do not say that I approve of that plan at all. I say
generally that I approve of acquiring this land for that purpose.

[Here the hammer fell. ]

Mr. Foran. Mr. Speaker, I am sorry to differ on this question with
some of my colleagues on the Committee on Appropriations. The
gentleman from Alabama [Mr. Forney] is usually right, although
somewhat possessed of a parsimonious spirit in respect to public
expenditures, as is the gentleman from Alabama [Mr. Herbert]. The
gentleman from Alabama [Mr. Forney], when he says that the adop-
tion of this amendment will involve an annual expenditure of $100,000,
draws largely, I think, on his imagination.

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Mr. Forney. I will ask the gentleman whether he understands what
is the cost of maintaining the parks in New York and other large cities ?
I understand that in New York the expense is $50,000; and of course
we shall have to go ahead of New York.

Mr. Foran. Fifty thousand dollars! I do not care whether the zoo-
logical garden in New York costs $50,000 or $500,000 or $5,000,000.

Mr. Forney. That is the right way to meet the question.

Mr. Foran. ‘That park, the Central Park in the city of New York, is
the institution which above all others attracts the attention and admi-
ration of visitors. It is the one bright spot, the great oasis in the des-
ert of misery and selfishness known as New York. And so, too, when
a person visits Philadelphia the first place he is likely to go to is the
zoological garden. The same is true in respect to Cincinnati.

Mr. Speaker, I think I know something as well as other gentlemen
about public opinion in respect to expenditures of the public money,
and I wish to say right here that when we go upon the political plat-
form this fall to discuss political questions before the people we shall
not be asked about the expenditures of the public money as much as
we shall be interrogated in regard to other questions. I have made
many a canvass, and I know that the people of the United States are
not so much concerned about the amount of public expenditures, if
they are properly expended, as they are about other great and leading
issues. Of course, when public moneys are improperly expended,
when there is peculation and fraud, the people have a right to com-
plain, but the expenditure of the public money for scientific and other
useful purposes has never been complained of by the people. Espe-
cially is this true when money is appropriated and expended for the
benefit, the education, and the edification of the people. Money
expended for public parks and botanical and zoological gardens, where
the poor, who can not afford these luxuries as the wealthy can, may
breathe fresh air, enhance their health, and improve their minds, is
never condemned, but is always commended and appreciated by those
who pay taxes, for these parks are the recreation grounds of the poor.

Why, sir, the people of the Old World have for years and centuries
encouraged art and science. Hence you find there a Humboldt, an
Agassiz, a Muncaczy, and a Meissonier. But you do not find such
men in this country, and you will not until our public men rise to the
height they should and encourage art and science in this country.
The hard, sharp struggle for existence keeps many of the brightest
minds in the Republic chained to the bench or the desk. With proper
encouragement our artists, scientists, and naturalists would become
shining stars in the great galaxy of human science and genius.

I am strongly in favor, Mr. Speaker, of a zoological garden in this
city or some other place under the control of the United States. The
sciences of biology and biogenesis are attracting wide attention at this

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time, and that part of biology which embraces zoology, the structure,
habits, distribution, classification, and derivation of animals receives
the most earnest consideration of scientific men everywhere. There
is in Paris the Jardin des Plantes, which has been the nursery and
educator of naturalists for hundreds of years. They have in Regent’s
Park, London, a great zoological garden, which has over 5,000 ani-
mals in it to-day, and although it is an admission garden more people
visit it than visit any other quarter of London or England. It is the
haunt of the poor, the woman and child as well as the man, the haunt
of the naturalist, the scientist, the traveler—the pride and the glory of
the British metropolis. And why should we not have such a garden?
We proudly boast of our greatness, our prosperity, our intelligence
asa people. Let us show by our acts, our encouragement to art and
science, that we are worthy of the distinction we claim.

Look at this city to-day. Has the United States encouraged art,
even in so meager a way as to provide fora national art gallery? No,
sir. If it were not for the munificence and generosity of one man—
I refer to the late lamented Mr. Corcoran—the capital of the United
States would not have a single work of art free to the student, the
people—all who love and admire the beautiful and the artistic. Thank
God, there was one man who recognized that property was not an
individual fact, but the creation of social agencies, and, recognizing
his duty to society, this great and good man gave to the people the
Corcoran Art Gallery. He recognized a principle that wealthy men
do not recognize generally. Were it not for the generosity of that
one man the visitor to this city to-day could find no place where might
be seen specimens of the art of this and other countries, this and past
ages.

It has been well said by the gentleman from Minnesota | Mr. Nelson]
that a great many of the animals which were found in this country are
fast becoming extinct—such as the buffalo, the caribou, the Rocky
Mountain goat, the moose, and other species. Are these animals, this
part of our natural history, to be blotted out and lost forever? Must
future generations know of them only by seeing their remains or by
reading what naturalists say of them?

The science of zoology is closely related to the cognate sciences of
biology and anthropology and ethnology, and all questions relating to
human life and life itself. They are all of vast and unbounded inter-
est to science and to everybody. I know myself from practical expe-
rience how interested the people generally are in all that relates to
animal life—to the fauna of this as well as other countries. A small
park in the city of Cleveland has recently had donated to it a little
alligator, a very small specimen, from the region of my friend from
Alabama. This saurian has heid levees, matinees, and noon-day recep-
tions all summer, and has had more visitors than any other attractions

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in the city of Cleveland. His audiences number hundreds of thou-
sands. Man has a peculiar interest in all living things. The animals
of a circus have ever had more interest for the youth than the contor-
tions of the clown. Thestudy of life always has, and always will have,
a fascinating interest for the human mind, and where can lower forms
of life be better studied than in zoological gardens ?

It is something we need in this city, and the expenditure of $200,000
in a matter of this kind is a mere bagatelle compared with its necessity
and its usefulness for the advancement of science. I do not care if it
does cost $50,000 or a $100,000 next year, although there is no warrant
for that assumption. You have to-day a National Museum, with a
large ethnological collection, in this city, and with a large collection
of the fauna and flora of the country. As you have gone that far, why
not in addition have a zoological garden ?

I understand that in the Smithsonian Institution or the National
Museum there are fifty or a hundred animals already, donated by men
interested in the zoological geography of the country. Instead of
having to pay for the animals for this park they will be donated by
persons from all parts of the United States, because there are large-
hearted and generous men in the United States everywhere who are
anxious to enrich and perpetuate this science. Until recently our
knowledge of extinct animals was so very limited that the science
hardly deserved the name, but within a few years the discovery of
extinct fossil remains has enabled the scientist, by an examination of
these records of past ages, to solve many mysteries, not only of rela-
tion, but of structure as well. In this research dwarfed organs have
been found in full development and widely separated forms linked
together. The zoology of the future will include the past as well as
the present. It is already a most wonderful as well as a most useful
science, and it is to stimulate and advance it that this measure is pro-
posed. All scientists now agree that the germ of life, the bioplasm,
the clay from which the Great Potter molds living beings, is identic-
ally the same in all animals, man included. It is for this reason that
the study of life, its origin, its purpose, its existence has so great an
interest to the human mind. Therefore I say, Mr. Speaker, that the
expenditure of this money will be productive of great and lasting
benefit to science. |

Let me say, in conclusion, that the people do not scan too closely
the expenditures of money out of the Treasury provided it is ex-
pended for their benefit. Persons coming to this city and seeing this
magnificent structure, the Capitol of the United States, are not filled
with envy because it is located in Washington. It is the nation’s
building, and each citizen has a part in it. As the visitors go through
the beautiful grounds of the Botanic Garden or through the National
Museum and the Smithsonian Institution they are conscious these

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institutions belong to them as well as to the people of Washington.
You have a National Observatory here, too. It is national in its char-
acter and belongs to the whole country. This zoological garden will
belong not to this city alone, but to the whole United States. It
will be a place where every resident, every sojourner, and visitor will
delight to go, for there will be found types of all living animals in
our zoological geography, as well as specimens of the remains of all
extinct fauna found in the same zone. Animals and specimens of
fauna from other countries will also be found there. It will be a
great national educator, and I am heartily in favor of it.

Mr. Forney. I yield now to the gentleman from Missouri [Mr.
Bland].

Mr. R. P. Buanp. Mr. Speaker, I think my friend from Alabama
has not made a very good comparison when he compared this appro-
priation with the one which has just been made in another bill... The
object of that was to subserve the interests of the great mass of the
people. It was an antimonopoly measure, to prevent certain things
from going into the hands of monopoly, in aid of which there was an
expenditure of the money of the people. But here is an aristocratic
measure, just the reverse of that, intended to beautify and adorn pri-
vate property and enhance the value of real estate in the city of
Washington at the public expense. While it is doing so it fails to
provide that these private individuals shall contribute one cent to the
expense of it. .

Now, if the States throughout the country have established the parks
for their own adornment, use, and benefit, let the city of Washington
do the same, and if the people here want to go into the show business,
let them do so at their own expense. So far as the people of this
country are concerned, they are quite willing, if left to themselves, in
a proper manner to provide parks and adornments for their own cities
and the capitals of the States; but it is not right and proper to tax, for
the purpose of ‘‘ bulling” the real-estate market of the city of Wash-
ington, the people of this country; and that is all this does.

Why, Mr. Speaker, if gentlemen want to study this science, and the
habits of monkeys, bears, and elephants, I suppose it would be better
to go into the country where they are grown and reared, and study
their habits in their native homes. But to bring them here for
‘*scientific” purposes is not a proper use of the word. It is not in
the interest of science in any manner, but simply in the interest of ,
curiosity; and hundreds of the people of my State would prefer, if
this circus is to be inaugurated, that it shall be carried around; and
that if it is for their benefit, and for the benefit of their science, that
it shall be put on wheels. Let us organize it in that way. I believe
the gentleman from Texas has an amendment to that effect. Let us
organize the menagerie, appoint the clown, get all the actors, and visit

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all the States and capitals of the country, and give the people the
benefit, as they have to foot the bill for the performance, and not
restrict it alone to the city of Washington.

I am opposed to the amendment and to all appropriations of the
public money that go simply to the benefit of the rich and aristocratic
classes; and I repeat if they desire the menagerie here, and the estab-
lishment of a zoological garden for the benefit of the people of the city
of Washington, let them foot the bill. The people of this country
ought not to be expected to do it.

Mr. Netson. Has the time in opposition been exhausted 4

The Speaker. There are seven minutes remaining to the gentleman
from Alabama, and twelve minutes to the gentleman from Minnesota.

Mr. Netson. I propose to close the debate, and I hope the gentle-
man from Alabama will exhaust the time on that side.

Mr. D. Kerr. I would like a minute or two.

Mr. Forney. On which side?

Mr. Kerr. On your side.

Mr. Forney. I yield two minutes to the gentleman.

Mr. Kerr. Mr. Speaker, I do not think that we ought to appro-
priate the public money for any such purpose. There are certain pur-
poses connected with the administration of the Government in the
District of Columbia in which it is necessary for us to appropriate
money and incidentally thereby to improve the city. This necessarily
results in large benefit to the city; but I do not see why the city of
Washington ought not to be left to provide its own zoological garden
if it desires one. There is not one boy or man in five hundred through-
out this country that ever comes here, or will come and get any
benefit from the establishment of the garden here, and for that reason
I do not think the public money ought to be appropriated for any such

purpose.
* * * * * * *
Mr. Forney. I yield now to the gentleman from Georgia [Mr.
Blount].

Mr. Jas. H. Buounr. Mr. Speaker, I do not rise to go into the gen-
eral discussion of the pending matter, but to call attention to one sin-
gle fact, one paragraph of this amendment [to the sundry civil bill for
1890], and that is:

That the said commission is hereby authorized and directed to make an inspection
of the country along Rock Creek, beginning at the point on that creek where the
Woodley road crosses said creek, and extending upward along its course to where
said creek is crossed by the Klingle road, and to select from that district of country
such a tract of land, of not less than 100 acres, which shall include a section of the
creek, as said commission shall deem to be suitable and appropriate for a zoological
park.

There never happens a time, sir, when the Government of the United
States needs land for any purpose that the land it owns or is in pos-

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session of is suitable for it. While we have vast areas in reserve,
whenever a public building is to be located for governmental purposes
the sites owned by the Government are never found to be suitable.
We are now expending vast sums of money which will run up into
millions of dollars along the river front here in what is known as the
Potomac flats improvement. More than 700 acres of land, we have
been told, are to be reclaimed, and yet under the provisions of this
very bill, true to the instincts that seem to prompt all efforts on the
part of certain persons to bring about expenditures of the public money
here, they go away from that vast area of reclaimed and reclaimable
land and provide for the purchase of a particular body of land for this
garden. If there was nothing else in this bill but that, it is enough
to cause this House to stop and say we will not load down appropria-
tion bills with all manner of schemes merely under the semblance of
promoting science, when a little examination is well calculated to excite
the suspicion, at least, that it is nothing more than a grand raid upon
the public Treasury.

Out on the grounds of Rock Creek we are to buy 100 acres of land at
a cost of you do not know what, and at the very same instant you are
expending millions of dollars in the reclamation of the Potomac flats,
in extent about 700 acres. I say, sir, that we have always found when
we have sought to sell lands of the Government they were always val-
uable until the Government come into possession of them; but having
got into possession then the lands were utterly useless for another
purpose. We have now some hundreds of acres, perhaps—certainly
we will have before we shall have concluded the reclamation of the
Potomac flats. Will any gentleman undertake to say that when they
shall have been reclaimed that land may not be utilized; and could
not a part of it that has been reclaimed be utilized for that purpose?
May we not delay this matter until such time as it could be done? I
trust, sir, that there is no occasion for any alarm about not having
this zoological garden now.

Mr. Benton McMrturn. Does my friend think it will be advisable
to establish a bear garden there after we have the land?

Mr. Buountr. I do not care to go into a bear garden at all.

Mr. McMixur. It does not seem to be advisable.

Mr. Buount. I do not think I have any zeal about purchasing the
buffaloes and reptiles that my friend from Alabama [Mr. Forney]
spoke of having to put in there. It may become necessary

[Here the hammer fell. |

The Speaker. The time of the gentleman has expired.

Mr. Newson. Has the time allotted to those opposed to this amend-
ment expired ?

The Speaker. It has.

Mr, Netson. I yield to the gentleman from Iowa.

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Mr. D. B. Henprerson, of Iowa. My first impressions were decidedly
against this measure, for the reason that I entertained some fear that
it was a real-estate speculation, and I have taken some interest while I
have been in Congress in endeavoring to keep out legislation in the
interest of real-estate speculators. When we had the officers of the
Smithsonian Institution before us in regard to this matter I took pains
to probe this question carefully, and satisfied myself that instead of
real-estate men being in favor of this zoological garden they are against
it. Men owning real estate in that vicinity do not care to have their
property condemned and the title taken from them and given to the
Government.

Condemnation juries do not always give verdicts to suit real-estate
owners, especially when they have a strong public sentiment back of
the movement, and favoring reasonable compensation. Let this park
be established, and real estate will tumble in the vicinity. The specu-
Jators desire residences built, and not parks for animals.

The truth is, I found out that the owners of real estate are against
this movement. They want fancy and fictitious prices for their prop-
erty, and not prices fixed by a jury of the people. On that point my
mind is at rest. :

Now, then, as to the cost of this matter. Mr. Hornaday, of the Smith-
sonian Institution, who has given this matter a very great deal of
attention, has urged this matter upon our attention. He is a man of
established reputation and high character and ability, who is interested
in the question from high-minded, patriotic motives. He has studied
the habits of animals of this country, after having first taken an initia-
tion of between two and three years in the African jungles. He is
also a close student of the character and habits of our own American
animals. They of the Smithsonian prepared careful estimates of what
it would cost to buy this 121 acres, and they estimated that it would
not exceed $142,000.

They took the advice of real-estate agents, among them Mr. Fisher,
whom most gentlemen here know by reputation, and he says it could
not cost more than $140,000. One hundred and forty-two thousand
dollars is the outside estimate. I think when the jury get hold of this
estimate they will cut them out of some of that even. The annual
cost is estimated by the officers of the Smithsonian Institution at
$50,000 a year at present. This is to include maintenance, salaries of
employees, improvements in buildings, for the construction of yards,
cages, and all that sort of thing. That is a cost that will obtain for a
few years until this place shall have been established. After that the
annual cost, it is estimated, will not exceed thirty-five or forty thousand
dollars. So far as the estimate of the cost is concerned, let me remark
in passing—-what most gentlemen are familiar with—that the Smith-
sonian Institute has never involved the Government in a deficit. The

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officers there are careful, prudent men, and know at all times what
they are talking about. Now, as to the views of my colleague [Mr.
Cannon] that it ought to go over to another Congress, it must be
borne in mind if we are to have a zoolgical garden, where every
animal of this country is to be gathered, it is time we were moving.
Already a large number of animals that were indigenous to this coun-
try have passed away. The buffalo is almost a creature of the past;
and if it is desirable to have such places, and if we are to preserve all
these curiosities in this country, I think it is time we were moving in
it. Besides, a year or two of delay will see the land contemplated for
it cut up and largely occupied as residences, and we will then be too
late.

The objection is made that we are going into the ‘‘ show business.”
That kind of remark, sometimes coupled with a sneer—I do not say
that it has been so in this debate—can be urged against the Medical
Museum, the National Museum, and public parks and gardens every-
where; but it will not do to make that an argument in a case like this.
Mr. Speaker, this is a democratic movement. It is a movement in
the interest of the masses of the people. He who favors parks, where
the people can take recreation and come in contact with nature; he
who favors public libraries, where the masses of the people can acquire
knowledge, is taking an advanced stand in the interest of the masses.
But some gentlemen say that this garden should not be established at
Washington; that it should be in the National Park. Gentlemen, you
will find that a very large number of your constituents will from year
to year visit the national capital, while very few of them, compara-
tively, will ever go to the National Park. Besides, I am opposed to
sending this garden to the National Park. That institution is practi-
cally owned now by a great hotel monopoly. That great National
Park is owned and controlled practically by one corporation, and I
understand that there is now a bill in this House to put the rivets into
it and fasten it as an attachment to that corporation.

Mr. Speaker, let this garden be established at this great national
center, where with our increasing railroad facilities more and more
of our citizens will visit it every year, for there is no nation in the
world whose people move about their country as ours do. More of
our people will get the benefit of this garden in Washington than at
any other point where it could be located. In connection with this
discussion let it not be forgotten that this is a proposition which has
been introduced into Congress by Senator Beck, a patriotic citizen, a
man conservative in thought and in legislation, a man whom no mem-
ber of this Congress will charge with being extravagant or favoring
real-estate speculations. Let it be borne in mind also that the scien-
tific men of this country stand back of this bill, urging it upon the
consideration of Congress. Not only that, but the great agricultural

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journals and the leading journals of this nation have urged upon us to
pass this bill establishing a zoological garden.

The sentiment of the country is back of this proposition. It is not
designed for the benefit of the citizens of Washington, though I am
perfectly willing that they, as a respected part of our people and
entitled to every advantage of other citizens, shall have all the advan-
tage which they can derive from it. This garden is demanded as an
educator, as a preserver of elements of education and interest that are
passing away like the morning mist, and will soon pass away entirely
unless preserved by intelligent leeidlative action.

Mr. Speaker, I have said all that I desire to urge upon the House
in connection with this subject and I now yield back my remaining
time to the gentleman from Minnesota [Mr. Nelson].

Mr. Neuson. I yield that time to the gentleman from New York
[Mr. Baker].

Mr. Cuarues S. Baker, of New York. Mr. Speaker, it seems to me
that the argument in favor of this proposition is very tersely stated
by a Democratic newspaper, the Boston Globe, of Saturday last, and
I propose to read as part of my remarks its article on the subject. It
is as follows:

ce 7

TIME FOR A NATIONAL ZOO.

Senator Beck’s bill to establish a national zoological garden at Washington is still
pending. It ought to pass at the present session of Congress.

This is the only great nation in the world that does not possess such.an institution.
And of all the nations this is the one that needs it most. In no other country are
the native wild animals becoming so rapidly extinct. Only a few years ago the
great Western plains were black with bison; now that huge animal is a curiosity
even to the dwellers on the plains. -A thousand other varieties and species are
being exterminated with equal rapidity. If the children of the coming generations
are to know anything of the kind of animals that once roamed over the United
States, except from books, something like what Senator Betk’s bill contemplates
must be done at once.

The price of land in Washington, already enormous, is rapidly rising, and for
that reason, if no other, delay will be costly. At present land can be had for the
purpose at a reasonable price, but every month adds to its value.

At a cost that would be trifling compared with the benefits to be derived Con-
gress might give the country the largest and most interesting collection of live
animals in the world. The primary object of the proposed ‘‘zoo’’ should be to
preserve perfect specimens of American animals; but there is no reason why the
wild denizens of Asiatic jungles and South American forests should not have a
department to themselves.

The ‘‘national zoo”’ is a good object on which Democrats and Republicans can
unite for the credit of their common country. Congress ought to give it to us, and
any person in private life can help secure the ‘‘zoo’”’ by writing to request his
Congressman to vote for Senator Beck’s bill.

Now, Mr. Speaker, this is one of the few wise Democratic proposi-
tions that have been brought before this Congress. My worthy
friend from Alabama [Mr. Herbert] suggests, and I think very

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properly, that he is opposed to taxing the many for the benefit of
the few. I agree with him, and for once we stand together on a
common platform. But, Mr. Speaker, it is as an educator of the peo-
ple that this institution is desired. Like the Smithsonian Institution,
like the National Museum, like the many statues that decorate the
parks and streets of Washington, this garden will educate the people,
will teach them to love their country, to take an interest in the products
of their country, and for that reason I think it is a very proper thing
to be created and maintained by the General Government. I am
thoroughly in favor of the proposition. Whether the garden shall be
located at the point proposed or not I do not care particularly; but at
some proper place within the District of Columbia such an institution
ought to be established and maintained. The argument of the gentle-
man from Alabama [Mr. Herbert], if it is good against this, is equally
forcible against all the institutions that are maintained now at the
public expense, such as those which have been enumerated by my
friend from Jowa [Mr. Henderson]. We have here, moreover, the
talent, the knowledge, and the energy of Mr. Hornaday, which are to
be given to this garden if it is established. I have known him for
many years, and I know that he possesses intelligence, experience,
and capacity that would be very valuable in connection with an insti-
tution of this kind.

The SpraKker. The time of the gentleman has expired. The ques-
tion is on the motion that the House recede from its disagreement to
the amendment and agree to the same.

The question was taken; and there were—ayes, 36; noes, 56.

So the motion was not agreed to.

Mr. Forney. I move that the House insist upon its disagreement.

The motion was agreed to.

Mr. Forney. I now move that the House agree to the further con-
ference requested by the Senate.

The motion was agreed to.

December 17, 1888—House.

Mr. W. C. P. BreckryripeGr, of Kentucky, introduced a bill (H.
11810), the same as bill (S. 2752), introduced by Mr. J. B. Beck in
the Senate, April 23, 1888, with the following change in section 2: ‘‘ of
not Jess than 100 acres.”

Referred to Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

December 21, 1888—Senate.

Mr. Justin S$. Morrixy introduced a bill (8. 3757) for the estab-
lishment of a zoological park in the District of Columbia; same as
introduced in House by Mr. W. C. P. Breckinridge, of Kentucky
(H. 11810), December 17, 1888.

January 16, 1889—Senate.

Mr. J. S. Morritt, from Committee on Public Buildings and

Grounds, offered the following amendments to sundry civil bill for

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1890; same as introduced by Mr. W. C. P. Breckinridge in House,
December 17, 1888 (H. 11810), with the following exceptions:

Src. 6. That when the said commission shall have established a zoological park in
the District of Columbia under the provisions of this section, by acquiring the neces-
sary lands and by laying out the same as a park and by the erection of the necessary
buildings thereupon, it shall be the duty of said commission to turn over the said
zoological park, with all its buildings and appurtenances, to the custody and care of
the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution; and when such transfer of the custody
and care of the zoological park shall be made, the duties of said commission shall
cease and its existence terminate.

Sec. 7. That when the said commission shall tender to the Regents of the Smith-
sonian Institution the care and custody of the zoological park provided for herein,
the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution are hereby authorized to assume the care
and custody of the same; and the said Regents of the Smithsonian Institution are
hereby authorized to make such rules and regulations for the management of the
park, and of the property, appurtenances, and collections of the park, as they may
deem necessary and wise to secure the use of the same for the advancement of science
and the instruction and recreation of the people.

Sec. 8. That the said commission is hereby authorized to call upon the Superin-
tendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, or the Director of the Geological Survey
to make such surveys as may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this
section; and the said officers are hereby authorized and required to make such sur-
veys under the direction of said commission.

January 25, 1889—Senate.

The sundry civil bill for 1890 under consideration.

Mr. G. F. Epmunps. Now, I offer an amendment which has been
reported from the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and
referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

The Secretary. It is proposed to add to the bill the following addi-
tional section [the same as introduced by Mr. W. C. P. Breckinridge
on December 17, 1888]:

Src. —. For the establishment of a zoological park in the District of Columbia,
$200,000, to be expended under and in accordance with the provisions following, that
is to say:

That in order to establish a zoological park in the District of Columbia, for the
advancement of science and the instruction and recreation of the people, a commis-
sion shall be constituted, composed of three persons, namely, the Secretary of the
Interior, the president of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia,
and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, which shall be known and desig-
nated as the commission for the establishment of a zoological park.

That the said commission is hereby authorized and directed to make an inspection
of the country along Rock Creek, between Massachusetts avenue extended and where
said creek is crossed by the road leading west from Brightwood crosses said creek,
and to’select from that district of country such a tract of land, of not less than 100
acres, which shall include a section of the creek, as said commission shall deem to be
suitable and appropriate for a zoological park.

That the said commission shall cause to be made a careful map of said zoological
park, showing the location, quantity, and character of each parcel of private property
to be taken for such purpose, with the names of the respective owners inscribed
thereon, and the said map shall be filed and recorded in the public records of the
District of Columbia; and from and after that date the several tracts and parcels of

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land embraced in such zoological park shall be held as condemned for public uses,
subject to the payment of just compensation, to be determined by the said commis-
sion and approved by the President of the United States, provided that such com-
pensation be accepted by the owner or owners of the several parcels of land.

That if the said commission shall be unable to purchase any portion of the land so
selected and condemned within thirty days after such condemnation, by agreement
with the respective owners, at the price approved by the President of the United
States, it shall, at the expiration of such period of thirty days, make application to
the supreme court of the District of Columbia, by petition, at a general or special
term, for an assessment of the value of such land, and said petition shall contain a
particular description of the property selected and condemned, with the name of the
owner or owners thereof, and his, her, or their residences, as far as the same can be
ascertained, together with a copy of the recorded map of the park; and the said court
is hereby authorized and required, upon such application, without delay, to notify
the owners and occupants of the land and to ascertain and assess the value of the
land so selected’ and condemned by appointing three commissioners to appraise the
value or values thereof, and to return the appraisement to the court; and when the
values of such land are thus ascertained, and the President shall deem the same
reasonable, said values shall be paid to the owner or owners, and the United States
shall be deemed to have a valid title to said lands.

That the said commission is hereby authorized to call upon the Superintendent of
the Coast and Geodetic Survey, or the Director of the Geological Survey, to make
such surveys as may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this section;
and the said officers are hereby authorized and required to make such surveys under
the direction of said commission.

The President pro tempore, (Mr. J. J. Incauts). The question is
on agreeing to the amendment proposed by the Senator from Ver-
mont [Mr. Edmunds].

Mr. Grorce F. Hoar. I raise the question of the relevancy of the
amendment to the bill to which it is proposed.

Mr. J. S. Morr. [hope the Senator from Massachusetts will allow
this amendment to go on the bill.

Mr. Epmunps. I trust the Chair will pass on the question of order.
Mr. Morritz. It is a matter of very great importance, involving
the question as to whether we shall preserve the animals that pecul-
iarly belong to this continent

Mr. Hoar. I rise to a question of order. I call the attention of the
Chair to the third clause of Rule XVI.

The Prestpent pro tempore. The Chair is familiar with the rule,
but supposed there would be no objection to the Senator from Vermont
[Mr. Morrill] proceeding. If the Senator from Massachusetts desires
to prevent debate

Mr. J. C. Spooner. I ask unanimous consent that the Senator from
Vermont [ Mr. Morrill] may be allowed to proceed.

Mr. Hoar. Let the Chair submit the question for unanimous con-
sent that the debate may proceed.

Mr. Epmunps. I hope the Chair will rule on the question of order.

The PresipENT pro tempore. The point of order is well taken.

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The question of relevancy must be submitted to the Senate without
debate.
Mr. Hoar. Mr. President
The PrEsIpENT pro tempore. The question recurs on the proposi-
tion submitted by the Senator from Massachusetts, Is the amendment
relevant ?

Mr. Hoar. I ask unanimous consent

The Prestpent pro tempore. The Chair can not entertain debate.

Mr. Hoar. I do not propose to debate, but I ask unanimous consent
that the Senator from Vermont [Mr. Morrill] may proceed.

The PresipEnt pro tempore. The Chair regards that as in the nature
of debate.

Mr. Epmunps. Let us take the question.

The PrestpENnT pro tempore. The question will be taken on the
relevancy of the proposed amendment. Is the amendment relevant?
[Putting the question.] By the sound, the ayes have it.

Mr. Hoar. J eall for a division.

There were on a division—ayes 15, noes 4.

The PrestpENT pro tempore. No quorum voting, the Secretary will
call the roll of the Senate.

The Secretary called the roll.

The PrEsIDENT pro tempore. Thirty-nine Senators have answered
to their names. A quorum is present. The question recurs on the
point of order raised by the Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. Hoar]
upon the relevancy of the proposed amendment, which, under the rules,
must be decided by the Senate without debate.

Mr. Epmunps. I ask the Chair to read the rule.

The PrestpENT pro tempore. The Chief Clerk will read the third
paragraph of Rule X V1, omitting the last clause.

The Chief Clerk read as follows:

3. No amendment which proposes general legislation shall be received to any gen-
eral appropriation bill, nor shall any amendment not germane or relevant to the
subject-matter contained in the bill be received; nor shall any amendment to any
item or clause of such bill be received which does not directly relate thereto; and all
questions of relevancy of amendments under this rule, when raised, shall be sub-
mitted to the Senate and be decided without debate, etc.

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is the proposed amendment relevant
under therule? [Putting the question.] By the sound the ayes have it.

Mr. Hoar. | will withdraw any further call for the yeas and nays,
as the Senate seems to be decidedly of the opinion that the amend-
_ment is relevant.

The PresIDENT pro tempore. Does the Chair understand the ques-
tion of relevancy to be withdrawn, or shall the decision stand in favor
of the amendment?

Mr. Hoar. I withdraw the call for the yeas and nays.

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The PrestpENT pro tempore. The Chair holds that the Senate
decides that the amendment is relevant. The question recurs upon
agreeing to the amendment of the Senator from Vermont [Mr.
Edmunds].

Mr. Morritu. Mr. President, 1 was observing merely that it was
important to have early action if it was intended to preserve the ani-
mals peculiar to this continent. I understand that the Smithsonian
Institution have had quite a number already donated to them, and
although they are not seeking the employment of taking care of this
zoological park or of these animals, yet if the duty is devolved upon
them by Congress they will undertake it.

So far as the park is concerned it is absolutely indispensable that
action shall be taken at an early day if it is intended to have this park,
which is said to be the most desirable spot, perhaps, in the whole coun-
try and which has already been surveyed. Unless it is taken hold of
immediately it is very likely to be grabbed by a syndicate of specula-
tors, and when it shall be undertaken to improve it with streets and
with city lots it would be entirely ruined as a zoological park.

Therefore the earliest action possible is necessary if we would be
sure to locate the park where it is supposed to be very desirable to
have it located.

Mr. Hoar. Mr. President, | had my attention called to this scheme
some time since, and have always very earnestly favored it. I think
the establishment of such a place of wholesome recreation and instruc-
tion for the youth, for the children,and for the poorer people of a
large city is eminently wise, and that it is entirely fitting that it should
be procured here at the national capital at the national expense.

The purpose in raising the question has not been to defeat or to
attempt to defeat the proposition, but only to have the Senate decide
asa precedent for other cases the question of order, which has been
raised sometimes in like cases where I thought it could not be fairly
sustained; and having accomplished that purpose I am content.

The Presiding Officer (Mr. J. K. Jones of Arkansas in the chair).
The question is on the adoption of the amendment offered by the
Senator from Vermont [Mr. Edmunds].

The amendment was agreed to.

The bill was read the third time and passed.

Mr. Preston B. PLums. I move that the Senate insist on its amend-
ments to the bill and request a conference with the House of Repre-
sentatives on the bill and amendments.

The motion was agreed to.

February 2, 1889—House.

Mr. Samurt Diese, from the Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds, submitted a report (H. 3907) to accompany bill (H. 11810):

The Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds to which was

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referred the bill (H. 11810) for ‘‘the establishment of a zoological
park in the District of Columbia,” having had the same under con-
sideration, respectfully submit the following report:

Appended hereto is a letter of Prof. S$. P. Langley, Secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution, portraying the necessity of such a park and
the advantages to be derived from its establishment; and, for the rea-
sons therein set forth, your committee respectfully recommend the
passage of the bill.

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION,
Washington, D. C., January 18, 1889.

My Dear Sir: I write what follows in accordance with the suggestion of your yes-
terday’s letter, intending it for your consideration and that of the committee.

From all parts of the country, for many years, presents of live animals have been
made to the Government through the Smithsonian Institution or the Museum, but
the absence of any appropriation for their care has led to their being sent away
(though most reluctantly) to increase the collections of the zoological parks in Phila-
delphia, New York, London, and other cities. It should be better known than it is
that everywhere through the country there is a disposition on the part of private
individuals to give to the Government in this way, and without any expectation of
return, remarkable specimens, which the donor (very commonly a poor man) some-
times refuses advantageous pecuniary offers for, and it seems hard to decline gifts
made in such a spirit, or, accepting them, to give them away again.

But little over a year ago I gave instructions that these live specimens should be
retained temporarily, as an experiment, and although a very few have been pur-
chased, the collection, which is a subject of so much local popular interest, has been
thus formed, substantially by gift, within perhaps fifteen months, and this though
many proffers have been declined for want of means to carefor them. Iam persuaded
that if it were generally known that the Government would receive and care for such
gifts within a very few years the finest collection of American animals in the world
might be made here in this way, with comparatively no expenditure for purchase.

Among the many interested in the incipient collection was Senator Beck, whose
bill for the formation of a zoological park was brought before the Senate on April 23,
1888. The writer directed the Senator’s attention to the fact that a piece of ground
singularly suitable, by the variety of its features, to the provision for the wants of
all the different kinds of animals, existed in the picturesque valley of Rock Creek, in
the part nearest to the city. Here not only the wild goat, the mountain sheep, and
their congeners would find the rocky cliffs, which are their natural home, but the
beavers brooks in which to build their dams, the buffalo places of seclusion in which
to breed and replenish their dying race, aquatic birds and beasts their natural home,
and in general all animals would be provided for on a site almost incomparably bet-
ter than any now used for this purpose in any other capital in the world.

With this is the preeminently important consideration that the immediate neigh-
borhood to the city would make it accessible not only to the rich but to the poor,
and therefore a place of recreation to the great mass of the residents, as well as to the
hundreds of thousands of citizens from all parts of the country who now annually
visit the capital.

It may be added that, so far as is known to the writer, all those interested in the
desirable but larger plan for a public park along the whole Rock Creek region—that
is to say, all those acquainted with the beauties and advantages of the site—regard
the establishment of the proposed zoological park there with favor. It is very diffi-
cult for anyone who has not visited the region to understand its singularly attractive
character, due to the good fortune which has preserved its picturesque features intact
until now, although the growing city is sweeping around and enveloping it.

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The Smithsonian Institution has not customarily received with favor the proposi-
tions continually made it to place different local or national interests under its charge;
but the very special reasons which seem in this case to enable it to at once secure a
home and city of refuge for the vanishing races of the continent, and a place for the
health and recreation of the inhabitants of the city and citizens of the United States,
together with an opportunity for the carrying out an enterprise of national scientific
value, and the formation of what, as regards its site at least, is the finest zoological
garden in existence—all these considerations have moved it to see in this an oppor-
tunity to carry out its legitimate work, ‘‘the increase and diffusion of knowledge
among men.”’

When, therefore, Senator Beck made the understanding that the Smithsonian
Institution would accept the charge of such a park the primary condition on which
he would undertake to recommend it to Congress, the Secretary fe authorized to say
that he believed it probable that the proposition would be favorably viewed by the
Regents, and the matter once brought before Congress, he has not disguised his own
interest in the success of the measure.

The bill brought in by Mr. Breckinridge in the House (and by Senator Morrill in
the Senate) appropriates $200,000 for the purchase of not less than 100 acres of land.
The land actually most desired for the zoological park covers about 120 acres, being
precisely that portion of the Rock Creek valley which will be soonest destroyed, as
regards its picturesque and attractive features, by the laying out of streets and lots.
Nevertheless, and largely owing to the very fact that the picturesqueness of the local-
ity implies the existence of rocks, precipices, and valleys, which it would cost much
to level and fill in, this land can still be obtained at rates which, considering its
neighborhood to the city, are remarkably cheap. The most thorough examination
that I have been ableto make, the testimony of various real-estate experts and others,
have satisfied me that the purchase may and will be completed for somewhat less than
the sum named in the appropriation, even leaving a small margin for the erection of
a preliminary shelter for the animals.

I beg most respectfully to urge upon the attention of the committee the fact that it
is at once the strength and weakness of this measure that, so far as is known, it isan
entirely disinterested one, the real-estate holders in the vicinity being generally
indifferent or opposed to it, for reasons which can be explained, if desired, and that
it is*being thus pressed upon Congress by those who have the measure at heart
because anything that is done must be done soon. It is probable that within a year
or two more the good fortune which has kept this singularly interesting spot intact,
while the growing city is encircling it, will protect it no longer. It is not the mere
space on the map which is to be secured, but natural advantages which have no rela-
tion to the number of acres, and which can not be restored if once destroyed, since it
is not in the power of Congress itself by any expenditure of money to recreate a rock
or a tree.

Iam, very respectfully, yours,
8. P. Lanewey, Secretary.

Hon. Samvurt Drssxe,

House of Representatives.

Committed to Committee of the Whole.

February 27, 1889—House.

In considering the District of Columbia bill for 1890, Mr. Judson
C. Clements submitted a conference report:

The next and last item involving any expenditure of money is an
appropriation of $200,000 for a zoological park, proposed to be pur-
chased through the instrumentality of a commission provided for in

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the Senate amendment. The conferees on the part of the House have
not thought proper to yield on that question.

Mr. W. H. Harcn. And I hope they will not.

Mr. W. S.-Hotman. I hope not.

Mr. James H. Buount. I wish to ask my colleague in relation to one
point. I understood him to say that there is an item there for the
purchase of a park.

Mr. Crements. Yes, a zoological park; an amendment put in by the
Senate. The appropriation is $200,000.

Mr. Buount. At what point?

Mr. 8. J. Ranpati. At no point. Wherever they may select.

Mr. Cuiements. I think there is some intimation as to the locality,
but it is very loose.

Mr. Ranpatu. It is very loose indeed.

Mr. Davin B. Henperson, of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, this question of
a national park or a zoological garden is a matter to which I would
like to have the House give its attention. It will be observed that we
have practically agreed upon all matters in controversy between the
two Houses except the amount to be given for street improvements
and the question of this national park. Nearly all the remaining
matters in issue between the two Houses have been agreed upon. In
regard to this park, I would be glad if the House would give some
expression of its views. In the House bill there was no provision for
a park. The Senate amended the bill by providing for the purchase
of 200 acres of ground for a zoological park or garden. Since that
time a sentiment has developed in this city, and it has been pressed
upon us by a citizens’ committee, that we should inaugurate here a
national park embracing some 2,000 acres of land. Now, if it is the
sentiment of the House that we should have a park at all, I would be
glad to have some expression of that kind at this time, so that we may
act intelligently in the conference. For myself, I say that I incline
very strongly in favor of a park in thiscity. We have not one now.

Mr. Joun A. ANDERSON, of Kansas. How much will it cost?

Mr. Henperson, of Iowa. It is estimated that it will cost, all told,
to get the land about a million and a half of dollars. I am satisfied
that a provision can be drafted in the conference that will bring the
amount much below that sum, by compelling the property owners
whose land will abut on this park to contribute largely to the expense.
If some general instructions were given to us declaring that the senti-
ment of the House favors a park at all, I believe we can provide for
carrying out that judgment ina wise manner. But if the House is
against any park, the sooner we know that the better, that we may
terminate this issue in conference.

Mr. AnvrErson, of Kansas. How much is it estimated will be the
cost of maintaining the park after it is established ?

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Mr. Hrenperson, of Iowa. No estimate has been made in that
respect as to the national park. As to the zoological park, the esti-
mate was about $25,000 a year—probably $40,000 for the first year or
two, when the Government would be putting in accommodations for
the animals. Our experience would probably be about the same as
that of other cities in regard to their parks.

I will say, for the information of those who desire to know, that,
according to the figures furnished to us, the parks in London embrace
2,200 acres; in Paris, 58,000 acres; Vienna, 8,000 acres; Tokyo, 6,000
acres; Berlin, 5,000 acres; Dublin, 1,900 acres; Versailles, 3,000 acres;
Central Park, New York City, 840 acres. Chicago has just author-
ized a park of 2,000 acres. I do not know what number of acres may
be embraced in the present parking system of that city. San Fran-
cisco has 1,200 acres of park. The city of Washington has no park.
It is a question for grave thought and earnest consideration whether
the time has not arrived when our national capital should have a park
in keeping with the capitals of other nations. I think that we should
have the judgment of our associates in this House on that subject. I
believe in this park; I am for it; but I will yield my judgment to that
of the House and will devote my efforts to carrying out its wish. I
repeat that I would be glad to have an expression of the sentiment of
the House before we again go into conference.

Mr. Hatcn. Does the gentleman wish to be understood as saying
that there is in the Senate amendment provision for two parks—one a
general park and one a zoological garden ?

Mr. Henperson, of Iowa. No, sir. The original amendment which
was put on the bill by the Senate provides for the purchase of 200
acres for a zoological garden. The proposition now urged upon us is
to have a national park embracing some 2,000 acres, running clear
out to the boundary, and which shall include a zoological garden—the
greater to include the less.

Mr. Hatcu. How much of this proposed appropriation is to be
devoted to the establishment of the zoological garden ?

Mr. HenpeErson, of Iowa. It was estimated that for the first year
about $40,000 would be required to equip and run the zoological park.

Mr. Harcu. That is aside from the purchase of the land?

Mr. Hrenperson, of Jowa. I think the amount embraced in the
amendment of the Senate for the purchase of the ground for the zoo-
logical garden is about $200,000.

I desire to say in this connection, as suggested to me by the gentle-
man from Pennsylvania [Mr. O’Neill], that Philadelphia has 2,900
acres of park.

Mr. Hartcu. If the gentleman would include in this bill an amend-
ment providing for inclosing the Capitol as a ‘‘ zoological park,” I
think the country would indorse the proposition, for we have now as
big a ‘‘ bear garden” here as anybody could want.

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Mr. Henperson, of Iowa. No doubt there are in the Capitol some
animals that ought to be taken in. But let us not turn this matter to
mirth. It is a serious question and I think it should be seriously
considered by the House.

Mr. Ranpau. Does the gentleman from Iowa maintain that the
conferees representing the House and the Senate upon a controversy
involving $200,000 for a zoological garden can entertain a proposition
for purchasing, not 200 acres, but 2,000 acres, at an expense of a
million of dollars?

Mr. Henverson, of Iowa. I think it is within the power of the two
Houses to do that.

Mr. Ranpatu. Well, then, I hope this House will take that fact into
consideration in the vote which it will give.

Mr. Henperson, of Iowa. That is why I have said in perfect candor
that I do not want to do anything on this question until we have an
expression of the sense of the House; I have frankly presented the
question with that view. I certainly would not venture on such a
proposition without some expression from the House in favor of it.

Mr. Brount. Will the gentleman from Iowa permit me to ask him
a question ?

Mr. Henperson, of Iowa. With great pleasure.

Mr. Buiount. The proposition is for a zoological park?

Mr. Henpverson, of Iowa. Yes, sir.

Mr. Biount. The gentleman says there is being pressed on them a
plan for a national park, an entirely distinct one from this zoological
park?

Mr. Henperson, of Iowa. It is to be an enlargement of this, and
embraces animals as well as a general park.

Mr. Buounrt. Is it to be a national park?

Mr. Henperson, of Iowa. It isa national park, embracing a zoo-
logical collection. That is what they are pressing upon us. A num-
ber of bills have been introduced into the Senate and House embracing
that idea. Iam not certain but favorable reports have been made on
them. The gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Rowell], on the District
Committee, says favorable report has been made on that proposition.

Mr. Burount. What is the extent to which they propose to enlarge?

Mr. Henperson, of Iowa. They propose to take in about 2,000
acres. The park proposed by the amendment is to be located on Rock
Creek. The larger park would take in the smaller.

Mr. Buounr. I understand that is being discussed by the conferees.

Mr. Henverson, of Iowa. We have only discussed the zoological
features so far.

Mr. Biounr. But it is being pressed.

Mr. Henpverson, of Iowa. It is being pressed by the citizens’ com-
mittee. A committee came and asked us to consider it.

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Mr. Biount. Do the conferees consider it is competent for them to
entertain the proposition ?

Mr. Henprerson, of Iowa. We can enlarge or decrease it, but I
think some expression should come from the House before we enter
on any such proposition.

Mr. Breckrnriper, of Kentucky. Will the gentleman yield to me?

Mr. Henperson, of Iowa. Yes, sir.

Mr. BreckInripGr, of Kentucky. As the amendment now stands it
is limited to a zoological park.

Mr. Henperson, of Iowa. Yes, sir,

Mr. Breckrnriper, of Kentucky. What the gentleman wants is
instructions to go further and make an amendment for a national
park.

Mr. Henperson, of Iowa. We want an expression from the House
whether they want a park or not.

Mr. BreckrnrinGe, of Kentucky. There is the difficulty with those
of us who are in favor of a zoological park and against a national
park. For one I am in favor of a zoological park. I think if we
can appropriate money for the purpose of making archeological and
ethnological researches and to send out the Adbatross to find fossils at
the bottom of the sea we can certainly spend a few thousand dollars
to keep the animals now nearly extinct from becoming entirely so by
the establishment of a zoological park in this city. I think that is a
wise thing, but I am not willing to go into a real estate speculation to
the extent of 2,000 acres for a national park.

Mr. Henperson, of Iowa. I wish to impress upon the House if we
are going to have a park here it must be provided soon, for when
houses are built and the city extends into the region where the park
is proposed to be built, the only available ground for it will be taken
up. It is now within our reach, and citizens are eager to contribute
from their own pockets to aid in building it. If the larger scheme
can be made the property holders will contribute largely toward it.

Mr. BrecxinrinGr, of Kentucky. I do not wish to be understood
as wishing to prevent any liberal citizens from buying 1,800 acres of
land and presenting it to the Government or city for that purpose if
they choose. I wish to be understood only as favoring the zoological
park instead of the other; and, if possible, I should like to have some
expression of sentiment on the part of the House which would enable
the conferees to act on that proposition.

Mr. Henperson, of Iowa. But for the fact that a few men planted
in the midst of the proposed park, having the power of refusing to sell
their lands or fix any price upon them, are able to block the way of
their fellow-citizens in this respect, there would probably be not so
much necessity for this action. But the power to condemn must be
given to reach that class of people. That is why the citizens of the

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District of Columbia insist upon some legislation to reach them. Efforts
were made by subscription; a large amount has already been obtained
by subscription, and, as I understand, a considerable amount has been
promised; but because of the fact that here and there some person will
refuse to give way or allow his property to be used for the purpose at
any compensation, hoping to be able at some time or other to demand
from his fellow-citizens blackmail of 200 or 300 per cent over the value
of the property, it is necessary that some such steps should be taken
to allow the exercise of the right of eminent domain, if this work is
ever to be prosecuted. Because, as I have said, when this land is built
up, it will be very difficult and very expensive to get possession of it.

Mr. Biount. Will the gentleman permit me a moment?

Mr. Henverson, of Iowa. Certainly.

Mr. Birounr. For many years we have been told when making the
appropriations pertaining to the Potomac Flats that the Government
would gain thereby about 700 acres of land. I wish:to ask my friend
if in the investigation of this matter that subject has been considered.

Mr. Henperson, of Iowa. We did not have that matter before us,
I will state to my friend from Georgia.

Mr. Brounr. If my friend had heard my question I think he would
not have answered me in that way. He has just stated, when he was
referring to the need of securing the land which it was desirable to
secure possession of for the purposes of a national park, that it would
be difficult after awhile, or in a few years, to get suitable lands; and
in that connection I asked the gentleman whether he or his fellow-con-
ferees in discussing the feasibility of getting lands for this purpose had
turned their attention to the large amount of land which would prob-
ably be reclaimed from the Potomac Flats.

Mr. Henperson, of Iowa. No, sir; it has not been urged upon us
as either desirable or available for that purpose. On the contrary, the
region of Rock Creek, it is represented, is a beautiful region of coun-
try for the purposes of the park, equally adapted for that purpose as
the Philadelphia park, and better perhaps than Central Park in New
York. I do not know as to the accuracy of that, for I have not
inspected them. I simply lay the matter before the House and ask an
expression of its judgment.

Now I would like to answer my friend from Ohio who is on his feet.

Mr. Bens. Burrerworrnu. I wish to ask if it is not possible to make
substantial progress in this matter by ascertaining first what lands can
be obtained, surveying the outlines, and then get the next Congress to
act upon it, if we are not now ready to do so? I understand that
neither the price of the ground is known, nor in fact the exact limits
the park is proposed to occupy.

Mr. Henperson, of Iowa. They have made and submitted very care-

ful estimates of the-cost.

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Mr. Burrerwortnu. But I only wish to suggest whether it is not
possible to insert a provision here looking in the direction the gentle-
man contemplates.

Mr. Henperson, of Iowa. The citizens’ committee have that matter
well in hand. The region is well mapped out, and the only difficulty
is in the want of power to condemn for the purpose of acquiring title
for the Government.

I will yield to the gentleman from South Carolina [Mr. Hemphill],
unless some other gentleman desires to be heard.

Mr. Joun J. Hemputiy. I would like to offer the following instruc-
tion to the committee of conference.

The Speaker (Mr. Jonn G. Car.isLE). It is not now in order to
instruct the conferees. It can be read for information, if the gentle-
man desires.

Mr. Hempuity. Then I ask that it be read for information.

The Clerk read as follows:

Resolved, That the House managers on the District of Columbia appropriation bill
are hereby instructed by the House to endeavor to secure such action by the mana-
gers on the part of the two Houses on the Senate amendment numbered 124 as will
secure to the District of Columbia a national park.

Mr. Hempeuitt. I| offer that resolution with a view of getting the
sense of the House on this question. As those of us who have been
here for a year or two remember, an effort has been constantly made
on the part of the Senate to so provide in the appropriation bill for
the District of Columbia that some legislation may be had for the
establishment of a zoological park. At the same time there have been
bills pending before this and the other branch of Congress for a national
park, and if the national park project is adopted then the provision for
the zoological park as a separate institution will be entirely unneces-
sary. The bill for the national park has been reported favorably and
unanimously by the Committee on the District of Columbia, who have
taken a great deal of pains in this respect to investigate the subject and
ascertain all of the details.

Inasmuch as no opportunity will be afforded us in this session of
Congress to present this matter to the House, and as in the view of
the committee it is important that it should at the present time be
acted upon, I would like to submit the views which influenced the
committee in reporting this bill favorably.

Now, Mr. Speaker, there has been a great deal said heretofore
about how much has been spent upon the District of Columbia in the
way of public improvements, but if gentlemen will look out upon
this city they will see that there has been less done for the people of
the District of Columbia, as citizens of this District of Columbia, than
for the people of any other city in the United States. Now I do not
say that the people here do not get more benefit from the public

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buildings and parks than we get in South Carolina or any other city,
but they have no general park here that belongs to the public.

They have no public buildings where the city authorities have a
permanent abiding place. They have no post-office fit for any city of
this country or any country that is civilized. In fact, there has been
nothing done for the people of this city that has not been done for
people of other cities of this Union not as large. Therefore I trust
that gentlemen will not view this question unfavorably upon the
theory that there has already been as much done for the people of this
District as the Government is under obligation to do. Now there is
scarcely a city of any size in the United States that has not a public
park. While there are a number of small parks in this city, there is
not a single one of any size, where the people can go out into the
country, as it were, and get the fresh air and have all the invigorating
influences that come from the country, that does not belong to some
private party. There is, it is true, a number of small reservations,
but they do not accommodate the large portion of the city growing
out toward the west, and if the same spirit governs us in the future
that has in the past, the whole of the park in which the Smithsonian
Institution is situated will be occupied by public buildings.

Mr. Bianp. Does not the gentleman from South Carolina think
that if the obstructions were taken away that have been created by
the Pennsylvania Railroad and the ground cleared that that would be
a very desirable park ?

* * * * % * *

Mr. Hempuiti. I will state, Mr. Speaker, that if there is any por-
tion of this District in which we could well have a park it is this
portion through which Rock Creek passes, and I would say that if the
people of this District are to have a park for such portion as would
be an honor to this city, being the capital of this nation, they can not
get it unless they get it under action of this Congress. There is no
power in any governmental officer here to condemn land or to put his
finger for a public purpose upon a single piece of property in this
District, and therefore whatever is done must be done by action of
Congress.

Now I know, Mr. Speaker, that 2,000 acres of land is a very large
park for a city of the size of the city of Washington, and if we were
to legislate for to-day or for the near future it would be too large;
but we all know that this city is growing rapidly, that property is
going up in price, and that if we are to have a national park in this
city this is the most opportune time the Congress of the United States
will ever see. We can get a park here in this District now at a cost
which will not be any more than one-fifth or one-sixth of what has
already been expended for the purchase of land by the city of Phila-
delphia or New York or any of the large cities in this country. In

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Brooklyn, where they have a large park, they spent $3,919,000 in the
purchase of the land alone. In St. Louis, where they have a new park
of about 788 acres, they paid $849,000. In addition to that they have
a number of other parks in the city of St. Louis, and I do not under-
stand, Mr. Speaker, why the people of this District and the people of
the United States should not be willing to expend as much money for
the benefit of the people residing in this capital city as is ordinarily
spent by people who control their own expenses.

Mr. Himary A. Herspert. Will the gentleman state how much is
the annual expense of keeping any of these parks in order that he has
mentioned? Can the gentleman give us any idea of the annual expense
of keeping up one of these immense parks?

Mr. Hemenity. No, sir; I have not any information upon that sub-
ject. I will say, however, to my friend from Alabama that I presume
the people of those cities are well satisfied with the expense that is
found to be necessary to keep up these parks, because there is not a
single instance where such a public park has ever been dedicated and
the people have taken it back and put it to any other use, as they
might do if they were dissatisfied, and not only have those cities which
have parks kept them up and improved them, but nearly every other
city of any importance in the country is now seeking to acquire such
a park.

Mr. W. P. TauBer. I will ask the gentleman from South Carolina
whether it is not a fact, so far as he has observed with regard to this
matter of public parks, that a large portion of the expense which is
necessary in order to maintain them is derived from the leasing of
proper privileges to citizens within the parks?

Mr. Hemeuity. I think that might be made available to quite a
large extent in maintaining a park.

Mr. A. J. Horxins, of Illinois. I desire to ask the gentleman a
question as to the propriety of this legislation on an appropriation
bill. Is there anything in the proposed amendment that would limit
or control the purchase of this property, or protect the interests of
the people at large against the privileged few who would be benefited?

Mr. Hemputtu. My resolution was presented simply to test the
sense of the House upon this question, so that if the resolution is
adopted and the report comes back from the conferees, the House, if
it be satisfied that the amendment is a properly drawn one, can adopt
it; if not, can give the conferees further instructions, or can reject the
amendment. This leaves it to the conferees upon the part of the
House, if this resolution is adopted, to prepare a suitable amendment
by which the interests of the public will be properly guarded.

Mr. Benton McMinn. Will the gentleman from South Carolina
permit me to ask him a question?

Mr. Hempuity. Yes, sir.

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Mr. McMrxurn. The gentleman has referred to parks that have
been purchased or made by other cities, and to the expenditures
incurred therefor.

Mr. Hempnuity. Yes, sir.

Mr. McMixun. Does the gentleman propose that the city of Wash-
ington shall do what those other cities have done, pay for the parks
that it gets, or does he propose that they, in conjunction with the bal-
ance of the people of the United States, shall pay for it, and that his
constituents and mine shall pay for part of it?

Mr. Hempuitt. I will say to the gentleman that so far as I am con-
cerned I would propose that the citizens of the United States should
do with reference to this public park as they do with reference to all
other public improvements in this District; that is, that they should
pay their fair share of the cost of the park. We own one-half of the
property in the District. It belongs to the United States, and the
concurrence of opinion has been up to this time that the Government
of the United States ought not to own half the property here unless
it is willing to pay half the expenses.

Mr. McMixurn. Will the gentleman permit another question ?

Mr. Hempuitt. Yes, sir.

Mr. McMiuu1n. The gentleman says that the people of the United
States own one-half of the property here?

Mr. HempuHity. Yes, sir.

Mr. McMru1n. In order to arrive at that estimate is it not a fact
that the parks themselves which are now established here have been
charged to the people of the United States as a part of their property ?

Mr. Hempuiiy. Well, sir, if they are a part of the property of the
United States, and if the United States is not satisfied to hold them or
to pay taxes upon them, let the Government sell them or erect public
buildings on them.

Mr. McMurry. Furthermore, is it not the fact that the streets
have been charged against the United States in order to make up that
estimate ?

Mr. Hemputiiy. Ob, that is neither here nor there.

Mr. McMrxuin. I will say to my friend that that is here. That is
a fact, and is going to remain here.

Mr. Hempuityu. Well, that may be a fact; but if so, it is a fact by
the action of Congress, and it is not fair to blame the people of the
District for something which Congress has done of its own free will.

Mr. McMiuun. But you are endeavoring now to get Congress to
do something more in the same direction.

Mr. Hempurtyi. Well, if we have done an erroneous thing in the
past, the proper remedy is not to deny to the people of this District a
public park such as the people of other cities have. The proper
remedy is to go to work now to regulate properly the proportion of

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the expenses of the District which the people here ought to pay, and
the proportion which the people of the United States ought to pay.
But let us not visit the punishment upon the people of the District,
when they have had no voice in the action that has been taken in the
past, and when it has been done by — itself, which has had sole
authority to act in the premises.

Mr. Herpert. I wish to ask the gentleman from South Carolina
whether it is not also a fact that in order to make the showing of the
Government owning one-half of the property here, all the Government
buildings have been charged to the people of the United States? And
is it not also a fact that the Government itself, without any help from
the people of the District, takes care of every public building here?

Mr. Hempniiy. I presume that is all true, but I do not see that it
has anything to do with the question at issue here.

Mr. Herpert. It is an answer to your argument about the Govern-
ment owning one-half of the property.

Mr. Hempniiy. It is not an answer to my argument; and if the
gentleman thinks it is, 1 am quite satisfied that he has a monopoly of
that opinion. We did this ourselves. Congress fixed the matter to
suit itself, and not the people of the District, and if anything is wrong
Congress is responsible, and Congress alone has the power to change it.

Mr. Herpert. The facts I have stated, though, go to your argument,
based upon the estimate of the Government owning one-half the
property here.

Mr. Hempntiyi. That does not make any difference. I simply say
that that is the estimate which has been recognized heretofore, and
that Congress, which has had the power, has not changed it. The
gentleman from Alabama is entitled to his opinion, and I may agree
with him, but at the same time it is not fair to make the people of the
District responsible for the existing state of affairs.

Now, there is something else I would like to say in regard to this
park. It is well known that Rock Creek flows right through the
District from one end to the other, until it empties into the Potomac
River. Along a considerable portion of Rock Creek the banks have
been built up with dwelling houses, and as a natural consequence the
creek has become in some parts the natural sewer for everything in
the shape of refuse coming from those dwellings. Rock Creek has
thus become a stench in the nostrils of the people in that portion of
the city. There has been pressed most urgently upon the District
Committee a proposition to arch over Rock Creek in part, and to
tunnel another part, so as to get rid of these noxious odors coming
from the creek. If we should undertake to do that work, although it
would apply to only a very small part of Rock Creek, it would cost,
according to the estimate, $600,000, and in all probability by the time
we had finished it the cost would be a great deal more.

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Now, as a pure matter of dollars and cents, I submit whether it is
not better to keep the banks of this creek free from dwelling houses,
and dedicate the land to some public purpose. I do not hesitate to say
that something must be done for the protection of the people living in
the neighborhood 6f Rock Creek, where buildings have been con-
structed on its border. Unless something be done, that whole stream
will become the deposit of the sewerage and refuse of people living
upon its banks, and that portion of the city will soon have to be
abandoned, or given over to people who can live in the midst of those
stenches.

Besides, Mr. Speaker, there will never be a time when this property
can be purchased as cheaply as it can be purchased to-day. The people
who own the land that is expected to be purchased along Rock Creek,
if any be purchased at all, are the original owners of the property;
and as a member of the District Committee I can say that not a single
one of them, nor the representative of one of them, has come to me, or
so far as I know to any member of the committee, urging this park
project upon our consideration. Although I have heard the names of
a number of these owners, I know but a single one; and although he
bought a piece of property there four or five years ago he says, “‘If
you want this land for a public park, I will sell it at a price that any
gentleman in whom I have confidence will put upon it.” I think that
is a fair proposition. He has not asked Congress to appropriate one
cent; but he says that, on the contrary, he would prefer to hold the
land that he might realize the advance in price.

It is true that a part of the property along this creek has become
very valuable. I know a gentleman in this city who, according to
repute—I have no personal knowledge of the fact—purchased, seven
or eight years ago, a piece of property adjacent to this creek which he
could now sell for $250,000 or $300,000. If we are ever going to get
a park, now is the time; it is in my opinion the only time when the
people’s representatives will be willing to vote the sum necessary to
secure it.

In addition to that, Mr. Speaker, if this park is purchased the Dis-
trict under the usage and the existing law will have to pay one-half of
the expenses. It is proper that the people owning property along the
line of this park should pay their just proportion in view of any
increased value which may arise from the dedication of this land to
public use. The District is in a better condition to pay its share of
this money now than it will probably ever be for years to come.
There is a considerable surplus in the treasury of the District, amount-
ing to several hundred thousand dollars—between six hundred thou-
sand and seven hundred thousand.

Mr. Biount. How about the debt?

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Mr. Hempnuiny. Of course there is a debt due by the District, but
it is not payable.
Mr. Ranpauu. The District is in debt to the Federal Government to

the extent of a million dollars, on account of the expense of the work ~

on the aqueduct, and I suggest, if there is any surplus in the treasury,
the District should devote it to paying that indebtedness.

Mr. Hempuity. I want to remind the gentleman from Pennsylvania
that, as I understand, this aqueduct was controlled entirely by officials
of the United States.

Mr. Ranpautu. The gentleman was stating that the District has
$600,000 in its treasury undisposed of. I wanted to say that I thought
the best appropriation of that amount would be for the District to pay
something toward the million of dollars advanced by the Government
on the aqueduct, which has proved an utter failure.

Mr. Hemputtt. I think before the District pays any money on that
account there ought to be instituted an investigation to see whether
the Government of the United States has not swindled the people of
this District out of a great deal of that money. As I understand, there
is an investigation now going on at our expense

A Memper. The committee has reported.

Mr. Hempuiiu. Yes, the investigation is finished, I believe; and 1
understand there is a very black report, so far as the Government of
the United States is concerned. If we have taken the money of the
people of this District, or at least run them into debt to the extent of
a million of dollars, and if, according to the report made by members
of this body, we have misappropriated the money designed for the
construction of that tunnel

Mr. Ranpauu. That was done against the remonstrance of the Com-
mittee on Appropriations.

Mr. Hempumy. That may be true. Yet the District is not respon-
sible, as the gentleman will admit. It is by the fault of officials of the
United States Government that this misappropriation has happened,
and it is not right to visit our sins upon the people of this District.

Now, Mr. Speaker, they talk a great deal about having a ‘‘monkey
show” here, and all that sort of thing, just the same kind of language
we heard when this question was before the House on a former occa-
sion. We spend a great deal of money in keeping in order the hor-
ticultural garden down here. The gentleman from Kentucky [Mr.
Breckinridge] very properly says that we ought to provide for the
preservation of the animals on this continent before they become
extinct; but I think it much more important that we should furnish
some outlet, some breathing place, for the poor people of this city,
who can not get away in the hot weather, and to give them fresh air,
sunlight, and a chance for health and life. Those who live here and
can not get away, and those of us who were kept here last summer

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during the long discussion upon the tariff, have seen the poor people
sitting out and lying out on the streets iy day and night, under the
baking sun of the day or the reflected heat of the streets at night,
unable to get relief from the intense heat; and I do not know that we
can do a better thing than to furnish to the children of the poor peo-
ple some shaded places where they can go and get rid of the hot glow
of the summer sun.

If, then, it is important to preserve the animals of the country, how
much more important is it to do something toward preserving the
health of the people, and especially those of our people who can not:
get away in the summer time? I trust we will not be niggardly and
unjust to these people; and while we are willing to establish a park
here for animals, forget them and their wants, but that we will rise to
a proper consideration of the question, and I believe when we have
done so we will give to the people of this city what is given to the
people of other cities, who have the privilege of electing their own
city officials, their own city council and mayor, a proper and suitable
public park.

Mr. Ciements. Mr. Chairman, I will occupy not exceeding five
minutes in this discussion. The gentleman from South Carolina has
spoken of the injustice to the people of this District in refusing this
appropriation, and intimates illiberality on the part of the Govern-
ment.

Mr. Hempniiy. Well, I do not mean to say that the Government is
illiberal, but I tried to show that the people of the District did-not
receive as much benefit as some of our friends seem to think they have
already received, and as I myself thought they received before I got
here and served upon the committee.

Mr. Criements. I wish to show, Mr. Speaker, something of the
obligations of the District to the United States in connection with the
District government.

The bonded debt of the District of Columbia which the Govern-
ment of the United States has assumed—that is to say, one half of it,
principal and interest—on the 1st day of July was $20,581,000, as
shown by the following statement from the last report of the Treas-
urer of the United States. * * *

The annual interest on this sum at that time was $906,000, of which
the Government of the United States is paying one-half. In addition
to the funded debt—and by the way I will state that the principal part
of this has been for improvements in the District of Columbia—in
addition to the funded debt there is one-half of the amount recently
expended on the aqueduct tunnel for the increase of the water supply
of the city; so that the amount due on the 1st day of July by the Dis-
trict to the United States for money already advanced for the tunnel
was $1,038,000. The debt of the District, funded and otherwise, of

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which the United States has assumed and is paying to the sinking fund
one-half of the principal as it is discharged and annually one-half of
the interest as it accrues, amounts in the aggregate to the immense
sum of over $21,000,000.

Now that we have a surplus of about a million in the treasury
(which, if the Senate amendment prevails, would leave it only about
a half million or a little less) the gentleman says is an opportune time
to spend money for a zoological park, and at the same time adopt the
larger provision for a national park, the one which he is advocating,
which is to swallow up the zoological garden and make it a part of it.
The provision inserted in the bill to which he refers, reported by his
committee, as I understand, provides not for the immediate payment,
but for the creation of a debt running along for future years, adding
up and piling up against the people of the United States outside as
well as those inside of the District a further accumulation of debt for
the luxury of a park.

Why not, in the interest of the taxpayer, apply it to the water debt
or to the three and a half millions of bonds that will be due July 1,
1891—-within a year after the expiration of the year for which the
appropriations of this bill are made? In my judgment there is no
necessity in this city for a national park such as is proposed, as there
is in other cities. The Government of the United States has reserved
plats of ground all over the city, in addition to the larger reservations
which we find everywhere, breathing places where the people can go;
and: we have broad streets, and the Government has expended money
in their improvement; and in the sundry civil bill each year is carried
a large sum of money for paving the walkways through the reserva-
tions, and paid for entirely out of the revenues of the Government;
no part of it is paid by the District, nor is anything paid by the Dis-
trict for the lighting of the reservations, for the convenience of the
people of the District much more than for the people outside. And
the gentleman himself has referred to the Soldiers’ Home, a place
near by, which, while it does not belong to the city or the National
Government strictly, yet it is a great place of resort and will remain
there.

Now, I believe the time has come when the Government of the
United States is paying largely more than its proper share for the
expenses of the District and that it ought to be reduced, and if the
people of this city and District desire a park it is their business to
provide it at their own expense ina larger measure than is provided
in the amendment which it is proposed to incorporate in this bill.

I yield to the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Mills] for five minutes.

Mr. R. Q. Mirus. I was a member of the Forty-third Congress,
when this strange copartnership was entered into between the Fed-
eral Government and the government of the District of Columbia.

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When the local government of this District was abolished by the
Forty-third Congress I then very seriously questioned the wisdom of
that action, and every year since that time has satisfied me more fully
that the government now held over the people of this District is
wrong. Itis un-American. It is not in accordance with the princi-
ples upon which we have organized local governments in this country.
The people of this District ought to have a local government of their
own, and the Federal Government ought to have such jurisdiction and
control over the public property of the Federal Government as is nec-
esssary to take care of it. Inthe arrangement of the compromise the
interests of the Federal Government, which would apply in that gov-
ernment, were abolished, and it was then determined that the Federal
Government should pay one-half of all the expenses annually incurred
in the administration of the government of the people.

At that time, perhaps, it was a fair apportionment. The city was
small; perhaps not exceeding. 100,000 inhabitants. It has passed
beyond that, and the property owned by the Federal Government
then was around this Capitol and in the streets and parks belonging
to the Federal Government, which were retained by the Government
for its use at that time. Now the city has extended, and is continuing
to extend. The interest of the Federal Government is constantly
decreasing in proportion as the interest of the people is constantly
increasing. As my friend from Pennsylvania said a few moments ago,
the apportionment is now excessive upon the Federal Government,
and the people under the local government are not contributing what
they ought to contribute toward the Government. I believe, sir, that
we ought to stop this unnatural partnership, and the Federal Govern-
ment ought to appropriate each year out of its own funds whatever is
necessary and its equitable proportion for the protection of its public
property and the interests of the city.

But, sir, what interest has the Government in buying a park for
the people of the District of Columbia? The park belongs to the
people, not to the Federal Government. It is not for the interest of
the Federal Government that there should be a park on Rock Creek
or in the midst of the city. It is for the comfort and convenience of
the people, and not for the Government, and the people ought to pay
for it. We will continue this condition of things until we dissolve
this unnatural government and give the people of the District of
Columbia the same rights that we give the people of Texas—repre-
sentation upon their population, charging them with their own local
self-government.

Mr. CLrements. Mr. Chairman, I now yield ten minutes to the gen-
tleman from Georgia |Mr. Blount].

Mr. Biount. It is singular what a prejudice against the Treasury
of the United States is manifested in connection with all the arguments

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made touching expenditures for this District. The distinguished
gentleman who is now the chairman of the Committee on the District
of Columbia alleges that the Federal Government ought to be liberal
in the matter of appropriations here because it owns one-half of the
property. The gentleman from Tennessee rightly suggested that in
ascertaining the one-half of the property of the United States it con-
sisted mostly in streets, alleys, and parks.

Now, sir, I wish to know if any gentleman will gainsay the question
that the streets and parks are for the people of this city; and if they
are, will you undertake to close your eyes to it and charge it as a mat-
ter inuring to the benefit of other people outside of this District?
Why, sir, it is strange that such argumentation should obtain in so
intelligent a body as this. In reference to the water supply here, the
Government originally paid for it out of the Federal Treasury, and
this people got it asa gratuity. Then these same people came in a
few years ago and insisted that the Government of the United States
should give them an additional water supply; and because, forsooth,
there may have been some mismanagement in some given place, anwill:
ing to take their own misfortune, they turn upon the Federal Govern-
ment and charge it as a crime, wild insist that we shall make it good.
It is said, sir, that the city a Washington has not been and is not
fairly treated, is not liberally treated, and has not the same opportu-
nities that other cities have. What city, sir, in this country—is it New
York, Philadelphia, or any city in this country—that has the Federal
Government come to it and take one-half of its burdens in the shape
of taxation? Yet, sir, that was their singular argument.

Again, sir, only a few years ago the people of this District com-
plained that the public health was affected by the Potomac Flats, and
if we would appropriate, as we have done, millions of dollars for the -
reclamation of it—and it is going on to-day—we would reclaim 700
acres of beautiful land lying along the Potomac. A large part of it
has been reclaimed, a large part is being reclaimed, and yet none
of the gentlemen who have come before the House conferees, none of
the gentlemen who appeared before the Committee on the District of
Columbia, offer to use any portion of the 700 acres or any other area
owned by the Government of the United States. It is always private
property that we are to buy. No matter what we have, we can not
utilize it. There is always some special reason why the necessary
improvement should not be put on Government land, where it would
take nothing out of the Treasury.

My friend from Iowa says he has not heard of this matter at all in
his interviews with the Senate conferees. It does not appear that that
committee or the Committee on the District of Columbia ever hear of
anything in connection with this question of the pur chase of land
except Rock Creek Park. My friend, the chairman of the Committee

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on the District of Columbia, says that no gentleman interested in that
property has ever approached him. I take his statement as true.
I take it as true, subject to this qualification: I do not suppose that my
friend ever inquired into that matter at all. But, sir, there does come
to us through other sources, there does come from citizens of this
District who are in communication with members of this House the
statement that there are persons engaged in a large real-estate specu-
lation about this proposed Rock Creek Park. They have their attor-
neys, who do approach other members of this House and who do press
that project. It is doubtless being urged by them, and all of this
word painting as to the beauty and importance and value to the city of
this park is the work of those artists.

Now, sir, so far as I am concerned, I am not willing to do anything
that will put into the hands of the House conferees at such a time as
this, with little opportunity for deliberation, with little opportunity to
ascertain whether it is true, as stated by honorable citizens of this Dis-
trict, that real estate speculations are involved—I am not willing, I
say, to put into the hands of the House conferees authority at such a
time to take action upon this important question. If it is true that
speculators are organized to urge the sale of this park, let us beware,
for the best of us may be misled. Let us postpone .this matter until
we have time to investigate through a committee of this House the
questions that are raising doubts in our own minds, and when we shall
have done that and the matter shall have come up before us for delib-
erate action, then let us give it due consideration.

Sir, let us bear in mind the situation. Up to this hour the House
of Representatives has refused to take up this question. It has been
apprehensive about the parties in interest who were behind this proj-
ect. It has been apprehensive lest it should be misled in this matter.
It has been interested to preserve its own good name free from any
possible imputation of scandal. While this is true of the House, the
Senate has tacked on to this bill an appropriation of $200,000 for a zoo-
logical garden, and when the conferees get together certain interested
persons will be there pressing not for the $200,000 but to sell 2,000
acres of land. They tell you of what is done in Paris, of what is done
in London, of what is done in Philadelphia; they appeal to your
national pride to take up this matter now and not to postpone it. In
the closing hours of the session, in that hurried conference, shall we
make haste to dispose of the public treasure? My colleague has just
stated that the Senate amendments to this bill involve an increase of
expenditures in one year of 25 per cent. What city in this country
would not make a halt at such a suggestion? It is enough of itself to
cause us to stop short, and now, in the closing hours of this Congress,
to put an end to this question, for the present at least, by instructing

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the House conferees that we will not entertain this project further at
this time. [Cries of ‘* Vote!” ‘* Vote!”’]

The CuatrMan. The time of the gentleman has expired.

Mr. CLEMENTS was recognized, and yielded five minutes to Mr.
Hopkins, of Illinois.

Mr. Horxrys, of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, the arguments already
made in favor and against the amendment offered by the gentleman
from South Carolina [Mr. Hemphill] by members who have preceded
me are as strong proof as any man can desire against the policy of
adopting it. Gentlemen of intelligence and experience in such mat-
ters contend that there is no necessity for the creation of a public park
in the city of Washington of the character contemplated in the pro-
posed amendment, while others of equal intelligence and experience
insist that such a park is not only a necessity, but that members of the
House who oppose it do not appreciate the importance of this great
project.

This, then, presents the issue as to whether the members of this
House should favor a bill authorizing the laying out of a great
national park in this the capital city of our country. Now, until this
question is settled it seems to me, sir, that it is not wise legislation to
attempt to appropriate a million and a half of dollars that may be used
for such purpose. The gravity of the measure demands that it should
be presented in a separate and distinct bill and brought before the
House by a committee in the manner provided by the rules which we
have adopted.

In no other way can there be a full and a fair discussion of this
proposition. If this vast sum of money is to be expended, as the gen-
tleman from South Carolina [Mr. Hemphill] contends, for the good
of the public, let the representatives of the public have a voice in
determining the manner of its expenditure. The way in which the
question is presented in the amendment takes from the members of the
House all opportunity to be heard upon perfecting a bill for the pur-
chase of the land for the creation of the proposed park and providing
against illegitimate speculations by syndicates or real-estate dealers.
We know that unless legislation for this object is properly guarded
scandals are liable to arise.

Now, before I am called to vote upon a proposition which takes from
the public Treasury nearly a million and a half of money I would like
to listen to the arguments of those who believe that a public park of
the character proposed in the amendment should be established in
Washington.

When I have satisfied my mind as to the necessity of the park I will
then be ready to assist in perfecting the legislation by which this is to
be accomplished. But I protest against the summary manner in

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which the friends and advocates of this proposed park are forcing this
question.

The gentleman from South Carolina [Mr. Hemphill] talks in a way
that indicates that he has given much thought and study to the sub-
ject. But I take it, sir, that the great majority of the members of the
House feel as I do—that they would like more light upon the subject.
I am opposed to this amendment for other reasons, but my time is too
limited, I fear, to permit me to present them now.

The Speaker. The time of the gentleman has expired.

Mr. CLEMENTS was recognized, and yielded four minutes to Mr.
MeMillin.

Mr. McMnur. Mr. Speaker, I rise for the purpose of entering my
protest against the proposition that is involved in the amendment now
under discussion. The people of the United States have given to the
city of Washington a greater area of parks and more park adornment
than is possessed by any other city in the country in proportion to pop-
ulation. This statement will not be denied by any one of the Repre-
sentatives of sixty millions of people sitting around me.

We have here Judiciary Square, Lafayette Square, Franklin Square,
and Lincoln Park. Then we have the immense park and grounds
extending from the Capitol to the Potomac, nearly 2 miles, to which we
are adding hundreds of acres by the lands we are reclaiming from the ©
Potomac River at a cost of millions of dollars. The Capitol grounds
and White House grounds also contribute their beauty. All this has
been given by the United States to this city. But, not content with
this, we are asked to go still further and sell the homes of the people
in order to make them the habitations of monkeys.

The gentleman from Iowa complains that some of the citizens living
on the land which it is contemplated to purchase for this purpose are
holding it back and attempting to *‘ blackmail” the Government by
fixing a high price upon it. Itseems to be a crime in the eyes of some
that the spot associated with school-boy days should have any pleasant
memories to cause the grown-up man to linger there and_ be reluctant
to turn it over as a residence for the bison and den for the snake.

This is not designed simply as a park for the people; that is not the
object. The purpose is to establish zoological grounds to be inhabited
by rabbits, snakes, and all kinds of animals that will be delightful to
the eye as objects for the inspection of those who visit here. What-
ever the debate may claim to the contrary, the amendment itself shows
that it is designed for a zoological garden. If the people of Washing-
ton want that kind of a display, let them have it; but Jet them pay for
it themselves.

Mr. Jonn T. Hearp. Will the gentlemen yield for a question ?

Mr. McMiiry. I would like to do so, but I have only four min-
utes; the gentleman, therefore, will pardon me for declining.

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The amendment provides for the establishment of a zoological park
in the District of Columbia ‘‘for the advancement of science!” A
bear garden is to be established ‘‘for the advancement of science!”
You are already paying, gentlemen, as the representatives of a hard-
worked, tax-paying people one-half of the expenses connected with the
government of this city. This itself is unjust and should not have
been begun. Youare required by the proposed amendment not only
to pay for this land, but to buy the monkeys and then pay for their
keeping.

Barnum is to have a new rival in his ‘‘animal industry,” and the
people of the United States who can not get to Washington are to
‘‘pay the fiddler” for others’ dancing. Gibbon tells us love of the
circus and fights of wild beasts characterized the degeneracy of the
Romans. To gratify this morbid fondness for display of wild beasts
one of Rome’s distinguished statesmen urged Cicero to hurry and send
to the ‘* Eternal City ” the tigers, lions, etc., necessary for his approach-
ing show. .

Are we following in their footsteps and anxious to imitate their
decline? I must enter my most solemn protest against saddling still
further indebtedness upon the people of the United States for the pur-

chase of land at $2,000 an acre, to be followed by the expense of keep-
* ing up a zoological garden here in this city. Let us perform the
duties legitimately devolving upon us, and not attempt to rival circus
and menagerie owners in the show business.

[Here the hammer fell. |

Mr. Cxiements. I would like to inquire whether the gentleman from
South Carolina [Mr. Hemphill] proposes to—

Mr. Hempuitt. I will state that I am quite anxious to reach a vote,
for the hour is now late; but I promised five minutes to the gentleman
from Missouri [Mr. Heard] and five minutes to the gentleman from
Maryland; and after that I want to say a word or two myself. I will
then call the previous question.

Mr. Ranpatu. Oh, no; you have not the control of this bill.

Mr. Hempniiy. | mean the previous question on the resolution.

Mr. Ranpauu. That has only been read for information.

Mr. Hemputtt. I yield five minutes to the gentleman from Missouri
[Mr. Heard].

Mr. Hrarp. Mr. Speaker, I am not unmindful of the fact that the
House is impatient for a vote. I can not afford to ignore that fact
any more than my audience can afford to listen to me when it is already
tired. But I rise to protest mildly against the course of argumenta-
tion which has been pursued in opposition to the position of my friend
from South Carolina [Mr. Hemphill]. It may be all right for the dis-
tinguished gentleman from Tennessee [Mr. McMillin] to inveigh in
general against the policy of establishing zoological gardens, although

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many eminent and patriotic statesmen favor it. It may be that it is
all wrong, as the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Mills] argues, that the
form of government which we find in this District exists.

But, in the language of the gentleman from South Carolina, I beg
leave to remind these gentlemen, respectfully, that we are not respon-
sible for the existing law, but that there can be no ground purchased
for the purposes of a zoological park or park of any kind, and no
money expended for the maintenance and care of such park unless by
the consent of Congress. I would remind the gentleman from Texas
that it is not the fault of the people of this District that this ‘‘un-
American system of government” exists here. This, as has been said
by the gentleman from South Carolina, is due to the act of the Amer-
ican Congress and without the agency or consent of these people.
Let Congress assume the responsibility for its own misdeeds; if it did
wrong, let it correct that wrong, and not lay the responsibility for it
at the door of the District.

Now, a word in reply to my friend from Georgia [Mr. Blount]. A
few days ago, when a certain measure was under discussion in this
House, that gentleman remarked in my presence that he would not
give much for a man who always saw a ‘“‘job” in everything, and
therefore opposed it. I responded that I agreed with him cordially in
that feeling. Now, I want to call the attention of the House, and
especially of my friend from Georgia, to the fact that, losing sight, I
think, of the spirit of that sentiment, hé has made a speech against
this proposition based primarily upon .the assumption by him that
there is a ‘‘job” in it; that there is some great real estate organiza-
tion behind it and pushing it; and he intimates that although the gen-
tleman from South Carolina disclaims having been approached upon
the subject by interested parties, perhaps others have been approached.
Now, I have heard no man on the floor of the House or elsewhere,
except the gentleman from Georgia, intimate that anybody had been
approached. I do not believe he was ever approached——

Mr. Buount. If the gentleman wants to press that matter, I have
no objection to answering very fully.

Mr. Hxearp. I do not fear to press it. More than that, I invite the
gentleman to make any disclosures in his knowledge. I challenge him
todo so; for if he knows anything behind this scheme which makes it
disreputable or liable to bring scandal upon the American people, I
say it is his duty to disclose it for the benefit of his associates on this
floor, that they, being warned by such knowledge, may be prepared to
act as intelligently as he.

Mr. Buiounr. Will the gentleman allow me——

Mr. Hearp. Not now; I want to finish my sentence. I want to say
to the gentleman, however, in the presence of this House, every member
of which who hears me knows that I speak truly, that the gentleman,

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while claiming a desire now to have this proposition discussed on its
merits and fully, has always, to the extent of his power, obstructed
the consideration of the same when the effort was made to bring it
before the House in a separate bill; that when the chairman of the
District Committee asked for the fixing of a day for District business
the gentleman from Georgia resisted the granting of any time to that
committee unless the consideration of this bill should be excluded.

I say that the Committee on the District of Columbia, which reported
this measure or a measure of this character, has been always anxious
to have the matter discussed upon its merits and to have the House act
intelligently upon it. But I am not willing to let the gentleman from
Georgia intimate, without showing the reason for the intimation, that
the ‘‘schemes” of which he talks may influence some gentleman other
than himself to the conclusions at which they may arrive. If the gen-
tleman knows of any improper scheme connected with this whole mat-
ter, I repeat, let him now give the information to the House and the
country in order that we may be duly warned. ‘This House will then
act as intelligently and I believe as patriotically as will the gentleman
from Georgia.

I insist, Mr. Chairman, that the position taken by my friend from
South Carolina is right. If the people of the United States pay more
of the expenses of conducting the District government than they ought,
it rests with Congress to change that rule. And let not this House
forget that it is the duty of Congress to so change that rule as to secure
justice alike to the whole country outside the District and to the Dis-
trict of Columbia. This House should not forget, and I ask that in
our instructions to the committee we should consider it, that it is com-
petent for Congress to fix and determine the proportion of such
expense as the District should bear. These conferees have come like
honest men asking us for an expression of our opinion as to the merits
of the proposition for a national park which they have been discussing
in conference, and for our instructions as to what they shall do.

Now, Mr. Chairman, let us discuss this matter like honest men deal-
ing fairly with each other. If the sense of the House is against the
measure on its merits, let us so instruct these gentlemen on the con-
ference committee. But bear in mind, as the gentleman from South
Carolina [Mr. Hemphill] has truly stated the proposition, if the peo-
ple of this citv are to have the park privileges which they desire, they
have got to be obtained through authority of this Congress. Nothing
can be done by them without our permission. Even if they are willing
to pay the entire expense of carrying out the plan, they can not do so
on their own motion.

It must be done, if done at all, under the authority of the Govern-
ment of the United States. Congress can expend millions of dollars
of the money belonging to the people of this District and waste it in

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an aqueduct tunnel or otherwise, because it has the authority to do so;
but the people of this District before they can do anything of the kind
proposed, and before even they can expend their own money for any
public purpose, must first get the authority of Congress to do it. If
you are in favor of it, then it becomes all right; but otherwise they
can do nothing.

Mr. Harcn. Will my colleague permit me to ask him a question 4

Mr. Hearp. Certainly.

Mr. Hatcn. Does the gentleman say that a million of dollars was
wasted on the aqueduct tunnel?

Mr. Hearp. I understand two millions of dollars were wasted upon
that tunnel; and one million comes out of the treasury of the District
of Columbia, though the waste occurred through no fault of hers, but
by the negligence or misconduct of those acting for the Government.

Mr. Harcu. Was not that bill reported by the Committee on the
District of Columbia? .

Mr. Harp. No, sir; it was not. That committee had nothing what-
ever to do with it.

Mr. Harcu. Who made the appropriation /

Mr. Hearp. I am not prepared to answer who made the appropria-
tion; but the District of Columbia could not do it, and I suppose of
course the Committee on Appropriations.

Mr. Buount. I can answer that question if I am allowed to do so.

The Speaker. The gentleman’s time has expired.

Mr. Ranpauu. I want to put the saddle on the right horse. If I
remember correctly, that proposition originated in the Forty-seventh
Congress.

Mr. Hearp. That is beyond my memory of things here. I mean it
did not come from the present Committee on the District of Columbia.

Mr. Ranpautu. The gentleman said that it did not come from the
District Committee.

Mr. Hearp. Not since I have been a member of that committee,
during the last four years.

Mr. Ranpatu. I do not want any misunderstanding in this matter.
My impression is, and I make the statement subject to review here-
after when I have made examination, that this aqueduct-tunnel project
came from the Senate in the Forty-seventh Congress.

Mr. Hearp. But not from the District Committee.

Mr. Ranpa.u. It came originally from that committee, if I recollect
aright, and my friend from West Virginia [Mr. Wilson] corroborates
that statement.

As the gentleman from Missouri [Mr. Heard] has alluded to the
Committee on Appropriations, I will merely remark that committee
has resisted all along, under the leadership of the gentleman from
West Virginia, the whole of this procedure.

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Mr. Hrarp. Allow me?

Mr. Ranpatu. Certainly.

Mr. Hearp. I am advised by my friend from Gann gia [Mr.
Blount |——

Mr. Buiount. Do not put it too strong.

Mr. Hearp. The gentleman from Georgia said it came from the
Senate in the nature of an amendment to your bill.

Mr. Ranpatu. I think not.

Mr. Hearp. That is what the gentleman from Georgia says.

Mr. Ranpau. Let us get this matter right.

Mr. Hearp. I want no controversy with the gentleman from Penn-
sylvania on this subject, because I do not assume to be prepared to
contradict him or to correct him if he is wrong. My statement was
based upon that received by me from the gentleman from Georgia
[Mr. Blount].

Mr. Hempuitu. There is no need of controversy about it. I now
yield the floor to the gentleman from Maryland [Mr. Shaw].

Mr. Frank T. SHaw. Mr. Speaker, I know the House is impatient
to vote on this proposition and I will only detain it for a moment or
two. Gentlemen seem to be oblivious of the fact that this is our
capital city when they assert that in proportion to its population and
extent it has larger park privileges than any other city of the United
States and offer that as an argument against the pending measure.
Not one of the constituents of any member of this House has come to
this city but that member has felt a pride in showing him its beamlines
its public buildings, broad avenues, and reservations.

I understand the proposition has been made in the Senate to expend
a certain amount of money for the purpose of still further beautifying
and adorning this city. I feel a pride in this city, and am willing to
vote to place a reasonable amount of money in the hands of trustworthy
agents for the purpose of still further improving it. Improvements
should here keep pace with the growth of our country. This capital
should be so adorned as to be an incentive to patriotism, and thus be
made to contribute toward perpetuating our republican form of gov-
ernment. Money expended in this way is assuredly wisely invested.
As this is the capital of the greatest nation upon the earth, so it should
be made the most beautiful city in the world.

Mr. Hempniwy. I desire merely to say a word or two more.

Mr. Ciements. How much time does the gentleman propose to
take?

Mr. Hempuiii. How much time have I remaining?

The SpreakeR. The Chair understood the gentleman was speaking
in the time of the gentleman from Iowa [Mr. Henderson], and that
being the case there are seventeen minutes remaining.

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Mr. Hempuity. Does the gentleman from Georgia desire to go on
this evening?

Mr. Haren. Oh, let us finish this up.

Mr. Hempuru. I only want to say that there seem to be some of
our friends here who always manage to work themselves up into a
state of undue excitement when anything of this kind is proposed
because of apprehended real-estate speculations. It is not a question
of whether somebody is going to make a little money or whether the
District of Columbia is going to get full value received for the pro-
posed expenditure, because if the scheme is undertaken it is the duty
of Congress to see that the money is properly expended.

It should be remembered, Mr. Speaker, that the people of the Dis-
trict of Columbia, having no representation here on the floor, ought
not be denied the right of having that which every other city is
allowed to enjoy; and I will say if they object to this that there has
not been a single man who came before the District Committee and
made that objection known. In addition to that, all this talk about
the people of the United States paying for ‘‘ monkeys,” and the homes
of the people being taken away from them in order to establish places
here to keep monkeys, has nothing whatever to do with the question.
The people of the United States are not ‘‘ paying the money” in any
sense in which these words are used in the speeches of gentlemen who
are opposed to this measure. The property of the United States
Government is paying its appropriate share of the taxes here. The
amount that has been fixed by Congress is the amount that was
believed to represent the proper proportions of the General Govern-
ment toward the payment of taxes here, and if Congress thinks it
is too large, it can change it if it is not satisfactory. Hence it has
nothing whatever to do with the question; and it is not coming out of
my pocket, nor your pocket, but is a tax levied upon the Government
of the United States upon property which it holds in this city, and
which pays only its share of the taxation.

Now, there is nothing whatever in the idea that this thing is being
pushed upon the House at the closing hours of the session of Con-
gress. This measure has been pending in various forms since 1865,
and was reported to Congress and thoroughly and fully investigated,
and Mr. B. Gratz Brown, a gentleman who afterwards ran upon the
national Democratic ticket, and ought therefore to receive the respect-
ful consideration of this side of the House at least, reported in favor
of it.

Mr. Hatcu. I beg the gentleman’s pardon; he did not run upon the
Democratic ticket; he ran on the Greeley ticket.

Mr. Hemenrt. Oh, he ran on the ticket which the Democrats set
up and voted for. It is too late now to deny it. The Democrats
nominated him.

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Mr. Haron. I beg the gentleman’s pardon again; they did not nomi-
nate him.

Mr. Hempuiny. Well, whether they did or not, he ran on the Demo-
cratic ticket, and the Democrats voted for him as a representative of
Democracy, and he is an honorable man so far as I know his record.
He reported in favor of this measure, and spoke in behalf of it in the
Senate of the United States in 1866, and the question has been before
Congress ever since that time. It was before the last Congress, and
has been before every Congress for a long time, and will be before all
Congresses to come, I suppose, until some definite action is taken in
regard to it. I hope, therefore, the members of the House will vote
upon this as a pure business transaction without reference to the
other irrelevant questions which have been sought to be lugged into
the debate.

I yield the balance of the time back to the gentleman from Iowa.

Mr. Henperson, of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, this debate has been run-
ning about in the way I wanted it to run, because I desired an expres-
sion of sentiment on the part of the House in regard to this proposition.

There are one or two things in connection with the matter which
either are not understood or which seem to be obscure to the minds
of some gentlemen, and to which I desire to call the attention of the
House briefly. The first parties that agitated the question of a zoologi-
cal park or garden in this city were gentlemen connected with the
Smithsonian Institution, and the central figure among them was Mr.
Hornaday, a very intelligent gentleman, a man of large experience,
who spent much time in the jungles of Africa and in other places, and
felt a patriotic interest in preserving the remaining animals of this
country.

He came before the Committee on Appropriations with the proposi-
tion, but the committee rejected it, and I was influenced somewhat by
the idea suggested by my friend from Georgia at the time that proba-
bly there was a real-estate scheme back of the proposition. I think |
this House knows pretty well the fact that I have been quite an aggres-
sive party in making attacks on such things as that when I thought
they had as an inspiring motive such underlying influences. I have
fought them vigorously, and have had some experience and hard fights
in conferences with my friend from West Virginia [Mr. Wilson] on
the same question. But after looking into this matter my investiga-
tion satisfied me that the real-estate speculators were against the park.

Now, the Senate has put on an amendment here providing for a 200-
acre proposition. The citizens finding it at that stage, took it up and
wanted to enlarge the appropriation into a national park, keeping the
zoological garden as a feature of it. I had no part in getting up the
bill or in reporting it, not being a member at that time of the District
Committee, favoring the national part. So far as I have investigated |

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it, and so far as the question of every great city having breathing
places for its population is concerned, that feature comes to me with
force in favor of the proposition. If it embraces a real-estate specu-
lation, if it is for that purpose, I am for hitting that with an iron
hand; but I am not prepared to sacrifice it because it might be an inci-
dent. I know nothing of the kind. No one approached mé on the
subject excepting the citizens’ committee, ably represented and ably
spoken for, who came before the conferees on the part of the House
to represent their views. I thought it my duty before entering upon
so important a question to lay it before the House and invite instruc-
tions. I care not whether it be voted up or voted down upon this bill.
I will endeavor to carry out the instructions of the House. Iam for
the park, I am for a zoological garden, but Iam frank in telling you
that whatever is the judgment of this House in its action on this mat-
ter will be law for me.

Mr. Horxrns, of Illinois. Does the gentleman not think it would
be better to have that project in a separate bill?

Mr. Henperson, of Iowa. I am not prepared to answer that for
this time.

Mr. Ciements. Mr. Speaker, how much time is there remaining?

The Speaker. There are only six minutes remaining.

Mr. CLements. I yield two minutes to the gentleman from New
Jersey [Mr. McAdoo].

Mr. Witi1am McApoo. The combination between the United States
Government and the: District of Columbia is, in my opinion, an infamous
outrage upon the taxpayers of the United States; and so long as it
exists this capital city of the nation will be disgraced as the Mecca of
speculators and professional boomers. This is the best parked city
in the world. It has no districts of congested population; it has no
commerce; it has no manufacturers; it has uniform, broad, open,
healthful, well-paved avenues; it has no towering tenements and blind
alleys; its numerous well-kept parks are brought to the homes and
the very doorsteps of the rich and poor people alike. It does not
need this park. The city might as well buy an iceberg from Alaska
as this park.

The gentleman from Tennessee [Mr. McMillin] spoke a moment ago
about a monkey garden. The monkey is the central figure in the
theory of evolution; and this project has evoluted as from the jelly-
fish to the elephant. It was originally suggested that there should be
a zoological garden attached to the Smithsonian Institute for all the
animals of the United States. There would be plenty of room there
for that. Then came the demand for an independent zoological park,
with monkeys from Africa to gambol with the native buffalo, and the
great American rattlesnake to play with the foreign boaconstrictor,
while the native raccoon slept peacefully with the Numidian lion.

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Then, from the zoological garden, pure and simple, came the
grandly organized boom for Rock Creek Park. The monkey garden,
true to its nature, has evoluted into this gigantic demand on the
national taxpayer. The ‘‘greatest show on earth” can crowd under
canvas, but the proposed zoo wants half a township. There is nothing
mean about local enterprise when it can draw drafts on the United
States Treasury. Where is this park to be located? The gentleman
from South Carolina [Mr. Hemphill] grew eloquent and pathetic asking
breathing places for the poor; but he asks us to put this park, not on
the redeemed lands near the river, but away off in the region of the
suffering and oppressed rich people, of whom you can not find enough
to redeem Sodom remaining in the city, during the hot, sultry days of
which he speaks.

Where are the petitions from the great mass of the citizens for this
park? If Dives demands, why does not Lazarus even petition?
There is and can be no blackmail in raising the price of this land, because
we do not want this park now nor will we ever want it in the future.
If the backers of the movement want this land let them buy it them-
selves. The people of the United States do not want it. Iam a true
friend of this beautiful city and its people. The trouble is a few
here undertake to speak for the majority. It is hard here to get gen-
uine public opinion on local questions. In my opinion what is needed
is good, old-fashioned, American local self-government.

Let the people rule. Divorce this unnatural partnership between
the District and United States Government. Let the people choose
their rulers, and through them say what they want, and then put
their hands in their own pockets and pay for it like the manly, inde-
pendent Americans they claim to be. In the meantime down brakes,
hard and strong, on speculative adventures at the expense, to a large
extent, of the Federal taxpayers. ;

The Speaker. The time of the gentleman has expired.

Mr. Ciements. Mr. Speaker, I yield two minutes to the gentleman
from West Virginia [Mr. Wilson].

Mr. Wiiui1am L. Winson, of West Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I do not
want to participate in this discussion, but I have a great interest in
questions affecting the District of Columbia, and in questions which
are of great interest to my friend from Iowa [Mr. Henderson]. I have
still a recollection of the strong comradeship that grew up between us
in the last Congress when we had very hard battles over the District
appropriations in the closing hours of the session. I have been called
upon to confirm the statement made by the gentleman from Pennsyl-
vania recently as to the origin of the appropriation for the water-
works of the District of Columbia. That appropriation, Mr. Speaker,
was not made upon the regular appropriation bill for the District of
Columbia. It will be found in the statutes of the Forty-seventh Con-

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gress in an independent act, which was approved on the 15th day of
July, 1882, entitled ‘‘ Ansact to increase the water supply of the city
of Washington, and for other purposes.”

My recollection of the origin of that act is that it came to the House
from the Senate; that it first passed at the other end of the Capitol
and came to this House. I venture to make the statement that it was
considered and reported to this House by the Committee on the Dis-
trict of Columbia in the Forty-seventh Congress.

Mr. Hempnityi. Will the gentleman state who was the chairman of
’ the Committee on the District of Columbia in that Congress?

Mr. Wriison, of West Virginia. In the Forty-seventh Congress? I
was not a member of that Congress.

Mr. Ciements. Mr. Neal, of Ohio. -

Mr. Witson, of West Virginia. Mr. Neal,-of Ohio, was chairman
of that committee. My recollection is that this bill was passed at a
night session devoted to the business of the District of Columbia.

Mr. Butrrerworru. I understand that the fault is not in the law,
but in the execution of the law.

Mr. Wizson, of West Virginia. I was going to make that statement—
that the trouble is not in the law so much as it is in its execution.

Mr. James Bucuanan. The water supply has not been increased,
but ‘‘the other purposes” have been faithfully carried on.

Mr. Wuson, of West Virginia. The whole trouble has come from
the plans adopted for a subterranean tunnel. If the plans proposed by
General Meigs or those proposed by Colonel Casey had been adopted
it would have been completed years ago and at an expense of not one-
fourth of what has already been expended, which seems now to have
been wasted, and an adequate water supply obtained for the elevated
portions of the city of Washington.

The SpeAKER. The time of the gentleman has expired.

Mr. Ciements. I yield two minutes to the gentleman from Missouri
[Mr. Bland].

Mr. Buanp. I only want a few minutes in which to enter my protest,
inasmuch as these parks and Government reservations are under con-
sideration, against the manner in which they are used and abused on
public occasions; and I do not allude to the occasion of the present
inauguration, but to four years past and since, and to every oppor-
tunity since I have been a member of this House.

We talk of the people of the United States, and of the benefit that
they derive from these reservations and parks. It is said that the
streets belong to the people of the United States; that the parks are
the property of the people of the United States; that the public
buildings belong to the people of the United States; and yet we see all

these reservations partitioned off to-day with scantling for seats,
' where no citizen of the United States who comes to Washington can

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get a sight of the inauguration ceremonies without paying a high fee
to the monopolists, whoever they are, wherbelong in this District.
Now, if we are to have public parks ae the benefit of the people, and
public streets and public reservations for the citizens of the United
States, let us tear down the seats of these monopolists and let the free
citizens of the United States have an opportunity of seeing the cele-
brations on public occasions without having to contribute their money
to these monopolists of this District, who undertake to crowd every-
body out by their great structures upon our public reservations. Let
us have free parks and free streets.

The Speaker. The time allowed for debate has expired. The ques-
tion is on agreeing to the report.

Mr. Dresxe. I desire to move that the House recede from its dis-
agreement. 7

The SpeakER. This is not the time to make that motion.

Mr. Ciements. I ask the previous question on the adoption of the
report.

Mr. Hempnutin. That, I understand, relates only to those things
that have been agreed upon.

The Speaker. The report states that the conferees: have agreed as
to certain matters and have disagreed as to certain other matters. If
the report is adopted the matters upon which the conferees agree will
be disposed of, and the other matters upon which they disagree will
be open for the action of the House or for future conference.

The previous question was ordered.

The conference report was adopted.

Mr. CLEMENTS moved to reconsider the vote by which the confer-
ence report was adopted, and also moved that the motion to reconsider
be laid on the table.

The latter motion was agreed to.

Mr. Herbert, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Randall, and Mr. Clements rose.

Mr. Crements. Mr. Speaker, I wish to inquire whether or not the
instructions proposed to be given by the resolution of the con
from South Carolina [Mr. Hemphill] are pending.

The Speaker. They are not. They have been read for informiatien

Mr. Criements. Then I offer the resolution which I send to the desk.

The resolution was read, as follows:

Resolved, That in the opinion of this House the conferees on the part of the House

on the District of Columbia appropriation bill should adhere to their action in con-
ference of a disagreement as to this amendment.

Mr. Hempninu. Does that relate to the park?

The Speaker. The resolution does not mention any particular
amendment.

Mr. Henperson, of Iowa. That is offered as a substitute for the

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resolution offered by the gentleman from South Carolina [Mr. Hemp-
hill], I understand.

The Speaker. That resolution was not formally. offered. It was
read for information, but it is not pending.

Mr. HENDERSON, iat Iowa. Now, Mr. Speaker, in order that the
effect of the vote may be fully understood, I wish to say that, as I
understand, an affirmative vote on the resolution offered by the gen-
tleman from Georgia [Mr. Clements] will be a declaration against the
zoological garden and against the park.

The Spraxer. Undoubtedly.

Mr. Ciements. I move to insert in the resolution, after the word
‘*amendment,” the words ‘*‘ numbered 124.”

The motion was agreed to.

Mr. Ciements. I demand the previous question on the adoption of
the resolution.

Mr. Diesie. Mr. Speaker

The Spraker. For what purpose does the gentleman rise ?

Mr. Diese. I rise to move that the House recede from its disagree-
ment to the amendment numbered 124.

Mr. Ranpauu. That is not in order.

The Speaker. The motion to recede takes precedence, but in effect
it is simply the converse of the other proposition, and a vote on either
one settles the other.

Mr. Dreste. I believe I have the floor.

Mr. Ranpatu. The previous question has.been demanded.

The Speaker. The previous question was demanded on the resolution;
but pending that, the gentleman from South Carolina[Mr. Dibble] makes
amotion which under the practice of parliamentary bodies has priority,
a motion that the House recede from its disagreement. - As this motion
tends to bring the two Houses to an agreement, it has precedence.

Mr. Miiis. But has the gentleman the floor to debate the question
when the previous question has been demanded?

The SPEAKER. It was not demanded on this proposition, but on the
resolution offered by the gentleman from Georgia. This is a motion
of superior dignity.

Mr. Dreste. I yield five minutes to the gentleman from Kentucky
[Mr. Breckinridge].

Mr. Hempury. I would like to submit a motion to be read in con-
nection with that already pending—a motion that the House recede
with instructions

The Speaker. The House can not recede ack instructions. The
House can recede from its disagreement to an amendment, and can
concur in the amendment with an amendment; but the House can not
recede and at the same time instruct the conferees.

1208 . CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

Mr. Witriam L. Scorr. I move that the House adjourn.

Mr. Herpert. | hope that motion will not carry. I desire to ask
that there be a session to-night for the consideration of the naval
appropriation bill.

The question being taken on the motion to adjourn, there were—
ayes 87, noes 46. i

Mr. Cuarues T. O’FERRALL. I call for the yeas and nays.

The yeas and nays were not ordered, there being—ayes 11, noes 85;
less than one-fifth voting in the affirmative.

So the motion to adjourn was agreed to; and accordingly (at 5 o’clock
and 30 minutes p. m.) the House adjourned.

February 28, 1889—House.

The Speaker (Mr. Jonn G. Caruiste). The matter before the
House is the motion made by the gentleman from South Carolina [Mr.
Dibble], that the House recede from its disagreement to the Senate
amendment numbered 124.

Mr. Samuet Dripsue. | yield five minutes to the gentleman from
Kentucky [Mr. Breckinridge].

Mr. S. J. Ranpauu. I rise to a parliamentary inquiry.

The Speaker. The gentleman will state it.

Mr. Ranpatu. On yesterday evening, during the confusion incident
to the close of the session, the Chair recognized, pending a demand
made by the gentleman from Georgia [Mr. Clements] for the previous
question, the gentleman from South Carolina [Mr. Dibble] to make a
motion to recede, which is equivalent to concurring. That, no doubt,
was correctly made, and was a prior motion, because it tended to
bring the two Houses together on legislation. But the gentleman
from South Carolina [Mr. Dibble] took the floor and claimed the right
to one hour for-debate. I want to direct the attention of the Chair to
the fact that the effect of that was to take the gentleman from Georgia
[Mr. Clements], in charge of the conference report, which he pre-
sented, off the floor and dispossess him of control of that report when
there had been no adverse vote by the House in so far as the control
of that bill was concerned.

The Speaker. The Chair thinks that it was undoubtedly correct to
recognize the gentleman from South Carolina [Mr. Dibble] for the
purpose of making the motion to recede from the disagreement, not-
withstanding the fact that the gentleman from Georgia had at the time
pending a proposition insisting on the disagreement, and had demanded
the previous question. But the Chair, upon reflection, feels disposed
to say that the gentleman from Georgia, under the practice heretofore
prevailing in the House, was still entitled to the floor for the purpose
of controlling the matter, having charge of the general subject, there
having been no adverse action, and therefore the Chair thinks that the
gentleman from South Carolina was not then entitled, under this usage,

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to recognition for the purpose of debate, but the Chair actually recog-
nized the gentleman from South Carolina, and he yielded to the gen-
tleman from Kentucky five minutes.

While the Chair thinks now this action was not strictly in accord-
ance with the practice, the gentleman states that he will not occupy
more time than would be allowed if the previous question was ordered,
and the Chair wil] not undertake to reverse the action taken, but the
Chair desires that the action taken yesterday shall not be a precedent.

Mr. Ranpau. | am quite content that the proceedings shall go that
way; but I wanted it just as the Chair has stated, not to go as a prec-
edent, for I want to illustrate for a moment what the effect would be.
There are 200 amendments to the sundry civil appropriation bill; and
if any gentleman on this floor would have the right to make that
motion of concurrence to each one of these amendments, in case they
were reported back as disagreements, there would be many hours
occupied, and it might take thirty days to reach a conclusion.

The Speaker. The Chair sees the difficulty which might result from
that practice. The gentleman from South Carolina yields five minutes
to the gentleman from Kentucky.

Mr. W. C. P. Brecxinriper, of Kentucky. I simply wanted to
state in answer to certain statements made by certain gentlemen, and
more particularly by my friend from Georgia [Mr. Blount], for whom
I have great respect and whose statement ought not to go unchal-
lenged, that there has been no haste in the presentation of this matter.
It was introduced by my senatorial colleague from Kentucky [Mr.
Beck] at the last session, and was put on the bill by the Senate at that
session and discussed in this House. It was also introduced by me on
December 17, and reported by the Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds. It has been considered, therefore, at both sessions of this
Congress, and favorably reported by the proper committee of the
House.

There is, therefore, no ground for the statement that it has been
suddenly and unexpectedly precipitated into this House at the tail end
of the session. I want to make one more statement. This being the
District of Columbia and under the power of Congress, the constitu-
tional power is absolutely clear. The question is a pure question of
expediency. There can be no lack of precedents when we walk down
to the museums and the other public institutions here, and it is a clear
question whether such expenditure of $200,000 is a wise expenditure
when we are giving millions upon millions for public buildings in
Washington. Iam not in favor of the national park nor of the pur-
chase of a large tract of land under the pretense of a zoological park.
Iappend the report of the Committee on Public Grounds, that the
record may show the exact object in view.

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There is absolute protection from jobbery in the fact that this is to
be under the supervision of the Smithsonian Institution. At this
period of the session I content myself with this statement.

* * * * * * *

Mr. Dresie. Mr. Speaker, the bill providing for the establishment
of a zoological park in the District of Columbia was referred to the
Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, and, after due con-
sideration, that committee determined to report it favorably to the
House. I will print with my remarks the report of the committee,
but in the meantime will state briefly, for the purpose of saving time,
the reasons which induced the committee to recommend the passage of
the bill. |

In the first place, Mr..Speaker, the project as set forth in the bill
is for the purchase of not less than 100 acres of land. As members
will see from the design and plan in front of the reporter’s desk——

Mr. A. J. Hopkins, of Illinois. Will the gentleman permit a ques-
tion ?

Mr. Diseie. I must decline to be interrupted now, because my
time is so limited. Otherwise I should be glad to hear the gentleman’s |
question. .

Mr. Hopkins, of Illinois. I merely wanted to ask the gentleman
whether his remarks were directed to the amendment of his colleague,
or, rather, that part of it embraced in the bill introduced in the House
by the gentleman from Kentucky [Mr. Breckinridge], relating to the
zoological garden ¢

Mr. Dresir. I am speaking to the zoological park bill, a bill
reported by the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, in
accordance with the design now in front of the reporter’s desk.

Mr. Hopkins, of Lllinois. But does the amendment

Mr. Drepie. Mr. Speaker, I have answered the gentleman’s ques-
tion, and I must decline to yield further, although I would gladly do
so if I had the time. This piece of land embraces about 120 acres.
The bill provides for the purchase of not less than 100 acres. It is
estimated, as the committee are informed, that the sum of $200,000
will purchase the land and will provide for the structures that will be
immediately necessary. ° But, Mr. Speaker, even if the entire $200,000
were expended for thé land alone, gentlemen will tind that that
would be a very reasonable price, because it can be ascertained by
calculation that the cost per foot would be only about 43 cents, which
is much less than property commands in that vicinity. Therefore I
say that even if we purchase with this amount of money 100 acres of
land it will cost us only 4$ cents per foot, and if we purchase 120
acres of course the cost per foot will be less; and I am informed, in
fact, that a large portion of the land can be purchased at less than
that price, so that the committee will be enabled by this appropriation

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not only to purchase 20 acres in excess of the limit of the bill, but
also to erect the necessary structures.

The reason of this is that the ground is very undulating and there-
fore is not so suitable for the erection of dwellings, as has been sug-
gested by gentlemen who oppose this measure. It is just because of
the natural beauty of the ground that it is not suitable for buildings,
and the establishment of some such park is necessary for the purpose
of preserving certain species of animals which are rapidly becoming
extinct. Mr. Speaker, I shall not go into platitudes about the benefit
of scientific education or the advantages of fostering scientific insti-
tutions. We have the Smithsonian Institution. We are proud of
the Smithsonian, and the Smithsonian has already, by gift, not by
purchase, the nucleus of a collection. It has the buffalo; it has the
white bear; it has-other animals which are passing away in this coun-
try, and I am informed by the Secretary of the Smithsonian, Profes-
sor Langley, that this place furnishes the right kind of location and
the proper temperature for the propagation and perpetuation of these
rapidly disappearing species of American animals, while at the same
time it will serve the purposes of a public park. This is an enter-
prise to be connected with a Government institution for a Govern-
ment purpose, and I do not think that the Government should stand
upon expending this small amount of money, in view of the important
objects to be attained, especially when the property to be acquired
will never depreciate in value, so that if the Government should here-
after choose to abandon the experiment it will be able to get back its
money two, three, or four fold.

Mr. Wiiu1am H. Haron. As this subject has been before the gentle-
man’s committee, will he state, for the information of the House,
whether he wishes to be understood as saying that this $200,000 is all
that is necessary to establish this zoological garden, or is this merely
the first installment?

Mr. Diepie. I am informed that the inquiries, estimates, and offers
indicate that the 120 acres which is included in the design now in
front of the reporter’s desk can be purchased for something less
than $200,000; that is, for a sum which will leave enough to erect
the structures necessary in the meantime for the accommodation of the
animals. Of course there will have to be further appropriations in
the future; and as to that gentlemen are informed from the estimates
of others. I have not examined the subject; but the statement was
made here’ yesterday that this will add about $25,00C a year, fora
couple of years or so, to the annual appropriations for the Smithsonian
Institution.

Mr. Hinary A. HERBERT rose.

Mr. Dresxe. I do not yield for further questions, and I do not wish
to detain the House longer. I yield five minutes to my colleague [Mr.
Hemphill]. [Cries of ‘‘ Vote!” ‘‘ Vote!”]

1212 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

Mr. Joun J. Hemeniiy. I desire simply to submit an amendment
to the amendment of my colleague [Mr. Dibble], which I will ask to
have read.

The Clerk read as follows:

Amend by adding—

‘‘And agree to the same with an amendment as folows:

“That the sum of $1,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and
the same is hereby, appropriated, from any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, to procure a national park in the District of Columbia of not less than
1,000 acres: Provided, That one-half of said sum shall be paid from the revenues of
the District of Columbia and the balance from any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated: Provided further, That the abutting property that may be bene- ~
fited by the laying out of said park shall be charged with the amount of the increased
value arising from the same, and the sum soassessed and recovered shall be returned
to the United States Treasury and the District of Columbia in the proportion in
which their funds are herein appropriated.’”’

Mr. Ranpatu. I do not think that proposition is in order as an
amendment to the proposition of the gentleman from South Carolina
[Mr. Dibble].

The Speaker. The gentleman from Pennsylvania makes a point of
order against this amendment. The Chair thinks that while no point
of order can be made in the House against any provision inserted in a
conference report, except upon the ground that it changes or strikes
out some provision previously agreed to by both Houses, yet when the
House itself comes to adopt amendments to Senate amendmerts, the
amendments offered here must be germane and are governed by the
rules which govern the ordinary proceedings of the House in the con-
sideration of appropriation bills.

Mr. Ranpauu. The point I make, however, is that this amendment
is not admissible as an amendment to the amendment of the gentleman
from South Carolina, for it would not have been in order originally in
the House.

The SPEAKER. This is a proposition to agree to a Senate amendment
with an amendment which the Chair thinks is not germane to the Sen-
ate amendment. .

Mr. Hemeniwy. If | change my proposition so as to provide for a
zoological park of 1,000 acres, will not that be in order?

The Speaker. Anything relating to the zoological park, which is
the subject of the Senate amendment, would be in order if germane to
the provisions of that amendment, which the Chair has not yet read.

Mr. Hempuiiy. I modify my amendment by striking out ‘‘ national
park” and inserting *‘ zoological park.”

Mr. Ranpatu. I submit that the gentleman can not do indirectly
what he can not do directly.

The Speaker. The gentleman from South Carolina [Mr. Hemp-
hill] proposes now to withdraw his previous proposition and offer one

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for the purchase of a zoological park, which is the subject of the Sen-
- ate amendment, as the Chair understands, though he has not read the
amendment of the Senate.

Mr. James BucHanan. It seems to me that the proposition, even as
modified by the gentleman from South Carolina, is subject to another
point of order. I submit that it involves new legislation, because it
provides that a certain proportion of this expense shall be borne by
the owners of the adjacent property.

The Speaker. The Chair has not yet read the Senate amendment
himself; he will examine it.

Mr. Ranpatu. I desire to call attention to this point—that the propo-
sition now presented would not in my judgment have been in order if
it had originated in the House as an amendment to this bill before it
went to the Senate.

The Speaker. That is the very point which the Chair is examining;
for the Chair thinks, as he has already stated, that if the committee of
conference should embrace in its report to the House an agreement
upon some proposition which would not have been in order in the
House originally, a point of order could not be made against it; but
when it is proposed that the House shall concur in a Senate amend-
ment with an amendment, the latter must be of such a character that
it would have been in order if the original proposition were before
the House. Upon this ground the Chair thinks that the amendment
offered by the gentleman from South Carolina is not in order.

Mr. Hempuity. On what grounds?

The Spraker. On the ground that it would not have been in order
in the House in the consideration of this bill originally; and it is not
in order simply as an amendment to the Senate amendment, because it
propgses to change existing law in regard to the payment for this
property. The law now provides that the expenditures in connection
with the District shall be borne one-half by the United States and one-
half by the District of Columbia.

Mr. Hempuiiy. I then withdraw that part of my proposition which
proposes to assess owners of adjoining property.

The Spraker. If the amendment in the shape now offered relates
simply to the purchase of a park for zoological purposes, the Chair
thinks it is in order; beyond that it is not.

Mr. Hempuity. | withdraw all except that part of the proposition.

Mr. Ranpatu. I call for the yeas and nays.

Mr. Bucuanan. I desire to inquire of the Chair whether the amend-
ment of the gentleman from South Carolina as now modified does
anything to enlarge the Senate amendment except in the matter of
price ?

The Spraker. That is all; but that is a matter for the House; it
does not present any question of order.

1214 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. | .

Mr. Bucrkanan. I did not raise a question of order; I submitted a
parliamentary inquiry.

Mr. Ranpatu. I am unwilling to permit this amendmen to be dis-
posed of without a statement on my part that I deny the right of a
conference committee to originate, either directly or indirectly, a
proposition on a subject which was never considered by either House
when the bill was passed by the respective Houses.

The Speaker. The Chair does not say that a conference committee
has the right to originate legislation on a subject not previously con-
sidered in either House.

Mr. Haren. I rise to a parliamentary inquiry.

The Speaker. The gentleman will state it.

Mr. Harcn. I ask whether the Chair has decided the point of order.

The SprEaker. The Chair has decided it.

Mr. Harcu. The point of order is that the motion of the gentleman
from South Carolina, that the House recede from its disagreement, is
not amendable.

The Speaker. The effect of receding i is to concur in the amendment,
but the gentleman from South Carolina [Mr. Hemphill] moves to
amend it by agreeing with an amendment.

Mr. Ranpatu. The effect will be to involve the Government of the
United States in the expenditure of many bundreds of thousands of
dollars.

The Speaker. The question is on the amendment moved by the
gentleman from South Carolina | Mr. Hemphill }.

Mr. Ranpauu. Let us have the yeas and nays on that.

Mr. Hempniuu. I believe my time has not expired.

The Speaker. The gentleman has five minutes of his time remaining.

Mr. Drpsxe. I rise to a parliamentary inquiry.

The Speaker. The gentleman will state it.

Mr. Dizeste. I desire the amendment to be read for the information
of the House.

The Speaker. It will be read if gentlemen will resume their seats
and preserve order.

The Clerk read as follows:

And agree to the same with an amendment as follows: That $1,000,000, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, from any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to purchase a zoological garden
in the District of Columbia of not less than 1,000 acres: Provided, One-half of said
sum shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia, and the balance
from any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Mr. HEMPHILL rose.

Mr. Bucuanan. Will the gentleman yield to me for a qpeshoms
Mr. Hemeniwe. Certainly.

Mr. Bucuanay. Is it not a fact the pr oposition, 2 as the ventlenita

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now offers it, is an increase in the amount the Senate put on the bill
from $200,000 to a million of dollars; and is it not the fact further
that instead of purchasing 200 acres, as the Senate recommends, it
provides for the purchase of over a thousand acres?

A Memprr. Eighteen hundred acres. —

Mr. Hemenity. Mr. Speaker, the object of the proposition sub-
* mitted to the House, and upon which it is called to vote, is to procure '
a suitable park for this city. Ido not say the city needs it especially
now, but it will need it if it continues to grow, and this is the proper
time to getit. It is not only a proper expenditure, but it is economy
to do it, for if this Rock Creek is allowed to flow through the city and
be an open sewer to the people along its banks it will cost us not only
more in the loss of health, but in money, than the expenditure here —
proposed. ;

Mr. Ranpatu. There is no healthier city on the Atlantic coast than
the city of Washington.

Mr. Hempuitt. There is a difference of opinion about that. If it
be true that it is the healthiest city on the Atlantic coast, then it is
the duty of Congress to keep itso. In one part of the city this stream
is so polluted that it has become a stench to everybody living along its
banks.

Mr. Benzamin A. Entoxr. Will the gentleman yield to me for a
question ?

Mr. Hempeniiy. Certainly.

Mr. Enitor. Would the gentleman have any objection to agreeing
to an amendment to his amendment providing for the distribution
among members of Congress of the increase of animals in this zoolog-
ical garden, to be franked through the mails by members of Congress
to their constituents ?

Mr. Hempniiu. That has nothing at all to do with it, any more than
the flowers that bloom in the spring have. The question is whether
this city shall have a park like every other city, or whether it shall
not.

Mr. Diese. Let me call attention to the fact that if the proposition
prevails in its present shape you will not only appropriate $200,000
for a zoological park, but you will appropriate in addition $1,000,000
for another zoological park. What I want to say is, so far as the
zoological park is concerned, $200,000 is all that is asked and all that is
needed to purchase the ground desired for that purpose. That appro-
priation is accomplished by voting for the motion I made to recede
from disagreement to amendment 124, as published in the Record.
That will accomplish the plan in front of the official reporter’s desk.

Mr. Ciements. I demand the previous question.

‘Mr. Dress. I promised to yield to the gentleman from Maryland
[Mr. Compton].

T2LG CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

The Speaker. There are two minutes remaining.

Mr. Ranpatu. I do not know that the gentleman has any time under
the decision of the Chair.

Mr. Dresue. I ask how long a time I have occupied ?

The Speaker. There have been over thirty minutes consumed; but a
part of the time, it is true, was in the discussion of the point of order.
‘The Chair understands the gentleman from Maryland to desire only ~
two or three minutes.

Mr. Ciements. As the gentleman is a member of the District Com-
mittee and wants but a short time I shall not make any objection. .
Mr. Barnes Compton. Mr. Speaker, I regret very much that my col- -
league on the committee has seen proper to press this proposition at
- this time. For one, sir, as a member of the Committee on the District
of Columbia, I have never been in favor of this scheme for a national
park. I have never, I will confess, expressed my views fully in the
committee, or stated the opposition that I had to it, as perhaps I should
have done in view of my position, because I never expected to be
called upon to debate the proposition before the House. I supposed
from the action taken by the committee that the proposition would
never come before the House for consideration at all, and hence that
it was unnecessary to interpose objection at that time. But as it is

here now, I feel impelled to say what my views are on the subject.

In the first place, I maintain that no city can be found on this con-
tinent or elsewhere where the demand for a park of this nature nas so
little weight or is entitled to so little consideration as in this city.
Why, look around your great capital and what do you see? Here are
the Arlington Heights within easy reach, the Soldiers’ Home in our
immediate vicinity; here are four railroads running in every direction
leading from the capital city of the nation; here are our street rail-
roads running on almost every street that points to your center; here
are the various city parks, the broad streets, beautified with shade
trees and broad, ample walks, perhaps to a greater extent than any
city in this country.

Mr. PoInpEXTER Dunn. Or any other.

Mr. Compton. And while I do not charge, because I do not know,
that there is a real-estate scheme behind this, and I do know, sir, that
my honored colleague and those associated with him in the Committee
on the District of Columbia have no knowledge of it or any apprehen-
sion of such a state of things, still, sir, there is one thing which can
not be denied, and that is that this will add immensely to the real-
estate boom in the immediate vicinity of where this park is to be
located.

Mr. Bucuanan. And add to the taxes in every other part.

Mr. Compton. In conclusion, but a single word. My friend, Mr.
Dibble, of South Carolina, has, in my judgment, struck the keynote

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of this whole controversy; that is to say, that the national park is a
park for the city of Washington, while the zoological park is a park
for the nation at large, and as between the two I am for the zoological
park as against the other.

The Speaker. The question is on ordering the’previous question on
the report of the committee and the amendment of the gentleman from
South Carolina.

The previous question was ordered.

The Speaker, The first question is on the proposition submitted by
the gentleman from South Carolina |[Mr. Hemphill], which will be
again read, if there be no objection.

Mr. Ranpa.u. I object to its being again read.

~The Speaker. The Chair understands the gentleman from Pennsy1-
vania to demand the yeas and nays.

Mr. Ranpatu. I will take the vote first by sound and division.

The question was taken; and the Speaker stated that the ‘‘ noes ”
seemed to prevail.

Mr. Hemeniiy. Let us have a division.

The House proceeded to divide; and the Speaker announced—ayes
5(-——

Before the negative vote was counted,

Mr. CLemeEnts said: I demand the yeas and nays.

Mr. Hempuiny. That is not necessary; let this vote decide.

Mr. CLemMEnts and others. Yes; it is necessary.

The yeas and nays were ordered.

Mr. Netson. I rise to a parliamentary inquiry. Are we voting
upon the amendment of the gentleman from South Carolina [Mr.
Hemphill]?

The Speaker. That is the pending amendment.

Mr. Bensamin ButrerwortH. We are to vote, for the $200,000
proposition now, or the $1,000,000 proposition, which? |

The Speaker. The $1,000,000 proposition.

The Spraxer. The yeas and nays have been ordered, and the Clerk
will call the roll.

The question is on the amendment of the gentleman from South
Carolina |[Mr. Hemphill].

The question was taken; and it was decided in the negative—yeas,
94; nays, 131; not voting, 98.

Mriendiient was rejected..

The Speaker pro tempore (Mr. W. H. Hatcu). The question recurs
on the motion of the gentleman from South Carolina that the House
recede from its disagreement to the Senate amendment numbered 124.

Mr. CLEMEntTs. On that I demand the yeas and nays.

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Mr. Wiuiiam H. Sowpen. [I request that the amendment be reported,
so that we may know how to vote.

Mr. Dresux. A parliamentary inquiry.

The SpEakeER pro tempore. The gentleman will state it. °

Mr. Diresux. The question I desire to ask is whether a vote ‘‘ aye”
now is an agreement to an expenditure of $200,000 for a zoological
garden, reported by the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds?

The SPEAKER pro tempore. That is the pending question. The gen-
tleman from South Carolina submitted a motion to the House that the
House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate
numbered 124, appropriating $200,000 for a zoological garden, and
upon that question the gentleman from Georgia demands the yeas and
nays.

The yeas and nays were ordered.

The question was taken; and it was decided in the affirmative—yeas,
131; nays, 98; not voting, 94.

So the House receded from its disagreement to the amendment of
the Senate numbered 124, and the act passed the House, including a
provision for the establishment of the zoological park.

1889, March 2.
District of Columbia act for 1890.

Src. 4. For the establishment of a zoological park in the District of
Columbia, $200,000, to be expended under and in accordance with the
provisions following, that is to say:

That in order to establish a zoological park in the District of Colum-
bia, for the advancement of science and the instruction and recreation
of the people, a commission shall be constituted, composed of three
persons, namely: The Secretary of the Interior, the president of the
Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and the Secre-
tary of the Smithsonian Institution, which shall be known and desig-
nated as the commission for the establishment of a zoological park.

That the said commission is hereby authorized and directed to make
an inspection of the country along Rock Creek, between Massachu-
setts avenue extended and where said creek is crossed by the road
leading west from Brightwood crosses said creek, and to select from
that district of country such a tract of land, of not less than 100
acres, which shall include a section of the creek, as said commission
shall deem to be suitable and appropriate for a zoological park.

That the said commission shall cause to be made a careful map of
said zoological park, showing the location, quantity, and character of
each parcel of private property to be taken for such purpose, with the
names of the respective owners inscribed thereon, and the said map

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shall be filed and recorded in the public records of the District of
Columbia; and from and after that date the several tracts and parcels
. of land embraced in such zoological park shall be held as condemned
for public uses, subject to the payment of just compensation, to be
determined by the said commission and approved by the President of
the United States, provided that such compensation be accepted by the
owner or owners of the several parcels of land.

That if the said commission shall be unable to purchase any portion
of the land so selected and condemned within thirty days after such
condemnation, by agreement with the respective owners, at the price
approved by the President of the United States, it shall, at the expira-
tion of such period of thirty days, make application to the supreme
court of the District of Columbia, by petition, at a general or special
term, for an assessment of the value of such land, and said petition
shall contain a particular description of the property selected and con-
demned, with the name of the owner or owners thereof, and his, her,
or their residences, as far as the same may be ascertained, together
with a copy of the recorded map of the park; and the said court is
hereby authorized and required, upon such application, without delay,
to notify the owners and occupants of the land and to ascertain and
assess the value of the land so selected and condemned by appointing
three commissioners to appraise the value or values thereof, and to
return the appraisement to the court; and when the values of such
land are thus ascertained and the President shall deem the same rea-
sonable, said values shall be paid to the owner or owners, and the
United States shall be deemed to have a valid title to said lands.

That the said commission is hereby authorized to call upon the
superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey or the Director of
the Geological Survey to make such surveys as may be necessary to
carry into effect the provisions of this section; and the said officers
are hereby authorized and required to make such surveys under the
direction of said commission.

(Stat., XXV, 808.)

AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.

May 21, 1888—Senate.
_ My. G. F. Hoar introduced a bill (S. 2986) to incorporate the Amer-
ican Historical Association.
Referred to Committee on the Library.
May 25, 1888—Senate.
Reported by Mr. G. F. Hoar.
June 1, 1888—Senate.
Amended and passed.
June 4, 1888—House.
A bill (H. 10323) introduced by Mr. J. Phelan.
Referred to Committee on the Library.

1230 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

July 28, 1888—House.

Mr. R. H. M. Davripson, of Florida, from Committee on the
Library, submitted report (H. 3101), on bill (H. 10328):

The committee have had this bill under consideration. The Amer-
ican Historical Association embraces about 400 of the best historical
specialists in America, who are engaged in promoting the historical
interests of the whole country. The bill has been carefully drawn,
with the full understanding of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Insti-
tution. The Association asks for no money, but merely wants a local
establishment in the District of Columbia. The committee recommend
the passage of the bill.

W. G. STAHLNECKER.
R. H. M. Davipson.

Referred to House Calendar.
December 17, 1888—House.

Mr. James Puenan. Mr. Speaker, I ask by unanimous consent to
take from the House Calendar the bill (H. 10323) to incorporate
the American Historical Association, and to put it upon its passage.

The Speaker (Jonn G. Caruistx). Is there objection to the request
of the gentleman from Tennessee for the present consideration of this
bill?

Mr. W. M. Sprincer. I will not object if it is understood that the
consideration of the bill shall be concluded within ten minutes.

Mr. Puewan. I am willing to agree to that.

There was no objection, and it was ordered accordingly.

Mr. PHELAN. I offer an amendment, which I ask the Clerk to read.

The Clerk read as follows:

After the words ‘‘real and personal estate,’ in lines 14 and 15, insert the words
‘“in the District of Columbia.’’? Also, in line 17, strike out the word ‘‘headquar-
ters’’ and insert the words ‘‘ principal office.”’

Mr. C. D. Kincors. I wish to ask the gentleman in charge of this
bill whether it carries an appropriation 4

Mr. PHetan. None.

Mr. Kincorr. And they do not propose to come before the next
Congress and ask an appropriation 4

Mr. PHELAN. No, sir. ;

Mr. Kincore. Then I have no objection to the bill.

The amendment was agreed to and bill passed.

December 17, 1888—Senate.

The bill (H. 10323) to incorporate the American Historical Associa-
tion was read twice by its title:

That Andrew D. White, of Ithaca, in the State of New York; George Bancroft, of
Washington, in the District of Columbia; Justin Winsor, of Cambridge, in the State
of Massachusetts; William F. Poole, of Chicago, in the State of Illinois; Herbert B.
Adams, of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland; Clarence W. Bowen, of Brooklyn,

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FIFTIETH CONGRESS, 1887-1889. 1221

in the State of New York, their associates and successors, are hereby created a body
corporate and politic, by the name of the American Historical Association, for the
promotion of historical studies, the collection and preservation of historical manu-
scripts, and for kindred purposes in the interest of American history and of history
in America. Said association is authorized to hold real and personal estate in the
District of Columbia to an amount not exceeding $500,000, to adopt a constitution
and to make by-laws. Said association shall have its principal office at Washington,
in the District of Columbia, and shall hold its annual meetings in such places as the
said incorporators shall determine. Said association shall report annually to the
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution concerning its proceedings and the condition
of historical study in America. Said Secretary shall communicate to Congress the
whole of such reports, or such portion thereof as he shall see fit. The Regents of
the Smithsonian Institution are authorized to permit said association to deposit its
collections, manuscripts, books, pamphlets, and other material for history in the
Smithsonian Institution or in the National Museum, at their discretion, upon such
conditions and under such rules as they shall prescribe.

‘Mr. G. F. Hoar. That bill is in substance a bill which has already
passed the Senate. The American Historical Association is a very
important body, a meeting of which is to be held in this city in the
course of two or three weeks, and I should like the leave of the Senator
who has the tariff bill in charge to allow it to pass at this time.

The President pro tempore (Mr. J. J. Inaauus). It will be read at
length for information.

The bill was read at length.

Mr. G. F. Epmunps. Has that bill been reported from a committee
of the Senate ?

Mr. Hoar. That bill is in substance the same as a bill reported from
the Library Committee which has ‘passed the Senate. The House bill
has come here, the only difference being that the House thought fit to
limit the place of allowing ownership of the real estate to the District

-of Columbia, while the Senate bill allows them to hold it anywhere.

Mr. Epmunps. I see that the first meeting is to be held in the Dis-
trict of Columbia, and after that wherever the stockholders choose to
meet, which raises to my mind a pretty serious question as to how far
the power of Congress may go into the States to create corporations
all over the country; and I should wish, unless there is some very
immediate and urgent reason to the contrary, that the bill should go
to a committee.

Mr. Hoar. There is an immediate and urgent reason which I stated,
and that is that the American Historical Association is one of the most
important learned bodies in the country, composed, as the Senator will
see from the names of the corporators, of very distinguished scholars.
I know a good deal about the gentlemen composing it. Their plan is
to have their meetings in different parts of the country, just as the
American Institute [ Association] for the Advancement of Science have,
but their headquarters and their collections are to be deposited in the
District of Columbia, and their first meeting is to be held here.

[229 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

The fact that they will hold meetings about the country to interest
the people in the different cities in their work does not give it any the
less a national character.

Mr. Epmunps. I think we had better see the bill in print, not that
I have the slightest objection to this particular thing, because it is a
most useful and I dare say valuable arrangement, but it would make
avery strong precedent for incorporating business corporations with
power to do business all over the country, and I think the bill ought
to be printed so as to give us a chance to look at it.

The PrEsIDENT pro tempore. Shall the bill be referred to a com-
mittee or lie on the table?

Mr. Hoar. My honorable friend the chairman of the Committee
on the Judiciary has himself recently promoted the formation of a
corporation whose whole business is to be done at Nicaragua, outside
of the United States, and it strikes me that this objection is a little
hypercritical, but I have no objection to the reference if he desire it.

Mr. Epmunps. I may say in reply to my honorable friend from
Massachusetts that I have promoted to the best of my ability a cor-
poration to be incorporated by Congress to carry on business in Nica-
ragua, which I think is an entirely different thing from Congress
incorporating a body of people to carry on business anywhere in the
United States, for I believe it concerns our foreign relations and, in a
very broad sense, the public welfare. That is within the Constitution,
and I do not think there is any comparison in respect of the power of
Congress to create a corporation to colonize Africa, if you please, or
to build a canal through Nicaragua or Panama and a corporation to
do business in the State of Kansas or of Massachusetts or of Vermont.
So I must say, with great respect to my honorable friend, that I think
his implied criticism of my inconsistency is entirely unfounded.

The PresIDENT pro tempore. Shall the bill be referred to a com-
mittee or lie on the table? ‘

Mr. Epmunps. I move that it be referred to the proper committee.

The PrestpENT pro tempore. It will be referred to the Committee
on the Library, if there be no objection, and printed.

December 19, 1888—Senate.

Mr. Wiit1am M. Evarts. I am instructed by the Committee on the
Library, to which was referred the bill (H. 10323) to incorporate
the American Historical Association, to report it with amendments,
which are rather in reference to the exactitude of expression than
otherwise. I ask that the bill may be .put upon its passage. The
Senate passed a bill at the last session equivalent to this, and the House
has passed this bill. The changes here made, as will appear from the
reading of the amendments which I send up, are merely as to the
exactitude of phrases.

The President pro tempore (Mr. J. J. Incautus). The Senator from

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New York asks that the bill just reported by him may be now
considered.

Mr. G. F. Epmunps. Let it be read at length for information, with
the amendments reported by the committee.

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. It will be read at length, with the
amendments proposed by the committee, subject to objection.

The Chief Clerk read the bill as proposed to be amended.

The PrEsIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection to the present con-
sideration of the bill? If there be none, it is before the Senate, as in
Committee of the Whole, and having been read at length the amend-
ments proposed by the committee will be stated.

The amendments reported by the Committee on the Library -were:
In line 9, after the word ‘‘created,” to insert ‘‘in the District of
Columbia;” in line 15, after the word ‘‘ Columbia,” to insert ‘‘so far
only as may be necessary to its lawfyl ends;” in line 17, after the word
‘* by-laws,” to insert ‘‘ not inconsistent with law;” ahd at the end of
line 18, before the word ‘‘ hold,” to strike out ‘‘ shall” and insert
66 may. ”

The amendments were agreed to.

The bill was reported. to the Senate as suited, the amendments
were concurred in, and the bill passed.

December 20, 1888—Senate.

Mr. G. F. Hoar. I notice that the Secretary, in eee the Journal,
read the title of the bill reported by the Senator from New York [Mr.
Evarts] as a bill to incorporate the American Historical Society. I
wish the Secretary would be kind enough to see whether the bill is
so journalized. . The title is the American Historical Association.

The President pro tempore (Mr. J. J. Incas). The entry will be
read.

The Secretary read as follows:

Mr. Evarrs, from the Committee on the Library, to whom was referred the bill

(H. R. 10323) to incorporate the American Historical Society, reported it with
amendments.

Mr. Hoar. The bill is to incorporate the American Historical Asso
ciation. The préper correction should be made.
The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The title of the bill will be ascertained
and the Journal entry made to correspond therewith.
January 4, 1889.
An act, ete.

Be it enacted, etc., That Andrew ‘D. White, of Ithaca, in the State
of New York; George Bancroft, of Washington, in ae District of
Columbia; Justin. Winsor, of Cambridge, in the State of Massachu.-
setts; William F. Poole, of Chicago, in the State of Illinois; Herbert
B. Adams, of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland; Clarence W.

1224 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

Bowen, of Brooklyn, in the State of New York, their associates and
successors, are hereby created in the District of Columbia a body cor-
porate and politic, by the name of the American Historical Association,
for the promotion of historical studies, the collection and preservation
of historical manuscripts, and for kindred purposes in the interest of
American history and of history in America. Said association is
authorized to hold real and personal estate in the District of Columbia
so far only as may be necessary to its lawful ends to an amount not
exceeding $500,000, to adopt a constitution, and to make by-laws not
inconsistent with law. Said association shall have its principal office
at Washington, in the District of Columbia, and may hold its annual
meetings in such places as the said incorporators su.all determine. Said
association shall report annually to the Secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution concerning its proceedings and the condition of historical
study in America. Said Secretary shall communicate to Congress the
whole of such reports or such portion thereof as he shall see fit. The
Regents of the Smithsonian Institution are authorized to permit said
association to deposit its collections, manuscripts, books, pamphlets,
and other material for history in the Smithsonian Institution or in the
National Museum; at their discretion, upon such conditions and under
such rules as they shall prescribe.

(Stat., X XV, 640.)

FIREPROOFING SMITHSONIAN BUILDING.

May 21, 1888—Senate.

Mr. J. 5. Morrmu. I am directed by the Committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds to report a bill (S. 2972) to provide for making
the west end of the Smithsonian Institution fireproof and for other
purposes, which has been requested by the Secretary of the Smith-
sonian Institution.

That for the purpose of making the roof of the Gothic chapel at the west end of
the Smithsonian building fireproof, and for other purposes, under the direction of
the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, the sum of $17,500, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated.

Mr. Morriuu. I am also directed by the committee to ask for imme-
diate consideration of the bill.

The President pro tempore (Mr. J. J. InGauus). Is there objection ?

There being no objection, the Senate, as in Committee of the Whole,
proceeded to consider the bill.

Mr. Morrill explained the object of the bill. A citizen of the
United States, long resident abroad, proposed to give to the Smith-
sonian Institution a very large collection of armor from the Middle

FIFTIETH CONGRESS, 1887-1889. 1225

Ages—some of it connected with the most eminent historical names—
including horse armor, helmets, swords, and all the paraphernalia of
ancient warfare. These objects, numbering some 5,000, had been
collected at vast expense, and the collection was said to be the most
valuable collection of the kind in the world. The condition of the
presentation was that the Smithsonian Institution would furnish a fire-
proof building for its protection.

Passed.

May 22, 1888—House.

The bill (S. 2972) to provide for making the west end of the Smith-
sonian building fireproof, and for other purposes, referred to Com-
mittee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

June 28, 1888—Senate.

Mr. J. S. Morrini, from Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds, reported an amendment to be proposed to the sundry civil
bill for 1889 (H. 10540):

For the purpose of making the roof of the Gothic chapel at the west end of the

Smithsonian building fireproof, and for other purposes, under the direction of the
Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, $17,500.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
February 19, 1889—Senate.

The sundry civil bill for 1890 being under consideration, an amend-
ment was proposed, on page 40, after line 8, to insert:

Repairs, Smithsonian building: To make fireproof the roof of the Gothic chapel at
the west end of the Smithsonian building and for other portions of the roof of said

building, $17,500; to be expended under the charge of the Architect of the Capitol,
according to the direction of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

Agreed to.

VAIL TELEGRAPHIC INSTRUMENT.

May 22, 1888—House.

Mr. W. W. Pue tps introduced a bill (H. 10110) authorizing the
purchase of the original telegraphic instrument.

Referred to Committee on the Library.

DOCUMENTS.
June 7, 1888—Senate.

Mr. Francis M. CockrE tu introduced a bill (S. 3068) providing for
the distribution of public documents to depositories and other public
libraries, which provided that one copy of each document printed by
order of Congress, bound in cloth, should be sent to the Smithsonian
Institution.

Referred to Committee on Printing.

1226 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

NATIONAL MUSEUM—NEW BUILDING.
June 12, 1888—Senate. -

Mr. J. S. Morrmz, from Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds, reported a bill (S. 3134):

That the sum of $500,000 is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treas-
ury not otherwise appropriated, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the
erection of a fire-proof building for the use of the National Museum, to cover 300 feet
square, and to consist of two stories and basement, to be erected under the direction
of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, in accordance with the plans now on
file with the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, on the southwestern
portion of the grounds of the Smithsonian Institution. Said building to be placed
west of the Smithsonian Institution, leaving a roadway between it and the latter of
not less than 40 feet, with the north front on a line with the south face of the build-
ing of the Agricultural Department and of the Smithsonian Institution; and all
expenditures for the purpose herein mentioned shall be audited by the proper
officers of the Treasury Department.

Mr. Morri1z, from the same committee, submitted a report (S. 1539)
to accompany bill (S. 3134):

To demonstrate the pressing necessity for additional accommodations
for the vast amount of materials which has been accumulated for exhi-
bition in the National Museum, it will perhaps be sufficient to present
the communication of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and
the statements made showing the immense number of entries to the
catalogues of the Museum since 1882.

The plans presented, viz, the basement, gr ound floor, at sodatiee
story plans, with front plesiiiod: do not give all the dncomiaed fea-
tures of the building, but are complete enough to be the subject of
careful estimates, and although competitive estimates have not been
made, the estimators on these figures agree to give bonds that the work
shall be efficiently done without exceeding the amount. It is probable
if the work is let out by contract that it would be completed for some-
thing considerably less,

Your committee therefore recommend the passage of the bill.

SMITHSONIAN InstituTION, Unirep Srares Nationa Museum,
Washington, June 2, 1888.

My Dear Sir: I send herewith, in accordance with your suggestion, a plan of one.
of the floors of the proposed Museum building, together with a perspective drawing
in color on a smaller scale. I hayealso plans for the basement and first floor together
with an elevation and transverse section. These are at your service if you desire
them. They have been prepared with the utmost care and represent the results of
an exhaustive study, which has extended over several years, of the plans of the best
modern museum buildings in Europe and America, nearly all of which have been
personally inspected by officers of the Smithsonian Institution.

The building, as proposed, covers the same area as the present Museum, but is
intended to consist of two stories and a basement, thus affording nearly three times
as much accommodation under the same area of roof as the building now in use.
The arrangement of the interior of the proposed new structure is, however, consid-
erably modified as the result of the experience of seven years’ occupation of the

FIFTIETH CONGRESS, 1887-1889. 1227

present building. The eighteen exhibition halls on the two main floors are com-
pletely isolated from each other and are capable of subdivision into smaller halls.
The lighting will be equally as good as in the present building, the ventilation will
be much better, and in other important respects the sanitary arrangements will be
far more satisfactory.

A basement story is absolutely necessary, not only with a view to promoting the
comfort and health of visitors and employees as well as for securing greater dryness
and better preservation of the specimens, but also for the purpose of providing large
apartments for storerooms and workshops. These proposed improvements in arrange-
ment will not, however, interfere with the possibility of constructing a building
which shall conform in the essential points of exterior proportion with the main
features of the present building.

The present building contains about 80,000 square feet of floor space available for
exhibition and storage. The building proposed will contain about 220,000 square
feet. The amount of room for offices and laboratories would be about the same in
each. The net area in the new building available for exhibitions, storage, and office
rooms, as estimated, would be between 5 and 6 acres.

For the construction of the present Museum building an appropriation of $250,000
was made. This sum was supplemented by the following special appropriations:
$25,000 for steam-heating apparatus; $26,000 for marble floors; $12,500 for water and
gas fixtures and electrical apparatus, and $1,900 for special sewer connections. The
total amount expended on this building was therefore $315,400, and it is generally
admitted that the cost of its construction was considerably cheaper than that of any
other similar building in existence; in fact, perhaps too cheap to secure the truest
economy.

The proposed structure can be erected at a proportionately smaller cost. I have
obtained from responsible bidders, who are willing to give bonds for the completion
of the work in accordance with the bids which they have submitted, estimates for
the erection of the building complete, with steam-heating apparatus and all other
essential appliances excepting the electrical equipment, amounting in the aggregate
to $473,000; bids upon which the estimates of cost have been made were not com-
petitive, and it is possible that something may be saved through competition. It is,
however, necessary to provide also for the architect’s superintendence, and for the
removal and reconstruction of the Smithsonian stable, which now occupies the site.
I therefore think it advisable to make request for the sum of $500,000, in order that
these additional items and other contingencies may be covered.

The sketches of the exterior of the proposed building were made in great haste, and
by no means exhibit its architectural possibilities. The main entrance is far less
imposing, for instance, than a proper arrangement of the steps and arches would make
it. The ‘‘lovore,’’ or dormer windows, which will appear in the roof, are absent, and
the variety of color, which in the actual building will be given by the use of colored
brick and terra cotta, is not shown.

I am, sir, your obedient servant,

Hon. J. S. Morriit,
United States Senate, Washington.
P.S. With the other plans herewith transmitted I send a copy of the plan of the
Smithsonian grounds, showing the location of the present buildings and that of the
proposed structure, whose site is indicated by a dotted line.

S. P. Lanarey, Secretary.

Unirep Sratres Natronat Museum,
Washington, June 7, 1888.
My Dear Sr: I take pleasure in responding to your request for information con-
cerning the character and extent of the material which renders necessary the con-
struction of a new building for the accommodation of the National Museum.

1228 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

Since the erection of the present Museum building there have been more than
12,000 accessions to the collections, chiefly by gifts. From the year 1859 to 1880 the
accessions numbered 8,475. It is thus evident that within the last eight years the
number of accessions has been half as large again as during the previous twenty-one.

Many of the more recent accessions are of very great extent, as for instance the
bequest of the late Isaac Lea, of Philadelphia, which contains 20,000 specimens of
shells, besides minerals and other objects; the Jeffreys collection of fossil and recent
shells of Europe, including 40,000 specimens; the Stearns collection of mollusks,
numbering: 100,000 specimens; the Riley collection of insects, containing 150,000
specimens; the Catlin collection of Indian paintings, about 500 in number; the col-
lection of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, for the transportation of which
to Washington several freight cars were required.

There are also the extensive collections obtained at.the Fisheries Exhibitions at
Berlin and London, and at the close of the New Orleans Cotton Centennial; the
Shepard collection of meteorites; the Wilson collection of archzeological objects
(more than 12,000 specimens); the Lorillard collection of Central American antiqui-
ties, and very many others nearly as extensive. In addition to these are the annual
accretions from the work of the United States Fish Commission, the United States
Geological Survey, and the Bureau of Ethnology, as well as the contributions from
several expeditions of the Government, from army and navy officers, and from other
Government officials. These are very extensive and are yearly increasing in bulk
and value.

In the Armory building are stored many hundreds of boxes of valuable material
which we have not room to unpack, and the great vaults under the Smithsonian
building and many of the attic and tower rooms are similarly occupied.

For several important departments of the Museum no exhibition space whatever
is available, and no portion of the collection can be publicly displayed. Indeed, the
growth of many of the departments is in large measure prevented by the fact that
we have no room for additional exhibition cases, or even forstorage. Many valuable
collections elsewhere than in Washington are at the service of the Museum, but we
have no space for their reception.

At the close of the last fiscal year (June 30, 1887) a very careful estimate showed
that the collections were sixteen times as great in number of specimens as in the year
1882. I desire to call your attention especially to the inclosed statement bearing
upon this point.

The Museum is growing, as it is fitting that the national museum of a great country.

should grow, and it is not only necessary to care for what is already here, but to pro-
vide for the reception and display of what is certain to be placed in our hands within
the next few years.

The present Museum building is not more than large enough for the ethnological
and technological material already available. The proposed new building will afford
accommodation for the natural history collections which are at present very inade-
quately housed. For instance, the amount of space assigned to the collection of
mammals is about 6,500 feet. At least double that amount of space will be needed to
accommodate the material now on hand as soon as the taxidermists of the Museum
shall have been able to prepare it for exhibition, it being our desire to have mounted
groups similar to the buffalo family recently finished, in order to preserve for future
generations representations of the large quadrupeds native to this continent, which
are on the verge of extinction.

in the world, is very inadequately shown and requires double the case room now
available.

The collection of mollusks, which is one of the most complete in the world and
contains more than 450,000 specimens, is at present almost entirely unprovided for.

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The collection of insects, which though smaller is so far as North America is con-
cerned equally perfect, is also practically without any exhibition space. And so I
might continue.

It should be borne in mind that under the roofs of the Smithsonian and new
Museum buildings are grouped together collections which in London, Paris, or any
other of the European capitals are provided for in a group of museums for the accom-
modation of which a much larger number of equally commodious buildings is found
needful.

Yours, very respectfully,
8. P. Lana.ey, Secretary.

Hon. Justin 8. Morritt,
United States Senate.

Number of entries’ in the catalogues of the National Museum since 1882.

Name of department, 1882. 1883. 1884. 1885.2 1885-86. 1886-87.
Arts and industries:
Vist MONT TLC OL Cele orale laieinicinlciwieleteisin wal|ecain ate sin(ee.« 4, 000 BAAD |e aaislersiaie 4, 850 5,516
HPI Meee eens atic esdc ee elation simeies 1, 244 15580! ce et ene 822 877
SHE RELeS Masse casos eae ccee ec Sede clo yoewedacclessee tt cee 2000) E2s2h ese 3, 064 3, 154
DULG CHES 3 co ae See e Ene CREE] Keener Eee er Br Q008|S2es een. 9, 870 10, 078
Pere MU LOGUGtSios ceca cen- ccc ma| sarees ese ste geek L000: |352525-c 2,792 2, 822
NEV IPEMCDILCCLULG. 2 7a u roan cts clic coce mace seco sew as GUO HS rina ee sex ok ae, cialis ce ates. 6
TRE Pore yctl te) Gs e Se A eee deel a eed [ol ee ee Nee ee ee eee 1, 002 18, 634
PEEL GRY OSes sar ae ce oie eer estks | aden es 4uss|ex cee cecs|laai ane mes scalaeeaesins 77 100
COME Chitlthel (Ce Bil Gy RY ie aes ee ees ee Se ee | ee |e ee |e HOON Poses se
BEIVSL Ca AREAS =e = aoe ie «aid ane cies acirnnis| Seaencwcleleewesiseioce s|ccesewlels 250 251
TUE VH TG LEE ee SI SoS Se Se Ee oe el bee See a | ee eee) ee ee 197 198
PMESEE CoN DTOOUICES =< soe asa | sae acioniion| Skea et enact Naceene se cies locos ee 659 661
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1In very many instances an entry in the catalogue represents a large number of individual speci-
mens.
2No census of collections taken. 3 Included with mollusks.

‘June 19, 1888—Senate.

Mr. J. S. Morri. I desire to call up Senate bill 3134.

The motion was agreed to,and the Senate,as in Committee of the
Whole, proceeded to consider the bill.

Mr. Morri. There is a full report by the committee on this bill,
Report No. 1539, which I presume most Senators have already seen.
I shall not, therefore, ask for its reading, unless some Senator desires
the letter of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution to be read,
which is very full on the subject.

1230 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

Mr. Jonn SHERMAN. Task the Senator from Vermont if this build-
ing will correspond with the National Museum building?

Mr. Morrittz. It will, but it is one story higher.

Mr. Suerman. Is the old building of the National Museum full?

Mr. Morriiu. It is more than full. They have more than enough
to fill another building of equal size. The proposed building will con-
tain room equal to three times the present amount of the existing
Museum, and the pressing necessity for it will be seen by the report
that is ends and by the urgency of the officers of the Smithsonian
Institution that the bill shall be acted upon at the present session.

Mr. J. B. Beck. I rose to make an inquiry of the Senator from Ver-
mont. I did not observe any provision made as to who is to superin-
tend the building, or at what time it shall be finished, or anything in
that regard. The bill seems too indefinite.

Mr. Morritu. The Senator knows that so far as the Regents of the
Institution are concerned the other building was constructed in an
extremely short time and very economically.

Mr. Breck. I know it was. Iask if the building is to go on under
the same general supervision that built the Museum a few years ago.

Mr. Morritu. The bills are precisely identical in language.

Mr. Brecx. Then it is all right.

Mr. Morritx. There is a single verbal amendment that I desire to
have made.

The President pro tempore (Mr. J. J. INGALLs. ) The amendment
will be stated.

The Cuter CLERK. In line 11, after the word ‘‘Grounds,” it is pro-
posed to insert the words ‘‘of the Senate,” so as to read:

In accordance with the plans now on file with the Committee on Public Build-
ings and Grounds of the Senate.

The amendment was agreed to.
Passed.
June 19, 1888—Senate.
An estimate was received from the Smithsonian Institution:

New National Museum building: For the construction in a fireproof manner of an
additional Museum building, to be erected under the direction of the Regents of the
Smithsonian Institution on the southwest corner of the grounds of the Smithsonian °
Institution, $500,000.

Referred to Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.’

June 20, 1888—House.

The bill (S. 3134) for the erection of an additional fireproof build-
ing for the use of the National Museum was referred to Committee
on Public Buildings and Grounds.

1This appropriation was not acted upon by the House. For full explanation of the
necessity for this new building see Senate Report 1539.

FIFTIETH CONGRESS, 1887-1889. 1231

June 20, 1888—Senate.

Passed. (See Smithsonian Report for 1888, p. 15.)
June 21, 1888—Senate.

Mr. Justin S. Morrixx, from Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds, reported an amendment to be proposed to the sundry civil
bill for 1889 (H. 10540):

For the erection of a fireproof building for the use of the National Museum, to
cover 300 feet square, and to consist of two stories and basement, to be erected under
the direction of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, in accordance with the
plans now on file with the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds of the Sen-
ate, on the southwestern portion of the grounds of the Smithsonian Institution,
$500,000. Said building to be placed west of the Smithsonian Institution, leaving a
roadway between it and the latter of not less than 40 feet, with the north front on
a line with the south face of the building of the Agricultural Department and of the
Smithsonian Institution; and all expenditures for the purpose herein mentioned
shall be audited by the proper officers of the Treasury Department.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

January 17, 1889—Senate.

Mr. J. S. Morrimz, from Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds, reported an amendment to be proposed to the sundry civil
bill for 1890 (H. 12008):

That the sum of $500,000 is hereby appropriated, ont of any money in the Treas-
ury not otherwise appropriated, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the
erection of a fireproof building for the use of the National Museum, to cover 300 feet
square, and to consist of two stories and basement, to be erected under the direction
of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, in accordance with the plans now on
file with the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, on the southwestern por-
tion of the grounds of the Smithsonian Institution; said building to be placed west
of the Smithsonian Institution, leaving a roadway between it and the latter of not
less than 40 feet, with the north front on a line with the south face of the building
of the Agricultural Department and of the Smithsonian Institution, and all expendi-
tures for the purpose herein mentioned shall be audited by the proper officers of
the Treasury Department. 3

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
NATIONAL MUSEUM—ARMORY BUILDING.

July 17, 1888—Senate.
Mr. Witiram B. Atiison, from Committee on Appropriations, sub-
mitted report (S. 1814) to accompany bill (H. 10540).

[Extract. ]
STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER MCDONALD.

MarsHatt McDonatp, Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, ap-

peared. ,

By the CHarRMAN:

Q. I understand that you wished to make a suggestion about the Fish
Commission?—A. I want the appropriation for rent of offices in the
city of Washington increased from $2,000 to $4,000. The quarters

1932 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

we have occupied up to this time are but one on Massachusetts avenue
(1443) and one on N street, and in addition to the accommodations
afforded by them we have had a building for our officers near the
National Museum. To get the offices in a convenient location and the
accommodations necessary for work will require $4,000.

Q. Where can you get such a place?—A. On the corner of New
York avenue and Fifteenth street. in a fireproof building.

Q. You mean the building the Safe Deposit Company is erecting
now/—A. Yes, sir; the fifth story. There I shall be enabled to con-
centrate my entire work under my immediate supervision. We have
no abiding place, but are scattered all over the city.

* By Mr. Jamxs B. Becx:

Q. The building on Massachusetts avenue was convenient to Pro-
fessor Baird, of course?—A. Yes, sir; but it is now entirely inconven-
ient to the commission and to the public. The point I have selected
is accessible and near all the departments.

Q. What rent are they asking for the fifth story of that building ?—
A. Four thousand dollars. That building is the only real fireproof
building in Washington, so far as I know, that can be had. :

Q. Is not that all here#—A. There is one question that does not
involve an appropriation, but is a very serious matter to the commis-
sion. The principal station of the commission in Washington is what
is called the old armory building. The custody of that has been under
the direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institutiou. Pro-
fessor Baird, when Secretary of the Smithsonian, allotted that to the
Fish Commission, but they continued in the appropriation bills a clause
making the custody of that building in the Secretary of the Smithson-
ian Institution until 1886. Then it does not appear in the appropria-
tion for the Smithsonian Institution until the present year, when I find
in the item for ‘* Preservation of collections of the National Museum,”
line 17, page 57, ‘‘and for the care and custody of the so-called armory
building.” That building has been in the custody of the Fish Com-
mission, and all expenses of its custody paid by the Fish Commission,
for years. I desire to have inserted in the bill when you come to it

By the CHAIRMAN:
Q. In this paragraph?—A. Yes; page 57, line 17, strike out the
following:

And for the care and custody of the so-called armory building.

We ought to have entire control. It is the important station of the
commission.

Q. You want to strike out that language and insert in lieu of it:

And the Smithsonian Institution is hereby released from the custody of the so-called
armory building and the same is transferred to the charge of the United States Com-

missioner of Fish and Fisheries for use as a hatching and distributing station and for
offices.

FIFTIETH CONGRESS, 1887-1889. 1233

A. Yes, sir. The main portion of my office is in that building.
That building and the one on New York avenue will provide entirely
for the office.

Q. Who owns the armory building?—A. The Government of the
United States.

Q. Suppose we should give up the armory building to the District
militia or some military organization, as has been proposed, which is
rather implied in the name, then what would be necessary for you?—
A. It would require us to suspend our work in Washington. That is
our great distributing station for the United States.

Q. Do you use the whole of the building?—A. We use all of it.
We are using now the ground floor and the third floor, but the Geolog-
ical Survey under some arrangement is occupying a portion of the
building.

By Mr. Brcx:

Q. Simply with their boxes and things as a storehouse?—A. That
is all.

STATEMENT OF ALBERT G. ORDWAY.

ALBERT G. OrpDway appeared.

By the CHarrMan:

Q. You want the armory building surrendered to the militia of this
District?—A. Yes, sir; it is a very plain matter, will not lead to any
debate, and scarcely needs an argument. It is a perfectly plain prop-
osition of law. In 1855, in the sundry civil bill, you passed an appro-
priation directing the Secretary of War to erect a building for the care
and preservation of the arms and accouterments belonging to the United
States in the possession of the volunteer militia of the District of
Columbia, the building to be used by them under such regulations as
the President might prescribe. Under that law of 1855 and that appro-
priation the Secretary of War erected the building on Sixth street, on
the Mall, called the armory building.

Q. On a Government reservation?—A. On a Government reserva-
tion. And that building remained dedicated to the uses for which it
- was built until after the close of the war, when the militia of the Dis-
trict, not being organized, and the building consequently not occupied,
at the time of the Centennial Exhibition foreign governments gave to
our Government an enormous amount of exhibits for our National
Museum. The National Museum building was not built, and it became
a question what to do with them. Your committees looked about and
found that this building was not in use, and they made an appropria-
tion in the’sundry civil bill of 1876 appropriating a sum of money to
fit it up and repair it for the purpose, in the language of the law, ‘‘ of
storing the exhibits presented to the National Museum,” and then
each year thereafter in the sundry civil bill you appropriated a sum

H. Doc. 782——78

1234 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

for a watchman. Finally the National Museum Building was finished,
and in 1885 you stopped the appropriation. Since that time the Fish
Commission, the National Museum, and the Smithsonian Institution
have been in unauthorized, and, as I say, in illegal possession of the
building. There has been no authority of law; there has been no
appropriation to continue even the watchman.

Q. Was not that Armory Building used duri ing the war by the Gov-
- ernment for governmental purposes/—A. Yes, sir.

By Mr. Brcx:

Q. It is on Government ground?—A. Yes, sir.

By the CHarrMan:

Q. Was not the Fish Commission there before 1875’? —A. Not before
1876. There was no appropriation before 1876 for any use of the
building other than for the District militia.

Q. Tell us where we shall send the Fish Commission.—A. That is
not a fair question to ask me.

Q. Why not?—A. It is used by the Commission merely as a place
of storage. It is merely a question of storing their material.

Q. They have fish there?—A. Yes, sir. Until you extend the
National Museum the building belongs to us by law, and the Secretary
of War made a formal demand on them to surrender. We have no
place to put our things. Therefore the Secretary of War directed
me to submit the matter to your committee. I can see the difficulty
of finding a suitable place for the Fish Commission. In fact, that place
is very suitable for their purposes, because they can have and do have
a side track to the railroad. I present our legal right to the building;
but until you legislate for them, to put their Commission in a suitable
place, we are perfectly willing to look around for a place. We have
in our possession between $40,000 and $50,000 worth of Government
property.

Q. Where is your armory now/—A. We have none. We have to
pay out of our pockets for the temporary care of the property. You
turn over to me $30,000 or more of Government property to protect
and I have to pay out of my own pocket for its preservation, as I am
responsible for it. The only solution, it seems to me, is this: That’
until a place can be provided for the Fish Commission permanently some
arrangement should be made for us. You should make an appropria-
tion to enable the Secretary of War to temporarily rent a building
for the purposes the law designates. It is not a matter of new legis-
lation; it is not a matter subject to any points of order. It is a mat-
ter of obedience to law. We have possession of Government property
and pay for its preservation out of our own pockets.

Q. You want it for the purpose of storing arms?—A. Not simply
for storing, but for the purposes of drill, as this building was designed
for a regular armory, in which Government property is kept in the

FIFTIETH CONGRESS, 1887-1889. 1235

hands of the District militia, and as a place for their instruction and
drill.

Q. You have a building now used for that?—A. Only for one bat-
talion. There is no place large enough for all the men. We ask for
$10,000. Fix whatever amount you choose, and let the Secretary of
War hire a place. The Secretary could use any appropriation you
deem proper by renting rooms in various places temporarily.

Q. How many militia have you in the District?—A. Two white

‘regiments, two colored battalions, one battery of artillery, and one
ambulance company. It is not a large force, but if you removed the
regular troops from here you would find, in case of emergency or
danger, it would not be a larger force than was necessary to protect
the public property. It leaves you free to remove the regular troops,
in case of exigency, elsewhere. You can remove your artillery,
marines, and cavalry, and we take care of the public property. I do
not think it needs any argument on my part. The amendment calls
for $10,000. Iam free to say we could get along, by figuring closely,
with $7,500. That would provide pretty good quarters, and we could
get along as long as you choose to keep possession of the other
building.

July 27, 1888—Senate.

The sundry civil bill for 1889 under consideration.

The next amendment of the Committee on Appropriations was, on
page 47, at the end of the clause appropriating $130,000 for ‘‘ propa-
gation of food-fishes,” to add the following proviso:

Provided, That the building known as the Armory building, Washington, D. C., is

hereby transferred to the charge of the United States Commissioner of Fish and
Fisheries for use as a hatching and distributing station and for offices.

The amendment was agreed to.

The next amendment was, on page 47, line 24, before the word
‘“*thousand,” to strike out ‘‘two” and insert ‘‘three,” so as to make
the clause read:

Rent of office United States Fish Commission: For rent of rooms in the city of
Washington, $3,000.

Mr. Witi1aM B. Axison. It will be observed that by the preceding
proviso we transfer the Armory building to the control of the Fish
Commission. I have been told since this amendment was framed that
in addition to the room there provided for hatching purposes there is
also room enough for most of the offices of the Commission. So I
move to insert in the pending clause $2,500 instead of $3,000, so that
the conference committee may have full control of those two para-
graphs, and it may be possible that we can dispense with the entire
appropriation on lines 24 and 25 of page 47.

&

1236 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

The Prestpine Orricer. The proposed amendment will be stated.

The CureF CLERK. On page 47, line 24, in lieu of the committee
amendment providing ‘*‘ for rent of rooms in the city of Washington,
$3,000,” it is proposed to insert ‘‘for rent of rooms in the city of
Washington, $2,500.”

The amendment to the amendment was agreed to.

The amendment as amended was agreed to.

October 2, 1888.
Sundry civil act for 1889.

Provided, That the building known as the Armory building, Wash-
ington, District of Columbia, shall be occupied as at present, jointly
by the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries and the National
Museum.

(Stat., XXV, 521.)
January 25, 1889—House.

The sundry civil bill for 1890 under consideration.

Mr. S. J. Ranpaty. On page 33 strike out all of lines 1, 2, and 3
and insert in lieu thereof:

For altering and fitting up the interior of the Armory Building, on the Mall, in the
city of Washington, now occupied asa hatching station, for the accommodation of the
offices of the United States Fish Commission, for general repairs to said building,
including heating apparatus, and for the repairing and extending the outbuilding,
$7,000, orso much thereof as may be necessary, the sum to be immediately available
and to be expended under the direction of the Architect of the Capitol; and for the
purpose above named the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution is hereby required
to move from the second and third stories of this building all properties except such
as are connected with the workshops hereinafter named, under his control, and the
workshops now in the second story of said building shall be transferred to and pro-
vided for in the third story thereof. And the Architect of the Capitol is hereby
directed to examine and make report to Congress at its next regular session as to the
practicability and cost of constructing a basement story under the National Museum
building.

Mr. Ranpatu. I only want to state to the committee that while this
seems to be a large sum, yet it should be remembered in this connec-
tion that it saves an annual rental of $2,500, and the committee will
therefore see at once that this is not only in the line of convenience in
the transaction of the business of the Commission, but that it saves
rent and is also in harmony with the plan generally advocated and
being largely entered upon of having our own buildings for the offices
of the Government as far as practicable.

Adopted.

February 18, 1889—Senate.

Mr. Witu1Am B. Attison, from the Committee on Appropriations,
submitted report (S. 2613) on H. 12008 (sundry civil bill for 1890).

>

LE ——— SS ee ee NY

FIFTIETH CONGRESS, 1887-1889. *1237
[Extract.]

U. S. Commission oF FisH AND FISHERIES,

Washington, D. C., January 31, 1889.
Sir:
~ * * * * * *

In regard to the item for rent of office (page 33, lines 1, 2, and 3 of the bill), the
general opinion seems to be that the quarters now occupied by the Commission for
offices should be vacated, and that the so-called Armory building, situated on the
Government reservation south of the Baltimore and Potomac depot, should be fitted
up for its use, and an amendment to the bill was accordingly presented in and adopted
by the House. In my opinion, however, that amendment does not fully cover the
needs of the Commission, and I would recommend that it be changed so as to read:

“For altering, adapting, and extending the Armory building, on the Mall, in the
city of Washington, for offices of the United States Fish Commission, including heat-
ing apparatus and other equipments, $10,000, or so much thereof as may be neces-
sary, the sum to be immediately available and to be expended under the direction
of the Architect of the Capitol; and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
is hereby required to move from the said building all properties under his control.
And the Architect of the Capitol is hereby directed to examine and make report to
Congress at its next regular session as to the practicability and cost of constructing a
basement story under the National Museum building.”’

In regard to the increase of the item, attention is called to the fact that provision
is simply made for fitting up the interior of the building, while, in my opinion, the
exterior of the building should also receive some attention. Without doubt there
should be an entire new roof, the present roof being in exceedingly bad condition,
and a number of the upper layers of brick need relaying.

Respecting the giving of the building in its entirety to the Commission, I would
state that the character of the work performed under the direction of the Smith-
sonian Institution is such as to render the prosecution of office duties and the keep-
ing of archives a serious one, the work being principally the taxidermic preparation
of animals, the making of plaster casts of fishes, relief maps, etc., rendering neces-
sary a great deal of noise and creating much dust and other dirt and offensive odors.
The attic of the building is stored with a number of large packages of such weight as
to have rendered necessary the bracing of the floor by additional girders of great
strength. In order that the exact condition of affairs may be seen, an inspection of

the building by the committee is respectfully requested.
* * *

* * * *

Very respectfully,

Hon. W. B. ALtison,
Chairman Senate Committee on Appropriations.
February 19, 1889—House.
Sundry civil bill for 1890 considered.
The next amendment was on page 42, to strike out the clause from
line 3 to line 21, inclusive.
(See House proceedings of January 25, 1889.)

M. McDonatp, Commissioner.

For altering and fitting up the interior of the Armory building, on the Mall, city
of Washington, now occupied as a hatching station, for the accommodation of the
offices of the United States Fish Commission, and for general repairs to said build-
ing, including the heating apparatus, and for repairing and extending the outbuild-
ings, $7,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, the same to be immediately
available and to be expended under the direction of the Architect of the Capitol;
and for the purpose above named the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution is

1238 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

hereby required to move from the second and third stories of this building all prop-
erties, except such as are connected with the workshops hereinafter named, under his
control; and the workshops now in the second story of said building shall be trans-
ferred to and provided for in the third story thereof. And the Architect of the
Capitol is hereby directed to examine and make report to Congress at its next regu-

lar session as to the practicability and cost of constructing a basement story under

the National Museum building.

And in lieu thereof to insert:

For altering, adapting, and extending the Armory building, on the Mall, in the city
of Washington, for offices of the United States Fish Commission, including heating
apparatus and other equipment, $10,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary,
this sum to be immediately available and to be expended under the direction of the
Architect of the Capitol; and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution is hereby
required to move from the said building all properties under his control. And the
Architect of the Capitol is hereby directed to examine and make report to Congress
at its next regular session as to the practicability and cost of constructing a basement
story under the National Museum building.

Agreed to.

March 2, 1889.
Sundry civil act for 1890.

Fish Commission: For altering and fitting up the interior of the
Armory building, on the Mall, city of Washington, now occupied as
a hatching station, for the accommodation of the offices of the United
States Fish Commission, and for general repairs to said ‘building,
including the heating apparatus, and for repairing and extending the
outbuildings, $7,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, the same
to be immediately available and to be expended under the direction of
the Architect of the Capitol; and for the purpose above named the
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution is hereby required to move

from the second and third stories of this building all properties except .

such as are connected with the workshops hereinafter named, under
his control; and the workshops now in the second story of said build-
ing shall be transferred to and provided for, in the third story thereof.
And the Architect of the Capitol is hereby directed to examine and
make report to Congress at its next regular session as to the practica-
bility and cost of constructing a basement story under the National
Museum building.

(Stat. XXV, 953.)

NATIONAL MUSEUM—CLASSIFIED SERVICE.

October 8, 1888—Senate.

Mr. James F. Wixson, of Lowa, offered a resolution, and asked for
its present consideration:

Resolved, That the Regents and Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and
Director of the United States National Museum, be, and hereby are, directed to for-
mulate and transmit to the Senate, at their earliest convenience, a schedule of classi-
fied service of the officers and employees of the National Museum, arranged accord-
ing to duty and salary, as the same is required for the proper working of the Museum.

aoe

FIFTIETH CONGRESS, 1887-1889. 1239

Mr. G. F. Hoar. From what committee does that come?

Mr. Witson, of Iowa. From none. It is a resolution that I intro-
duced in order to get the information.

Mr. Hoar. I should like to inquire for information—I have no
doubt it is all right—have we authority to impose directions on the
Regents of the Smithsonian Institution and the Director of the
National Museum ? ;

Mr. Witson, of Iowa. The resolution relates mainly to the National
Museum, which, I suppose, we have a right to call upon for informa-
tion. It might be different as to the Smithsonian Institution, but as
the resolution relates to the Museum, I presume we have that authority.
There is no reason why we should not have it.

Mr. Hoar. We have authority to give such directions to the heads
of departments, which rests on unbroken usage from the beginning of
the Government, but I am not aware that one House of Congress has
a right to order an executive officer of the Government to do anything
for its convenience, especially that we have such control over the
Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. It may be there is such
authority reserved by statute. I shall not interpose an. objection to
the resolution, because I know personally the officers referred to would
be anxious to communicate the information, and it is the desire of the
Senator from Iowa.

The President pro tempore (Mr. Joun J. Ineatts). If there be no
objection to the present consideration of the resolution, the question
is on agreeing to the same.

The resolution was agreed to.

March 2, 1889—Senate.

Letter of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in reference to
Senate resolution of October 8, 1888, asking for ‘a schedule of the
classified service of the officers and employees of the National
Museum.”

SmiTHsonIAN Institution, March 2, 1889.

Sir: In response to the Senate resolution asking for ‘‘a schedule of the classified
service of the officers and employees of the National Museum,”’ I have the honor to
transmit the accompanying schedule, which represents the present actual necessities
of the service.

The service for the fiscal year of 1887-88 was reported upon in a letter to the

_ Speaker of the House of Representatives, dated December 1, 1888 (H. R. Mis. Doc.

No. 55, Fiftieth Congress, second session).

In this the aggregate expenditures for service were shown to have been $122,750.47,
of which sum $97,493.32 was paid from the appropriation for preservation of collec-
tions, $19,203.79 from that for furniture and fixtures, and $6,053.36 from that for
heating, lighting, and electrical and telephonic service.

A schedule of the number of persons employed in the various departments of the
Museum was also given in this letter (pages 4, 9,11). This schedule should, how-
ever, be regarded only as an approximate one, since many of the employees were
actually engaged only a part of the year and others were temporarily transferred to
the pay rolls of the Cincinnati exhibition, and were engaged in special work in con-
nection with that exhibition.

1240 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

It is estimated that the aggregate expenditures for services for the present fiscal
year (1888-89) will be $129,710, of which amount $103,000 will be paid from the
appropriation for preservation of collections, $20,000 from that for furniture and
fixtures, and $5,710 from that for heating, lighting, and electrical and telephone
service. i

‘In the schedule herewith transmitted it is shown that for the proper working of
the Museum the amount required for services would be as follows:

For salaries of scientific assistants

Sa Gh pleco ee 2S ee pene -...--- $56, 300. 00
Porrelerical forces 62 Mie Coes Sees RESP E SSE Sere CE eer a Renee 36, 920. 00
For services in preparing, mounting, and installing the collections -.--.. 22, 060. 00
For services in policing, caring for, and cleaning the buildings -....-.--- 36, 740. 00

For services in repairing buildings, cases, and objects in the collections... 14, 163, 50
For salaries and wages in designing, making, and inspecting cases and

other appliances for the exhibition and safe-keeping of the collections. 18, 337.50
For services in connection with the heating, lighting, and electrical tele-

phonic service 22.20 50-s8set db 2seUs Us Cees reee Eke eee 6, 620. 00

For services of miscellaneous employees, including draftsmen, messen-
BOER, (GUC = os cca nan pene ns Shoe deed bee nace = + as ea eee 7, 980. 00
Motel 3 ivy. fe hieoe Gili he Soe eee hee ie Oe Ee 199, 121. 00

The increase in the total expenditure as indicated is due partly to the addition of
a number of officers to the scientific staff and also to the necessity for a few addi-
tional clerks and a considerable number of watchmen, laborers, cleaners, and mes-
sengers, whose services are essential to the safety of the collections as well as to
provide for the cleanliness and proper care of the buildings and for the comfort of
visitors.

The rates of pay indicated are in most cases considerably lower than are customar-
ily allowed for similar service in the Executive Departments.

In the schedule now presented expenditure for services only is taken into
consideration. Tr

No attempt has been made to present the needs of the Museum in regard to the
purchase or collecting of specimens, the purchase of general supplies, preservatives,
materials for mounting and installing collections, books, exhibition cases, furniture,
fuel and gas, the maintenance of the heating and lighting appliances, freight and
cartage, traveling expenses of collectors and agents, ete.

For these various purposes the expenditure in the last fiscal year amounted to
$45,249.53, and that for the present fiscal year will, it is estimated, amount to about
$48,000, a sum very inadequate to the needs of the service.

It does not include the expenditures for printing the labels and blanks, and pro-
ceedings and bulletins of the Museum, for which the appropriation for many years
past has been $10,000, and for which I have asked $15,000 for the coming fiscal year.

I must not omit to call your attention to the fact that owing to the peculiar consti-
tution of the Museum as a scientific establishment, it has hitherto been ‘possible to
secure a special economy, owing to the fact that its officers and employees are not
scheduled as in the Executive Departments.

In thus presenting, in obedience to the request of the Senate, a schedule of a dura-
ble organization of the service, I wish to remark emphatically that there are pressing
needs in other directions—needs that merit the serious consideration of Congress, in
order that the National Museum may be enabled to maintain a satisfactory position
in comparison with those of European nations.

I have the honor to be, your most obedient servant,

S. P. Laneey, Secretary.
Hon. JoHn J. INGALLS,

President pro tempore of the Senate.

FIFTIETH CONGRESS, 1887-1889.

1241

Schedule of the classified service of the officers and employees of the United States National
Museum, arranged according to duty and salary, as required for the proper working of

the Museum.
Designation. pei a
Scientific staff.
Secretary Smithsonian Institution, director ex officio..........-...-..--.----------------- Bacttieeom wees
Assistant secretary Smithsonian Institution, in charge of National Museum.........---- $4, 000. 00
RETA NE CROCUTLV ES ONIGON jatass in oicee isinemSnyaeie aiaiam Sind laicje)8 LUI a Bakte Hoc aa ee eiaclsemter 3, 000. 00
PRE EV ENTE EEE NT SA TAAp eo AOO lo cciae atccree ater Snare cae -ininaw amine ais siae'a Sn seciciocted heeae Sane hee 12, 000. 00
TTP PA LOTS into OU leas cer Wace n ac acca ecee a Simcisatet/qelaainsl= aectem aq, sale isincis te ae aciails he | 10, 500. 00
Four assistant curators, at SGU area woe sas teas saaes ate ene as Sasso seg4 sae teas Jeheep 6, 400. 00
ROH MARSIN GIT CUEATOIS, Gingl AU's cnsiqekcrciste «estas oa cae sseeeis eine calc soteecmn eres scel aa] 5, 600. 00
MIG et aE COO cana c ee ones Ste caer soscac gece ade e tees se eh seueinaiuceccnisns secs eaeneces 4, 800. 00
IPE Abie GOO: ae cicls, « Siena osecloe.c.c5 asc casesesesinceseas Lic REE ope Ree wane SOBs peso see eee 6, 000. 00
Rrnuip sence pyiCOl Ura C has saaes anos ams noone eee eanase nc srems seaamaas sansa sae 4,000. 00
56, 300. 00
Clerical staff.
iE ener eae sete SEAR EELS Sahin onica ph ape ciissmockis soca ease seme = 2, 200. 00
Four chiefs of divisions: Correspondence; transportation, storage, and record; publica-
Hansanelabels: metalation, ab $2000 oo. c ke oie sean dsec ces ctenwcet= = nceeens adam's 8, 000. 00
PINCHED ETRIN Es CLOTHS ON: aera ia ote sina eseee ccc ccisiaie acs ecw le en fa el a my ie eo 1, 200. 00
inp Gens (itd BRC sabes ooccbs sence oe pene See Heb p BSE nonn HSS SS— Sas eno anes shennan aevsesecr 1, 800. 00
OR CEERONCISSA Sasa eames cals jac nee ne ad css aiainrn Sean alas Sate mew ae once hes aes Sele 3, 200. 00
TTS CAML ATO at CORE Ae aS Da ns ee Ce i ee es Re re ee eo ee ee 4, 200. 00
Pogiviy CSTELRE Gi (C)IEG hae ent EE ee ee ee eS Ae ae eee Se 4, 800. 00 ;
ISAT CyB) MASTS GILDA UR Bors cen dasbonco se COoH tio one Her Gbrs SE EpSEGn sero Nero Seeman aa Ee= 3, 600. 00
REE COD VINO Wat p70 ates alse ene eae Niele ie ote See nie tals wichinle wo omeeacisa= Seceeniencas 2, 880. 00
“SEE GUT MRL PAD cepa an 6 Ses eeebe Das SOe Oooo ReC ROR EeBeE AS eae DESC oSSenroeece esse aor ne se 3, 600. 00
SPRTEEICODVISiS Hl CACO a ats cae sonnet tae a oa nica no a eae aos se emieine anne =e emma 1, 440. 00
36, 920. 00
Preparators.
JU CED TEN Be se sobs bosene sec Gece b ness eee Sao Se Se SRE BR Specr SeSe tens cen Senae ne mohoee reas 2, 000. 00
| NETUS STD AG (ahi OLE Soe Speco Ne GES O SP EE aCnt Bes SechR AEE Doo SaR Per DARE E eo ACeeE SAEnre ae 1, 000. 00
2 OUI) hoon oo SuSE tbs OOS SES HBSS Se aos Seo Seas Se SES SSE Be ice ner -OnboNee Ten eCneOSarness oc rener 1, 320, 00
ENGH Tite 0 aT ae SS A SORE ie et Bc ee SESS E SCE MME Heer ate eos oe. nt en aaa ty 2,000, 00
ye a: (era TG FETS Tn ES ee SS SOS ae ae PEE Ae ey ne gee EE aE et Dee ee eee 1, 500. 00
MOU ENINISEN AUpl’ OOO 2.1 setae ow te stole cee eee ascents is © siaiamalela ot aleniate hae aie iste 2,000. 00
WO IOeLIMISLS, Ab SI 20s 20-2 ees ae cede as Soe ceeciceceeseeses ry S0 es) Ia SS NII SS eR 1, 440. 00
ROMCIIU IRN asec ar eae ne anima tases meee eee dees tate taal see Soe donde eae 2, 000. 00
SITET REICH GUC ener aa. tae ae arte sean | cco n cataracts ene A pttnmme at eae ee aoaiene Soe anwtecmlalmeicae 1, 200. 00
vive erie Dilys eyeing Oe ea ae ee ee eee Se POE AS JS SCRE ee eaase nS CRE ee 1, 200. 00
(Cee eared (renee a ee eee = OCP mer GEE DOANE Se SOGGeS> 149s 3o 2s Kau ape ser sae eae pe a5 shee 900. 00
Special service by contract........--.....--- Be) es oye Be ae ee 5, 500. 00
22, 060. 00
Buildings and labor.
One superintendent of buildings ....... wane eece en nee coc peceer nnn nenansseetnneecancesccnees 1, 620. 00
SIMO ASAISLan LSU peLINtenGents, ah O10 @.< ac nie enic 2 5\n\sinicjnnic in scemisinc sls wemieccce sees a aaslnnces 2,000. 00
Four watchmen, at $780....-....--.. See ee ee ae aa eee ee ee eee oes a oa ee SS 3, 120.00
Twenty-four watchmen and doorkeepers, at $600.......--.. 2-2-2202 2c e cece eee e ene ene eneee 14, 400. 00
RCo EC esis HOPCENS OLNEE SO serio tects oi src laine ce alee paisa = none emi pe eteteiietaim gra ale eo siete oie cote 5, 760. 00
PRNTeO ELON O DIMEN AIUIMASO se se ncaa eS neice 6 aot cto vuln. cups eae see seine sie wntlclsice cise lsiapieleitne von 1, 440. 00
IREMALLCROAMLS BTCC PHMCIS Cat O00 ls .c2cnene ns Soec ono as seas pede ssebeusscenceneeer casos 38, 600. 00
Special service of laborers and cleaners, to be paid by the hour ..............---.-------- 4, 800. 00
36, 740. 00

aThis officer receives pay also from the Smithsonian Institution for similar services.

1242 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

Schedule of the classified service of the officers and employees of the United States National
Museum, etc.—Continued.

Designation. one
Mechanics (repairing buildings, cases, and objects in the collections) .
Cabinetmaker; at:$3:50 per:day 2.25.52 25e3 25 eee Se ee ee ee ee a ae ee $1,095. 50
Two painters; at $2.50 per day sa... errs ts Se ne ee URE Be Ee ae abt OL LU eared 1, 565. 00
One tinner; at $2 per day 2.225924 L6 estan te ggee se tees Git ocd cmeet- = See oe 626. 00
One Stonecutter and mason; at:$2 per day acccceke. on cee ene eeeeeeRee ee soe Laas Ooo eee eee 626. 00
Six skilled laborers, at $2.50 per day- <2. <2. <-2 <2 beeen seen eee sieocecnme ee cease 4, 695. 00
Six skilled Jaborers, at $2) per Gay cc s:¢ cose se a ae ae ee loin ar a emt apoio teers ae 3, 756. 00
Special service by contract o.0.508e Sec oen een eee aene eee eeeeEwouce tue kweas teeee ete ~ 1,800.00

14, 163. 50

Enpraecer Ol Property - oc «ee en eae ee gece eee ae ee Eee ROP eee OR ee ee See eRe eee eae 2,000. 00
ONE COPYING. oo. = on - eater ee ectele ee eninnt lea see he ek hese Reece eee Eee ee een an etetee as ener 900. 00
(CIELO OA Bite Bee) SOR EE RO Re IC BOOS CON OS SOSH SOT GCAES Ss AAS GaSInTndc See Sconcateoseeasocice 720. 00
OTC CODY IS bn aoe ae arene a ea ee nee ees eee el teen ee ee 600. 00
ONEICOPYISbi sont cases teeswacce ae awe cee enspe cea cke ts ser see sen eee ete sok ote easae 480. 00
Six carpenters and cabinetmakers; ato dn. = 2-- -qms oa eam eic nee us demi ae eee ees 5, 634. 00
Three painters, Ab $2.5 2-25-55 oe oc snc sae ooe nine oe acer ene aetna eee or eee eee eee 1, 978.00
Two skilled laborers, at $2.50....-.- Cowes nee Cea see ioe temo Seinen ieee es eae ee eee 1, 565. 00
Tro skied IAbOLers, Alls s oscc- Hane ceases sce men tester ecimemceebeebone o see eneMmacer ance 1, 252. 00
Ti theseyilhsy ey eres tye oe Be Re a ee me Se pot oe ae ee oe Sa ee ASE Re ereeisss 1, 408. 50
RDECISL SENVICl OY CONMUAC Es aoa inm cee aietetel= eseleieae atete ee rele eee ee eee er are err 1, 800. 00

"18,337. 50
Heating, lighting, and electrical service. a

Toiebegh ils i enn nae aoa Hage eee ees ach eri the SSS soca eto sSs obese Ssoee de acsos 1, 400. 00
One/assistant engineer; « < .5 i5ss5<scen- Fsscc seca soneesceseens se sic cule clan cigs a= aoaeene eens 900. 00
Six firemen, at $600 .......- mace bso See Rae ae ini eee ese erere te Slee eee ere eee tere eee 3, 600. 00
Telephone clerk.......-----. Bee oS Rae eo Seto aoe eas ob Ue basso ae BARRA UAB Ce? 720. 00
6, 620. 00 i

Miscellaneous. eee
INOS OT Se BS Tee CREE ESSE DSC Ae SISOS EC ae DOM IO ES BOISSONS : 1, 200. 00
SOC TITATISINIGID Sor sie ches = 52 eh ae nw ete Sie Secs ene icles conte ae era entero 1, 200. 00
ciwordrattsmen, at S600 5 <2). amare cme nie sates Jeera ont oie aie me eo eee 1, 200. 00
Wwe messenpers: ab $600 <2 325-2 aos on cnet cetera tenes see aan eee eee ae eae a eee 1, 200. 00
AMO ATNIOSSON PER = oe oe arc icc oe ic cm ware eno else tata iat at i late cette et eee ee te ree tae eae 540. 00
IP We MIesSeNEETS, BU PsG0-- soe. - oe cw e eae eee ee ce eae ae ease ee ae eae 960. 00
Two messengers, at G860 2. < ..32 2 oo55-caassns cers ceiis ew eee ements des cmaigecsasemeteaeeh ase Bele 720.00
GREED SRL CRSEM CTS, UG ARNO ea ee ew ere 960. 00

7, 980, 00

Referred to Select Committee on Civil Service.
NATIONAL MUSEUM—LIVING ANIMALS.

January 8, 1889—House.
Report by Mr. S. J. Randall, of Committee on Appropriations.

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION,
UniTep Srates NatronaL Museum,

Washington, December 31, 1888.
Hon. SamMuEt J. RANDALL,

Chairman Committee on Appropriations,
House of Representatives.
Str: In accordance with your desire, expressed to Mr. Goode on Thursday last, I
take pleasure in sending you herewith a list of the living animals now in possession
of the National Museum.

FIFTIETH CONGRESS, 1887-1889. 1243

As I think has been explained to you, these animals have come into possession of
the Institution without effort, and we have not thought it desirable to refuse them
since they are in many ways serviceable to the interests of science and to the Museum.
We now have them and need for the maintenance of this collection during the com-
ing year the sum asked for in the estimate for appropriations.

I am, sir, your most obedient servant,
8. P. Lanatey, Secretary.

List oF SPECIMENS IN THE COLLECTION oF Livinc AntmaAts, U. S. Narronant Museum.
Whole number of objects received and cared for, 281.1

Nore.—The following list includes all the specimens now living in the collection,
and also a few deserving mention which have been lost by death. The specimens so
lost are indicated by an asterisk (*). Although these have disappeared from this
collection, their remains have gone into various other departmental collections,
and are now to be found elsewhere in the form of skins and skeletons, mounted or

otherwise.
MAMMALS.

AmeERICAN Bison, Bison americanus.—Two specimens, male and female. Captured
when wild, in western Nebraska, near Ogalalla. Received May 12, 1888. Breed-
ing. Will be bred experimentally with domestic cattle. Hon. E. G. Blackford,
New York City. i

ELK or Wapiti, Cervus canadensis.—Three specimens, adult female and two young
males. From Wyoming Territory. Received October 25, 1888 (deposit). Hon.
W. F. Cody (‘‘ Buffalo Bill’”’), North Platte, Nebr.

VircintA DEER, Cariacus virginianus.—Female. From Florida. Received April 12,
1888. Dr. P. Glennan, Washington, D. C.

VirGintA Deer, Cariacus virginianus.—Male. From Alabama. Capt. R. L. Hoxie,
U.S. A., Montgomery, Ala.

Vireinta Deer,* Cariacus virginianus.—Young male. From Helena, Mont. Col-
lected October 14, 1887. W. T. Hornaday, National Museum.

CoLuMBIAN BLACK-TAILED DEER, Cariacus columbianus.—Male. From Mount Tacoma,
Washington. Collected October, 1887. Very rarely seen in captivity. W. T.
Hornaday, National Museum. ;

Mute Derr, Cariacus macrotis.—Female. From Rocky Bar, Idaho. Collected in
November, 1887. W. T. Hornaday, National Museum.

Rocky Mountain SuHEeEp, or Bia Horn, Ovis montana.—Young female. Captured in
northwest Montana, by Indians, in 1888. A greatrarity. So far as can be ascer-
tained there is only one other specimen alive in captivity, and but orie other
has ever been seen alive east of the Mississippi River. Received November 17,
1888. Mr. Geo. Bird Grinnell, Editor Forest and Stream, New York.

Ancora Goats, Capra hircus angorensis.—Four specimens. The parent pair imported
from Angora, Asiatic Turkey. Received November 17, 1888. The Misses Grace
and Maud Parsons, Natural Bridge, Va.

Jaauar, Felis onca.—Male, ten years old. A magnificent specimen, of great size and
beauty. From Eagle Pass, Tex. Received (through the kindness of Mr. R.
E. Moffitt, deputy collector of customs) January 23, 1888. Mr. J. W. Riddle,
Eagle Pass, Tex.

PantuHeER, Felis concolor.—Male. Captured by Indians near Fort Keogh, Mont. Re-
ceived April 18, 1888. Capt. H. Romeyn, U.S. A., Fort Keogh, Mont.

SporreD Lynx,* Lynx maculatus.—Male and female. From Church Island, Great
Salt Lake, Utah. Received November, 1887. Dr. C. W. Higgins, Salt Lake
City.

1See at end, list of objects declined.

1244 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

Bapaers, Taxidea americana.—Two males. From northern Utah. Dr. C. W. Hig-
gins, Salt Lake City.

Buiack Bear, Ursus americanus.—From the Santee Swamp, South Carolina. Dr. G.
E. Manigault, Charleston, 8. C.

Brack Brars, Ursus americanus.—Male and female.* From southwestern Texas.
Received February 5, 1888. Mr. J. J. E. Lindberg, El Paso, Tex.

Brack Bears, Ursus americanus.—Two cubs. From West Virginia. Received July
10, 1888. Hon. J. 8. Miller, Commissioner of Internal Revenue.

Crynamon Berar, Ursus americanus cinnamonicus.—Young male from Helena, Mont.
Collected October 14, 1887. W.T. Hornaday, National Museum.

Sitver-Tip Grizzty Brar, Ursus horribilis. -Young male. Captured by Crow Indians
in southwestern Montana. Received June 4, 1888. Mr. R. T. Allen, Billings,
Mont.

Rep Fox, Vulpes fulvus fuluus.—From Utah. Received November, 1887. Dr. C. W.
Higgins, Salt Lake City.

Rep Fox, Vulpes fulvus fuluus.—From Montana. Received October, 1887. Mr. O. V.
Davis, Mandan, Dak.

Cross Fox, Vulpes fulves decussatus.—From the Yukon River, Alaska. Mr. John
Melville, Portland, Oregon.

Gray Fox,* Urocyon virginianus.—From Alexandria, Va. Received January 18, 1888,
Mr. Geo. E. Brown, Alexandria, Va.

Gray Fox,* Urocyon virginianus.—From Georgia. Received November, 1887. Mr.
J. Frank Ellis, U. 8. Fish Commission. '

Gray Wotr,* Canis lupus griseo-albus.—From Montana. Received August 3, 1888.
Mr. C. A. Dole, Glendive, Mont.

Coyorgr, oR PrairteE Wotr, Canis latrans.—From Nebraska. Received May 12, 1888,
Mr. F. D. Nowell, North Platte, Nebr.

Minx, Putorius vison.—From Maryland. Received August 4, 1888. Mr. Allie Lan-
gille, Knowles, Md.

Minx,* Putorius vison.—From Virginia. Received August 18, 1888. Mr. Edward
M. Dulin, Langley, Va.

Ferrets, Putorius furo.—(Two.) Bred in confinement. Received February 4, 1888.
Messrs. Louis Schmid & Son, Washington, D. C.

Grivet Monkey, Cercopithecus engythithea.—From Africa. Received February 8,
1888. Mr. L. Moxley, Washington, D. C.

Mexican Sprper Monkey, Ateles vellerosus.—From Honduras. Received July 12,
1888. Mr. C. H. Townsend, U. 8. Fish Commission.

Capucin Monkey, Abus hypoleucus.—From Panama. Received September 6, 1888.
Mrs. H. D. Cooke, jr., Georgetown, D. C.

Raccoons, Procyon lotor.—Five specimens, various localities. From J. F. Ellis, Mr.
Geo. Boulding, Miss Georgie Sutton, and Mr. L. J. Childs.

CacounstLE,* Bassaris astuta.—From Texas. Received September 7, 1888. Mr. D.
M. Hasbrouck, Brownwood, Texas.

Rep Bar, Atalapha cinerea.—From the District. Prof. Wm. H. Dall, Washington.

Woopcuucks, Arclomys monax.—Four specimens. From Mr. T. L. Ostrander, Wells,
N. Y., and William Gordon, Washington, D. C.

CuripmuNKs, Jamias striatus.—Two specimens. Received June 12, 1888, from Mr. A.
MeVeigh, Miller, Alderson, W. Va.

NorTHERN GRAY SQUIRRELS, Sciurus carolinensis.—Nine specimens. From Messrs.
Joseph Palmer, F. C. Ohm, Arthur Avery, and R. H.°G. Bouis.

Rep SqurRREL, Sciurus hudsonius.—(Escaped.) From Maryland. Received April 20.
Mr. Orlando G. Wales, Washington, D. C. :

NortTHERN Fox SquirreL, Sciurus niger ludovicianus.—From Ohio. Received May 11,
1888. Mr. H. E. Hinman, Cleveland, Ohio.

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FIFTIETH CONGRESS, 1887-1889. 1245

FIRE-BELLIED SQUIRREL, Sciurus hypopynhus.—From Central America. Mr. C. E.
Hunt, Washington, D. C.

Fiyine SQurIRRELs,* nine specimens.—From Maryland. Mr. John Sellner, Prince
George County, Md.

Musxrat, Fiber zibethicus.—From the Potomac River. December 22,1888. Mr. Henry
D. Stone, Bennings, D. C.

CanapDA Porcupine, Hrithrizon dorsatus.—Locality unknown. June 14, 1888. Messrs.
Pettit & Dripps, Washington, D. C.

CanapA Porcupine, Frithrizon dorsatus.—Locality unknown. October 17, 1888.
Messrs. Gerstenberg & Reuter, Washington, D. C.

Gray Rassits, Lepus sylvaticus.—Six specimens. Maryland and Virginia. Miss
Lizzie Rudd (2) and Mr. C. Edgar Uber (4). All these specimens were killed
by rats.

Tame Harss, Lepus vulgaris.—Domesticated, 6 specimens. Mr. Joseph Mace (2) and
Mr. W. F. Krieger, Wheeling, W. Va.

“PrarRIE Dogs,’’? Cynomys ludovicianus.—Seven specimens; 5 collected, and 2 pre-
sented by Mr. Lowell C. Williams, Washington, D. C.

““GuinEa Pias,’’ Cavia aperia.—Domesticated, 4 specimens. From Messrs. G. H. H.
Moore and W. F. Krieger.

Opossums, Didelphys virginiana.—Seven specimens. From Messrs. W. H. Babcock,
J. O. Boggs, W. J. Yaste, C. Hart Marriam, W. F. Krieger, W. T. Owsley, and
the U. 8. Fish Commission.

BIRDS.

GoLDEN Eacuiz, Aquila chrysxtos.—From Tennessee, January 1, 1888. President
Cleveland, Executive Mansion.

GOLDEN EacGue,* Aquila chrysxtos.—From Utah, Dr. C. W. Higgins, Salt Lake City.

Warre-Heravep Eacie,* Haliztus leuciciphalus.—From Virginia, Colonel Shott.

Wauirer-Hrapep Eacie.*—From King George County, Va., July 10, 1888, Mr. Thomas
H. Tolson, Shamrock, Va.

Wairre-Hreapep Eacite.—From Prince William County, Va., Décember 15, 1888.
John Huffman, Washington, D. C.

Turkey Vuutures, Cathartes awra.—Five specimens. From Maryland. Mr. G. L.
Machenheimer, Forest Glen, Md.

RovuGu-LecceD Hawk, Archibuteo sancti-johannis.—From Massachusetts. Mr. Vinal
Edwards, Woods Holl, Mass.

Sparrow Hawk, Falco sparverius.—Four specimens. From Dr. T. J. Reed, Great
Falls, Mont. (2), Miss Lizzie Kuehling and Mr. J. W. Reed, Washington.

Cooper’s Hawx,* Accipiter cooperiicITwo specimens. Messrs. William Palmer and
John Sellner.

Rep-taitED Hawk, Buteo borealis.—Two specimens. Messrs. R. A. Boswell and
G. L. Machenheimer.

Fish Hawx,* Pandion halixtus carolinensis—From the Potomac River. Mr. T. J.
Biggins, Washington, D. C.

ScrEeecH Ow1s, Meguscops asio.—Twelve specimens, 4 living. From Messrs. J. E.
Brown, C. Edgar Uber, August Gedz, Alfred Ray, E. B. Coues, J. C. Pilling,
and J. M. Simpson.

Great Hornep Ow1s, Bubo virginianus.—Three specimens. Dr. J. Schenck, Mount
Carmel, Ill. (2), and Judge H. C. Harmon, Mount Pleasant, D. C.

BarreED Ow 1s, Strix nebulosum.—Four specimens. Mr. G. A. Riker, Alexandria,
Va. (2), and Mrs. J. B. Eustis, Washington, D. C. (2).

Barn Ow1,* Strix flammea.—From the District. Mr. W. H. Stoutenburg, Washing-
ton Insane Asylum.

LONG-EARED OWL,* Asio wilsonianus,—Mr. W. 8. Anderson, Gaithersburg, Md.

1246 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

SHORT-EARED Ow1, Asio accipetrinus.—Mr. Samuel Shipley, Washington, D. C.

Warsiinc Grass Parrakeets, Melopsittacus undulatus.—Four specimens. From
Australia. Mr. Nelson R. Wood, Washington, D- C.

Rep anp Buivue Macaw, Aru culoroptera.—From Brazil. Mr. A. W. Cochran, Wash-
ington, D. C.

Macaw, Aru macar.—From Central America. Judge W. M. Merrick, Washington.

GaAMBEL’s QuAIL,* Callipepla gambeli.imFrom Arizona. Messrs. Louis Schmid & Son,
Washington. Killed by rats.

VirGIniA QuaiL,* Colinus virginianus.—Six specimens, from Virginia. Mr. James W.
Walker, Washington.

Rurrep Grovuse,* Bonasa umbellus.—From Virginia. Mr. C. Edgar Uber, University
of Virginia.

Horne Picrons, Columba.—Two specimens. Bred in confinement. Mr. Nelson R.
Wood, Washington.

BLACK-AND-BLUE SWALLOW Piarons.—Two specimens. Bred in confinement. Mr.
W. C. Weeden, Washington.

DrumMeErR PicEons.—Two specimens. Bred in confinement. Mr. W. C. Weeden.

Buiack FANTAIL P1gEons.—Two specimens. Bred in confinement. Mr.W.C.Weeden.

BLUE-AND-RED SwWALLOow PicEons.—Two specimens. Bred in confinement. Mr. W.C.
Weeden.

Peacocks, Pavo cristatus.—Two specimens. Mr. W. F. Krieger, Wheeling, W. Va.

GREAT BuiuE Herons,* Ardea herodias.—Two specimens, from Havre de Grace, Md.
U. 8. Fish Commission.

YELLOW-CROWNED Niagut Heron, Nycticorax.—From the Bahama Islands. Mr. Allan
H. Jennings, Baltimore, Md.

Loons,* Colymbus torquatus.—Two specimens. From Messrs. Charles B. Grant and
Andrew Minick.

Winaeon,* Marica americana.—From the Potomac River. Mr. J. Bolden, Washing-
ton.

Rep CrossBiLis,* Loxvia curvirostra.—Four specimens. From the Smithsonian
Grounds, Dr. A. K. Fisher and Mr. Henry Horan.

RoseE- BREASTED GROSBEAK,* Zamelodia ludoviciana.—Mr. J. L. Davison, Lockport, N.Y.

Crow, Corvus americanus.—Mr. Joseph Palmer, Washington.

Woopcock,* Philohela minor.—From Maryland. Mr. W. F. Johnson, Bladens-
burg, Md.

REPTILES.

ELEPHANT TortoisEs, Testudo elephantopus.—Twelve specimens. From the Galapagos
Islands, Pacific Ocean. Collected by the U.S, Fish Commission steamer Albatross
in January, 1888. U.S8. Fish Commission.

SrrrateD TurTLEs, Chelopus insculptus.—Three specimens. From Connecticut. Yale
College Museum, through Dr. G. Baur.

Sort-SHELLED TURTLE, Amyda nautica.—Three specimens. From Marietta, Ohio.
Dr. G. Baur, Yale College Museum.

PatnteD TuRTLE, Chrysemys picta.k—Four specimens. New Haven, Conn. Dr. G.
Baur, Yale College.

TERRAPINS, Chrysemys marginta.—Six specimens. Ohio River. U. 8. Fish Commis-
sion.

Snapping TurtTie,* Chelydra serpentina.—From Connecticut. Dr. G. Baur, Yale
College Museum.

Box TortotsE, Cistudo carolina.—Eight specimens. Dr. A. McVeigh Miller and
others.

Box Torrorse, Cistudo carolina triunguis.—From Arkansas. Mr. R, T, Hill, Univer-
sity of Arkansas.

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Auuicators, Alligator mississippiensis.—Nine specimens. Messrs. Louis Schmid, A. Z.
Schindler, Mrs. J. W. Hall, J. Frank Ellis, and others. 4

Gray Monitors, Varanus griseus.—Two specimens. From Egypt. Dr. W. A. Conk-
lin, Central Park Menagerie, New York.

Banpep RarrLesnake, Crotalus leonidas.—Three specimens. Dr. H.C. Yarrow, U.S.
Army.

Hornep RatrLEsNAKE, Crotalus cerestes.—Three specimens. From Arizona. Dr. J. L.
Westman, Army Medical Museum.

KEELED GREEN SNAKE, Cyclophis xstivus.—From Arlington, Va. Mr. William Palmer,
Washington.

Biowrne Vrrer, Heterodon platyrhinus.—Two specimens. Mr. A. McV. Miller, Alder-

son, W. Va.
Buack Snake, Bascanion constrictor.—From Arlington, Va. Mr. Joseph Palmer,
Washington.
Warer Moccasin, Tropidonotus sipidon.—Five specimens. Mr. W. C. Weeden.
Scaruer Kine SNAKE, Ophibolus doliatus.—Mr. W. C. Weeden.

OBJECTS DECLINED.

The following objects were offered to the Museum, on deposit or otherwise, and
declined on account of lack of accommodations and food supply:

Offered by Dr. W. A. Conklin, New York City, on deposit: One camel, one aoudad,
one lioness, one ibex, one ostrich, one black leopard.

Offered by Hon. W. F. Cody (‘‘ Buffalo Bill’’?) on deposit: A herd of eighteen
American bison, the third largest herd existing in captivity.

Offered by various persons on various conditions:

Two manatee, from Florida.

Three moose, from Canada, Maine, and Minnesota.

One caribou, from Maine.

Three prong-horned antelope, from Dakota.

NATIONAL MUSEUM—ESTIMATES.

December 5, 1887—House.
Estimates for 1889.

For expense of heating, lighting, and electrical and telephonic service
for the National Museum, $12,000.

For the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the collections
from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Government and
from other sources, including salaries or compensation of all necessary
employees, $150,000.

For cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliances required for the exhi-
bition and safe-keeping of the collections of the National Museum,
including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, $40,000.

June 23, 1888—House.
Supplemental deficiency estimates for 1888, etc.

Preservation of collections: To pay the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company the amount of unpaid bills for transportation of property
of the National Museum during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1886,
$16.42.

1248 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

To pay the Union Pacific Railroad Company the amount of unpaid
bills for transportation of property of the National Museum during
the fiscal year ended June 30, 1886, $10.78.

December 3, 1888—House
Estimates for 1890.

For the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the collections
from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Government
and from other sources, including salaries or compensation of all
necessary employees, $160,000. ,

For expense of heating, lighting, and electrical and_ telephonic
service for the National Museum, $12,000.

For cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliances required for the exhi-
bition and safe-keeping of the collections of the National Museum,
including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, $35,000.

For the custody, care, and exhibition of the collection of living
animals, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees,
$5,000.

For printing labels and blanks, and for the bulletins and annual
volumes of the proceedings of the National Museum, $15,000.

December 11,1888—House.

Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, November 17, 1888.
Str: I have the honor to transmit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, a
supplemental estimate submitted by the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution for
an appropriation of $1,000 for postage stamps and foreign postal cards for the United
States National Museum for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1890.
Respectfully, yours,
C. S. Farrcuixp, Secretary.
The SreaKER, House of Representatives.

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION,
OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY,
IN CHARGE OF UnITED Statres NATionAL Musrum,
Washington, November 17, 1888.

Srr: I have the honor to submit the inclosed estimate of $1,000 for postage for the

United States National Museum, which was omitted in the schedule forwarded to
you on the 1st of October. j

This amount has been annually appropriated by Congress, but included in the

estimates submitted by the Secretary of the Interior. As the disbursements of the

National Museum are by law now placed in charge of the Smithsonian Institution,

it becomes necessary to submit this estimate.

I am, sir, yours, very respectfully, -

8. P. LANGLEy,

Secretary Smithsonian Institution.
The SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.

For postage stamps and foreign postal cards for the United States National Museum,
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1890, $1,000.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations,

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FIFTiETH CONGRESS, 1887-1889. 1249

NATIONAL MUSEUM APPROPRIATIONS.

June 16, 1888—House.
February 29, 1888.

Sir: I have the honor to make the following requests in regard to .
the assignment of the appropriations for the maintenance of the United
States National Museum for the coming fiscal year:

(1) That the items for ‘‘ preservation of collections,” ‘‘ heating and
lighting,” ‘‘ furniture and fixtures,” be transferred from their present
position in the schedule of ‘*‘ Estimates of Appropriations, 1888-1889 ”
(p. 237), under the Department of the Interior, to a place under the
general head of ‘‘ Under the Smithsonian Institution,” and along with
and in proximity to the other items to be expended under the direction
of the Smithsonian Institution or its Secretary.

(2) That each of these items be placed directly under the subhead
“‘ Under the direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
as director of the National Museum.”

(3) That a special item be inserted under the caption ‘*‘ Public print-
ing and binding,” providing the sum of $10,000 for printing labels
and blanks for the use of the National Museum and for the ‘*‘ Bulletins”
and annual volumes of the ‘‘ Proceedings” of the Museum.

In explanation of these requests, I submit the following statements:

The act of Congress establishing the Smithsonian Institution,
approved August 10, 1846 (Revised Statutes, Title LX XIII, sections
5579, 5594), provided that all objects of art and of foreign and curious
research, and all objects of natural history, plants, and geological and
mineralogical specimens belonging or hereafter to belong to the United
States, which may be in the city of Washington, shall be delivered to
the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, and, together with new
specimens obtained by exchange, donation, or otherwise, shall be so
arranged and classified as best to facilitate their examination and study.

The National Museum, as it is now called, was thus placed under the
sole control and direction of the Smithsonian Institution, and has ever
since remained under its control; Congress having since 1858 made
annual appropriations for its maintenance. Until 1880, however, the
sums thus appropriated were inadequate, and the yearly deficiencies
were paid from the income of the Institution.

In accordance with a practice of nearly thirty years, the estimates
for the annual appropriations have been each year, at the request of
the Secretary of this Institution, forwarded by the Secretary of the
Interior to the Secretary of the Treasury for transmission to Congress,
and the disbursement of the appropriation has been made by the dis-

-bursing agent of the Interior Department.

This arrangement is somewhat inconvenient and cumbersome, and
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1250 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

at the last meeting of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Insti-
tution the following resolution was adopted:

Resolved, That the Regents recommend to Congress that the form of the sundry
civil appropriation bill be so changed in the terms relating to the Museum and the
Bureau of Ethnology as to provide—

(1) That these moneys shall be disbursed under the direction of the Smithsonian
Institution.

(2) That ‘the estimates for the appropriations of the Museum in future shall be
sent direct to the Secretary of the Treasury by the Smithsonian Institution through
its Secretary. .

In obedience to the wishes of the Board of Regents thus expressed,
the matter was brought to the attention of the Secretary of the Interior,
in a recent interview, by Chief Justice Waite (the Chancellor of the
Smithsonian Institution) and myself. As a result of this meeting a
letter has been received from the Secretary of the Interior, in which
he expresses the opinion that changes may be made with great pro-
priety both in the manner of voting the appropriation and in the
method of its disbursement. A copy of this letter is herewith inclosed,
together with a copy of a second letter received in response to an
inquiry as to the manner in which this change may best be effected.

In further explanation of the third request, I wish to say that this
does not involve a new appropriation, since the estimate for this
amount is included, as I understand it, in the sum of $375,525, esti-
mated by the Secretary of the Treasury for the printing of the Interior
Department and its bureaus. (See page 129 of the ‘Estimates ot Appro-
priations, 1888-89.”) I may say in further explanation of this item
that an appropriation has thus been made for the printing of the
National Museum for at least twelve years past, and I am informed
that the amount allotted during recent years has usually been $10,000.

I believe these changes will be in the interest of the public service,
and respectfully ask that they be made.

I am, sir, your obedient servant,
S. P. Lanery, Secretary.

Hon. Samurt J. RANDALL,

Chairman of Committee on Appropriations,
House of Representatives.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Washington, February 14, 1888.
Srr: I have considered the topic of the conference which I had the
honor to have yesterday with the Chancellor of the Smithsonian Insti-
tution and yourself, being the relation of the Interior Department to
the expenditure of the appropriation for the increase and care of the
National Museum, which is a part of the Smithsonian Institution, and

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FIFTIETH CONGRESS, 1887-1889. 1251

whether there be objection to the recommendation of an independency
in the disbursement of the funds provided for its support as well as in
its management.

The first collection of scientific curiosities which appears to have
been a special object of care on the part of Congress was that made by
the Wilkes Exploring Expedition, provided for by the act of May 14,
1836 (Stat., V, 29). This collection was first placed in the care of the
National Institution for the Promotion of Science, and afterwards was
transferred to the hall in the second story of the Patent Office. In
1846, when the act for the establishment of the Smithsonian Institution
was passed, it was provided that, ‘‘as suitable arrangements could be
made for their reception, all objects of art and of foreign and curious
research, and all objects of natural history, plants, geological and
mineralogical specimens, belonging or hereafter to belong to the United
States, which may be in thecity of Washington, in whosesoever custody
the same may be, shall be delivered to such persons as may be author-
ized by the Board of Regents to receive them, and shall be arranged
in such order and so classed as best to facilitate the examination and
study of them in the building so as aforesaid to be erected for the
Institution.” Provision having been made in the act for a suitable
building, etc., it was provided by Congress that the Smithsonian
Institution might be constructed adjacent to the Patent Office build-
ing, but the project was not accepted, and an independent building,
where now located, was arranged, this being completed in the year
1853.

It is said that on Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of
Patents were desirous of removing the collections of the Exploring
Expedition and National Institution out of the Patent Office building,
and requested the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to receive
them. This appears to have been acceded to by the Regents on the
condition imposed that the Secretary of the Interior should provide
for the payment of the OES: of the keeping and care of the col-
lections.

An appropriation of $15,000 was made by Congress in the act of
March 3, 1857, for_the construction of cases and of $2,000 for the
removal of the articles. It was then held by the Attorney-General,
in response to a request of the Secretary of the Interior for his opinion,
that the provision in the eighth section of the act of the 4th of August,
1854 (Stat., X, 572), placing the collections under the control of the
Commissioner of Patents and authorizing the employment by him of
keepers therefor, was designed to be temporary only, and that the act
establishing the Smithsonian Institution, as well as that making the
appropriation in 1857, were to be regarded as indicating the purpose
of Congress respecting permanent provision for these collections.

1252 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

In 1858, by the act of the 2d of June (Stat., XI, 301), an appropria-
tion of $4,000 ‘*for the preservation of the collection of the exploring
and surveying expeditions of the Government” was made as a contin-
gent expense in the office of the Secretary of the Interior. This
appears to have been the product of the condition acceded to by the
Secretary of the Interior upon the occasion of the removal of the col-
lections from the Patent Office to the Smithsonian; and, pursuing the
same practice, in October, 1858, Professor Henry, your illustrious pred-
ecessor, requested of the Secretary of the Interior the renewal of the
same appropriation. Since that time this course appears to have been
pursued, without any other reason for its support than this summary
narration indicates.

By the seventh section of the act for the establishment of the Smith-
sonian Institution (Stat., LX, 105) the Secretary is directed to discharge
the duties of ‘* keeper of the Museum,” and authorized, with the con-
sent of the board, to employ assistants. No power of appointment of
any of the officers who expend the money provided by these annual
appropriations is supposed to exist, or, since the transfer to the Smith-
sonian, has ever been exercised by any officer of this Department.

The manner of the appropriation has operated to impose upon the
disbursing officer of this Department the duties of an auditor and a
treasurer for this fund, as an officer for whom the Secretary is respon-
sible; but no authority over the expenditures appears to rest with the
Secretary of the Interior, or at least ever to have been exercised,
so that any scrutiny supposable has been that only of an auditor.
Practically, the disbursement of this appropriation has been made by
the officers of the Smithsonian Institution, subject to two audits—one
by this Department and the other by the Treasury—while the disburs-
ing officer of the Interior Department acts as the disbursing officer for
the Smithsonian, and a clerk has been assigned, as I am informed, by
the Smithsonian to duty in the Interior Department to assist the dis-
bursing officer.

Obviously there is nothing in the relations between the Smithsonian
and the Interior Department to require the continuance of this state
of things. The National Museum enjoys now an annual appropriation
of a large amount in the various items, not usually less than $150,000.
In the last act the appropriation was of $12,000 for heating, lighting,
electrical, and telephonic service; of $116,000 for the preservation,
exhibition, and increase of the collections, and of $40,000 for cases,
furniture, fixtures, and appliances, both of the latter items embracing
salaries. These items indicate not only the considerable proportions
which the Museum has attained, but that their disbursement should be
in the hands of those who have the government of the Museum and a
direct responsibility exacted.

FIFTIETH CONGRESS, 1887-1889. 1253

So far, then, from there appearing to be objection, the facts suggest
to my mind the wisdom and desirability of providing for the National
Museum directly, and imposing responsibility for the disbursement of
the appropriation immediately upon the officers of that Institution,
and with accountability to the Treasury, as in other cases.

The act of July 7, 1884 (23 Stats., 214), was a step in the direction
of this independency of requiring the Director of the National Museum
to report annually to Congress*the progress of the Museum during
the year and its present condition.

The papers you kindly loaned me are herewith returned.

I have the honor to be, very respectfully,
Wo. F. Vinas, Secretary.

Prof. S$. P. LANGLEY,

Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Washington, February 20, 1888.

Str: Replying to your favor of the 16th instant, I beg to say that it
seems to me that so long as Congress has made the appropriation for
the current year ‘‘under the Interior Department” in terms, it is
necessary that it should be expended according to the practice hitherto
prevailing; and that, if the same terms of appropriation should be
continued, it would be with the expectation that the fixed practice of
disbursement would continue also. It is therefore probably necessary
that the language of the appropriation should be changed in order to
effect the object desired. It may be presumed the accounting officers
of the Treasury would require it.

The same observations may be applied to the appropriation for
printing. I think it desirable that that should be separately made, so
that the Smithsonian Institution should be independent, in its use of
the provisions made by Congress, of this Department, and this Depart-
ment freed of care in respect to it.

Yours, respectfully,
Wm. F. Vinas, Secretary.
Prof. 8. P. LanaLey,

Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.

Wasuineton, May 31, 1888.
Str: I have just received your message by telephone, requesting a
copy of the last printed report of the expenditures of the National
Museum.
The latest printed report of the duehiben ia Institution covers the
first six months of the year 1885.

1254 ‘CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

The only reference to the accounts of the National Museum is in the
report of the executive committee of the Board of Regents, pp. xvii-
XViil.

I send herewith a copy of the report.

It was not the practice of the late Secretary of the Smithsonian Insti-
tution, nor of his predecessor, Professor Henry, to discuss in their
reports to the Board of Regents the details of the manner of expendi-
ture of the Museum appropriations. The accounts, however, were
always submitted to the executive committee at its quarterly sessions.

I take it for granted that you wish to know more of the expendi-
ture than is given in the Smithsonian report.

I have therefore prepared a series of tables, which are sent here-
with inclosed, concerning which I should like to offer certain expla-
nations. .

The tables are the following:

A.—A general statement of the disposition of the ‘‘ preservation of collections”’
appropriation for the last fiscal year, 1886-87. :

B.—A more detailed statement of the disbursements from the same appropriation
for the first nine months of the present year, 1887-88.

C.—An analysis of the expenditures of the appropriation for ‘‘ furniture and fix-
tures’’ for the present year, 1887-88.

D.—An analysis of the expenditures from the appropriation for ‘‘ heating, light-
ing, and electrical service.”’

E.—An approximate statement of the composition of the pay roll of the ‘‘ preser-
vation of collections’’ appropriation (based on the roll for December, 1887).

These statements have been prepared in haste, and since the receipt
of your message.

If you desire information more in detail, I am prepared to respond,
in person or by letter, at any moment, Professor Langley, who is some-
what indisposed, having requested me to speak for him in regard to
these matters.

Yours, very respectfully,
G. Brown Goong,
Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution,
in charge of the National Museum.

Hon. Samuet J. RANDALL,

Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations.

Statement A.—Exzpenditures of the appropriation for the preservation of collections,

1886-87. .
otalappropriahlOw ss). <= Le scene e ae Sele ae ee ee eee $106, 500. 00
Salary etd services jo 2: ...-.-- cles beee no -eee ee ame $90, 905. 58
BRMONEEY 6. Sood acne: i Loe Ree oe re 1, 141. 74
Generalisupplies) etcins* 2222225532 ee 3, 602. 07
Preip hits Sse ooo bs Ue eee 1, 434. 19
Specimens, traveling expenses, and books ..---...--------- 9, 309. 41

: 106, 392. 99
Balinese rac. xc escarole ee ee apres: 8 Seni Nagi hs. 107. 01

ae, BY be Do

FIFTIETH CONGRESS, 1887-1889. 1255

Statement B.—VFiscal year 1887-88 ( first three quarters), July 1, 1887, to March 31, 1888

. . Total paid | a Liabili-
First quar-| Second Third out July 1| ties to

ter. quarter. quarter. | > Mar.31.| Mar. 31.

Preservation of collections:
DHIAPICKor toe tatccneeeeesisccs<s= Serer $23, 491. 82 | $24, 604.39 | $24,353.02 | $72, 449. 23 $100.00
General supplies, such as chemicals

and preservatives, alcohol, ice, ap-

paratus, brushes, telegrams, etc... .-- 142.39 925. 41 1, 034. 80 2, 102. 60 672.17
SUT A ado ee isc e ace Baan / 65. 70 66. 16 72. 84 204. 70 b975.19
Freigh and cartage.....-....--------- 184. 65 397.20 1, 059. 99 1, 641. 84 c 450. 00
Traveling, eXpenses .....-.....---.---- 168. 55 579. 30 221.27 a bd ee
EUR ee eae tees toes c facie cele Moetioees 116. 59 175. 60 154. 85 AAT QA ED ocecuience
SPURTE, Ae Se ns ae "96.50 316.20} 1,026.24] 1,438.94] 2,000.00
MHC INANE se eens see Seat ee ee nch toes lakes. s a rcbsdltshs ce siscace|'as secs wcteatelwodeceeanwse 1,740.00

24,266.20 | 27,064.26 | 27,923.01 | 79, 263.47 6, 187.36

aNot paid until after close of quarter.
b Including $907.96 paid in April to the Interior Department.

c Estimated.
Tauvioinpnrsements ang’ lighilities to: March Sle o. 2-22. .o52 2c ce nec caccssnccceeesccacceaccs $85, 389. 83
HalnnCe AUAADIC TOL LOUTUM QUALLOD ae me cdcce ccteeite cocci cincenecckiclscteismesisicceceesactcn's 30, 610, 27

EXPLANATION OF STATEMENT B.

The sum reserved for expenditure in the fourth quarter is considerably the largest.
This is intentional. It is our practice, in order to avoid the possibility of a deficit,
to defer, so far as may be practicable, the purchase of general supplies, stationery,
books, and specimens to the last quarter.

This gives us a reserve fund for contingencies and enables us to enter upon the
next fiscal year with a considerable amount of stock in our storerooms.

The table shows amounts disbursed up to March 31. I have given also a statement
of liabilities incurred prior to March 31, a considerable proportion of which have
since been paid.

SraTeMeNT C.—Expenditures on account of furniture and fixtures appropriation, July -
1, 1887, to March 31, 1888.

PEMD LOMEIGMOR: LOGT=OO 25k a din cts s- oe em ctemeidiace cues awed maces $40, 000. 00
Salary and services (engineer of property and clerical assist-

SUL a aN Sa REE ass eg arm NNR FEEL SSE Dec Sit a $2, 670. 00
Wages of carpenters, painters, and other mechanics, including

MER OMA MEOLERS suet osu saa sae ds ocoatepeeswer aeceeece. 12, 669. 12

‘Total nalaries and: Wages +055. 5.5). -Gebcec-chene es. ss 15, 339, 12
Exhibition cases, unit drawers and trays for same, furniture,
exhibition screens, pedestals, bases, designs and drawings,
lumber, plate glass, locks, interior fittings and fixtures, and
general hardware, glass jars, bottles, apparatus for labora-
tories, ete
31, 781. 74

Bani CGaee eee eee ees tes. se ee ee ee 8, 218, 26

1256 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

EXPLANATION OF STATEMENT C.

About one-half of the appropriation for ‘‘furniture and fixtures” goes to pay the
wages of ‘‘necessary employees,’’ as provided for in the appropriation bill.

Necessary employees are the mechanics employed in the construction of cases and
other fixtures, also the clerks and storekeepers who care for the furniture already on
hand and keep the records of stock.

Many kinds of cases, especially when only two or three of a pattern are required,
can be made more economically in the Museum workshops.

All articles not made by our workmen, as well as all materials and other supplies,
are bought, in accordance with the custom of the Executive Departments, after
advertising and the examination of competitive bids.

SraTEMENT D.—Expenditures on account of heating and lighting, July 1, 1887, to March

31, 1888.
AM PTORTIShON . .. 20.52 oS SaS es AN Ree a ee eee ee eee $12, 000. 00
EXPENDITURES.

Pugineer ahd AleMen 5. s.255-.5cecses a= ein peat eee eee $3, 618. 36
Telephone and telegraph’clorks .-2.:.'--- 5 o..c--se ees eee se 855. 00
| DUT) gies) a Ree ing ORS Cee eS NENT hen Seth Ve Sok Sys Tha 2, 804. 18
1S Sets telepMOnes 8. 240 8 sean kes See eee mee 720. 00
LE CTSI EE, sf Bett aan CHIE SRI LES SARA) ULL 2 SIM ee 39! 2 588. 06
GV Ga: C2 el ae a a RD A er Pea ERR Sy eit ce DNS 90. 00
Supplies, keeping apparatus in repair --...------------------ 300. 55

8, 976. 15

Balances.2es ead! Oui tetges Ale ee Gea ee ee 3, 023, 85

EXPLANATION OF STATEMENT D.

Three-quarters of the appropriation were expended during the first nine months
of the year. The available balance is barely sufficient for needful repairs of steam-
heating apparatus and electrical appliances up to July 1.

STaTEMENT E.—Analysis of the annual expenditures for salaries from the ‘‘ preserii: i
collections appropriation.”’

[Based upon the pay roll for December, 1887.]

Curators and ‘their assistants (21 persons)... 222/522... 22.0222822.2 $30, 000
Clerks and ‘copyisis (31 persons) 22232.0 702. 282326245222 eee 24, 000
Taxidermists, modelers, and preparators (14 persons)....--------------- 16, 000
Watchmen and doorkeepers (18 persons) .....-.-...------------------- 13, 000
Messengers, cleaners, laborers (39 persons) ...--.----------------------- 18, 000
Temporary, tieltree a... 5. -- nec ce coast eee eee ae eee 3, 000

A Woy y ek, SS a ee aera se Mn We eS RH Se 104, 000

EXPLANATION OF STATEMENT E.,

For the present month (April, 1888) there are upon the ‘‘preservation of collec-
tions’’ pay roll 117 names.

The totalamount-of salaries i8-1v. stijs- Ss ete see seee ee ee eee eee eee $8, 022. 40
The highest salary ia/(per month ). ...5255.6 eens soases senha Saeeeee 300. 00
The'nexthighest salaries (4 persons):....5< 2.20 nceseances oes aaemeereeee 175.00
hie lowers eats: oes a a le ten oo a eRe. ee 20. 00

The Monihiy average oo o. -. ics oo. oe wes ote See eee eee 68. 56

FIFTIETH CONGRESS, 1887-1889. 125%

We also carry this month upon the ‘‘furniture and fixture’’ pay roll 28 persons
(storekeepers, mechanics, and accountants) with salaries aggregating $1,506.67.

(EINES SP OF 080. a ee a ne a a ee $150. 00
0s TREE RENT DiSies Sa a eee eee | eps eae a ee 30. 00
0 SRD A Gsy 50 DTi 7 ge hrc Ae ee aa 53. 80

We also carry this month upon the ‘‘heating and lighting’’ pay roll 9 persons
(engineers, firemen, laborers, telephone clerk), with salaries aggregating $530.

SUES ECD S95 lets SIR cy le Cae En $120. 00
WEE GALE Se es AE ee ae ar 40. 00
1) ENO) ele eae eg A ee ee 58. 88

A considerable number of curators whose names appear on the list of museum
officers receive no pay or remuneration whatever. These are rated as ‘‘ honorary
curators.”’

The total number of paid employees in April, 1888, is 154, with average compen-
sation of $65.31.

July 5, 1888—Senate.

Mr. J. F. Wison, of Iowa, proposed an amendment to the sundry

civil bill (H. 10540) for 1889:

For the purchase of Etruscan, Roman, and Grecian antiquities for the National
Museum, the sum of $5,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
July 28, 1888—Senate.

The sundry civil bill for 1889 being considered, the next amendment
of the Committee on Appropriations was, on line 1, page 69, to strike
out:

Under the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution as Director of the National
Museum.

Agreed to.
The next amendment was, on page 69, line 3, before the word ‘*‘ heat-
ing”, to insert ‘‘ National Museum”, so as to read:

National Museum, heating and lighting: For expense of heating, lighting, and
electrical and telephonic service for the National Museum, $12,000.

Agreed to.

The next amendment was, on page 69, line 10, after the word
‘‘employees”, to strike out ‘‘and for the care and custody of the
so-called Armory Building”; and in line 12, before the word ‘‘thou-
sand”, to strike out ‘‘ twenty ” and insert ‘* twenty-five”, so as to make
the clause read:

Preservation of collections of the National Museum: For the preservation, exhibi-
tion, and increase of the collections from the surveying and exploring expeditions of
the Government and from other sources, including salaries or compensation of all
necessary employees, $125,000.

Agreed to.
October 2, 1888.
Sundry civil act for 1889.
For expense of heating, lighting, and electrical and telephonic serv-
ice for the National Museum, $12,000.

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For the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the collections
from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Government,
and from other sources, including salaries or compensation of all
necessary employees, $125,000.

For cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliances required for the exhi-
bition and safe-keeping of the collections of the National Museum,
including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, $40,000.

(Stat., XXV, 529.)

For the Nano Museum, for pune labels and blanks, and for
the ‘‘ Bulletins” and annual volumes of the ‘‘ Proceedings” of the
Museum, $10,000.

(Stat., XXV, 548.)

October 19, 1888.
Deficiency act for 1888, etc.

For preservation of collections, National Museum, 1885 and prior
years, to pay the claim number ed 52182, in Executive Document
No. 3877, $60.

(Stat. XX'V, 597.)

February 19, 1889—House.

The sundry civil bill for 1889 being considered, the next amendment
was on page 41, line 2, before the word ‘‘thousand,” to strike out
‘‘thirty-five” and insert ‘‘ forty-five,” so as to make the clause read:

Preservation of collections of the National Museum: For the preservation. exhibi-
tion, and increase of the collection from the surveying and exploring expeditions of
the Government, and from other sources, including salaries or compensation of all
necessary employees, $145,000,

Agreed to.

The next amendment was on page 41, after line 7, to insert:

Postage: For postage-stamps and foreign postal-cards for the National Museum,
$1,000.

Agreed to.

March 2, 1889. .
Deficiency act for 1889, ete.

For expenses of heating the United States National Museum for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1889, $1,000.

(Stat., XXV, 909.)

March 2, 1889.
Sundry civil act for 1890.

For expense of heating, lighting, and electrical and telephonic sery-
ice for the National Museum, $12,000.

For the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the collections from
the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Government, and
from other sources, including salaries or compensation of all necessary
employees, $140, 000.

(Stat., XXV, 952.)

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For cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliances required for the exhi-
bition and safe-keeping of the collections of the National Museum,
including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, $30,000.

For postage-stamps and foreign postal-cards for the National
Museum, $1,000.

(Stat., XXV, 953.)

For printing labels and blanks for the use of the National Museum
and for the ‘‘ Bulletins” and annual volumes of the ‘‘ Proceedings” of
- the Museum, $10,000.

(Stat., XXV, 979.)

MILITARY AND NAVAL MUSEUM.

July 24, 1888—House.

Mr. R. W. TownsuHEnp offered a resolution:

That the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy be directed to inform
the House of Representatives what collections suitable to be embodied in a national
military and nayal museum are now in existence in their respective Departments,
and what materials for such collections can be found in any of the arsenals, posts,
navy-yards, and stations, and what further steps should be taken in order that an
effective permanent exhibition may be made in this city illustrative of the history
of military and nayal invention, organization, construction, and equipment in the
United States, and of the principal battles in which United States troops have been
engaged; and they are respectively authorized in their discretion to detail one or
_more officers to aid in the preparation of the reports called for in this resolution,
which reports shall contain any suggestions they may desire to make in regard to the
establishment of a national military and naval museum in the city of Washington
of a scope and character similar to the museums now in existence in the principal
cities of Europe.

Referred to Committee on Military Affairs.

July 31, 1888—House.
Passed.
December 7, 1888—House.

Report received from W. C. Whitney, Secretary of the Navy, dated
December 3, 1888, with statement by chiefs of Bureau of ‘Yards and
Docks, Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting, Bureau of Navigation,
Bureau of Ordnance, Bureau of Construction and Repair, Bureau of
Steam Engineering, Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, Bureau of
Medicine and Surgery, commandants of all the navy-yards, Superin-
tendent of Naval Academy, etc., giving a detailed list of flags, portraits,
uniforms, ammunition, weapons, models, books, etc., in possesssion
of the Government suitable for a national military and naval museum.

(Printed in Fiftieth Congress, second session, House Ex. Doc. No.
11, 24 pp.)

December 10, 1888—House.

Report from the Secretary of War, with statements from heads of
all bureaus, etc.,as to relics, models, guns, ammunition, uniforms, ete.

(Fiftieth Congress, second session, House Ex. Doc. No. 21, 32 pp.)

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December 18, 1888—House.
_ Report from Secretary of War, with additional statement.
(Fiftieth Congress, second session, House Ex. Doe. 38, 4 pp.)
January 14, 1889—House.
Mr. R. W. TownsHEND introduced a bill (H. 12111):

That there shall be established in the city of Washington a national military and
naval museum, in which shall be preserved and exhibited such objects of a military
and naval character, which are now or may be hereafter in possession of the Goyern-
ment of the United States, as may be designated by the board of directors hereinafter
mentioned, including objects which may be acquired by gifts or purchase. Such
collection shall include—

First. Complete sets of all uniforms in use in the volunteer or regular military,
marine, and naval forces of the United States since July 4, 1776.

Second. Complete sets, so far as the same can be obtained, of all small arms, side
arms, and equipments in use by the land and naval forces of the United States since
July 4, 1776.

Third. Complete sets, so far as the same can be obtained, of all field guns, mor-
tars, artillery, and artillery equipments which may have been at any time in use as
aforesaid.

Fourth. Complete sets of all machine guns and revolving guns which may have
been at any time adopted or in use as aforesaid.

Fifth. Samples of all projectiles for small arms, field guns, heavy ordnance, and
machine guns, and all other projectiles which have been at any time approved by
the War Department or in use in any part of the military, naval, or marine forces of
the United States.

Sixth. Models of all ordnance at any time in use by the land or naval forces of the
United States.

Seventh. Models of all permanent works of fortifications at any time constructed
by the Government of the United States.

Kighth. Models of all naval vessels constructed by the Government of the United
States at any time.

Ninth. Models of all articles of armor for ships of war, floating batteries, etc.,
that have been adopted by and at any time in use in the naval or land forces of the
United States. :

Tenth. Such other articles, as maps, plans of battles, pictures, arms, equipments,
trophies, and such other objects as will tend to illustrate the history and progress of
land and naval warfare, as may be selected and determined upon by the board of
directors hereinafter provided for.

That a board of five directors is hereby created for said museum, consisting of the
President of the United States, who shall be ex officio president of the board, the
Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, and two other persons, who shall be
appointed by the President of the United States and serve for a term of four years
without compensation; and three members of said “board shall constitute a quorum.
The board of directors shall meet in the city of Washington at least once every year,
and shall appoint a superintendent, who shall be entitled to receive a salary not
exceeding $3,500 per annum, with such clerks and employees as may be necessary.

It shall be the duty of the superintendent to keep the records of the museum; to
prepare and publish catalogues of its contents, and prepare an annual report, which
shall be submitted in January of each year to the board of directors and by them
transmitted to Congress; to have charge of the buildings and museum, and perform
such other duties as are proper as the executive officer of the board of directors.

Src. 2. That a building to contain said museum shall be erected by and under the
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Navy, and the Architect of the Capitol, upon a suitable site to be selected by said
commission on one of the Government reservations in the city of Washington, in
accordance with plans prepared under the direction of the Chief of Engineers and
subject to the approval of the board of directors; and said building shall be suscepti-
ble of further extension and enlargement without marring its architectural harmony
and effect.

Sec. 3. That said building when in condition to receive the objects prepared for
safe-keeping and exhibition therein shall be subject to such rules, regulations, and
restrictions as shall be provided by the board of directors.

Sec. 4. That the sum of $100,000 is hereby appropriated, out of any money in [the]
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the commencement of said building.

Referred to Committee on Military Affairs.
January 23, 1889—House.

Report from Secretary of War, with additional statement.
(Fiftieth Congress, second session, House Ex. Doc. No. 102, 5 pp.)

January 25, 1888—House.

Mr. R. W. TownsuEnp, from Committee on Military Affairs, sub-
mitted report (H. 3849) to accompany bill (H. 12111).

On July 31, 1888, the following resolution was adopted by the House
of Representatives, on the motion of the chairman of this committee:

[See House proceedings of July 24, 1888. ]

The responses received from the War and Navy Departments to
that resolution indicate that the project of a national military and
naval museum is regarded with favor by the highest military and naval
authorities of the United States, and that should Congress direct the
establishment of such a museum it will have the cordial and earnest
support of those upon whom its successful organization and adminis-
tration must depend. The Secretary of the Navy, in his communica-
tion to the House of Representatives, says:

Referring to so much of said resolution as invites suggestions ‘‘in regard to the
establishment of a national military and naval museum in the city of Washington,
of a scope and character similar to the museums now in existence in the principal
cities of Europe,’’ I beg leave to state that collections of the character proposed,
embracing, besides models, etc., showing the progress of the United States in the
science of offensive and defensive warfare, trophies of victories won over foreign
enemies of the United States, and statues or portraits of distinguished military and
naval officers who participated in such victories, would, in the opinion of this
Department, be of great historical value and constitute a permanent source of inter-
esting and useful information for the public at large.

Such collections would, doubtless, in addition to the material already in possession
of the Government, be, in the course of time, largely increased by suitable donations
from the various States of the Union and from private persons willing to part with
cherished mementoes when the opportunity of making them a part of the national
collections is afforded. Such collections, however, should find a permanent home
ina building of dimensions sufficient, not merely for present but also for future
needs, and of a style of architecture that will make it an ornament to the National
Capital, and, with its contents, a source of patriotic pride for citizens in all parts of
the United States.

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The Secretary of War says in his report:

In my opinion the project is a commendable one, and if the necessary funds are
appropriated, interesting sets of models can be prepared and specimens can be gath-
ered from year to year.

General S. V. Benét, Chief of Ordnance U. S. Army, writes:

I herewith transmit a list of articles at the armory and arsenals which can be used
for the purpose indicated, and are sufficient to form a nucleus about which from year
to year interesting specimens can be gathered, which in the future may form amuseum
that will rival those to be found at other capitals throughout the world. TI heartily
indorse the project, and think that a liberal appropriation could not be better
expended in the interest of a broad, national, patriotic spirit.

Commodore W. 8. Schley, Chief of the Bureau of. Equipment and
Recruiting, U. S. Navy, says in his communication to the Secretary
of the Navy:

* * * There is abundant material at the several navy-yards which could be got
together and prepared for exhibition in a national military and nayal museum.

Specimens of rope, chain, anchors, and galleys might be arranged tastefully and -

instructively, showing the great progress made in all these things in the last twenty-
five or thirty years.

I would suggest that naval trophies of all kinds, wherever they may be found in
the possession of the Government, be collected together for the purpose suggested by
the resolution.

I believe the establishment of a national military and naval museum in the city of
Washington would be one of the most interesting and instructive features at the cap-
ital, and would afford a place of deposit for trophies of all kinds and character found
by officers of the Navy in all parts of the world.

Surgeon-General J. Mills Browne, U. 8. Navy, says:

The Bureau would state that the proposition meets with its cordial approval, and
the Bureau will, if such a museum is established, contribute a full outfit of supplies
used in the Medical Department, and such contributions illustrative of naval inven-
tion, organization, construction, and equipment pertaining to the Medical Department
as can be spared from the exhibits at the museum of hygiene.

The fact seems to be generally recognized by the heads of depart-
ments and bureaus of the Army and Navy, that such a museum as is
contemplated in the accompanying bill would be of much value as an
adjunct to the work which these officers are called upon to perform.
Especially would this appear to be true of those branches of the sery-
ice whose work is of a scientific character. Thus, Commodore John
G. Walker, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation of the Navy Depart-
ment, enumerates the following as among the contributions which that
Bureau could make to the proposed museum:

(1) Nautical instruments of various descriptions, illustrative of the progress and
improvements made in their manufacture, comprising chronometers (old and new),
compasses of all kinds, azimuth circles, compass binnacles of various types, sex-
tants, octants, quadrants, artificial horizons, spy and binocular glasses.

(2) Astronomical instruments used in observing the transit of Venus, and in the
several expeditions for determining secondary meridians by electricity, photographs

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of the fixed instruments at the U. 8. Naval Observatory, and of work performed
with them.

(3) Meteorological instruments of all kinds.

(4) Surveying instruments of all kinds.

(5) Logs, registering logs, log lines, reels, time glasses.

(6) Sounding implements, hand and deep sea leads, registering leads, deep-sea
sounding machines and appurtenances.

(7) Signaling apparatus of various kinds for day and night signaling.

(8) Electric-light apparatus.

(9) Nautical charts and books.

(10) Ship’s library.

(11) Flags of all kinds.

(12) Relics and models.

The Chief Signal Officer of the Army states that he could readily
furnish a large number of articles which illustrate the very interesting
work to which that branch of the service is devoted.

The Chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering of the Navy says:

If the museum is to be made use of as an aid to technical education, as well as a
place of public interest, I would suggest that a collection of models, both working and
sectional, representing the evolution of naval machinery, would be of great value. The
cost of making a series of such models representative of the various stages in the
growth of the marine engine would be considerable, but would be of great value, as
there is nothing of the kind extant in this country. In the future the collection
could be kept up at a moderate expense, models of engines representing various types
being made from time to time as improvements may be introduced.

Commodore Walker, in his letter from which we have already quoted,
remarks:

The real interest in a military and naval museum centers in the exhibition of means
for offensive and defensive warfare.

To such features of the proposed museum the ordnance departments
of the Army and Navy would be the principal contributors, and the
replies which have been sent in by the chiefs of those departments show
that it would be an easy matter to arrange an exhibition of great value,
illustrating the progress which has been made in the methods of war-
fare and the important work which the Government is now carrying on
for the purpose of providing itself with sufficient means of conducting
a successful offensive and defensive contest with any foreign nation,
should such a contest ever be forced upon us.

When it is considered what a vast quantity of material the Govern-
ment possesses which could be embodied in an exhibition of artillery,
ancient and modern, it seems strange that no steps have been taken
hitherto to bring together an artillery collection in the city of Wash-
ington. It is safe to say that in none of the collections now accessible
to the public here is there anything which would equal in interest the
exhibit of field guns and heavy cannons which might be made by sim-
ply bringing together specimens of the weapons, old and new, of which
the Government possesses such an extensive supply.

1264 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

National pride of itself, if no other consideration existed, should
prompt us to authorize the establishment of a museum in which the
guns captured in foreign wars since the earliest times in which Ameri-
can forces were engaged in battle can be assembled. But there is an
additional incentive to such action in the fact that for many years the
United States was far in advance of the other governments of the
world in the production of artillery and ordnance, and no less interest-
ing and desirable would it be to show that once again we are well to
the front in those important matters. It is probable that such an
exhibition of field and heavy guns as could now be made by our War
and Navy Departments would be second to no other collection of this
character now existing in any country in Europe.

One of the most important objects to be accomplished by. the estab-
lishment of a national military and naval museum will be the early
preparation of a series of relief plans of the great spectacular battles
of the late civil war. These plans will appropriately supplement and
illustrate the official documentary history of the war now publishing
under the auspices of the War Department. With the aid of the
prominent officers of the armies of the Union and of the late Southern
Confederacy who still survive, it will be possible to construct at a mod-
erate cost models in plaster of Gettysburg, Nashville, Chickamauga,
Chattanooga, and other fields of great battles, and to indicate by means
of miniature figures representing the troops engaged the general char-
acter of the movements of the contending forces. Such plans of bat-
tlefields have been brought to a high degree of perfection in the
National Museum of Germany and other European countries. The
visitor to the Royal Ordnance Museum in Berlin finds there large relief
plans of the character indicated, representing nearly. all the great
national battlefields on which Prussian armies have contended for the
mastery.

It is not necessary to point out the great interest which would attach
to such battle plans when placed on exhibition in the city of Washing-
ton. If they were constructed with proper care and due attention to
historical accuracy, it would be possible for any visitor to the museum
in a few hours to gain from them a clearer idea of how the great battles
of the war of the rebellion were actually fought than could be obtained
from days of study of the literature of the war. To the veteran soldiers
of all sections of the country such battle plans would prove intensely
interesting, enabling them to recali the stirring events in which they
participated, and to refresh their memories concerning the history of
the great struggle in which they were engaged. As the years pass, the
veteran officers and soldiers who were antagonists in’ the battles of the
civil war manifest an increasing disposition to meet and fraternize upon
the fields where they fought a quarter of a century ago. ‘The recent
reunion of Northern and Southern veterans on the field of Gettysburg

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and the coming reunion of Union and ex-Confederate officers on the
field of Chickamauga may be cited as noteworthy instances of the
development of this sentiment.

Constant efforts are making to determine and to indicate by appro-
priate monuments the relative positions of the different troops on these
battlefields, and it is safe to assert that the provision by the Govern-
ment of facilities for the exhibition in the proposed museum of accurate
relief plans of the great battles of the civil war will be universally

_ regarded as not only a wise act, but as an important and necessary

step for the preservation of the facts of our military. history, which
must possess ever-increasing interest as the years roll on.

It is a well-known fact that during the present century no nation in
the world has contributed more to the remarkable development in fire-
arms that has taken place than the United States. In European capi-
tals great pains are taken to preserve and publicly exhibit collections
of small arms showing the progress of invention in this field of effort.
It is a singular fact that at the present time no similar collections exist
at the capital city of the United States. The statements furnished by
the Secretary of War and Secretary of the Navy show that the Goy-
ernment is already in possession of specimens of the firearms in use in
ancient and modern times which would furnish the nucleus of a most
valuable and extensive collection if brought together in a museum
building here.

The establishment of a military and naval museum may subserve
the important purpose of the formation of special exhibits of mate-
rials and specimens belonging to the Army and Navy for temporary
use in such industrial and historical expositions as may be organized
in the large cities of the country fromtime to time. When suchexpo-
sitions are organized, the Army and Navy of the United States are
always called upon to furnish collections, which are regarded with
great interest by the citizens of the country. Hitherto when thus
called upon the Secretaries of War and Navy have been required to
detail officers to prepare the necessary collections, and when the expo-
sitions have been closed it has been necessary to allow the collections
to be disposed of without regard to their possible future utilization on
similar occasions.

With a properly organized and equipped national museum there will
be at all times stores and materials which can be loaned for the occa-
sion and returned to the national museum when the several exhibitions
shall have terminated. The Congress has at different times appropri-
ated considerable sums of money for the preparation of these exhibits
which should have continued to exist, but for which there has been
no proper storehouse. The large and highly interesting contributions
of the National Government to the Centennial Exposition at Philadel-
phia, to the New Orleans Exposition, and to the recent exposition at

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Cincinnati, may be instanced in this connection. It frequently hap-
pens that the Army and Navy are called upon to fit out expeditions —
for special purposes which require much care in preparation and are
worthy of illustration ina national museum. It would have been a
public benefit if the various special devices which the Navy Depart-—
ment was compelled to provide for the expedition for the relief of
the Greely Arctic party could have been placed in some national
repository.

- When the expedition under the command of Commodore Schley
returned from. the successful execution of the work intrusted to it
the novel and useful appliances and supplies which were then accumu-
lated were scattered among the different bureaus of the Department,
there being no other way of disposing of them, and many things which
could and should have been preserved as models of what were then
produced for use in any possible contingency of the same sort in the
future were lost sight of. :

The statements furnished from the War and Navy Departments in
response to the resolution mentioned show that the Government is
possessed of a very large number of war trophies, none of which seem
to have been: kept at Washington. The largest single collection is
that of the flags captured during the Mexican and earlier wars, which
is at the Naval Academy. If these trophies are to be exhibited they
should be made accessible to the largest possible number of visitors,
and this can only be done by placing them in the proposed military
and naval museum. The same may be said of the guns and swords
captured in foreign wars which are now at Annapolis.

There are a considerable number of Revolutionary trophies at the
Military Academy at West Point, including the great chain stretched
across the Hudson River, which should be transferred wholly or in
part tothe National Museum. Neither the Naval nor Military Academy
should be deprived of all the interesting trophies deposited with them,
but a sufficiently interesting portion will be left with them if most of
their collections of that kind are transferred {6 the proposed national
museum. ‘The reports show valuable historical relics at Frankfort
Arsenal, Allegheny Arsenal, the National Armory, Governors’ Island,
Rock Island Arsenal, Madison Barracks, Fort Pickens, Norfolk Navy-
Yard, the Naval Home at Philadelphia, Mare Island Navy-Yard, and
other points, which could be much better cared for ina central national
museum than if allowed to remain scattered at the different posts and
stations in the Army and Navy.

From the information furnished in the reply of the Secretary of
War to the resolution of inquiry concerning the material available for
the proposed museum, it appears that there will be no difficulty in
supplying at once a complete collection of army uniforms, beginning
with those used by the ‘‘ Continentals” and including all the changes

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‘made in uniforms down to the present time. The Quartermaster-

General of the Army, Gen. S. B. Holabird, states that the existing
collection at the Philadelphia general depot is being duplicated. These
uniforms, when suitably mounted, will form an exceedingly interest-
ing department of the proposed museum, and the existence of such a
collection will have much historical value in the future as well as
immediate popular interest. The same may be said of the uniforms
of the Navy.

The statements sent to Congress by the Secretaries of War and the
Navy, in reply to the resolution of the House of Representatives,
show that it will be an easy matter to organize a historical collection
of American inventions in small arms which will be of great interest
and value. At present we have no such collection which is accessible
to the public. The arms which the Government now possess are
scattered among the arsenals and navy-yards of the country. . It is
well known that the citizens of this country have shown great inge-
nuity in the development of firearms, and have contributed many of
the most important inventions in this field which have been made dur-
ing the past century. All the other great governments of the world
have instituted collections of small arms to illustrate what their citi-
zens have accomplished in this department of effort. The United
States should not be behind other nations in providing a place where
such a collection can be assembled and kept accessible to inventors
and to all who are interested in the subject. The very large collec-
tion at the National Armory, at Springfield, Mass., fai furnish
an admirable nucleus for the department of small arms which it
is proposed to place in the national military and naval museum.

After careful consideration, the committee unanimously recommend
the enactment of the accompanying bill, introduced by Mr. Townshend,
of Illinois, and referred to the committee.

Committed to Committee of the Whole.

DETAILED STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES REQUIRED.

October 2, 1888.
Sundry civil act for 1889.

The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution shall submit to Con-
gress at its next session a detailed statement of the expenditures of the
fiscal year 1888, under appropriations for ‘‘ International Exchanges,”
‘** North American Ethnology,” and the ‘‘ National Museum,” and
annually thereafter a detailed statement of expenditures under said
appropriations shall be submitted to Congress at the beginning of
each regular session thereof.

(Stat., XXV, 529.)

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December 18, 1888—House.

Letter presented from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
(S. P. Langley) concerning expenditures for International Exchanges,
the National Museum, and North American Ethnology for the fiscal
year 1888.

December 19, 1888—House.
Above letter referred to Committee on Appropriations.

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS RESTRICTED TO PUBLIC BUSINESS.

October 2, 1888.
Sundry civil act for 1889.

The heads of the Executive Departments, before transmitting their

annual reports to Congress, the printing of which is chargeable to —

this appropriation, shall cause the same to be carefully examined, and
shall exclude therefrom all matter, including engravings, maps, draw-
ings, and illustrations, except such as they shall certify in their letters
transmitting such reports to be necessary and to relate entirely to the
transaction of public business.

(Stat., XXV, 547.)

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BUILDING.

December 10, 1888—Senate.
Mr. O. H. Puart introduced a bill (S. 3684):

That a fireproof building for the accommodation of the Geological Survey shall be
erected on the Government reservation between the National Museum and the Army
Medical Museum, in the city of Washington; said building shall be constructed on
the plan submitted by the Director of the Geological Survey, with such modifica-
tions as shall be found necessary or advantageous without materially increasing the
cost thereof, and the construction of said building shall be in charge of a commission
composed of the First Assistant Secretary of the Interior, the Architect of the Capi-
tol, and the Director of the Geological Survey, who shall be authorized to make
contracts for the construction thereof, after proper advertisements have been made,
and to employ the necessary persons; the money appropriated for said building shall
be disbursed by the chief disbursing clerk of the Geological Survey, and the sum of
$600,000 is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for the construction of said building, and the cost of said building shall
not exceed said amount; and it shall be the duty of the said commission carefully to
scrutinize the plan which may be deemed preferable, and to adopt it only on condi-
tion that the entire cost of the completion of the said building shall fall within the
amount above specified in this act.

Referred to Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

December 10, 1888—House.
Mr. W. H. Sowpen introduced a bill (H. 11689):

That a fireproof building for the use and accommodation of the United States
Geological Survey shall be erected on the Government reservation between the
National Museum and the Army Medical Museum, in the city of Washington, D. C.;
and the said building shall be constructed on the plan submitted by the Director of

FIFTIETH CONGRESS, 1887-1889. 1269

the Geological Survey, with such modifications as shall be found necessary or advan-
tageous without materially increasing the cost thereof, and the construction of said
building shall be in charge of a commission composed of the Supervising Architect
of the Treasury, the Architect of the Capitol, and the Director of the Geological Sur-
vey, who shall be authorized to make contracts for the construction thereof, after
proper advertisements have been made, and to employ the necessary persons; and
the money appropriated for said building shall be disbursed by the chief disbursing
clerk of the Geological Survey.

Src. 2. The sum. of $500,000 is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the construction of said building, and the
cost of said building shall not exceed said amount.

Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the said commission carefully to scrutinize the plan
which may be deemed preferable, and to adopt it only on condition that the entire
cost of the erection and completion of said building shall not exceed the amount
specified in this act.

_ Referred to Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.
February 16, 1889 —House.
My. Samuret Drssie, from Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds, submitted report (H. 4089) to accompany bill (H. 11689):
The Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, to which was
referred the bill (H. 11689) for the erection of a public building for

the use and accommodation of the United States Geological Survey’

upon the Government reservation in the city of Washington, D. C.,
has had the same under consideration and respectfully reports as
follows:

The United States Geological Survey is at present in rented quarters,
occupied at an annual rental of $10,000, besides occupying temporarily
twenty-two rooms in the National Museum; and these rooms are now

needed for the purposes of the Museum itself. The nature and impor-
tance of the work with which the Geological Survey is now intrusted,
and which is of incalculable value to the Government, requires for its
expeditious and convenient prosecution twice the space now available
for the purpose; and the location of the building near to the National
Museum will enable the officers of the Survey to use the Museum as
a depository of their collections, as now provided by law, and at the
same time have easy access to them for reference and comparison in
prosecuting their scientific researches.

By the outlay of $300,000, recommended by the committee, a build-
ing can be erected specially adapted to the scientific work of the Survey,
and one needs only to visit the rooms now occupied by the Survey to
be satisfied that, in their overcrowded condition, work must necessarily
be hindered and obstructed for want of sufficient space.

The committee therefore recommends the passage of the bill,
amended in the limit of cost by reducing the sect: proposed from
$500, 000 down to $300,000, as follows:

In the first line of section 2 strike out the word “five” and insert
the word ‘‘ three” in lieu thereof.

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1270 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

A communication on the subject from the Director of the Geological
Survey is appended as a part of this report.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Unitep Statres GEOLOGICAL SURVEY,
Washington, D. C., February 15, 1889. ‘

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 17th of
January, 1889, relating to the necessity for a building for the accommodation of the
Geological Survey, and in reply thereto the following statement is made:

The building now occupied by the Survey is rented by the Government at the rate
of $10,000 per annum. It has eighty-four large and commodious rooms, but they are
all so crowded with cases, desks, apparatus, and with the personnel of the Survey
that it is with difficulty that the business of the Survey is transacted, and this
crowded condition entails serious loss, many times greater in amount, expressed in
dollars and cents, than would be sufficient to rent a building twice as large. There
are about four hundred persons in the Survey during the winter months, and desks
for the accommodation of such a number of persons fill the rooms and halls. In
addition to the rooms in the rented building, through the courtesy of the Secretary
of the Smithsonian Institution, the Survey is permitted to use twenty-two roomsin |
the National Museum, and these are all crowded in such manner that work is seri-
ously obstructed.

The rooms in the National Museum were temporarily given to the Survey ata
time when there was no pressing necessity for their use by the officers of the
Museum; but at the present time the entire Museum is so crowded that the Secretary
of the Smithsonian and the Director of the Museum are anxious to have these rooms.
surrendered for their use. It will thus be seen that there is pressing necessity for
more than twice the amount of room space that is now available for the Survey.

I beg permission to set forth somewhat in detail what these necessities are:

. (1) It is necessary to have a chemical laboratory with no fewer than twelve large
rooms, that the chemical analyses and investigations may be carried on withaccuracy
and economy.

(2) It is necessary to have a mineralogic laboratory, where minerals, ores, rocks,
and soils can be studied, and for this purpose four spacious rooms are needed.

(3) It is necessary to have a paleontologic laboratory of sixteen spacious rooms for
the accommodation of a large corps of pe oat with apparatus and appliance
necessary for their work.

(4) It is necessary to have a large room or hall for the library, together with two
smaller rooms for the librarian and clerks having charge of the library.

(5) It is necessary to have a number of storage rooms for documents, rocks, min-
erals, ores, and fossils.

(6) It is necessary to have seven rooms for the disbursing officers and their
clerks and for the files, records, and documents belonging to that branch of the
work.

(7) Three rooms are necessary to manage properly the work of the editorial
division of the Survey.

(8) Six rooms are necessary for the accommodation of the director, chief clerk,
stenographers, and the letter and record clerks.

_ (9) In addition to the above, 200 rooms are necessary for the proper accommoda-
tion of the geologists, geographers, topographers, hydrographers, and engineers.

In the Geological Survey it is very important that the scientific assistants should
not be unreasonably crowded into rooms with a number of persons in each. * To use
large rooms with many persons in them is greatly disadvantageous. The work of
the scientific force is multifarious and diverse, and men engaged in research must be
to a greater or less extent isolated, that they may quietly work out their results with-

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out disturbance from others. Complex mathematical computations can not be suc-
cessfully carried on by aman occupying a room in common with others; he needs
to be alone. And the same conditions prevail in all lines of research. What is
needed, therefore, for the accommodation of the scientific workers of the Survey is a
great number of small rooms, where every man engaged in abstruse study may be
alone. .

I have ‘planned a building which I believe is well adapted to the needs of the
Survey, and if this building is constructed in a simple manner, but substantially and
fireproof, it will cost $640,000 as estimated by me, and in making this estimate I
have had the advice of architects and builders and have studied carefully the various
items of cost.

If an appropriation of $300,000 is made, about one-half of this building can be
erected and immediately utilized before the other half is finished. It would practi-
cally be a complete building in itself, but would not meet the full needs of the
Survey. Nevertheless, it may be wise to erect the building in part and to make the
first appropriation $300,000.

The building planned does not provide for museum space. The statutes now pro-
vide that the collections of the Geological Survey, when no longer needed for
investigations in progress, shall be deposited in the National Museum. The plan
contemplated in the bill before your committee provides that the building for the
Geological Survey shall be near to the National Museum, between that building and
the Army Medical Museum building. -Such an arrangement of buildings will be
highly advantageous to the Survey, as the offices of the Survey would be adjacent
to the National Museum, and the materials stored in the Museum building would be
accessible for reference and comparison, as constantly needed. ~ s

I am, with respect, your obedient servant,

J. W. PowEtu, Director
Hon. SamvurL DIBBLeE,

Chairman Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds,
House of Representatives.

. Committed to Committee of the Whole.

ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY.
December 18, 1888.
December 18, 1888.

Dear Sir: You were good enough to say last evening that you were prepared to
write officially to authorize the Smithsonian Institution to occupy the site in Arling-
ton Cemetery for an astrophysical laboratory, devoted to investigations especially
requiring seclusion and quiet.

I did not, I fear, then express the gratification with which I learned that no
obstacle existed, or thank you as earnestly as I now desire to do for your disposition
to further the Institution’s wishes.

J have the honor to request that you will authorize me to oceupy the ground indi-
cated in the accompanying plat and memorandum for the purpose in question.

With much respect, I am your obedient servant,

8. P. Lane.ey, Secretary.
Hon. W. C. Enpicort, Secretary of War.

(Memorandum and blue print inclosed. )
War DEPARTMENT,
‘Washington City, January 9, 1889.
Str: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 18th ultimo,
requesting that the Smithsonian Institution be authorized to occupy a site in the
Arlington National Cemetery, as indicated in a memorandum and plat inclosed by
you, for the purposes of an astrophysical laboratory.

1972 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

In reply I beg to advise you that there is no objection to the occupation, in the
manner stated, of a piece of ground not exceeding 2 acres indicated on a plat! which
may be examined in the office of the Quartermaster-General, provided that the
ground in question be vacated whenever it is required by this Department.

Very respectfully.
: Wm. C. Enpicort, Secretary of War.

Prof. §. P. LANGLEY,
Secretary Smithsonian Institution.

FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891.
APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS

By the Vice-President.
March 28, 1889—Senate.

The Vicr-PrestpEnt (Mr, Levi P. Morton). Under the provisions
of section 5581 of the Revised Statutes the chair appoints as Regents
of the Smithsonian Institution Shelby M. Cullom, of Illinois, and
Randall L. Gibson, of Louisiana, to fill vacancies which occurred on
the 3d instant.

° APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS

By the Speaker.
January 6, 1890—House.
The Speaker (Mr. T. B. Reep) announced the appointment of the
following Regents of the Smithsonian Institution:
Benjamin Butterworth, of Ohio, Henry Cabot Lodge, of Massachu-
setts, and Joseph Wheeler, of Alabama.

APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS

By Joint Resolution.

April 23, 1890—Senate.

Mr. 8. M. Cuntom. I introduce a resolution and ask that it be now
considered. It is a matter about which there will be no controversy.

The PrEsIDENT pro tempore. The resolution will be read.

The Chief Clerk read as follows:

Resalved by the Senate, ete.—

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. This is in form a joint resolution, and
will require three separate readings, like a bill.

Mr. Cuttom. The statute requires that it shall be a joint resolution.

1«“The plat in question shows the location of the lot near the center and highest
part of the unoccupied wooded ridge, near the colored soldiers’ portion of the ceme-
tery. The site, however, is so distant that I should not propose to occupy it while
any better could be procured.’’

(Secretary’s Report, 1889, p. 33.)

FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 19738

The PresipENT pro tempore. Does the Senator desire to introduce
it as such 4

Mr. Cuttom. Yes, sir; and I should like to have it acted on at this
time. m

The PresipenT pro tempore. It will be read the first time at length,
if there be no objection.

The joint resolution (S. 77) was read:

Resolved, etc., That the vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Insti-
tution, of the class other than members of Congress, shall be filled by the appoint-
ment of Charles Devens, of Massachusetts, in place of Noah Porter, of Connecticut,
resigned; and by the reappointment of James C. Welling, of Washington City,
whose term of service has expired.

The joint resolution was read the second time, and considered as in
Committee of the Whole.

Mr. I. G. Harris. Lask the Senator from Illinois how these Regents
have heretofore been appointed—by joint resolution of Congress?

Mr. Cuttom. Yes, sir; I have the statute here.

Mr. Harris. I do not care to look to it if the Senator has looked
to it.

Mr. Cutiom. I have the statute, and I am following it exactly.

Mr. F. M. Cockreti. What is the joint resolution /

Mr. Cuttom. A joint resolution providing for the appointment of
a Regent in place of Dr. Porter, who resigned, and for the reappoint-
ment of Dr. James C. Welling, who is now connected with the Smith-
sonian, whose term has expired, a matter about which the Regents
have all agreed, the committees of both Houses, and the Secretary of
the Institution as well.

Passed.

April 24, 1890— House.

Mr. H. C. Lopes. I ask unanimous consent for the immediate con-
sideration of a joint resolution to fill vacancies in the Board of Regents
of the Smithsonian Institution. Immediate action is necessary.

The joint resolution (H. 153) was read.

(Same as 8. 77.)

Passed.

April 26, 1890— House.

Joint resolution (S. 77) referred to Committee on the Library.
May 17, 1890—Senate.

Mr. S. M. Cuttom. I wish to interrupt the progress of the Calendar
long enough to call up a House joint resolution which has been lying
on the table for some time. The Senate had previously passed a joint
resolution similar to the one which has been passed by the House. I
desire now to have the House joint resolution taken up and acted upon.
It is in reference to the appointment of Regents of the Smithsonian
. Institution.

1274 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

By unanimous consent, the Senate, as in Committee of the Whole,
proceeded to consider the joint resolution (H. R. 153).
Passed.

May 22, 1890.
Joint resolution.

Resolved, etc., That the vacancies in the Board of Regents of the
Smithsonian Institution, of the class other than members of Congress, -
shall be filled by the appointment of Charles Devens,’ of Massachu-
setts, in the place of Noah Porter, of Connecticut, resigned; and by
the reappointment of James C. Welling, of Washington City, whose
term of office has expired.

(Stat., XX VI, 673.)

January 29, 1891—Senate.

Mr. Justin S. Morriwy introduced joint resolution (S. 153).

That the vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, of the
class other than members of Congress, shall be filled by the appointment of William
Preston Johnston, of Louisiana, in the place of Noah Porter, of Connecticut, resigned.
January 29, 1891—House. ,

Mr. JosepH WHEELER, of Alabama, introduced joint resolution
(H. R. 276).

(Same as S. 153.)

Referred to Committee on the Library.

January 31, 1891—Senate.
S. 153 passed.
February 2, 1891—House.

S. 153 referred to Committee on the Library.
February 18, 1891—House.

Mr. Cuarutes O’NerLx, of Pennsylvania, from the Committee on
the Library, submitted report (H. 3863) on §. 153.

The Committee on the Library, to whom was referred Senate Joint
Resolution No. 153, to fill vacancy in the Board of Regents of the
Smithsonian Institution, of the class other than members of Congress,
by the appointment of William Preston Johnston, of Louisiana, in
the place of Noah Porter, of Connecticut, resigned, do hereby report
the same favorably and recommend its passage by the House.

Referred to House Calendar.

(Not acted on until the Fifty-second Congress.)

FIREPROOFING SMITHSONIAN BUILDING.

December 2, 1889—House. :
Estimates for 1891.

For the purpose of making fire-proof the roof of the gothic hall.at
the west end of the Smithsonian building and for other portions of

1Mr. Devens declined the appointment September 20, 1890. (See Smithsonian
Report for 1891.)

FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 1275

the roof of the said building, to be expended under the direction
of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, $17,500.

Norr.—This appropriation passed the Senate at the last session, May 21, 1888, but
was not acted on by the House.
January 15, 1890—Senate.

Mr. J. S. Morritx introduced bill (S. 2033):

That, for the purpose of fireproofing the roof of the main hall, and that of the
so-called chapel in the west wing of the Smithsonian building, and to put in a sky-
light and a well-hole to admit light intg the central portion of the lower hall of said
building, and also to replace some woodwork of the towers, and other repairs, under
the direction of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, the sum of $45,000 shall
be, and hereby is, appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated.

Referred to Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.
January 27, 1890—Senate.
Mr. J. S. Morrity reported bill (S. 2033) with amendments:

That, for the purpose of fireproofing the roof of the main hall, and that of the
so-called chapel in the west wing of the Smithsonian building, and to put in a sky-light
and a well-hole to admit light into the central portion of the lower hall of said build-
ing, and also to replace some woodwork of the towers, and other repairs, said work
to be done under the direction of the Architect of the Capitol, with the approval of
the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, the sum of $45,000 shall be, and hereby
is, appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
February 10, 1890—Senate.

Mr. J. S. Morritu. [ask for the consideration of a couple of bills
concerning the Smithsonian Institution.

By unanimous consent, the Senate, as in Committee of the Whole,
proceeded to consider the bill (S. 2033).

The bill was reported from Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds with amendments.’

The amendments were agreed to, and the bill was passed.

March 3, 1890—House.

Mr. Samuet Diesie, from. Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds, submitted ae on (H. 592) on bill (S. 2083), recommending
its passage.

Committed to aseeiaes of the Whole.

March 6, 1890.
March 6, 1890.

Sir: I beg to submit herewith some renesties relative. to Senate bill No. 2033, pro-
viding for ‘‘ fireproofing the roof of the Smithsonian building,’’ reported favorably

by the House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds March 3, 1890.

James Sinithson, in 1829, left the Government $541,000, and out of this small sum
the relatively large one $318,000 was spent in erecting the well-known Smithsonian
building, which was made partially, but not completely, fireproof, and for whose
complete fireproofing and repair this appropriation of $45,000 is asked. This build-
ing, with the exception of a small portion of the eastern end, is, and has been for

— qe _—- wm —

1See January 27, 1890—Senate.

1276 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

the past fifteen years, employed by the Government rent free, though it has been
devoted to purely national purposes, principally for the Government collections
(which there is not room for in the Museum building), but also for a suite of rooms
devoted chiefly to the transportation of the Congressional Record and like strictly
Government documents, under the act of March 2, 1867.

In making these preliminary remarks it is not meant that the Government has at
any time dealt in any illiberal spirit with the Institution, but these obseryations
seem to be pertinent to the subject of the bill, which appropriates a sum wholly to
the safety and repair of a building in which even the general repairs have been, to a
considerabie extent, paid for hitherto from the limited fund of James Smithson,
while it is devoted, with a slight exception, to the uses of the General Government.
The portion of the building used for collections includes three large halls and some
smaller ones, aggregating about 33,000 square feet of purely exhibition space, with
the addition of a large number of office and work rooms.

On the 27th of September, 1877, a commission was appointed by the President of
the United States to examine the public buildings and report what additional means
should be provided to secure them from destruction or injury by fire, consisting of
Colonel Casey, Commissioner of Public Buildings; Mr. Clark, Architect of the Capi-
tol; and Mr. Hill, Architect of the Treasury.

This commission visited and inspected the Smithsonian building and made the
following report in regard to it, which was submitted to Congress December 10, 1877
(House Ex. Doc. No. 10, Forty-fifth Congress, second session):

‘‘Smithsonian Institution: All the combustible materials used in the exhatvantieel
of the Museum portion of the building should be removed and the parts renewed of
fireproof construction.”’

In accordance with this recommendation, Congress appropriated on March 3, 1879,
‘for providing additional security against fire in the Smithsonian building, $3,000;”
and in accordance with estimates submitted by the Institution, has subsequently
appropriated for the same purposes—

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It is therefore evident that the justice and propriety of appropriations for this pur-
pose have been well established.

The portions of the building which are not fireproof are—

The roof of the so-called ‘‘chapel’’ in the west wing, which contains collections
whose mere money value is estimated at over $250,000, but whose value to science is
inestimable. This is also the only portion of the building which is suitable to devote
to donations of art objects, which may be expected when the Government provides
a safe depository for them.

The ceiling and part of the roof of the main exibition hall, now occupied by prob-
ably the most extensive and valuable archeological collection in the United States,
is of combustible material and in urgent need of repairs, the ceiling threatening to
fall, in part, and crush the cases and their valuable contents, and possibly endanger
the safety of visitors and employees. Both roofs are leaking, and these changes
involve the replastering and repainting of the walls.

The floor of the main hall, 200 by 50 feet, is worn out and needs renewal, and all
this implies special temporary provision for the collection.

The lower hall is now very dark, and in replacing the roof and ceiling of the
upper story it is desirable that a large skylight and wellhole be inserted, which
would greatly add to the comfort of visitors by increasing the light and providing
better ventilation.

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The rooms occupied by the Bureau of International Exchanges are in less need of
repair, but some portion of the amount asked is intended to be devoted to the
extreme east wing, occupied by these offices.

In addition to what has been mentioned, there are wooden floors and other wood-
work in the towers which are a source 6f danger, and it is to be observed that owing

‘to the crowded condition of the Museum it has been necessary to erect a paint shop

filled with combustible material immediately against the south wall of the building
and close to the roof, whose dangerous condition has just been described. The
present state of things is one of continual menace.

I have only to say that I shall be happy to submit, if desired, the detailed estimates
on which the general estimate is founded. The sum asked for is believed to be
necessary to make the whole of the Smithsonian building fireproof where it is not
so, and to put it otherwise in such condition as to insure the safety of the collections
and the visitors.

Very respectfully, yours,
S. P. Lanatey, Secretary.

Hon. Sern L. MILiiken,

Chairman Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds,
House of Representatives.

June 24, 1890—Senate.

Mr. Justin S. Morriiz, from Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds, reported an amendment to be proposed to sundry civil bill
for 1891.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

July 9, 7890—Senate.

Mr. W. B. Atuison, from Committee on Appropriations, reported
item of $45,000 in sundry civil bill.
July 14, 1890—Senate.

The reading of the sundry civil bill for 1891 (H. 10884) was resumed.
The amendment of the Committee on Appropriations was, on page 32,
under the head of ‘‘Smithsonian Institution,” after line 11, to insert:

[The same as S. 2033, of January 27, 1890. |

Mr. F. M. Cockrety. Has any bill been passed by the Senate pro-
viding for the erection of that building ¢

Mr. W. B. Arison. The bill has passed the Senate, I understand,
for this; and the amendment was offered from the Committee on
Public Buildings and Grounds and sent to the Committee on Appro-
priations.

Mr. O. H. Prarr. I think the bill passed early in the session.

Mr. G. F. Epmunps. This amendment is apparently for mere repa-
ration.

Mr. Axuison. It is. It is repairs for the west wing of the Smith-
sonian Institution.

Mr. Epmunps. There is no new building about it that I can see.

Mr. Auuison. If the Senator from Missouri will take a walk
through the park there, he will see that it is very necessary,

The amendment was agreed to. ;

1278 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

August 2, 1890—House.

Sundry civil bill for 1891 under consideration:

The Speaker (Mr. T. B. Reep). The question is on nonconcurring
in the Senate amendment [to fireproof Smithsonian building].

The question was put, and the SpEaKER announced that the ‘‘ayes”
seemed to have it.

Mr. W. C. P. Brecxinriper, of Kentucky. Division.

The House divided; and there were ayes 93, noes 36.

Mr. J. H. Roecrrs. Let us have tellers.

The question was taken on ordering tellers.

The Speaker. Thirty gentlemen have arisen in support of the
demand, and tellers are ordered. The gentleman from Arkansas [Mr.
Rogers] and the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Cannon] will take their
places as tellers.

Mr. Cannon. Mr. Speaker, we had just as well have the yeas and
nays.

The yeas and nays were ordered.

Yeas, 144; nays, 18; not voting, 165.

The amendment not concurred in.

August 7, 1890—Senate. ;

Mr. Wri11am B. Axuiison, from conference committee on sundry
civil bill, reported that the House recede from its disagreement to the
amendment of the Senate and agree to the same with an amendment:

For fireproofing the so-called chapel of the west wing of the Smithsonian building,
and for repairing the roof of the main building and the ceiling and plastering of the
main hall of the building, $25,000; said work to be done under the supervision of the
Architect of the Capitol, with the approval of the Regents of the Smithsonian Insti-

‘tution, and no portion of the appropriation to be used for sky-lights in the roof nor for
well-hole in the floor of the main building.

Agreed to.

August 7, 1890—House.
Passed.
August 30, 1890.
Sundry civil act for 1891.

For fire-proofing the so-called chapel of the west wing of the Smith-
sonian building, and for repairing the roof of the main building and
the ceiling and plastering of the main hall of the building, $25,000,
said work to be done under the supervision of the Architect of the
Capitol, with the approval of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, and no portion of the appropriation to be used for sky-lights in
the roof nor for well-hole in the floor of the main building, $25,000.

(Stat. XX VI, 383.)

. FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 1279

BUREAU OF FINE ARTS.

December 4, 1889—Senate.
Mr. W. Catt introduced bill (S. 39):

That there be, and is hereby, created in the Smithsonian Institution a Bureau called
the Bureau of the Fine Arts, the management of which isintrusted to the Secretary of
the Smithsonian Institution.

Sxc. 2. That the purpose and duties of this Bureau shall be to aid in the development
of the fine arts in the several States and Territories of the United States by the repro-
duction, for the use of art schools and academies, of casts of statuary and other objects
used in giving instruction in art; by preparing and distributing plans for the construc-
tion of buildings and the adaptation of rooms suitable for use as art schools, with
printed plans for the organization of various grades of art academies and classes; by
causing to be held annually, in Washington, District of Columbia, a public exhibition
of works of art, open to all desiring to exhibit, in which the fairest possible oppor-
tunity for exposition shall be afforded all contributors; and by the publication of an
annual register containing an account of new discoveries, inventions, and methods of
instruction useful to students of art, together with a report of the progress of the fine
arts in the United States.

Src. 3. That the reproductions and publications of the Bureau shall be distributed
among institutions of art, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution may establish.

Src. 4. That the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution shall provide suitable
quarters for the holding of the annual art exhibition.

Src. 5. That for the purpose of carrying on the operations of this Bureau there be,
and is hereby, appropriated, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 188 , the sum of
$———, to be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury out of any moneys in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, and expended under the direction of the Secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution.

Referred to Committee on the Library.

VAIL ORIGINAL TELEGRAPHIC RECEIVER.
December 4, *889—Senate.
Mr. J. R. McPuerson introduced bill (S. 256):

Whereas Stephen Vail, of Morristown, New Jersey, has in his possession the orig-
inal telegraphic instrument or recording receiver, invented by his father, Alfred Vail,
used upon the first telegraphic line ever constructed (that between Washington and
Baltimore), and to transmit the first message ever sent, ‘‘What hath God wrought”’
and

Whereas Mr. Vail has in his possession abundant and satisfactory proof of its
authenticity, and the proposed disposition of it is strongly recommended by the offi-
cers of the Smithsonian Institution (where it is now on exhibition) : Therefore,

Be it enacted, etc., That the sum of $10,000 be, and the same is hereby, appropri-
ated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purchase
of said telegraph instrument or recording receiver, upon the production of such evi-
dence of its authenticity as shall be satisfactory to the Secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution.

Referred to Committee on the Library.

CAPRON JAPANESE COLLECTION.
December 4, 1889—Senate.

Mr. D. W. VoorHers introduced bill (S. 321):

That the sum of $14,675 be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purchase of ‘‘the Capron

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collection of Japanese works of art,’? now on 2 iiccary deposit in the National
Museum at Washington, District of Columbia.

Referred to Committee on the Library.
December 18, 1889—House.

Mr. C. A. Russewu introduced bill (H. 2753) same as 8. 321.
February 18, 1890—Senate.

Mr. VoorHEEs, from Committee on the Library, submitted
report (S. 317) on bill (S. 321).

The Committee on the Library, to which was referred the bill
(S. 321) providing for the purchase of ‘‘the Capron collection of Jap-
anese works of art,” reports the same favorably, and recommends its
passage.

This collection was made by the late Gen. Horace Capron, a gentle-
man of great refinement, culture, and learning, while he was United
States minister [commissioner] to Japan. It was carefully examined
by Prof. G. Brown Goode, the assistant to the late Prof. Spencer F.
Baird, Director of the National Museum, who estimated its value at
about the sum proposed in the bill to be appropriated. The committee
thinks the Government should have the ownership of this collection.
It would be placed in the National Museum, where the many visitors
from all parts of the country could see it.

‘‘THE ORDER OF THE RISING SUN.’
The honor conferred upon a distinguished American by the Emperor of Japan.

As matter of peculiar and entertaining interest, the Post has been permitted to
make the following extracts from the records of Gen. Horace Capron, formerly
Commissioner of Agriculture, who resigned that position in 1871 to accept one from
the Japanese Government, together with translations of the documents accom-
panying the late honor conferred upon him by the Emperor of Japan.

When it is considered that eight years have passed since General Capron retired
from the service of that Government, during which the various works inaugurated
by him have been gradually developed under the eye of His Imperial Majesty, it
can but be considered creditable to American enterprise.

The work commenced by him was not the simple improvement of the agriculture
of Japan, as many have supposed, but comprehended the development of a great
island of 35,739 square miles, which to that period had remained a ‘‘terra incognita,”’
and the inauguration of a state, with all the industries and appliances, scientific and
practical, of a new civilization, the influences of which works have extended over the
whole Empire. It can not be better explained than in copying the following abstract
from a correspondence of our minister to Japan as follows:

‘Tt may well be said there was no state in Yesso in the sense that men constitute
a state when General Capron first took charge of that island, and it may also be said
that when he left it a state was inaugurated with the introduction of the various
industries and appliances which will secure food, clothing, and shelter to a nation.”

The following are translations of the papers accompanying the decoration conferred
upon him:by the Emperor:

(No. 1.) ;
January 16, 1884.

Drar Str: His Excellency Ito Hirobumi, the acting minister of foreign affairs,
Tokyo, instructs me by cablegram to inform you that His Majesty the Emperor of

FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 1281

Japan has been pleased to confer upon you the decoration of the Second Order of
the Rising Sun. I trust that the same will be transmitted to you in due course.
Iam, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Naito Ruwiro, Chargé @ Affaires.
Gen. Horace Capron, Washington City.

(No. 2.)

ForEIGN OFFICE,
Tokyo, January 18, 1884. (The 17th Year of Meiji.)

Str: Gen. Horace Capron, of the United States of America, formerly commissioner
and adviser in chief to the Kai Taki Shi, discharged his duties with great diligence

“and much satisfaction for more than four years, from the fourth to the eighth Meiji
inclusive. He visited the island of Hokkaido or Yesso many times and traversed its
wilderness to observe its climate and to ascertain its mineral and other resources.
He laid out the full plan and gave orders for the execution of various works, and he
submitted all necessary reports with courtesy and kindness.

Now the work of the said department has been nearly completed and the island
placed in a condition to insure its future prosperity, with roads, harbors, factories,
and public works established therein, showing the results and benefits of General
Capron’s services.

His Imperial Majesty has appreciated his work, and is now pleased to confer upon
him the ‘‘Decoration of the Seeond Order of the Rising Sun.”’

I send you the said decoration, together with its indicative button, and the diploma
for the decoration, which you will deliver to General Capron on their arrival.

You will deliver the decoration to General Capron through the Department of
State, thus to show our special appreciation of his services in a formal way, he haying
resigned his office under the United States Government to accept one under ours. I
hope General Capron may feel thus more honored for this formal way of transmitting
the decoration.

Ito Hirosumt,

Counselor of State, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Narro Rurt1ro,

Chargé @ Affaires, Legation of Japan, Washington, D. C., U. S.A.

(No. 3.)

DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington, February 25, 1884.
It gives me pleasure to transmit to you, at the instance of the Japanese legation at
this capital, the accompanying decoration and diploma conferred upon you by His
Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Japan, and to congratulate you upon this compli-
mentary recognition of your personal services in that country.
F I am, sir, your obedient servant,
Frepx. T. FRELINGHUYSEN.
Hon. Horace Capron, .
Washington City, D. C.

[Translation of diploma. ]

Mutsu Hito, by the grace of Heaven, Emperor of Japan, and seated upon a throne
occupied by the same dynasty from time immemorial, doth in token of our esteem
hereby confer the Second Order of the ‘‘ Rising Sun”’ upon Horace Capron, late com-
missioner and adviser in chief to the Kai Takti Shi department of our Government.

In testimony whereof, we have set our hand and caused the Great Seal of Japan
to be thereto affixed.

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Done at our palace in the city of Tokyo, on the eleventh day of the first month of
the seventeenth year of Meiji, and the two thousand five hundred and forty- fourth
year after the accession of the Emperor Jimmu.

Mursu Hiro,
Yomigemaie Laikamiton Ogin Ko,
Keeper of the Order of the Rising Sun.
March 22, 1890—Senate.

Bill (S. 321) was announced as next in order on the Calendar.

Mr. Francis M. CockreEu. I do not think, in view of everything in
the country, the condition of the agricultural interests, and everything
of the kind, that there is any pressing necessity for spending $14,000 ~
to buy that collection. So we will let the bill pass over.

The Presrpine Orricer. The Senator from Missouri objects, and
the bill will be passed over informally.

March 29, 1890—Senate.

Mr. Danie W. Vooruens. Task the indulgence of the Senate to
call up Senate bill 321.

Mr. J. SHerman. What is the amount appropriated?

Mr. S. M. Cuttom. Fourteen thousand dollars.

Mr. Voorueers. The Senator from Ohio is familiar with this subject.
I will state that it is the amount fixed by the authorities of the Smith-
sonian a year or more ago. The bill was reported after a very full
examination by the Committee on the Library. It passed, I think,
twice through the committee and was passed once by the Senate in a
former Congress. The Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. Hoar], of
the committee, is present. The Senator from New York [Mr. Evarts]
is not here, but I hope the Senate will pass the bill.

Mr. O. H. Prarr. Will the Senator be kind enough to explain to
those Senators who have not had the time and opportunity to visit the
National Museum what this collection of Japanese works consist of ¢
I simply want information about it.

Mr. VoorHees. General Capron was abroad a number of years in
the service of the Government in Japan, and when he returned he |
brought a rare collection of those peculiar works of art for which
Japanese civilization and skill are famous. The collection has been
valued by those who are experts in that business, and this is the value
placed on the collection by Spencer F. Baird and others connected
with the Smithsonian Institution and the National Museum. The col-
lection now belongs to Mrs. Capron, a very aged lady, General Capron
being dead.. The matter, as the Senator from Massachusetts, as well
as myself, can assure the Senate, has had very careful consideration,
and I trust that no obstacle will be presented to the passage of the bill.

Mr. I. G. Harris. What is the amount involved?

Mr. Voorueers. Fourteen thousand and some hundred dollars.

Mr. G. G. Vesr. I should like to ask my friend from Indiana a
question.

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I do not know anything in the world about this matter, except that, I
know that the prices paid for Japanese curios have gone down very
much in the last two or three years. They used to be considered quite
rare, but now hardly a week passes when there are not large auction
sales in this city of Japanese articles. JI have never seen this collec-
tion, and I do not know whether it consists of articles that can not be
obtained elsewhere or whether they are antiques, which would give
particular value to such articles, but I happen to know that all the
large cities to-day are filled with Japanese curios. I simply want to
inquire whether this price is considered as being the value to-day, or
whether there has been any recent valuation, so as to know whether
$14,000 is an exorbitant sum or not.

Mr. Henry L. DAwEs rose.

Mr. Vooruers. I yield to the Senator from Massachusetts.

Mr. Dawes. I do not profess to know the value of such things, but
1 have had the opportunity to see the selections made by Mr. Capron,
and they are not of any ordinary character, like those which are in the
shops of cities.

Mr. Voornesrs. Oh, no.

Mr. Dawes. They are of a very rare kind and are nowhere to be
found in any of the shops, and they are of inestimable value as com-
pared with all those that are seen in shops. I would not undertake to
express an opinion as to their value, but there are no such specimens
of the wonderful art of the Japanese people as those that were collected
by Mr..Capron. They are peculiarly valuable specimens of what is
done in that country, and they are of great value of themselves, as
compared with other specimens, though I am not able to express an
opinion upon their money value. IJ know that heretofore they have
been valued by those in whose judgment I should have great confi-
dence as being of great value to this country to obtain the possession
of and keep in the National Museum.

Mr. Vooruees. In further answer to the Senator from Missouri I
will state that during the last session of Congress there was a letter
read here which is in the Congressional Record. It ought to be on
file now. I tried to find it a little whileago. The Senator from Mas-
sachusetts knows of the existence of the official communication which
we secured from the Smithsonian in respect to the value of these rich
and rare specimens of works of art in Japan, and the amount appro-
priated in the bill is the value placed by them. We did not pretend
to appraise them ourselves; we did not know how; and so we secured
the written official statement. of what such works would be worth at
this time, and that was within the last year or eighteen months.

Mr. E. Hate. Mr. President, these works are of such transcendent
value that it raises a condition of wonderment in the human mind that
has ever considered them why they were ever allowed to be brought

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from the country where they were made. They are not works that
can be estimated by any valuation or appraisal, but depend largely
upon the imagination. Having had some experience in committees
that have viewed and investigated such matters, I have found that no
two persons agree as to their value. They are somewhat like the
Sibylline Leaves. They come to us first with an estimate of a few
thousand dollars, as these did originally

Mr. Voorness. The Senator is mistaken about that.

Mr. Hate. And they have been constantly increasing in value. It
is an additional argument in favor of passing this bill and getting rid
of it, that if we do not pass it now at $14,000 it will come in next
year at $20,000. The Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. Dawes] says
to me in an aside that he has no doubt that will be so. The Senator
from Indiana will appreciate that consideration. It may be that he
would favor it if more money should be called for.

Mr. Voorness. That is an argument in favor of the passage of
the bill now.

Mr. Dawes. Will the Senator allow me to interrupt him?

Mr. Hate. Certainly.

Mr. Dawes. I have no doubt that as years go on more and more
the real value of these specimens will be appreciated, and that will
increase their value in the market. I agree with the Senator that if
we had purchased them five years ago in the market we could have
got them for much less than now. Every year that we come to be
more and more familiar with what is done there these specimens
will be prized above all others.

Mr. Harr. What I was coming at is that there is a pronounced
demand for this kind of appropriation from the laboring men and the
farmers of the country. The representatives of that sentiment which
the Senator from Indiana so earnestly and eloquently urged upon the
Senate the other day, the downtrodden and oppressed farmers of the
country, who are disregarded by Congress, who are passed over in
their claims in favor of fanciful things and in favor of monopolists,
desire this appropriation! Nothing can carry to the breast of the
Western farmer so complete and thrilling a feeling of satisfaction with
the Congress of the United States as to know that it is hunting up
old relics from Japan, collections that have been for years and years
here in Washington, and without which the Government has gone on in
avery respectable fashion, but which now, in obedience to their demand,
are being purchased for their benefit! It is not a fanciful thing, Mr.
President; it is a real thing, the desire that the great West has for the
purchase of these products of Japanese art!

Fourteen thousand dollars is a small sum to the farmer of the West.
He is willing to expend it for these objects; he is entirely satisfied;
and the Senator from Indiana is doing much in this cause that he is

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now pleading to pacify the farmers whom the other day he unduly
stirred up. I congratulate him that he is engaged now in a crusade
that will be beneficial to the farmers of the country and will tend to
make them more content. And for that reason, and to relieve the
burdens under which they exist, I am going to yote with him, because
I thought the other day that he was stimulating a feeling of discon-
tent on the part of the farmers, and now I see that he has slept over
it and that he has found something that they are interested in, and
that he knows will go through, and we are all going to join him and
put him in favor in sending this appropriation through.

Mr. Voornesgs. Mr. President, I will forgive the very mean speech
that preceded a very excellent conclusion and will ask for a vote, only
saying that General Capron was a very acceptable Commissioner of
Agriculture in his day, and this little appropriation goes to his widow
in her poverty. Now I hope we shall have a vote.

Mr. J. H. Berry. I desire to ask the Senator from Indiana if ‘it is
true that these works of art have been offered for $2,000?

Mr. Vooruess. I will not put it in any offensive way, but I will
answer in this way: I was trying to tax my best recollection when
the Senator made that statement, and my best recollection is—I am
not to be held responsible if it is a little different from that-—that I
introduced a bill for the purchase of the Capron collection for $10,000.
Then the committee asked officially the officers who had these works
in charge at the Smithsonian Institution for an estimate of their value,
and they made an estimate over the amount that was asked for them.
Then I amended the bill myself in accordance with it.

I represent a constituency, Mr. President, who would not abolish
the Smithsonian Institution or the National Museum, and I suppose
the Senator from Maine [Mr. Hale] would criticise *them for not
doing so; but, as I stated, I forgive him for his speech for the sake of
the vote he is going to give.

Mr. G. F. Hoar. Isuppose everybody is in favor of ornamenting this
capital and making it to the American people who come here attractive
to a reasonable and proper extent with works of art. A good many
of us have voted for larger expenditures than this for single objects
which hardly come within that designation when they are completed.
I remember Mr. Sumner said that the most polite thing he ever knew
in his life was when a distinguished Englishman walked with him
straight by the statue of Andrew Jackson and did not manifest the
slightest consciousness that there was such a thing in sight.

Now, I thinkin the selection of these works we can trust, better
than we can ourselves, the judgment of the men who have the charge
of the Smithsonian Institution and the National Museum. Professor
Baird, I believe, reserved this large space in the National Museum to
their custody and exhibition; they are among the most attractive and

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interesting objects which are examined by the persons who go there,
and he desired their purchase. I think I am not mistaken in making
that assertion. The Senator from Indiana knows whether I am correct
or not in that statement.

Mr. VoorHeeEs. The Senator is correct about that.

Mr. Hoar. When the present accomplished Secretary of the Smith-
sonian Institution, who is not only one of the most distinguished and
learned men in the country, but who has been a special student of the
history of art, who is familiar with the history of the great works
of art in the world, and who has been a special student in that most
. delicate art matter of engraving, desires a small appropriation of this
kind for an object of art to be preserved in his National Museum,
and sets a price on it, I, for one, am willing to act upon his authority,
and I do not think there is better authority in the country.

The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment.

Mr. J. Z. Georcr. Mr. President, in the absence of the Senator from
Texas [Mr. Reagan], in order to guard the people against suck extrava-
gant appropriations as this, I shall be compelled to put in my feeble
protest against any such expenditure of the public money. I will not
make any speech about it, for the reason that I can not get—let me
see, what is the word/—I can not get the forgiveness of the Senator
from Indiana |Mr. Voorhees] for making a mean speech in opposition
to this bill by voting for it. My position is that I shall have to vote
against it.

Mr. Berry. Mr. President, I desire to say that while $14,000 is a
small sum, it is an appropriation that ought not to be made. I fully
agree with all the Senator from Indiana [Mr. Voorhees] so well said a
few days ago in regard to the condition of the farmers of the country,
and I furthernyore agree that this character of appropriation is not the
kind that they approve, and I do not believe that it should be made by
the Senate of the United States.

It is practically admitted that these articles are not worth this sum
of money and that the bill was originally introduced for a far less
amount. The persons who own these works did not consider them
worth $14,000, and yet the Senator from Indiana says he changed the
amount on his own motion when the lady for whose benefit the appro-
priation is to be made did not expect that amount.

_ My. President, if it was our own money with which we were dealing

we should have the right to take it and give it to this lady, to give her
more than she asked, to give her more than it is admitted these articles
are worth, and to give her more than they are valued’at, but I do not
believe that I,as a Senator, here have the right to vote the people’s
money in any such way, and therefore I am in earnest against this and
all kindred appropriations.

Mr. Vooruesgs. I am astonished at the inaccuracy of the Senator

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FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 1287

from Arkansas [Mr. Berry], who is usually very accurate and fair.
The amount was not changed on a claim of the claimant or on an esti-
mate of more than the works were worth. I stated that I changed the
face of the bill upon an official estimate made by experts in the Smith-
sonian Institution upon the official request of the committee, and that
that was the basis of changing the amount. That was the statement.

Mr. Berry. I understood the Senator to state that the bill was
originally introduced for $10,000, with which sum the owner of these
articles was content. Is that correct?

Mr. Voornesgs. | did not say whether she was content or not. I
did not ask the poor, old, impoverished lady on that subject, but I did
find out what the articles were said to be worth by those who were
competent tojudge. I never jew and I never haggle and I never beat
down, especially a widow woman in poverty, and I represent a con-
stituency who do not expect me to do it.

Mr. Berry. In regard to jewing and beating down the poor, and
talking about a poor old woman, there are thousands of poor old women
in the State of Indiana and.in Arkansas who are as much entitled to
the consideration of the Congress of the United States as this lady or
any other lady.

When the Senator talks about never trying to beat down, that argu-
ment goes very well with a man’s own property and his own money,
but when we are dealing with other people’s money, I, for one, do not
believe that we have a right to vote any more than the article we
purchase is worth, and the fact that the lady is old and poor makes no
difference in that particular, if we are dealing with her for articles
which the Government desires to possess.

That is my idea of the right and wrong of the proposition, and no

remarks about the character of constituency the Senator represents,

or that I may represent, will affect me when it comes to voting away
money which we adimit is not ours, and when the Senator admits that
the bill has been changed from the amount provided for when it was
originally introduced.

I ask for the yeas and nays on the passage of the bill.

The Vice-PREstIDENT (Mr. Levi P. Morron). The question is on
ordering the bill to be engrossed for a third reading. Does the Sena-
tor from Arkansas desire the yeas and nays on that question ?

Mr. Berry. No; | ask for the yeas and nays on the passage of the
bill.

The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, and was
read the third time.

The Vick-PRESsIDENT. On the passage of the bill the Senator from
Arkansas asks for the yeas and nays.

The yeas and nays were ordered; and the Secretary proceeded to call
the roll.

1288 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

Mr. Hae (when his name was called). I am paired with the Senator
from Kentucky [Mr. Beck].

Mr. Wapr Hampron (when his name was called). I am paired with
the Senator from Rhode Island [Mr. Dixon].

Mr. M. S. Quay (when his name was called). I am paired with the
junior Senator from West Virginia [Mr. Faulkner]. If he were pres-
ent, I should vote ‘‘ yea.”

Mr. P. Sawyer (when his name was called). I am paired with the
Senator from Georgia [Mr. Colquitt] on all political questions; but I
do not consider this as a question of that kind, and I vote ‘‘ yea.”

Mr. W. C. Squire (when his name was called). I am paired with the
Senator from Virginia [Mr. Daniel]. If he were present, I should vote
ee yea. 9

Mr. D. Turpre (when his name was called). I am paired with the
Senator from Minnesota [Mr. Davis] and withhold my vote.

Mr. G. G. Vesr (when his name was called). I am paired with the
Senator from Kansas [Mr. Plumb]. I do not know how he would vote
on this question and withhold my vote.

Mr. E. K. Witson of Maryland (when his name was called). I am
paired with the Senator from Iowa [Mr. Wilson].

The roll call was concluded.

Mr. G. F. Epmunps. I believe the Senator from Alabama [Mr. Pugh]
has not voted.

The Vicr-PrestpEnt. He has not voted.

Mr. Epmunps. I am paired with him, subject to making a quorum,
and so I withhold my vote unless it be necessary to make a quorum.

Mr. Quay. I understand from Senators on the other side that my
pair with the Senator from West Virginia [Mr. Faulkner] does not
apply to this bill in case my vote is necessary to make a quorum. _
Understanding that a quorum has not yet voted, 1 feel at liberty to
vote, and I vote ‘‘yea.” .

Mr. Squire. I understand the Senator from Virginia [Mr. Daniel]
with whom I am paired, if present, would vote ‘‘ yea,” and therefore
I am at liberty to vote, and I vote ‘‘ yea.”

Mr. A. S. Pappock. I am assured that the Senator from Louisiana
[Mr. Eustis] with whom I am paired, if here, would vote ‘‘ yea,” and
I vote ‘‘ yea.”

Mr. Epmunps. May I ask if a quorum has voted?

The Vicr-PresipEnT. Not yet.

Mr. Epmunps. I will respond to my name then. I vote ‘‘ nay.”

Mr. Vest. I am at liberty to vote to make a quorum, and I vote
74 nay. 93

Mr. Wutson, of Maryland. In order to make a quorum I vote. I
vote ‘‘nay.”

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The result was announced—yeas 27, nays 15; as follows:

Yeras.—Allen, Blackburn, Blair, Butler, Call, Chandler, Cullom, Dawes, Dolph,
Gorman, Hoar, Kenna, McMillan, Manderson, Mitchell, Morrill, Paddock, Payne,
Quay, Sawyer, Sherman, Spooner, Squire, Stockbridge, Teller, Voorhees, Wash-
burn—27.

Nays.—Bate,’ Berry, Casey, Cockrell, Coke, Edmunds, Frye, George, Ingalls,
Pierce, Platt, Reagan, Vest, Walthall, Wilson of Maryland—15.

' AssEntT.—Aldrich, Allison, Barbour, Beck, Blodgett, Brown, Cameron, Colquitt,

. Daniel, Davis, Dixon, Eustis, Evarts, Farwell, Faulkner, Gibson, Gray, Hale,

Hampton, Harris, Hawley, Hearst, Higgins, Hiscock, Jones of Arkansas, Jones of
Nevada, McPherson, Moody, Morgan, Pasco, Pettigrew, Plumb, Pugh, Ransom,
Stanford, Stewart, Turpie, Vance, Wilson of Iowa, Wolcott.

So the bill was passed.

May 13, 1890—House.

Mr. Cuarzes O’NerxL1, from Committee on the Library, submitted
report (H. 1983) on H. 2753:

The Committee on the Library, to which the bill (H. 2753) for the _
purchase of ‘‘the Capron collection of Japanese works of art” was
referred, recommends its passage. This isa very valuable and instruc-
tive collection, and it should be purchased and placed in the National
Museum. The late Prof. Spencer F. Baird advised the purchase
while he was Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, as have other
scientists.

Committed to Committee of the Whole.

May 19, 1890—House.

Mr. Cuarues O’NEILL, from Committee on the Library, submitted
report (H. 2036) to accompany S. 321:

The Capron collection consists of a large number of works of art,
such as gold lacquers, bronzes, porcelains, screens, enamels, vases,
swords, carvings in ivory and wood, gold and silver coins, and many
other articles of curious workmanship, all illustrative of the history of
Japan. They are displayed in cases at the National Museum, and for
the last few years have been seen by thousands of visitors from all
parts of the country.

General Capron (formerly United States Commissioner of Agricul-
ture) lived for several years in Japan, in high official position under
the Government of that-country. He had special opportunities of
gathering specimens of art, etc.

Most of the lacquered work came from the private stores of the
Tycoons, confiscated at the close of their reign by the government of
the Mikado. These pieces bear the armorial insignia of the princely
families in which, for centuries, they had been treasured. Some of
the articles, it should be added, were derived from imperial sources as.
presents. The collection was got together before attempts had been
made to imitate these rare and unrivaled works of Old Japan. The old
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. successive coatings; the productions of the present period are in every
way inferior.

The articles in this collection are not to be confounded with what of
late years has been brought to America, and sold in quantities as
works of Japanese art.

In the first session of the Forty-ninth Congress Senator Voorhees
submitted a report of the Committee on the Library recommending the
purchase of the collection. The report, No. 196, contains a descriptive
catalogue of 144 articles, and reference to it will afford a detailed
description of these various specimens, their material, and what they
signify in Japanese legend or history.

Upon his return to the United States, General Capron generously
placed these treasures in the Smithsonian Institution that the people
visiting Washington might see and enjoy them. After his death (early
in 1885) his widow, believing it to have been her husband’s wish that
the collection should be kept together as a whole and ultimately become
the property of the Government, signified her desire to leave it in the
custody of the Smithsonian. When the National Museum was com-
pleted the cases were removed thither, where the collection has con-
tinued to the present time to be a conspicuous attraction. It interests
not alone the art student and the designer, but all classes of visitors
from every part of the country.

This committee in the Forty-ninth and in the Fiftieth Congresses
recommended its purchase, but no action was had upon the bills in the
House. Professor Baird, writing January 14, 1887, to Mr. Singleton,
then chairman of this committee, after speaking of the quality of the
workmanship, etc., says:

We should consider the acquisition of the collection of great importance, and its
removal. from our cases would make a noticeable gap in the Japanese series. The
price at which the collection is offered is a reasonable one; as the articles, if sold
separately, would probably bring a considerably larger amount. (House Report No.
4000, second session, Forty-ninth Congress. )

The price of $14,675 was fixed by impartial and trustworthy officials
of the Government, four years ago, and accompanied by the statement
that the collection ‘‘ is constantly increasing in value.”

In view of these facts, and believing it to be an unusual opportunity,
in the line of a wise and judicious expenditure for that great resort of
our people, the National Museum, to acquire a collection of very great
value, your committee report the bill back with the recommendation
that it do pass.

Committed to Committee of the Whole. ‘
June 14, 1890—Senate.

Mr. Wiuram M. Evarts, from Committee on the Library, reported
an amendment to be proposed to sundry civil bill for 1891 (H. 10884):

‘For the purchase of the Capron collection, now on exhibition at the National
Museum, of the estate of the late Horace Capron, the sum of $14,675.

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Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
March 3, 1897.

Sundry civil act for 1892.

For the purchase of ‘‘the Capron collection of Japanese works of
art,” now on temporary deposit in the National Museum at Washington,
District of Columbia, $10,000.

(Stat., XX VI, 963.)

REPORT OF SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.

December 4, 1889—Senate.

Mr. J. S. Morrixz introduced joint resolution (S. 3):

That hereafter there be printed of the annual reports of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion and of the National Museum, in two octavo volumes, annually, 16,000 extra
copies, of which 3,000 copies shall be for the use of the Senate, 6,000 for the use of
the House of Representatives, and 7,000 for the use of the Smithsonian Institution.

Referred to Committee on Printing.
December 5, 1889—Senate.
Mr. 8. M. Cuttom introduced joint resolution (S. 13):

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That there be printed of the report of the Smithsonian Institution and of the
National Museum for the years ending June 30, 1888, and June 30, 1889, in two
octavo volumes for each year, 19,000 extra copies, of which 3,000 shall be for the
use of the Senate, 6,000 for the use of the House of Representatives. and 10,000 for
the use of the Smithsonian Institution.

Referred to Committee on Printing.
April 26, 1890—House.

Mr. JosEpH WHEELER introduced resolution (H. 157), to print report
of the Smithsonian Institution and National Museum.

Referred to Committee on Printing.

May 27, 1890—House.
Mr. C. A. Russevu reported substitute concurrent resolution.
Passed.

June 17, 1890—Senate. '

Mr. J. R. Hawrey, from Committee on Printing, submitted report
(S. 1375), to accompany House concurrent resolution authorizing
the printing of 16,000 copies of the report of the Smithsonian Insti-
tution and National Museum for the year ending June 30, 1888, and
for the year ending June 30, 1889, in two octavo volumes for each
year, 16,000 copies of each report, of which 3,000 copies shall be for
the use of the Senate, 6,000 copies for the use of the House of Repre-
sentatives, and 7,000 copies for the use of the Smithsonian Institution.

The Committee on Printing, to whom was referred the above con-
current resolution, having considered the same, report it back with
the recommendation that it do pass. The number of copies provided
for and the distribution of the same is the same as in previous years,
and the cost will be about $8,000 for each report.

Adopted.

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December 10, 1890—House.

Mr. JosrpH WHEELER introduced concurrent resolution to print
report of Smithsonian Institution and National Museum for year end-
ing 30th of June, 1890.

Referred to Committee on Printing.

March 2, 1891—House.

Passed.

March 3, 1891—Senate.

Mr. Cuarues F. Manperson, from Committee on Printing, reported
favorably the concurrent resolution:

Resolved, etc., That there be printed of the reports of the Smithsonian Institution
and of the National Museum for the year ending June 30, 1890, in two octavo vol-
umes, 19,000 extra copies, of which 3,000 copies shall be for the use of the Senate,
6,000 copies for the use of the House of Representatives, 7,000 copies for the use of
the Smithsonian Institution, and 3,000 copies for the use of the National Museum.

Mr. ArtHur P. Gorman. I ask my colleague of the Committee on
Printing what is the estimated cost of printing these reports for this
year.

Mr. Manperson. The Smithsonian report was made to the House
of Representatives. I can only give an approximate estimate.

Mr. Gorman. Is any special appropriation made?

Mr. Manperson. No; this is a concurrent resolution in the usual
form.

The Vicr-Prestpent (Mr. Levi P. Morton). The question is on
concurring in the resolution.

Concurred in.

ROCK CREEK PARK.
December 4, 1889—Senate.
Mr. Jonn SHERMAN introduced Dill (S. 4), establishing the Rock
Creek Park.
Referred to Committee on the District of Columbia.
Mr. J. J. IN@ALts introduced bill (S. 494).
Referred to Committee on the District of Columbia.

December 21, 1889—Senate.
Mr. J. J. Ineays reported with amendments bill (S. 4).
Referred to Calendar.
January 28, 1890—Senate.
Bill (S. 4) amended and passed.
February 6, 1890—House.
Bill (S. 4) laid before the House.
Referred to Committee on the District of Columbia.
March 18, 1890—House. ;
Mr. W. W. Grout reported with amendments 5. 4.
Referred to Committee of Whole.

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March 24, 1890—Housé.

Mr. W. W. Grout called up. Not acted upon by Committee of
Whole.
April 26, 1890—House.

Mr. J. C. Burrows reported with amendments and Mr. L. KE. Ark1n-
son asked House to agree. Refused to pass.

May 26, 1890—House.
S. 4 passed amended.

June 6, 1899—Senate.
House amendments to $. 4 disagreed to and conferees appointed:

Mr. I. G. Harris, Mr. S. J. McMinuan, and Mr. A. Hieerns.

June 12, 1890—House.
’ House insisted on amendments to 8. 4, and appointed conferees:

Mr. W. W. Grout, Mr. L. E. Arxrnson, and Mr. J. J. Hempuiiy.

June 17, 1890—Senate.
Mr. J. J. INGALLS appointed as conferee in place of Mr. McMILuan,
excused. :

September 25, 1890—House.

The statement of the House conferees was read, as follows:

The managers on the part of the House submit the following explana-
tion of the report of the committee of conference on Senate bill No. 4,
authorizing the establishing of a public parkin the District of Columbia:

The Senate conferees agreed to recede from the disagreement of the
Senate to the amendments of the House and to report a substitute con-
taining practically all the provisions of the bill as it passed the House.

It became necessary to prepare a substitute because of the many
verbal and other’amendments that had to be adopted to make the bill
as amended by the House complete and congruous.

The first amendment adopted by the House provided that the park
south of Broad Branch road and Blagden Mill road should be not less
than 1,200 feet in width, including the bed of the creek, ‘‘ of which not
less than 300 feet should be on either side of said creek, nor less than
* 600 feet on either side of said creek.”

This was manifestly a mistake, and the committee of conference
adopted as a substitute for this a provision that the width of that
portion of the park should not be more than 1,200 feet nor less than
600 feet, of which not less than 200 feet should be on either side of
said creek.

That makes the provision clear and carries out the intention of the
House as the committee understood it.

The second amendment relates to the commission.

As the bill passed the House two commissions were provided for—
one by section 2 of the original bill and one by the amendment offered
by the gentleman from Illinois, Mr. Payson; and the duties imposed

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upon these two commissions were conflicting. The committee has
provided for a commission of five persons and placed upon it all the
duties laid upon the two commissions by the House bill as amended.

The amendment offered by the gentleman from Illinois, Mr. Payson,
and adopted by the House made necessary a change in the plan of
condemning and paying for the property selected by the commission.

Sections 3 and 4 of the House bill, which set out the mode of con-
demnation, were stricken out by the committee of conference, and
section 3 of the substitute bill inserted in their stead.

In making these changes we have adopted the plan followed by the
House for the condemnation of the zoological park as near as practica-
ble.

Section 6 of the substitute provides for the assessment of the value
of the land taken upon the property directly benefited.

It is the same provision as was contained in section 7 of the bill as
it passed the House except as to some verbal amendments and one
relating to the payment of persons whose lands may be taken.

The committee were satisfied that the Government could not take
the private property of the citizen without paying him for it, and as
the House had provided that the benefits assessed upon the property
directly benefited should be paid in one, two, three, and four years,
and as the District appropriation bill, as agreed on in conference,
exceeds the revenues of the District for this fiscal year, there seemed
to be no alternative but to allow the District to borrow from the
General Government temporarily that portion of expense required of
the District, and that the same be paid in equal annual installments
with interest at 3 per cent.

This plan has been agreed on by the committee and made a part of
the substitute bill.

The numerous verbal amendments need not be specified in detail, as
they do not alter the bill in any material way.

Louis E. ATKINSON,
JOHN J. HEMPHILL,
Managers on the part of the House.

The Speaker (Mr. T. B. REED). The question is on the adoption of
the report.

Mr. James BucHanan, of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I would like
to get some information from the gentleman [Mr. Hemphill] who
has presented this report before the vote is taken. I gather from
the statement attached to this conference report that it will be nec-
essary, in case this project goes through, for the District of Columbia
to borrow temporarily from the General Government a certain amount
of money to pay for the property to be condemned for the purposes of
this park. Am I correct in that?

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Mr. J. J. Hempuiiy. | will state to the gentleman that at the time
this report was prepared we were in the last fiscal year, and we put
that provision in it because the appropriation seemed to carry all
the money that was then in the District treasury.

Mr. Bucuanan, of New Jersey. Then am I correct in under stand-
ing the gentleman to say that it will not be necessary for the District
to borrow money for this purpose?

Mr. Hempurtu. No; I can not say that it will not be necessary dur-
ing this fiscal year. We have provided in the bill that the District
may borrow the money at 3 per cent.

Mr. Bucuanan, of New Jersey. That is what I am trying to get at,
whether if this park is established it necessitates the District making
a loan and paying for the land.

Mr. Hemputtt. It does.

Mr. Bucuanan, of New Jersey. To what extent?

Mr. Hemputtt. To the extent of one-half the amount.

Mr. Bucuanan, of New Jersey. What is the amount?

Mr. Hempuiiy. Twelve hundred thousand dollars.

Mr. Bucuanan, of New Jersey. Then if this bill becomes a law it
will be necessary for the District of Columbia to borrow $600,000 to
pay for this land.

Mr. Hempni. Yes, sir.

Mr. Bucuanan, of New Jersey. Does the gentleman think the Dis-

trict ought to do that?
_ Mr. Hempentiy. I do; and the House has practically agreed to that
already by a large vote. I will say to the gentleman that the value of
the improvement to adjacent property is to be assessed upon that
property, which assessmept the bill passed by the House allows the
owners of the property to pay in four annual installments. Until the
revenue comes in from the assessments upon the benefited property
there must be a borrowing by the District.

Mr. Bucwanan, of New Jersey. And the General Government,
which forces this park upon the people of the District, generously
compels them to pay interest meanwhile.

Mr. Hemeniiy. It may be generous or not, as the gentleman may
look at it.

Mr. Bucuanan, of New Jersey. I do not think it is.

Mr. Hempuiiy. Well, that has already been agreed upon.

Mr. Bucnanan, of New Jersey... I opposed the proposition when it
was up before.

Mr. Cannon. I wish to inquire of the gentleman from South Caro-
lina [Mr. Hemphill] whether the conference ‘committee took into con-
sideration the necessity or propriety of increasing the rate of taxation
in this District, so that this park may be established and the legitimate
expenses of the District in other directions may be borne.

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Mr. Hemenuitu. That matter was in a general way discussed, but
the conference committee, I would suppose, had no authority to pro-
vide for levying any additional tax; such levy must be made by separate
action.

Mr. J. G. Cannon. It seems to me that when a conference committee
submits a report which necessitates an expenditure of $1,200,000 and a
large expenditure in perpetuity, the committee could at least have
submitted a proposition to raise the necessary funds—first, by borrow-
ing (which has been provided for); and, secondly, by levying a tax to
pay for this property which you think it wise to buy.

Mr. Hempuity. Well, Mr. Speaker, the increase that has taken
place in the value of property in this District on account of the street
railroads and various other improvements will certainly bring about
the collection of a very large additional revenue, though the rate of
assessment may remain the same. But, of course, I can not figure on
that until the returns come in.

Mr. Cannon. I have been hearing statements of that kind for a
great many years; but somehow the expenditures for one thing and
another seem to increase a little faster than the revenues, notwithstand-
ing the growth and improvement of the city.

Mr. Hempuiti. Well, I will join the gentleman in trying to regu-
late that matter by any bill which may come up here.

Mr. Cannon. I would be very gladif this report could be sent back
to the conference committee, so that between now and next December
they may ascertain, first (and they can tell by that time), what the
revenues ought to be for this fiscal year; secondly, if those revenues
should not be sufficient to purchase this park or the District’s share of
it, then to ascertain to what extent taxatign should be increased for
the purpose of meeting this expenditure. It seems to me that in the
closing days of this session of Congress, with the revenues of the Dis-
trict for the fiscal year unascertained, it would be wise either to let this
conference report go over without final action or to vote the report
down and send the matter back to the conference committee, that
fuller inquiry may be made and the result embodied in a report at
the beginning of the next session.

Mr. Hempuity. Well, Mr. Speaker

Mr. W. J. Sronn, of Kentucky. In addition to what has been said

by the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Cannon], I would like to suggest’

that this conference committee be directed to report some plan by
which the Government of the United States can be assured of the
repayment of this money.

Mr. Hemenity. Why, under this bill there is no doubt in the world
in regard to that; it is just as clear as-the nose on a man’s face.

Mr. Sronr, of Kentucky. What sort of security has the Govern-
ment in that respect ?

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Mr. Hempur. It has the right to levy special assessments upon
the adjoining property in proportion to the benefit of this improve-
ment, and not only adjoining property, but all property directly
benefited.

Mr. A. J. Hopkins. And does not the expense so levied become a
lien on the property ?

Mr. Hempum. Oh, yes; and it bears interest. Under this bill we
simply provide for a temporary loan as to a large part of the expense
for the purpose of getting control of this property at once, instead of
waiting until it shall be more valuable.

Mr. Srone, of Kentucky. Do you regard it as a wise thing for the
Government to enter into the business of lending money to cities, cor-
porations, or anybody else?

Mr. Hempurii. No; I do not say it is wise for the Government to
enter into any such business; but I do say that when the Government
undertakes to govern the capital of the nation and to legislate for it
through Congress, and undertakes to bear half the expenses of the
government of the city, it is wise and proper to make such financial
arrangements as will save the people expense.

Mr. D. Kerr, of Iowa. If the assessments on the adjacent property

* do not cover this expense, then there is no other provision at all for

meeting it.

Mr. Hempnry. No, sir; the overinaont stands whatever part of
the expense may not ie recovered from the property owners; but from
the best information I can gather (of course I can not tell what is going
to be ascertained as the value of the property) the amount of actual
expense to the Government under this bill will be comparatively small;
and some gentlemen say it will be nothing. Of course I simply give
my opinion, founded upon the best information I can gather.

Mr. Horxtns. It must be something.

Mr. Hempnuity. There have been instances in this country where
every cent of the expenses of a park of this kind has been assessed on
the adjoining property, and it was thought a wise thing.

Mr. Kerr, of Iowa. Has that ever happened except in a single
instance in Chicago ?

Mr. Hempntty. I can cite that one case of my own er

Mr. G. E. Apams. There were three instances in Chicago.

Mr. Bucuanan, of New Jersey. This bill as now reported provides,
I understand, for a loan by the Government to the District, and as
security for that loan there is the contingency that,money may be
obtained by“assessments levied upon the property which may be bene-
fited—property adjoining or elsewhere. I understand the gentleman
from South Carolina to say that there is no other contingency under
which repayment of this loan may be assured; and he calls this a slight
expense. Now, I want to ask the gentleman this question: Does he not

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know that every Democratic newspaper will charge this amount of
$1,200,000 to the sum total of appropriations made by Congress this
year? Does he not know that the orators of his party will flaunt this
from every stump as a part of the ‘‘ wasteful extravagance of a Repub-
lican Congress ?”

Mr. Hempniiu. Well, if any Democratic orator or Democratic
newspaper chooses to make capital out of this, that is something they
have a right to do, as a matter of course. But I will state here, and I
will state anywhere, that I think it a wise and judicious expenditure,
and in so far as my knowledge goes of the business of the District of
Columbia I have never known money spent which, in my judgment,
will be of more benefit to the people of the country and of the District
than this. I believe it will save hundreds of thousands of dollars and
give many benefits in addition. That is my honest conviction.

Mr. Bucuanan, of New Jersey. Then I am authorized to quote
that in opposition to such statements of Democratic orators or news-
papers /

Mr. Hempuity. You are, so far as I am concerned.

Mr. C. A. Hixu. Let me ask the gentleman a question. If I remem-

ber the reading of the report, the bill provides in substance that upon |

making a map or plat of the proposed park and filing it of record the
title shall pass to the United States.

Mr. Hempuiiy. Provided the money is paid.

Mr. Hitz. Well, it says ‘‘subject to the payment of compensation
as hereinafter provided.”

Mr. Hempuimt. Yes, sir; but the money must be paid before the
title passes. Provision is made that when the hands of the Govern-
ment is laid on the property it shall remain in sta¢w quo until the money
is paid.

Mr. Hitu. You do not understand, then, that it passes title before

the compensation is made?

Mr. Hemputiy. Not at all. On the contrary, we considered that

fully, and were satisfied that we could not appropriate any man’s.
property until he was paid for it.

Mr. JosErpH D. Taytor. Let me ask the gentleman whether the
people who are to pay the assessment levied upon their property, by
the supposed increase of value which will accrue from this park, are
in favor of the passage of the bill and are consenting to the proposition
to lay out a park to take possession of a portion of their property 4

Mr. Hempumn. Well, I do not know exactly who the owners of the
property will be. Some are in favor of the park provided it is located
in one place, and some are in favor of it at another place; but the
majority have expressed no decided conviction, I think.

Mr. JosepH D. Taytor. They have not been here protesting
against it?

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Mr. Hempuiiu. No, sir; not at all.

Mr. JosepH D. Taytor..And the plan has been made public for
some time?

Mr. Hempniuyi. Oh, yes; it has been a matter of consideration for
a long time.

The Spraxer. The question is on the adoption of the report.

The question was taken; and the SPEAKER announced that the report
was adopted.

Mr. W. S. Hotman. I demand a division.

Mr. Hempuiiy. Let me state this, Mr. Speaker: The Senate has
practically agreed to the House bill except that the form of the bill has
been necessarily changed to meet the action of the House itself. Gen-
tlemen will remember the amendment of the gentleman from Illinois
which was inserted in the bill, and we were obliged to shape the bill so
as to make it symmetrical in order to conform to that action. Now,
I think the best thing to do is to adopt this provision as we have got
it. It is about the first time that the Senate has agreed to anything
we have done here, and we had better take advantage of it and make
the most of it.

The Speaker. The Chair will remind the gentleman that the House
is dividing.

Mr. W. McApoo. Let me ask the gentleman from South Carolina
this question: Whether the Senate have changed the boundaries pro-
vided in the House bill?

Mr. Hemputiru. Practically not at all.

The Speaker. The Chair will again remind gentlemen that the

House is dividing, and the question is on the adoption of the report,

on which the gentleman from Indiana demands a division.

The question was taken; and upon a division there were—ayes 90,
noes 41.

Mr. Hotman. No quorum.

Mr. J. A. ANDERSON, of Kansas, and Mr. Kerr, of Iowa, demanded
the yeas and nays. .

The yeas and nays were ordered.

The question was taken; and there were—yeas 123, nays 65, not
voting 137.

So the report was adopted.

September 25, 1890—Senate.

Mr. J. J. Incatts. I rise to a privileged question. I present the
report of the committee of conference on the bill (S. 4) authorizing
the establishing of a public park in the District of Columbia.

The Prestpine Orricer (Mr. Frye in the chair). The conference
report presented by the Senator from Kansas will be read.

Mr. Inearis. I would suggest for the convenience of Senators that
this report is somewhat long and will take perhaps ten or fifteen min-

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utes to read. I will ask, if there be no ee that it may be con-
sidered to-night.

The Presipine Orricer. The question is on concurring in the report
of the committee of conference.

Mr. A. P. Gorman. Does the Senator from Kansas desire this report
to be acted upon now, or will he permit it to be printed and go over
until to-morrow ?

Mr. Ineatts. I should prefer, unless there is some reason to the
contrary, that it may be now considered.

Mr. Gorman. I trust the Senator from Kansas will favor us with an
explanation of the report.

Mr. Ineatts. Its provisions are generally known, and they are
simple. It provides for the acquisition of a tract of land not exceed-
ing 2,000 acres in the valley of Rock Creek, at an expenditure of not
to exceed $1,200,000, one-half of which is to be paid by the Govern-
ment of the United States and one-half from the revenues of the Dis-
trict, in four equal annual installments. It has been discussed in both

‘Houses. The provisions have been generally disseminated through
the press, and I believe that the measure, while not all that can be
desired and in some respects not in accord with my own views, is
generally approved. I think, unless the Senator from Maryland has
some particular reason why further inquiry should be made, that I
should prefer to have the report acted upon to-night.

Mr. Gorman. I am very heartily in favor of the general proposi-
tion, but in the reading of the report one or two things struck me as
rather novel to be introduced in the District in an enterprise of this
sort. The first was the fact that you assess, by a commission to be
named by the bill, the benefits that accrue to the adjoining property.

Mr. Incas. I did not like that. That was not in accord with my
own views, but agreeing to it was the result of a compromise.

Mr. Gorman. I am perfectly well aware that in quite a number of
the large cities of the country such is the rule in the opening of streets
and other improvements within the corporate limits, where the prop-
erty advances in value rapidly and where the owner derives benefit
from it, but, as I understand, this park is out some distance from the
city of Washington, in the country.

Mr. Ineatts. In the valley of Rock Creek.

Mr. Gorman. The valley of Rock Creek, and it extends to the Mary-
land line.

Mr. Ineatts. It will extend to the District line, if the money holds
out.

Mr. Gorman. Very good, but the whole of it is located outside of
the limits of the city of Washington, and the surrounding country con-
sists of farms and dwellings and property not of very great value to-day.
It does seem to me that to choose a commission of our own selection

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for the purpose of ascertaining what benefit the park will be to the
farming country that adjoins, without the right of appeal, as I under-
stood from the reading, is a very extraordinary provision to introduce
into a measure here. It is rather a hardship to these people, who
practically have only farms and gardens.

The other proyision to which I allude is that we are not only to have
the engineer officer of the District of Columbia, who is an Army officer,
but we add to the military government of this District, at least so far
as this park is concerned, and intrust the expenditure of the money of
the people of the District to another Army officer, the Chief of Engi-
neers, a gentleman for whom I have the highest regard, and who, I
believe from what I have seen of him, is probably the most capable
officer I have ever known to occupy that position, and we all have per-
fect confidence in him. But to put the money, one-half of which is to
come from the tax-payers of the District of Columbia, practically
under two Army officers, appointed for life, with no control of it by
the people of the District and no way to reach it, is going beyond any-
thing heretofore contemplated. I had hoped we would in the course
of time, and in a very short time, eliminate that military feature from
the management of the affairs of the District of Columbia and put it all
in the hands of civilians; but under the provisions of this report we
are adding to and extending their power and authority.

As I caught the reading of the report, these are the two prominent
features in it, and I suggest to the Senator from Kansas, as it is late in
the evening, for it is now twenty minutes past 5 o’clock, that he let
this matter go over until to-morrow morning and have the report
printed, so that we may have an opportunity to look into it. Probably
it is true that at this late day in the session, after the long conference
which has been had, nothing better can be done; but with no disposition
in the world, as the Senator understands perfectly well, to obstruct the
adoption of the report, I think it is due that the Senator should permit
us to look at it in print to-morrow morning.

Mr. I. G. Harris. I will say to the Senator from Maryland that the
report is already printed. It was printed by order of the committee.
By sending to the room of the District Committee I doubt not we can
get any number of printed copies that the Senators may desire to see.

Mr. Gorman. I was not aware of that. I suggest to the Senator to
let the report go over until to-morrow morning, so that we may have
an opportunity to examine it. §

Mr. Incauts. The request of the Senator from Maryland is reasona-
ble, and if he desires to familiarize himself further with the provisions
of the report I can not object. I can only add, however, that the report
is in many particulars more obnoxious to me than it can be to the Sen-
ator from Maryland. I believe that the provision that imposes one-
half of the cost of the improvement upon the people of this District is

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wrong in principle and pernicious in practice. I think it is an unjust
burden upon the already overtaxed resources of this people.

The other points.the Senator makes are somewhat in accord with my
own views, but the report, as is usual in such cases, was the result of a
compromise. I do not think anything else can be done.

I‘may add that the provisions of the report have been submitted to
the people through the newspapers, and have been the subject of con-
sideration and discussion for a number of months, the conferees hay-
ing agreed, I think, in July last. There has been, so faras I know, no
protest on the part of the people of the District against the report; on
the contrary, it has been generally approved, and the decision has been
regarded with favor and cordially acquiesced in by those most nearly
interested. .

Mr. H. W. Buarr. May I ask the Senator as to the extent of the
surface that is appropriated by this bill?

Mr. Ineatus. The quantity of land is not to exceed 2,000 acres and
the expense not to exceed $1,200,000.

Mr. Buatr. Can the Senator indicate the general form of this piece
of land?

Mr. Ineatzs. It follows the sinuosities of Rock Creek, beginning
where the Zoological Park ends, and thence extending westward along
the windings of the creek, comprising the banks and cliffs, if you may
so describe them, on both sides of the creek to the line of Maryland.

Mr. Buatr. With something like a uniform width of park?

Mr. Ineauts. Not to exceed a certain amount on each side, the
object being to exclude improved property, as far as possible, and
establish a park that shall be limited to the valley of the creek, along
which a road is to be maintained that shall run as at present and be pro-
tected from any further change in the natural aspect of the region.

If there is objection to the present consideration of the report, of
course I consent that it may go over, but I ask that it may be printed,
giving notice that at the earliest opportunity to-morrow I shall ask
for its consideration.

The Presipinc Orricer. Does the Senator ask that the report be
printed ?

Mr. Ineatts. I ask that it may be printed.

Mr. Harris. I suppose that there are printed copies in the commit-
tee room ?

Mr. Ineatts. It can be printed without delay.

Mr. Harris. I suppose so. I have no objection to the printing, but
I should like, if the report goes over, that it be the understanding that
we proceed with it early to-morrow morning.

Mr. Ineatts. I have given that notice.

Mr. Buatr. I hope it may be, as the Senator suggests, at the very
earliest opportunity in the morning hour.

aiid

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Mr. Ineatts. I shall move the consideration of it at the close of the
formal morning business, being allowed to do so under the usages and
precedents and in accordance with the understanding of the Senate.

The Prestipine Orricer. Without objection, the further considera-.
tion of the conference report will be postponed until to-morrow morn-
ing immediately after the morning business, and the report will be
printed. :

September 26, 1890—Senate.

Conference report adopted.
September 27, 1890.

Be it enacted, etc., That a tract of land lying on both sides of Rock
Creek, beginning at Klingle Ford Bridge and running northwardly,
following the course of said creek, of a width not less at any point
than 600 feet, nor more than 2,000 feet, including the bed of the creek,
of which not less than 200 feet shall be on either side of said creek,
south of Broad Branch road and Blagden Mill road and of such greater
width north of said roads as the commissioners designated in this act
may select, shall be secured, as hereinafter set out, and be perpetually
dedicated and set apart as a public park or pleasure ground for the
benefit and enjoyment of the people of the United States, to be known
by the name of Rock Creek Park: Provided, however, That the whole
tract so to be selected and condemned under the provisions of this act
shall not exceed 2,000 acres nor the total cost thereof exceed the
amount of money herein appropriated.

Src. 2. That the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army, the
Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia, and three citi-
zens to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, be, and they are hereby, created a commission
to select the land for said park, of the quantity and within the limits
aforesaid, and to havé the same surveyed by the assistant to the said

_ Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia in charge of public

highways, which said assistant shall also act as executive officer to the
said commission.

Sec. 3. That the said commission shall cause to be made an accurate
map of said Rock Creek Park, showing the location, quantity, and
character of each parcel of private property to be taken for such pur-
pose, with the names of the respective owners inscribed thereon, which
map shall be filed and recorded in the public records of the District of
Columbia, and from and after the date of filing said map the several
tracts and parcels of land embraced in said Rock Creek Park shall be
held as condemned for public uses, and the title thereof vested in the
United States, subject to the payment of just compensation, to be
determined by said commission, and approved by the President of the
United States: Provided, That such compensation be accepted by the
owner or owners of the several parcels of land.

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That if the said commission shall be unable by agreement with the
respective owners to purchase all of the land so selected and condemned
within thirty days after such condemnation, at the price approved by
the President of the United States, it shall, at the expiration of such
period of thirty days, make application to the supreme court of the
District of Columbia, by petition, at a general or special term, for an
assessment of the value of such land as it has been unable to purchase.

Said petition shall contain a particular description of the property
selected and condemned, with the name of the owner or owners thereof,
if known, and their residences, as far as the same may be ascertained,
together with a copy of the recorded map of the park; and the said
court is hereby authorized and required, upon such application, with-
out delay, to notify the owners and occupants of the land, if known,
by personal service, and if unknown, by service by publication, and to
ascertain and assess the value of the land so selected and condemned
by appointing three competent and disinterested commissioners to
appraise the value or values thereof, and to return the appraisement
to the court; and when the value or values of such land are thus ascer-
tained, and the President of the United States shall decide the same
to be reasonable, said value or values shall be paid to the owner or
owners, and the United States shall be deemed to have a valid title to
said land; and if in any case the owner or owners of any portion of
said land shall refuse or neglect, after the appraisement of the cash
value of said lands and improvements, to demand or receive the same
from said court, upon depositing the appraised value in said court to
the credit of such owner or owners, respectively, the fee simple shall
in like manner be vested in the United States.

Sec. 4. That said court may direct the time and manner in which
possession of the property condemned shall be taken or delivered,
and may, if necessary, enforce any order or issue any process for
giving possession.

Src. 5. That no delay in making an assessment of compensation,
or in taking possession, shall be occasioned by any doubt which may
arise as to the ownership of the property, or any part thereof, or as
to the interests of the respective owners. In such cases the court
shall require a deposit of the money allowed as compensation for the
whole property or the part in dispute. In all cases as soon as the said
commission shall have paid the compensation assessed, or secured its
payment by a deposit of money under the order of the court, posses-
sion of the property may be taken. All proceedings hereunder shall
be in the name of the United States of America and managed by the
commission.

Src. 6. That the commission having ascertained the cost of the
land, including expenses, shall assess such proportion of such cost and
expenses upon the lands, lots, and blocks situated in the District of

FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 13805

Columbia specially benefited by reason of the location and improve-
ment of said park, as nearly as may be, in proportion to the benefits
resulting to such real estate.

If said commission shall find that the real estate in said District
directly benefited by reason of the location of the park is not benefited
to the full extent of the estimated cost and expenses, then they shall
assess each tract or parcel of land specially benefited to the extent of
such benefits as they shall deem the said real estate specially benefited.
The commission shall give at least ten days’ notice, in one daily news-
paper published in the city of Washington, of the time and place of
their meeting for the purpose of making such assessment and may
adjourn from time to time till the same be completed. In making the
assessment the real estate benefited shall be assessed by the description
as appears of record in the District on the day of the first meeting;
but no error in description shall vitiate the assessment: Provided, That
the premises are described with substantial accuracy. The commission
shall estimate the value of the different parcels of real estate benefited
as aforesaid and the amount assessed against each tract or parcel, and
enter all in an assessment book. All persons interested may appear
and be heard. When the assessment shall be completed it shall be
signed by the commission or a majority (which majority shall have
power always to act) and be filed in the office of the clerk of the
supreme court of the District of Columbia. The commission shall
apply to the court for a confirmation of said assessment, giving at
least ten days’ notice of the time thereof by publication in one daily
newspaper published in the city of Washington, which notice shall
state in general terms the subject and the object of the application.

The said court shall have power, after said notice shall have been
duly given, to hear and determine all matters connected with said
assessment; and may revise, correct, amend, and confirm said assess-
ment, in whole or in part, or order a new assessment, in whole or in
part, with or without further notice or on such notice as it shall pre-
scribe; but no order for a new assessment in part, or any partial
adverse action, shall hinder or delay confirmation of the residue, or col-
lection of the assessment thereon. Confirmation of any part of the
assessment shall make the same a lien on the real estate assessed.

The assessment, when confirmed, shall be divided into four equal
installments, and may be paid by any party interested in full or in one,
two, three, and four years, on or before which times all shall be paya-
ble, with 6 per centum annual interest on all deferred payments. All
payments shall be made to the Treasurer of the United States, who
shall keep the account as a separate fund. The orders of the court
shall be conclusive evidence of the regularity of all previous proceed-
ings necessary to the validity thereof, and of all matters recited in said
orders. The clerk of said court shall keep a record of all proceedings

1306 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

in regard to said assessment and confirmation. The commission shall
furnish the said clerk with a duplicate of its assessment book, and in
both shall be entered any change made or ordered by the court as to
any real estate. Such book filed with the clerk when completed and
certified shall be prima facie evidence of all facts recited therein. In
case assessments are not paid as aforesaid the book of assessments
certified by the clerk of the court shall be delivered to the officer
charged by law with the duty of collecting delinquent taxes in the Dis-
trict of Columbia, who shall proceed to collect the same as delinquent
real estate taxes are collected. No sale for any installment of assess-
ment shall discharge the real estate from any subsequent installment;
and proceedings for subsequent installments shall be as if no default
had been made in prior ones.

All money so collected may be paid by the Treasurer on the order
of the commission to any persons entitled thereto as compensation for
land or services. Such order on the Treasury shall be signed by a
majority of the commission and shall specify fully the purpose for ~
which it is drawn. If the proceeds of assessment exceed the cost of
the park the excess shall be used in its improvement, under the direc-
tion of the officers named in section 8, if such excess shall not exceed
the amount of $10,000. If it shall exceed that amount that part above
$10,000 shall be refunded ratably. Public officers performing any
duty hereunder shall be allowed such fees and compensation as they
would be entitled to in like cases of collecting taxes. The civilian
members of the commission shall be allowed $10 per day each for each
day of actual service. Deeds made to purchasers at sales for delin-
quent assessments hereunder shall be prima facie evidence of the right
of the purchaser, and anyone claiming under him, that the real estate
was subject to assessment and directly benefited, and that the assess-
ment was regularly made; that the assessment was not paid; that due
advertisement had been made; that the grantee in the deed was the
purchaser or assignee of the purchaser, and that the sale was con-
ducted legally.

Any judgment for the sale of any real estate for unpaid assess-
ments shall be conclusive evidence of its regularity and validity in all
collateral proceedings except when the assessment was actually paid,
and the judgment shall estop all persons from raising any objection
‘thereto, or to any sale or deed based thereon, which existed at the date
of its rendition, and could have been presented as a defense-to the
application for such judgment.

To pay the expenses of inquiry, survey, assessment, cost of lands
taken, and all other necessary expenses incidental thereto, the sum of
$1,200,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appro-
priated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated:
Provided, That one-half of said sum of $1,200,000, or so much thereof

FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 1307

as may be expended, shall be re-imbursed to the Treasury of the United
States out of the revenues of the District of Columbia, in four equal
annual installments, with interest at the rate of 3 per centum per
annum upon the deferred payments: And provided further, That one-
half of the sum which shall be annually appropriated and expended
for the maintenance and improvement of said lands as a public park
shall be charged against and paid out of the revenues of the District of
Columbia, in the manner now provided by law in respect to other
appropriations for the District of Columbia, and the other half shall
be appropriated out of the Treasury of the United States.

Sec. 7. That the public park authorized and established by this
act shall be under the joint control of the Commissioners of the Dis-
trict of Columbia and the Chief of Engineers of the United States
Army, whose duty it shall be, as soon as practicable, to lay out and pre-
pare roadways and bridle paths, to be used for driving and for horse-
back riding, respectively, and footways for pedestrians; and whose duty
it shall also be to make and publish such regulations as they deem neces-
sary or proper for the care and management of the same. Such regu-
lations shall provide for the preservation from injury or spoliation of
all timber, animals, or curiosities within said park, and their retention
in their natural condition, as nearly as possible.

(Stat., XXX, 492.)

STATUE OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.

Biccmbor 9, 1889—Senate.
Mr. J. S. Morritx introduced joint resolution (S. 15):

That the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and
the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, be, and are hereby, authorized to con-
tract for a statue in bronze of Christopher Columbus, to be erected on the circle at
the western entrance to the Capitol grounds from Pennsylvania ayenue; and for this
purpose, and for the entire expense of the foundation and pedestal of the monument,
the sum of $50,000, or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby appropriated,
out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That the
naval monument now standing upon the circle herein mentioned shall be removed
and placed upon the triangular reservation bounded by Connecticut avenue, Twen-
tieth street, and Q street; and any expense attending such removal shall be paid out .
of the sum herein appropriated.

Referred to Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

NATIONAL MILITARY AND NAVAL MUSEUM.

December 18, 1889—House.
Mr. B. M. Curcueon introduced bill (H. 479) to establish a national
mnilitary and naval museum in the city of Washington.
Referred to Committee on Military Affairs.
liy 23, 1890—House. ©
Reported by Mr. B. M. Cutcheon with amendment (Report H. 2084).
Referred to Committee of the Whole.

1308 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BUILDING.

December 19, 1889—Senate.
Mr. H. M. TELLER (by request) introduced bill (S. 1553):

That a fireproof building for the use and accommodation. of the United States
Geological Survey shall be erected on the Government reservation between the
National Museum and the Army Medical Museum, in the city of Washington, District
of Columbia, and the said building shall be constructed on the plan submitted by
the Director of the Geological Survey, with such modifications as shall be found
necessary or advantageous without materially increasing the cost thereof; and the
construction of said building shall be in charge of a commission composed of the
Supervising Architect of the Treasury, the Architect of the Capitol, and the Director
of the Geological Survey, who shall be empowered to make contracts for the con-
struction thereof, after proper advertisements have been made, and to employ the
necessary persons, and the money appropriated for said building shall be disbursed
by the chief disbursing clerk of the Geological Survey.

Src. 2. That the sum of $800,000 is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the construction of said building; and
the cost of said building shall not exceed said amount.

Src. 3. That it shall be the duty of the said commission carefully to scrutinize the
plan which may be deemed preferable, and to adopt it only on condition that the
entire cost for the erection and completion of said building shall not exceed the
amount specified in this act.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

January 6, 1890—House.

Mr. Puitre 8. Posr introduced bill (H. 3827), same as 8S. 1553,
December 19, 1896.

Referred to Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

March 22, 1890—House.

Mr. Samurt Dresie, from Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds, submitted Report (H. 1007), to accompany bill (H. 3827).

The Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, to «which was
referred the bill (H. 3827) for the erection of a public building for
the use and accommodation of the United States Geological Survey
upon the Government reservation in the city of Washington, D. C.,
has had the same under consideration, and recommends its passage.

The United States Geological Survey is at present located in the
Hooe Building, the Adams Building, the National Museum, and in
nine cities in various parts of the Union. The force consists of 395
persons, now occupying 68,605 square feet of space. This space is
entirely too limited for effective work, as anyone going through the
Hooe Building will see at a glance that the employees of the Survey
are crowded into small and inconvenient quarters. Estimates have
been made of the cost of a fireproof building of six stories, with an
area of 20,000 square feet on each floor, and the estimates have been
submitted to the Supervising Architect of the Treasury, whose opinion
fixes the cost at $800,000.

FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 1309

The needs of the Survey are of a peculiar nature, for laboratory
space for chemistry, geology, paleontology, physics, and photography
also for study rooms, where experts may enjoy the isolation necessary
for undisturbed scientific labors, so that the requirements can only be
met by the erection of a building specially designed to meet all the
exigencies of the scientific work with which the Survey is charged by
Congress. A proper administration demands that the Director should
be able to have his entire force accommodated at Washington in one
building, instead of having the members scattered in several buildings,
and some in buildings in remote cities.

The Government is now paying heavy rents for insufficient space, is
encroaching on the space of the National Museum, now needed’ for
museum purposes, and is dependent on the generosity of several col-
leges for laboratory rooms necessary for carrying on the work of the
Survey.

Committed to Committee of the Whole.

NATIONAL MUSEUM—EVENING OPENING.

December 20, 1889—House.
Mr. W. H. Crain introduced bill (H. 3341):

That the National Museum and the Smithsonian Institution shall be kept open to
the public from 10 antemeridian until 6 postmeridian during the months of Noyem-
ber, December, January, February, and March, and from 11 antemeridian until 7
postmeridian during the remaining months of the year.

Referred to Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

March 1, 1890—House.
Mr. W. H. Crain introduced bill (H. 7671):

That the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution be, and are hereby, authorized
to provide, as soon as possible, for the opening of the National Museum building and
the museum halls in the Smithsonian Institution until sunset on every week day and
until 10 postmeridian on at least two days in every week throughout the year;
and the sum of $60,000, or such portion thereof as may be necessary, is hereby
appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to carry
out the provisions of this act, said sum to be expended as follows:

For an electric-light plant, with engines of at least 225 horsepower and a lighting
capacity equivalent to at least 100 2,000-candlepower arc lights and 1,000 16-candle-
power glow lights, $50,000, the same to be expended under the direction of the Sec-
retary of the Smithsonian Institution, who is authorized to appoint a commission to
select engines, dynamos, and other machinery, and to have wiring, construction of
engine power, and other permanent work done by day labor if deemed by him
desirable.

For the maintenance of the lighting system during the last six months of the
fiscal year of 1891, with necessary additional attendance, policing, and heating of
the buildings, including all necessary services, $10,000.

Referred to Committee on the Library.

1310 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

NATIONAL MUSEUM—ARMORY BUILDING.

December 21, 1889—House.
Mr. Louis E. McComas, from Committee on Appropriations, sub-
mitted Report (H. 3) to accompany bill (H. 3711):

[Extract.]

HEADQUARTERS MILITIA OF THE DistTRICT oF COLUMBIA,
Washington, D. C., December 16, 1889.

Sir: The appropriations estimated for the District militia are for expenses author-
ized by the act of March 1, 1889.

The largest item is for rent of armories, and is not only required by law, but justified
by previous equities. Under an appropriation made in 1855 a.building known as the
Armory was erected on the Mall, and dedicated by law to the use of the District
militia. In 1876 the building was unoccupied, the District militia not having been
reorganized after the war, and the building was availed of to store the foreign exhibits
from the Centennial Exhibition presented to our Government, and under that
authority was used by the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum, and Fish
Commission until 1885, after which time they continued in possession of it without
any specific authority.

In 1887, the District militia having been reorganized, the Secretary of War made a
demand upon the parties in possession to surrender the building to him, as its cus-
todian under the law, for its legitimate uses. The matter was subsequently brought
to the attention of the Senate Committee on Appropriations by a request from the
Secretary of War either that the Fish Commission be provided with quarters else-
where, or that provision be made for the District militia elsewhere (S. Report 1814,
first session, Fiftieth Congress). It being deemed inexpedient to remove the Fish
Commission, a clause was inserted in the sundry civil appropriation bill to transfer
the building to them, and subsequently an appropriation was reported and passed by
the Senate to enable the Secretary of War to rent armories for the District militia
elsewhere. This appropriation was dropped in conference between the two Houses.
on account of the passage of the bill specifically providing by law for such armories
to be rented.

The only other items requiring special notice are those for the cost of the annual
camp of instruction, and the majority of those items are for permanent necessities
and comparatively few for current expenses. It is proper to observe that in most of
the States the militia are paid for all time served on duty in camps of instruction,
but that the District militia do their work and submit to instruction without pay,
the appropriations being solely for actual expenses incurred.

Under the act of March 1 the militia of the District has been thoroughly reorgan-
ized and completely equipped and uniformed, and consists of eight battalions of
infantry, one separate company, one battery of light artillery, one signal company,
and one ambulance company, having an aggregate strength of about 2,000 men.

Respectfully, yours,
ALBERT ORDWAY,
Brigadier-General, District of Columbia Militia.
Hon. L. E. McComas,
Chairman Sabcommittee on District Appropriation Bill,

January 12, 1891—House.

Deficiency estimates for 1891.

For raising the walls, providing a new roof, and fitting up the
interior of the third and attic stories of the Armory building on the
Mall, city of Washington, for offices, files, and storage rooms, and

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their equipment, and for the enlargement and extension of the heating
and water apparatus, and the purchase of all necessay gas fixtures,
$12,000. And the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution is hereby
required to remove the workshops under his direction, now in the
third story of said Armory building, to other buildings under his con-
trol, and the whole of said Armory building shall hereafter be under
the care and custody of the United States Commissioner of Fish and
Fisheries.

Norr.—See appropriation December 21, 1893, in Fifty-third Congress, second
session.

NATIONAL MUSEUM—NEW BUILDING.

February 19, 1890—Senate.
Mr. Justin S. Morriti, from Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds, reported a bill (S. 2740):

That for an additional fireproof building for the use of the National Museum, 300
feet square, with two stories and a basement, to be erected under the direction of
the Architect of the Capitol, with the approval of the Regents of the Smithsonian
Institution, in accordance with plans now on file with the Committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds, on the southwestern portion of the grounds of the Smith-
sonian Institution, there shall be appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $500,000; said building to be placed west of
the Smithsonian Institution, leaving a roadway between it and the latter of not less
than 50 feet, with its north front on a line with the south face of the Agricultural
Department and of the Smithsonian Institution, and constructed as far as practicable,
after proper advertisement, by contract or contracts, awarded to the lowest responsi-
ble bidder, and all expenditures for the purposes herein mentioned shall be audited
by the proper officers of the Treasury Department.

March 29, 1890—Senate.

Mr. J. S. Morrimu. I ask the Senate to take up order of business
461, being the bill (S. 2740).

ae F. M. Cockrett. I hope the Senator will not do that. That is
out of order and in violation of our understanding that we should pro-
ceed regularly with the Calendar.

Mr. Morrit.. I should be very glad to have the bill acted on.

Mr. Cockreu. I am in favor of the bill and should like to see it
pass.

March 31, 1890—Senate.

Mr. J. S. Morrii, from Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds, presented a letter of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Insti-
tution:

SMITHSONIAN InstiTuTION, U. S. Natronat Museum,
Washington, January 21, 1890.

Str: I send you herewith a set of sketch plans intended to show, in a general way,
the extent and character of a building such as would seem to be necessary for the
accommodation of the Museum collections in the present and immediate future, and

respectfully request for them your attention and a recommendation to Congress of
the necessary means for such a building.

1312 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

These plans and sketches are provisional, but although not presented in detail
they represent the results of studies, extending over many years, of the plans of the
best modern museum buildings in Europe and America, nearly all of which have
been inspected by officers of the Smithsonian Institution.

The proposed building covers the same area as that finished in 1881. It isintended
to consist of two stories and a basement, except in the central portion, which consists
of one lofty hall open from the main floor to the roof, the height of which will be
90 feet, galleries being placed on the level of the second floor in other parts of the
building. Its interior arrangements are, as you will see, different from those in the
actual Museum, all the changes having been planned in the light of the experience
of nine years’ occupation of the present building. It will afford between two and
three times as much available space for exhibition and storage under the same area
of roof. The fifteen exhibition halls are completely isolated from each other, and
may readily be subdivided, when necessary, into smaller rooms. The light will be
as good as in the old building, and the ventilation perhaps still better. The sanitary
arrangements have been carefully considered.

The necessity for a basement is especially great. In this, place has been provided
for many storage rooms and workshops. The existence of a basement will promote
the comfort and health of visitors and employees, and by increasing the dryness of
the air in the exhibition halls will secure the better preservation of the collections.
These proposed changes in the internal arrangements will not interfere with con-
formity with the other points of the present Museum building in the essential
features of exterior proportion. The total capacity of this present building in avail-
able floor space is about 100,000 square feet; that of the new building somewhat
exceeds 200,000. The present Museum building contains about 80,000 feet of floor
space available for exhibition. That proposed will contain about 103,300 square feet
for exhibition. The space devoted to offices and laboratories would not be much
more, but the area available for exhibition halls, storage rooms, and workshops far
greater. Theappropriation for the construction of the present building was $250,000.
This sum was supplemented by several special appropriations: $25,000 for steam-
heating apparatus; $26,000 for marble floors; $12,500 for water and gas fixtures and
electrical apparatus, and $1,900 for special sewer connections, so that the total cost
was $315,400. The structure was probably completed for a smaller sum of money
than any other similar one of equal capacity in the world, and at an expense relative
to capacity which the present prices of material make it certain can not be repeated.

The estimates of cost on this building vary greatly with regard to details of con-
struction on which I do not here enter further than to say that the whole should be
absolutely fireproof throughout, and in view of the further great variation of the
cost of building materials within the past two years I am not prepared to state the
sum which would be necessary for its completion. It is certain, however, that
$500,000, if not sufficient to complete it, would be all that would be required to be
expended during the present year, and I would respectfully represent the desirability
of an appropriation of this amount for the purpose in question.

Your attention is directed to certain facts in regard to the character of the mate-
rials for the accommodation of which this building is desired. The collections of
the Smithsonian Institution and of the Government are especially rich in collections
of natural history, which may be grouped in three general classes: The zoological
collections, the botanical collections, and the geological collections, including not
only all the geological and mineralogical material, but the greater portion of that
belonging to paleontology, the study of fossil animals and plants forming an essential
part of modern geological work.

Besides the natural history collections, there are equally important anthropological
collections which illustrate the history of mankind at all periods and in every land,
and which serve to explain the development of all human arts and industries. In

FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 1313

- everything that relates to the primitive inhabitants of North America, Eskimo as
. well as Indian, these collections are by far the richest in the world, and with the
necessary amount of exhibition space the material on hand will be arranged in a
manner which will produce the most impressive and magnificent effect, the educa- -
_ tional importance of which can not be overestimated. Again there are collections
of considerable extent which illustrate the processes and products of the various arts
and industries, as well as what are termed the historical collections, which are of
especial interest to a very large number of the visitors to the Museum on account of
the associations of the objects exhibited with the personal history of representative
-men, or with important events in the history of America.

The collections illustrating the arts and the art industries are relatively small, and,
although in themselves of great interest and value, not to be compared in importance
with those in natural history.and ethnology.

In a letter addressed on June 7, 1888, to the Hon. Justin 8. Morrill, and which
will be found in a report of June 12 of the same year from the Senate Committee on
Public Buildings and Grounds, I made a statement of the rapidity of the recent growth
of the Museum, mentioning that in the five years from 1882 to 1887 the number of speci-
mens in the collection have multiplied no less than sixteen times, and endeavored
to give an idea, though perhaps an inadequate one, of the extent to which the
pressure for want of space was felt. The evil has grown rapidly worse, and, as I
have had occasion to mention, it has been felt in the last year in a partial arrest of
the growth of the collections, which emphasizes the demand for more room. The
present Museum building is not large enough even for the natural history collections
alone, a number of which are without any exhibition space whatever. The proposed
building will afford accommodations for the ethnological and technological material
already on hand, and for a large part of the natural history material also.

The collections are still increasing, and the number of specimens, as estimated, is
now not far from 3,000,000. The appended table (A) shows the annual increase since
1882. The increase during the last year was comparatively small. This may be
accounted for by the fact that our exhibition halls and storage rooms being filled
to their utmost capacity, it has. seemed necessary to cease in a large degree the cus-
tomary efforts for the increase of the Museum.

Unless more space is soon provided the development of the Government collections
will of necessity be almost completely arrested.

So long as there was room for storage, collections not immediately required could.
be received and packed away for future use. This can not longer be done.

The Armory building, since 1877 assigned to the Museum for storage and work-
shops, is now entirely occupied by the U.S. Fish Commission, with the exception of
four rooms, and by some of the Museum taxidermists, who are now working in yery
contracted space, and whom it is impossible to accommodate elsewhere. _

Increased space in the exhibition halls is needed, the educational value of the collec-
tions being seriously diminished by the present crowded system of installation. Still
more necessary, however, is room for storage, for rearranging the great reserve col-,
lections, for eliminating duplicate material for distribution to college and school
museums, and for the use of the taxidermists and preparators engaged in preparing
objects for exhibition. Space is also required for the proper handling of the costly
outfit of the museum cases and appliances for installation, of which there is always a
considerable amount temporarily out of use or in process of construction.

The appended table (B) shows the amount of floor space now assigned to the
various collections and the amount required for the proper display of material already
in hand, making a reasonable allowance for the expansion during the three years
which would probably pass before a new building could be completed and proyided
with necessary cases.

H. Doc. 732——83

13i4r CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

The appended table (C) shows the number of feet of floor space (the average
height being 10 feet) required for laboratories, workshops, and for the several depart-
ments. This is in addition to storage space under the cases in the exhibition halls,
and a considerable portion may be in cellars and attics. °

In summarizing what has just been said, it may be stated in general terms that the ©
amount of space already required for exhibition purposes alone, being (Table B)
207,500 feet as against 100,675 now occupied, and this being exclusive of the (Table C)
108,900 square feet needed for other objects, the accumulations have now reached
such a point of congestion that the actual space needs to be doubled, even independ-
ently of future increase; and I beg to repeat that, unless more space is provided, the _
development of the Government collection, which is already partly arrested, will be
almost completely stopped. ; '

Your obedient servant,
S. P. Laneuey, Secretary.
Hon. LELAND STANFORD,

Chairman Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds,
United States Senate.

TABLE A.—Annual increase in the collections.

Department. 1882. | 1883. 1884. 1885-86. 1886-87. | 1887-88. | 1888-89.
NATURAL HISTORY
Zoology
itanrniale 220 Pee 4, 660 4, 920 5, 694 7,451 7,811 8, 058 8,275
Birds). SAA RAS 44, 354 47, 246 50, 350 55, 945 54, 987 56, 484 57, 974
Birds Gees (se ee SASL Lae ee 40, 072 44,163 | a48,173 50, 055 50, 173
Reptiles and batrachians..|........-.|...---.--- 23, 495 25, 344 27, 542 27, 664 28, 405
MisheR acces ad-§ acecyeore xen 50, 000 65, 000 68, 000 75,000 | 100,000 | 101,350 107, 350
Mol risks isp ts 22 kop oman Sect 1 Sy 5 ee 400,000 | ¢460,000 | 425, 000 4 455, 000 468, 000
Marine invertebrates cs
(other than mollusks) ..| 011,781 | b 14,825 |@200,000 |d@350,000 | @450,000 | 515, 000 515, 300
12 2 te Spall pa hae CWO ee €151,000 | 500,000 |@585,000 | 595,000 | 603, 000
Comparative anatomy..... 3,605 | ~ 8,742 7,214 | 10,210} @11,022] 11,558 11, 758
PAVING AUIS. oso oocs cell oeace os ce] eck soc b eee] acne ceeee lee saws ses leeeteee ase 220 491
Botany:
oi} Retent plante fy, Cc SsS eee Os. ee ieo eS cee ae 30,000 | @32,000 38, 000 38, 459
Paleontology:
Invertebrate—
Paleozoic..-.8s.d3tcnt cles toe oe 20,000} 73,000} 80,482] 84,491] 84,649 91, 126
Wenge Mt 5950. .s a cede nat eee woe 100, 000 69, 742 70,775 70, 925 71, 236
Cenozoic (included with .
MOMUSES) sonics sna onee| semen ee ss|annesgusce ec aedns seal s~cpab eed -saoec cea | oe eee ees ae
PIGS: cece cree caw eesees|eaereeeers 4,624 S7, 291 S7, 429 8, 462 10, 000 10,178
Geology:
Minerals’ 2 vas. ROMS ' 14,550 | 16,610] 18, 401 18,601 | 21,896 27, 690
Wdthioligny ys C24 sss. Sto k9,075 | 12,500} 18,000} 20,647] 421,500] 22,500 27,000
Metallurgy ~ .222 ease scbe)iee a tess 30, 000 40, 000 48,000 | 449,000 51, 412 52, 076
ANTHROPOLOGY.
Prehistoric archeology........ 35, 512 40, 491 45, 252 65,314 | 101,659 | 108,631 116, 472
Ethnology) -.< <3. -tecesccncs|sseos ee lee |secek cases 200,000 |@500,000 | 503,764 | 505, 464 506, 324
American aboriginal pottery..):.........|...--.---- 12, 000 25,000 | d 26,022 27,122 28, 222
Oriental antiquities. 6. 350.20} ese Re ae es Se io A eee 850
2,235 are nests. 3 b Catalogue entries.
cIncluding Cenozoic fossils. d ¥stimated.

eProfessor Riley’s collection numbers 150,000 specimens. f Exclusive of Professor Ward’s collection,
g No entries of material received during the year have been made on catalogue.
h Duplicates not included,

Department.

ARTS AND INDUSTRIES.

Animal products
Naval architecture .......-....
Historical relics
Coins, medals, paper money,

Modern pottery,
and bronzes
Paints and dyes

porcelain,

1882,

Musical instruments ..........|.......008

i ed Sees

FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891.

TasBLeE A.—Annual increase in the collections—Continued.

“The Catlin Gallery”

Physical apparatus

13815 °

a aI i I

h Duplicates not included.

Department.

NATURAIJ HISTORY.

Zoology:
memsnirinie..--.-.-..--.--.
Reptiles and batrachians.
Fishes and fisheries. ......
' DRG T ING! SS jae ip i oe
Marine invertebrates
(other than mollusks)...
Insects
Comparative anatomy....
Botany:
Systematic and economic
(ineluding forestry)...
Paleontology: ;
Invertebrate (including
Paleozoic, Mesozoic,
-and Cenozoic)

wee ee ene ee ce we eee ee

SUITS. Gua ee a eR ae Boece eee ee oe aie

tIncluding paints, pignients, and oils.
N. B.—No estimate of increase ef collection taken in 1885.

TaBLE B.—Exhibition space.

Floor
space
now oc-

cupied.

Sq. feet.
6,500
6, 000
1, 000
7, 600
3, 500

3, 000
1, 600
« 4,500

Amount
required. Department.
NATURAL HISTORY—cont’d.
Sq. feel. || Paleontology—continued.
12, 000 VGrbeGDIMLG.- occ ne esos
14, 000 Mineralogy and geology. .
3, 000 ANTHROPOLOGY.
14, 000 ; ,
5, 000 Prehistoric archzology...---
General ethnology..-.-..--.-.--
5,500 au and industries ....-.-..-
4, 000 HIStory) caacuew ace sminccie esters
10, 000 heeture hall 2ecJ 3 ck . Sees
Pots: Sescstecetssstaces
4,000
7,500

Floor
space
now oc-
cupied.

Sq. feet.
1,500
12, 000

10, 000
10, 400
22, 000
3, 000
4,575

100, 675

1883, 1884. 1885-86. | 1886-87. | 1887-88. | 1888-89.
4, 000 4, 442 4, 850 5, 516 5, 762 5, 942
71, 244 1,580 h822 j877 9 877 911
4 i. EERE 2, 000 3, 064 3,144] 3,144 3, 222
-|eese--+---| 5,000} 49,870] 10,078 | g10,078 | g10,078
ated... | 1,000 2,792 2,822 | 2,822 2, 948
pennihc.. ) DISA, Ce EL IAD 600
el a ee 1, 002
13, 634 14, 640 g 14, 640
Neier a. se}. ARS 2a! 1, 055
pists tales |p tee a's) 400 417 427 b 427
pseu ee! 2,278 2, 238 3, 011 g3, 011
os eet 77 100 g 100 109
Eaiseineiseelecs secs see 500 500 500 g 500
250 251 g 251 g 251
h197 198 g 198 213
h659 661 g 661 688
263,143 |1, 472, 600 |2, 420, 944 |2, 666,335 |2, 803, 459 | 2, 863, 894
j Foods only.

kIn reserve series.

Amount
required.

Sq. Seet.

10, 000
17,000

10, 000
40, 000
40, 000
5, 000
6, 500

207, 500

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TABLE C.—Storage, workshops, offices, laboratories, etc.

Square

Department. 8 a Department. at!
NATURAL HISTORY. NATURAL HISTORY—continued.
Zoology: Geology: f
Mammals... .20bidie cece cteete noes 3, 000 Mineralogy and geology (including |.
Birds 26 SRE is bes 8. coe aete ee ese 4,000 WODKS RODS) om emcmamemseeiodagaeaae 4,000
Reptiles and batrachians....-....-.--. 2,500 ||} Anthropology: rs
Wishes Ssse0 i830 sea ebro ees 5, 000 Prehistoric archeology. ..---......-.- 2,000
(IMolMENkS tk ss bee eee 4,000 General ethnology. .....-.---..........- 6, 000
Marine invertebrates (other than Arts andindustries (several divisions)| 15,000
mollusks) 5 See OPN eee Scns 4,000 | Taxidermists, osteologists, modelers,
IMSCCIBe oF. wcicn cc scree ce nse seat eee ses 2,400 PLCPALALOIS se. ae egeeke en eer pees See oei|. « £0000
‘Comparative anatomy...........----- 3,000)! Mechanics << <5 <. <p eicmamcnn a ee eee eee 5, 000
Botany: General storage rooms, for cases not in’
Herbanitint J). eee. 2 eee. 4,000 use, duplicates, unelaborated material,
Paleontology: RIGS ncanene ene aps aes eitenineniieee eee 15, 000
Invertebrate— Total {4222202 ce 108, 900
Paleoz0ie 2. .sateecacncbitesacsens 4,000
MeRoveie. <2. ee bs... t-b ees cece 4,000
Cenozoic... 5.859... 2025 Seente--5 4,000
Plants (TOSS) a= pos casmenk aay em nieas 2,000
VerleDIate. .<.2- dcicnecxcoesbeoeubenans 6, 000

Referred to Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

April 5, 1890—Senate.'

The bill (S. 2740) was considered as in Committee of the Whole.

Mr. J. S. Morrixu. I desire to say a single word. Unless this
building shall be authorized the collections by the Museum will have
to be arrested. There is a very large accumulation already for which
there is no place for exhibition or even for storage. The number of
specimens in the Museum in 1882 was only 193,000. They had
accumulated in 1888 to 2,863,000, and there are over 3,000,000 at the
present time. There is an absolute necessity that this building should

be put up at once. °
Passed.

April 9, 1890—House.
“S. 2740 referred to Committee on Public BuiJdings and Grounds.
June 24, 1890—Senate. —

Mr. J. S. Morritt, from Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds, reported an amendment to be proposed to sundry civil bill
for 1891 (H. 10884).

Same as S. 2740.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

1See February 19, 1890—Senate.

FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 1317

June 25, 1890—House.
Mr. Cuarwes O’NEILL presented memorial:
To the Honorable House of Representatives, etc.

This memorial of the Philadelphia Board-of Trade respectfully represents:

That the National Museum at Washington, D. C., with its valuable collection of
specimens affords educational advantages of incalculable value to the nation;

That the Government should make every effort to foster and encourage the further
accumulation of such material as will mark historically the growth and progress of
our country;

That ample provision should be made for the care, exhibition, and safe-keeping of
these accumulated treasures; therefore

Your memorialist, the Philadelphia Board of Trade, earnestly petitions your
honorable body to pass Senate bill No. 2740, entitled ‘‘A bill.to provide for the erec-
tion of an additional fireproof building for the National Museum.”’

And your memorialist will ever pray, ete.

[SEAL. ] FRED. FRALEY,

President Philadelphia Board of Trade.

Attest:

J. P. Tucker, Secretary.
PHILADELPHIA, June 16, 1890.

Referred to Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.
July 19, 1890—Senate.

Sundry civil bill for 1891 under consideration:

Mr. J. S. Morrizz. From the Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds I desire to offer an amendment.

Mr. W. B. Auuison. What is it for—a new building?

Mr. Morr. It is for the Museum building.

‘The Prestpine Orricer. The amendment will be stated.

The Curer CLERK. On page 32, after line 20, it is proposed to
insert:

[Same as offered by Mr. Morrill June 24, 1890. ]

Mr. Morritzt. The National Museum was established by the late
Professor Baird, and IJ think all will admit that it has been a wonder-
ful success. At the present time the need of this building is manifest
from the fact that all the places of storage on the part of the Smith-
sonian Institution and the Museum are occupied, so that they are com-
pelled to reject many offers that are made for additions thereto. This
measure has passed the Senate once or twice, and I think there would
be no opposition to it, if it could reach a vote, in the other House.

The Prestp1inc Orricrer. The question is on agreeing to the amend-
ment offered by the Senator from Vermont [Mr. Morrill].

Mr. Auuison. I am not quite sure that the amendment is in order.
I will ask the Senator from Vermont if provision has been made by
bill in any way for this building ?

Mr. Morritz. It has been, and was referred to the Committee on
Appropriations long ago.

1318 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

Mr. Arison. I understand that; but has the Senate passed a bill
- for this building?

Mr. Morr. The Senate has passed a bill.

Mr. Auuison. There is no estimate for it, and unless the Sainte has
passed a bill I suppose the amendment vollid not be in order.

Mr. Morriti. The Senate has passed the bill.

The Presipinc Orricer. The question is on agreeing to the amend-
ment.

The amendment was agreed to.
August 7, 1890—Senate. p .

Mr. W. B. Auuison, from Committee on Conference, reported on

sundry civil bill.
The House of Representatives were not willing to enter upon the
construction of a new National Museum building, which was inserted

as amendment No. 55, as will be remembered, on the motion of the.

Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and reported from that
committee by the Senator from Vermont [Mr. Morrill]. We were
compelled to surrender that to the House. We added for National
Museum furniture, etc. (amendments Nos. 56 and 57), some three or
four appropriations which we were obliged to give up.
eat 9, 1891—House.

-- Sera L. Mrnuren from Committee on Public Buildings and
eects reported with amendments bill (S. 2740):

That for an additional fireproof building for the use of the National Museum, 300
feet square, with two stories and a basement, to be erected by the Supervising Miran
tect of the Treasury, under the direction of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, in general accordance with plans now on file with the Committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds on the southwestern portion of the grounds of the Smithso-
nian Institution there shall be appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated the sum‘of $500,000; said building to be placed west of the
Smithsonian Institution, with its north front on a line with the north front of the
present Museum building, and constructed as far as practicable after proper adver-
tisement, by contract or contracts, awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, and all
expenditures for the purposes herein mentioned shall be audited by the proper
officers of the Treasury Department.

The report (H. 3399) accompanying S. 2740 was as follows:

To demonstrate the pressing necessity for additional accommodations
for the vast amount of materials which has been accumulated for
exhibition in the National Museum it will, perhaps, be sufficient to
present the communication of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Insti-
tution.

It may also be stated that in view of acquiring a large quantity of
the exhibit of the World’s Fair of 1892, as was the case in the exhibi-
tion of 1876, such material being presented by various foreign countries,
the pressing necessities are clearly demonstrated.

Your committee therefore recommend the passage of the bill as
amended.

FIFTY FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 1319

SMITHSONIAN Institution, U. 8S. Natronan Museum,
Washington, April 29, 1890.

Sir: I have the honor to lay before you certain considerations setting forth the
necessity of an additional building for the National Museum, and respectfully request
your attention to them and your recommendation to Congress that the money neces-
sary for this purpose be appropriated.

A set of provisional plans for the proposed new building has already been prepared,
and I understand that these are in the possession of your committee. They have
been prepared with the utmost care and represent the results of exhaustive study,
which has extended over several years, of the plans of the best modern museum
buildings in Europe and America, nearly all of which have been personally inspected

by officers of the Smithsonian Institution.

The proposed building will contain about 220,000 square feet, and the net area
available for exhibition space and for storage and office room would be between five
and six acres. The exhibition space would thus be nearly three times as great as in
the present buildings, in which only 80,000 square feet are available both for exhibi-
tion and storage purposes.

The total cost of the present building was $315,400, including expenditures for
steam heating apparatus, marble floors, water and gas Siri and electrical appa-
ratus.

The proposed building can, I believe, be constructed at a proportionately smaller
cost. Iam not prepared to state the exact sum which would be necessary for its
completion, but from estimates already furnished by responsible contractors I feel
sure that $500,000, if not sufficient to complete it, would be all that would be required
to be expended during the present year, and I would earnestly urge the desirability
of appropriating this amount for the purpose in question.

The necessity fora new museum building is caused by the large increase in the acces-
sions to the collections. In 1882, the first year of active work in the present build-
ing, the Museum contained less than 195,000 specimens. This number has now been
increased to nearly 3,000,000 specimens, and the increase during the past eight years
has been more than half as large again as during the previous twenty-one years.

The collections of the Smithsonian Institution and of the Government are especially
rich in representations of the natural history of thiscountry. A careful estimate made
at the end of the last fiscal year showed that there were at that time in the zoolog-
ical collections 1,850,721 specimens; in the botanical collections 48,637 specimens; in
the geological collections 106,766 specimens, in the paleontological collections 172,540
specimens; in the anthropological collections 651,868 specimens, and in the various
collections illustrating the arts and industries 43,540 specimens. Since this estimate
was made, it is probable that more than 50,000 specimens of all kinds have been
received.

The natural history collections include the zoological collections, the botanical col-
lections, and the geological collections, in which are contained not only all the geo-
logical and mineralogical specimens, but also the greater portion of the paleontolog-
ical material, the study of fossil animals and plants forming an essential feature of
modern geological work.

The anthropological collections illustrate the history of mankind atall periods and
in every land, and also serve to explain the development of all human arts and indus-
tries. There are in addition considerable collections illustrating the processes and
products of the various arts and industries, as well as the historical collections, which
are of especial interest to a very large number of the visitors to the Museum on
account of the associations of the objects exhibited with the personal history of repre-
sentative men or with important events in the history of America.

It is also noteworthy that among the accessions of more recent years many collec-
tions of great extent have been received. Among these are the bequest of Dr. Isaac

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Lea, of Philadelphia, which contains 20,000 specimens of shells, besides minerals and
other objects; the Jeffries collection of fossil and recent shells of Europe, including
40,000 specimens, the Stearns collection of mollusks, numbering 100,000 specimens;
the Riley collection of insects, containing 50,000 specimens; the Catlin collection of
Indian paintings, and the collection of the American Institute of Mining Engineers.

In addition may also be mentioned the extensive collection obtained at the fish-.
eries exhibitions at Berlin and London, at the New Orleans Cotton Centennial
Exposition, and at the Ohio Valley and Central States Exposition. To these may be
added. the collections received annually from the United States Fish Commission, the
Geological Survey, the Bureau of Ethnology, and from many other Government
departmentsand bureaus. These are very extensive and are yearly increasing in bulk
and value.

There is in the present Museum building no exhibition space available for the col-
lections of reptiles, mollusks, insects, marine invertebrates, vertebrate and inverte-
brate fossils; and the space now afforded for the exhibition of the vast collections of
fishes, birds’ eggs, plants—fossil and recent—and the geological collections, aggregat-
ing not less than 350,000 specimens, is entirely inadequate.

-In a letter addressed in 1888 to the chairman of the Senate’ Committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds I endeavored to demonstrate the remarkable increase which
had ‘characterized the growth of the collections in the National Museum, and I there
stated that in the five years between 1882 and 1887 the number of specimens in the
collections had multiplied no less than sixteen times. Since 1887 the pressure for
additional room has of course grown greater, and during the last year it has become
necessary to decline many offers of collections for want not only of exhibition space,

_ but even of storage room where they may be temporarily cared for.

The Armory building, which for more than ten years had been used by the Museum
_ for storage purposes, is now entirely occupied by the United States Fish Commission,
_ with the exception of four rooms, used by some of the Museum taxidermists, who are
now working in very contracted space, and whom it is impossible to accommodate
elsewhere.

Every space is now filled to its utmost capacity, and no more collections of any
considerable extent can be received until additional room is provided for their
reception.

Ina few words it may be stated that for exhibition, storage, and laboratory space
_ 316,400 square feet are needed instead of 100,675 square feet, which now constitute
the available area for all of these purposes.

In conclusion, I reaffirm without hesitation that unless additional space is paar
it will be impossible to take any further important steps toward the improvement of
the Government collections.

Your obedient servant,
8. P. Lanawry, Secretary.

Hon. Sera L. MILiiKen,

Chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds,
Howse of Representatives.

Committed to Committee of the Whole House.
February 9, 1891—Senate.

Mr. J. S. Morritn, from Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds, reported an amendment to sundry civil bill for 1892 (H.
13462).

Same-as reported by Mr. S. L. Milliken in the House January 9, 1891.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

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NATIONAL MUSEUM—BASEMENT.

March 3, 1890--House.

A letter from the Architect of the Capitol, transmitting estimate of
the cost of erecting a basement story under the National Museum
was submitted:

Arcuitecr’s OFFICE, UNITED States CaPIToL,
Washington, D. C., February 28, 1890.

Sir: In compliance with the requirements of the act pr Pes for the sundry civil
expenses of the Government, approved March 2, 1889, I have examined the National
Museum, and have estiaated the cost of constructing the basement story under that
building.

It is thought that the only portion of the basement available for workshops and
suitable for storage would be a cellar, running around the outer walls of the building
and extending inwards 30 feet, so that the rooms thus obtained may have light
and air.

These rooms should be roofed with brick arches supported by iron beams. Pro-
vision is made in the accompanying estimate to floor with tiles the entire rooms
under which these basements come, in part, as the present wooden floors of these
rooms are now in bad condition and will soon be unfit for use.

Estimate.

PF <eavatine. 6,220-yards of earth, at$l- 20.25 2222s cose le sce eee Sa -- $6, 220
Underpinning front walls, 672 perches, at $7 -....1.--.-------------------- 4, 704
Stone masonry, inner walls, 1,248 perches, at $6........---..-.------------ 7, 488
Fireproof flooring (including columns) 1, 866 yards, at $5.50 -..-...---.----- 10, 263
Marble tiling, 30,400 superficial feet, at 75 cents .......-------------------- 22, 800
Fifty-six windows, at $25 ......- eH SR Es Wy eee Sn eee eee a 1, 200
Removing and replacing pipes and sewers......--------------------------- 3, 000
Perennerren eee Hewat. ee es econo Sark eee aie oa Seen Smo s Sao. 300
Concrete floors in cellars, 1,866 yards, at 90 cents........------------------ 1, 680

STE gh ae eM, BN Lie auliee SMSIET ACA Lod gE dd SARS SAE A Ce Sept ee ae dae 57, 675

I will say that by reason of the sewer, steam, and gas pipes running under the
present floors the work of constructing these PER rooms, though practicable,
will be extremely difficult.

I beg to say that I am of the .opinion that a site ae a storehouse and for work-
shops required may be purchased in the neighborhood of the Museum and a fire-
proof building erected thereon with a capacity as great as these proposed basement
rooms for a sum less than will be necessary to construct this basement.

Very respectfully,
Epwarp CLARK,
Architect United States Capitol.
The SPEAKER OF THE Hovss oF REPRESENTATIVES.

Referred to Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings.
NATIONAL MUSEUM—ESTIMATES.

December 2, 1889—House.
Estimates for 1891.

For the construction in a fireproof manner of an additional Museum
building, to be erected under the direction of the Regents of the

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Smithsonian Institution on the southwest corner of the grounds of
the Smithsonian Institution, $500,000.

Norr.—This appropriation passed the Senate June 19, 1888, but was not acted on
by the House. For full explanation of the necessity for this new building see Sen-
até Report No. 1539, Fiftieth Congress, first session.

For continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the col-
lections from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Govern-
ment and from other sources, including salaries or compensation of all
necessary employees, $175,000.

For cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliances required for the exhi-
bition and safe-keeping of the collections of the National Museum,
including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, $30,000.

For expense of heating, lighting, electrical, telegraphic, and tele-
phonic service for the National Museum, including salaries or com- -
pensation of all necessary employees, $15,000.

For necessary expenses of the custody, exhibition, and increase of
the living animals in connection with the zoological department, includ-
ing salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, $50,000.

Postage stamps and foreign postal cards and postage for the National
Musem, $500.

For printing labels and blanks, and for the bulletins and annual
volumes of the proceedings of the National Museum, $18,000; bind-

ng, $500.

February 7, 1890—House.
Deficiency estimates for 1890.

Preservation of collections: To pay E. F. Hastings, agent Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company, for one fare, Washington to Boston, June
24, 1887, being a deficiency to the appropriation for preservation of
collections, National Museum, for the fiscal year 1887, $11.45.

December 1, 1890—House.
Estimates for 1892.

For continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the col-
lections from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Govern-
ment, and from other sources, including salaries or compensation of all
necessary employees, $180,000.

Norre.—The yearly extending demands of the public, the great increase in the
number of visitors, and the rapid growth of the collections have, during late years,
caused the necessary scale of expenditure to increase, while that of the appropria-
tions has not kept pace with it and is now so inadequate as to call for the serious
attention of Congress.

The expenditure under this head must bear some general relation to the extent of
the collections and the number of visitors. Eight years ago the number of cata-
logued specimens was less than 200,000 and the appropriation was $75,000. At the
present time there are about 3,000,000 specimens under control, and the appropria-
tion is $140,000, which it has been for the last two years. While, then, the collec-
tions have increased fifteen times, the appropriations have been less than doubled,

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and not only the collections and the number of visitors, but almost all other neces-
sary expenses have increased wholly out of proportion to the appropriations made
by Congress.

Within the last two years the Museum has begun to feel the effects of a struggle to
carry on the maintenance and care of the Government collection with inadequate
means. The salaries have always been less than in the Executive Departments, but
the Museum is now constantly losing the most efficient of its clerks and preparators
on account of the low rate of pay. -

The appropriations have never been sufficient for the increase of the collection by
purchase, so that these have been formed almost wholly by gift; but the Museum,
which has no longer adequate means to care for those it has or to take care of more,
now finds that the rate of increase is plainly lessening.

That the Museum may not only hold the place already attained, but may keep
pace with the scientific work of the Govérnment in general, and may maintain a posi-
tion not discreditable in comparison with similar establishments in other national
capitals, an appropriation of $180,000 is required.

(Also see letter of Secretary of Smithsonian Institution to Senate Committee on
Appropriations, June 12, 1890, Fifty-first Congress, first session. Report No. 1466,

page 5.)

To meet customs duties on glass, tin, and other dutiable articles and
supplies imported for the National Museum, $3,000.

Norr.—Rendered necessary under the provisions of the act of October 1, 1890, ‘‘ to
reduce the revenue,”’ etc. Public No. 330.

- For printing labels and blanks, and for the bulletins and annual vol-
umes of the proceedings of the National Museum, $18,000; binding,
$1,000.

Nore.—It is not intended to increase the number of annual issues of the bulletins
and proceedings of the Museum, but to print a larger edition of each, in order to
furnish copies to the principal educational institutions and libraries in the country,
the editions now printed being inadequate to supply half the demand.

The Museum has received no appropriation for binding for a period of three. years.
It is now absolutely necessary that many books in constant use in the library should
be bound in order to prevent their destruction.

For cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliances required for the exhi-
bition and safe-keeping of the collections of the National Museum,
including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, $30,000.

Norr.—The decrease of $5,000 in the appropriation of this year for furniture and

fixtures has necessitated a curtailment of expenses in the building of cases, which,
since the Museum exhibits are constantly increasing in number, has compelled the
leaving of many perishable objects of value exposed in the halls, a course which
results in deterioration from dust and from the inevitable handling of curious sight-
seers. .
Every year the Museum is offered desirable private collections as gifts, or as long-
time deposits, on condition that they be properly installed in suitable cases. It is
from this source that many important recent additions to the national collections
have been made, and in a large number of instances articles thus placed in the
custody of the Museum, if installed to the satisfaction of the depositors, are never
removed.

In order to provide properly for the objects already in the Museum, as well as for
the steady growth of the collections, an appropriation of $30,000 is needed.

1324 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

For expense of heating, lighting, electrical, telegraphic and tele-
phonic service for the National Museum, including salaries or compen-
sation of ali necessary employees, $15,000.

Nore.—For the safety of the collections and the proper administration of the
Museum, it is found necessary to keep the buildings heated for a greater number of
hours daily than has heretofore been the custom. This requires a greater expenditure
for fuel and for services. The gradual improvement in the electrical plant is also to
be taken into consideration. An appropriation of $15,000 is therefore necessary.

For removing old boilers under Museum hall in Smithsonian build-
ing, replacing them with new ones, and for necessary alterations and
connections of steam-heating apparatus, and for covering pipes with
fireproof material, $3,000.

Nore.—These boilers have been in use for about fifteen years, and the tubes are
consequently so warped and burnt that in order to heat the building without danger
it has been necessary for the past year to keep the fires burning night and day, and
to limit the steam pressure to 6 pounds.

For removing the decayed wooden floors in the Museum building,
substituting granolithic or artificial stone therefor, and for slate for
covering trenches containing heating and electric apparatus, including
all necessary material and labor, to be immediately available, $5,000.

Norr.—The floors ofthe Museum were laid in 1881, and were hurried to completion
in order that the building might be ready for occupancy at the time of the inaugura-
tion of President Garfield. This necessitated the laying of the boards in the damp
concrete. The floors and timbers are now rotten, and constant patching is necessary.

The main expense will be in paving the four center courts, which contain an area
of about 17,000 square feet.

Slight repairs to floors are also required in other parts of the building.

For postage stamps and foreign postal cards and postage for the
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum, and international ex-
changes, $1,000.

In regard to the estimates for 1892, the Secretary, Mr. S. P. Langley,
said in a letter dated October 20, 1890:

The needs of the Museum have been explained at length in letters presented at the
last session, reference to which is made in the notes under the estimates.

January 12, 1891—House. _
Deficiency estimates for 1891.

For the Smithsonian Institution, for printing for the use of the
National Museum, not exceeding $1,000.

To meet customs duties on glass, tin, and other dutiable articles
and supplies imported for the United States National Museum, $1,000.

To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury
on account of the preservation of collections, National Museum, being
for the service of the fiscal year 1890, as follows: Chicago and North-
western Railroad Company, $34.89; Central Pacific Railroad Company,
$33.99; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, $0.67; total, $69.55.

FIFTY-EIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 13825

NATIONAL MUSEUM—APPROPRIATIONS.
July 9, 1890—Senate.

Mr. W. B. Axuison, from Committee on Appropriations, reported
item of increase for National Museum in sundry civil bill, $30,000.
July 14, 1890—Senate.

The sundry civil bill for 1891 being under consideration, the next
amendment of the Committee on Appropriations was, on page 33, line
6, before the word ‘‘thousand,” to strike out ‘‘forty” and insert
**sixty-five;” so as to read:

Preservation of collections of the National Museum: For continuing the preserva-
tion, exhibition, and increase of the collections from the surveying and exploring
expeditions of the Government, and from other sources, including salaries or com-
pensation of all necessary employees, $165,000.

, The amendment was agreed to.

The next amendment was, on page 33, line 11, before the word
‘**thousand,” to strike out Se eet and insert ‘‘thirty;” so as
to read:

Furniture and fixtures of the National Museum: For cases, furniture, Shine: and
appliances required for the exhibition and safe-keeping of the collections of the
National Museum, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees,
$30,000.

Mr. G. F. Epmunps. May I ask the Senator in charge whether all
the officers and employees of every kind in the National Museum work
are merely employed by the director or manager of that Museum, or
are they fixed by some law as to the number, classification, salary, etc. ?

Mr. W. B. Atuison: They are not fixed by law as to number, classi-
fication, or salary, but I will say to the Senator that they are paid a
lower sum for the service than any like officers that I know of in the
capital.

Mr. Epmunps. About how many are there altogether?

Mr. Auuison. I think there are two or three naval officers detailed
there, who of course get their naval pay, but the number I do not
remember. They are estimated for and carried out in detail in the
report submitted to us.

Mr. F. M. Cockre.u. In poanenban with this item I call for the
reading of the letter of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution to
the chairman of the committee. I ask the Secretary to read from the
report of the Committee on Appropriations the letter of the Secretary
of the Smithsonian Institution, dated Washington, June 12, 1890, to
the chairman of the committee, to explain why we have so lar gely
increased these appropriations.

The Prestpine Orricer. The Secretary will read as requested.

SmirHsoniAn Institution, U. 8S. NatronaL Museum,
Washington, June 12, 1890.

Str: I earnestly invite your consideration of the items relating to the National

Museum in the sundry civil bill, as reported yesterday to the House of Representa-

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tives. Notwithstanding the constant growth of the collections, the great increase in
the number of visitors, and the yearly extending demands of the public upon the
scientific staff of the Museum, the appropriations for the coming year, as indicated
in the report of the House committee, are no greater than for 1888-89, and $5,000 less
than for 1889-90.

I submitted an estimate, $175,000, being an increase of $35,000, for the ‘‘ preserva-
tion and increase of collections,’’ and $30,000 for ‘‘furniture and fixtures,’’ the same
amount that was last year appropriated. The reduction of the furniture and fixtures
appropriation by $5,000 is not so important a matter, provided that an increase be
allowed in the other item. At least $20,000 additional is actually necessary for the
proper conduct of the work now on hand, without allowing for any expansion
whatsoever. :

The appropriation, for the maintenance of the National Museum of the United
States are far smaller than those for similar government institutions in England,
France, Germany, and Austria; and, notwithstanding the valuable gifts of collec-
tions constantly received, the Museum is unable to maintain a standing and dignity
worthy of the nation.

The salaries paid to clerks and other administrative employees are so small that
the best of them are constantly being taken away by the Executive Departments of
the Government, much to the detriment of the Museum service.

The paid scientific staff is too small. Much of the scientific ‘administrative work
is performed by volunteers, who receive no pay for their service—a system advan-
tageous to a limited extent, but not so to the degree to which it has been necessary
to apply it in the National Museum.

More watchmen are required for the proper policing of the buildings, and more
laborers and cleaners to keep the exhibition halls in presentable condition.

Indeed, the expansion of the Museum, which is really not keeping pace with the
growth of the country and of the scientific work of the Government in general, ren-
ders an increase in the appropriations imperatively necessary.

I do not wish to burden you with statistics, but as an indication of the change of
conditions within a very few years, I may state that the number of visitors during the
last fiscal year was about 375,000, compared with 167,500 in 1882; that the extent of
the collections on July 1, 1889, was nearly 2,900,000 specimens, compared with less
than 194,000 at the end of 1882, the first year of organized work in the new Museum
building; that the number of letters sent out during the past fiscal year, chiefly in
response to demands for information and other assistance in connection with scien-
tific matters, has been 5,350, contrasted with 2,700 in the previous year; that the
number of scientific departments in the Museum is now 36, contrasted with 15 in 1882.

Although, as I have stated, the decrease of $5,000 in the furniture and fixtures
appropriations is not the most important of the matters which I wish to bring to
your attention, I sincerely hope that the full amount may be granted for the follow-
ing reasons: Every year the Museum is offered valuable private collections as gifts
or as long-time deposits on the condition that they shall be properly installed in
suitable cases especially constructed for them, and it is from this source that many
of the most important recent additions to the national collections have been received,
for in a large number of instances collections thus placed in the custody of the
National Museum, if installed to the satisfaction of the owners, are never removed.

The value of the collections thus acquired is always far greater than that of the
cases in which they are placed, and any reduction of the furniture and fixtures
appropriation at the present time will necessarily interfere to a certain extent with
this important means of developing the collections in the National Museum.

I fear that I have not hitherto urged these considerations as strongly as it was my
duty to have done, and I trust that your committee will be disposed to give them
their most careful attention. Iam sure that an examination of the reviews of the

FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 1327

development of the Museum year by year since 1881, as given in the reports of the
Smithsonian Institution, will convince you that the facts as I have given them are
in reality understated.
I am, sir, yours, very respectfully,
8. P. Laneuey, Secretary.
Hon. WILLIAM B. ALLISON,
Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations.

August 30, 1890.
Sundry civil act for 1891.

_ For expense of heating, lighting, electrical, telegraphic, and tele-
phonic service for the National Museum, $12,000.

For continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the
collections from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Goy-
ernment, and from other sources, including salaries or compensation
of all necessary employees, $140,000.

For cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliances required for the exhibi-
tion and safe-keeping. of the collections of the National Museum,
including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, $25,000.

For postage stamps and foreign postal cards for the National
Museum, $500.

(Stat., XXXVI, 383.)

For the Smithsonian Institution, for printing labels and blanks for
the use of the National Museum and for the ‘‘ Bulletins” and annual
volumes of the ‘* Proceedings” of the National Museum, $10,000.

(Stat., XX VI, 412.)

September 30, 1890.
Deficiency act for 1890, ete.

To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for preservation of col-
lections, National Museum, for the fiscal year 1887, $11.45.
(Stat., XXXVI, 507.)
February 3, 1891—House.
Mr. J. G. Cannon reported from Committee on Appropriations in
sundry civil bill for 1892, $195,500.
March 3, 18917.
Deficiency act for 1891, ete.
To meet customs duties on glass, tin, and other dutiable articles and
supplies imported for the United States National Museum, $1,000.
(Stat., XXXVI, 866.)
For the Smithsonian Institution, for printing for the use of the
National Museum, not exceeding $1,000.
(Stat., XX VI, 887.)
March 3, 18917.
Sundry civil act for 1892.
For continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the col-
lections from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Govern-

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ment, and from other sources, including salaries or compensation of all
necessary employees, $145,000.

For cases; furniture, fixtures, and appliances ronan for the exhi-
bition and safe- ae of the collections of the National Museum,
including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, $25,000.

For expense of heating, lighting, electrical, telegraphic and tele-
phonic service for the National Museum, $12,000.

For removing old boilers under Museum hall in Smithsonian Build-
ing, replacing them with new ones, and for necessary alterations, and
connections of steam heating apparatus and for covering pipes with
fireproof material, $3,000.

For removing the decayed wooden floors in the Museum building,
substituting granolithic or artificial stone therefor, and for slate
for covering trenches containing heating and electric apparatus,
including all necessary material and labor, to be immediately availa-
ble, $5,000.

For postage stamps and foreign postal cards for the National
Museum, $500.

(Stat., XX VI, 963.)

For the Smithsonian Institution, for printing labels and blanks and
for the ‘‘ Bulletins” and annual volumes of the ‘‘ Proceedings” of the
National Museum, $15,000.

(Stat., XX VI, 988.)

REPORT ON EXPENDITURES.

December 21, 1889—House.

The Spraker (Mr. Tuomas B. Rep) laid before the House a letter
from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, submitting a state-
ment of expenditures for International ery National Museum,
and North American Ethnology for the fiscal year 1889. (H.. Mise.
Doc. No. 48.) ,

- Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
December 12, 1890—House.

A communication from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, transmitting a statement of the expenditures for the fiscal year
1890, under the appropriation for International Exchanges, National
Museum, North-American Ethnology, and National Zoological Park.
(H. Mise. Doe. No. 39.)

Referred to Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Depar tment:

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REID’S SWORD.
January 9, 1890—Senate. .

Mr. D. W. Vooruess introduced resolution (S. 39) to accept dona-
tion of battle sword of the late Capt. Samuel Chester Reid from his
son Samuel C. Reid, and providing for the presentation to him by
Congress of a gold medal.

Referred to Committee on Library.

FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. 1889-1891. 1329

January 30, 1890—House.
Mr. C. A. Russetu introduced joint resolution (H. 87). Same as
S. 39.
Referred to Committee on the Library.
March 3, 1890—Senate.
Mr. D. W. VoorHers, from Committee on Library, reported in
favor of S. 39.
April 26, 1890—Senate.
Mr. D. W. VoorHeEss called up joint resolution (S. 39).
Mr. Voorners. Mr. President, before a vote is taken on the joint
resolution just read, I venture to ask a few moments in which to tell

the story of the sword which it tenders for our acceptance.
* * * * * * %

Mr. JoHn SHERMAN. Is it wise, after this lapse of time, to make
this extraordinary movement, after having paid the money, to issue a
medal which is only granted by the Government of the United States
on rare occasions? It seems tome not. If the sword is of value—
and no doubt this sword ought to be preserved among the relics in the
Smithsonian Institution or in the National Museum—whatever its value
is in money or in glory, pay for it and put it among the chosen relics
of the heroism of American citizens. But it seems to me that this
medal of honor, granted only for illustrious services, like those ren-
dered by General Grant and a few others, should not be awarded in
this instance. There are not many medals awarded by the Govern-
ment of the United States, and it does seem to me that this is not a
case for such a remarkable act. Besides, it is not to be given to
Captain Reid.

* * * * * * *

Mr. I. G. Harris. I desire to suggest to the Senator from New York
that this resolution provides that the sword shall be deposited in the
National Museum. Now, if this medal is to be deposited, as suggested
by the Senator from Missouri, I think it eminently proper that the
sword should be deposited with it at the same place, and instead of the
Navy Department, let it be provided that the medal shall be ian we
in the National Museum.

Mr. W. M. Evarts. I assent to that proposition.

Mr. C. F. Manprerson. I suggest that by unanimous consent these
amendments be made, which will reach the object we all seem to have
in view: That we strike out of the title of the bill all after the word
**Reid,” striking out that part which reads ‘‘and providing for the
presentation to him by Congress of a gold medal;” and in line 8 of
section 1 strike out ‘* be presented by Congress to his son, Sam C. Reid,”
and instead thereof insert the words ‘‘to cost;” so as to make the
resolution read:

That a gold medal, with suitable devices engraved thereon, to be approved by
the Committee on the Library, to cost not to exceed the sum of $1,000, which is

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hereby appropriated for this purpose out of any money in the Treasury not other-
appropriated.

And then, in section 2, line 1, after the word ‘‘sword,” insert the
words ‘‘and medal;” so as to read:

That said battle sword and medal be deposited in the National Museum at Wash-
ington, ete.

The Vicr-PREsIDENT (Mr. Levi P. Morton). The amendment will
be stated from the desk.

The Curer CLERK. In line’8 of section 1, it is proposed to strike
out the words ‘‘be presented by Congress to his son, Sam C. Reid,”
and insert ‘‘to cost;” so as to read:

That a gold medal with suitable devices engraved thereon, to be approved by the
Committee on the Library, to cost not to exceed the sum of $1,000, ete.

The amendment was agreed to. -

The Vick-PREsIDENT. The next amendment of the Senator from
Nebraska will be stated.

The Cuter CierK. In section 2, line 1, after the word ‘‘sword,”
insert the words ‘‘and medal;” so as to read:

That said battle sword and medal be deposited in the National Museum at Wash-
ington, ete.

The amendment was agreed to.

Mr. Manperson. After the word ‘‘dollars,” in line 9 of section 1,
I move to insert the words ‘‘ be struck.”

The amendment was agreed to.

Mr. Harris. Now, let the resolution be read as amended.

The Chief Clerk read the joint resolution, as follows:

Resolved, etc., That the battle sword of the late Capt. Samuel Chester Reid is
hereby accepted in behalf of the United States, and, as a testimonial and acknowl-
edgment for this valued relic and patriotic gift, that a gold medal with suitable
devices engraved thereon, to be approved by the Committee on the Library, at a cost
not to exceed the sum of $1,000, be struck (which is hereby appropriated for this
purpose out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated ).

Src. 2. That said battle sword and medal be deposited in the National Museum at
Washington, and that a copy of these resolutions, signed by the President of the
Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, be transmitted to the donor.

* * * * * * *

Mr. H. L. Dawes. Mr. President, it seems to me that if this is a
proper thing to be done at all, it is proper that it should be done in a
proper manner. I do not see any particular propriety in making a
medal and then hiding it away in the Navy Department or in the
National Museum. I think that the proper thing to do, if we do any-
thing, is to present the medal to the family of that distinguished indi-
vidual whose sword we think it proper to receive at their hands.

Mr. Manperson. I should like to ask the Senator which he thinks
would be the more secret bie place, the pocket of Mr. Reid or the
National Museum ?

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FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 1331

Mr. Dawes. I think the proper place for it would be in the family,
among the descendants of the distinguished man who performed this
remarkable feat of valor for which it is deemed by the Congress of the
United States proper to accept this sword. If it is proper to accept
the sword in this formal manner, it is proper to make some mark of
distinction that this family may have it and not be required when any
reference is made to it to refer to the National Museum with a euide-
book. I suggest that if it be deposited there, we should provide for
striking off a number of copies of the guidebook so that the people of
the United States may know where to find it.

Mr. Harr. The Senator’s idea is that the medal which is granted by
Congress for the gallant deeds of this man ought to pass to his family.
The Senator would not believe, for instance, in buying a ring at a
jeweler’s, and after having paid for it leave it at the jeweler’s.

Mr. Dawes. I do not know about this thing. The Senator from
Maine may have his view of what would be most acceptable to this
family.

Mr. Hate. I am in accord with the Senator.

Mr. Dawes. I do not know; it only struck me that if the family are
disposed to present to the United States the sword, which is worth
everything to them, and the United States think this is a relic worthy
of acceptance from the family, the United States ought to give them a
receipt in full for it or something of that kind; but to strike off a
medal in commemoration of this great event, on the occasion of receiv-

‘ing the sword from the family, and then to put the medal away with-

out reference to the family, is a thing which seemed to me rather
peculiar. I may rather say, it struck me asa little ungracious. If I
were one of the family I should say I was sorry I did it.

* * * * * * *

The Vice-Presipent. The Chair has not announced the passage cf
the joint resolution.

* % * * * & *

Mr. Manverson. If I can take simply one moment I will say that the
joint resolution was not being dressed up to my satisfaction, but, as I
understood it, to the satisfaction of the Committee on the Library.
The proposition to place the medal in the Navy Department or the
National Museum came from the committee, as I understood, and I
think it infinitely better than to hand it to dias son.

The Vicr-PrestpEnt. As the Chair understood, there anes to be
apparently unanimous consent that the demand for the yeas and nays
should be withdrawn, and the amendments were made to the joint res-
olution; and the recent call for the yeas and nays did not appear to be
seconded. The question is on the motion made by the Senator from
Kansas [Mr. Plumb] to recommit the joint resolution.

1332 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

Mr. P. B. Puumps. No, Mr. President; I made a motion to lay it on
the table, but I will withdraw that motion. I am not disposed -to
interfere with the establishment of this precedent. There are no
heroes, | understand, who now are deserving of medals, but there are
relatives of heroes and descendants of heroes of a former and a later
period who will come in and of course claim for these relics—these
priceless things, or that were heretofore priceless. I understand the
Government of the United States has never issued more than half a
dozen medals in all its career. I am in favor of opening the door and
making them as popular and as familiar and as plenty as leaves in
Vallombrosa.

Mr. O. H. Puarr. As it does not appear that this measure is likely
to be voted on by yeas and nays, I wish to take this time and oppor-
tunity to say that I am not in favor of the joint resolution, and I will
state, in a word, my reason for opposing it.

It seems to me a discrimination as against people who, I think, in
the history of this country have been equally deserving of the atten-
tion and recognition of Congress, and it refers in the preamble to this
act as an act of ‘‘unparalleled heroism.” I think that is a disparage-
ment of all the heroic men who have gone before and succeeded this
captain of this brig. I do not think we ought to make such a discrim-
ination. I think the whole thing is invidious and I am opposed to it.

The Vicr-PresIDENT. The question is on the passage of the joint
resolution.

The question being put, there was, on a division, ayes 12, noes 26;
no quorum voting.

The Vick-PrEstDENT. No quorum has voted, and the roll will be
called. ,

Mr. Vooruegs. I move a call of the Senate.

The Vicre-Prestpent. The roll will be called.

The Secretary called the roll.

The Vick-PRESIDENT. Forty-nine Senators have responded to their
names. A quorum is present. The question recurs on the passage of
the joint resolution.

Mr. Voorners. I ask that the joint resolution may go over, not
losing its place on the Calendar.

The Vicr-PrEsIpENT. The joint resolution will go over.

. 3AIRD STATUE.
January 13, 1890—Senate.
Mr. J. S. Morriit introduced bill (8S. 1940)—

That the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution be, and are hereby, authorized to
contract for a statue in bronze of Spencer F. Baird, late Secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution, to be erected upon the grounds in front of the National Museum; and
for this purpose, and for the entire expense of the foundation and pedestal of the
monument, the sum of $15,000, or so much of said sum as may be needed, is hereby
appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

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FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 13833

Mr. Morruit. I ask that the bill be referred to the Committee on
Public Buildings and Grounds. I do not ask for its being printed, as
when it is returned it will have to be printed again.

The Vice-Presipent (Mr. Levi P. Morton). The Senator does not
desire to have the bill printed ?

Mr. Morritu. No; I ask to have it referred to the Committee on
Public Buildings and Grounds.

The Vicr-PRrEsIDENT. It will be so referred without being printed.
January 14, 1890—Senate. :

Mr. J. S. Morr reported favorably.

February 14, 1890—Senate.

Mr. J. S. Morritz. This bill passed the Senate two yearsago. All
who know the merits and high services of Professor Baird, I pre-
sume, will agree that his memory is worthy of such a commemoration.

Passed. .

February 18, 1890—House.
Referred to Committee on the Library.

NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK—APPROPRIATIONS.

February 3, 1891—House.
Mr. J. G. Cannon reported, from Committee on Appropriations in
sundry civil bill for 1892, $50,500.
March 3, 1897.
Sundry civil act for 1892.

For continuing the construction of roads, walks, bridges, water sup-
ply, sewerage, and drainage, and for grading, planting and otherwise
improving the grounds of the National Zoological Park, including
salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, $15,000.

For erecting and repairing buildings and inclosures for animals, and
for administrative purposes, in the National Zoological Park, including
salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, $18,000.

For care, subsistence, and transportation of animals for the National
Zoological Park, and for the purpose [purchase] of rare specimens not
otherwise obtainable, including salaries or compensation of all neces-
sary employees, and general incidental expenses not otherwise pro-
vided for, $17,500; in all, $50,500, one half of which sum shall be paid
from the revenues of the District of Columbia, and the other half from
the Treasury of the United States.

(Stat., XXXVI, 963.)

NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK—-REPORT OF COMMISSION.

January 18, 1890—House.

The Speaker (Mr. T. B. Reep) laid before the House the annual
report of the Zoological Park Commission.

(House Mise. Doe. No. 72, Fifty-first Congress, first sesssion.)

1334 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

Letter from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution transmitting
a report of the Loological Park Commission.

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION,
Washington, D. C., January 17, 1890.
Str: I am instructed by the commission for the establishment of a zoological park
in the District of Columbia to present a report. This report, signed in duplicate, I
have the honor to inclose to you.
Very respectfully, yours, S. P. LANGLEY, ©
Secretary Smithsonian Institution and Secretary Zoological Park Commission.
The SPEAKER OF THE House or REPRESENTATIVES.

REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMISSION TO ESTABLISH A ZOOLOGICAL PARK
IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

OFFICE OF THE ZOOLOGICAL PARK COMMISSION,
Smithsonian Building, Washington, January 16, 1890.
To the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled:

The commission for the establishment of a zoological park has the honor to report
that by the terms of the act of Congress entitled ‘‘An act making appropriations to
provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1890, and for other purposes’’ (approved March 2, 1889), sec-
tion 4 of which provides ‘‘for the establishment of a zoological park in the District
of Columbia,’’ this commission was created and charged with the duty of selecting,
within a specified area, a tract of land suitable for a zoological park, and of purchas-
ing the same for the Government; and for this purpose an appropriation of $200,000
was made.

_ The commission was authorized and directed to make an inspection of the country

along Rock Creek, between Massachusetts avenue and the point where said creek is
crossed by the military road leading west from Brightwood, and to select from that
district of country a tract of land of not less than 100 acres, and which shall include
a section of the creek, such as the commission shall deem suitable and appropriate
for a zoological park ‘‘for the advancement of science and the instruction and recre-
ation of the people.’’

On March 9, 1889, the commission held its first meeting, effected an organization,
and immediately thereafter began to inspect the country situated between the two
points on Rock Creek that were designated by Congress. At the request of the com-
mission the Director of the Geological Survey caused to be prepared a preliminary
map, based on the charts of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, showing the
ownership of each separate parcel of real estate in the region available for the location
of the park.

The members of the commission made repeated personal tours of inspection to and
through the various portions of the Rock Creek region between Massachusetts avenue
extended and the military road, a tract of country over 3 miles in length, every por-
tion of that region being visited and studied until the relative merits of the different
possible sites:for a zoological park were all considered.

Inasmuch as the act required that the first step toward condemnation proceedings
should be the locating of the park, and the filing in the public records of a careful
map of the same, ‘‘showing the location, quantity, and character of each parcel of
private property to be taken,’’ the commission found itself confronted with the
danger of locating a park which might afterward be condemned .and appraised at a
total valuation in excess of the amount appropriated. In view of this, of the numer-
ous holders, and of the excessive prices in many cases demanded, it was decided to
invite the various owners of lands along Rock Creek, between the two points indi-
cated, to state to the commission in writing the lowest prices at which they would
be willing to sell all, or certain specified portions of their lands, for the purposes of a
zoological park.

FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 1335

Accordingly, on April 15, a circular letter was prepared and sent to each of the
various landowners, and a copy of the same is appended herewith, marked Exhibit
A. The commission also caused an advertisement to be inserted in various news-
papers published in the city of Washington, likewise calling upon the owners of
land in the Rock Creek region, between the crossing of Massachusetts avenue
extended and the military road, to state their lowest prices for the same. The replies
received in answer to this circular letter and advertisement were generally unsatis-
factory, in nearly every case the price asked being believed by the commission to be
in excess of the actual market value of the land, and in several instances being many
times what seemed to it to be likely to be asked of a private purchaser.

Finding it impracticable to secure any cooperation from the property owners in its
efforts to ascertain the value of land before locating the park, the commission sought
in various directions data for reliable information as to these values; and, among
other inquiries, asked the advice of prominent and disinterested citizens of Wash-’
ington, whom it had reason to suppose possessed special ability in the determination
of the value of real estate, these gentlemen giving much time and pains to enable
them to answer the commission’s questions, without compensation or reward.

When the commission felt that it had from these various sources acquired a pre-
liminary knowledge of the prices which might reasonably be expected to result from
the condemnation, it proceeded to locate the park. After a full consideration of the
relative merits of the different available sites, it was decided that the location pro-
posed to Congress during the consideration of the Zoological Park bill was the best
to be found, and indeed so well adapted to the purpose in view that, apart from the
question of cost, it stood almost without a rival. *

Greatly to the satisfaction of the commission, it was finally able to acquire a site
in the region indicated to Congress by the maps and models submitted at the time
of the final debate,! at a cost within the estimates submitted to Congress by the Sec-
retary of the Smithsonian Institution, it being in fact able to purchase here at prices
lower than were demanded in situations more remote from the city. In accordance
with its best judgment, the commission, finding itself thus able to secure more land
than it had originally contemplated the possibility of doing, included in the area of
‘the site about 167 acres, commencing at a point within less than 2 miles of the
Executive Mansion.

On May 17, 1889, the general location and area was determined upon, and immedi-
ately thereafter the Director of the Geological Survey was requested to survey the
same and prepare a map in accordance with the requirements of the act for the
establishment of the park.

Although many expressed the opinion that it would be found impossible for the
Government to acquire any of the land by agreement at prices which would be given
by a private purchaser, the commission is able to report that of the entire 166.48
acres included in the park, it has finally succeeded in securing 131.14 acres by agree-
ment with the several owners thereof at prices satisfactory to all concerned. The
commission desires to place on record the fact that in its negotiations for the pur-
chase of this land for the United States Government it was finally met by land-
holders who owned nearly four-fifths of the park site in a spirit of fairness, and even
liberality in some cases, which is certainly unusual in such transactions when the
Government is the purchaser. The names of these holders will appear elsewhere
in this report in the schedule of property and property owners.

‘(Congressional Record, March 1, 1889, p. 2663.) Mr. Dissite. * * * Inthe
first place, Mr. Speaker, the project as set forth in the bill is for the purchase of not
less than 100 acres of land, as Members will see from the design and plan in front of
the Reporter’s desk. I am speaking to the Zoological Park bill, a bill reported by
the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, in accordance with the design and
plan now in front of the Reporter’s desk.

1336 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

Of the remaining 35.34 acres in the park site, 34.49 acres will have to be acquired
through condemnation proceedings, which are now in progress, and the balance of
0.84 of an acre is already the property of the Government. The commission has to
acknowledge the tender to them as a gift of 5.10 acres of land from the Woodley
Park Syndicate, represented by Mr. H. P. Waggaman, which was legally acquired
for the nominal consideration of $1.

On November 21 the survey of the park was completed, and a careful and accu-
rate map thereof was furnished by the Director of the Geological Survey and filed
by the commission in the public records of the District of Columbia, as required by
law; and your commission believes itself justified in the statement that the site is
commodious, accessible, and adapted by nature to the special ends it is intended to
serve in a degree beyond any belonging to any other city. ;

On November 22 the commission submitted to the President, with a copy of the
map of the park showing the tracts condemned for public uses, a schedule of what it
considered to be just compensation in each case, and this compensation the President
approved on November 26. The commission is now proceeding to settle as rapidly
as it can with the owners whose lands are to be acquired by mutual agreement.

In the following schedule the land to be acquired by agreement is shown distinct
from that where the owners have refused the commission’s prices and where the
land remains to be acquired by the process of condemnation specified in the act:

Land acquired by agreement with the owners.

. : Price agreed
Owner. | Acres. upon.
Wigs AS. Se TVRNS cosa ocor lee te ccas sosee atest eee es chee lens ser aseeee eres | 94, 050 $94, 860. 00
Soman’ D. Walbridge tie . fo Fs RE eee SY ee eh ee seas eee 14. 450 14, 450. 00
Woodley Park: Syndicate: .. eshte Us <stesio se sll atthe eee | 5.103 ¥ 1.00
The Messrs: Waseamans.. 35 sic Lu Saath es eke feo one kebeeuee deat aes 2.350 | 5, 875. 00
Henny CuBoltt .. altace ccdo spbacese> sawtaene ce eenlcaee nnn aie See 13. 360 40, 000. 00
Mrs Ganev et cet ae aw ches Sten as coma de ietemes ne ae 1. 440 | 3, 000. 00
Mirah: an eae lee Se 58° 2eo Ser e he ee Uo te eee . 392 | 170.76
Motel Ae Ol ee gee eck ete ot Neglet, ae a eb he ee 131, 145 158, 356.76

List of property which must be acquired by condemnation.

Valuation of-
fered by com-

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President.

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McPherson a Winlkeyes. ste ic. 0 teolupes se tan Peete sea te eer eset eee eee. .315 200. 00
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The commission calls attention to the fact that the accuracy of the estimates of the
probable cost of this land, submitted by the Smithsonian Institution to the appro-
priation committees of both Houses of Congress, and repeatedly referred to in debate,
has been verified by the cost of the purchases made up to date. Of the site of 121

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FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 13837

acres that was originally marked out on the maps and models submitted to Congress,
90 acres have now been purchased by agreement. The estimate to Congress of the
cost of these 90 acres, taken separately, was $109,750, whereas the actual cost of this
ground, by agreement, is $104,316. The plans herewith submitted show—

(1) The relative area and location of the park, on a general map of the city and
suburbs.

(2) The actual metes and bounds with the names of the original owners, on a copy
of the map described in the act.

Judging from the progress thus far, it now seems probable that the land remaining
to be acquired by condemnation and appraisement proceedings will cost the Gov-
ernment a sum not widely differing from the commission’s valuation; and if this
should prove to be the case, after allowing for incidental expenses, the total cost of
the entire site will fall so far within the $200,000 appropriated, even after the purchase
of about 45 acres beyond the originally contemplated area, as to leave a balance,
’ which may be applied to necessary preliminary expenses.

Before the expiration of the present fiscal year the Zoological Park Commission
will have completed the duties with which it was charged by the act of Congress
which called it into existence, and the title to the lands it has purchased will be vested
in the United States. Pending the completion of the condemnation proceedings now
in progress and the submission of a final report, it is extremely desirable that Con-
gress should enact further legislation in regard to the park. The commission has no
authority to put up fences and lay out roads or grounds, or to erect buildings, nor is
it even certain that it has the right to accept donations. The park is declared by
Congress to be ‘‘ for the advancement of science and the instruction and recreation of
the people.’’ In the construction of ponds and lakes, and the erection of inclosures
and buildings for the purposes of zoological science, a stage will soon be reached
where scientific direction seems obviously desirable; and it is respectfully represented
to Congress that any means for laying out and improving the grounds can be most
advantageously used in view of the purpose of Congress as to the ultimate disposi-
tion of the park now when the foundations of its future usefulness are being laid.’ If
the very considerable collection of living animals now in the custody of the Smith-
sonian Institution is to form the nucleus of the zoological park collection, its transfer
should be effected by legislative enactment and suitable measures taken for its main-
tenance. The commission is of the opinion that the collection referred to should,
with the consent of the Regents of the Institution, be transferred to the zoological
park as soon as possible after the Government takes full possession of the site.

Joun W. Nostez,
Secretary of the Interior,
J. W. Douauass,
Prest. Board Com. Dis. Col.,
S. P. LANGLEY,
Secretary Smithsonian Institution,
Commissioners for the Establishment of a Zoological
Park in the District of Columbia.

1 (Congressional Record, March 1, 1889, p. 2662.) Mr. BreckinripGe. I append
the report of the Committee on Public Grounds that the record may show the exact
object in view. There is absolute protection from jobbery in the fact that this is to
be under the supervision of the Smithsonian Institution.

(P. 2663.) Mr. Drssie. We are proud of the Smithsonian, and the Smithsonian has
already, by gift, not by purchase, the nucleus of a collection, * * * andIam
informed by the Secretary of the Smithsonian that this place furnishes the right kind
of location * * * forthe propagation and perpetuation of these rapidly disap-
pearing species of American animals, while at the same time it will serve the pur-
poses of a public park.

1338 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

ExnHisit A.

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL PARK,
SMITHSONIAN InstITUTION,
Washington, D. C., April 15, 1889.

Sr: In accordance with an act of Congress approved March 2, 1889 (Public, No.
113), for the establishment of a zoological park in the District of Columbia, the com-
missioners created by this act, and charged with the duty of its fulfillment, give
notice that they have been ‘‘authorized and directed to make an inspection of the
country along Rock Creek, between Massachusetts avenue extended and where said
creek is crossed by the road leading west from Brightwood (commonly known as the
Military road), and to select from that district of country such a tract of land, of not
less than 100 acres, which shall include a section of the creek, as said commission
shall deem to be suitable and appropriate for a zoological park.’’

They further give notice that the act declares:

‘‘That the said commission shall cause to be made a careful map of said zoological
park, showing the location, quantity, and character of each parcel of private property
to be taken for such purpose, with the names of the respective owners inscribed
thereon, and the said map shall be filed and recorded in the public records of the
District of Columbia; and from and after that date the several tracts and parcels of
land embraced in such zoological park shall be held as condemned for public uses,
subject to the payment of just compensation, to be determined by the said commis-
sion and approved by the President of the United States, provided that such com-
pensation be accepted by the owner or owners of the several parcels of land.

‘‘That if the said commission shall be unable to purchase any portion of the land
so selected and condemned within thirty days after such condemnation, by agree-
ment with the respective owners, at the price approved by the President of the United
States, it shall, at the expiration of such period of thirty days, make application to
the supreme court of the District of Columbia, by petition, at a general or special
term, for an assessment of the value of such land, and said petition shall contain a
particular description of the property selected and condemned, with the name of the
owner or owners thereof, and his, her, or their residences, as far as the same may be
ascertained, together with a copy of the recorded map of the park; and the said
court is hereby authorized and required, upon such application, without delay, to
notify the owners and occupants of the land and to ascertain and assess the value of
the land so selected and condemned by appointing three commissioners to appraise
the value or values thereof, and to return the appraisement to the court; and when
the values of such land are thus ascertained, and the President shall deem the same
reasonable, said values shall be paid to the owner or owners, and: the United States
shall be deemed to have a valid title to said lands.”’

In view of the desirability, in selecting said site, of taking into account the value
of the various parcels of land which the commission has the power to include, the
commissioners hereby invite you, as an owner of property in the region indicated, to
furnish them not later than May 1, 1889, with a written statement of the lowest price
at which you will agree to sell, for the purpose named above, the following-described
real estate, which they understand is owned by you, viz:

There is open for inspection in this office, between the hours of 2 and 4p. m., a map
showing the Rock Creek region, on which are laid down the names of real estate
holders, and the bounds and contents of their properties, so far as these are known.
to the commissioners.

JoHN W. Nos ez,
Secretary of the Interior,
Wiu1am B. Wess,
Pres. Board Com. Dis. Col.,
S. P. LANGLEy,
Secretary Smithsonian Institution,
? Commissioners.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

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FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 1339
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January 20, 1890—Senate. -

The Vicre-Preswwent (Mr. Levi P. Morton) laid before the Senate
a communication from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
and Zoological Park Commission, transmitting a report of the com-
mission for the establishment of a zoological park in the District of
Columbia.

Referred to Committee on the District of Columbia.

(Same as in House January 18, 1890.)
January 20, 1890—HdHouse.

Mr. JoserpH WHEELER submitted concurrent resolution:

That there be printed of the report of the Zoological Park Commission and its
accompanying maps 1,000 extra copies, of which 200 copies shall be for the use of

the Senate, 500 copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and 300 copies for
the use of the Zoological Park Commission.

Referred to Committee on Printing.
February 7, 1890—House.
Passed.
March 24, 1890—Senaie,
Passed.
May 12, 1890—Senate.
Mr. R. F. Prerrigrew submitted a resolution:

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to inform the Senate
whether commissioners have been appointed to appraise the land authorized to be
condemned for a zoological park in the District of Columbia; if so, their names and
the salaries of each, with the amounts paid to each, and what services they, or either
of them, have performed. Also, if an attorney has been appointed as legal adviser to
said commissioners; if so, his name, salary, the length of time for which he -is
appointed, what services he has rendered and the amount paid to him on account

‘of such services, and under what authority he was appointed. Also, whether either

of said commissioners or the attorney has any interest in real estate in the neigh-
borhood of said proposed park; and whether the Attorney-General has caused the
titles to said land to be examined.

Agreed to.

May 21, 1890—Senate.

Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting information in
regard to the condemnation of land for a zoological park in the Dis-
trict of Columbia.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Washingjon, May 19, 1890.
Srr: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the resolution of the Senate
of the United States dated May 12, 1890, whereby the Secretary of the Interior is
“directed to inform the Senate whether commissioners have been appointed to
appraise the land authorized to be condemned for a zoological park in the District
of Columbia; if so, their names and the salaries of each, with the amounts paid to
each, and what services they, or either of them, have performed. Also, if an attor-
ney has been appointed as legal adviser to said commissioners; if so, his name, sal-
ary, the length of time for which he is appointed, what services he has rendered
and the amount paid to him on account of such services, and under what authority

13840 CONGRESSIONAL “PROCEEDINGS.

he was appointed. Also, whether either of said commissioners, or the attorney, has
any interest in real estate in the neighborhood of said proposed park; and whether
the Attorney-General has caused the titles to said land to be examined.”’

By reference to the United States Statutes at Large (vol. 25, p. 808), it will be
found that in order to establish the zoological park referred to in the resolution a
commission was constituted, composed of three persons, namely, the Secretary of
the Interior, the president of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Colum-
bia, and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and which was to be known
and designated as ‘‘The commission for the establishment of a zoological park.’’

It will therefore be seen that the commission thus established has no relation to
the Department of the Interior, and that the Secretary of the Interior is merely ex
officio president of an independent board established by statute.

This board, in pursuance of the authority given it, proceeded personally on several
occasions during the last summer to examine the country along Rock Creek described
in the law, made appraisements, prepared a map of all that region they deemed best
for the park, and filed the same; whereupon, by force of the statute named, all of
the tracts therein contained were condemned to the use of the United States for the
purposes expressed, but subject to the payment of just compensation, to be deter-
mined by the said commission and approved by the President of the United States,
provided that such compensation was accepted by the owner or owners of the sey-
eral parcels of land. Such just compensation was determined upon by the commis-
sion and submitted to the President of the United States, who approved the same,
and compensation was accepted by the owners of most of the land described in the
map. A few, however, refused to accept the amount assessed; whereupon, under
the provisions of the law, the commission, being unable to purchase the same by
agreement within thirty days after the filing of the map and consequent condemna-
tion, made application to the supreme court of the District of Columbia, by petition,
for an assessment of the value, in accordance with the statute, of such land yet
unpurchased. Thereupon the court became authorized and required, without delay,
to notify the owners and occupants of such land and to ascertain and assess the value
thereof, by appointing three commissioners to appraise the value or values thereof,
and to return the appraisement to the court. These are the commissioners about
whom the resolution of the Senate makes inquiry. “

The court proceeded under the law and appointed as commissioners to appraise
the values of the several tracts, the owners whereof would not agree to sell, Messrs.
Henry A. Willard, B. D. Carpenter, and E. E. White. Mr. Willard declined to act, |
and on the 18th of February Mr. Samuel E. Wheatley was appointed in his place.
The commissioners appointed by the court dre the officers of the court, and their
compensation will be such as the court may determine to pay them. The Secretary
of the Interior as president of the commission, or the commission itself, has nothing
to do therewith, as plainly appears from the statute and as is known from the com-
mon practice in such cases. The services of these commissioners appointed to
appraise this land are under the direction of the court, and what they have per-
formed appears in the records of the court, which are not within the control of the
Secretary of the Interior.

The Secretary of the Interior is not informed whether an attorney has been
appointed as legal adviser to said commissioners, but inasmuch as these officers of
the court can at any time apply for direction or advice to the court itself, it is highly
improbable that any attorney has been appointed for them. It is believed that no
such attorney has been appointed, and consequently that no salary is to be paid him.

Whether either of the commissioners appointed as above mentioned, or their
attorney, if their be such, has any interest in real estate in the neighborhood of
such proposed park the Secretary of the Interior is unable to inform the Senate; but

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such commissioners having been appointed by a court of record at the seat of Gov-’
ernment, it is presumed that all the ordinary precautions were taken to avoid the
appointment of those who, by reason of their interest, would not be proper persons
to make the assessments. The legal proceedings in the court for condemnation are
being conducted by the United States attorney for the District’of Columbia and an
assistant, Mr. Webb, appointed by the Attorney-General at the request of the
commission.

The Attorney-General has caused the titles to so much land as has been purchased
to be examined, and is engaged in still examining the titles to those parts concerning
which agreements have been made and upon which payments will be made as fast
as the titles are favorably reported upon.

No.money has been paid by the commission upon any purchase except where the
Attorney-General has thus reported upon the title.

The above report answers, it is believed, all of the inquiries made by the resolu-
tion, directly and positively, but owing to the peculiar nature of the resolution and
the matters therein inquired of, as if there might be something wrong, the Secretary
begs leave further to say in reply thereto that a report was made by the commission
to this Congress in full, concerning all the matters transacted by the commission from
its organization to the date of the report, January 17,1890. This report will be found
in extenso, in the House Misc. Doc. No. 72 (a copy of which is herewith transmitted),
and it thereby appears that there has been procured by purchase a little over 131
acres of land, and that by proceedings in condemnation, or as public or unclaimed
land, about 35 acres additional will be acquired, making in all about 1663 acres; that
the price agreed upon by purchase is stated to be $158,356.76.. The valuation offered
by the commission and approved by the President for the land to be acquired by
condemnation is stated at $18,772, making a total probable cost of the whole,
$177,128.76.

The act under which the commission was formed appropriated $200,000 and author-
ized the purchase of not less than 100 acres. The purchase of 1664 acres, therefore,
at $177,128.76 shows that the commission has performed its duties so carefully and
efficiently as to come far within the limits*prescribed by the bill both as to amount
of land and price. It may be said also that the lands were purchased at most
reasonable prices.

It is to be further observed that when the commissioners appointed by the court
to appraise the values of the land condemned under legal proceedings make their
award, and the same is approved by the court, it is necessary still further that the
President shall express his opinion that such values are reasonable before the sums
assessed shall be paid to the owners.

Most respectfully, Joun W. Noste, Secretary.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE.

Referred to Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.
January 21, 1891—House.

Letter from the Secretary of the Commission.

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION,
Washington, D. C., January 19, 1891.
Str: I am instructed by the commission for the establishment of a zoological park
in the District of Columbia to present this its final report. The report, signed in
duplicate, I have the honor to inclose to you. :
Very respectfully, yours, S. P. LANGLEY,
Secretary Smithsonian Institution and Secretary Zoological Park Commission.
THE SPEAKER OF THE House or REPRESENTATIVES.

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REPORT OF COMMISSION.

January 19, 1891.
To the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled:

The commission for the establishment of a zoological park has the honor to state
that the purchase of the 166.48 acres of land mentioned in its report to Congress of
January 16, 1890, has been completed by the condemnation of certain lands, at
prices which have been approved by the President, as follows:

cia Condemna-
umber | tion price a
Owner. of acres. |proved by the
President.
Pacilone One. nos. oee eet. tee Ree ee ae et eae. We 24.570 | a$16, 696.73
JP SKdinelen ees eee eee eee ee ee eee ee Oe 6.180 9, 270. 00
Pent OF COMECUCEN: © ot ae sans oe crests soe cen 5 os Meera Ee Oot c= sree ae eee 1.700 3, 000. 00
Dig) igs BEA C0 ha) tes al Se he Aa RE as SR eS. eee . 670 1, 897. 00
IMePHersome Hinkey 2 252 2sc okt obsess tals Joe see tee eet ee das ee ae ee a as 815 1, 372.00
JE MER vand 2¢ 23622 SAPO Se EET EN FEE Re LR eee gee b 1.060 233.10
32, 468. 83

aThe actual condemnation price was $16,836.48, but the Government has deducted $139.75 on

account of unpaid taxes.
b At the date of the last report of the commission this land was unclaimed, but since then Mr. Ker-

yand has established his claim to it.

The entire cost of the land and the expenses incidental to the work ef commission
are shown in the subjoined abstract;

Cost of land acquired by agreement.-...........----.----- $158, 355. 76
Cost of land acquired by condemnation..............---- "32, 468. 83
—————. $190, 824. 59
Clerical; legalj:andtother. expenses.2s2: = 22saea 28 tetas? seh Sa ee 8, 789. 57
Gta pe ONbONG = 2-5 Se ono eee owe Ee ee eee eee eee 199, 614. 16

It will be seen that the expense of purchase has been brought within the $200,000
appropriated by Congress, and that there remains a balance of $385.84. That the
purchase has been an advantageous one for the Government appears to be shown by
the fact that in the two years since it was made the value of land in that region has
increased considerably over 100 per cent.

The commissioners desire to add that from their care not to exceed the limits of
the appropriation they were obliged to omit, on account of its higher cost, the pur-
chase of about eight acres of land on the southern side of the park, as indicated on’
the accompanying map, in spite of the fact that the nature of the ground makes it,
in their opinion, for the interest of the Government to secure it, and they respect-
fully recommend its acquisition at a cost of not over $50,000.

Having covered into the United States Treasury all the funds remaining in its pos-
session, the Zoological Park Commission believes that it has completed the duties
with which it was charged by the act of Congress of March 2, 1889, and respectfully
presents this as its final report. °

, JOHN W. Nose,
Secretary of the Interior.
J. W. Dovatass,
President of the Boar d of Commissioners of the District of Columbia.
S. P. LANGLEY,
Secretary Smithsonian Institution.
Commissioners for the Establishment of a Zoological Park in the District of Columbia.

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January 22, 1891—Senate.

The Vicre-PREsIDENT (Mr. Levi P. Morron) laid before the Sen-
ate the final report of the commission for the establishment of a
zoological park in the District of Columbia, which, with the accom-
panying papers, was referred to Committee on the District of Colum-
bia.

Mr. Witu1am B. Axuison subsequently said: What became of the
report respecting the zoological park ?

The Vicr-PRreEsIDENT. It was referred to the Committee on the Dis-
trict of Columbia.

Mr. Auuison. I do not object to the reference. I think the subject
will have to be considered by the Committee on Appropriations, but
I have no objection to its going to the District Committee.

The Vicr-PRrEsIDENT. The Chair is under the impression that the
Committee on the District of Columbia has heretofore had considera-
tion of the subject, but if agreeable the report will be referred to the
Committee on Appropriations.

Mr. F. M. Cocxretu. There is nothing but an appropriation about
it. It ought to go to the Committee on Appropriations.

The Vicr-PREsIDENT. The communication, with the accompanying
papers, will be referred to the Committee on Appropriations, if there
be no objection.

Mr. Auuison. Very well.

NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK—ORGANIZATION.

January 23, 1890—Senate.
Mr. J. S. Mokrixu introduced a bill (S. 2284):

That there be, and hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, for the organization, improvement, and maintenance of the
National Zoological Park, to be expended under the direction of the Regents of the
Smithsonian Institution, the following sums of money:

For the shelter of animals, $15,000.

For shelter barns, cages, fences, and inclosures, and other provisions for the

custody of animals, $9,000.

For repairs to the Holt mansion, to make the same aati for occupancy, and
for office furniture, $2,000.

For the creation of artificial ponds and other provisions for aquatic animals, $2,000.

For water supply, sewerage, and drainage, $7,000.

For roads, walks, and bridges, $15,000.

For miscellaneous supplies, materials, and sundry incidental expenses not other-
wise provided for, $5,000.

For current expenses, including the maintenance of collections, food supplies, sala-
ries of all necessary employees, and the acquisition and transportation of specimens,
$37,000.

Sec. 2. That the National Zoological Park is hereby placed under the direction of
the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, who are authorized to-transfer to it any
living specimens, whether of animals or plants, now or hereafter in their charge, to
accept gifts for the park at their discretion, in the name of the United States, to

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1344 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

make exchanges of specimens, and to administer the said Zoological Park for the
advancement of science and the instruction and recreation of the people.

Sec. 3. That the heads of Executive Departments of the Government are hereby
authorized and directed to cause to be rendered all necessary and practicable aid to
the said Regents in the acquisition of collections for the Zoological Park.

Referred to Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

January 27, 1890—Senate.

Mr. J. S. Morrix, from the Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds, to whom was referred the bill (S. 2284), reported it without
amendment. ;

February 10, 1890—Senate. —

Mr. J. S. Morritx. I now ask for the consideration of Order of
Business 253, Senate bill 2284.

There béing no objection, the bill (S. 2284) for the organization,
improvement, and maintenance of the National Zoological Park was
considered as in Committee of the Whole.

The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, and ordered
_ to be engrossed for a third reading.

Mr. Morriww. Instead of making a speech, I have taken pains to
collect a good many facts in relation to this matter, which I ask to
have printed in the Record instead of making any remarks upon the
subject.

The Vicr-PrestpEent (Mr. L. P. Morton). The paper submitted will
be printed in the Record if there be no objection.

The Chair hears none.

The paper presented by Mr. Morrill was as follows:

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION,
Washington, D. C., February 6, 1890.

Dear Sir: I beg, in handing you the accompanying specifications in detail of the
estimates for the expenses of the National*Zoological Park for 1890-91, to say that,
while only the numbered items are intended to form heads of appropriations, it
would be advantageous if these were rather lumped together than subdivided into
even as many items as there now are; and I trust, if there be any amendment, that
it will be in the directfon rather of uniting than subdividing them. In particular, I
hope that the amount for current expenses, now set at $37,000, will be given in a lump
sum. R
I think that a simple inspection will show that all these items are not estimates
made large with the expectation of their being cut down, but an economical and, I
trust, evidently carefully considered statement of what seems necessary for a begin-
ning. The only item which may seem to need explanation is that of the salaries
of the twenty-four employees for the first year, when, as everything is in a state of
preparation merely, it might be supposed that fewer would be needed; but it will. be
remembered that the park is not like a building, from which the public can be
excluded during the process of construction, and that the public will doubtless
insist upon making itself present everywhere from the first, so that I am rather
apprehensive that more. watchmen and laborers, rather than less, will be needed,
with perhaps the possible occasion for the cost of consultation with a landscape

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gardener, I think I may feel entirely justified in stating also, from my past experi-
ence, that as soon as it is known that the Regents of this Institution are ready to
accept donations for the Government donations will come to them from all parts of
our national territory, so that the need for accommodation will be more immediate
and more pressing than would be inferred from the list of animals already under the
charge of the Regents, which I inclose.

It now seems probable that there will be a small surplus from the appropriation
of $200,000 for purchase. It is impossible to say what this surplus, if any, will be
until the courts have fixed the condemnation prices, but the commissioners hope it
will be over $10,000. You will be the best judge whether to provide in the bill for
the application of any such contingent residue to general purposes, and also whether
any provision for immediate availability is needed.

I inclose the list just referred to of animals now under the charge of the Regents on
the Smithsonian grounds. It will be remembered that this represents the accessions
of only two years, principally by gift, although there has been no wide publicity
given to the fact that such a collection was commenced, and though the Secretary
has been obliged in many cases to ask intendihg donors to delay their gifts until
better provision could be made for caring for them.

I am, with great respect, yours, very respectfully,’
S. P. Lanewery, Secretary.

Hon. J. S. Morrit1,

United States Senate.

Explanations in detail of the estimates in the bill (S. 2284) for the eapenses of the National
Zoological Park for 1890-91.

ReneNoe— hor the shelter-or animaise+---42o-c + chats eee. ce sa see a 5 ae $15, 000
Includes—
1, Large animal house (half permanent structure) to furnish imme-
diate accommodations for subtropical animals; and for lions,
tigers, ostriches, kangaroos, camels, etc.; to cost $10,000.
2. An aviary, monkey, and reptile house, combined temporarily;
to be the central portion of a permanent building for birds alone,
< but at first-it must also provide for monkeys-and reptiles; to cost
~ about $5,000.
Item No. 2— For shelter barns, cages, fenees, and inelosures, and other pro-
28" visions for the custody of the animale 2232.22 5 2. Sect - 9, 000
Includes—
1. Barn for buffalo and elk herds, $1,500.
2. Fences for 8 ruminant yards, and 6 shelter barns, $3,000.
.3. Series of 4 bear dens and cages, $3,000.
4. Series of 15.iron cages for wolves, foxes, etc., $1,500.
Item No. 8—For repairs to the Holt mansion to make the same suitable for
occupancy, and for office. furniture... 5-6-5 <-n= 15-ahe-<e040--- 2; 000
Includes a new roof that will not leak, a skylight and ventilator in
large central room, repairs to plastering, new steps, a water-closet,
furnace, office desk, bookcases, chairs, ete.
Itent No. 4—For the creation of artificial ponds and other provisions for
Rat che GRU no oi as 6 oR a ee Sas ona ninth ase ae=4- 2, 000
Includes the provision of two or three small ponds for the immediate
accommodation of the aquatic quadrupeds, such as seals and sea-
lions, beaver, otter, muskrat, etc., and the numerous water fowls,
herons, etc., that will begin to come in as soon as possession is
taken.

H..:Doc. 732-——85

1846 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

Item No. 5—¥or water supply, sewerage, and drainage -...-...--.--------- $7, 000
Includes— 3

1. The laying of supply pipes to the buildings and yards, the erec-
tion of a supply tank, and the establishment of an engine on
Rock Creek, to pump water into said tank. Cost for first year,
about $4,500.

2. The laying of sewer pipes from the two large buildings and the
bear dens, and a system of drains around the said buildings to
keep them dry. Cost, about $1,500.

Nore.—It is to be understood that the above does not provide
complete systems of water supply, sewerage, and drainage, but
merely a good beginning in those directions. These features are
absolutely indispensable and the amount asked for is undoubt-
edly small. ;
Item No. 6—For roads, walks, and bridges ...........-.-----------/------ 15, 000
Includes—

1. 4,880 linear feet oi macadamized roads, leading from main
entrance down Adams’ Mill road across to Rock Creek, and to
opposite ridge (on Evans property). Cost, $10,440.

2. Iron carriage and foot bridge, $2,560.

3. About 5,000 feet of board walks, $2,000.

Jtem No. 7—For miscellaneous supplies, materials, and sundry incidental
expenses not otherwise provided for ......--------------------- 5,000
Includes miscellaneous hardware, lumber, paint, fuel, stationery, print-
ing, horse and wagon, library, typewriter, tools, telephone, ete.
Item No. 8—For current expenses, including the maintenance of collections,
food supplies, salaries of all necessary employees, and the acqui-

sition and transportation of specimens ......--...-------------- 37,000
Includes—
1. Food for the animals, all kinds—hay, grain, meat, fish,
VRC TRIE OTD. ee setae ek tegen Seger wep cee See $8, 000 °
2. Heating apparatus and fuel for large animal building and
RUE ROE boc aeasieey 454 ataewrs <tieeane eee eee 4,000
3. Railway, steamship, and other transportation of speci- —
mens.io the werk. ti. 4458-000 wed nara Reta te ae 5, 000
4. Purchase of rare specimens, not obtainable by donation 2, 000 ~ ae
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5. Salaries of 24 employees, as per classified list, as follows:
il 'supenntendent, "salary. fo aee eae e se iro ee oe eee eet 2, 500
2 KEGpers, AU SOUU coe wae are oe ee ee er ee 1, 800
D SSSIStant (Keepers, Bt GOUUs ens. sheen ee ae eee 1, 200
TD clerk Mid property Gerke 2,7. toes eee oe ae 2 a oe 1, 200
1 gardener and overseer of labor...........-..---.------ 1, 000
6Gaborers; at $45 per MONS. 2. sees os ee es ee eee 3, 240
t copyist and clerk’ s-iheasetiper ----.- 222-222 -5-sese~ == 480
1 messenger for superintendent. -.........----.--------- 480
2 Painters, at pO Ser sa sean e tee ne a ee ee eee 1, 400
2 carpentersy at S900 es <6. sae eas eee cae ee oe ee 1, 800
A watchinen ab $600 7 eee oe See 2, 400
I teampter: oss. sees aon nce ee eRe <2 500
18, 000

List of animals under the charge of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.—One
grizzly bear, 1 cinnamon bear, 3 black bears, 1 puma, 6 buffalo, 4 elks, 3 deer, 1
Rocky Mountain sheep, 4 Angora goats, 1 prairie wolf, 4 gray foxes, 4 red foxes, 1
cross fox, 2 porcupines, 7 raccoons 5 opossums, 4 monkeys, 5 prairie dogs; with
numerous reptiles and birds.

FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 1347

_ The bill (S. 2284) was passed.
February 15, 1890—House.

Referred to Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.
February 19, 1890—House.

Mr. Samurt Diesie, from Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds, submitted report (H. 305) to accompany bill (S. 2284):

The Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, to which was
referred a bill (S. 2284) for the organization, improvement, and main-
tenance of the National Zoological Park, has had the same under con-
sideration, and reports as follows:

In accordance with the act of March 2, 1889, a commission, for the
establishment of a Zoological Park, consisting of the Secretary of the
Interior, the President of the Board of Commissioners of the District
of Columbia, and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, has
purchased at prices approved by the President, along Rock Creek,
within the locality designated in the act, 131 acres of land, and has
instituted proceedings in court for condemnation of 343 acres, which,
with a small area already owned by the Government, constitutes a body
of land containing about 166% acres, admirably adapted for the pur-
pose, and which will be acquired within the limit of cost fixed by
Congress.

The Smithsonian Institution has already in its custody a consider-
able collection of living animals, embracing buffaloes, grizzly bears,
elks, the puma, and many others, some of them representatives of rare
and disappearing species, and the object of this bill is to authorize the
Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to prepare the park for the uses
for which it has been acquired, and to support and care for the animals
during the next fiscal year.

The amount of $92,000 provided in the bill is based on itemized esti-
mates furnished by the Secretary of the Smithsonian, and appears to
be a reasonable sum for these purposes.

The report of the proceedings of the Commission (House Misc. Doe.
No. 72), dated January 16, 1890, exhibits the successful inauguration
of this enterprise, and shows the need of the legislation proposed in
the bill.

A letter from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution to the
chairman of this committee, dated February 18, 1890, accompanies this
_report for the further information of the House, and the itemized esti-
mates of the proposed expenditure are attached hereto as an exhibit.’

Your committee recommends that the bill do pass.

ZOOLOGICAL PARK CoMMISSION,
OFFICE IN THE SMITHSONIAN BUILDING,
Washington, February 18, 1890.
Str: I desire to state to your committee the reasons why it is desirable, and even
necessary, that Senate bill No. 2284, ‘‘for the organization, improvement, and main-
tenance of the National Zoological Park,’’ should be passed at an early date.

‘See February 10, 1890—Senate.

1348 _ CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

First. The Zoological Park Commission was not empowered by Congress to take
any steps whatever toward the laying out and improvement of the park, or even to
provide plans for the same, and its duties are already practically ended by the selec-
tion and acquisition of a suitable site, as you will observe by: a copy of the Commis-
sioner’s report, which I have the honor to inclose.

Second. If it is still the intention of Congress to place the Zoological Park under
the direction of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, some months of valuable
time will be saved if legislation to that end is enacted now, in order that the very
important work of preparing detailed plans, drawings, and specifications for build-
ings, cages, yards, ponds, and other improvements may be begun at once. This work
of preparation for the actual improvement of'the park can not begin until it is known
where the duty ‘of scientific direction shall rest; and it must necessarily occupy sev-
eral weeks, or even months, before the more important building operations can begin.

Third. Owing to the nature of the ground an entrance road and a bridge across
Rock Creek must be constructed before it will be practicable to haul in building
materials and operate to good advantage. Owing to the length of time that must
elapse during their construction, several months at least, it will readily be seen by
the most casual observer that it is important this particular work should begin at the
earliest possible moment.

Fourth. It will be a great misfortune if it becomes necessary to delay all work in
connection with the improvement of the park until July 1, for the reason that it will
be almost an impossibility to plan and execute the more important improvements
during the remainder of the year’s building season. And yet the collection of living
animals at the Smithsonian Institution is suffering for the commodious and healthful
quarters which can be prepared for them in the Zoological Park before the beginning
of another winter, if work can be commenced without the loss of more than half this
year’s working season.

Fifth. Special urgency is asked by reason of the fact that it now seems probable
that a great World’s Fair will be held somewhere in the United States during the
year 1892, which will be attended by hundreds of thousands of intelligent’ people
from abroad, nearly all of whom will be certain to visit the city of Washington and
the National Zoological Park. It is extremely desirable that by that time the park
should be in presentable condition and its improvement and collections so far ad-
vanced as to do credit to this great nation.

I could add numerous other reasons why steady progress in this is desirable, but it
surely is unnecessary. It is of course to be clearly understood that the money
appropriated by this bill is intended to meet all the wants of the park up to July 1,
1891. It is expected that within a month from this date, or less, the Government
will take full and absolute possession of the park site.

Yours, very respectfully,
S. P. LANGLEY,
Secretary Smithsonian Institution.
Hon. Sera L. MILirKen,
Chairman Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

Committed to the Committee of the Whole.
March 3, 1890—House.

The Speaker (Mr. T. B. Reep). The Chair desires to lay before the
House a proposed correction of reference. An act (S. 2284) ‘‘ for the
organization,. improvement, and maintenance of the National Zoolog-
a Park,” peter red to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds
and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of
the Union, should have been referred to the Committee on Appropria-

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tions. Both committees agree to the change of reference, and without
objection the Committee of the Whole will be considered as discharged,
and the bill will be referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Mr. Benton McMiurn. Mr. Speaker, does it not properly belong
to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds?

The Speaker. The Chair thinks not, inasmuch as the Committee on
Appropriations——

Mr. McMinn. Has there been any law passed that will justify the
appropriation being made without further enactment?

The Speaker. In the last Congress the matter was provided for in
an appropriation bill. Without objection, the change of reference
will be made; the Committee of the Whole will be discharged and the
bill will be referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

There was no objection, and it was so ordered.

March 29, 1890—House.

Mr. J. G. Cannon. Mr. Speaker, I desire to*present a privileged
report. I report back from the Committee on Appropriations the bill
(S. 2284) ‘‘for the organization, improvement, and maintenance of the
National Zoological Park,” and recommend that it do pass with cer-
tain amendments.

The bill was read."

Mr. Wriuiam 8. Horman. Is this bill now before the House for con-
sideration, Mr. Speaker ?

Mr. Cannon. I should be glad to have it considered at this time.
I think that as there is but one substantial amendment the bill can be
disposed of in ten minutes.

Mr. Hoiman. I wish to reserve the point of order upon it.

The Speaker (Mr. T. B. Reep). That is not necessary. The point
of order is open at any time before consideration of the bill is begun.

The Report (H. 1137) from Committee on Appropriations was read:

The Committee on Appropriations, to whom was referred the bill
(S. 2284) for the organization, improvement, and maintenance of the
National Zoological Park, having given the same careful consideration,
report it back herewith and recommend its passage amended as fol-
lows:

On page 1, in lines 3 and 4 of the bill, strike out the works ‘‘ there
be and hereby is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated,” and insert in lieu thereof the following:
**The one-half of the following sums named, respectively, is hereby
appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, and the other half out of the revenues of the District of Co-
lumbia.”

In line 7, same page of the bill, strike out the words ‘‘ the following
sums of money” and insert in lieu thereof the following: ‘tand to be

‘See January 23, 1890—Senate.

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drawn on their requisition and disbursed by the disbursing officer for
said institution.” .

In line 28, same page, after the words ‘‘ United States,” insert the
following: ‘‘and the District of Columbia.” .

These amendments are recommended in order to require that one-
half of the sums appropriated by the bill shall be paid from the reve-
nues of the District of Columbia, in pursuance of what was clearly the
intent of Congress in providing, originally, for the establishment of
the Zoological Park, on the regular District of Columbia appropria-
tion act for the current fiscal year, and as interpreted in the following
opinion of the First Comptroller of the Treasury:

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, First COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE,
Washington, D. C., August 1, 1889.

Str: Your letter of late date in which you ask if any part of the appropriation for
the Zoological Park provided for in the act of Congress approved March 2, 1889,
making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the District for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1890, and for other purposes, is chargeable to the revenues of the
District of Columbia, has my careful attention, and in reply thereto I have the honor
to make the following statement and express the following opinion:

The act of Congress is found on page 793, vol. 25, Statutes at Large, and is entitled
‘“‘An act making appropriation to provide for the expenses of the government of the
District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1890, and for other purposes,’’
and among other things provides ‘‘that the half of the following sums named,
respectively, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, and the other half out of the revenues of the District of Columbia for
the purposes following, being for the expenses of the government of the District of
Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1890, namely:’’ :

These words to give the law proper force must be held to extend to every section
of the bill, unless in some section it is expressly otherwise provided. The law would
then read, so far as it has any application to the question at issue, ‘‘That half of the
following sums named, respectively, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the other half out of the revenues of the
District of Columbia, for the purposes following * * * namely:

‘Sec. 4. For the establishment of a Zoological Park in the District of Columbia,
$200,000, to be expended under and in accordance with the provisions following,
that is to say:”’ ;

The statute then goes on to give the manner of appointing the commission, to give
the approximate location of the park, and points out the manner of condemnation of
the land in the event it can not be purchased by the commission at a fair compensa-
tion, and to provide for the survey of the land taken. In my opinion the statute
makes the legislative intent about as plain as language can make it. Argument can
add but little to the force of it as expressed.

You state that ‘‘section 4, under the head of the water department, provides for
the establishment of a Zoological Park in the District of Columbia.’”’ This, in my
opinion, is a misapprehension. The provision to carry on the operations of the water
department, to be paid for wholly from the revenues of that department, is found in
the latter part of section 1. Then follows sections 2 and 3, pertaining to District of
Columbia matters, which is followed by section 4, concluding the chapter, 370.

The reasons set out in your letter, such as ‘‘the object of the park;’’ the ‘‘advance-
ment of science,’’ and the ‘‘instruction and recreation of the people;’’ that the park
will be ‘‘under the control of the United States;’’ that ‘‘the ‘instruction and recrea-

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tion of the people’ evidently means all the people of the Union who may desire to
visit the Capital for the advantages it offers in these respects,’’ while proper argu-
ments to be used before Congress, while the bill was being formulated and while on
its passage, shed but little light on the proper interpretation of the law. While the
importance of such measures is conceded, the fact that zoological parks have been
established by local taxation and private enterprise in most of the leading cities of
the Union should not be overlooked, when resort is had to that kind of an argument
to discover the legislative intent.

The record of the Congressional debates on the subject shows that effort had been
made by the citizens of the District to establish this park by local subscriptions, and
as certain parties, who lived on portions of the land desired to be taken would not
sell at a fair price, legislation had to be resorted to in order to reach them. The
soundness of this reason will be readily conceded. The subscriptions could not be
utilized until the title to the land could be obtained, and this could not be reached
but by an act of Congress. An examination of the debates will also show that it was
understood that the United States only undertook to pay one-half of the $200,000
appropriated.

It may be suggested that the words ‘‘being for the expenses of the government of
the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1890,’ may limit the
words immediately preceding them in the same section, and may confine all the ap-
propriations, the payment of which is equally divided between the District and the
United States, to the current expenses of the District. The scope and meaning of
the act will not justify this interpretation, as you will readily observe by an exam-
ination of the bill. For instance: For the repair of roads and suburban streets there
is appropriated $50,000. This may be held to be a current expense, and properly so.

There is, however, an appropriation of $135,525 for the construction of county roads
and suburban streets. This can not be held as ‘‘ being for the expenses of the gov-
ernment of the District of Columbia,”’ or as current expenses, and yet it is provided
for under the same title. The same is true of $50,000 for suburban sewers, which is
appropriated. This language it seems to me was wholly unnecessary, and was but a
repetition of the title of the bill itself.

From all this I conclude that it was the intention of Congress to place one-half of
this burden of expense of the park on the taxpayers of the District.’ I should have
been pleased to have reached a different conclusion, but the question is not what the
law should be, but what is the law—what did Congress intend? Did Congress intend
the United States should pay the whole expense or that the expense should be
divided equally between the United States and the District? I think the latter is
the proper conclusion.

I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

A. C. Marruews, Comptroller.
Hon. J. W. Douauass,

President Board of Commissioners District of Columbia.

In the District of Columbia appropriation act for the current fiscal
year an appropriation of $200,000 was made for the establishment of
a Zoological Park in the District of Columbia, and a commission,
consisting of the Secretary of the Interior, the president of the Board
of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and the Secretary of
the Smithsonian Institution, was authorized to procure a site for the
park.

The above commission, in a report to this Congress, which will be
found in extenso in House Miscellaneous Document No. 72, states

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that there has. been procured by purchase a little more than 131 acres
of land, and that by proceedings in condemnation about 33 acres addi-
tional will be acquired, making in all about 166% acres, including a
small area already owned by the Government, for the uses of the park.
The price agreed upon for the property acquired by purchase is
stated to be $158,356.76. The valuation offered by the commission
and approved by the President for the land to be acquired by con-
demnation is stated at $18,772, making the total probable cost of the
whole $177,128.76.

The total amount appropriated by the bill is $92,000, based upon
the following itemized estimates prepared by the Secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution.’

Mr. Horman. Mr. Speaker, I suppose that the reading of these
amendments may possibly be regarded as entering upon the con-
sideration of the bill, and I think it is a bill that ought to be consid-
ered in Committee of the Whole. .

Mr. Cannon. I think it can be disposed of very promptly.

Mr. J. C. Buount. Mr. Speaker, it seems to me that this matter
rather belongs to the sundry civil appropriation bill, and these little
detached appropriation bills originating in the Senate are entirely con-
trary to the rules of the House. |

Mr. Cannon. I am not aware of any rule of the House which pro-
hibits the Committee on Appropriations from reporting a bill or
bills to provide for the sundry civil expenses of the Government.

Mr. Buount. I understand that the sundry civil appropriation bill
is one bill. This is a detached portion of it, in advance of the
regular bill. This item is brought in here by itself, and if this practice
is to be continued the appropriations will be scattered in every direc-
tion, and we shall have no sundry civil bill at all, or shall not know
what the bill is.

Mr. Cannon. In reply to the gentleman from Georgia, I wish to
say that the committee have the same authority, under the rule, to
report a bill providing for the sundry civil expenses of the Govern-
ment, in whole or in part, that we have to report an urgent deficiency
bill, and several of those bills have been already reported. The rule
does not speak of a sundry civil bill, and does not know of such a bill,
but matters covering the sundry civil expenses of the Government
are referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and are privileged.
1 think this can be disposed of to the gentleman’s satisfaction, upon
the merits, in a very few minutes, because this appropriation ought
to be made, if at all, early in the season, so that it can be utilized at
the beginning of spring, so as to care for the animals already in
possession.

1See February 10, 1890—Senate.

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Mr. Buounr. If it does not pass at all, Ido not think that there will
be any serious trouble. I hope the gentleman from Indiana [Mr.
Holman] will insist on the point of order.

Mr. Benron McMrturn. There is one objection to which the gentle-
man. from Illinois [Mr. Cannon] has not addressed himself; that is,
that this is an appropriation bill originating in the Senate. I remem-
ber the time when the gentleman from Illinois fought strenuously and
properly against the origination of appropriation bills in the Senate.

Mr. Cannon. I understand that where there is an origination of a
great appropriation bill in the Senate that point may well be made.
Not that there is any express inhibition in the Constitution to the
origination of appropriation bills in the Senate, but as a matter of
practice such bills have nearly always originated in the House.

Mr. McMuun. It is a fact, if I remember correctly, that a docu-
ment now becoming extinct, a document known as the Constitution of
the United States, has been construed to mean that appropriation bills
should originate in the House.

Mr. Cannon. Oh! The Constitution is silent on that matter. I
hope, however, that this bill will not get wound up in the Constitu-
tion, because it is a matter that ought to receive prompt attention.

Mr. McMinn. Well, it is very certain to get wound up in Com-
mittee of the Whole, if nowhere else.

Mr. Cannon. Very well. If the gentleman makes that point of
order, I think it is good.

Mr. McMnmu1n. Well, I make it. '

The Speaker. The gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Holman] has
already made it, and the Chair sustains the point of order.

* April 1, 1890—House.

Mr. J. G. Cannon. I desire now to call up the bill (S. 2284).

The Clerk having completed the first reading of the bill—

Mr. Cannon. I now ask that the bill be read by paragraphs or sec-
tions for amendment and debate under the five-minute rule.

The Cuatrman. No general debate being desired, the bill will now

be read by paragraphs for amendment.
The Clerk read:

Be it enacted, etc., That there be, and hereby is, appropriated, out of any money
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the organization, improvement, and
maintenance of the National Zoological Park, to be expended under the direction of
the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, the following sums of money:

The amendments reported by Committee on Appropriations to the
pending paragraph were then read:

Strike out ‘‘there be, and hereby is, appropriated out of any money in the Treas-
ury not otherwise appropriated”’ and insert ‘‘the one-half of the following sums
named, respectively, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, and the other half out of the revenues of the District of
Columbia.”’

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At the end of the paragraph strike out the words ‘‘the following sums of money”
and insert the words ‘‘and to be drawn on their requisition and disbursed by the
disbursing officer for said Institution.”’

Mr. Cannon. Mr. Speaker, the amendments which baw just been
read and which are recommended by the Committee on Appropria-
tions explain themselves. Their effect is to provide that one-half the
money appropriated by the bill for the improvement of this park shall
come from the revenues of the District of Columbia and the other
half from the Treasury of the United States. They further provide
that the money shall be drawn on requisition of the Regents of the
Smithsonian Institution, and disbursed by the disbursing officer for
that Institution.

Lan Francis B. Spryoia. Which park does this refer to?

*, Cannon. The Zoological Park.

‘ne question being taken, the amendments were agreed to, and the
Clerk read:

For the shelter of animals, $15,000.

For shelter barns, cages, fences, and inclosures, and other provisions for the cus-
tody of animals, $9,000.

For repairs to the Holt mansion, to make the same suitable for occupancy, and for
office furniture, $2,000.

For the creation of artificial ponds and other provisions for aquatic animals, $2,000.

For water supply, sewerage, and. drainage, $7,000.

For roads, walks, and bridges, $15,000.

For miscellaneous supplies, materials, and sundry incidental expenses not other-
wise provided for, $5,000.

For current expenses, including the maintenance of collections, food supplies, sal-
aries of all necessary employees, and the acquisition and transportation of specimens,
$37,000.

Src. 2. That the National Zoological Park is hereby placed under the direction of
the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, who are authorized to transfer to it any
living specimens, whether of animals or plants, now or hereafter in their charge; to
accept gifts for the park at their discretion, in the name of the United States; to
make exchanges of specimens, and to administer the said Zoological Park for the
advancement of science and the instruction and recreation of the people.

The amendment reported by Committee on Appropriations was
read: ;

After the words ‘‘ United States,’’ in the sixth line of section 2, insert ‘‘and of the
District of Columbia.”’

Mr. Cannon. Mr. Chairman, the Committee on Appropriations in
reporting this bill recommended the adoption of the amendment just
read. Since the presentation of the report I have arrived at the opin-
ion (not speaking for the committee) that the amendment should not
be adopted. It is urged, and with some force, as it seems to me, by
parties who represent the Smithsonian Institution that gifts of ani-
mals and other valuable donations to the Zoological Park would prob-
ably be made more readily if received in the name of the United

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States than if accepted in the name of the United States and of the
District of Columbia. As this property was bought by the joint rev-
enues of the United States and of the District, and is to be conducted
and maintained by their joint contributions, there can ‘be no doubt
that any gifts which may be made will inure to the benefit of the park,
while by rejecting the amendment we may relieve the Smithsonian
Institution from some embarrassment in this matter. Therefore,
while submitting the amendment by direction of the committee, I
express my individual opinion ‘that it is advisable it should not be
adopted. ;

Mr. ALEXANDER M. Docxmry. I desire to express my concurrence
in the view of the gentleman from Illinois, that this amendment should
not be adopted.

The question being taken, the amendment was rejected.

The Clerk read as follows:

Sec. 3. That the heads of Executive Departments of the Government are hereby
authorized and directed to cause to be rendered all necessary and practicable aid to
the said Regents in the acquisition of collections for the Zoological Park..

Mr. Louis E. McComas. Mr. Chairman, I move to amend by striking
out the last word. I desire only to say that I vote for this bill in its
present shape because I think a bill for the maintenance of this park
ought to pass; but I believe that before the park is two years old
Congress will conclude that a national park ought not to be made a
District park. The committee has amended the bill so as to make it
local and narrow. But rather than have no park, I am in favor of

this bill. I hope to have an opportunity, perhaps at the next session,

to vote in favor of-making this a national park in accordance with the
title of this bill. I withdraw the pro forma amendment.

Mr. Cannon. I move that this bill be laid aside to be reported to
the House with a favorable recommendation.

The motion was agreed to.

Mr. Cannon. I move the committee rise.

The motion was agreed to.

The committee accordingly rose; and the Speaker having resumed
the chair, Mr. Lewis E. Payson reported that the Committee of the
Whole had, according to order, had under consideration the bill (S. 2284)
and had directed him to report the same back with sundry amendments.

The amendments were read and agreed to, and the bill as amended
was ordered toa third reading; and it was accordingly read a third
time.

The question recurred on the passage of the bill.

Mr. Witu1am 8. Hotman and Mr. Wiii1am H. Harcu demanded a
division.

The House divided; and there were

ayes 62, noes 33.

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Mr. Hatcn. I make the point no quorum has voted, as I regard this
bill as such an outrage upon the taxpayers of the pontiieys

The SpeakER. This is not open to debate.

Mr. Harcu. The previous question has not been ordered.

The SpEAkER. The gentleman knows this is not open to debate.

Mr. Horman. I ask for the yeas and nays on the passage of the bill.

The yeas and nays were ordered.

The question was taken; and there were—yeas 5 116, nays 66, not
voting 146; as follows:

Yras—Adams, Allen of Michigan, Anderson of manok Anderson of Mississippi,
Andrew, Baker, Banks, Bayne, Bergen, Boothman, Boutelle, Bowden, Breckinridge
of Kentucky, Brewer, Brickner, Campbell, Gaagler of Maceadinceebics Cannon,
Carter, Caswell, Cheadle, Chipman, Clancy, Clark of Wisconsin, Clements, Cogswell,
Coleman, Conger, Connell, Cooper of Ohio, Cutcheon, Dalzell, Dibble, Dingley,
Dockery, Dorsey, Dunnell, Dunphy, Featherston, Flick, Gear, Gest, Gibson, Grout,
Hall, Harmer, Hayes, Hemphill, Henderson of Iowa, Hermann, Hill, Hitt, Kelley,
Kerr of Iowa, Kinsey, La Follette, Laidlaw, Lansing, Lawler, Laws, Lee, Lehlbach,
Lewis, Lind, Magner, Maish, Mason, McAdoo, McCarthy, McClammy, McComas,
McCord, McKenna, McKinley, Moore of New Hampshire, Morey, Morrow, Morse,
Mudd, Mutchler, Oates, O’Donnell, Payne, Perkins, Peters, Price, Pugsley, Quinn,
Reilly, Reyburn, Rusk, Sanford, Sawyer, Sayers, Scull, Sherman, Simonds, Smith
of West Virginia, Smyser, Springer, Stump, E. B. Taylor omnes of Colorado,
Townsend of Pennsylvania, Tracey, Turner of Kansas, Vandever, Walker of Massa-
chusetts, Wheeler of Alabama, Wheeler of Michigan, Wickham, Wilkinson, Williams
of Ohio, Wilson of Kentucky, Wilson of Washington, Wilson of West Virginia—116.

Nays—Abbott, Bankhead, Barnes, Barwig, Bland, Blount, Brookshire, Buchanan
of Virginia, Bunn, Bynum, Caruth, Clarke of Alabama, Cobb, Covert, Cummings,
Edmunds, Elliott, Ellis, Enloe, Fithian, Forney, Fowler, Geissenhainer, Goodnight,
Hatch, Haugen, Henderson of Illinois, Holman, Kerr of Pennsylvania, Kilgore,
Lacey, Lane, Lanham, Lester of Georgia, Lester of Virginia, Mansur, Martin of Indi-
ana, Martin of Texas, McClellan, McCreary, McRae, Montgomery, Morgan, Parrett,
Paynter, Payson, Peel, Pierce, Reed of Iowa, Rogers, Rowland, Skinner, Smith of
Illinois, Stewart of Georgia, Stewart of Texas, Stone of Kentucky, Sweney, Tarsney,
Tucker, Turner of Georgia, Walker of Missouri, Whiting, Wike, Williams of Illinois,
Wilson of Missouri, Wise—66.

Nor vorrnc—Alderson, Allen of Mississippi, Arnold, Atkinson of Pennsylvania,
Atkinson of West Virginia, Bartine, Beckwith, Belden, Belknap, Biggs, Bingham,
Blanchard, Bliss, Boatner, Breckinridge of Arkansas, Brosius, Brower, Browne of
Virginia, T. M. Browne, J. B. Brown, Brunner, Buchanan of New Jersey, Buckalew,
Bullock, Burrows, Burton, Butterworth, Caldwell, Candler of Georgia, Carlisle, Carl-
ton, Catchings, Cheatham, Clunie, Comstock, Cooper of Indiana, Cothran, Cowles,
Craig, Crain, Crisp, Culbertson of Pennsylvania, Culberson of Texas, Dargan, Darling-
ton, Davidson, De Haven, De Lano, Dolliver, Evans, Ewart, Farquhar, Finley, Fitch,
Flood, Flower, Forman, Frank, Funston, Gifford, Greenhalge, Grimes, Grosvenor,
Hansbrough, Hare, Haynes, Heard, Henderson of North Carolina, Herbert, Hooker,
Hopkins, Houk, Kennedy, Ketcham, Knapp, Lodge, McCormick, McMillan, Miles,
Milliken, Mills, Moffitt, Moore of Texas, Morrill, Niedringhaus, Norton, Nute,
O’Ferrall, O’Neall of Indiana, O’Neil of Massachusetts, O’ Neill of Pennsylvania,
Osborne, Outhwaite, Owen of Indiana, Owens of Ohio, Penington, Perry, Phelan,
Pickler, Post, Quackenbush, Raines, Randall of Massachusetts, Randall of Pennsylva-
nia, Ray, Richardson, Rife, Robertson, Rockwell, Rowell, Russell, Scranton, Seney,
Shively, Snider, Spinola, Spooner, Stahlnecker, Stephenson, Stewart of Vermont,

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Stivers, Stockbridge, Stockdale, Stone of Missouri, Struble, Taylor of Illinois, Taylor
of Tennessee, J. D. Taylor, Thomas, Thompson, Tillman, Turner of New York, Turpin,
Van Schaick, Venable, Wade, Wallace of Massachusetts, Wallace of New York, Wash-
ington, Watson, Whitthorne, Wiley, Willcox, Wright, Yardley, Yoder—146.

So the bill was passed.

Mr. Benton McMituriw. My colleague [Mr. Richardson] is detained
from the House by sickness. I also desire, Mr. Speaker, to withdraw
my vote. I voted in the negative, but am paired with my colleague
[Mr. Houk] on this question. ;

The result of the vote was then announced as above recorded.

April 3, 1890—Senate.

The Vicr-PresipEnt (Mr. Levi P. Morton) laid before the Senate
the amendments of the House to the bill (S. 2284).

The amendments were, in section 1, line 1, after the first word
**that,” to strike out the words ‘‘ there be and hereby is appropriated,
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated” and to
insert ‘‘the one-half of the following sums named, respectively, is
hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, and the other half out of the revenues of the District of
Columbia;” and in line 11, after the word ‘‘ Institution,” to strike out
the words ‘‘the following sums of money” and to insert ‘‘and to be
_ drawn on their requisition and disbursed by the disbursing officer for
said Institution;” so as to read:

That the one-half of the following sums named, respectively, is hereby appropriated,
_ out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the other half out
of the revenues of the District of Columbia, for the organization, improvement, and
maintenance of the National Zoological Park, to be expended under the direction of
the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, and to be drawn on their requisition and
disbursed by the disbursing officer for said Institution.

Mr. J. S. Morr. I ask for present action upon the bill.

The Vicr-PresipentT. The Senator from Vermont asks for present
consideration of the bill. The Chair hears no objection, and the ques-
tion is on concurring in the amendments of the House of Representa-
tives.

Mr. Morrixu. I desire to say a single word in relation to the matter.
It is very desirable that there should be an opportunity given to put
up the structures and fences that are necessary to be placed upon the
park for the keeping of the animals they have already obtained, and
such as may be hereafter obtained. It should be done at an early
moment; and while the first amendment of the House is one which I
think ought not to have been made, because the park is a national park
or it is nothing, it as much concerns the States of California and
Maine or Texas and New York as it does the city of Washington, and
therefore the whole expense should be borne by the nation

Mr. S. M. Cuttom. I hope the Senator is going to ask for a confer
ence in preference to concurring in the House amendments.

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Mr. Morritxz. No, I do not propose to ask for a conference, because
I understand it would be some time before it would be reached, and it

is doubtful at the present time whether or not a delay might not be

very inconvenient in getting the park into working order.

Mr. I. G. Harris. If the Senator from Vermont will allow me, I
desire to make a suggestion to him.

Mr. G. F. Epmunps. We can not hear the debate, Mr. President.

The Vick-PRrEsIDENT. The Senate will be in order.

Mr. Harris. Agreeing, as I do, with the.opinion expressed by the
Senator from Vermont, I beg to suggest to him that a conference
upon the House amendments will not necessarily involve more than a
day or two, and I would prefer that he should move to insist upon a

nonconcurrence and ask for a conference upon the disagreeing votes. -

I shall quite agree with him after such a conference in doing whatever
may be necessary to accomplish this object, but I think we ought at
least to make the effort by a conference with the other House upon

the disagreeing votes before we agree to the amendments proposed by

the House of Representatives.

Mr. J. SHerMAN. I feel it a matter of justice to the people of this
District to protest against this effort to throw upon them a mere goy-
ernmental matter. This Zoological Garden is no more a part of the
District of Columbia or to be provided for by the money of the people
of the District of Columbia, than the Coast Survey or any other scien
tific object fostered by the Government of the United States.

. think there is a disposition in Congress now to throw upon the.

people of this District, who are heavily taxed -at best, a great many
objects of expenditure which belong to the Government of the United
States; for instance, such as the great tunnel that was put through
here, and which has been for the time abandoned. It is a cruel thing
to compel the people of this District to pay for that. They have no
part or lot init. So it is with this matter; and I fear that if we
shall agree now to this proposition to throw the half of this expendi-
ture upon the people of this District it will be a precedent the effect
of which it will be difficult to avoid. It is better, I think, to let it be
understood that this Zoological Garden belongs to the people of. the

United States. The District government has nothing to do with it,.

and the people of this District have no other interest in it than as citi-
zens of the United States. If we once set the precedent of making
the District government bear one-half the expenditures for this rather
expensive toy at best, it will probably be continued year after year.
I think, therefore, it is better to disagree to the amendments and
request a conference.

Mr. Morrtitt. I yield to the general expression of Senators, and will
ask that the amendments be disagreed to and a conference requested.

The Vicr-PresipeNtT. The Senator from Vermont moves that the

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Senate disagree to the amendments made by the House of Representa- '
tives and request a conference on the disagreeing votes of the two
Houses. :

Mr. Cuttom. I desire to say a few words which I should like to
have said a few moments ago, but I did not desire to come in conflict
with the Senator from Vermont. It seems to me that if the Govern-
ment is going to have a zoological park, to be of any account it ought
to be cared for entirely by the Government of the United States, and
we should not divide responsibilities with the District of Columbia or
anyone else. It was for that reason that I inquired whether the Sen-
ator was going to ask for a conference or simply move to agree to the
amendments of the other House. It seems to me that we ought to
insist upon our original proposition. |

Mr. Epmunps. I agree with the Senator from Illinois that this park
ought to be purely under national control and purely a charge upon
the nation, for it is of more benefit to the people of the United States
altogether who come here, and for the uses of general instruction, than
it is to those inhabitants who happen to live within the boundary of
this District, just as this Capitol and the other public buildings are.
But I should not have needed to say that.

However, I do wish to say in reference to what the Senator from
Ohio [Mr. Sherman] has said concerning the cruelty, as he thinks, to
the taxpayers of this District in paying for the expenditure upon that
tunnel which turned out to be unfortunate, that I do not agree with
him, and I do not wish what he has said to go as if everybody agreed
to his proposition. The government of the District, as we all know,
has for many years been under the regulation of Congress, just as the
government of a State is under the regulation and authority of its
legislature. If the legislature of a State, through some mistake or
misapprehension, passes a law which imposes a tax or a burden upon
some part of the people of the State and not upon them all, a local
matter, and it turns out to be unfortunate, I have never heard of a
case in which it was thought by anybody that those local people had
any claim in morals or in any way upon the State to be reimbursed for
the mistake, because mistakes will happen in every government. When
this District was under the charge of men elected by people here
things never went more wildly and injuriously to the taxpayers of the
District than they did then. Therefore I can not see any ground upon
which the taxpayers of this District have any moral right to complain
that they have borne a part of the expense of a tunnel that turned
out to be fraudulently built and of very doubtful expediency if it had
been a success.

I only wanted to say that in view of what my friend from Ohio had
stated.

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response to what the Senator from Ohio said. I do not undertake to
decide now for myself what ought to be done about the expenditure
made necessary by the creation of this Zoological Park, but I want to
say that I do not think it is inconsistent with the public use of it that part
of the expense should be paid for by the District of Columbia. The
United States is dealing to-day very handsomely and very generously
by the people of this District. Upon the theory that the Government
owned one-half of the property, or some other theory which satisfied
the consciences of those who voted for it, Congress some years ago
agreed to saddle one-half the burden of carrying on the government
of this District upon the people of the United States, and I was some-
what amazed when I found members of this body justifying them-
_ selves in that apportionment of expense upon the theory that the
Government owned half of the property in the District, when nearly
all that property which it does own consisted of the streets, of which
the Government is the owner, it is true, but without any use; that is
to say, it is a trustee without use.

- In the State in which I live the counties severally own one-half the
title to all the streets of all the towns within their respective limits;
and yet in that State, filled with inventive people, I never heard any-
one suggest that because the county was the trustee for all the public
in respect of the streets it should pay any part of the taxes on account
thereof. The city of Topeka, the capital of that State, does not exact
or claim anything from the State in respect of payment ot public
money because the capital happens to be located there. On the con-
trary, they are glad it is there, and only wish there was more of it.

Now, the General Government not only pays one-half the expenses
of this District, including the cost of the improvement of streets,
which in other cities is levied upon the abutting property, but it takes
care of every reservation, of all these squares which are so many parks
for the benefit of these people. They are an especial tax upon the
people of the United States, of which no portion is paid by the people
of the District, except as they pay it ratably as the remainder of the
people of the United States do. In other words, the Government
pays half the taxes and then it takes care, out of its own Treasury, of

all the parks of the city, every one of them. It polices the White -

House grounds; it polices all these different parks and employs an
army officer to look after them and beautify them and adorn them
and to see that they are put in the best possible shape for the delecta-
tion and use of the inhabitants of the District as well as everybody
else.

It seems to me this Zoological Park might be carried on in the same
way. I do not understand that because the Government pays for
these parks, thereby the people of the District of Columbia are not
to use them, or that because the District pays for them the people of

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the United States are not to use them. I think I understand that they
want the people of the United States to come here; and yet it would
seem that if the District of Columbia should pay for part of this
park they would want to exclude the people of the United States from
coming here, and put uy an advertisement of that kind at their front
door and their back door, and say they do not want people to come
here, and thus manifest their sincerity in this desire to be excluded
from the burdens of maintaining this park.

While it is proper to be just to the people of the District, it is
equally proper that we should be just to the great body of the people
of the United States. This isa favored District. It is favored in the
matter of taxation. There is no city in the United States where the
taxes are so small as they are here. Iam glad of it. I do not care
about that; I do not begrudge them any prosperity; but I undertake
to say that it is one of those benefits which largely grows out of the
fact that Congress has dealt with them with a generosity which cer-
tainly is without a parallel anywhere else in this country.

The Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. Dawes] asks me what makes
real estate here so valuable. It is because this is the capital. It is
because the Government has assumed one-half the burden of main-
taining the local government, and thereby makes it an attractive place
for people to come; and on other grounds besides its being the capital
the burden of taxation ought to be comparatively small.

I did not start out to say, and I do not say now, as a matter of final
conclusion, that this Zoological Park ought not to be the specific prop-
erty of the Government, to be provided for and maintained out of the
national Treasury, but I do want to file a caveat against the idea that
we are to go on here upon the theory that these things are to be done
out of the Treasury of the United States without making a correspond-
ing burden on the people of this District. It has been proposed in the
other body in regard to the enlargement of this park that some por-
tion of the burden should be assessed upon the adjoining proprietors.
That is a practice which prevails under the constitutions of various
States in regard to public improvements, as well, I think, as in regard
to railroads, and it is founded in justice. It would not be unfair, at
all events, to say in reference to this park that inasmuch as the adjoin-
ing property and all the property of the District is benefited it ought
to pay some portion of the burden. Iam not saying now that it ought,
but I say it would not be unfair to doit. I think when we come to this
question it is just as well to take into account all these things, and the
people out of whom these taxes must come outside of this District, as
well as to enlarge all the while upon the duty of the Government to
beautify the District and all that sort of thing,and having a large
amount of property here of its own which is equally available for all

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the people of the District, and which adds to the value of the property
of the District.

Mr. J. R. Hawtny. Mr. President, as it seems to be considered in
order to discuss the general merits of this proposition, I have a few
words to say.

I concur with the Senator from Kansas in holding that it may pos-
sibly be quite equitable that some moderate practical expense of this
park should be laid upon the adjoining proprietor, who will be greatly
benefited by it, as a fair pecuniary transaction. As far as the body of
the District is concerned, I do not think it right to charge them one
dollar of it. In the first place, no city of 200,000 population in the
United States would dream of establishing such a park—so expensive
a thing as a zoological collection. It is not done by Congress for the
benefit of these people. It is done for general scientific purposes, to
adorn the national capital, and as an object lesson, a place of instruc-
tion for the whole people of the United States. I do not think that it
would be equitable to put a dollar of that expense upon the people of
the District, though there should be some moderate assessment upon
those adjoining pieces of property which are unquestionably to be
greatly benefited by it.

Mr. H. W. Buarr. In connection with this important discussion upon
the expenditure proposed in favor of our wild beasts and reptiles and
bad birds and all manner of creeping things, I desire to read a memo-
rial which I have just received which bears upon the interests of the
children of this country:

Wasuineton, D.C., March 23, 1890.

At the close of the evening service of the Metropolitan W. Z. Church, D street
southwest, between Second and Third, Rev. R. H. G. Dyson, pastor, the following
was submitted and unanimously adopted by a standing vote of the entire assembly:

‘‘Whereas we, the communicants and congregational members of the Metropolitan
W. Z. Church, believe that the failure to pass the Blair educational bill in the Senate
of the United States on last Thursday, March 21, 1890, is a great public calamity,
especially to the poorer classes of white and a very large majority of colored youths
in the Southern States, and we further believe that the great race problem can be
solved only by the educating and improving the condition of all classes of citizens of
the United States: Therefore,

‘* Be it resolved, That we respectfully petition the Congress of the United States to
reopen the case and present a new or modified bill that will give our people all the
benefits that the defeated bill would have secured, and that we as a unit ask the
Senate and House of Representatives to pass the same.’’

R. H. G. Dyson, Pastor.
J. D. Baurimore, Financial Secretary.

Mr. R. L. Greson. Mr. President, this Zoological Park established by
Congress was not established for the benefit of the people of this Dis-
trict, but for the benefit of the scientific men of this country who would
desire to preserve the types of the different wild animals that inhabited
this continent. So far from being beneficial to the property holders

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adjacent to it, I should think it would be a disadvantage. Surely if I
owned property adjoining a zoological park I would be disposed to sell
it at a much less price than if it was not located near such a park filled
with wild animals.

I can not, therefore, see any propriety whatever in charging any of
the benefits of this park either to the adjacent landholders or the
people of the District of Columbia. This is the seat of the National
Government, the canital of a great nation, and for one I feel like mak-
ing it worthy of a nation of a 100,000,000 or 200,000,000 people.
Among other things, I think it proper that Congress should establish
a zoological park to preserve the types of the animals that originally
inhabited this continent and that are fast fading away.

Iam opposed to the House amendments, but if it is impossible to
pass the bill without concurring in them, under that restraint I shall
vote for the bill as it comes from the other House.

I will add that the Senator from Kentucky himself, who is seated in
front of me [Mr. Blackburn], may remember that near the village in
which we were both born there was a park preserved by one of the
original settlers of that State, in which the buffalo, the elk, the bear,
and the deer were preserved in large numbers, and it became a great
object of interest and a curiosity not only to the people in that vicinity,
but to the people from the Eastern States, many of whom came there
to see that large park filled with these animals.

lam sure if this park were established here it would be an object of
interest, not to the people of the District of Columbia who are engaged
in their business here, nor to the members of Congress who pass but a
few years of their lives here, but to the scientific men of the whole
country who might be disposed to investigate the laws that relate to
these wild animals and all other animals in connection with the dis-
covery of the truth in every direction.

Mr. W. M. Srewarr. With regard to this particular appropriation, it
seems to me that it is proper for the United States to bear all of the
expense for the reasons assigned by the Senator from Louisiana, which
appear to me to be controlling. But I should like to make a sugges-
tion. I do not think that the policy of charging the Government with
half of the expense of the streets in the District by general taxation is
working well. It occasions at every session of Congress a fierce con-
flict as to where the money shall be used, and those who are most suc-
cessful in pressing their claims get their streets improved and the
others do not.

The system of improving streets out of a general fund has generally,
in most of the Western cities at least, been a bad one. I do not know
how itis here. They tried it on the Pacific coast for many years and
it led to controversy as to where the money should be appropriated,
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applying to all cities a general act requiring the property abutting on
the street to pay for the improvement, and a street would be improved
whenever a majority of the property owners on the line of the pro-
posed improvement asked for it. That has occasioned a great deal of
improvement in San Francisco and other California cities which would
not have been made if the money had been paid from a general appro-
priation.

If that were done here it would relieve the Government and relieve
the large taxpayers and improve property considerably, and then the
General Government could well afford to expend more money in
beautifying the parks and in what relates more to general matters.

I know it will be said that a large portion of the city having been
improved from the general fund, to make the change would be unjust,
and the rest should have the same advantage; but now is a good time
to make the changes, because the taxes have been principally levied
on the property inside the boundaries of the city. I say that it occurs
to me that now would be a good time to make the change, inasmuch as
nearly all the streets inside of the boundary are already improved,
and the plan in most of the cities is that where the streets are once
improved the necessary repairs shall come out of the general fund.
Many new divisions are now being laid out outside of the city, and if
the property owners who expect to make money out of them were
allowed to improve the streets whenever they feel disposed to do so
at their own expense, it would be a great relief to the District gen-
erally and to the Government.

The money expended by the Government should be applied to more
general purposes in keeping the streets in repair, but the new work
that is to be done might be done by the property owners. Whenever
a majority of the property owners on any street for any particular dis-
tance desire to have work done, let them do it, and the city would
then grow fast enough; but if things go on in this way there will be
a contest as to the improvement of this and that street out of the
general fund, and that will become more and more intense as the city
extends outside of the boundary.

There is no objection to having the District all improved if the
people are willing to put their own money in it; but there is objection
to taxing the Government or the portion of the city that is built up
for extending streets into the country. If people are willing to do it
for the benefit of the District and to increase the assessable value of
property and aid everybody by the expenditure of the money, it
seems to me that such a policy would be best. It has been tried in
the Western cities and has been found to work well, and I suggest
that it be tried here.

As to the present appropriation, it seems to me this park for the
purpose of preserving animals ought to be a national park, and I

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think that is a thing for which the Government should pay the whole
expense.

Mr. J. C. S. Buacksurn. I am very sure, Mr. President, that this
Zoological Park has no more sincere advocate or friend than I am, but
I will not vote for any bill that proposes to impose upon the people of
the District of Columbia any portion of the expense incident to its pur-
chase or its maintenance. I do not intend, either, to offer the plea of
poverty on behalf of the people of this District in support of this pro-
vision. There is not within the limits of this land a heavier taxed
community than the people who reside in this District to-day. It is
not going beyond the record nor overstating the facts to say that the
bulk of the indebtedness which rests upon this city and this District
to-day was put there by reason of the negligence of Congress, it having
absolute legislative control over the District.

The Government of the United States supports and maintains the
Yellowstone Park at its own expense. It would be just as rational
and just as fair to levy a 50 per cent tax upon the District of Columbia
property for the maintenance of the national park in the Yellowstone
as for this park here. It would be just as fair to levy upon the prop-
erty holders in the District of Columbia a percentage of the tax that
is needed to support the Botanical Garden right near the Capitol, or
the public building in which we are sitting, or any of the public prop-
erty that this Government owns within the limits of this District.

With all deference to the action that the other House may take or
may have taken, protesting and declaring my earnest and honest sup-
port of the measure that looks to the establishment and maintenance
of a park here in this District, not only for entertainment and enjoy-
ment but for the education of the people of this country, I protest that
I will not vote for any bill that is so unfair in its exactions as to
require one-half of the money which is needed either to purchase or
to maintain it to be collected from the property holders of this District.

Why, Mr. President, we are told by those whose sources of informa-
tion are the most reliable that the herds of buffaloes which once roamed
the prairies and the plains of this country in uncounted numbers,
which many of us within the last ten years have spent weeks in the
pleasure time of hunting and destroying, have shrunken until to-day
there are less than one hundred buffalo within the limits of the United
States outside of the Yellowstone Park and the private parks of
private citizens. There are less than one hundred, according to the
information that we get from those whose business it is to inform
themselves and know. The moose has disappeared practically from
our country. Now and then a stray specimen is found in the wood-
lands of Maine; but from the Northwest the moose has disappeared
almost entirely.’

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park where these rapidly disappearing specimens of the animals
indigenous to this country may be preserved for all time to come, if
it be possible; and I am amazed that any gentleman should reach the
conclusion that in order to carry out and perfect this national purpose
the tax-ridden people of the District of Columbia, who have no voice in
either House of Congress, who by the express terms of the Constitu-
tion are the victims of any arbitrary power that Congress sees fit to
inflict, should be made to contribute a portion of that expense.

Mr. H. L. Dawes. Mr. President, I agree with the Senator from
Kentucky [Mr. Blackburn] that the Zoological Park should be main-
tained by the Government of the United States. I want, however, to
enter my protest against the idea that this is an awfully tax-ridden city.

Mr. President, when the proposition to make the Zoological Park
first appeared in the Committee on Appropriations it was suggested
that the District Commissioners could see to it that those whose real
estate was to border it would donate or contribute something out of
the lands which they were to sell to the Government for the purposes
of this park. Instead of that, every one of them not only refused to
contribute a square foot of land, but put up the price of the land that
they were to sell to the Government of the United States 100 per cent
more than it was before.

It is contemplated to embrace this park in a larger park, which I
hope will be done, but those who reap the most benefit pecuniarily
from it and all who do reap it are the taxpayers of this District, and
all of the advance in their property serves to lessen the per cent of
their taxation.

The Government of the United States has assumed $33,000,000,
expended in grading and paving the streets and avenues of this city,
and is paying now the bonds issued by the District for that purpose.
The expenditure of these $33,000,000 has enhanced the value of every
square foot of taxable property in this city four hundred fold; and
yet the Senator from Kentucky talks about a tax-ridden District
which can not be compelled to pay upon its enhanced value something -
toward the money taken out of the Treasury of the United States.
They are only taxed $1.50 on the hundred dollars for all their real
estate; and every dollar that we expend in these parks here, and
which we ought to expend for them, is enhancing the value of the
property. The limitation which is fixed by law on taxation here is a
rate less than in any other city that I know of in this country.

Mr. President, I believe in beautifying this city; I believe in mak-
ing everything pertaining to it in some way correspond to the gran-
deur and greatness of the Government; but those who have pocketed
money day by day out of this expenditure, those who are reaping
these rich rewards, benefiting the real estate of this ¢ity and this Dis-
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taxes which the citizens of this District pay, the part which they con-
tribute to the necessary expenditures of the District. Nobody asks,
nobody ought to ask them to pay for such improvements as these
parks, but they ought not to content themselves with merely paying
one-half of the current expenses of this District, but they ought to
thank God that the lines have fallen to them in such pleasant places.

Mr. Morritu. I hope that the vote may be now taken.

The Vick-PrEsIDENT. The question is on the motion of the Senator
from Vermont, that the Senate nonconcur in the amendments of the
House of Representatives.

The motion was agreed to.

Mr. Morrit. I move that the Senate insist on its nonconcurrence
and ask for a committee of conference.

The motion was agreed to.

By unanimous consent, the VicE-PRESIDENT was authorized to
appoint the conferees on the part of the Senate, and Mr. J. S. Morrill,
Mr. J. C. Spooner, and Mr. G. G. Vest were appointed.

April 9, 1890—House.

The Speaker (Mr. T. B. ReEp) laid before the House the bill
(S. 2284), in which the Senate disagreed to the amendments of the
House and asked for a conference on the disagreeing votes of the two
Houses.

Mr. J.G. Cannon. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House insist upon
its amendments and assent to the request for a committee of confer-
ence.

Mr. L. E. McComas. And pending that, I move that the House
recede from its amendments.

The SprakeER. That motion has precedence.

Mr. J. H. Brount. I would like to know if this is not a stray part
of the sundry civil bill?

_ Mr. Cannon. I think so; but this is a Senate amendment, and we
had better dispose of it. Mr. Speaker, I think that time would be
saved

Mr. W. S. Hotman. This motion applies to all the House amend-
ments? It seems to me that it ought to be read again.

Mr. A. M. Docxmry. Is there more than one amendment?

Mr. Hotman. More than one, I believe.

Mr. Dockery. Why not read the amendments separately and take
a separate vote upon them?

The Speaker. The amendments have already been voted on in the
House.

Mr. Cannon. Mr. Speaker, I would be glad to have the attention
of the House for a few minutes to the amendment of the House upon
this bill. The Senate disagreed to the House amendment and asked a
committee of conference, and the gentleman from Maryland [Mr.

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McComas] moves that the House recede from its amendment. I think
that if it is the sense of the House to recede from its amendments it
had better be considered and that action had. On the.contrary, I think
that if it is the sense of the House to insist upon the House amend-
ment, we had better make it emphatic, so that the conferees on the
part of the House can have the action of the House on this matter to
report to the Senate conferees.

The bill is an act for the organization, improvement, and mainte-
nance of a national zoological park. The House amendment provides
that one half of the sum, amounting to nearly $100,000, appropriated
for the commencement of the improvement of this park shall be paid
from the revenues of the District of Columbia, and that the other half
shall be paid from the Treasury of the United States. I believe that
the House should not adopt the motion of the gentleman from Mary-
land [Mr. McComas] to concur with the Senate, and for these reasons:
In the sundry civil bill for the fiscal year 1889 a provision was placed
by the Senate appropriating $200,000 for the purchase of a site for
this park. The House fought the provision. The money was payable,
or was to be payable if the provision had been enacted, from the
Treasury of the United States, and at that time the Senate receded
and the provision was lost.

At the last session of the Fiftieth Congress, a year ago and a little
over, the Senate, no doubt having in view the fate of the proposition
to buy this park at the sole expense of the United States, placed a pro-
vision by way of an amendment upon the District of Columbia appro-
priation bill, appropriating $200,000 to buy the site for this zoological
park, one half payable from the revenues of the District of Columbia
and the other half from the United States Treasury. After full dis-
cussion in the House that appropriation was made, and the site for
this park was bought and has been paid for jointly by the District of
Columbia and the Government of the United States, and this proposi-
tion is for an appropriation to improve the park. The Senate sent us
this bill in the first instance providing for the improvement and we
concurred, believing that the improvement of the park was wise. We
concurred in the Senate provisions placing the expenditure of the
money under the Smithsonian Institution rather than under the Dis-
trict Commissioners, but we amended the Senate bill so as to pro-
vide that this park, which is owned jointly by the United States and
the District of Columbia, should be improved and maintained from the
revenues of each, half and half. |

The Senate, after full discussion, refused to concur in the House
amendment, and now the matter comes up on the motion which I have
maae, that the House insist upon its amendment, which is supplemented
by the motion which the gentleman from Maryland [Mr. McComas]
makes, that the House concur with the Senate. If it is the sense of

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the House to concur with the Senate, that vote will pass the bill
and place upon the Government of the United States the sole expense
of the improvement and maintenance of this park now, and prac-
tically hereafter, and will involve, in justice and equity, a refund to
the District of Columbia of the $100,000 that has already been paid
from the revenues of the District for the purchase of this park. I
trust the House will not concur with the Senate. In my opinion,
when the United States Government values its public buildings in this
city and all its reservations (of which there are hundreds at all these
street crossings), when it improves them at the sole expense of the
United States, and provides watchmen for their care at the sole
expense of the United States, and then. when it assents to the propo-
sition that the United States owns the fee simple of all the streets and
alleys in the District of Columbia and values them, and upon that val-
uation and the valuation of its parks and public buildings comes in
and-says it will assent, in consideration of the sole ownership of the
streets and the parks, that the United States shall pay one-half the
expense of running the District government, that is a very liberal
provision for the District of Columbia, to be made at the expense of
the Federal Treasury.

Mr. A. J. Hopxrys. Will my colleague permit me to ask him a
question 4

Mr. Cannon. Yes, sir.

Mr. Hopxins. Do I understand that a vote in favor of the motion
made by the gentleman from Maryland |Mr. McComas] will saddle the
entire expense of this park upon the Government, and that a vote in
favor of the motion made by the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Can-
non| will divide the expense between the District of Columbia and the
Government?

Mr. Cannon. Precisely. The gentleman’s understanding is correct.
Now, I want to say one word more. I wish to deal liberally with the
District of Columbia. Congress governs the District of Columbia.
We all take pride in the national city. We believe in putting up
public buildings that will be an ornament and will serve the purposes
of the Government properly, and now, at this day, the rate of taxation
upon property in the District of Columbia will not average one-half of
the rate of taxation in our respective towns and cities throughout this
country.

I do not complain of this, but it is so favorable to-the District that
rich people and people of leisure throughout the length and breadth of
this land are encouraged to come to the District of Columbia and make
their homes here so as to escape the more onerous taxation to which
they would be subjected if they held their residences in their respec-
tive States. Iam not grumbling at this; Iam merely calling attention
to it. Other cities, New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, every city that

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has a zoological park buys the land and maintains and improves the
park at its own expense.

Gentlemen will recollect that these corridors were hot with the feet
of the good people of the District of Columbia a year ago asking for
lesgislation establishing this park at the joint expense of the General
Government and the District of Columbia, and now, having got the
park, they are equally hot to try to get out of paying their share of
its maintenance and to saddle the whole thing upon the Treasury. Con-
gress has plenary power to continue the improvement of this park and
to place it under the control of the Smithsonian Institution, and this
bill proposes to do that, and, so far as my voice and vote are concerned,
as long as I am a member of this Housé of Congress, they shall be
given in favor of this park being maintained at the joint expense of
the District and of the Federal Government.

Mr. F. T. GREENHALGE. Can the gentleman tell us how the tax rate
on residents of the District of Columbia compares with that of other
places? Is it much lighter or otherwise?

Mr. Cannon. It will not average one-half of the burden that is
generally borne in other cities and towns throughout the country.

Mr. Biownr rose. ;

Mr. Cannon. How much time does the gentleman desire?

Mr. Buounr. I should like ten minutes.

Mr. Cannon. I will yield ten minutes to the gentleman, but I would
be glad to dispose of this matter within the hour.

Mr. McComas. Mr. Speaker, I wish to be recognized in my own
right on my motion.

Mr. Cannon. If the gentleman from Georgia [Mr. Blount] will
excuse me, I think it is only courteous and proper that I should first.
yield to my colleague upon the committee, the other gentleman from
Georgia [Mr. Clements].

Mr. J. C. Cuements. I am very much obliged to the gentleman,
but I prefer that my colleague [Mr. Blount] shall proceed now.

Mr. Buount. Mr. Speaker, this appropriation itself properly belongs
to the sundry civil bill, and, if it was to be reported at all, it should
have been postponed until that bill was reported to the House; but
measures like this relating to expenditures for matters of taste, seem
to have a peculiar fascination for the Senate, and that body appears to
have been unwilling to await the ordinary course of legislation, and
has therefore assumed jurisdiction over a matter of appropriation
which does not belong to it, and hence the subject is now before us
for consideration.

My own opinion is that the better way to dispose of this bill would
have been for the House, at an earlier stage, to have reported it to
the committee and allowed it to remain there, or else to have made the
issue in a more formal way with the Senate. But not being in charge

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of this measure, I shall take pleasure in following the direction indi-
cated by the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Cannon] as to the course to
be pursued by the House. I think with him that itis proper the Dis-
trict of Columbia should bear its share of the expense for this park.
Other cities in the country have their zoological parks. They are
considered a part of the features of a great city. The idea of this
park in the District of Columbia was originated and presented to this
House at the instance of citizens of the District. To speak of this
park as an institution for the education of the American people from
different parts of the country is a mere pretense. This park is simply
a feature of city life which Washington has, as other cities have, and
it is only a pretext to put it on any other ground.

Certainly, sir, the Congress of the United States within the last few
years has made wonderful progress in the matter of appropriations
from the general Treasury for the adornment of this capital. I have
before me a speech made in the Forty-fourth Congress by General
Chipman, formerly the Delegate from the District of Columbia in the
Congress of the United States. In this speech that gentleman, urging
more liberality on the part of Congress toward the District, gives a
tabular statement showing what sums of money had been allowed in
this way in the past, with a view of urging upon Congress that a
more liberal course be pursued. In 1800, as appears by this table,
Congress gave $10,000 to the District, and the expenditures run along
through a period of years down to 1871. For purposes of future ref-
ence, I publish this table:

Statement of expenditures on account of improvements of avenues and streets in the city of
Washington, from 1800 to 1871, inclusive.

oS $10, 000. 00 ; 1850_------- $26, 280. 50 ; 1862_-....-. $3, 300. 00
16232 — == 52 = DRE OO USbileae 5 2 44, 845. 64 | 1863_-_----- 11, 846. 13
eae ee = oe DA OOOS OUR SD Zea eens = 36, 277.33 | 1864.......-. 13, 223. 66
MS a2Hs Vest kL. 60, 000. 00 | 1853.....--- 15, 329. 37 | 1865.__._--- 8, 926. 58
esses see. 2: 76, 680: 00: 1854-2 ju2-.- 36, 933. 77 | 1866... -.-- 56, 841. 88
187 aaa 9, 288: 70 |, 18552-5222 2. 17, 666.69; | 1867.2 224 72, 973. 69
SSS ea 4-23 2,280.00 | 1856..------ (220208 W 18682 5.02.2 20, 100. 00
lt 2 eee 1, 00000 185%. 2. UW A US ess 321, 575. 00
ioe 5 eles 5; 900,20 | L808 25- 222. to, oou, Oy | 18702. 2... 2, 051. 76
BAG. ute LOS O00! COMM Ba98s 2222 GuoaauOn tale ee == 10, 000. 00
LSE Re apg ie eee 16, 000. 00 | 1860.....--- 3, 000. 00 SSS
a PO, od WIP SGT os ate 13, 518. 87 Total... 1,002, 785. 52

It thus appears that from 1800 to 1871 the total expenditures from
the Federal Treasury for the national capital amounted only to a little
over $1,000,000. Under the system we have adopted we are paying
more than that sum annually out of the Federal Treasury.

In the Forty-fifth or Forty-sixth Congress—I am not sure which—
Congress determined that it would thereafter pay one-half of the

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expenses of the District of Columbia. It was a tremendous enlarge-
ment in the matter of expenditures for the District. Subsequently,
Congress finding the District of Columbia in debt to the extent of
about $26,000,000, agreed, in addition to paying half of the current
expenses, to assume one-half of that indebtedness of $26,000,000.
Since that time scheme after scheme has been brought forward;
improvement after improvement has been presented for the benefit of
the Federal capital, and whenever any such special scheme has been
presented there has always been an effort on the part of the District to
escape its proper burden of taxation, and to put that burden on the
Federal Treasury. This has not occurred in isolated instances. It is
the spirit that animates this capital. Wherever the people here can
relieve themselves from the part of the burden which naturally belongs
to the locality by appealing to a patriotic sentiment, they attempt to
transfer that burden to the residue of the country.

This is the situation to-day. While other cities are paying for their
zoological parks, there is an effort to build one here under Govern-
ment patronage, and charge the expenses to the Federal Treasury,
without apportioning to the people of this District, to whom the great
benefit is to come, their due share of the expense.

There is no danger, Mr. Speaker, that the Federal Government
will not give to this capital all the recognition that it is entitled to.
The tendency is all in that direction. This community is blessed
beyond any other in the United States. The sums of money expended
in this capital, according to the population, per capita, would perhaps
not be tolerated in any other city. The very fact that only one-half of
these expenditures is charged to the citizens here is an inducement to
them to be continually urging various objects of improvement and
expenditure.

For one, sir, while I have, I trust, a due regard for the improve-
ment of the capital, and while I participate in that pride which every
American citizen feels in regarding this as perhaps the most beautiful
city in the country, comparing possibly with any other in the world,
I have other sentiments besides those. There are people outside of
the District; there are interests away from this District. There are
matters of taste to be considered here; but there are necessities out-
side. The great agricultural sections of this country are to-day agi-
tated by straitened financial conditions. The cloud of despondency
hangs over them. Their organization indicates to us that there is
distress and a purpose for relief. We may ignore it; we may close
our eyes to it; in considering questions of taste and extravagant
expenditure at the Federal capital we may overlook those necessities.
But, sir, for one I am not willing that this continued expenditure of
Federal treasure, by reason of influences which ought not to dominate
as they do, shall go on without my protest.

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As appears by the statement presented by General Chipman, the
early leaders of political thought in this land, from the beginning
until the present generation, never felt that the demands of patriotism
called upon them for such contributions to the advancement of this
capital as are now deemed proper. .For seventy-one years, as this
record discloses, these influences were not strong enough to draw from
the Federal Treasury more than $1,000,000. I would prefer, sir,
that the simpler methods of the past should obtain. I realize that in
view of the progress which has been made in the matter of expendi-
ture, and in view of the habits of thought in the country, we have
reached that point where we may not perhaps undo the legislation of
the past, but I trust that for a time at least we may be able to main-
tain a standstill. :

We are expending at this capital to-day out of the Federal Treasury
more than is being expended as the cost of administering many of the
State governments. And as the gentleman from Illinois has well
said, this expenditure is based largely on the idea that we own one-
half of the property in the District of Columbia. But when you come
to examine the itemization of this property you find that it consists
largely, I might say almost exclusively, of streets, alleys, and parks
which were reserved by the Federal Government from the beginning
for the convenience of the people. The whole property, of course,
belonged in the beginning to the General Government; it was laid off
into streets and alleys and reservations; the land was sold, and the
people bought along with it the right to the use of these alleys, streets,
and reservations. There is, so far as the Federal Government per se
is concerned, nothing in the streets. The real proprietors, those who
really own and enjoy this property, are the citizens of the District of
Columbia. Yet they tell us with an immense amount of cheek,
‘*These streets are not ours; they are yours; and therefore you must
pay half the expenses of the local government.”

I would like some gentlemen of the great constituencies away from
here all over the land, in the South, West, on the Pacific slope, to take
position on the platform before the masses of electors and present this
sort of argument for extorting taxation from them and have a test as
to the truth and justice of it from that quarter rather than from the
social influences that surround us here.

[Here the hammer fell. |

Mr. Cannon. I reserve the remainder of my time.

Mr. McComas. Mr. Speaker, if I understand the practice on the
motion of higher privilege to recede, is it not my right to conclude
debate on that motion? That has been the ruling heretofore. I re-
member a case in the Forty-ninth Congress.

The SpeakeER. Will the gentleman from Maryland be kind enough
to refer the Chair to that ruling?

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Mr. McComas. It was a ruling on the Post-Office appropriation bill
made by Speaker Carlisle.

The SpEaKerR. The gentleman is now recognized, and in the mean-
time the Chair will examine the point.

Mr. McComas. Mr. Speaker,.I do not desire to consume much time
on this proposition, and perhaps if we could have a little more order
on the floor I may take much less time and no doubt the House would
be glad of that.

The SPEAKER. The EerrhlaNsun from Maryland will suspend for a
moment. Gentlemen will cease conversation and take their seats.

Mr. McComas. Now, Mr. Speaker, this bill does not appropriate an
enormous sum of money; the total is $92,000. The objects are not
local. For the shelter of animals, cages, fences and inclosures, ponds
for fishes, for water supply and drainage, for maintaining collection,
food supply, and acquisition and transportation of specimens. That
is the whole of it. i

I doubt very much if gentlemen on this floor have been approached
by anybody living in the District of Columbia in behalf of this measure.

It is a Senate bill, passed, came to the House, our amendments put
on without debate, went back to the Senate, there debated extensively,
but up to this hour no citizen of the District of Columbia has said one
word to me or written one line about it.

It is an unfounded statement to call it a District proposition. It is
a proposition which came from the Smithsonian Institution. It came
first in the shape of a bill from the Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds to establish a national zoological park. It was established,
and in the hurry and pressure of legislation it was put on as an amend-
ment in the last Congress to the District of Columbia bill, and being
there of course one-half of the fund came out of the District of Colum-
bia. They paid for half of the park without asking for it, without
demanding it, and in fact without knowing much about it. They gave
that ground because Congress chose to make them pay for it.

This is still called a national park, but when you come to get the
money to pay for animals brought here from Wyoming, from far
States and Territories, specimens of animals soon to become extinct,
and brought here to be preserved; when you would provide for the —
collection you have already back of the Smithsonian in the inclosure
belonging to the Government, you provide this new place to put them;
you may have them there as a national collection.

Mr. Speaker, when you take the view expressed here by other gen-
tlemen, and take these appropriations and make this simply a District
of Columbia park, then, in my judgment, you had better abandon the
whole business, better give back the land that has been purchased, give
up the whole idea, and not have only a little Washington City park at
the capital of the nation. Such a plan, in my judgment, would be a
great mistake. This is already established.

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When you want to bring these varieties of animals and specimens
from all parts of the country, from our great West, in carrying out
the purposes contemplated by this park, and preserve from extinction
certain of the wonderful animals still remaining on this continent, you
do not want them placed here as District specimens, but for the benefit
of the whole people of the whole country in their own park which you
have bought and established by the authority vested in you. If you
make it liable to the control of this people because of the fact that they
spent one-half of the money necessary, their Commissioners ought to
have some control over it. If you make it lable to the control of the
District government and the citizens of the District, then you had better
end the whole business, change the name and control of it, and put it
back in the hands of the District, or close out the whole transaction by
giving the money for other purposes or selling the land.

This park, if it is to be a national concern at all for the advancement
of science, for the preservation of rare species of animals, for the col-
lection of interesting specimens, should be placed exclusively under
the control of the Sinithsonian. That is the only place it ought to be.
You have no more right to make the District of Columbia, which does
not want the park, pay one-half of the cost of it than you have to com-
pel them to pay one-half of the cost of the National Museum, or one-
half of the expense of the Botanical Garden, or one-half of the expense
of the other public institutions of this city, and for precisely the same
reason. If that policy should be inaugurated on this bill, then it would
be better for this people if you wipe out that garden, raze your
Museum, or else make the District of Columbia pay one-half of the
“expenditures for their maintenance. Besides that, you might find the
people of the District here, if they paid one-half of the money, claim-
ing, as they could properly claim, a right of interest in the manage-
ment and suggestions. But it ought to be entirely free from all such
entanglements.

Another thing, Mr. Speaker, is worthy of consideration. If this is
to be a great national museum, we have reason to suppose from the
experience of other countries with national collections that there will
be valuable, interesting specimens and gifts sent here from the other
nations of the world. Collections will be made from Egypt, Japan,
China, India—in fact, from all the world. Does anyone expect that
such would be the result if this was a little park for the city of Wash-
ington alone, and that the species and varieties extant among other
nations would adorn and beautify a mere local establishment of that
character? These would be sent if this was the park of the United
States; otherwise they would not, just as our own country, as Aus-
tralia, as India, as China and Japan have sent animals to London, to
Berlin, to Belgium, to Holland, to Paris, and to the national museums
of the world.

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If it is to be national in its scope, and you want these gifts and
treasures, then make it national. Make it so that it can reflect some-
thing of the grandeur of a great nation. Why, the people of the world
had just as soon send such things to Chicago, or Baltimore, or Phila-
delphia, if these institutions are to be merely local in their character.

But, Mr. Speaker, beyond all of that, the men in charge of the Smith-
sonian seem to have for years escaped any censure for extravagance
or squandering; and it seems to have been one of the institutions of
the Government wisely administered in the past. Founded for the
advancement of knowledge, this is an adjunct, just as the Museum is
now to the Smithsonian, and that is under the control of that institution.

Why, I may answer my friend from Georgia and my friend from
Illinois, should we spend a dollar of the national moneys for a dead
fish or the skeleton of some extinct animal, and put it in the National
Museum, without making the District of Columbia pay one-half,
according to their theory? The people of the District of Columbia have
access to this Museum. ‘They can go there as they can go to this park;
and yet the Government has gathered together there an interesting col-
lection without compelling this people to pay one-half. Why do you
not saddle one-half of the expenses of the Medical Museum on the
people of Washington ?

If this was a question where the people of the District of Columbia
were interested in the advancement of real estate, or interested for spec-
ulative purposes in this proposed establishment, that would present a_
question well worthy of consideration. But where is the man here or
eJsewhere who can now rise up in his place and assert that the citizens
of the District of Columbia have ever asked him to advance the interests
of this park or have a bill passed for either of these purposes? I would
like to know that gentleman, and I will give him a half minute of my
time to name an instance. They believe it should be entirely a national
affair for the interest and honor of the whole country.. That is the
spirit in which the Senate has twice passed the bill; that is the spirit
in which it was introduced in this House after it had been introduced
in the Senate by Senator Beck, of Kentucky, and introduced in the
House by the gentleman from Kentucky [Mr. Breckinridge] now on
this floor. It was introduced as a national project; let us consider it
and pass it in the same spirit. Let us recede from our amendment
and agree to the Senate bill. Let the bill pass, and the $92,000 be
spent for housing the animals we have and for bringing specimens from
all over the country as well as the transportation of the gifts from the
other nations of the world which will be made if this is a national
park.

I now yield to the gentleman from Kentucky as much time as he
may desire.

Mr. Witiiam C, P. Breckrnriper, of Kentucky. Mr, Speaker, my

— ee eee, re

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original interest in this bill grew out of my personal friendship for
Senator Beck and his request that I should look into the matter. He
was the originator of the idea. It so happened that the present Director
of the Smithsonian Institution fell in with Senator Beck and showed
him a little collection, the beginning of a zoological collection, at the
Smithsonian grounds. Senator Beck became interested immediately,
and said that if it were an object worthy of expenditure to provide
for the purchase of a dead animal, it certainly was equally within the
power of the nation to appropriate money to prevent a species from
becoming extinct; and he drew the first bill which was introduced in
the Senate and passed by that body for the purpose contemplated
by the present bill. That bill came to the House, and at his request
I introduced it here.

This is not a local matter; the District of Columbia has nothing
whatever to do with it, except that it is located in the District of
Columbia. It ought not to have anything to do with it; it ought to
have no power over it; it ought to have no interest in it; it ought to
have no concern with it. Its not a zoological park to adorn the city
of Washington. It is not to beautify the city. That is not the object,
and if it were, speaking for myself, I should oppose it. I would have
nothing to do with it. But this is an entirely different matter.

The United States was the recipient of a devise from James Smith-
son, which was accepted, and out of which has grown the Smithsonian
Institution. With that devise and with appropriations made by the
United States, scientific investigations have been pursued by that
institution.

Now, this is simply in the same direction as the Museum and the
Smithsonian Institution, with its lectures, its professors, and its means
of scientific investigation. This is simply an addendum to that Smith-
sonian Institution for the purpose of a scientific investigation of the
animals, the flora, and the fauna of America. It is an attempt to apply
to the live animal scientific investigation, especially to those species
which are rapidly becoming extinct. It is supplying an arena where
they may be kept, grounds where they may be preserved, buildings
where they may be fed, maintained, and examined, and it has as
much to do with the United States as any other appropriation for the
benefit of the Smithsonian Institution.

I beg gentlemen of this House, therefore, to entirely eliminate the

' idea that my friend from Georgia has expressed in this matter—that

the District of Columbia has anything to do with it; that it is local to

the District; that it is for the purpose of beautifying the District, add-

ing to its wealth, and giving a place where the people can go and enjoy

themselves. Incidentally and supplementarily this may occur. You

can not have a park of 158 acres with animals that will not attract

public attention. They will no doubt attract public gatherings; but
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that is purely incidental. The real object is a much higher one; and
the District of Columbia has nothing to do with it. But if we allow
this amendment to continue, it gives to the District of Columbia a
joint title and interest with the United States in the specimens that are
to be put there. It gives them, and ought to give to them, a voice in
its management. And we ought to remember, Mr. Speaker, that the
present anomalous and un-American government of the District of
Columbia can not exist always.

I beg the attention of this House for a moment that they may recol-
lect that this experiment that weare making with the District of Colum-
bia is a wholly un-American and anomalous experiment. We control
the District of Columbia through our legislation. We appoint the
officers—that is, the President of the United States nominates them,
and they are confirmed by the Senate. We determine the amount of
appropriations and expenditures. We therefore fix the rate of tax-
ation, and the people of the District have no voice in their own govern-
ment. This can not last always. When the city becomes, not a city
of 200,000, but of 400,000 or 500,000 people, this form of govern-
ment must give way to some more American form of government.
When that dissolution of partnership takes place, as indubitably it will,
we ought not to have this addendum to the Smithsonian Institution as
a part of the joint property of the Government and the District.

We are taking an exceedingly narrow and temporary view when we
take the view of the chairman of the Committee on Appropriations
[Mr. Cannon] and of my friend from Georgia [Mr. Blount] and other
friends that this is a local matter, to be made by joint expenditure. I
voted in the Fiftieth Congress for the appropriation of $200,000 to buy
this property with very great reluctance, simply because it did make
the District pay half of it. I thought it an unwise experiment, the
District of Columbia having no interest in it, and I only voted for it
because the friends of the measure thought that was the only way, so
late in the session, to start the experiment at all.

In this Congress I protested in the Committee on Appropriations
against the amendment reported, and I now earnestly believe in the
motion of the gentleman from Maryland to agree to the action of the
Senate. I want so far as possible to have this discussion to be based
on the hypothesis that this is not a local matter, nor for beautification
or adornment. Iam not doing this asa favor to the District of Colum-
bia. I have no other interest in the District of Columbia than any
other Representative. Iam here purely asa transitory resident, com-
_ ing here in the discharge of my duty. I have not in one way or
another any interest except to do justly. Iamagainst allowing—that is
the form in which I shall put my protest—I am against permitting the
District of Columbia to have any interest in this matter, and of bearing
any part of this expenditure. I want it to be wholly a matter that is

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within the control of the Government. I want it to be a part of the
Smithsonian Institution. I am not willing that it shall come under the
control of the Commissioners of the District. I do not want it mixed
up with any possible self-interests ring or syndicate that may be in
this District. I want it as a scientific enterprise, asa part of that great
public institution of which the Smithsonian fas been so honorable a
part. I know it will be honestly administered in connection with that
Institution. I know it will be wisely maintained, and I know that it
will be of advantage.

Mr. McComas. I now yield three minutes to the gentleman from
Massachusetts [Mr. Morse].

_ The Spraxer. Mr. Morse is recognized.

Mr. E. A. Morsr. Mr. Speaker, I desire to meet one single objection
raised to this bill by the gentleman from Georgia [Mr. Blount]. He
complains that the expenditures for adorning and beautifying the cap-
ital, for streets and parks and statuary, have largely increased in the
last quarter of a century, and are growing larger every year. I under-
stood him to say that for seventy-one years scarcely more than $1,000,-
000 was expended by the General Government for such purposes. It
is easy to explain the increased expenditures for adorning and beau-
tifying this capital city complained of by the gentleman from Georgia.
Prior to the war and prior to 1861, when the Republican party came
into power, the doctrine of State rights prevailed; the doctrine pre-
vailed that we were a loose-jointed confederacy of sovereign States,
bound together by slender ties, and that the national capital was a
city of no great importance, and though it was laid out by a French
engineer, who must have had prophetic wisdom of the future great-
ness and glory of the country, laid out, I say, on a colossal scale—the
gentleman from Georgia is correct—almost absolutely nothing was
done to develop the plan of the capital and seat of Government.

In 1861, with the election of Abraham Lincoln, a change came over
the spirit of the dream. The people in that election rebuked the doc-
trine of the State rights and declared that we were a nation, and
though the Republican party had on its hands the most gigantic civil
war of all history, calling for the expenditure of untold millions of
money, they began immediately to emphasize the fact that we were a
nation by the macadamizing of the streets, by costly additions to this
Capitol, by the laying out of parks, and the erection of statuary to
commemorate the heroes of the Republic, and that policy has been
pursued for a quarter of a century, until this city has come to be the
finest capital city-in the world, and the bill now under consideration
is in the direct line of that policy inaugurated by the Republican
party when it assumed control of the Government, and that policy
shall never be reversed by my vote.

The gentleman from Georgia complains that these improvements

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are for the benefit of the residents of this city, and that the taxpayers
here should bear the expense. The same argument might be made to
apply with equal force to the Washington Monument, built largely by
the General Government, whose lofty summit pierces the sky, and by
which we tell the coming generations that we are not ungrateful or
unmindful of the yalor and patriotism of the man who was first in war,
first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen. I deny the
position of the gentleman from Georgia [Mr. Blount] that these
improvements to the city of Washington are for the benefit of the citi-
zens of this District. This city is now or is fast becoming the center
of attraction of the people from every State and from every section of
our vast domain, and these improvements are for the benefit of the
citizens of Georgia, of Massachusetts, of Louisiana, of California; and

every section of our country shares in the glory and splendor of the ~ |

national capital; and I trust this bill, which is but a continuation of
the Republican policy of the past to adorn and beautify and make
attractive the national capital, will prevail.

Mr. McComas. I yield now to the gentleman from Ohio [Mr.
Butterworth].

Mr. B. Burrerwortu. Mr. Speaker, the establishment of this zoo
logical park is a national enterprise, and has been so treated ever since
the inception of the movement, so treated by both branches of Con-
gress. It has met with favor in both branches of Congress. The park is
properly located at the national capital, but it might have been located
anywhere else within the domain of the Republic. The enterprise
is worthy. There is not a civilized or enlightened nation upon the
earth—if I may draw the line between civilized and enlightened—that
has not an institution of this character, and our own people have seen
fit to provide for such an institution. It is located, I repeat, at the
national capital, and there is no question about the wisdom of that
location; but it might have been located anywhere else in this Repub-
lic, and if it had been would any gentleman have insisted that the
county in which it was located should become part owner of this
zoological park or garden, and that the people of that county should
be arbitrarily taxed for the purpose of maintaining that national insti-
tution? I think ‘not, gentlemen. But there is no more propriety, I
submit, in taxing the people of this District to found and maintain
such an institution, which is wholly national in its character and for
the benefit of all our people, than there would be in taxing the people
of a county to keep upa mint or other public building of national
character which was established there and conducted in the interest of
the whole people of this country.

Mr. Witiiam CocsweEtu. Will the gentleman permit a question ?

Mr. Burrerwortu. Certainly.

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Mr. CogswE.tu. Does not the gentleman think that this is in the
nature of a local improvement to the property of this District?

Mr. BurrerwortH. Every building put up by the General Goy-
ernment, whether in the District of Columbia or in the district of my
honored friend from Massachusetts, is in a sense local in its influence
and a great advantage to the locality where that building is erected,
but the people of the locality are not therefore taxed for its construc-
tion or maintenance. The erection of a large building in my own city,
costing eight or ten millions of dollars, was an incalculable advantage
to all the property within the range of the building, and yet we were not
taxed any more than my honorable friend from Massachusetts to pay
for the building.

Mr. Coeswetu. Another question: Does the gentleman make no
distinction between an ordinary Government building and a great
zoological or other park within 3 miles of the residence property of
this District?

Mr. Burrerwortu. I draw the proper distinction. One is a scien-
tific institution for educational purposes, the other a building in which
to transact public business; but they are both and equally national
in character, and each in the interest of all the people of this country.
So far as the District of Columbia is concerned she has all she can do
to manage her affairs now, all she can do and more than she does well.

Mr. James Bucuanan, of New Jersey. And very largely through
the mismanagement of Congress.

Mr. Burrerwortu. Very largely so, I agree.

Mr. Buiount. Will the gentleman from Ohio state how the rate of |
taxation here compares with that in other cities?

Mr. BurrerwortH. Well, in all good conscience it is high enough.
If the gentleman pays any tax here he will observe that it is high
enough. But that has nothing to do with this question. Suppose the
tax rate in my friend’s district is only one-tenth of one per cent, does
it follow because we, representing all the people of the Republic,
choose to locate some national enterprise in his district, that we shall
therefore saddle half the cost of it upon the people of that district
because their rate of taxation is so low?

Mr. Biount. That was not the object of my question. The gentle-
man was complaining of the burdens already eee upon the people
of this District——

Mr. Burrerwortu. No, I was not.

Mr. Biount. I so understood the gentleman, and I wanted to get at
the facts by asking him to compare the rate of taxation here with the
rate in other places.

Mr. Burrerwortu. I was not complaining. Far from it. Iam
willing that the District shall bear its present burdens and something
more, but I am not willing to surrender the control of this national

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enterprise to three or five commissioners of the District of Columbia.
It is not a proper subject of their jurisdiction. I would not add to
their duties even to the extent of keeping one pet bear in this zoo-
logical park, which belongs to the whole country. This is our enter-
prise and not the enterprise of the District of Columbia, and the
fact that the people of the District of Columbia may gain some
advantage from this park because it is located here is not a good reason
why they should be required to bear the expense of the park, any
more than itis an argument why the people of any other district should
pay the cost or a portion of the cost of any national enterprise which
may be located among them. Iam aware that the government of the
District of Columbia is pretty severely criticised, I believe justly. I
would modify the District government if I could, and give the people
something to say in regard to its management. The gentleman from
Kentucky [Mr. Breckinridge] has very well said that the existing
District government is somewhat rickety, and it can not be long until
the people will insist upon having some voice in their government
beyond that which finds expression through the National Congress.

Mr. J. A. Anprrson, of Kansas. Will the gentleman permit a
question ?

Mr. Burrerwortu. It always gives me pleasure to yield to my
friend from Kansas.

Mr. Anperson, of Kansas. Returning to your contention that this is
a national enterprise as distinguished from a local one, suppose it were
intended to establish a national park and the question was at what
point it should be located, would not the city of Cincinnati, or the city
* of Chicago, or any of the considerable cities of this country contribute
very liberally to the enterprise for the sake of securing its location
there ?

Mr. Burrerwortn. It is quite possible that they might; but whether
they would has nothing to do with the question whether they ought to
contribute to the establishment or maintenance of such a national
enterprise. We have already established a national park away up in
the Northwest. It is supposed to be a great advantage to that section.
I do not know whether it is or not, nor am I concerned to know. We
do not balance here with such scrupulous nicety as to ask whether
the location of a public enterprise in one place or another will be of
special advantage to the people in that immediate locality, and there-
fore surrender its management to the locality. Neither should we,
in dealing with a national enterprise like this, be willing, upon such
grounds, to surrender the management of the enterprise into the hands
of three commissioners representing, or supposed to represent, 200,000
people. And for a stronger reason we should not tax those people to
pay half the expense of this national institution.

Mr. E. S. Wixurams, of Ohio. That is a special plea.

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Mr. Burrerworru. It isa special plea that my friend can not answer
satisfactorily even to himself.

Mr. Coaswreuu. Does not the Government already pay more than
its share of the expense of this District, and is it not paying the sala-
ries of a large proportion of the population of the District?

Mr. Burrerwortu. I have no doubt that the Government to-day
pays more than its its proper share of the expenses. But what has
that got to do with this question? How is it decisive of the issue here
presented? Weare engaged here in dealing with a national project,
and whether we are paying too much or too little in some other behalf;
whether we are paying more than our share for other things pertain-
ing to the administration of the affairs of the District can not or ought
not to influence our action in this case.

It is not a very considerable sum, but I submit that if we are going
to handle this as a national affair, as it is, we shall make a great mis-
take to saddle it upon the District or to have the District, with its
peculiar methods, have anything to do with it.

Nobody questions the wisdom or the propriety of putting this park
under the control of the Smithsonian Institution. I believe that Insti-
tution is the only one that ever erected a public building within the
limits of the appropriation made and in strict accordance with the esti-
mates. Nobody questions the integrity of the administration of that
bureau of the Government, and I am delighted that there is one bureau
that does not come up regularly, with a deficiency, spring and fall.

Now, to repeat, and then I close. This was a Government enterprise
in its inception, approved by nearly all the people of this country,
certainly by all who recognize the wisdom, the fitness, the propriety
of maintaining a zoological garden where we can not only see speci-
mens of prehistoric animals, but where the various collections from
all the earth may be gathered together for the entertainment and
instruction of the people.

Yet my brethren here insist that because this park is located in the
District of Columbia (I would be quite willing to have it located else-
where, but there is a fitness and propriety in having it here) we should
charge half the burden upon 200,000 people living in 10 miles square
of territory, and then, as a necessary result of that fact, surrender in
part the management of this institution to them, although at the same
time my friend here criticises the very management to the care and
custody of which he would commit this national enterprise.

Il submit that we ought not to hesitate in this matter, but, in keep-
ing with the progressive enlightenment of the age, recognizing the
just demands for opportunity for scientific investigation and study,
the demands of education, we should establish this zoological garden,
putting it where it properly belongs, under the control of the Smith-
_ sonian Institution, and that it should be a national, not a District of
Columbia, enterprise.

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Mr. McComas. I yield five minutes to the gentleman from Penn-
sylvania [Mr. Atkinson].

Mr. L. E. Arxrnson, of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I have serious
doubts whether the chairman of the Committee on Appropriations
would oppose concurrence in the Senate amendment if he had exam-
ined into this question as carefully as perhaps he might have done. If
I understood his remarks he stated that the title to this land is vested
jointly in the United States and in the District of Columbia. Am I
right as to that?

Mr. Cannon. I said, or should have said, that this property was
bought with an appropriation made payable one-half from the District
revenues and.one-half from the Federal Treasury, but bought under
the direction of Congress, Congress being supreme as to the District
treasury as well as the Federal Treasury.

Mr. Arxrnson, of Pennsylvania. I wish, then, to call attention to
the fact that although the District of Columbia contributed half the
money for the purchase of this land, yet the title was vested in the
United States by virtue of the act of Congress making this appropria-
tion. That act declares that—

The value shall be paid to the owner or owners; and the United States shall be
deemed to have a valid title to said land.

That is the act of March 2, 1889, passed only a little more than a
year ago for the purpose of acquiring title to this land. The title is
not in the District and never can become a portion of the property of
the District without an act of Congress.

Mr. Cannon. But so far as that is concerned (if the gentleman will
allow me), Congress is supreme; and when as a matter of convenience
the title was deemed to be in the United States, the District revenues
paying one-half the expense, the gentleman understands that the Dis-
trict has a half interest in the property.

Mr. Arxrinson, of Pennsylvania. It does not so appear upon the
face of the papers.

Now, the question arises whether it is proper to impose an addi-
tional burden upon this District for that which is declared in the act
a national enterprise, established for the benefit of, science. Is this
District in such a financial condition that it should have additional -
charges imposéd upon it, especially without good and sufficient rea-
sons? Any one taking up the annual report of the Commissioners
of the District of Columbia will see that there is already resting
upon this District a debt of almost $19,000,000. There is more than
$14,000,000 of bonded indebtedness bearing interest at 3.65 per cent,
the rest bearing interest at a higher rate. If the debt of this District
were compared with that of almost any other city in the United States
it would be found that it is greater in proportion to the assessed value
of the land than the indebtedness of any other city.

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My friend from Illinois says the tax rate here is remarkably low.
I can not speak for other Pea istios, I do not know what the average
tax rate of the cities of the United States may be. But the tax rate
of this city on real and personal estate is $1.50 per $100, not such a
trifle after all; and I am told that property is assessed at a very full
valuation here. That being so, I take it the interests of the city
should be considered; and it should not be compelled to pay one-half

the expense of setting up and maintaining a park national in its char-

acter which under the circumstances can not be considered local in
any sense of the word. It is not purely for the benefit of the people
of this District, it is not only for the present benefit of the whole
people of the United States, but. it is intended to preserve animals
likely to become extinct, and in that way to benefit succeeding gener-
ations. I take it that the Senate amendment to this bill should be
concurred in.

Mr. L. E. Payson. Will the gentleman from Pennsylvania yield to
me for a question ?

Mr. Arxrnson, of Pennsylvania. Certainly.

Mr. Payson. Will the gentleman take the same ground next Mon-
day when the Rock Creek Park bill comes here?

Mr. Arxinson, of Pennsylvania. I can not now say what ground I
will take.

Mr. Payson. I should be glad of the gentleman’s help on that
question.

Mr. Arxinson, of Pennsylvania. I will meet that question when it

_ arises.

[Here the hammer fell. ]

Mr. McComas. I will reserve the remainder of my time.

Mr. Cannon. I have the close and would be glad if the gentleman
from Maryland would use his time now.

Mr. F. B. Spryoia. How much time is there left? [Cries of ‘‘ Vote!”
**Vote!”]

The Spraxer. The Chair is of the opinion the gentleman from IIli-
nois [Mr. Cannon] in charge of the bill is entitled to open and close
on this question. It is very true this is a motion that has priority,
but after all it is but the reversal of the same motion made by the
gentleman from Illinois; and if it is carried in the negative the effect
of it at once is to nonconcur.

Mr. McComas. I will yield to the gentleman from Massachusetts

Mr. Candler].

Mr. J. W. Canpier, of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, I am in favor
of the motion of the gentleman from Maryland [Mr. McComas], because
I claim it is not wise for the Government to enter into copartnership
with the District of Columbia in her public museum or zoological
garden. If the Fiftieth Congress introduced that idea, I think it

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would be better for the Fifty-first Congress to close up and dissolve
the copartnership. .

It is not a fair proposition that representation and taxation shall
not go together. If the Government of the United States and the
people of the United States propose to tax the District of Columbia
on this measure, then they should give representation to it.

Mr. Speaker, I go further than that

Mr. Buiount. As to giving them representation, does not the gen-
tleman know that representation has been taken from the District of
Columbia at its own request? Is not that the present status?

Mr. Canpuer, of Massachusetts. But that does not change my
proposition—that if you tax the people here, justly you should give
them representation.

Mr. Biount. The people here are not suffering any grievance as to
the matter of representation.

Mr. Canpuer, of Massachusetts. We are discussing a general prin-
ciple, and so far as the Government is concerned I do not believe in
the wisdom of the United States Government entering into a copart-
nership with the District of Columbia in any of her public buildings
or museums. As a business proposition it is not wise. It is not wise
or fair to the District for the 60,000,000 of people to enter into an
expenditure with this District of 200,000 population. Perhaps in the
future, if you desire to develop this institution as this wealthy nation
may desire, if it is to be useful and creditable to the country, the
Government may find it necessary to incur a larger expenditure than
the District of Columbia could afford with its limited population.
Let us meet the question here, and if we think the Government should
continue this enterprise, if it can afford to tax the people in behalf of
this enterprise to-day, let us meet it here and let us not organize a
measure to establish and add to a great public museum and tax one-
half the expense on the 200,000 people in the District of Columbia,
who have no direct control to limit the expenditure.

I go further than that. It is not a fair illustration to compare
the city of Chicago or the city of New York with the District of
Columbia. They have great wealth, millions of people, whereas we
are entering into nothing else than a kind of copartnership with 200,000
people here; burdening a small District with a heavy and yearly tax,
continuous but uncertain as to the amount.

Mr. BreckinripGk, of Kentucky. Many only temporarily here.

Mr. Canpier, of Massachusetts. And we should be extremely
cautious when we organize any enterprise which may put a heavy bur-
den of taxation upon the population in the District of Columbia.
Many of them are men whose salaries are not sufficiently remunerative
to enable them to enter into any uncertain expenditure.

Something has been said, Mr. Speaker, about the low rate of taxa-

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tion prevailing in this city. I say that it ought to be low.. If you
wish to be economical in the salaries of the employees of the Govern-
ment, you should be careful not to enter upon the policy of extravagant
expenditures that will lay heavy burdens upon them.

But the three propositions I have presented here are those which
influence me in regard to this matter. The people, if they erect a
National Museum, should control it for all the citizens of the country,
but not unite with the people of the District of Columbia in that control.

Mr. Benton McMinn. Will the gentleman allow me to interrupt
him for a question just there? Your position, as I understand it, is
that it encourages a partnership in taxation or expenditure between the
United States and the government of the District of Columbia.

Mr. CanpieEr, of Massachusetts. In regard to the public Museum
and the Smithsonian, and institutions of that character.

Mr. McMurry. Does not the gentleman know that there is a part-
nership already entered into between the National Government and
the District of Columbia to-day ?

' Mr. Canpier, of Massachusetts. I beg pardon, but it has no rel-
evancy to the question I am discussing.

But, Mr. Speaker, I do not think it necessary to elaborate the prop-
ositions I have already presented. I say if the Government of the
United States can not afford, in a dignified way, as the representative
of the whole people, to carry on a measure of this public importance—
a public museum in a proper manner—then let us drop the whole mat-
ter; let us stop right here and not shift half of the expenditures to the
people of the District.

Mr. Brecxryrivcr, of Kentucky. If the gentleman will permit me
just one moment, in the line of the question suggested by the gentle-
man from Tennessee, I wish to say that the District of Columbia does
not pay anything for repairs for the Patent Office, for instance; nor
does it pay for the Library.

Mr. McMirurn. I did not make any such statement. All that I
desired to call attention to is just this, that there is a debt incurred for

- the benefit of the city of Washington, and the Government is now

paying one-half of the interest on it and is burdened with one-half of
the expense of running the government of the District.

Mr. Brecxinriner, of Kentucky. But that is the very point. The
District of Columbia and the General Government do not go partners
as to the permanent appropriations that the United States make for
permanent improvements. It is a temporary arrangement by which
the Government of the United States, the largest land owner in the
District, pays one-half of the taxation for the running of the city govy-
ernment and certain expenses.

But as to all of the appropriations which are of a permanent char-
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Government exclusively, the District of Columbia is not taxed. For
instance, they pay nothing for the erection of the building—the Library
—we are putting up, nothing for the public buildings in the city,
nothing for the repairs of the Treasury Department, which is in the
urgent deficiency bill. The Government runs itself, pays its own
expenses, builds its own buildings, makes its own permanent improve-
ments. All it does in this matter is, that the Smithsonian Institution,
with its several collateral bureaus, is under the control of the Govern-
ment. The President of the United States is ex officio its president;
the Chief Justice of the United States is its chancellor, and we select
its directors; now why should the District of Columbia pay any part
of the expense or be allowed to have any voice in the matter?

Mr. CanpuEr, of Massachusetts. I do not care, Mr. Speaker, to
enter into the question of the technical relations between the Govern-
ment of the United States and the District of Columbia, or what rela-
tions may have existed in the past between them. I wish simply to
present the propositions which I have already expressed in regard to
this museum. I will conclude what I desired to say by suggesting that
in my judgment it is most unwise legislation, for if we are to have a
museum at all for the nation, one controlled by the Government, then
the Government should pay the expense of it, and if we can not afford
to have one on such terms then let us give it up altogether and not
attempt it.

Mr. McComas. I yield two minutes to the gentleman from Ken-
tucky.

Mr. Brecxinriper, of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, 1 wish simply to
draw a distinction between this so-called park and the proposed Rock
Creek Park. Iam opposed to the latter—to the Rock Creek park—
for the reason that it is a ‘‘dress-parade” park, a park intended for
beautification, for adornment.

But the suggestion embodied in this bill has these elements only as
incidents, and has nothing to do with the purposes of the other park
atall. This stands upon the same footing as the Bureau of Ethnology,
for instance, which is under the control of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion. It stands precisely upon the same ground as expenditures for
the Smithsonian itself, and is of the same general nature as a bill
which passed the other day to authorize the Treasury Department to
employ a man at $10 a day and send him to Alaska to study and learn,
if possible, the habits of the seal. That is to enable us to understand
how we shall make contracts about the seal fisheries. These are for
purposes arising from scientific investigation.

I only refer to that as an illustration; and the two institutions
referred to—the two parks—have nothing in common, except that
both are lands to be purchased by public money.

Mr. McComas. I now yield to the gentleman from Illinois [Mr.
Hill].

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Mr. C. A. Hix. Mr. Speaker, I hope the Senate amendment will
be adopted. Ithinkitisright. I can see nosubstantial reason why it
should not be adopted. This is a national park and it should be pur-
chased and paid*for at the national expense.

The title to this Zoological Park is, or will be when completed,
wholly in the United States. It is true that it has been paid for in
part by taxes levied on the people of the District of Columbia; but’
nevertheless it is national in its character, and the title to it rests in
part in the United States, and when the condemnation proceedings are
completed the title to the entire park will be in the Government of
the United States.

The Zoological Park, Mr. Speaker, contains 1664 acres, and is
located about 2 miles from the President’s mansion, in a northwestern
direction, on what is known as Rock Creek. The object and purpose
of that bill is fully explained by the second section, in which it is said:

That the National Zoological Park is hereby placed under the direction of the
Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, who are authorized to transfer to it any
living specimens, whether of animals or plants, now or hereafter in their charge, to
accept gifts for the park at their discretion, in the name of the United States, to
make exchanges of specimens, and to administer the said Zoological Park for the
advancement of science and the instruction and recreation of the people.

Mr. Speaker, that is not a local matter. It is not, except in its
name, and to some extent in its purpose, even a national matter. It
is for the benefit of the world of science, not merely of America, but
in the world at large. This section provides that all the plants and
animals now in charge of the Smithsonian Institution shall be placed
in this park and taken care of. By whom? By the people of the
District of Columbia? Not at all. By officers appointed and selected
by them? Notatall. But by the Regents of the Smithsonian Insti-
tution, a national institution. It is thus placed in the direct charge
of the officials of the United States Government. |

The title to this property rests as much in the United States as the
title to the Capitol grounds on which this building stands. It is as
much for the benefit of the entire United States as the Museum or
any other public institution to which any gentlemen on this floor can
point. And I can see no good reason why the people of the District
of Columbia should be made to bear a part of the expense, not merely
to-day, to-morrow, this year or next, but for all time to come, because
the precedent which we set in this appropriation will be for the guid-
ance of future Congresses for all time.

I say it is unwise and unprecedented; and, Mr. Chairman, if I could
have a word more in reply to the question put by my colleague from
Illinois, as to whether gentlemen upon this floor will vote for another
park project called the Columbus Park. We had a bill of that kind
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the benefit of the people of the locality where Columbus Park is to be
inaugurated or established. Do gentlemen propose to place upon it
exhibits belonging to the United States Government? The title, even,
will not rest in the United States, but’in the District of Columbia.
Here in this case the title to this property is in the United States; it
will remain in the people of the United States. The property that is
to be placed there, such as plants and animals, is the property of the
United States; and I close as I began, with the remark that I can see
no reason why the people of the United States should not bear the
expenses of maintaining this Zoological Park.

Mr. McComas. I now yield three minutes to the gentleman from
New Jersey [Mr. Buchanan].

Mr. Bucuanan, of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from
Kentucky [Mr. Bree ide has very well described the difference
between the Zoological Park and that other park which was proposed
here the other day, and I need add no word upon that point. He
well said that the one is for beauty and for adornment, a place, if you
please—

Where love may wander amid the leafy bowers
And beauty hold the reins along the circling drives.

I only hope that when love does thus wander, and beauty does thus
hold the reins, my dear colleagues, you may re there to see—yea, to
participate.

Mr. BurrerworrtH. But not in crowds, though.

Mr. Bucuanan, of New Jersey. The Zoological Park is for an alto-
gether different purpose. It is for a scientific purpose, and it is only
because it is for that purpose that the Congress of the United States
has, in my judgment, any authority to appropriate one dollar for its
organization and its maintenance. It is a legitimate outgrowth of the
scientific work of the Smithsonian Institution, and the purpose of its
establishment in the Government was purely scientific. Because it is
for that purpose there should be no call upon the people of any par-
ticular locality to help the Government to contribute toward its sup-
port. You might justas well say that the people of the District when
they wander down the aisles of the National Museum and see there
those magnificent groups which Professor Hornaday has mounted,
and mounted with all the excellence of the taxidermist’s art until they
almost rival nature herself, should pay one-half of the expense. You
might as well say that because they wander at times through the
grounds of the Smithsonian Institute and of the Agricultural Depart-
ment and see and study there and in the Botanical Gardens the differ-
ent kinds of rare plants grouped at so much expense they must con-
tribute one-half of the expense of operating those institutions. The
very statement of the proposition shows that it is unsound.

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Sir, there is another side to the question of how the people of the

District of Columbia are treated by Congress. In many respects they

have been treated well, but in some other respects the record is dark
and disgraceful. The construction of the Aqueduct is an instance.
Over in yonder ridge back of the city lie buried a round million of
their dollars, useless—stolen.

[Here the hammer fell. |

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
The pending question is the motion of the gentleman from Maryland.

Mr. Cannon. I yield five minutes to the gentleman from Georgia
[Mr. Clements], and if he wants more I will try to give it. Mr.
Speaker, how much time have I remaining?

The SprakerR pro tempore. The Chair under stands that the gentle-
man has eleven minutes remaining.

Mr. Cannon. I believe the Chair has made a mistake, if I had an
hour in the first instance.

Mr. Ciements. There must be some mistake about that.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. That is the information the Chair has.

Mr. Cannon. That is on the theory that I had an hour or half an
hour ?

The SprakeER pro tempore. The gentleman had an hour.

Mr. Cannon. There has not been any of my time taken up except
what I took myself, and I am sure I only took about ten minutes.

Mr. Buount. The gentleman yielded ten minutes to me.

The SpEaKER pro tempore. The Chair is informed that the gentle-
man yielded ten minutes to the gentleman from Georgia.

Mr. Cannon. Then how much did I usé myself ?

The Speaker pro tempore. The Chair is not advised as to that.
The gentleman has now twenty-one minutes remaining.

Mr. Cannon. I hope the Chair will inquire about the matter. I
will now yield five minutes to my colleague on the committee [Mr.
Clements].

Mr. Ciements. I am very much obliged to the gentleman from
Illinois [Mr. Cannon]. I think there must be some mistake about the
time consumed by him. In the little time allotted to me I would be glad
to have the attention of the House. I do not propose to be drawn by
the gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. Morse] into the question
as to whether this is a nation, or a union of States, or both, nor will I
now discuss the former tendency of Massachusetts toward secession.
I want to talk about this as a business question. It seems to me that
there has been a good deal of confusion about the matter. In the
discussion the point is made that this appropriation will create a
partnership between the District and the General Government in
the management of this park. The tendency of courts as well as
of legislators in our time is to drive to the. substance of questions

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involved and not to deal with technicalities, except to leave them.
This bill, upon its face and in terms, provides for a national park, and
it puts that park entirely under the management of the Smithsonian
_ Institution; so the only feature in which there is to be a participation
by the District is in contributing a part of the money to maintain it.

Now, Congress has supreme power in this District of legislation and
taxation, and if, under the present system, a certain amount of money,
which is just and equitable, is taken from the people of this District
by way of taxation, it is totally immaterial whether this park is paid
for out of a fund gathered partly from the District or totally from
the revenues of the Government of the United States, so that in
making this provision we do no injustice to the tax-payers of the
District of Columbia. The gentleman from New Jersey [Mr.
Buchanan] alluded to the $1,000,000 paid by the District for the
tunnel. I would call his attention to the fact that the records of the
War Department show that to inaugurate the Aqueduct, the water
system which brings water into this city, the Government of the
United States, before the war and during the war and up to 1866,
expended $3,250,000 of which the District did not contribute one
cent. Since that time more than $500,000 have been applied by the
Government to the enlargement of the Aqueduct and the water supply
of this District, of which the District government has not contributed
one cent. I would remind the gentleman that when the District sunk
$1,000,000 in the tunnel the United States also sunk $1,000,000.

Mr. Bucwanan, of New Jersey. Will the gentleman permit a ques-
tion ?

Mr. Ciements. I have not the time. If I had I would be glad to
hear the gentleman’s question.

Mr. Bucuanan, of New Jersey. The people pay a water tax.

Mr. CuLeMENtTs. The water takers do pay their water tax for the
current maintenance of the system, but they did not pay one cent for
the establishment of the system, except in the bill of last year to
increase the water supply. Of that expenditure they paid one-half,
the whole of it being about $575,000. Further than that, the supreme
court of the District of Columbia sits here and adjudicates cases nine-
tenths of which arise between citizens of this District, and the Goy-
ernment of the United States pays every dollar of its expenses, the
salaries of the judges, the salaries of the marshals, even the fees of
the witnesses and jurors. Every dollar of those expenses is paid out
of the Federal Treasury. And yet, as I have said, it is a court almost
wholly for the people of this District.

Not only that, but there was expended last year for the Freedman’s
Hospital, which is substantially a municipal affair, $54,000; $12,500
for the Garfield Hospital; for the maintenance of Providence Hos-

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pital, $17,000, and for the improvement and care of public grounds,
$116,000. The parks throughout this city

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.

Mr. Cannon. [ will yield the gentleman some additional time.

Mr. Ciements. I thank my friend from Illinois. The expenses of
the supreme court of the District of Columbia for the last fiscal year,
so far as paid, including marshals’, clerks’, prosecuting attorneys’,
jurors’ fees and witnesses’ fees, amount to $116,776. Of this expendi-
ture the District contributes no part. It contributes no part of the
large amount that is appropriated annually for the maintenance of the
parks within this city, their lighting, their pavements, their walks,
the watchmen that guard and protect them, mainly for the benefit of
the people of the District. The whole of that expenditure falls upon
the Federal Government. The jail in which prisoners convicted of
crimes committed in this District are imprisoned is maintained at the
expense of the Federal Government, no part of its maintenance. being
contributed by the District except in relation to the police court.

Now, I do not wish to be unfair with the people of this District, and
this Government is not so. I would remind my friend from Ohio
[Mr. Butterworth] and other gentlemen of a little history in connec-
tion with this zoological park. At the first session of the last Con-
gress it came here from the Senate on the sundry civil bill, as a matter
the expense of which was to be paid by the Federal Government.
This House upon consideration deliberately rejected the propepition
in that form.

The proposition having been defeated at that time, Congress not
being willing to establish this as a national park and pay the whole
expense out of the general revenues, the friends of the measure brought
it here at the second session of that Congress as an amendment to the
District appropriation bill, and then we heard our friends here talking
about the importance of a ‘‘ breathing place” out there, a spot where
’ the crowded multitudes of the city of Washington might go and enjoy
pure, fresh air.

Mr. Burrerwortn. Which park ii is the gentleman speaking of—the
Rock Creek park ?

Mr. CLEMENTS. Both have been urged upon the same grounds in
this respect.

Mr. Burrerwortu. Oh, no!

Mr. Ciements. We have heard the same talk in regard to both
enterprises. We had the same sort of arguments in favor of this bill
as in support of the other. To-day the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. |
Payson] asked the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Atkinson]
whether he would be willing to take the same position on the Rock
Creek park that he occupies on this question. I want to say to the

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gentleman from Illinois that he will find that the people of this Dis-
trict who advocate the Rock:Creek park will be willing to take it as a
partnership arrangement between the United States and the District
until it has been established, and then at the next session it will be
urged that it must be treated as national. We shall then hear that it
is undignified to have the people of this District pay half of the expense
of supporting such an institution, and that it must be unloaded upon
the Government.

Now, the appropriations for the District of Columbia for the present
fiscal year amount to $5,682,000. In 1881 the amount was $3,426,000.
It will be seen that for the present fiscal year the amount is nearly
double what it was in 1881. One-half of the amount for the present
fiscal year, which is charged to the Federal Government, is $2,841,000,
in addition to the expenses of the supreme court of the District, the
hospitals, and the other things which I have enumerated, and for the
public parks of this District, all of which the Federal Government
pays.

Mr. McComas. In all the estimates for the District of Columbia
was one dollar asked for this park? Did they want it?

Mr. Ciements. They wanted this park; there was a great clamor
here for it. The title is in the Federal Government; its management
is vested in the Smithsonian Institution. The question simply is,
whether, when the Government is already paying largely more than
is its share in this District, is it just that the whole support of this
Zoological Park shall be assumed by the General Government? I
think the District should pay half of it.

Mr. Burrerwortn. I think it is but fair to call my friend’s atten-
tion to the fact that he was not heroic in resisting these enormous
appropriations for the District of Columbia.

Mr. Crements. Well, I did my best. I did not support this park.
1 was not here when the District bill was up at this session. I was
sick, and you rushed it through. I have always supported what I
believed necessary for the District. It should be remembered that
when the District government was abolished the debt of the District
was over $20,000,000 and its bonds were far below par. The United
States has assumed and is paying one-half of this, as well as current
expenses. .

Mr. Cannon. I now yield to the gentleman from Missouri [Mr.
Dockery] ten minutes, or so much thereof as he may desire.

Mr. Dockery. I am obliged to the gentleman from Illinois, and will
endeavor to repay the courtesy by not occupying the entire time.

Mr. Speaker, the question at issue here is whether the Government
should pay the entire expense of maintaining the Zoological Park, or
whether the District of Columbia should be required to pay one-half.
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well to consider the circumstances under which the act authorizing
the park was passed. If I am not incorrectly advised, the act estab-
lishing it originated in the Senate in the form of an amendment to the
District of Columbia appropriation bill—presumably reflecting the
views of eitizens and others here who were urging the establishment
of the park.

The original proposition authorizing it provided that one-half of
the sum appropriated, which was $200,000, should be paid by the
District of Columbia; and the gentleman from South Carolina [Mr.
Hemphill], then chairman of the Committee on the District of Colum-
bia, stated on this floor, as an argument and inducement for the House
to pass the bill, that one-half of the entire expenditure was to be paid
by the District. And yet, Mr. Speaker, although the date of the
approval of that act was March 2, 1889, now but a little more than
thirteen months subsequent to its approval, a proposition originates
in the Senate that the Government shall bear the entire burden of this
enterprise.

Mr. Speaker, I did not support the original proposition; I voted
against it; but as a member of the Committee on Appropriations, I

- consented to this appropriation, conceiving it to be my duty (the law

having established the park) to provide for its maintenance and sup-
port. But, sir, | must confess’ my surprise at the position taken by
seme members in the course of this debate. Why, sir, the gentleman
from Ohio [Mr. Butterworth], as I understand, puts this proposition
for the maintenance of a zoological park virtually ‘‘on all fours” with
a proposition to erect a Government building.

Why, Mr. Speaker, a Government building is essential to the dis-
charge of the functions of Government, whereas for the one hundred
years of our constitutional existence this Government has been main-
tained (passing meanwhile through a great civil war) without the aid
of any zoological park.

The gentleman from Massachusetts, in the same line of observation,
spoke of a new policy as having been inaugurated in regard to this
District subsequent to 1861. I do not desire, Mr. Speaker, to trench
upon any partisan ground; but I wish to correct that statement of the
gentleman. I have before me an exhibit of the expenditures made by
the Government for the District of Columbia from 1800 to 1871. I
find that in 1800 these expenditures for streets, alleys, and other
improvements amounted to $10,000, and in 1871—ten years after the
date named by the gentleman from Massachusetts—the expenditures
were still $10,000. I further find that in 1860 the expenditures were
$13,518.87—$3,518.87 more than they were in 1871.

The record of appropriations, therefore, acquits this side of the
House of the charge of a want of proper regard for the capital city of
our country during the long period that the Democratic party con-
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Mr. Butrerwortu. Does my friend think that the Yellowstone
National Park is essential to carry on the Government, or that the
National Museum in this city is so .

Mr. Dockery. No, sir; Ido not. I think the gentleman misappre-—
hended my statement. I understood him, in reply to a question of
the gentleman. from Massachusetts [Mr. Cogswell], to put a Govern-
ment building ‘‘on all fours” as to its purposes and necessities with
the proposed park. |

Mr. Butrerwortn. Or any of the educational institutions of the —
country more than this scientific institution ?

Mr. Dockxsery. Mr. Speaker, it seems to me that the analogy sug-
gested by the gentleman from Ohio wholly fails. I know of no fune-
tions connected with a monkey, tiger, or lion which are in any wise
essential to the public defense or necessary to discharge the functions
of Government, whilst a Government building does facilitate the trans-
action of public business in the matter of collecting revenues, the
dispatch of the mails, and in various other ways.

Mr. BurrerwortH. Is my friend opposed to the zoological park?

Mr. Dockery. Iam. I stated a moment ago that I favored this
appropriation, not because I was an advocate of the park, but Con-
gress having already, after full discussion, inaugurated the enterprise,
I thought it my duty, as a member of the Committee on Appropria-
tions, to obey the mandate of the law authorizing it, which law also
provides that the District of Columbia shall pay one-half of the expense.

Mr. McComas. The law does not do it.

Mr. BreckrinrinGr, of Kentucky. Will the gentleman allow me to
ask him a question #

Mr. Dockery. Certainly.

Mr. BrecxinrinGr, of Kentucky. If the partnership between the
General Government and the District of Columbia is dissolved and
this District is given a government of its own, with a council and cor-
poration, then how will my friend agree to the division of the zoologi-
cal park and the various rights in equity which will grow up under this
system 4 |

Mr. Dockery. ‘‘Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.” Now,
Mr. Speaker, one word as to the question of a local government, sug-
gested by my friend from Kentucky. I do not wish to say anything
that will offend gentlemen on the other side of this Chamber, but the
gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. Candler] announced the proposi-
tion that taxation and representation should go hand in hand. ‘That
proposition is fundamental and has my hearty approval. The gentle-
man from Ohio [Mr. Butterworth] had something to say in the same
direction. He insisted that there should be some modification of the
existing District government.

In reply to this suggestion, Mr. Speaker, I desire to state in behalf
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Columbia is without a local government; for, if I remember aright, it
was the Forty-third Congress, which was Republican in both branches,
that passed the bill denying representation and a local government to
the people of this District. At that time the Republican party exer-
cised almost unchallenged sway in all the departments of the Govern-
ment. The repeal was thought by our Republican friends to bea
necessity, confronted as they were with an expenditure of four or five
millions of dollars, piled up under two years of local rule. Mr. Speaker,

I ami perhaps willing to favor the reestablishment of a local govern-

ment in this District for the one reason, if for no other, that we may
have right here under the very shadow of the Capitol an exemplifica-
tion of the peculiar virtues of that type of government which some
gentlemen in this countr ae wrcte anxious to impose upon the people of
the South.

Mr. McComas. My friend wits to be right in his history ¢

Mr. Dockery. Certainly.

Mr. McComas. He will find the act of 1878 passed during the Forty-
fifth Congress, which was Democratic. The law was a wise one,
although it happened to be a Democratic Congress.

Mr. Dockery. If my recollection is not at fault, and I will put my
recollection against his

Mr. McComas. It is the act of 1878, and you can count it up
yourself.

Mr. Docxrry. Mr. Speaker, my recollection is that the ‘‘colored
troops” in the District of Columbia were disfranchised by the Repub-
lican party in the Forty-third Congress, when that party had a two-
thirds majority in this House, a majority in the Senate, and the eehaed
tive. If, however, the act was passed, as stated by my friend,
1878, iter poriuinky it will not be denied that the Republican eae
Biitrolied the Senate at that time, and there was a Republican gentle-
man in the White House who was acting as President of the United
States.

Mr. McComas. I misunderstood the original statement of the gen-
tleman from Missouri. I was referring to the date of the organic act
authorizing the present government of the District of Columbia, which
was approved June 11, 1878. The gentleman is correct in the state-
ment that the bill repealing the local government in the District was
passed in the Forty-third Congress.

Mr. Docxmry. I am glad to have the accuracy of my statement con-
firmed by my friend from Maryland. I find upon investigation that
the repealing act was approved June 20, 1874, when the Democratic
party was in the minority in all the departments of the Government.

[Here the hammer fell. |

Mr. Cannon. I now yield five minutes to my colleague from Illinois

[Mr. Hopkins].

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~ Mr. A. J. Hopkins: Mr. Speaker, I can express in less than the
time allotted to me all that I desire to say on this subject.

I trust that every member of this House will understand that a vote
in favor of the motion made by the gentleman from Maryland is a vote
to saddle upon the General Government the entire expense of main-
taining this park, and that a vote against his motion is a vote in favor
of making the District of Columbia divide that expense.

The gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Butterworth], as well as the gentle-
man from Kentucky [Mr. Breckinridge], has spoken eloquently of
making this a national park and compelling the General Government
to pay the entire expense. As I understand it, sir, it is no less a
national! park if we compel the wealthy inhabitants of Washington
and the District of Columbia to bear their fair proportion of the
expense. It is under the control of the General Government now,
and will continue under the control of the General Government for
all time, whether that division of expense is made or not. But the
District of Columbia is likewise under the control of the General Goy-
ernment, and it is entirely proper that the legislators in the two bodies
of Congress should determine whether it is equitable and proper to
take the entire amount out of the Treasury of the United States, or to
compel the people of the District of Columbia to pay one part of it.

Now, it goes without argument that the establishment of the park
and the-maintenance of it has largely enhanced the value of property
in all sections of the city of Washington; and, as a matter of equity,
as a matter of just law, I can see no good reasen why the people who
have these special advantages and benefits from that great park should
not pay correspondingly for the advantages they enjoy. No such
benefits can be said to arise in favor of the taxpayers generally
throughout the country. Will any gentleman say that a resident in
my district has the same advantages and can enjoy this park as well as
a person residing in Washington City? Will anyone say that anyone
residing in the State of Alabama has the same rights and the same privi-
leges that he may enjoy from day to day as the person residing within
the limits of this city? If not, then why should we compel these
people by our votes to pay for this?

The statement made on the floor to-day that the taxes imposed upon
the property owners of Washington will not average one-half of the
taxes imposed upon people in any other city of the United States, is a
statement that has not been contradicted. It has not been denied by
the men who favor the Government paying this entire cost. We can
well understand, Mr. Speaker, why it is that wealthy men from all
sections of the Union are coming to Washington and making it their
home. It is because they can enjoy the special advantages granted to
the people of this city which are given by the United States and paid
for out of the public Treasury, while the people in the other cities
and States of this Union, who are deprived largely of all these

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- advantages, are ground down under burdens of: taxation to pay for

a

them.

In view of these facts, Mr. Speaker, I say that this House should
stand by the amendment that was proposed by the Committee on
Appropriations and adopted by the House. They should say to these
people and to the country that they propose that this expense shall be
equitably divided between those who enjoy the results as special
advantages and those who can only enjoy them for a brief season
while here on pleasure trips.

Mr. Cannon. Now, Mr. Speaker, in conclusion I desire to say that
there has been much talk about the purposes of this park; much has
been said that, to my mind, is misleading. Let us, then, go back to
the main fact.

One year ago, on the suggestion of the Senate, the House of Repre-
sentatives, after full debate, concurred in the appropriation of $200,000
to buy this Zoological Park, one-half payable by the District of Colum-
bia and one-half to come from the Federal Treasury. The property
has been purchased. It was after the fullest consideration, and my
friend from Ohio [Mr. Butterworth] and my friend from Kentucky
[Mr. Breckinridge] were present and participated. . After this site
has been bought and paid for, the Senate of the United States, by the
pending proposition, says that now we are committed to the project
we will release the revenues of the District of Columbia and will
require the whole expense to be paid from the Federal Treasury.

Against that I protest. It is not fair. That was not contemplated
when this site was bought. On the contrary, the very provisions of
the bill itself show that such was not the idea. Therefore, in my
opinion, it is not just; it is not proper.

Now, gentlemen have talked a good deal about the taxes in the Dis-
trict. The truth is, I say again, taxation is not half as burdensome
in this city as in most of the cities of the country. Asa result, many
times millionaires from my own State and from New England and
from Ohio and other parts of the nation come here and make their
homes that they may enjoy the surroundings of Washington and
escape with half the taxation they would necessarily pay if they
remained where they made their fortunes.

But gentlemen say that this is a national object, a national park. I
ask is it not proper that this city, as the other cities of the country,
should have its own zoological garden? Cincinnati, I believe, has one,
Philadelphia has one, New York, and probably other cities. But they
say the District of Columbia has no voice in the matter. No; that is
true. The District of Columbia is controlled by Congress. The Con-
gress of the United States is the government of the District and appro-
priates the money for it; and at the same time we, for the time being,
are masters of the Federal Treasury. I, for one, Mr. Speaker, am not
willing to take the burden of one-half off the District of Columbia,

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where it was deliberately placed twelve months ago, and put it upon
the people of the country at large. You may do it, gentlemen, if you
want to. I will not.

But, they say, this is under the control of the Smithsonian Institution.
It is competent for Congress to put it anywhere it pleases, because
Congress is the government for the District of Columbia; and so that
there is nothing in that position.

Now, I ask that the motion of the gentleman from Maryland be
voted down, and for the purpose of getting a vote I move the previ-
ous question.

Mr. McComas. I ask unanimous consent that the previous question
be considered as ordered.

Mr. Cannon. Very well, let us have a vote.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The pending question is upon the notion
of the gentleman from Maryland that the House recede from its
amendment to the Senate bill.

The question was put; and the SPEAKER pro tempore announced
that the noes seemed to have it.

Mr. McComas. Division.

Mr. Buounr. Yeas and nays. [After a pause.] I withdraw that

“demand.

The House divided; and there were—ayes 18, noes 109.

So the motion of Mr. McComas was rejected.

The SpeaKER pro tempore. The question now is upon the motion
-of the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Cannon] that the House insist
upon its amendment and ask a conference.

The motion was agreed to.

April 12, 1890—House.

The Speaker (Mr. T. B. Reep) appointed conferees, Mr. J. G.
Cannon, Mr. W. Cogswell, and Mr. J. D. Sayers.

April 18, 1890—House. ;

Mr. J. G. Cannon presented the report of a committee of con-
ference:

The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two
Houses on the amendment of the House to the bill (S. 2284) for the
organization, improvement, and maintenance of the National Zoolog-
-ical Park, having met, after full and free conference, has been unable
to agree.

J. G. CANNON,
JosEPH D. SAYERS,
Managers.on the part of the House.
Justin S. Morri1,
JOHN C. SPOONER,
G. G. Vrs;
Managers on the part of the Senate.

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Mr. Cannon. I move the adoption of this report.

Adopted. .

Mr. Cannon. I now move that the House further insist on its
amendment.

Mr. Louis E. McComas. Mr. Speaker, I would like to know from
the gentleman in charge of this report what likelihood there is of an
agreement between the two Houses, and also what are the grounds of
difference. The report does not give us any information on those
matters. ;

Mr. Cannon. I will state so much as it is proper to state—that the
House conferees met the Senate conferees; and the result is announced
in the report which has been adopted by the House, that result being
a disagreement. Now, ‘I can not say whether another conference
would lead to an agreement or not. The House conferees felt them-
selves substantially instructed—and were in harmony with that
instruction, if it be an instruction—to insist

Mr. James B. McCreary. Will the gentleman allow me a moment?

Mr. Cannon. Let me finish my sentence—to insist upon the House
amendment, which provides that the appropriation for the improve-
ment of this park be payable one-half from the revenues of the Dis-
trict of Columbia and one-half from the Treasury of the United States.

Mr. McCreary. I wish to say that I am in favor of the position
taken by the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Cannon]. I am in favor of
the District paying one-half of the amount appropriated by the bill.

Mr. Cannon. Then the gentleman would be in favor of my motion,
which is to insist upon the House amendment, and there stop. The
Senate, if it desires any further conference, can, of course, make
known its desire, or if the Senate wishes to concur in the amendment

_It can do so.

Mr. McComas. I wish to suggest to the gentleman in charge of the
bill that perhaps there might be some agreement upon a consistent
plan which would include the Army and Navy Museum, the National
Museum, and this park, which is an adjunct of the Museum, so as to
place them all under one general system. If we could agree upon a
general system it would certainly be desirable; for it is inconsistent
that as to a portion of these institutions which are under the scientific
supervision of the Smithsonian Institution the expense should be paid
by the General Government alone, while as to another portion under
the supervision of this same institution for the advancement of science
and knowledge the expenses should be paid by the local government
of the District. The Government has its Museum for the exhibition
of dead species of animals, and this park has been proposed in order
that the living animals may be transferred from where they are now,
back of the museum, to a separate inclosure. It does seem to me that
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to be a payment of the expenses of the whole from the National Treas-
ury.: It is scarcely fair or just to impose on the people of this Dis-
trict, who do not want this institution, who hope you will not have
it

Mr. Payson. Why does the gentleman say that?

Mr. McComas. Has the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Paseea heard
of a single request or petition from anybody in the District of Colum-
bia in behalf of this business? I have not.

Mr. Payson, Yes; there have been scores of such requests. They
came in here on the District bill, and this proposition now to saddle
the entire cost of this park on the General Government is a fraud on
the House, and every old member of the House knows it.

Mr. A. C. THomeson. This institution ought not to be forced on the
people of the District if they do not want it. ;

Mr. McComas. And if they do not want it you ought to abolish this
park——

Mr. Payson. I think so, too.

Mr. McComas. But if you are going to have the park, then the
Government, which proposes to force this whole thing on these peeple,
and to move its buffaloes and camels to the park, ought to pay the
expense.

Mr. Cannon. I believe I have the floor.

The SPEAKER. The House will be in order.

Mr. McCreary. I would like to ask the gentleman from Maryland
a question.

Mr. Cannon. I believe I have the floor. Will the gentleman from °
Maryland have the kindness to indicate how much time he would like?

Mr. McComas. I will yield until the gentleman from Illinois has
finished.

Mr. Cannon. I hope to be able to hold the floor, yielding a short
time to the gentleman from Maryland, and- perhaps other gentlemen,
and then to move the previous question.

Several Members. All right.

Mr. Cannon. I would be glad to yield a short time to the gentleman
from Maryland if he will indicate how much.

Mr. J. W. Canpuer, of Massachusetts. I hope the gentleman from
Illinois will not call the previous question without giving some of us an
opportunity to be heard.

Mr. Cannon. Gentlemen were heard the other day.

Mr. McComas. What is the gentleman’s motion ?

Mr. Cannon. Before I yield to the gentleman, it is perhaps fair I
should state that the other day, when this matter was fully discussed
in the House, the vote stood 18 in favor of the House receding, and
nearly 100 in favor of the House insisting.

Mr. Ciemments. Over a hundred.

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Mr. CogswE.u. Yes; considerably more.

Mr. Cannon. We met in conference with the Senate conferees, and
an intimation, if it is proper for me to so state, was made there that
perhaps the House would have to recede from its position or the park
would be lost. I will make a reply here to any such suggestion—will
not say whether it was made elsewhere or not—that this amendment
originated in the Senate in the last Congress, and was put on the Dis-
trict bill in the Senate and passed. It came to the House and the
House reluctantly assented to the proposition, making it payable half
and half, and the $200,000 were so appropriated.

Now, in the Senate arises a new proposition to improve this ie
park at the sole expense of the United States. And I say here and
now, Mr. Speaker, that if it is the sense of the Senate to insist upon
that amendment, so far as I am concerned the Zoological Garden may
go into a state of ‘‘innocuous desuetude.”

Mr. J. A. ANDERSON, of Kansas. Let it go.

Mr. Cannon. Now, if nobody desires to be heard further, I move
the previous question.

Mr. McComas. I hope the gentleman will yield to me for a few
moments; but before that, I wish to submit a parliamentary inquiry
to the Chair.

The Speaker. The gentleman will state it. .

Mr. McComas. If the motion is made to recede, does that not take
precedence of the motion to insist?

The SPEAKER. It does.

Mr. McComas. And does not that give the mover the floor?

The Speaker. The Chair thinks not.

Mr. McComas. There is, then, simply a right to make the motion,
without any accompanying privilege?

The Speaker. The Chair thinks the gentleman in charge of the bill
is entitled to the control of it until some action of the House, shows
that in its judgment the opposition should assume control.

Mr. Cannon. I will yield to the gentleman from Maryland five min-
utes, if he desires it, after which I hope to move the previous question.

Mr. McComas. There are other gentlemen, I believe, who wish to
be heard.

Mr. Canpuier, of Massachusetts. I wish to have a few moments.

Mr. McComas. Mr. Speaker, my proposition is this: That either we
ought to have no park at all by the action of Congress, or if Congress
undertakes to make a park of living animals, as an adjunct to the
museum of extinct species of animals, both under the same control—
the Smithsonian—that the nation, which organizes both, ought to sup-
port both. Both ought to be made local or made enema: As the
museum of extinct species is national, the living species of animals
preserved in the park, which is alle to the same scientific object,

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ought to be owned and controlled by the nation, as in fact it is now.
Such as they have now are on Government land over yonder, owned
and controlled by the Government, not the land of the District.

Mr. McCreary. Will the gentleman yield for a question 4
- Mr. McComas. Ina moment. Such as they have ought to be under
the same control; and, under the law which makes this park, the con-
trol absolute and exclusive in the land is preserved in the Government
of the United States in the act that was passed in the last Congress.
That act was forced on the District bill.

Mr. J. D. Savers. Will the gentleman yield for a question 4

Mr.-McComas. Presently.

It was put on in the Senate; and from the day of its discussion until
now, I ask the gentleman from Illinois in charge of this report, if he
has been pressed and besieged by petitions or requests of any sort
from the people of this District asking the expenditure of this money
for this purpose, and to have the park maintained at their expense?
Now, in his own time, if he has had that pressure he can say so.

Mr. Speaker, in my judgment, it is unjust to require these people to
submit to this sort of a charge for an object in which they have no
domestic or local concern, and whose only purpose, object, and prov-
ince is a national effort to advance science and preserve from extinc-
tion the rare species of animals of this country. And in conclusion I
say the proper thing to do is to keep it on a national basis or wipe it
out altogether.

Mr. AnprERsON, of Kansas. Wipe it out.

Mr. McComas. The gentleman from Kentucky said he desired to
ask a question. I will be glad to answer him now.

Mr. Sayers. I would like to ask the gentleman this question: Were
not petitions presented and requests made from the citizens of the
District of Columbia asking, in the last Congress, for an appropriation
for the purchase of the land for this specific purpose 4

Mr. McComas. I, on the committee which ought to have heard of
it, happening to be on the subcommittee of the Committee on Appro-
priations, which under ordinary practice would have charge of this
very bill, if a District matter, have never to my recollection heard of
any request from any man or organization of men of this District, or
any agitation in the press or otherwise for this matter, and have
always believed it to be entirely the result of an effort on the part of
the Smithsonian Institution, its officers and Regents, to have the Gen-
eral Government do this thing. That is my answer.

Mr. Sayers. Your answer, then, refers as well to the present bill as
to the former measure for the purchase of the land?

Mr. McComas. All I have to say is that I have understood it to be
an effort on the part of the Smithsonian Institution itself, and not on
the part of the people here.

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Mr. Canpier, of Massachusetts. Will the gentleman from Illinois
allow me a few minutes?

Mr. Cannon. I have promised to yield a few minutes to the gentle-
man from Kentucky first, after which I will yield to the gentleman.

Mr. McCreary. Mr. Speaker, I am heartily in favor of the motion
of the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Cannon]. I believe we ought to
insist upon the amendment offered by the gentleman from Illinois.
The original act passed by Congress—and that was the question I
sought to ask the gentleman from Maryland

Mr. McComas. And I offered to answer it.

Mr. McCreary. The original act passed by Congress with respect
to the establishment of the park provided that one half of the money
should be furnished by the District of Columbia and the other half by
the Government of the United States.

Mr. McComas. I will answer that.

Mr. McCreary. I was not asking the gentleman any question.

Mr. McComas. I thought you tried to get me to answer a question.

Mr. McCreary. I was simply stating the proposition a

Mr. Cannon. Interrogatively.

Mr. McCreary. As that was the original arrangement, and as that
was a proper arrangement, I believe we should adhere to it. Now,
this same proposition came up a few days ago, and the gentleman from
Illinois [Mr. Cannon], in accordance with the original requirement,
offered an amendment to carry out that arrangement, to adhere to the ©
position we took in the beginning, which was that the District of
Columbia should furnish one half of the money and the United States
the other half. That passed the House by a vote of 114, with only 18
against it. Then this bill goes over to the Senate, and there the Senate
seek to make the United States pay the full amount.

Now, Mr. Speaker, that is going back upon the original arrange-
ment, if we are to have a Zoological Park. Iam one of those not in
favor of that Zoological Park. I do not think we came here to legis-
late for the purpose of furnishing homes for monkeys, zebras, and
lions, but rather to legislate for the white people and the people at
large.

Mr. McComas. And for the colored people.

Mr. McCreary. I said for the people at large. I say we came here
to legislate for the people—white people, colored people, and all the

people.

A Member. And saddle colored.

Mr. McCreary. But we did not come here to legislate for monkeys.
Now, Mr. Speaker, I see no reason why this House should go back upon
the position which it took before, and I hope the House will adhere
to and insist upon this amendment. It is right, and if it does insist
on its proposition as to this Zoological Park, let it be strangled. I
applaud and indorse the position taken by the gentleman from Illinois.

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" The Speaker. The gentléman will suspend for‘a moment. Unless
demonstration ceases in the gallery, the Chair will order the gallery
- cleared.

Mr. McCreary. I want to say, Mr. Speaker, that I for one am tired
of the propositions that come in here seeking in a covert way to get
the United States committed to build these parks and gardens. If fair
propositions are brought here I am ready to support them. If they
come in here and ask us to furnish half the money and we agree to do
so, and they to furnish the other half, then we should stand up to the
proposition we have made and adhere to it. Jam not in favor of lay-
ing out beautiful parks to increase the value of the property of those _
men who happen to have property in the suburbs of this beautiful
city.

[Here the hammer fell. ]

The Speaker. The time of the gentleman from Kentucky has
expired.

Mr. Cannon. I now yield five minutes to the gentleman from Massa-
chusetts [Mr. Candler], and then I will move the previous question.

Mr..Canpuer, of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, when the chairman
of the committee made his motion here he quoted the number of mem-
bers that were in favor of his proposition in the last discussion and the
small minority against it. Sometimes truth is found where ‘‘two or
three are gathered together.” I believe that the Senate is right in the
legislation which they propose. There is some contention as to how
this came here. 1 take the legislation as it stands to-day. Some gen-
tlemen have suggested that they do not believe in zoological gardens
and other scientific developments of that kind. Ido. I believe in the
Smithsonian Institution and the Museum and everything of that kind
in connection with the United States Government. They educate the
people, and they have been a blessing to the people; and more than
that, these institutions have been so conducted that they are a credit
to the United States. And for one, if we are to continue these insti-
tutions and extend and enlarge the National Museum, I believe in con-
tinuing the management under the Smithsonian Institution, and not
change it so as to put it partially under the charge of the District of
Columbia, or to tax the people of this District to pay for it.

I am in favor of every measure that in an economical and proper
way tends to elevate, educate, and instruct the American people; and
this city of Washington is a city that must continually receive aid
from the Government and be benefited from what the Government
has inaugurated here.

Mr. Speaker, I am opposed to the principle involved in this legisla-
tion. Ido not believe in the Government having a copartnership in
these museums for art and science in this District of Columbia I do
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FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 1407

from year to year in which they have no voice to say what that amount
shall be. I believe that the American people in some previous Con-
gresses have initiated this measure and desire to have it carried out
in an economical way; and when I heard the statement of the chair-
man of the Appropriations Committee, appealing, it seems to me, rather
to the prejudices of this House, that this was substantially in favor of
legislation for the men who dodge from taxes in Washington, I can
only say that his experience is different from mine, and I consider it an
exaggerated statement. I believe that some of the American people
have selected the city of Washington on account of its beauty, on
account of its climate, and on account of the advantages it affords them,
but that the number of rich men that come here to dodge taxes is so
insignificant that it is not worthy to be introduced to create a preju-
dice in the minds of this House.

I would rather remember this, Mr. Speaker, that the city of Wash-
ington to-day and in the future is to be the home of great numbers of
families that should not be burdened with heavy taxes. We should
endeavor to provide and legislate with the view that these men in the
Departments, with their families, should have every advantage that it
is possible to have without a large expenditure of money. If this was
for the schools of the District, if it concerned the people in a regular
and a proper appropriation for the municipality, I should then say
defeat the amendment of the United States Senate; but-if this great
Government, representing 60,000,000 of people, proposes to extend
the Smithsonian Museum, let the Government do it. Some gentleman
the other day in the debate upon this floor stated that his constituency
had only a small comparative interest in the matter. It is not the
constituency of any single district in this Union. It represents the
constituents of the whole, of all of the districts, and when you take
the aggregate we can well see that the American people have a larger
interest than a single city like Washington. It is too large and ina
different form, a different kind of an appropriation from those we
should make continuing from year to year in a district or city like
this. It is $78,000 to-day; it may be $100,000 next year. And every
man who is familiar with this city, without any manufactures to tax,
knows that it is a place where many of very moderate means locate
with their families, where numbers of retired officers make their
homes, and they should not be burdened with heavy taxation, and you
should not tax this city, with its requirements for new streets, for its
schools, for developing these institutions that are to educate the
people of the nation under direction and sole control of the Govern-
ment of the United States. I hope we shall agree with the Senate.

[Here the hammer fell. ]

The Speaker. The time of the gentleman has expired.

Mr. Cannon. Now, Mr. Speaker, I ask for the previous question,

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with the understanding that if the House insists and does not ask for
a conference, without the further instruction of the House that ends it.

The previous question was ordered.

- The question was taken on the motion that the House insist upon its
amendment, and the Speaker declared that the ayes seemed to have it.

Mr. Bayne. I ask for a division. >

The House divided; and there were-—ayes 118, noes 27.

So the motion to insist was agreed to.

April 22, 1890—Senate.

Mr. J. S. Morritu. I ask permission to make a report from a com-
mittee of conference.

The Vicr-Presipent (Mr. Levi P. Mokrton). The report will be
received and read.

The Curer CLERK read the report.

(See April 12, 1890—House.)

Mr. Morriu. The difference between the two Houses is in relation
to the expenditure on the part of the District. The House made an
amendment to our bill putting one-half of the expenditure on the Dis-
trict of Columbia. I have ascertained that the vote in the House in
the first instance was only 18 for the Senate provision, and they have
taken the question again and there were only 28, and therefore I ask
that we recede from our disagreement and concur with the House
amendment. - It is the only method in which we can get the bill
passed.

Mr. Joun J. Incatus. Mr. President, I think that should not be
done without further deliberation by the Senate. While it is notin |
order to refer to the votes in either House as a means of affecting the
judgment of the other, it is undoubtedly true that the sentiment of the
Senate was practically unanimous, and it seems to me that it is an
obvious and a flagrant and glaring injustice to compel the people of
this District to bear one-half of the expenses involved in this under-
taking. They might just as well be called upon to’bear one-half the
expense of the National Museum, of the Smithsonian Institution, or
any other of our national exhibitions and museums here; and therefore,
before the subject is passed upon, I hope there may be some further
expression on the part of the Senate.

Mr. Morritu. I hope not, Mr. President. I am quite satisfied that
with the temper of the House it is utterly impossible to get the bill
through there in any other shape. — If the land itself had been origi-
nally bought and paid for by the United States instead of one-half of it
by the District, then perhaps without that precedent we might have.
carried the latter proposition for the expense of conducting it, being
entirely assumed by the United States; but it is already late. It is
important that the park should be fitted for the introduction of the
animals. Buildings, and houses, and fences, and roads are to be made.

FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 1409

I am absolutely certain that there is no possibility of getting the bill
through at all unless we consent to the amendment of the House.

Mr. Jonn R. McPuerson. May I ask the Senator from Vermont
what is the amount of appropriation carried by the bill?

Mr. Morritz. Ninety-two thousand dollars is the whole amount, I
believe. One-half of it will be paid by the District.

Mr. Ineatis. There is certainly more than that involved.

Mr. Morritu. No; there is not.

Mr. Ineatis. What was the amount of the purchase?

Mr. Morrity. Two hundred thousand dollars.

Mr. Ineatrs. One-half of that is to be paid by the Government,
and one-half by the District?

Mr. Morrixu. [| think so.

Mr. Ineauts. I think that is a mistake.

The Vicr-PrestpENtT. The question is on the motion of the Senator
from Vermont that the Senate recede from its disagreement to the
amendment of the House, and agree to the amendment made by the
House of Representatives to the Senate bill.

Mr. McPuerson. I do not think the Senate entirely understand
this question. Certainly I do not. I now wish to inquire as to the
appropriation of money made for the purchase of the land. Was the
Government to pay one-half of that cost and the District of Columbia
the other half?

Mr. Morrixu. I so understand it.

Mr. McPuerson. I did not so understand it. I understand the cost
was to be entirely defrayed by the Government Treasury.

Mr. Wituiam B. Attison. I will say to the senator, I have the
District of Columbia bill of last year before me—

For the establishment of a Zoological Park in the District of Columbia, $200,000,
to be expended under and in accordance with the provisions following; that is to
say—

One-half the expenses to be paid by the District of Columbia.

Mr. McPuerson. What was the amount of the appropriation ?

Mr. Axuison. Two hundred thousand dollars. In the bill now under
consideration there is an extension of this amount to the District for
twenty-five years.

Mr. J. SuHerMAn. The second section of the bill now pending here
provides for apportioning this one-half to the District of Columbia
into twenty-five equal annual payments. I hope that when we reach
the second section of the District appropriation bill we shall amend it,
so as to declare that the District of Columbia should pay no part of
the cost of this Zoological Park. It would more properly come up
for consideration on the very bill we have before us. I hope there-
fore that the Senate will recede from its position so far as the first
year’s expenses are concerned. All that is involved in this bill is the

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expenditures to be made this year in preparing the park for the pur-
pose for which it is designed.

Mr. Incatrs. The bill is not long. JI should like to hear it read,
Mr. President.

The Vick-PresipENtT. The bill will be read.

The Cuter Cierk read bill (S. 2284) as it passed the Senate.

That there be, and hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, for the organization, improvement, and maintenance of the
National Zoological Park, to be expended under the direction of the Regents of the
Smithsonian Institution, the following sums of money:

For the shelter of animals, $15,000.

For shelter-barns, cages, fences, and inclosures, and other provisions for the custody
cf animals, $9,000.

For repairs to the Holt mansion, to make the same suitable for occupancy, and for
office furniture, $2,000.

For the creation of artificial ponds and other provisions for aquatic animals, $2,000.

For water supply, sewerage, and drainage, $7,000.

For roads, walks, and bridges, $15,000.

For miscellaneous supplies, materials, and sundry incidental expenses not other-
wise provided for, $5,000.

For current expenses, including the maintenance of collections, food supplies, sal-
aries of all necessary employees, and the acquisition and transportation of specimens,
$37,000.

Src. 2. That the National Zoological Park is hereby placed under the direction of
the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, who are authorized to transfer to it any
living specimens, whether of animals or plants, now or hereafter in their charge, to
accept gifts for the park at their discretion, in the name of the United States, to make
exchanges of specimens, and to administer the said Zoological Park for the advance-
ment of science and the instruction and recreation of the people.

Src. 3. That the heads of Executive Departments of the Government are hereby
authorized and directed to cause to be rendered all necessary and practicable aid to
the said Regents in the acquisition of collections for the Zoological Park.

Amendments of the House:

Page 1, in lines 3 and 4 of the bill, strike out the words ‘‘ there be, and hereby is,
appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,’”’ and
insert ‘‘the one-half of the following sums named, respectively, is hereby appropri-
ated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the other
half out of the revenues of the District of Columbia.’’

Page 1, line 7, strike out all after the word ‘‘Institution,’’ and in lieu thereof
insert ‘‘and to be drawn on their requisition and disbursed by the disbursing officer
for said Institution.”’

Mr. Ineatus. Mr. President, the government of this District is an
absolute despotism, but I do not think that I ever knew of an illustra-
tion of more perfect tyranny than is evinced by that provision in this
bill. The people of the District of Columbia have absolutely nothing
whatever to do with that park or with its maintenance or its manage-
ment. It is to be under the control of the Regents of the Smithsonian
Institution. The people of the District have no representation on the
board, no connection with its management, no disposition whatever of
the finances which are to be appropriated and disbursed.

FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 1411

The Senator from Vermont speaks about the precedent already es-
tablished. If there has been one established, which I do not know—
of course I am bound to accept his statement—it was a most pernicious
precedent, and if we allow this one to be established there will be no
escape from it hereafter. They can then plead that the money for
the original investment having been shared by the District, and the
money for the first annual appropriation having been shared by the
District, it has crystallized and passed into the form of law, and can
not be changed. How far this expenditure will extend nobody can
tell. It may go into the millions. It will go into the millions. It is
to be a great national institution, and I protest in the name of the
people here against imposing upon them this invidious and unjust and
unnecessary burden in addition to what they already endure.

Mr. Morr. I shall be quite ready to vote for refunding this to
the District any time hereafter, but I consider the necessity now for
the passage of the bill in its present shape as very great. So far as
the Regents and the officers of the Smithsonian are concerned, they
will perform all their duties without any charge so far as the conduct
of the Zoological Park is concerned.

Mr. F. M. Cocxrett. I hope the conference report will be agreed
to. We never heard a solitary word in the Senate Chamber about the
people of the United States assuming the burden of this Zoological
Park when the bill was passed. The District was only too glad to
get the bill through appropriating $200,000—$100,000 to be paid by
the people of the United States and the other $100,000 by the District—
and it is not until after the ground has been purchased and the park
established that the claim is brought in here that the people of the
United States must assume the whole burden of the matter.

The people of the District wanted it; they sought for it. At their
instance Congress passed the bill authorizing the purchase of this park
for $200,000, one-half to be paid by the District and the other half by
the United States of America. As I understand it, there was no op-
position to it at that time, and now the effort is being made to saddle
the whole thing on the taxpayers of the United States.

Mr. M. C. Burter. May I ask the Senator whether this is a District
institution that is to be established any more than a public building in
St. Louis, Mo., belongs to the city of St. Louis. Why should the city
of St. Louis be required to pay one-half the expense because the public
building is put up there? .

Mr. Cockreu. This is for the convenience of the people of the
District of Columbia nine hundred and ninety-nine times more than
for the people of the United States. Not one in ten thousand, not one
in a hundred thousand, of the great mass of the taxpayers of the United
States will ever see this park; and it is for the beautifying of the city
of Washington; it is for the increase of the value of property here,

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and for the benefit of the citizens who reside here and who will fre-
quent it.

Mr. Butter. So would the public building in St. Louis be for the
entire benefit of the people of St. Louis and no other portion of the
American Union; and yet I suppose they would think it a great hard-
ship if St. Louis should be called upon to pay half the expense of the
court-house and post-office building there. I do not understand that
the District of Columbia has anything to do with this public park more
than that it is within the limits of the District of Columbia. It isa
Government institution which all the people have a right to get the
benefit of, not alone the people of the District; and it would seem to
me to be a very great hardship to require the District of Columbia to
pay one-half of the expense of the park which is intended solely as a
national affair.

The Vick-PRESIDENT. The question is on the motion made by the
Senator from Vermont [Mr. Morrill].

Mr. Incatus. The Senator from Missouri suggests that this is the
first time that the claim has ever been heard that the people of the Dis-
trict ought not to pay a moiety of this expenditure. It appears that
the appropriation was made on the deficiency appropriation bill which
was signed on the 2d day of March, 1889, and I presume it was brought
in here by the Appropriations Committee at the close of the session,
that being, I believe, the last appropriation bill brought in.

Mr. Axtison. It was in the regular District of Columbia appropria-
tion bill.

Mr. Ineatis. The Senator from Iowa informs me it was provided
for in the District of Columbia appropriation bill, but it was signed
on the 2d day of March.

Mr. CockrEtu. But it had been passed long before then.

Mr. Ineatts. It could not have been passed long before that time.

Mr. Cockretu. It had been passed by the Senate long before, and
was in conference.

Mr. Ineatts. I do not remember personally any time when the sub-
ject was ever brought directly to the attention of the Senate. There-
fore, it seems to me that the suggestion of the Senator from Missouri
is not properly to be applied to the consideration of this question. I
move that the Senate still further insist upon its disagreement to the
House amendments, if that is the proper motion.

Mr. Cuttom. I think the motion made by the Senator from Ver-
mont takes precedence.

Mr. Morritz. I think my motion must first be put.

Mr. Ineatts. Oh, yes; that is right.

The VicE-PRESIDENT. The question is on the motion of the Senator
from Vermont that the Senate recede from its disagreement and agree
to the amendments made by the House of Representatives to the bill.

FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 14138

Mr. Morritu. I ask for the yeas and nays.

Mr. Cocxretu. Let us have the yeas and nays.

Mr. Morr. It is entirely useless to have another conference.

The yeas and nays were ordered.

Mr. C. J. FaAuLKNER. I understand the question is on the motion
of the Senator from Vermont to recede from our disagreement to the
amendments of the House.

The Vick-PRESIDENT. It is; and to agree to the amendments made
by the House to the Senate bill.

Mr. S. M. Cuttom. Mr. President

Mr. P. B. Puump. If this question is to be debated any further, |
shall certainly interpose an objection. I gave way on the supposition
that it would be strictly a formal matter.

Mr. Morritu. I did not suppose it would be debated.

Mr. Cuttom. I simply desire to say that I was against the amend-
ment attached to the bill by the other House because I believed with
other Senators here that this was a Government affair and ought to be
conducted and paid for by the Government, but I am so anxious to
get something done in this respect that I am inclined to favor the
motion of the Senator from Vermont and will vote that the Senate
shall concur in the House amendment.

Mr. R. L. Greson. I am as much opposed to the House amendment
as any Senator here. I think it is a great injustice to the people of this
District to tax them with the cost of half of the park or the cost of
equipping the park or imposing any tax whatever with respect to the
park; but I shall vote to concur in the House amendment because it is
the best we can get under the circumstances.

Mr. J. C. Spooner. I do not intend to debate this matter, but I
desire to say as a member of the conference committee that it is, in my
opinion, absolutely useless to order another conference. From what
took place I am entirely satisfied that the other House will not yield on
this question, and it means this proposition or no bill.

Mr. H. L. Dawes. When this matter was before the Senate at first I
stated my view, that I was in favor of relieving the District from its
share of this burden. I am still of that opinion, and I should vote
against the motion of the Senator from Vermont were it not for the
statements which he and the other conferees have made to the Senate
and what we all know has transpired elsewhere. It is necessary, in
my opinion, in order to obtain the passage of the bill, that we should
recede; and therefore, without changing my opinion as to the justice
of the matter, I shall vote to recede.

Mr. McPuerson. There seems to be a consensus of opinion here in
the minds of Senators who have spoken upon this question that it is a
very great injustice that you propose to visit this expense upon the
taxpayers of the city of Washington, who have no representative on

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this floor, who have no vote in this District; but rather than lose this
great animal show we propose to vote to fix this injustice upon the
people of the District. That is practically the question, and nothing
else. It is to establish a precedent for all time in which we are to
deal with the unrepresented people of this great city.

It is well known to every Senator here that the expenditure incurred
for years in this District with respect to opening, grading, paving,
and sewering streets has been simply enormous. They have been just
putting in a new water supply which has entailed a large expense upon
the people of the city.

Now, I have no objection whatever to voting an appropriation of
money for the purchase of land, because the meaning of that is that
it can be converted into a public park and will be of interest to the
people of the city of Washington as much as it will be to the Govern-
ment itself; but the Government proposes here in the city of Wash-
ington, of its own volition, without ever consulting the wishes of a
taxpayer in this city touching it, to establish a great national show of
animals. So far as I am concerned, I do not think this zoological
garden is a good thing for the city of Washington, anyway. It is
proposed to impose that tax upon the people of this city in addition to
other taxes imposed without consulting them at all, and I shall vote
against the whole scheme. I should infinitely rather see the measure
go by the board entirely than to establish any such precedent.

The Vicr-PREsIDENT. The question is on the motion of the Senator
from Vermont, on which the yeas and nays have been ordered. ~

The Secretary proceeded to call the roll.

Mr. W. Catt (when his name was called). Iam paired with the Sen-
ator from South Dakota [Mr. Pettigrew]. If there be no objection,
however, this not being a political question, I will vote ‘‘ nay.”

Mr. Morr. There is no objection.

Mr. McPuerson (when his name was called). I am paired with the
Senator from Delaware [Mr. Higgins]. I do not see him in his seat.
If he were present, I should vote ‘‘ nay.”

Mr. C. F. Manprerson (when his name was called). Iam paired with
the Senator from Kentucky [Mr. Blackburn], and therefore abstain
from voting.

Mr. S. Pasco (when his name was called). Iam paired with the Sen-
ator from Illinois [Mr. Farwell]. In his absence I withhold my vote.

Mr. D. Turrre (when his name was called). I am paired with the
senior Senator from Minnesota [Mr. Davis].

The roll-call was concluded.

Mr. E. C. Warrnaty. My colleague [Mr. George] is absent in
attendance upon a committee, and is paired with the Senator from
New Hampshire [Mr. Blair].

FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 1415

The result was announced—yeas 33, nays 20; as follows:

Yeras.—Aldrich, Allen, Berry, Chandler, Cockrell, Coke, Colquitt, Cullom, Dawes,
Dixon, Evarts, Gibson, Gorman, Gray, Jones of Nevada, Morgan, Morrill, Payne,
Pierce, Platt, Plumb, Power, Pugh, Quay, Reagan, Sanders, Sherman,Spooner, Stewart,
Stockbridge, Voorhees, Washburn, Wilson of Maryland—33.

Nays.—Allison, Barbour, Bate, Blodgett, Butler, Call, Casey, Eustis, Faulkner,
Hale, Hampton, Harris, Hawley, Ingalls, McMillan, Moody, Teller, Vance, Walthall,
Wilson of lowa—20.

Axssent.—Beck, Blackburn, Blair, Brown, Cameron, Daniel, Davis, Dolph, Ed-
munds, Farwell, Frye, George, Hearst, Higgins, Hiscock, Hoar, Jones of Arkansas,
Kenna, McPherson, Manderson, Mitchell, Paddock, Pasco, Pettigrew, Ransom, Saw-
yer, Squire, Stanford, Turpie, Vest, Wolcott.

So the Senate receded from its disagreement to the amendments of
the House.

April 30, 1890.

Be it enacted, etc., That the one half of the following sums named,
respectively, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, and the other half out of the revenues of
the District of Columbia, for the organization, improvement, and
maintenance of the National Zoological Park, to be expended under
the direction of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, and to be
drawn on their requisition and disbursed by the disbursing officer for
said Institution:

For the shelter of animals, $15,000.

For shelter-barns, cages, fences, and inclosures, and other provisions
for the custody of animals, $9,000.

For repairs to the Holt mansion, to make the same suitable for
occupancy, and for office furniture, $2,000.

For the creation of artificial ponds and other provisions for aquatic
animals, $2,000.

For water supply, sewerage, and drainage, $7,000.

For roads, walks, and bridges, $15,000.

For miscellaneous supplies, materials, and sundry incidental expenses
not otherwise provided for, $5,000.

For current expenses, including the maintenance of collections, food
supplies, salaries of all necessary employees, and the acquisition and
transportation of specimens, $37,000.

Src. 2. That the National Zoological Park is hereby placed under
the directions of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, who are
authorized to transfer to it any living specimens, whether of animals
or plants, now or hereafter in their charge, to accept gifts for the
park at their discretion, in the name of the United States, to make
exchanges of specimens, and to administer the said Zoological Park
for the advancement of science and the instructien and recreation of
' the people.

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Src. 8. That the heads of Executive Departments of the Government
are hereby authorized and directed to cause to be rendered all neces-
sary and practicable aid to the said Regents in the acquisition of
collections for the Zoological Park.

(Stat., XX VI, 78.)

January 7, 1891—House.

Mr. Bengamin A. ENLOE introduced a resolution:

Resolved, That the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution be, and they are hereby,
requested and directed to furnish to the House of Representatives a detailed and
itemized statement of the expenditures which have been made from the appropria-
tion provided in the act approved April 30, 1890, entitled ‘‘An act for the organiza-
tion, improvement, and maintenance of the National Zoological Park;’’ and they are
further directed and requested to report whether or not any of the land purchased
for park purposes has been reserved from the public, or set apart for scientific or
other purposes than those for the Zoological Park; also to report whether or not any
part of the said appropriation has been expended in violation of the provisions of
said act.

Referred to Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department.
January 27, 1891—House.

Mr. Bengamin A. ENLOE introduced a resolution:

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be requested to inform the House of
Representatives whether or not the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution have
accepted the trust imposed by the act approved April 20, 1890, entitled ‘‘An act for
the organization, improvement, and maintenance of the National Zoological Park,’’
and to report by what legal authority the Treasury Department has paid out that
portion of the appropriation made by said act, which has been expended up to and
including the 27th day of January, 1891.

Referred to Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department.
* * * * * * *

Mr. ENLOE called up resolution introduced on January 7, 1891.

The Speaker. Upon what ground does the gentleman make that a
question of privilege?

Mr. Enxor. I call it a privileged question on the ground that the
resolution has been introduced a sufficient length of time to make it
privileged, it being an inquiry addressed to the Regents of the Smith-
sonian Institution. The matter has been before the Committee on
Expenditures in the Interior Department, and the committee agreed
to report a resolution striking out the portion of the resolution as
read which calls for an itemized statement of the expenditures.

The Speaker. The rule applies only to resolutions of inquiry
addressed to the heads of Executive Departments.

Mr. Entor. On that point, Mr. Speaker, I desire to say that the
reason why the resolution was framed as it is and also the reason why
I consider this as presenting a question of privilege is because it is
addressed to the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, who are made
trustees for the disbursement of this fund and for the organization of
this park, and are not under the control of any Department of the Gov-
ernment.

FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 1417

The Speaker. ‘‘ Heads of Executive Departments” is the language
of the rule.

Mr. Entor. I understand; but the Regents of the Smithsonian are
not under the jurisdiction of any Department of the Government.

A Member. And consequently do not come under the rule.

Mr. Entor. They are virtually the head of a Department, and I
should think they come within the meaning of the rule.

The Speaker. They are not heads of any Executive Department.

Mr. Entor. Furthermore, I will state that on yesterday morning
- the gentleman from Massachusetts, the chairman of the Committee on
Expenditures in the Interior Department [Mr. Banks], told me that
he would bring the matter up and that the Speaker had agreed that
it should be brought up and considered this morning. Upon that
ground I passed it over yesterday morning, and I would like to have
it disposed of now, because the Regents meet to-morrow.

The Speaker. The gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. Banks] did
speak to the Chair with regard to it, and the fault, if there be any, is
not his. The Chair was not aware that the matter would come up
now. There is apparently some misunderstanding; but the Chair
makes this statement so that the gentleman from Massachusetts may
be exonerated from any responsibility for it.

Mr. Enxtorz. Dol understand the Chair to hold that this is not a
privileged resolution 4

The Speaker. The Chair does not see how it comes under the priv-
ilege for which the rule provides.

Mr. Entor. Then I will ask the Chair, to whom should such a reso-
lution of inquiry be addressed in order to make this a privileged
matter? What department has jurisdiction of the Regents of the
Smithsonian Institution 4

The Speaker. The Chair could not tell that without some investi-
gation.

Mr, Entor. J admit that this does not come within the rule tech-
nically, but there is no other way to get the information than by
addressing the inquiry directly to the Regents. I ask that the reso-
lution be considered now. It will take but a few minutes.

‘The Speaker. The Chair thinks it is clearly not one of the cases
contemplated by the rule, and the Speaker resumed the chair while a
division was going on because he saw that the gentleman temporarily
occupying the chair had not talked with the gentleman from Tennes-
see on the subject. If the gentleman can at any time show that this
is a question of privilege, the Chair will entertain his motion at the
proper time, but at present there does not seem to be any foundation
laid for it.

Mr. Entor. Then at some other time the Chair will listen to an
argument on the question of its being privileged ?

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The Speaker. At any time that the gentleman will show that this
is a question of privilege the Chair will do his best to entertain the
gentleman’s motion.

Mr. Entor. I want to give a little attention to the matter which I
attempted to bring before the House this morning. I introduced a
resolution some time in the early part of the month, calling upon the
Regents of the Smithsonian Institution for certain information in
regard to the management of the Zoological Park. Congress at its
last session appropriated the sum of $92,000 for the organization,
maintenance, and improvement of the National Zoological Park, and I
find, according to the precedents that have been established, and
I believe under the terms of the act, it was necessary and proper that
the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution should assume that trust
and devise ways and means to execute it, or vest the authority some
where to use the appropriation in accordance with the direction of
Congress. Iam informed that the Board of Regents have not had a
meeting since the passage of that act; that it has never assumed the
trust; that the money appropriated has not so far been expended by
due authority of law. I think it is clear that no one had the right to
draw one dollar of the money from the Treasury and expend it with-
out the direction of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion.

Mr. 8S. L. Minurken. Let me ask the gentleman who has drawn the
money and expended it?

Mr. Entor. I answer the gentleman’s question by saying I under-

‘stand that Mr. Langley, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution,
has drawn the money and has expended it as he saw proper in the
improvement of the park.

Mr. MitxrKken. One other question for information. How could he
do that if there has been no authorization by law for it to be done in
that way 4

Mr. Entor. I will call the gentleman’s attention torthe language of

the act appropriating this money, and also to a precedent which I
. think covers the case exactly. Section 2, of the act approved April
30, for the organization and ‘maintenance of the National Zoological
Park, provided that the ‘‘ said park is hereby placed under the direc-
tion of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, who are authorized
to transfer to itany living specimens, whether of animals or plants, now
or hereafter in their charge, to accept gifts for the park at their dis
cretion in the name of the United States, and to make exchange of
specimens, and to administer the said Zoological park for the advance-
ment of science and the instruction and recreation of the people.”

Now, I find that in 1879 when Congress passed an act providing for

the establishment of the National Museum it was provided that a fire-
proof building should be erected for the use of the National Museum

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under the direction and supervision of the Regents of the Smithsonian
Institution, etc. When that act was passed the Board of Regents
accepted the trust and appointed a board or commission to supervise
the construction of the building and to see that it was constructed in
accordance with the plans and specifications, to subserve the purposes
had in view by Congress in establishing the Museum. Every dollar of
the money that was appropriated and expended was expended under
the direction of that board or commission.

All this you will find in the Smithsonian report for 1879. Now,
when Congress passed the act providing for the establishment of the
National Zoological Park and placed the park under the control of the
Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, I hold that not a dollar of that
money could be lawfully expended without the acceptance of the trust
by the Board of Regents, and that has not been done. In order to
bring the matter before the House and get at the facts a little more
fully, I have introduced to-day another resolution of inquiry which is
addressed to the Secretary of the Treasury, asking him to inform
Congress by what authority this money has been expended and
whether it has been paid out and expended in accordance with law.

Mr. B. M. Curcuron. If the Board of Regents proceeded to admin-
ister the trust, would not that be as much an acceptance of it as if they
had taken formal action to that effect?

Mr. Entor. Certainly, if they proceeded to administer it; but they
have had no meeting since the trust was imposed upon them, and
therefore they can not have taken any action of that kind. But the
Secretary and the executive board have assumed, I suppose, that the
Board of Regents, when it did meet, would approve whatever had been
done by them.

Mr. Miuirken. Let me ask the gentleman why this whole matter
should not be taken charge of by the Supervising Architect of the
Treasury ?

Mr. Entor. I suppose that is governed by the act making the
appropriation.

No one else is directed or authorized to accept this trust but the
Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, and they could only carry it
forward in pursuance of the designs of Congress. There has been no
official acceptance of the trust by the Regents, but the Secretary of
the Smithsonian Institution has been acting, I suppose, on the assump-
tion that his acts would be approved by the board when it met.

Now, the board holds its meeting to-morrow, and I wanted to call
attention to the matter to-day so that it might be brought to the
attention of the board at this meeting. It seems to me that it is a
very loose way of doing business to provide a national park and place
it under the control of such a body as the Board of Regents of the
Smithsonian Institution, made up as that is, consisting of the Vice-

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President, members of Congress, and citizens who reside in distant
States, gentlemen who, in my judgment, are about as little fitted, by
reason of their positions, for such a trust as anybody could be. My
opinion is that members of the board do not know anything about
what is done with the money, except as they get the information from
the reports of their officers. They have no practical knowledge of
the matter committed to them, and they pay little or no attention to
what is done.

Mr. Miturcen. If it does not take too much of the gentleman’s
time, I would like to know what his resolution is which is now before
the House.

Mr. Entor. The gentleman should understand that there is no res-
olution now before the House.

Mr. Mirirken. The gentleman seems to be finding fault, and it
seems to me that there is something in the fault which he finds, but
what remedy does he propose? It seems to me that all this business
should be done by the Supervising Architect of the Treasury, and he
might be held responsible for it.

Mr. Entor. That would require another act of Congress directing
that it should be placed under his control. At the time this bill was
before Congress great anxiety was manifested to get it disposed of as
quickly as possible.

A letter on the subject was addressed, I believe, to the gentleman
from Maine himself [Mr. Milliken], stating the necessity for early
action, so that the animals in the zoo at the Smithsonian Institution
might be got away from those pens there and put into this park.
Congress was urged to act upon the matter immediately, but I under-
stand the.Secretary says there has been so much difficulty in getting
title to the land that the accommodations for the animals were still!
unprovided, and the animals themselves are still in their pens and are
likely to be there during the remainder of the winter.

Now, it is a very interesting thing

Mr. Mruuiken. I would simply suggest to my friend that if it is
proposed to get title to these lands in the same way as has been done
in other cases of which I haye some knowledge—by condemnation—
the chances are that the animals now existing will be dead by the time
the land is acquired, and another generation of animals hereafter to
be born will have an opportunity to occupy this park.

Mr. Curcuron. The condemnation has been completed.

Mr. Entor. I understand that the condemnation proceedings are
completed, and that now the title to the property is vested in the
Government. The commission appointed to make the purchase has
made its final report.

Mr. Miiurken. Then this case is contrary to my observations in
other cases.

FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 1421

Mr. Cutcuron. The condemnation has been completed, and the
balance of the appropriation is going back to the Treasury.

Mr. Entor. I was about to say it is a very important matter if we
are going into the business of establishing a zoological park or menag-
erie that we should have a first-class, respectable place of resort for
the people who visit this city. I opposed the original appropriation;
I did not like the Government going into the business of raising ani-
mals and running a menagerie; but as it has embarked in the business
I think the money appropriated by Congress ought to be properly
expended.

Now, I understand that the park has been inclosed by a picket
fence. Ido not think it was the intention of Congress to fence the
public out of the park, but that the appropriation for fencing was
intended to fence in the animals. That, however, is a matter in which
the Secretary has exercised some latitude, claiming that he has good
reasons for doing so. But it seems to me that every street or road
that is traveled ought to be open, so that the public may drive through
this park, and that nothing ought to be shut out or reserved from the
public except what is necessary for the protection and preservation of
the animals.

I have here a list of the animals, which I will publish with my
remarks, showing that we have a very expensive menagerie so far as
it has gone. We have appropriated $199,614.16 in the first place to
buy the property. We have spent $17,000 of the $92,000 appropri-
ated last session; and we are asked for $110,000 at this session to pro-
ceed with this work and to maintain the zoo. <A part of the property
has been reserved for administrative purposes—about 14 acres of the
most attractive part. I do not know whether that ought to be reserved
from the public or not. Iam inclined to think it ought to be open
like the remainder of the park. I understand also that the contem-
plated improvements in this park will cost, when completed, the sum
of $2,700 per acre, or $456,000.

In this list of animals we have a grizzly bear, 1 cinnamon bear, 3
black bears, 1 puma, 6 buffaloes, 4 elks, 3 deer, 1 Rocky Mountain
sheep, that was living at the time this list was made, but has since
died, 4 Angora goats, 1 prairie wolf, 4 gray foxes, 4 red foxes, 1 cross
fox, 2 porcupines, 7 raccoons, 5 opossums, 4 monkeys, and 5 prairie
dogs.

Mr. D. Kerr, of Iowa. I make the point of order that this discus-
sion of the bear garden is not in order on this bill.

Mr. Entor. Mr. Chairman, I hope I am not hurting the gentle-
man’s feelings by alluding to the monkeys in the zoological park.

Mr. Kerr, of Iowa. Not at all.

Mr. Enxog. I do not mean to reflect on the gentleman.

Mr. Cutrcuron. We are sufficiently familiar with the animals.

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Mr. Entoer. I suppose you are, or you would not be here.

Mr. Curcuron. The fact that I have come over to this side [the
Democratic side] of the aisle shows that I am not afraid.

Mr. Entor. The fact that you are in Congress shows that you have
a good many of them in your district.

Mr. Cutcnuron. They fully appreciate the value of your opinion.

Mr. Entor. Now, Mr. Chairman, I did not expect, of course, to
indulge in this pleasantry; but I want to complete my statement.

{Here the hammer fell. ]

Mr. Entor. I would like about three minutes more.

Mr. JosepH WHEELER, of Alabama. I yield to the gentleman three
minutes more.

Mr. Entor. As I was about to say, I want these matters brought
to the attention not only of the House, but of the Committee on
Appropriations. I want that committee in making these appropria-
tions to investigate carefully and see for what purposes the money is
expended. I think there ought to be some inquiry on the part of
Congress as to how this money has been expended heretofore. I
think we ought not to go on making appropriations and ‘vesting the
trust of disbursing this fund in the hands of the Vice-President of the
United States, who certainly has not the time to go out to look after
the monkeys, and the members of the Senate and House, who have no
time to give to bear farming.

Mr. Cutcnron. And the opossums.

Mr. Entor. This Board of Regents will not pay any attention to
what is being done to take care of the opossums and the raccoons. I
am willing that the gentleman from Iowa should offer his suggestion.

Mr. Kerr, of Iowa. I suggest that perhaps we could get a member
of Congress to attend to the monkeys.

Mr. Entor. I have no doubt we could. Iam perfectly willing the
gentleman should have the position if he wants it. He is going out
of Congress, I believe, and he ought to have something like that to
do. After having served in this menagerie here, I think he would be
a very competent superintendent.

Mr. Chairman, there is one other matter to which I want to call
attention, and then I will conclude. In the estimates for the present
year now submitted to the Committee on Appropriations and under
consideration there is a proposition by Professor Langley to establish
in this Zoological Park an astrophysical observatory. I do not think
this is exactly the proper place for an astrophysical observatory. It
may be that science, and especially the branch of science which this
institution is intended to promote, has some connection with a zoolog-
ical garden, but I can not see it. I understand from Professor Lang-
ley the object in going out there is to get some retired place, some
secluded retreat. é

FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 1423

Mr. Mirken. Will my friend allow another interruption ?

Mr. Enuoe. Certainly.

Mr. MituiKen. I wish the gentleman would have the goodness to
explain to the House, for I am sure we do not all understand the sub-
ject, the purpose and uses of this astrophysical observatory ?

Mr. Entor. Well, if the gentleman from Maine would like to have
an official answer, I will have to refer him to the Book of Estimates,
which shows, I believe, for what purpose this is intended

The Cuarrman. The time of the gentleman has expired.

Mr. Entor. I ask my friend from Alabama to yield to me just three
minutes more, and then I will conclude.

Mr. WHEELER, of Alabama. I yield three minutes more to the gen-
tleman from Tennessee.

Mr. Entor. I was going to say to the gentleman from Maine that
I believe the astrophysical observatory is projected for the purpose of
promoting a branch of science here which will give employment to a
number of scientific gentlemen, who will have very expensive instru-
ments furnished them at the expense of the Government; instruments
of a very sensitive nature, so that they can study the relations of the
sun and other heavenly bodies to human life, so that in the develop-
ment of this science the gentleman from Maine may be able to deter-
mine whether there is some disturbance in the sun which has put the
Speaker out of order in the morning and caused him to forget rules
and law, or whether solar disturbances or astral influences have inter-
rupted the transmission of a telegram or produced an electric storm
in the House.

But I can not go into an elaborate exposition of all that this science
may develop. I could go on and expatiate at some length on the ques-
tion; but I content myself with stating that I am opposed to an appro-
priation of $10,000 for the purpose of establishing an astrophysical
observatory in the park, and I hope the Committee on Appropriations
will not lend their aid to such a proposition. Everything relating to
the management of this park ought to be carefully investigated, and
the work properly directed.

February 5, 1891—House.

The Clerk read:

National Zoological Park: For continuing the construction of roads, walks, bridges,
water supply, sewerage, and drainage, and for grading, planting, and otherwise
improving the grounds of the National Zoological Park, including salaries or com-
pensation of all necessary employees, $15,000.

Mr. JosErn H. Outuwaire. I move to strike out the last word, for
the,purpose of inquiring of the chairman of the committee having in
charge this bill what is meant by this provision as to bridges on page
35 of the bill.

Mr. J. G. Cannon. The gentleman knows there are a number of

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canyons or small ravines in this park, and it is necessary to have them
bridged at several points. If the gentleman has been upon the site he
will recollect the topography.

Mr. Outuwaite. I have been informed by a gentleman in whom I
have great confidence why some of these bridges which are appropri-
ated for are not constructed. In other words, that an architect bas
been brought here, or has been employed here, to plan bridges over
these grottoes or chasms, and that he has planned some and has received
compensation for planning them, but that when the same have been
submitted to a practical builder he has declined to accept the contract
for their construction, for the reason that they would not stand up if
built upon the plans and specifications proposed by this architect. I
should like to know how far that question has been examined by the
committee, if at all, and what information they have as to these
bridges.

Mr. Cannon. I will say to the gentleman that but very little of the
appropriation for the current year has been expended, and exactly
what work has been done I do not know; but we had the Secretary of
the Smithsonian Institution before us, and asked him in reference to
the report that has been made, and he reported as to the amount that
is being paid for wages, salaries for watchmen, etc., and he estimated
that it was desirable to have certain appropriations made for the com-
ing year. He inquired and found that he could improve with this
appropriation for the coming year, that he estimated for in the appro-
priations for the coming year, if I recollect, about 40 or 60 acres—I
am not sure which—of this park, and make improvements so that it
could be thrown open to the public and be reasonably convenient for
them. After full inquiry, as the work has just commenced, the com-
mittee thought it wise to recommend one-half of the appropriation
estimated for, and run that work over two years instead of one.

Mr. Ouruwairte. This is for one year?

Mr. Cannon. Yes; it is for one year. So that the park might evo-
lute; that we might give that sum, and that in the meantime Congress
from time to time will be in session, and as it evolutes it can be further
provided for.

Mr. Ouruwaire. I. do not know how much there is in this state-
ment that was made to me.

Mr. Cannon. I do not know either.

Mr. Outuwatre. It was made to me about a day or two ago, and I
have not had time to investigate the matter. I desire to see this pub-
lic park progress as rapidly as it may; but I also desire that the money
appropriated shall be expended for value received.

Mr. Cannon. If the gentleman will allow me, this whole tinh is
under the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian institution, and they
can see how it is to be expended.

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Mr. Joun H. Rogers. On that particular point, will my friend just
tell me who the Board of Regents are?

Mr. Cannon. I think the gentleman from West Virginia [Mr. Wil-
son] is one of them.

Mr. Wit11am L. Wixson, of West Virginia. No, sir.

Mr. A. M. Dockery. Somebody equally as good, I suppose.

Mr. Cannon. The gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Butterworth] is a
member, and also the Chief Justice. Now, the gentleman speaks of
roads, walks, and bridges. There had only been expended upon
roads, walks, and bridges from July 1 to November 30, $1,148.

Mr. Ournwaire. Has any portion of that money been spent in
erecting bridges? Has not the whole of it that has been spent, so far
as bridges are concerned, been spent for plans and specifications on
paper that are incapable of being worked out in construction ?

Mr. Cannon. I think not, because I think some bridges have been
put in there. But on page 28 of the report submitted by the Secre-
tary (Mis. Doc. 39, second session Fifty-first Congress) there is a
complete schedule of all the expenditures, covering a page and a half,
and as I glance my eye hastily over it the largest item I notice is about
$500, and that is for pay-roll services.

Mr. Ovtuwarre. Is there in that list any statement of an amount
paid to an architect for plans and specifications for ornamental
bridges ?

Mr. Cannon. On a hasty glance I do not discover any, but the
gentleman sees the matter is very closely printed, and I may have
overlooked it.

Mr. OutuwairTE. I may have been misinformed, but I wanted to
bring the matter to the attention of the committee.

-Mr. Rogers. Mr. Chairman, what is the parliamentary status of
the question before the committee ?

The CHarrman. It is on the motion of the gentleman from Ohio
[Mr. Outhwaite] to strike out the last word.

Mr. Roeers. I desire to be recognized against the amendment. I
would be glad if I could get some one of this Board of Regents to turn
state’s evidence against the balance of them, in order that I might get
some information. I see that my friend from Ohio [Mr. Butterworth]
is now in his seat.

Mr. Cannon. If my friend will allow me, I understand that the
gentleman from Alabama [Mr. Wheeler] also is a member of the
board.

Mr. Rogers. It does not make any difference with me; they are all
good witnesses. In that respect they are an exception to the general
rule, because generally I have not much regard for people who turn
state’s evidence. I see the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Butterworth]

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in his seat, and I should like to ask him just how many times this
Board of Regents has met during the present session of Congress. —

Mr. Bensamin ButrrERwortTH. Twice, I believe.

Mr. Rogers. Were you present?

Mr. Burrerwortu: No, sir; I was not.

Mr. Roeers. Then I would like to find another witness.

Mr. Burrerwortu. It just happened that when the meetings took
place public engagements kept me away, but I have been so familiar
with the management of the Institution that I can testify that no
public institution in the country is run with more direct reference to
economy, and I do not think that any one shows more for the money
expended. My friend was acquainted with Professor Baird—

Mr. Rocrrs. Not personally, but I had a very high regard for him.
But, Mr: Chairman, this is a very important matter, and while I have
given it a somewhat humorous turn I have something to say about it
of a practical nature, and I regret exceedingly that I am not so well
advised as to be able to speak more definitely. My friend from Ohio
[Mr. Butterworth] says that he has not attended any of the meetings
of the board during this session. I have no doubt that he had’the
best of reasons for being absent, and I very much fear that the bal-
ance of the board were in the same situation; that is, that they were
not present. Mr. Chairman, I want to say now what others may
have occasion to consider later, if they ever have occasion to pay
attention to any remarks of mine, and I desire to say it in the shape
of a prophecy

Mr. Exisan A. Morse. Is Rogers also among the prophets ?

Mr. Rogers. I desire to say that if some attention is not given to
the expenditure of this money and the improvement and development
of this park beyond the mere examination of reports and the mere
calling of formal meetings, you are certain to drift into some great
scandal. I do not mean corruption—not necessarily that, by any
means—but some great public scandal growing out of the unwise and
improper expenditure of the public money appropriated for this park.

Mr. Harton. I suggest to the gentleman from Arkansas that the
gentleman from Alabama [Mr. Wheeler] has just come in.

Mr. Rogers. I am very glad that the gentleman is here. I under-
stand that he is a member of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian
Institution, and I wish to ask him how many meetings that board has
held clispige the present Congress?

Mr. JosepH WHEELER, of Alabama. About three, I think.

Mr. Rogers. Were you present at all of them?

Mr. WHEE LER, of Alabama. I was present at all of them.

Mr. Rocrrs. Then I would ask you what practical attention has
been given by the Board of Regents to the dey sad ap and improve-
ment of this zoological park?

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Mr. WueEE ER, of Alabama. They have examined the reports of
expenditures, and I believe that is about all that they have done.

Mr. Roeers. That is about what I expected, Mr. Chairman.

Mr. WHEELER, of Alabama. And they have inspected the plats and
the designs of the work to be done at the park.

Mr. Rogers. And everything else, including the expenditure of
this public money, is turned over to a gentleman who, I understand,
is a very superb astronomical man, but who, I suppose, has never
devoted two hours and a half in all the days of his life to the arrange-
ments of any park until he was placed in charge of this matter. Now,
that will not do; that is not a proper way to expend the public money.
J think the committee acted wisely in cutting down the appropriations
for this year one-half. I think the committee ought to have made
some practical investigation in regard to this park; they ought to
have looked into these plans and designs of improvement; they ought
to have examined what sort of improvements are being made out
there. I understand that stone houses have been built for the accom-
modation of the animals. I do not know whether that is true. I
assume it is true, because I regard my information as authentic. Ido
not know whether the opossums and the monkeys that my friend from
Tennessee [Mr. Enloe] talked about the other day are to be put into
these stone buildings or what other kinds of animals are to be accom-
modated with such quarters.

Mr. Burrerwortu. If the gentleman will yield a moment, I wish
to say, and I believe my information reliable, that there were two
meetings of the board, and at the last one, held recently, every mem-
ber of the board was present except my abe They considered the
entire matter to which my friend calls attention, and approved these
items of expenditure and these plans which have been aaaei by the
Committee on Appropriations.

Mr. Rocrrs. That does not get at the real question. A man may
sit down and look at designs as drawn on paper; such things may look
very nice, may meet the approbation of the eye. But in the improve-
ment of a public park you are dealing with a great practical question,
and the matter ought to be in charge of some man of a practical turn
of mind—some man, for instance, like General Casey—some man who
has given his attention to the establishment of parks and the necessary
improvements connected therewith. And we should have the assistance
of some man, for instance, like Buffalo Bill or Mr. Barnum of Con-
necticut, men who know something about animals, who are informed
as to the class of animals which it is proper should be preserved or
propagated there. Some man of that sort should look into these
practical details of the improvement of this park and the expenditure
of the money there.

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in my opinion, while this Institution remains under the care of the
present Board of Regents, the Committee on Appropriations ought to
turn their attention to some investigation to determine whether there
ought not to be some change in the organic law for the government of
this Zoological Park. I withdraw the pro forma amendment.

The Clerk read:

For care, subsistence, and transportation of animals for the National Zoological
Park, and for the purchase of rare specimens not otherwise obtainable, including
salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, and general incidental expenses
not otherwise provided for, $17,500; in all, $50,500, one-half of which sum shall be
paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia and the other half from the
Treasury of the United States.

Mr. Wiiuram C. P. Brecxrnriper, of Kentucky. I desire to move
to strike out at the close of the paragraph just read the words ‘‘ one-
half of which sum shall be paid from the revenues of the District of
Columbia and the other half from the Treasury of the United States.”

Mr. Cannon. I make the point that the amendment is not in order,
for the reason that it changes existing law. By the organic act creating
the Zoological Park it was provided that the purchase of the ground
and the support of the Institution should be paid for, one-half at the
expense of the Government of the United States and the other half
from the revenues of the District of Columbia.

Mr. Burrerwortu. If that be true, then the language of the bill
is surplusage.

Mr. Breckryriper, of Kentucky. I think the gentleman from IIli-
nois [Mr. Cannon] is mistaken. He will find, I believe, that the act
establishing this park makes one-half of the purchase money payable
by the District of Columbia

Mr. Dockery. That is correct.

Mr. BrecxryripcE, of Kentucky. But it does not impose upon this
District the burden of paying one-half of the amount which Congress
may see fit to appropriate thereafter for the maintenance of the park—
for the collection of animals, ete.

Mr. Dockery. But by analogy that would follow, would it not?

Mr. BrecxinrineE, of Kentucky. No; on the contrary

Mr. Cannon. I withdraw the point of order, as this question can
be disposed of more easily upon its merits Vee upon a discussion of
the point of order.

Mr. Brecxinriper, of Kentucky. I think that is more than likely,
for the decision of ‘ite point of order depends upon the judgment of
the Chair, while voting down the proposition is largely dependent upon
the faith with which the Committee of the Whole is disposed to follow
what the Committee on Appropriations may have done without inquir-
ing into the merits of the matter. I would rather depend in this par-
ticular case upon the judgment of the Chairman of this Committee of

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the Whole than upon the faith that the body may have in this par-
ticular committee which it is following in this matter.

Mr. Cannon. In order to accommodate the gentleman, I have with-
drawn the point of order, that he may devote himself to the merits of
the question.

Mr. Brecxinripcr, of Kentucky. I think there is a very broad
distinction in point of justice between requiring the District of Colum-
bia to pay half of the purchase price of this park and requiring it to
pay half of the expense of the collection of the animals that are to be
gathered there. I did not think it proper for the District to pay any
part of this expense. I thought it wiser that the General Government
should carry on this enterprise exactly as it carries on the Smithsonian
Institution. It appeared to me that this park had nothing to do with
the District of Columbia except that it is located in it; that it is the
enterprise of the United States growing out of the original acceptance
by the Government of the bequest of James Smithson and our putting
that bequest into official shape by the establishment of the Smithson-
ian Institution.

In my view, if it was a proper expense to send agents all over the
country to find the skeletons of animals, it was an equally proper
expense to collect living animals and to prevent particular species from
becoming extinct. I thought that the District of Columbia had prop-
erly no part in this matter; that the General Government should not .
give the District any control over it and ought not to put upon the
District the burden of paying any part of the expense of maintaining
the park.

Now, this has gone one step farther than we have ever undertaken
to go before. Heretofore we only made the District of Columbia pay
its share for the original improvement.

Mr. BurrerworrH. I do not understand, if the gentleman from
Kentucky will permit an interruption, that the act authorizing the con-
struction of this park had conferred upon the District of Columbia any
jurisdiction over the management of it.

Mr. BreckinrineGr, of Kentucky. It does not.

Mr. Burrerwortu. I agree with my friend in the general propo- |
sition.

Mr. Brecxrnrinesr, of Kentucky. I was saying, Mr. Chairman, that
this has gone a step farther. Heretofore we only made the District
pay one-half of the cost of the park, not for its management. It has
no jurisdiction over the management, and hence it is manifestly unjust
to the District to make it pay one-half of the expenditure to carry on
an enterprise over which it has no control, and it would give to the
District of Columbia a basis for a claim hereafter for a joint manage-
ment, which I do not think ought to be given and which certainly
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have said this goes farther. It not only makes the District pay one-
half of the permanent improvement and the administration of the park,
but it also requires it to pay one-half of the ‘‘care, subsistence, and
transportation of animals,” and for the ‘‘ purchase of rare specimens
not otherwise obtainable.” I think that is going rather too far.

I have no interest whatever in the matter except in the most gen-
eral way; but I simply offer the amendment so that it may be kept
alive in the record, in-order that there may be a constant understand-
ing that this position is not approved of unanimously by Congress, but
that there were some of us at least who thought it unwise in the first
place, and unjust to the District of Columbia in the second, to require
this; and that it is not our desire to approve of a proposition by which
the Government shall go into a partnership with the District for the
establishment of a zoological park here.

The whole ground on which I advocated, originally, the purchase
of the park, was that the United States, after the acceptance of the
Smithson bequest and the establishment of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, had already committed itself to that line of scientific inquiry or
that line of investigation, and that this was simply the development
of what the Government had already agreed todo. Now, to make the
District pay one-half of the expenditure for maintenance is simply to
remove the whole ground that justifies the expenditure in the first
instance, because putting it upon any other basis it would be entirely
indefensible.

Mr. Ricoarp Vaux. The gentleman from Kentucky seems to for-
get that there must be some basis for a bill to be brought into Congress
to pay the deficiencies in the expenditures of the District of Columbia,
and that this is perhaps the provision which may be used for that
purpose.

Mr. Breckrnriner, of Kentucky. I do not think that this bill will
be required, I will say in answer to my friend from Philadelphia, to
create a deficiency in the revenues of the District of Columbia; that
I think has been fully and most adequately provided for in the Dis-
trict of Columbia appropriation bill already passed, which was snatched
out of the Committee of the Whole by a sort of Cxsarian process the
other day, and I do not think therefore that we need trouble ourselves
now about having a deficiency for the District of Columbia. [Cries
of ‘‘ Vote!’]

Mr. Cannon. Mr. Chairman, one word on this amendment.

This whole matter was fully discussed at the time the park was
authorized. It was fully discussed in the next appropriation here
made; and the House deliberately refused to pass the bill except at
the joint expense of the Government and the District of Columbia.
I am satisfied that the committee and the House are of the same opin-
ion still, and I hope will always remain of that opinion. I ask a vote.

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Mr. Hmary A. Herpert, Mr. Chairman, I hope this amendment
will prevail.

. I was opposed for one to the establishment of this zoological park
originally; but when the citizens of this District inaugurated this
project, as they did, and succeeded in persuading the Congress of the
United States to enter upon this business, and provide a menagerie
here in the city of Washington, which was certainly intended on their
part to benefit the city, it seems to me that the city should pay its.
joint share of the expenditures.

Mr. Brecxrnriper, of Kentucky. Let me call the attention of my
friend from Alabama to the fact that this park has no reference to
what is known as Rock Creek Park. He is confounding’ the two,
apparently.

Mr. Hersert. I can not understand any difference between the two.

Mr. BreckrnripcE, of Kentucky. Then the gentleman does himself
great injustice.

Mr. Hersert. They are both for the same purpose, simply for
the adornment of this city, and largely for the benefit of the people

‘of this District who moved in the matter; and I take it as a general

thing that if this park is to be inaugurated here we have the citizens
of the District of Columbia who reside here, and who can watch over
the expenditures for the park, who are interested in doing it when
they pay one-half of the expenditures. Then, to some extent, we
have the benefit of their local supervision and their interest in the mat-
ter; for having to pay one-half of the taxes of the whole enterprise
they will help us to see, and they can do it much better than we can,
that the expenditures do not get to be too unreasonable; in other
words, that they are kept within reasonable bounds.

I think it was wise in the beginning to provide that the District of
Columbia should pay one-half of the expenses; and if it was wise then,
it is certainly wise now to continue in the annual appropriation bills
the same provision.

Mr. Cannon. I hope that we may have a vote.

Mr. WHEELER, of Alabama. Mr. Chairman, the great point made
by the gentleman from Kentucky [Mr. Breckinridge] is that if we
pass this bill in its present form it will or may make a basis fora
claim on the part of the District of Columbia against the Government.
The same argument might be made with regard to every class of
expenditure, as gentlemen might argue that everything should be paid
by the General Government that is asked for, because unless it is paid,
possibly at some time, several centuries hence, some claim may be
brought against the Government.

I sought the floor after my genial friend from Arkansas [Mr.
Rogers] took his seat, to make some reply to his criticisms regarding
the Smithsonian Institution.

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Mr. Rocers. If my friend will pardon me for a moment I will say
that my remarks were not addressed to the Smithsonian Institution.
I was speaking of the management of the park alone.

_Mr. WHEELER, of Alabama. Well, with regard to the management
of the park by the Smithsonian Institution. I admit that the gentle-
man’s remarks were confined to that particular work, but I wish to
call the attention of the House to the fact that every criticism made
by gentlemen on this floor with regard to the management of the park
commission and zoological gardens has been confined to the method of .
expenditures, and no criticism has been made as to the character of
the expenditures.

My friend insists, or at least suggests, that they ought to have a
man like Buffalo Bill, or a man like Mr. Barnum, to take control of
the park. Now, it is impossible to find one man that has all possible
experiences and the qualifications which arise from experience in all
vocations, and therefore they placed the zoological gardens under the
Secretary of the Smithsonian, Professor Langley, and he employs
men who have all the qualifications of Buffalo Bill or of Mr. Barnum. .
Men are employed there who have spent their lives in the manage-
ment of animals, men who have been to Africa and spent part of their
lives there among animals, and who are well informed regarding the
kind of animals that will live here, and the mode of life that is adapted
to their preservation and propagation. .

Now, it might be desirable to have an engineer officer detailed to
assist in the making of the surveys of the ground, etc., but as far as I
can learn there is a most general commendation of the methods pur-
sued by this professor, Mr. Langley, and a general commendation of
his management, and certainly commendation regarding the economy
of his expenditures. I have never heard a suggestion that the expen-
diture of a single dollar has been injudicious. On the contrary, the
general expression is that all his expenditures have been judicious in
all respects.

Mr. OutHwarre. Will the gentleman state whether he has given
personal supervision to these items of expenditure ?

Mr. WHEELER, of Alabama. I have read them over and examined
them, and I believe they are judicious and economical. ,

Mr. OurHwairE. What I wished to ask the gentleman was whether
he has given personal attention to the expenditures?

Mr. WHEELER, of Alabama. I have not given any personal super-
vision to the work at the park. I do not go there to examine the
progress that is made. I could not doit. It is not expected that I
should. We all of us have enough business here to attend to. All
our time is fully occupied in our Congressional duties.

Mr. OutHwarter. Does the superintendent do so?

Mr. WHEELER, of Alabama. Yes, sir; I believe he does. I think

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all the work is well superintended by competent men. Even if I
visited the grounds I do not know that I could make any beneficial
suggestions, and we Congressmen all have enough to do here without
spending our time in the personal supervision of the park.

The CuarrMan. The question is upon the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Kentucky [Mr. Breckinridge].

Mr. Tuomas R. Stockpatez. I desire to offer an amendment to the
amendment.

The Clerk read:

Amend by striking out all after ‘‘subsistence,’’ in line 11, page 35, down to and
including the word ‘“‘for,’”’ in line 15; and strike out the word “‘seventeen,”’ in line
15, and insert the word ‘‘seven’’ in lieu thereof.

The CuarrMan. That would not be in order as an amendment to
the proposition of the gentleman from Kentucky [Mr. Breckinridge].
If the gentleman from Mississippi will withhold it for a moment, until
the committee dispose of the other question, it will then be in order.
~ Mr. Rogers. Mr. Chairman I move to strike out the last word.

My friend from Alabama [Mr. Wheeler] wholly missapprehends
me if he supposes that in my remarks, which were somewhat humorous
as well as intended to be practical, I intended to criticise the Board of
Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. I did not. But what I do
intend to do is to invite the attention of the committee to the fact that
the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court and two mem-
bers of Congress and three Senators are not a proper board to look
after the Zoological Park.

My friend from Alabama [Mr. Wheeler] can not be expected to
leave his duties in the House of Representatives to go out and super-
vise and see that a survey has been made in a proper manner for roads
and walks, or proper plans and specifications for letting the contract
for public buildings in the Zoological Park, nor to investigate the
question of what kind of animals shall be kept in the park. What 1
think is this, that the organic law itself was wrong in placing the
Zoological Park under the control of the Board of Regents of the
Smithsonian Institution.

Mr. Brecxinriner, of Kentucky. If the gentleman will allow me,
I do not know whether he has taken the trouble to look into the organ-
ization of the Smithsonian Institution—I mean that part of it toward
which his statement is directed.

Mr. Rogers. Mr. Chairman, possibly I may be in error in the
observations I am now making. I shall be glad to be corrected if I am
misinformed.

Mr. Breckrnriper, of Kentucky. I was going to suggest that if
the gentleman does look that matter up he will find that the Smith-
sonian Institution has been organized for many years, in part for the °
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understand the various branches of learning, and that this course is
pursued under the terms of the Smithson bequest. ahi

Mr. Rogers. I understand, Mr. Chairman, that while that is true,
the direct control of the Zoological Park has passed under the sole
management of the head of that great Institution.

Mr. BreckinripGk, of Kentucky. The same principle is carried out
with reference to that as to other departments of the Institution. I
know the gentleman from Arkansas desires to be entirely fair.

Mr. Rocers. I do desire to deal justly by everyone. I desire also,
if my friend from Kentucky will yield for a moment, to state what I
am trying to now, which is to invite the attention of the House to the
condition of things in order that we may avoid in the future that which
I think, from what I have learned in regard to it, and which I regard
as somewhat authentic, and perhaps entirely so, may become a great
public scandal with reference to the improvements in that park.

It is a very important question to determine. It is a matter that
should be made clear, because in that is involved the whole question
of the public expenditure to be made for that purpose. Such a park
is a great institution, requiring talent, genius, and taste, and a large
knowledge of topographical surveying, and close attention, a personal
attention to what is going on in that place. Now, I do not for one
moment reflect upon those gentlemen. These are duties which I think
ought not to devolve in any sense upon any member of Congress.
We are not here at the proper time to be consulted about these things,
and the practical result is to turn the matter over to a scientific man
whose life has been spent for the most part in astronomical obser-
vations.

Mr. Burrerwortu. Mr. Chairman, as one of the Regents of this
Institution, I do not understand that the gentleman proposes to criti-
cise it; but for one I know that I can not do that which will be
required possibly. But heretofore the fullest confidence has been had
in the management of that Institution. From the suggestion of my
colleague [Mr. Breckinridge, of Kentucky] and of my friend from
Arkansas [Mr. Rogers], information seems to have reached them to
the effect that the management is not or may not be up to the standard.

Now, I think it is true if either of these gentlemen has information
that would put us upon inquiry, or suggest inquiry, that they should
state it to the House. I would not want during my term, when I have
done nothing except to go over there and look through, and to yielda
ready assent to what has been done—I would not, during my incum-
bency of that office, like to do anything that would be subject to criti-
cism, either as suggesting neglect or grave wrong. So that if my
friends have any suggestions in that behalf, I trust they will make
them clear.

Mr. Ournwaitr. A few moments ago I made a suggestion which I
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Mr. Rogers. I also did the same.

Mr. BurrerwortH. Does the gentleman from Arkansas offer any
amendment, or has he any suggestion to make as to the appropriation ?

Mr. Rogers. No, sir. No amendment is now pending, and I have
no amendment to offer in that regard. What I have said has been by
way of putting the Committee on Appropriations upon notice about
what is going on with reference to improvements in the park, in order
that it may receive at the hands of subsequent Congresses that atten-
tion which a great enterprise of that kind so richly merits when the
Government has embarked in it.

Mr. Cannon. I hope we can have a vote upon this amendment. I
would like to go on with the bill.

Mr. BrecxinripeGr, of Kentucky. I rise to oppose the amendment.

The CuarrMan. The amendment of the gentleman from Kentucky
is still pending.

Mr. Rocers. I moved to strike out the last word and spoke on that.

Mr. BreckrnripGk, of Kentucky. I rise to oppose the amendment.

The CuarrMan. The gentleman from Kentucky.

Mr. Breckinrin@r, of Kentucky. Mr. Chairman, the Smithsonian
Institution has never in any degree, so far as I know, had any partisan
color attached to it. It has been a bureau which has been sedulously
kept by Congress from having any partisan tendency by the mode in
which the Regents are appointed; and I have no doubt that any inves-
tigation of that Bureau will be found to result in the ascertainment
that the management of it has always been in the highest degree cred-

‘itable to those who have been put in charge. I have not the slightest
doubt that the present head of that institution.is equal to those dis-
tinguished gentlemen who have preceded him in that place.

Now, as to the matter in hand. My friend from Alabama [Mr.
Herbert] does himself very great injustice when he says that he can
not draw a distinction between the Rock Creek Park, which is an or-
dinary park for beauty and amusement, and the Zoological Park, which
is nothing but an appendage to the Smithsonian Institution, precisely
as are the grounds around the building. It does not stand upon the
same footing; is not defended on the same ground. Some of us, among
them myself, who were warm friends of the Zoological Park, resisted
and voted against every step which resulted in the establishment of
the Rock Creek Park; therefore we come back to the original proposi-
tion. The United States accepted James Smithson’s bequest by estab-
lishing the Institution, as it was in honor bound to do.

As a part of the development of that Institution it purchased that
property for the purpose of preventing the extinction of rare species
of American animals. It is purely a scientific branch, the practical
part of it being necessary to carry out scientific investigation. -It
stands upon the same footing as all other parts of that Institution,

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where they have obtained the best practical operation. They have to
send men to gather specimens in the Northwest and everywhere, and
while part of this is being carried on, it is being done in a manner
which serves for the adornment of the city and enjoyment of the citi-
zens of Washington, and they have just as much interest and no more
interest in it than they have in the Capitol Grounds, in the grounds
of the White House, or any other of the public grounds used for other
purposes. By treating it any other way than as part of that Institu-
tion we make it so that the whole matter may come up hereafter, and
we make the management of it certainly and continually a matter for
Congressional dispute, which has been the case ever since this was
done. This isa very small part of the $34,000,000 appropriated in
this bill, and the objection to it seems to be a saving at the spigot with
danger of a probable waste at the bunghole in the future.

Mr. Cannon. Just a word about this matter. It is a question that
has been traveled over three times, and I hope the committee is pre-
pared to vote. I do not agree with the gentleman from Kentucky
that this is to carry out James Smithson’s bequest. The Government
is being compelled by Congress to provide a ‘‘zoo” for the city of
Washington in the District of Columbia, and we make donation of
one-half of the cost therefor from the public Treasury. Every other
city has to provide its own ‘‘zoo;” and, besides that, we donate the
superintendent and the officers connected with the Smithsonian Insti-
tution, who are supported in the main by the public. I hope that we
can now have a vote.

Mr. J. T. Hearn. I desire to make an inquiry of my friend from
Illinois.

The CrarrMan. Debate upon the pending amendment has been
exhausted. The question is on agreeing to the amendment of the
gentleman from Kentucky, which the Clerk will read.

The Clerk again read the amendment.

Mr. Hrarp. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike out the last word. I
am in favor of the amendment for the reasons given by the gentleman
from Kentucky [Mr. Breckinridge] in better form and more forcibly
than I can hope to put them myself. I believe there should be a
divorcement right now of the union that was made without any
authority of law and upon a ground which I do not think my friend
from Illinois [Mr. Cannon] would attempt to justify before his people
in Illinois, as I would not attempt to justify it before my people in
Missouri had I ever favored it.

Now, | differed with my friend from Illinois in my vote in regard to
this matter in the first place. I was opposed to saddling half of this
expense upon the people of the District of Columbia. I believed that
the Government ought to have a zoological garden, but not, as my
friend states, for the benefit of the District of Columbia. I would like

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KIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 1437

to know by what authority of law or by what justice can we, the rep-

resentatives of the people of the United States, establish a zoological
park for the benefit of the District of Columbia? No such authority
exists. This park is to be established for the benefit of this nation,
and the nation should pay for it. We would have just as much right
to make the people of this District pay for the ‘‘ Capron collection of
Japanese articles of interest,” as proposed in a bill now pending, or
any other collection of articles of interest that Congress might decide
to buy to putin the Smithsonian Institution. I voted against the appro-
priation for the Rock Creek Park because I did not feel that we were
justified in spending the money of the people of the country at large
to make a park for the recreation of the people of the District of
Columbia.

Mr. Louis E. McComas. That is all the more true because the people
here have no voice as taxpayers in regulating the expenditures.

Mr. Hearp. No. Ivoted against the appropriation originally, and
I believe I was right. I was in favor of the proposition to establish a
zoological garden, but there is no logical or necessary connection
between the two objects of establishing the zoological garden and the
Rock Creek Park. This must be a national zoological garden if we
establish it in conformity with law and with our authority as repre-
sentatives of the people, and it is just as mucha national zoological
garden inside the limits of that park as it would be if it were put across
the river or in some other part of this District.

Mr. McComas. Will the gentleman permit me to supplement what
he says by a word? This puts the whole list of employees and their
salaries upon the people of the District of Columbia without their having
anything to say about it.

Mr. Hxearp. That is true; and, as has been stated by the gentleman
from Kentucky, we are making the District of Columbia a party,
willing or unwilling, to a partnership in a zoological garden for the

_ benefit of the United States. I believe we should have that zoological

garden. I believe it should be maintained at the national expense. I
believe there should be a Rock Creek Park, but I believe it should be
provided for by the District of Columbia, whose people will enjoy it,
at least in the greatest measure.

But, Mr. Chairman, I protest against designating this institution as
a zoological garden established for the benefit of the District of
Columbia, and I protest, and as long as I am a member of this House I
shall protest, against making the people of this District pay a portion
of the money appropriated for the improvement and maintenance of
that garden, or for anything else connected with it.

Mr. Danret Kerr, of Iowa. Mr. Chairman, when this bill was up
before the House I opposed it. Lopposed it because I did not believe
it ought to be passed.. I believed that if the people of Washington

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wanted a park for their own entertainment and enjoyment they ought
to pay the whole cost of it. But the amendment of the setreis
from Kentucky would entirely change that. »

The work having already begun, that amendment would result in
saddling the whole expense on the people of the United States instead
of half of it, and I was surprised to see the gentleman from Missouri
[Mr. Heard], after opposing vigorously the payment of one-half the
expense by the people of the United States, now voting for an amend-
ment the result of which would be to charge the whole expense to the
people of the United States.

In regard to the remark of the gentleman from Kentucky about this
Smithsonian Institution being controlled in a nonpartisan manner, I
believe these ‘‘nonpartisan” institutions are the most dangerous in
the country. Samuel J. Tilden said a number of years ago that the
proper definition of a ring was ‘‘an organization with sufficient
influence in both parties to control both;” and he said the consequence
was that such organizations were the most corrupt things in the world,
.. : believe he was right.

*. Cannon. Let us have a vote.

i Wueeter, of Alabama. I move to strike out the last word. I
would not have arisen were it not that to remain silent might be con-
sidered as an admission or possibly as an indorsement of the words
which fell from the lips of the gentleman from Arkansas in his last
speech. As to there being scandals connected with the use of the
money appropriated for the zoological garden, I am certain the gentle-
man is in great error. No one has made such a charge or even such
a suggestion.

If the gentleman had any knowledge of the expenditure of a saple
dollar of the money in an improper or injudicious manner, he ought
to bring it before the Regents, before this House and befor the
country. There was a resolution offered on this floor by the gentle-
man from Tennessee [Mr. Enloe], and an investigation was had
which developed the fact that the expenditures had been scrupulously
judicious.

I have as yet been unable to find a single man properly informed on
this subject who does not concur in the statement that these
expenditures have been judicious and proper. °

As to the gentleman who expends this money, Professor Langley, I
can conceive of no one more proper to control the expenditure or to
supervise the arrangements of this park than this gentleman who has
charge of the Smithsonian Institution.

Mr. RocErs rose.

Mr. Cannon. If we can not have a vote I will move to close ‘dblbaite
upon the paragraph and all pending amendments.

FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 1439

Mr. Rocers. If the gentleman will yield to me for two minutes I
will yield him back the floor. I want to say only a word.

Mr. Cannon. Very well; I yield to the gentleman for two minutes.
I hope we shall then have a vote.

Mr. Rogers. Mr. Chairman, the gentleman from Alabama [Mr.
Wheeler] was wholly mistaken if he understood me as having under-
taken to reflect upon the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian. Insti-
tution. And my friend from Kentucky [Mr. Breckinridge] is likewise
mistaken if he supposes I have spoken with a view of dragging this
matter into partisan politics. I have not had the slightest intention
of that kind. The only criticism I make is that we have not made the
investigation which should have been made before authorizing these
appropriations for the support of this park.

I have not charged that money has been extravagantly expended,
that there has been any corrupt conduct on the part of anybody, or.
any misappropriation of the funds. My object. was to ascertain
whether money had not been expended for purposes we would believe
improper, for improvements that ought not to have been made;
whether, in other words, things which ought not to have been done
had been done with this money, whilst things which ought to have
been done have been left undone. That is the point I was making;
that is a question which ought to be submitted to practical men who
have time and opportunity to go to that park whenever necessary and
determine precisely what ought to be done and how it should be done.
We do not want simply to ascertain that we have in charge of the
Institution a man who will act honestly.

I have no sort of doubt about the integrity of the head of the Smith-
sonian Institution; I have no information which impeaches him in any
respect. I have no sort of doubt about his probity as a public officer,
his desire to do exactly what is right in the establishment of this park.
But the question is, What is right, for what should this money be
expended—what should be done there? That is the main point; and
this question should be turned over to practical men instead of mere
scientists or theorists.

Mr. Cannon. I renew my motion to close debate on the pending
paragraph and amendments thereto.

The motion of Mr. Cannon was agreed to.

The Cuarrman. Debate is now closed on the pending paragraph and
amendments thereto. The question is on the amendment proposed by
the gentleman from Kentucky, to strike out the words which have
been indicated. |

The amendment was rejected.

Mr. STocKDALE rose,

The CuHarrman. The gentleman from Mississippi [Mr. Stockdale]
now proposes the amendment which will be read.

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The Clerk read:

Strike out all after the word ‘‘subsistence,’’ in line 11, page 35, down to and includ-
ing the word “‘for,’’ in line 15; and in line 15, strike out ‘‘seventeen’’ and insert
“‘seven;’’ so that the paragraph will read: :

‘Ror care and subsistence, $7,500,’’ ete. ;

The CHarrMan. The question is on agreeing to the amendment just
read,

Mr. Srockpa.eE. I want to say a word

The CuarrMaAn. It is not debatable. Debate has been closed by order
of the committee; but under the rule that does not preclude the offer-
ing of amendments, which, however, must be decided without debate.

Mr. SrocxpaLe. The motion of the gentleman from Illinois to close
debate referred to ‘‘pending amendments;” that was the language of
the gentleman.

The Cuarrman. All aii aaiae

Mr. Stocxpae. I understood the gentleman from Illinois as I have
just stated, and gentlemen by my side understood him in the same
way. For this reason I did not raise any question upon the proposi-
tion. The Chair had asked me to withhold my amendment, which
I did.

The CHarrMAN. Because it was not in order at that time. The
question is upon agreeing to the amendment proposed by the gentle-
man from Mississippi.

Mr. Ouruwaite. I ask unanimous consent that the gentleman from
Mississippi be allowed five minutes to explain his amendment.

The CuarrMan. Is there objection? The Chair hears none. The
gentleman will proceed.

Mr. Srockpate. Mr. Chairman, I do not propose to go into any
discussion of the propriety of 133 establishment of this park as an
original proposition, although I voted against the appropriation for
the purpose and have always considered it, as I do now, one of the
stupendous follies of this Congress to eisai this park at an

Several Members. The last Congress.

Mr. SrocxpaLe. Yes, the last Congress; I accept the amendment.
As has been well stated by another gentleman this park is simply a
menagerie, and a very poor one at that. But, Mr. Chairman, in the
paragraph preceding that now pending, I find this language:

For erecting and repairing buildings and inclosures for animals, and for adminis-

trative purposes, in the National Zoological Park, including salaries or compensation
of all necessary employees, $18,000.

In the pending paragraph there is an additional appropriation ‘‘for
the transportation of animals for the National Zoological Park and for
the purchase of rare specimens not otherwise obtainable, including
salaries or compensation of all necessary employees.”

In the first place, I do not see why the appropriation should be thus

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_ repeated unless it is a simple way of increasing the appropriation. I
want to put myself on record as opposing this scheme of sending men
abroad to hunt for and purchase wild animals to increase the size of
this zoological park, and consequently to enlarge the expense of main-
taining it.

There is no necessity for the United States Government going ito
the business of purchasing wild animals. There is no necessity of
their increasing their corps of employees to hunt up wild beasts, and
for the transportation of wild animals and for the ‘‘payment of
necessary employees.” The same expression is in two consecutive
paragraphs of the bill.

A Memper. In three.

Mr. SrockxpaLe. Now, I just simply wanted to say that this is a
scheme the expense of which never will cease, but which will be con-
stantly increasing. You not only increase the expense of maintaining
the Zoological Park—hbetter termed the Menagerie—but you devolve
an expense upon the Government to pay men for going through the
country and hunting up wild animals and purchasing and transporting
them to this city; and you will find whenever you include this proposi-
tion in your appropriation bills and begin to buy animals that there
will be no wild animals that can be obtained otherwise than by pur-
chase when the owners know that such a provision has been made.

Besides that, Mr. Chairman, who will determine the price of a buf-
falo or a monkey or a rhinoceros? Why, the man who has it to sell;
and these fellows that the Government sends out—how are they going
to know the price of a rhinoceros or an elephant or a monkey? Why,
what does my friend, the gentleman from Alabama [Mr. Wheeler],
know about the price of a rhinoceros?

Mr. M. A. Smirx of Arizona. Or sea lions? .

Mr. Srockpae. Yes, or of sea lions; or, as my friend from New
Jersey said the other day, of coyotes? Whowill know anything about
their price except the man who has the sea lion or the coyote or the
rhinoceros to sell? Why, he might impress upon these Government
experts who make the purchases the idea that because of the horn on
the end of the nose of the rhinoceros the animal was more valuable,
and some dude will be sent out from here as a Government employee
to inspect the animal who probably would not know that they should
not pay an additional price for that horn.

I say it is simply increasing a stupendous folly from year to year,
and it ought to be nipped in the bud right now, for the reason that
after a while we will not have as much money as when we entered upon
it, and if we had not had a surplus then it never would have been
inaugurated.

The time is not far distant in this country when there will be a
reckoning, and when Congress begins to tax the people to supply a

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deticiency they will inquire of the needs of these animals to the Amer-
ican people and resent the action by which this annual and ever-
increasing expense was incurred.

In my judgment it is one of the many follies induced by the surplus
in the Treasury, of which Congress ought to be ashamed.

[Here the hammer fell. ]

The question being taken on the amendment of Mr. Stockdale, it
was rejected.

February 10, 1891—House.

Mr. Benzamin A. Entoxr. Mr. Speaker, I rise to a question of priv-
ilege. I send to the Clerk’s desk a resolution addressed to the Secre-
tary of the Treasury, calling upon him for information in regard to
the expenditure of money in the improvement of the Zoological Park.

The resolution was read.*

The Speaker (Mr. T. B. ReEep). What was the date of that resolu-
tion?

Mr. Enuor. It was introduced on the 27th day of January. It has
been referred more than one week, so under the rules it presents a
question of privilege. I desired this information and have been striv-
ing for some time to get it, but so far I have been unsuccessful. I
introduced a resolution preceding this one, which was addressed to the
Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

That resolution was referred to the Committee on Expenditures in
the Interior Department. That committee met and decided to report
the resolution back to the House, but the report has not yet been made
to the House. I attempted to bring the matter up as a question of
privilege on the 27th of January, but the Speaker held that it did not
present a question of privilege. The chairman of the committee has
not yet submitted the report. I know not why he has failed to present
it to the House. I have no criticism to make upon him, but I have
understood that the reason why the resolution has not been presented
and acted upon is that it has been supposed that I had some political
object in view and that I sought to reflect upon some member of the
opposite political party.

I desire now to disclaim any such intention or purpose, either in the
beginning or at any time in the prosecution of this inquiry. I will
admit that I am as much inclined to indulge in political discussion as
some of my friends on the other side, but am not altogether a poli-
tician, and, like the gentleman from Maine [Mr. Boutelle], I some-
times have a motive which may be called patriotic. This is an inquiry
which has a patriotic purpose. I want to know how this money which
we collect from the people of this country is being spent and by what
authority it has been expended. It was a very strange thing to me,
in view of the statements made before the Committee on Expenditures

1See January 27, 1891—House.

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in the Interior Department, that the resolution which the committee
authorized to be reported to the House was not reported here and dis-
posed of.

There was no attempt to impeach the integrity or the honesty of
the gentleman who has so far administered the Zoological Park fund.
The simple question presented and the one upon which I want infor-
mation is whether or not the appropriation made by the Government
for that purpose has been or is being expended by any individual
without due legal authority.

I understand, Mr. Speaker, that the Secretary of the Smithsonian

“Institution fun I understand it from his own statement before the

committee) has been spending this money for the improvement of the

-Zoological Park without any authority from the Board of Regents;

that he was governed by the authority and direction of the executive
board; and as evidence of that fact I will send to the Clerk’s desk and
ask to have read an extract from the Washington Post of January 29,
showing that the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution had not
authorized one dollar of this money to be drawn from the Treasury
and expended by anybody up to the time that this resolution was
passed. :
The Clerk read:

The annual report of the executive committee, showing the expenditures for
National Museum, Exchanges, Zoological Park, and Bureau of Ethnology, and giving
a general statement of the finances of the Institution, was submitted. The follow-
ing resolution was adopted:

Whereas by an act of Congress of April 30, 1890, the National Zoological Park is

placed under the direction of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, the action

of the executive committee, during the recess of the board, in authorizing the Sec-
retary of the Institution to act for and in the name of the Regents in all matters
pertaining to the National Zoological Park is hereby approved, and the Regents
authorize and direct the Secretary of the Institution to sign in their name all requi-
sitions on the United States Treasury for the money appropriated by Congress for
the National Zoological Park, and to approve for payment by the disbursing officer
of the Smithsonian Institution all bills for services and supplies for said park.

The resolution was adopted the 28th day of January, 1891. The
act vesting the trust in the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution
was approved April 30, 1890.

Mr. Entor. Mr. Speaker, when that resolution was adopted it was
a confession of all that I have said about the disbursement of this
fund. It was an acknowledgment that prior to that time there had
been no authority given to the Secretary of that board to draw one
dollar of this money from the Treasury and expend it in the improve-
ment of the Zoological Park. I am not so much interested in the
Zoological Park from the standpoint of science as I am that whatever
money is appropriated by Congress shall be properly expended and
that the expenditures shall result in giving to the people of this city

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and to the people of this nation what Congress in making the appro-
priation intended they should have. I insist that a legally authorized
person or persons should have had the direction of the expenditure

of this fund, and should have been accountable to the people of this

country for its expenditure.

I am told that this board has had more meetings than one, from
which we might infer previous authority. The gentleman from
Arkansas [Mr. Rogers], in the discussion here the other day on the
sundry civil bill, raised the question whether or not there had been
any meeting of this board to accept this trust; and he called upon two
members of the board for a statement—or rather they volunteered
their statements on the floor of the House. One of them was the dis-
tinguished gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Butterworth], the other the
distinguished gentleman from Alabama [Mr. Wheeler]. When these
gentlemen volunteered to defend the Secretary, and to state how
many meetings this board had held, the gentleman from Ohio said—
and I will read his language from the Record:

If the gentleman will yield a moment I wish to say—and I believe my information
_ is reliable—that there were two meetings of the board; and at the last one, held
recently, every member of the board was present except myself. .

Mr. J. G. Cannon. I rise to a questioy of order; and it is that the
gentleman from Tennessee, in the absence of a resolution presenting
a question of privilege, is not entitled to the floor. I make this point,
not with the view of being discourteous toward the gentleman, but for
the purpose of getting on with business.

Mr. Entor. Do you mean there is an absence of any resolution

Mr. Cannon. I know of nothing submitted——

Mr. Entor. The resolution which has been read at the desk was
submitted on the 27th day of January last and has been lying over
unacted on and not reported. It was addressed to the head of a
Department; and under the rules of the House it becomes a privileged
matter within one week.

Mr. Cannon. I make the point of order that no question of privilege
is presented.

The SpeAKER. There is a question of privilege involved, but the
resolution is not now before the House; it is in charge of the com-
mittee

Mr. Entor. I understand that, Mr. Speaker.

The Speaker. And the committee, under the rules, should have
reported it.

Mr. Entor. Yes, they should.

The Speaker. But no motion has been made to discharge the com-
mittee, which is the appropriate motion.

Mr. Entor. I understand, Mr. Speaker—and I am governed by
what I have observed in my limited experience here—that where there

FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 1445

is a failure of a committee to report back within one week a resolution
addressed to the head of a Department, it becomes a privileged mat-
ter; and the motion has not heretofore been made to discharge the
- committee and bring the resolution before the House. Yet I make
that motion, Mr. Speaker, if it is necessary to render this proceeding
parliamentary.

The Speaker. It is the impression of the Chair that that has been
the custom wherever this has been recognized as a privileged question.

Mr. Entor. I will make the motion. I will not stop to discuss what
the custom has been. I have brought up questions of this kind
before; and this is the first time I have had to deal with that partic-
ular phase of the matter.

The Speaker. The Clerk will read from the Digest——

- Mr. Entor. I will be glad if the Chair will also have the rule read.

Mr. F. T. GreEENHALGE. May I ask the gentleman from Tennessee a
question ¢

Mr. Entor. When I get an opportunity to answer it

Mr. GREENHALGE. I simply wished to ask whether my colleague
from Massachusetts, General Banks, is not the chairman of the com-
mittee to which this resolution was referred ?

Mr. Entor. You are referring to another resolution which has been
pocketed. Iam talking of one which is not dead, but alive.

Mr. GrEENHALGE. I wanted to suggest that it might be considerate
to postpone action——

Mr. Entor. I am ‘not discussing the resolution which went to the
Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department. When I
saw that the other resolution was pocketed, I addressed a resolution
to the Secretary of the Treasury to ascertain on what authority this
money had been paid out. That is the resolution I am talking about;
and it did not go to the committee named by the gentleman, but to
the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department.

Mr. Cannon. Who is the chairman of that committee ?

Mr. Entor. I do not know; I have not looked to see.

Mr. GREENHALGE. The only question I wanted to ask was whether
it was perfectly courteous to the chairman——

Mr. Entog. I am not talking about that resolution, but another
resolution.

The Clerk read:

A motion to discharge a committee from the further consideration of a resolution

of inquiry, not reported within one week from the date of its reference, is a privi-
leged question. (Journal, 1, 47.)

The Speaker. The Clerk will now read the rule.
The Clerk read:

Rule XXII, clause 6. All resolutions of inquiry addressed to the heads of Execu-
tive Departments shall be reported to the House within one week after presentation.

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Mr. Entor. Then I make a motion to discharge that committee, if
necessary. |

The Speaker. The gentleman has spoken of a matter of custom
’ having prevailed. Can the gentleman point out any other instance
where the matter was treated otherwise?

Mr. Enuor. If the Chair will excuse me, I am referring in this
matter to some of my own personal experiences. If the Chair will
agree that I shall furnish the authority hereafter, and not do as he did
on another occasion recently, when I got up, in response to a request
for certain authority, to furnish it to the Chair, when the Chair
declined to receive it and declared the House adjourned; and when I
announced my desire to submit the authority the Chair simply stated,
‘“‘The gentleman can have the whole Hall to himself.” Now, if the
Chair will give me an opportunity hereafter, and not do as was then
done

The Speaker. The-Chair is unable to pledge himself for the future.
On that particular occasion the. Chair thought it was justified when
the gentleman was interrupting the declaration of the adjournment of
the House.

Mr. Entor. I have no doubt that the Chair thought so; and I have
no doubt the Chair thinks he is justified in doing a great many things
in which I differ very materially with him. But it is not necessary to
discuss that now.

The Speaker. The Chair thinks not.

Mr. Entor. Therefore I do not care to stop at this time to furnish
the authority, but will take pleasure in looking it up later.

Mr. Cannon. What is the motion?

The SpEAKER. The gentleman moves that the committee be dis-
charged from the further consideration of the resolution of inquiry.

Mr. Entor. And I have the floor on that motion. I want that
understood.

Mr. Cannon. What is the committee?

Mr. Entok. I believe I have the floor.

Mr. Cannon. I am entitled to know.

Mr. Entor. The gentleman of course is entitled to all the informa-
tion he can possibly get.

Mr. L. E. Arxrnson, of Penney avania: I am chairman of the
committee.

The SPEAKER. But what is the gentleman’s motion?

Mr. Entor. To discharge the committee from the further consider-
ation of the resolution.

The Speaker. What committee?

Mr. Entor. The Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury
Department, to which it was referred by the Chair. é

The SpHAKER. The gentleman from Tennessee moves to discharge

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the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department from the
further consideration of the resolution which has been read.

Mr. Entogz. Now, Mr. Speaker

The Speaker. This is a question of procedure—as to the order of
business——

Mr. Entor. I am entitled to the floor.

The Speaker. And as such question it is not debatable.

Mr. Entor. But I am entitled to discuss my motion.

The SpeakER. But this motion relates to the order of business.

Mr. Entor. I understand what the motion is.

The Speaker. And is not debatable.

Mr. Entor. But am I not entitled to the floor to control the time
on my own motion?

The Speaker. On a debatable motion; but the Chair is of the
impression that this’ is not a debatable motion, being a sane) of
procedure.

Mr. Entor. After the Chair has decided that it isa privileged mat-
ter, am I not entitled to be heard on the pending question 4

The Speaker. All questions relating to the priority of business shall
be decided without debate.

Mr. Entor. Oh, well, that has no more application here than the
Ten Commandments would have to the proceedings of the House. I
am entitled to the floor on the motion, according to the custom which
has always prevailed in the House. It has been decided to be a privi-
leged question by the Chair, and in my personal right as a Represent:
ative now I rise to address the House on the motion I have submitted.

The Speaker. The Chair has suggested that the gentleman presented
a question of privilege, and that matter has been determined.

Mr. Entor. The Chair thinks it is a privileged matter?

The Speaker. The Chair thinks so; and the gentleman has made his
motion. This isa privileged question, but is nota question of privilege.
There is quite a difference between them. It isa privileged question.

Mr. Entor. Then, take it as a privileged question; I still am entitled
to the floor on the Seats

The SprakER. The gentleman is entitled to have the question debided
whether the committee shall be discharged or not. That, however, is
a question of procedure to be decided without debate.

Mr. Entor. But I am entitled to the privilege of making a state-
ment to the House.

The SpraKker. Not under the present motion.

Mr. Entor. I am certainly entitled to make a statement before the
question is taken on the passage. Otherwise the House would not be
in possession of the information on which to found a conclusion for or
against the motion. Now, I rise to make that statement.

The Speaker. But the gentleman has made his statement——

1448 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

Mr. Entor. I have not finished.

The Speaker. And has submitted his motion.

Mr. Entor. I am not willing that the Chair or the gentleman Stor
Illinois [Mr. Cannon] should step in and say when I have finished my
statement. If I have not finished it in one hour from the time it is
decided to be a question of privilege, why then I must yield the floor.

The Speaker. But when the Chair decides that it isa question of privi-
lege, then there is no necessity of making any further statement——

Mr. Entor. Oh, yes there is—on the question of privilege.

The SPEAKER (continuing). Because the object in making the state-
ment has been accomplished.

Mr. Entor. Yes, but the question is whether the House wishes to
adopt the resolution, and whether it ought to be adopted, and certainly
I am entitled to the floor upon that proposition..

Mr. R. P. Brann. How could the House determine whether it wanted
the information or not until there was some discussion or debate upon
it. We can not act intelligently unless we understand the reasons why:
the gentleman asks it, and the propriety of the proceeding.

Mr. W. C. P. Brecxinringek, of Kentucky. There is no rule of this
Congress which requires it to act intelligently. That is the weakness
of the suggestion of the gentleman from Missouri [Mr. Bland].

Mr. Entor. Now, Mr. Speaker——

The Speaker. The Chair thinks the matter is not debatable.

Mr. Entor. Does the Chair hold that a question of privilege is not
debatable ?

The Speaker. The Chair does not hold that a question of privilege
is not debatable. That matter has been decided——

Mr. Entor. Does the Chair hold that a privileged question is not
debatable ?

The Speaker. The Chair holds that the question of priority of
business is not debatable.

Mr. Entor. Well, but that is not the gheetion I have the floor on .
this motion.

The Spraxer. The Chair decides that the question is not debatable.

Mr. Entor. Then I appeal from the decision of the Chair.

Mr. Cannon. And I move to lay that appeal on the table.

Mr. Entor. If the gentleman from Illinois wants to economize time
in that way, we will settle that.

The Speaker. The gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Cannon] moves to
lay the appeal on the table. Those in favor will say “‘aye.”

Mr. Entor. I will see that the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Cannon]
does not economize time by any such procedure.

The question being taken, the SPEAKER announced that the ayes
seemed to have it. ‘

On a division (demanded by Mr. Enloe) there were—ayes 87, noes 66.

FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 1449

Mr. Entor. Now, Mr. Speaker, I will address a parliamentary
inquiry to the Chair.

The Speaker. The ayes have it. Is the parliamentary inquiry in
relation to this matter?

.Mr. Entoer. It relates to this procedure.- I want to know of the
Chair, if I make no contest upon that motion, and it is decided to take
up the resolution, then have I not the right to the floor?

The SpraxeR. Then the gentleman cer tainly has the right to debate
the resolution.

Mr. Entoz. Do I have that as a matter of.right, or does it depend
upon the will of the majority here?

The Speaker. The taking up of the resolution depends upon the
vote of the House.

Mr. Entor. I want to know what my rights are in the matter.

The SpeaKER. The Chair is ready to answer any parliamentary
inquiry, and has answered the gentleman.

Mr. Entor. Then I demand the yeas and nays.

The Speaker. If the House should not choose to discharge the com-
mittee, in that event of course the gentleman would not be entitled to
the floor.

Mr. Entoxr. Yes, I understand. Well, aon: I demand the yeas
and nays.

The Speaker. The Chair will be entirely frank with the gentleman.

Mr. Entor. And if I can not be heard now, I will try to find the
opportunity later.

Mr. Cannon. I will ask the gentleman from Tennessee how much
time he wants?

Mr. Entor. I do not want more than twenty-five minutes, but I
intend to finish this if it takes all summer.

Mr. Cannon. I ask unanimous consent that the gentleman have
twenty-five minutes and that we have five minutes on this side, and
then that we have a vote.

Mr. Entoz. Why should I not have the twenty-five minutes with-
out the interposition of the gentleman from Illinois?

Mr. Cannon. The gentleman will understand that we do not want
to make any points of that kind. We want to get on with the public
business.

Mr. Entor. If the gentleman from Illinois will keep his seat we
will get on better.

Mr. Cannon. Now, I am in perfect good temper about this, and I

‘ask the gentleman to treat the matter in the same way.

The Speaker. The ayes have it, and the appeal is laid upon the table.

Mr. Cannon (to Mr. Enloe). Take your twenty-five minutes and
go on.

The SpraKer. The question is on the motion to discharge the
committee.

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Mr. Enxor. We will have the yeas and nays on that, if it is necessary.

The question was taken; and the SPEAKER announced that the noes
seemed to have it.

Mr. Entor. We will have a division, Mr. Speaker..

On a division, there were—ayes 71, noes 77.

Mr. Buanp. Let us have tellers, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Cannon. I ask unanimous consent to make a statement.

Mr. F. B. Spinoza. I object.

Mr. Cannon. I think I can propose an adjustment that will be | .

satisfactory. 3

Mr. Sprnota. I object. :

Mr. Cannon. I am doing this in pursuance of a pednedgs from your
side of the House.

Mr. Sprnoua. I will not give unanimous consent for you, Mr.
Cannon, during this session for anything.

The Spraker. The gentleman from Missouri [Mr. Bland] demands
tellers.

Pending the vote on the demand for tellers,

Mr. Arxiyson, of Pennsylvania, demanded the yeas and nays.

Mr. B. Burrerwortn. Mr. Speaker, before that is put, as we have a
good deal of business on hand, I would like to inquire what will be
satisfactory to my friends on the other side. I do not understand this
tangle, and I think there ought to be a way out of it without consum-
ing so much time.

Mr. Entor. I would say to the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Butter-
worth] that all I want is twenty or twenty-five minutes on my
resolution.

Mr. Burrerwortu. I hope that will be granted.

Mr. J. H. Ournwarrr. The committee that have had this matter in
chdérge have not had a meeting, and have not considered it.

Mr. Burrerwortu. I ask unanimous consent that the gentleman
from Tennessee be allowed to proéeed for twenty-five minutes.

Mr. Arxryson, of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I wish to make a
statement. .

Mr. Entor. The gentleman will have an opportunity to state any
facts he wishes to.

Mr. Arxrnson, of Pennsylvania. I am chairman of the Committee
on Expenditures in the Treasury Department. I have never received
notice that that resolution was referred to that committee. If I had
received notice or knowledge of it I should have called the committee

together and had it considered. My colleagues on the committee will

bear me out in the statement that we have not had any bills pending
before that committee recently, and therefore we have not held reg-
ular meetings. We are perfectly willing to have a hearing upon this
resolution and hear anything that the gentleman from Tennessee or
any other gentleman may desire to say about it.

FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 1451

The SprakeER. The gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Butterworth] asks
unanimous consent that the gentleman from Tennessee may be heard
for twenty-five minutes on the subject of the resolution.

Mr. D. Kerr, of Iowa. I object, Mr. Speaker.

The SprakER. Objection is made. The gentleman from Pennsyl-
vania demands the yeas and nays.

Mr. ButrerwortH. One moment, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Kerr, of Iowa. I withdraw my objection.

The Speaker. The gentleman from Iowa withdraws his objection.
Is there further objection? [After a pause,] The Chair hears none.
Now, the Chair would like to know in what condition the House
intends the question to be when the gentleman from Tennessee has
finished ?

Mr. Entor. The resolution to be before the House for action, Mr.
Speaker. I would like the Chair to state that.

The Speaker. The pending question is on the motion to discharge
the committee. The gentleman from Tennessee has twenty five min-
utes by unanimous consent.

Mr. Entor. Very well, Mr. Speaker; let it be so understood. I
think under the cir eats the first act I should perform is to make
my most profound bow to the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Butterworth]
and the gentlemen on the other side for the priceless, because value-
less, privilege of addressing this House under any circumstances. I
recognize the fact, Mr. Speaker, that I am in the minority; but I am
not willing to rest under the popular idea because I am of the minor-
ity that I have no rights here, and that I am not to be permitted to
discuss a question which affects the interests of the taxpayers of this
country in a legitimate manner.

I have stated here that this Smithsonian Institution is charged with
or has assumed charge of the expenditure of a large amount of money
for the improvement of the National Zoological Park. I have alleged,
and I repeat here, that the Secretary of that Institution, without any
authority of law, has gone to the Treasury Department and drawn
money from the Treasury Department and expended it in that work
without due authority of law. It is only a question of information
which I present. J am trying to find out whether or not there has
been authority given for this action, and I produce evidence to show
that no such authority was ever given.

I do not reflect upon Professor Langley, the Secretary of that Board.
I do not impeach his integrity. Ido not doubt that he is a man of
great learning; that he is a man of extensive scientific information;
but I do object to the policy or propriety of having a board consti-
tuted as this Board is, and the Secretary of the Board acting without
responsibility to anybody, acting in violation of law, drawing money
from the Treasury, and expending it without authority of law.

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Now, Mr. Speaker, I want to say, with reference to that improve-
ment out there, that the very next day after this Board of Regents
had met and had approved the action of its Secretary, and had directed
him to draw this fund from the Treasury (and it is the first authority
he had to draw a dollar) there appeared in the Washington Post of this
city what purported to be an answer to my inquiries, authorized by
Professor Langley. I do not consider it an answer at all, because it
failed to answer the very point of the inquiry. If it was desired or
intended that the inquiry should be met in a full and frank manner
why was the resolution addressed to the Regents of the Smithsonian
Institution smothered in the committee? If this money was paid out
pursuant to law what objection is there to the publication of the facts?

Now, Mr. Speaker, I started to state, when I was interrupted, that
the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Butterworth], of the Board of Regents,
when we were discussing the sundry civil bill, said he understood
that there had been two meetings, and the gentleman from Alabama
[Mr. Wheeler] the same day said there had been three meetings.
Professor Langley, if I remember correctly, stated before the Com-
mittee on Expenditures in the Interior Department that there had
been no meeting prior to the 27th, and the reason why there had been

no meeting was because some members of the Board lived in distant.

States, and it was not convenient to have a meeting oftener than once a

year. Now, I want to call the attention of the House to the fact that.

what I am trying to do is to get at facts-which will justify a change of
the administration of this park.

I want to take it out of the hands of the Board of Regents of the
Smithsonian Institution, and to put it into the hands of somebody who
has more sympathy with the taxpayers of this District and more
sympathy with the taxpayers of the country. This Board, the present
Board, is made up as follows:

MEMBERS OF THE INSTITUTION.

Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States.
Levi P. Morton, Vice-President of the United States.
Melville W. Fuller, Chief Justice of the United States.
James G. Blaine, Secretary of State.

Redfield Proctor, Secretary of War.

Benjamin F. Tracy, Secretary of the Navy.

John Wanamaker, Postmaster-General.

W. H.H. Miller, Attorney-General.

Charles E. Mitchell, Commissioner of Patents.

Then follows the Regents of the Institution—the gentlemen who
are supposed to audit these accounts and pass upon the administration
of this park. Who are they?

Melville W. Fuller, Chief Justice of the United States, chancellor.
Levi P. Morton, Vice-President of the United States.

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J. S. Morrill, member of the Senate of the United States.
8. M. Cullom, member of the Senate of the United States.
Randall Lee Gibson, member of the Senate of the United States.
Joseph Wheeler, member of the House of Representatives,
Benjamin Butterworth, member of the House of Representatives.
H. Cabot Lodge, member of the House of Representatives.
Henry Coppée, citizen of Pennsylvania. (Bethlehem.)
James C. Welling, citizen of Washington.
M. C. Meigs, citizen of Washington.
J. B. Angell, citizen of Michigan. (Ann Arbor.)
Andrew D. White, citizen of New York

This is the Board fictitiously supposed to administer this trust.
Their actual information is limited to what they find in a statement of
expenditures not itemized or detailed so as to convey practical infor-
mation. They examine a column of figures, look at a skeleton map,
guess at the sum total, and imagine the design of the work, and by a
unanimous vote approve it. Here are two members of the House who
are members of the Board, one saying that three meetings were held
_ and another saying that two meetings were held, and both confessing
that they were not present at either one—or at least my friend from
Ohio confesses that he did not attend.

Now, Mr. Speaker, I think that this House should know whether
or not there has been legal authority for the expenditure of this
money; and the Secretary of the Treasury ought to answer the ques-
tion whether or not money has been paid out without meeting the
requirements of the law. Is there any gentleman on the other side
who objects to that, or who thinks that this is a political matter ?

J am not trying to impeach a Republican or to stain the character of
a political party, for I do not know politics in this, but I am trying to
see that the expenditures of the public moneys are properly directed,
and thatthe object of this appropriation shall be attained under some
competent authority. In addition to this Zoological Park we are to
have the Rock Creek Park. That has been placed under the control
of the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army, General Casey;
Colonel Robert, the engineer of the District of Columbia, and three
citizens to be appointed by the President of the United States. One

. of those appointed by the President is a distinguished citizen of the

~ State of Ohio, General Boynton. The other two, I understand, are
citizens of the District. They are very sure to exercise a wise super-
vision over that enterprise. They are sure to pay some attention to
the expenditure of the funds, and to see that it is properly expended.

The taxpayers of the District of Columbia are compelled by Con-
gress against their will to pay one-half of the expense of this park.
They should be protected by somebody, and not be left to the merey
of a Congressional, Senatorial, or Presidential committee, which does
not know anything about propagating possums and coons or about the

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administration of a zoological park. I understand that it was the
intention to build houses there for the animals, of cedar logs, all of
one size, but that was found a little troublesome. They have built, I
understand, a log house to put the buffaloes in, and now, after they
have got it built, they are compelled to ceil it in order to protect the
animals from the cold weather.

I understand also there are houses to be built to protect the possums
and the coons and other animals now confined in our national menag-
erie. J would like to make a suggestion to these gentlemen based
upon my knowledge of the habits of possums and coons, and that is,
that if they can find a few hollow trees out there the animals will
enjoy them better and will propagate a great deal faster than they
will under the interference of the Government. Besides, sir, this park
might well furnish a very valuable and a very much appreciated enter-
tainment to a large class of citizens of the District of Columbia, by
providing a possum and coon hunting ground where they could go, in
the old-fashioned way, at night, and hunt the possums and coons.

But, seriously, Mr. Speaker, if we are to have this park organized
and established as Congress intended it, then let it be put under some
competent administration; let it be put in the hands of some practical
person or persons who will pay attention to what is being done there
and see that it is properly and well done. I say again that I think
Professor Langley is a very learned man, a man of wonderful scientific
attainments, but I do not believe it always follows that a man of great
learning or great scientific attainments is the most capable man for
administrative duties. If that were true, the President of the United
States, with his great learning, would make a better head to this nation
than he does. I have never discovered that, with all his advantages
and all his learning, he is an extraordinarily good administrative
officer.

Therefore, Mr. Speaker, I make again the point which I have made
before, and the only one that I have desired to make—that is, that the
Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department should be
discharged from the further consideration of the resolution, in order
that we may get information as to whether or not this money has been
expended in pursuance of law. .

I believe that the administration of this trust is improperly vested,
and I am satisfied that a full investigation of the matter will demon-
strate this fact. The facts can do no injustice to any honest man.
Then let us have the facts.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question recurs on the motion of
the gentleman from Tennessee to discharge the Committee on Expend-
itures in the Treasury Department from the further consideration of
this resolution and to consider it in the House.

The question was taken, and the SPEAKER pro tempore announced
that the noes seemed to have it.

FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. - 1455

Mr. Enuor. I ask for a division.

The House divided; and there were—ayes 47, noes 55.

Mr. Entor. I demand tellers.

Tellers were refused.

Mr. Entoer. I ask for the yeas and nays.

The yeas and nays were ordered. ;

The question was taken; and there were—yeas 79, nays, 104, not
voting, 146. asi
February 12, 1891—House.

Mr. B. A. ENLOE presented memorial of M. E. Mann relative to the
park expenditures.

February 12, 1891—Senate.

The District of Columbia bill for 1892 (H. 12729) being under con-
sideration, the next amendment of the Committee on Appropriations
was to insert the following as an additional section:

Sec. 2. * * * And the provision of the ‘‘Act for the organization, improve-
ment, dnd maintenance of the National Zoological Park,’’ approved April 30, 1890,
which requires that one-half of the sums therein appropriated shall be paid out of

the revenues of the District of Columbia, is hereby repealed, and whatever amounts
have been paid out of said revenues for this purpose shall be repaid and credited to

_ said District on the books of the Treasury.

Mr. Preston B. Pitums. When it comes to the zoological park,
there is involved a matter which has been the subject of discussion in
both Houses of Congress, and which has sooner or later to be met.
It seemed to the Committee entirely improper that the District should
be charged with the expense of maintaining the zoological garden or
any part of it. It is in no sense‘a municipal expenditure. Whatever
idea Congress may have about a zoological park can not at any time

.be subjected to the question, even incidentally, as to what revenues

the District of Columbia have for the purpose of carrying on their
municipal expenses, and therefore have something left over which
might be applied to the gardens.

When we come to another item in this bill we find that the commit-
tee has provided for the repayment out of the Treasury of the sum
charged against the District last year for the maintenance of the
zoological park. The appropriation act of last year provided for this
purpose about $90,000, of which one-half was charged against the
revenues of the District and the other half against those of the Gen-
eral Government. .

I made a statement to the Senate some time ago on this point during
the absence of the Senator from Maryland [Mr. Gorman], and I repeat
now that.the committee thought that the zoological park ought not
be dependent upon the question whether the District had available
revenues or not for its maintenance. On the other hand, it was not

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fair to charge to the people of the District a matter like this, in which
they only have the same interest the other people of the —=— States
have.

Therefore we have provided here that that money charged apuingt
the District last year shall be credited to their finances, and with these
two items the amount appropriated by this bill will be, less the avail-
able resources, about $100,000. That is to say, if the anticipations in
regard to the revenues are realized and all the money appropriated by
this bill shall finally be found in it when it becomes a law, there will
be in the neighborhood of $100,000 over and above what is necessary
for the purpose.

It can be readily seen, of course, that the park itself might fail to
answer the purposes for which it was intended or to be of any conse-
quence, if we were to be all the time limited in the acquisition of spec-
imens and in the incurring of expenses, to funds which might be
derived from taxing this District rather than to the ability of the
Treasury to meet charges of this kind.

But it is unjust that this expenditure should be put upon the District

of Columbia, because the District has no interest in it that is not com-
mon to all the people of the United States. Congress may think,
guided by the views of the head of the Smithsonian Institution or
somebody else, that we ought to get some expensive specimen, or a
zebra, or a rhinoceros, or an elephant, or hippopotamus, or something
of that kind from a great distance, in which the interest of science
and the spread of general intelligence are involved, but not questions
relating to this immediate locality.

I have thought it wise to make this statement in order that, if the
Senate should adopt this amendment, the whole subject with reference

to the controversy which may or may not ensue, but which will be ©

liable to ensue with another legislative body, might be put upon a
proper and rational basis.

As to the park which has been provided for, to be located imme-
diately north of the zoological gardens, that is a different thing. Pro-
vision has beén made for the payment of one-half of the expense of
the land for that park out of the revenues of the District of Columbia,
and no doubt in time, when it comes to be improved and policed and
taken care of from year to year, Congress will allot a proper propor-
tion of the expenses of that park to the revenues of the District of
Columbia, because that park comes within the proper statement of
a municipal purpose. But the zoological garden is an entirely and
wholly different thing.

While I say now, as I have heretofore said, that I think the arrange-
ment to-day between the District of Canings and the Government of
the United States with reference to the payment of the expenses of the
District is too liberal to the District, yet I am unwilling to disturb it

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in this indirect way, and I think it is very important that we shall not
do so, because if we are ever to take up that question again with a view
of establishing a new relation we should not want to be embarrassed
by such a consideration as the expenditure of a part of the money
of the District for zoological purposes, which would necessarily be
involved. :

The Prestpine Orricer. The question is on agreeing to the amend-
ment of the committee.

The amendment was agreed to.

Mr. A. P. Gorman. We have, I know, the usual complaints as to
improvements made in the different sections of the city. I hold in my
hand a statement, which I will not trouble the Senate to read, from
residents of the northeastern section of the city—the old complaint, it
is true—that there has been great discrimination and that probably
nine-tenths of the money appropriated has been expended in the north-
western section of the city. As the case now stands there will not be
a dollar of money to provide for the improvements which are con-
templated in this bill until the taxes are paid in 1892, and, as the Sen-
ator from Kansas says, even then we shall be $100,000 short, if I
understood him correctly, unless we succeed in having the amendment
of the Senate agreed to relieving the District from the Zoological
Park tax.

Mr. Piume. I wish to say to the Senator in the same connection
that last year the Senate, on motion of the committee of which he is a
member as well as myself provided for the repayment to the District
of $100,000, the sum paid for the land embraced in the Zoological
Park, which I think ought to be in this bill. In other words, as I
believe, the annual expenses of the Zoological Park ought to be paid
by the General Government, and so I think the land covered by that
park ought to be paid for by the Government.

Mr. Gorman. There is no provision in the bill for that purpose, I
understand.

Mr. Prume. There is no provision for that purpose. That would
just about make the two ends meet against the contingencies about
which we have been speaking.

Mr. Gorman. I trust the Senator in charge of the bill will prepare
an amendment to that effect before the bill leaves the Senate and let
us vote upon it. I supposed that provision had been made for the
purchase of the land as well as the expenditures of the park. The
park, as a matter of course, is a national affair. It was gotten up
originally, as I understand, by gentlemen connected with the Smith-
sonian Institution. It is their affair. They collected here a lot of
animals and curiosities of various sorts which they wanted this park
for, and I am informed, it is true not officially, that selected spots
are being laid off and disposed of by the professors of the Smithsonian

H. Doc. 732——92

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Institution for magnificent residences for themselves, and a large part
of it is to be utilized as a private park.

Mr. H. L. Dawes. They are to be surrounded by. wild animals.

Mr. Gorman. They are to be surrounded by wild animals, as they
ought to be, in my judgment. I trust the Senator from Kansas will
amend his amendment to section 2 of this bill and make provision for
the Government reimbursing the $100,000 to the District. I think that
is an act of simple justice.

Mr. Dawes. [always thought the distinction between the Zoological
Park and the other park was that the Zoological Park was intended to
be a national affair, or that one of them was to be a national affair and
the other a District affair, one of them being charged to the United
States and the other to the people of the District and the United States.

Mr. Gorman. I do not refer to the great park which was provided
for, but the Zoological Park, which belongs exclusively to the United
States and which originated with the officers of the United States, as
I have said.

Mr. Dawes. The Senator is right in that distinction.

Mr. Gorman. I had no reference to the other park. I think the
citizens of this District can well afford to pay one-half the cost of that
park, not only for the land but for its maintenance, and I believe they
are perfectly ready and willing to do it; but the Zoological Park was
inaugurated by gentlemen connected with the Smithsonian Institution.

As I said some time ago, wild animals are to be collected there, and
at the same time it is to be a sort of summer resort for the gentlemen
connected with that Institution. 1 have no objection to it, but I think
the Government ought to pay for the maintenance of the park and pay
for the land as well.

Mr. J. H. Mircuetu. I rise to a question of order. The Senator
from Maryland is making some very interesting remarks, as I infer by
hearing a sentence or two occasionally, but there is so much confusion
that we can only hear a small portion of what he says. I should like
to hear it all.

The Vicre-Presipent (Mr. Levi P. Morton). The Senate will please
come to order.

Mr. Gorman. I think I have finished what I desire to say about the
bill. I do trust, however, the Senator in charge of it will, as he is
prepared to do so, I have no doubt, offeran amendment covering the
amount paid by the District of Columbia for the Zoological Park and
directing its reimbursement from the Treasury of the United States.

The Vice-PrestpEntT. The question is on the third reading of the
bill. Is the Senate ready for the question ?

Mr. Gorman. Does the Senator from Kansas intend to offer the
amendment ?

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in charge of a bill has certain responsibilities, but they are somewhat
circumscribed. I think the Senator himself ought to offer an amend-
ment if he desires to have it adopted.

Mr. Gorman. I have no amendment prepared. I supposed the
Senator had.

Mr. Piums. I have asked the clerk of the Committee on Appro-
priations to prepare an amendment, and the Senator will have it in a
few moments.

Mr. Gorman. I will take great pleasure in offering it.

Mr. Gorman. On page 47, I move to strike out the word ‘‘is,” in
line 9, and insert what I send to the desk.

The Presipine Orricer. The amendment will be stated.

The Curer CiErK. On page 47, line 9, in the amendment already

'. agreed to, it is proposed to strike out the word ‘‘is” and insert the

following:

And also the provision of the District of Columbia appropriation act approved
March 2, 1889, which requires that one-half of the sum of $200,000 appropriated
thereby for the establishment of said park are——

Mr. Cockre.u. Let us know what will be the effect of that amend-
ment. Let the text be read as it will stand if amended.

The Carer CuierK. It is proposed to amend the amendment already

agreed to so as to read:

And the provision of the ‘‘Act for the organization, improvement, and mainte-
nance of the National Zoological Park,’’ approved April 30, 1890, which requires that
one-half of the sums therein appropriated shall be paid out of the revenues of the
District of Columbia, and also the provisions of the District of Columbia appropria-
tion act approved March 2, 1889, which requires that one-half of the sum of $200,000
appropriated thereby for the establishment of said park, are hereby repealed, and
whatever amounts have been paid out of said revenues for this purpose shall be
repaid and credited to said District on the books of the Treasury.

Mr. Cocxretu. That matter was fully discussed at the last session.
It was voted down then and I hope it will be voted down again.

The Prestpine Orricer. The question is on agreeing to the amend-
ment.

The amendment was rejected.

February 14, 1891—Senate.

Mr. J. S. Morrizt, from Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds, reported an amendment to the sundry civil bill for 1892
(H. 13462):

That the provisions of the District of Columbia appropriation act approved March
2, 1889, which requires that one-half of the sum of $200,000 appropriated thereby for
- the establishment of the National Zoological Park shall be paid out of the revenues
of the District of Columbia, is hereby repealed, and whatever sums have been paid

out of said revenues for this purpose shall be repaid and credited to said District
upon the books of the Treasury.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

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February 14, 1891—House.

Mr. L. E. Arxryson of Pennsylvania, from Committee on Expendi-
tures in the Treasury Department, presented report recommending
adoption of Mr. B. A. ENnor’s resolution of January 27.

Passed.

February 24, 1891—Senate.

The sundry civil bill for 1892 under consideration.

Mr. W. B. Auuison. In line 13, I move to strike out the comma
after the word ‘‘ animals.”

Mr. G. F. Hoar. I should like to ask the Senator how that would
leave the meaning of the sentence?

Mr. Auuison. It would leave it as Professor Langley wants to leave
it.

Mr. Hoar. Let us just look a little and see.

The Prestpine Orricer. The amendment will be reported.

The Cuter CierK. On page 41, line 13, after the word ‘‘animals”
strike out the comma.

Mr. Hoar. I do not think it is worth while to detain the Senate
very long about a comma, but it seems to me very clear that the
Senator would throw the sentence into confusion by striking out the
comma.

For erecting and repairing buildings and inclosures for animals—

Now, that is one thing—
and for administrative purposes.
That is another. If you strike out the comma, it leaves it:

For erecting and repairing buildings and inclosures for animals and for adminis-
trative purposes in the National Zoological Park—

And then it goes on—
including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, $18,000.

In other words, for erecting buildings, including salaries of neces-
sary employees. That is not what is meant, I think.

Mr. Auuison. I will say to the Senator from Massachusetts that
Professor Langley examined this paragraph critically, and, as I under-
stood him, the paragraph is for erecting and repairing buildings and
inclosures for animals and for administrative purposes in the National
Zoological Park, and that it shall include the salaries or compensation
of all necessary employees.

Mr. Hoar. Employed in erecting and repairing buildings?

Mr. Auuison. Yes, and inclosures. ‘*Care and subsistence” the
Senator will observe is another paragraph. So I take it Professor
Langley knows what he wants.

Mr. Hoar. Does the Senator understand that salaries or compensa-
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the salaries and compensation necessary for employees to erect and
repair the buildings, and do nothing else?

Mr. Auuison. Yes, sir; that is what I suppose.

Mr. Hoar. Well, if that is the intent of it, it is all right, but I do
not believe it.

The Prestp1ne Orricer. The question is on agreeing to the amend-
ment moved by the Senator from Iowa.

The amendment was agreed to.

The reading of the bill was resumed. The next amendment of the
Committee on Appropriations was, on page 41, line 22, after the word
**dollars,” to strike out ‘‘ one-half of which sum shall be paid from the
revenues of the District of Columbia and the other half from the
Treasury of the United States;” so as to make the clause read:

For care, subsistence, and transportation of animals for the National Zoological
Park, and for the purpose [purchase] of rare specimens not otherwise obtainable,
including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, and general inci-
dental expenses not otherwise provided for, $17,500; in all, $50,500.

Mr. J. H. Reaaan. I will inquire of the chairman of the committee
if we did not in a bill that was recently passed release the people of
the city from paying any part of the cost of the purchase of this
Zoological Park ?

Mr. Auuison. That is the object of the amendment, to strike out
one-half.

Mr. Reacan. I know, but I am speaking of a bill which passed the
Senate recently, which assumed that the Government was to pay what
it was provided in the last Congress the city should pay; that is, one-
half of the expenses of this park.

Mr. Auuison. I believe there was an amendment to that effect, but
it did not pass. There is no provision as yet for refunding to the Dis-
trict government one-half the amount of the original payment.

Mr. Reagan. It passed the Senate, but I understand it did not pass
into a law.

Mr. President, I do not myself understand why the people of this
District should be relieved of their part of the expense of this Zoolog-
ical Park. If they do not want it, then it ought not to be imposed
upon them by Congress. If they do want it, they ought to pay their
part of the expense of it. When we think of the fact that millions
of dollars are paid out of the Treasury monthly here in this District,
where there is more money in circulation than anywhere in the great
commercial cities of the Union, infinitely more than in any of the
rural portions of the country, I do not understand why the people
here should be relieved from taxes and people much less favored be
required to pay their faxes, and especially Ido not understand why
they should be relieved from those which go to ornamentation and
pleasure.

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I do not care to dwell upon this matter, but I hope that the amend-
ment proposed by the Senate committee will not be adopted.

Mr. J. T. Morean. Mr. President, if the people of Washington
had any government, if the Government of the United States consid-
ered them as being worthy of having any right to express an opinion
upon any question connected with their welfare, we should then con-
sult them and find out whether they did want a zoological park or not.
But no such consultation is made. They are treated as if they were
prisoners of war, or barbarians, or outside of the American Union.
They have no rights of citizenship, no voice in their own government,
no voice in the National Government, no voice in anything. Once in
a while a man may find his way to a committee room or on the floor of
the Senate of the United States to put up a plea in their behalf, but
as to consulting them as to whether they want a zoological garden or
anything else, we never do it.

Now, if you were to leave it to a vote of the citizens of Washington
they would not have any zoo at all. There are plenty of zoos here to
amuse the people. Congress itself is a zoo that is big enough to enter-
tain everybody who comes here, as well as the citizens of the city of
Washington. There is no occasion for spreading our sources of amuse-
ment around through the beasts and animals of the forest and of the
jungle. We haveall kinds of representatives here that could be thought
of, if we would just reflect a little and make comparisons.

In the point of taxation it has been an accepted American doctrine
everywhere except in the District of Columbia that representation
should go along with it. Iam incapable of conceiving that there can
be any element or fractional part of anything that resembles an Amer-
ican government in the United States within all of its borders, unless
it may be in an Indian tribe, where the right of taxation exists as
against the people and the right of representation does not exist.

So, when Senators rise here and say that these people ought to be
taxed or else they ought to be relieved of the park, they have no voice
upon either proposition. Why, sir, if you would put it to a vote of
the citizens of Washington whether they would sustain a zoo here by
taxation they would vote against it. Particularly the poor laboring
colored people about here would vote against it. Very few of them
will ever get to look at it. They have not time to go to see it and
take care of their families. Because we are afraid to trust our property
and our peace and all that sort of thing to those elements of voting
power which operate to control the great States of the South, we must
include Washington people—all of them, the great and the small, the
rich and the poor—among those disqualified classes of American citi-
zens who for some reason, which no man, I believe, is willing to state
frankly and candidly, must be excluded from all voice in taxation and
every other kind of lawmaking and representation.

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I hope that the Congress of the United States, after having grati-
fied its own fancy in creating a zoological park and in providing the
ways and means, as is now being done, for stocking it with beasts and
animals, snakes, grizzly bears, and the like of that, will not conclude
that because they desire to have a zoo here for their own entertain-
ment and amusement, to which they may ride out and disport them-
selves in their carriages; that having had this fancy and having gratified
it at the expense of the people of the United States it is incumbent
upon the people of Washington that they should provide one-half the
sum of money necessary for its support.

Mr. Reaaan. Mr. President, the Senator from Alabama tells us that
if the question as to whether we should have a zoological garden in
this District were submitted to the people of the District they would
not vote for it but would vote against it. For whom is it to be made,
then, if the people of Washington here do not wish it?

Mr. Morean. It is for outside barbarians and not for Washington-
jans.

Mr. Reagan. It is a strangely illogical proposition, it seems to me,
that the distinguished Senator makes, and he is not often illogical. If
the people here would vote against that proposition, that is sufficient
to reject it, in my judgment. Here are 250,000 people interested in
whatever interests other communities, and if they do not want it why
should we tax the people of other parts of the country to give them
that which they would not themselves vote for?

Mr. Morean. How can we find out whether they want it or not?

Mr. Reaean. Ido not care about saying anything that seems to savor
of reflection upon anybody, but I remember very well, some fifteen
years ago, when we were passing what was called the organic act of
this District, a member could not walk into the corridor, he could not
get into a street car, he could not go into a hotel, he could not go in
and out of his room, without being tackled by people everywhere and
on all occasions urging him to make provision that the people, all the
rest of the people, should pay one-half of the expenses of this District.
And more, this should not be done, because the general Treasury pays
the whole expense of the parks in this city, to which the people here
do not contribute anything. Is it not enough that the expense of all
these parks and public grounds should be wholly paid by the people
out of the general Treasury ?

Mr. I. G. Harris. I should like to ask the Senator from Texas if he
thinks the Botanic Gardens were established and are being maintained
for the benefit of the people of the District of Columbia, or is it a
national work, and done, and ought to be done, by the Government?

Mr. Reaean. Mr. President, I do not profess to be specially senti-
mental and poetical; I profess to be somewhat practical and to meet
questions practically and inquire what they are and what should be

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done with them. Of course I understand that the Senator and all of
us call it a national zoological park, but it might as well be called a
District of Columbia zoological park, because of all the people of this
country not one in ten thousand will ever see it. Why say it is for the
benefit of the people, who have no interest in it upon earth but to pay
the taxes by which the $300,000 is to be paid for the land, and then
perhaps millions more for making arrangements to keep the animals
and the snakes and the grizzly bears that the Senator spoke of /

Mr. Morean. If the Senator will indulge me just one second I desire
to ask him if the people of the District do not, through the tariff,

through the internal-revenue laws, and through every other system of —

taxation that the Government has anything to do with, pay their full
proportion of the taxes for the support of this great and general and
universal Government of the United States; and having done so, why
have they not performed their duty to this country #

Mr. Reacan. Of course the people here pay their proportion of
taxes for the purpose of supporting the Government. The people
elsewhere pay their proportion of taxes for supporting the Federal
Government and this District government, and their State govern-
ments, and their county governments, and their city governments, and
their school system, while here we require the Government to pay a
large amount of the expenses of the schools and to buy schoolbooks for
the children here.

Mr. Morean. That is wrong.

Mr. Hoar. I should like to ask the Senator if he does not under-
stand that the people here pay a tax equivalent to the average tax of
well-governed cities throughout the country on their own property
besides.

Mr. Reagan. No, sir; not as I understand it.

Mr. Hoar. They pay $15 on a thousand, I think. What is the per-
centage they pay on their taxable property ?

Mr. Reacan. I am unable to state the exact percentage.

Mr. Harris. It is $2 on a hundred in the city and a dollar and a half
in the country.

Mr. Hoar. Two dollars on the hundred is a very heavy tax.

Mr. Morean. That is on real estate, and on personal estate is an
additional tax. Then there is the water tax. The Government water
tax is to be paid.

Mr. Reag@an. The people do not pay $2 a hundred on their real
estate here.

Mr. Moraan. Yes, they do.

Mr. Hoar. My impression was that the rate is $1.50, but the Sen-
ator from Tennessee states that it is $2.

Mr. Harris. Two dollars is the maximum fixed by the organic act.
Exactly what the assessment is at this time I am not sure.

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Mr. Reagan. It is $1.

Mr. Harris. It is more than that.

Mr. Hoar. Will the Senator pardon me for one observation, if it
does not interrupt him? I was a member of the House of Represent-
atives when the present system was established and gave my assent to
it, and, as I understand, it was based on the theory of requiring the
people of the District of Columbia to pay on their own property a tax
equivalent to the average of the well-governed cities of the country,
and if I mistake not that was estimated to be $1.50 on a hundred—1.5
per cent. ‘

Then, as it was understood that as the Government was the great
real-estate owner here, had its reservations and its public buildings
and its monuments which are of a national character, and as a vast
portion of the people of the city was made up of persons who came here
for Government and temporary purposes, having their home claims
upon them, and many of them their property elsewhere, intending to
go home when they got a competency, to spend their old age, it was
fair that the Government should pay the rest. That is the theory on
which it went, and it seems to me it is a theory which is a very sound
and wise one.

Mr. Ragan. If the Senator from Massachusetts is correct in his
supposition that the people of this District are taxed as high as the
people of other cities of like size, then it is the most remarkably mis-
governed city under the sun if they pay that tax. Remember that the
general Treasury pays more than the people do, so that if the Senator
is correct in his supposition the taxes for the support of the govern-
ment of the District of Columbia would be double that of any of the
great cities. I think the Senator must be mistaken.

Mr. Hoar. If the Senator will pardon me a further observation, take
Pennsylvania avenue. There is an avenue three times as wide as any
economically governed city would build for itself. So of all the great
avenues which are put here as matters of national ornamentation.
Then the avenues pass the great reservations which can not be improved
for private benefit, which separate private properties from each other.
There are these numerous parks and squares and small inclosures
which furnish no income for taxation whatever.

Then, in addition to that, here are these great national buildings
which are policed in the preservation of public order by the city. The
city police protect them from the mobs, the thief, the burglar, and
from fire. Here is this great mass of people who are not residents
here except temporarily, who go home to vote elsewhere and who have
all their obligations there. They are protected here.

The residents of the city themselves do not get half the benefit of
this expenditure which the Senator says makes it a badly governed
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the excellence of its government with experience; every five years it is
better than in the preceding period.

We have got to start with the fact that the Constitution of the
United States has settled it that the power of the Government over
this District is not in the residents thereof, but in the people for the
purpose of a national capital, for national protection. It is like a navy-
yard ora dock or any other Government reservation in its general
principle. Now, then, we say to these people who come here, ‘‘ The
great bulk of expenditures are on a scale adapted to a national capital
and not to a local city or a Jocal residence. Therefore, we will deal
with you by saying you shall pay what you ought to contribute if
you were in an ordinary well-governed city, and we will pay the rest.”
Can the Senator suggest any other principle of managing this city or
paying for it better than that?

Mr. Reaean. Mr. President, I am not as pleasantly situated in

such a discussion as gentlemen are who would tax other people for
the support of the government of this District. It would certainly be
much more pleasant to me if I could say to the people here, ‘‘I will
relieve you of all taxes and I will make you rich and comfortable at
other people’s expense.” It would be very pleasant to them doubtless
if I could say it and do it; and certainly the situation of gentlemen is
much more pleasant who can find themselves sustained by the feelings
of the populace among whom they are, though they are proceeding at
the expense of other people by the sacrifice of justice.

Mr. President, I do not deem that to be any part of my duty. My
duty is to represent the people who sent me here to take care of their
interests and to try to be just to the whole American people, to try to
see that equal justice is shown to all.

Now, the Senator would throw me off from the point of discussion
about the Zoological Park by taking up the general administration of
the city. His reference to the width of Pennsylvania avenue revives
some recollections with me that I see are in his memory.

We were both in the House of Representatives at the time the
organic act for the District was passed, when in order to show the
liability of the general Treasury for one-half the taxes, in making up
the estimate by the committee who presented the case to the House of
Representatives, they charged the General Government with all the
avenues and streets and alleys as Government property, as if the
avenues, streets, and alleys were not the property of everybody. But
it took that to make a pretense for the justice of the charge upon the
general Treasury of one-half of the expense of this District.

I recognize, sir, that this being the national capital, the offices of the
Government being here, it is the duty of the Government to contrib-
ute its fair share of the expense of the administration of this Dis-
trict. Ido not complain that that is done. I believe it is right; but

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when I say that I remember that if Senators were among their own
people, in their own homes, they would hardly tell them that they
ought to be taxed for the benefit of the people of the District of
Columbia, especially when, recurring to the point that I started out
with, I remember that millions of dollars are paid out monthly here;
that money is freely circulated; that wages are high, and the people
more prosperous than anywhere I know of within the United States
as a general mass.

My friend the Senator from Alabama said awhile ago that the poor
colored people if we had a Zoological Park could not get there. His
experience is very different from mine. If there is a park in this city
that they do not get into, it is one that I have never discovered, and
one I judge that he never will discover. If there is a place of amuse-
ment that they are not in, then he has found a place of amusement that
I have never found in the District of Columbia.

Mr. Morean. But they do not have the right to vote.

Mr. Reagan. I think it is a most fortunate thing for them and for
the District that they do not have the right to vote. I agree with an
expression made, I believe, by the Senator from Missouri, that it is
very fortunate for this District, under the conditions that attend it,
that the people do not vote.

Mr. Morean. Will the Senator yield to me?

Mr. Reaean. If the Senator will let me finish my sentence I will
yield with pleasure. If it were the case that they had the right to
vote, we would here exhibit to the world the condition of things with
which a number of cities of this country are cursed; we would exhibit
a condition of things that would make men blush who do not now
comprehend what it means to see a country governed by an ignorant
rabble.

Mr. Morean. If I remember the figures aright, I think we have
appropriated $5,000,000 or it may be $8,000,000 for the deepening of
the water in the harbor of Galveston. Now, 1 claim that the people
of Washington contribute very largely to that money for the benefit
of the State of Texas, that wonderful empire out there, and that we
ought not to be too harsh on them.

Mr. Reacan. Mr. President, I know the fertility of the Senator’s
mind.

Mr. Morean. But I speak of the fact. There is nothing fertile
about that; it is a fact.

Mr. Reacan. I know the illimitable resources of the Senator in
argument. He would answer me by saying that it was agreed to
appropriate five or six million dollars for the improvement of the
harbor at Galveston. I suppose the Senator would have it understood
that that is for the benefit of Texas.

Mr. Morean. Yes, mainly.

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Mr. Reacan. Of course Texas would participate in that benefit, but
all the States west of the Mississippi River, including two-thirds of
the territory of this Union, would have the benefit of it.

Mr. Morean. But Washington would not.

Mr. Reacan. Besides the navigation along our seacoast would have
the benefit of it; because when a harbor is made there so that deep-draft
vessels can enter, the large vessels from New York, from Boston,
from Philadelphia, from Baltimore will come there with their cargoes,
and there receive their cargoes, while now they have but light-draft
vessels and it causes transportation to be much more costly to the
people.

But, Mr. President, we have made many improvements; we have
appropriated a great deal of money for the improvement of the Missis-
sippi River, a great deal for the improvement of the Alabama River,
and for the improvement of the harbor of Mobile, I suppose as much
as ever has been appropriated to Galveston, not specially because it
was to benefit Mobile any more than the appropriation to which the
Senator refers benefits the local community of Galveston, but it was
for the benefit of the commerce of the United States, for the benefit,
so far as the world is interested in it, of the world’s commerce.

I do not care to go into that discussion as to the extent to which the
appropriations for our rivers and harbors benefit the whole community.
I think that it is very well understood, and it bears no analogy to the
case before us of building a zoological garden in the District of Colum-
bia for the pleasure of people who come from abroad, not for the
benefit of the people of the District, as the Senator tells us. ;

So I prefer to come back to the point from which I started, and to
repeat that if the people who are here do not wish to be taxed for the
Zoological Garden $200,000 or $300,000 I do not see the justice of
imposing a tax upon people who will never see it for the benefit of
people who would refuse to accept it if they had to pay their part of it.

Then, Mr. President, it is not my suggestion that the whole tax of
that garden should be imposed upon the District; it is that they should
pay their part, and if it goes on, that the Federal Government should
pay one-half of that expense, not the whole of it. It is a question
now whether the Federal Treasury shall pay all or one-half for the
establishment of a zoological garden for the pleasure and the amuse-
ment of the people who live here and those who happen casually to
come here.

Mr. President, I do not wish to detain the Senate longer, but I wish
to say that Senators might as well reflect upon it that when we are
making this District cost the people here and .the general Treasury
more than $5,000,000 a year we are guilty of extravagance no people
are guilty of; we are guilty of recklessness of appropriations that no
men would be guilty of if they were surrounded by people who are to

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bear the burdens of that extravagance. Think of the administration
of this District, 70 square miles, costing nearly as much as the admin-
istration of the great State of New York, with its 6,000,000 people.
Think of this District, with 70 square miles, costing for its adminis-
tration three times as much as the great State of Texas, with its two
and a half million people, embracing its school fund and everything
else.

Mr. President, if I had not already been overloaded and overbur-
dened with other questions [am not able to master here, I would be
willing to undertake the business of trying to expose the character of
appropriations made for this District and awakening public attention
to it. I should feel if I could do so that I would do one of the best
services that I could render to the American people; and any young
man who comes to Congress, and who has the courage to do his duty
and expose the sort of extravagance that goes on here, may, while he
is doing justice to the American people, give himself a national fame.

It is a sort of close corporation here. The people interested all
around us approve of what we do. The people at home do not know
what we do. If the American people knew what we did here upon
this subject, either the policy would change or the representation
would change. I have no doubt of that. There would be either a
change of policy, and the extravagance would be arrested, or the
people would send some other men here to take care of the public
interests.

The Prestpine Orricer. The question is on the amendment pro-
posed by the committee to strike out the last three lines of page 41.

The amendment was agreed to.

February 24, 1891—House.

The District of Columbia bill for 1892 under consideration:

Mr. J. H. Rocrrs. Now I invite the attention of the committee .to
this tunnel and the manner in which this loss was sustained by the
Government of the United States and the injury inflicted upon the
District, for the purpose of emphasizing, if possible, upon the Com-
mittee on Appropriations the importance of having the work to be
done upon the Zoological Park under proper management, instead of
leaving it to some merely visionary person, or to others who have no
time to devote to the work.

For, assuming that there was no corruption on the part of the offi-
cers in direct charge of this business, the result is precisely the same
by reason of their neglect; and we will experience the same thing in
the future unless attention is now given to the building of that Zoolog-
ical Park with reference to that precaution also in my judgment.

Mr. J. C. Cuements. * * * On this line we have seen much
recently in regard to the hardship of charging the District of Colum-
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Zoological Garden or Park. On this point I desire also to say that the
proposition first came to this House on an amendment proposed by
the Senate on the sundry civil bill, and it provided for an appropria-
tion to be paid by the Government of the United States alone. If
that had passed in that shape it would have been a proper charge upon
the people of the United States only; but this House deliberately
refused to accept it in that shape and voted down the amendment of
the Senate on the sundry civil bill to establish a zoological park at the
expense of the people of the United States.

At the next session of Congress those who were interested in the
enterprise of a zoological park in the District, and out of it, made an
effort to induce the Government of the United States, through Con-
gress, to establish it as a national park, at national expense alone.
Having failed in that, after deliberate and conclusive action in that
Congress, they came back at the next session and asked the Senate to
place it upon the District of Columbia bill, which carried the money
belonging one-half to the District of Columbia and one-half to the
Government.

Mr. L. E. McComas. But my colleague will admit that those per-
sons who urged that to be done were neither the people nor the press
of the District.

Mr. CiemMEnts. I will not admit fully all that my friend says. An
effort was deliberately made to put it upon the sundry civil bill so
that it would be at the expense of the people of the United States.
It was deliberately and decisively rejected by this House and aban-
doned by the Senate. At the next session, failing in that effort, the
friends of the park and those desiring its establishment had it placed
upon the District of Columbia bill, one-half of the expense to be
chargeable to the people of the District and one-half to the United
States. They were willing to accept it in that way inasmuch as they
could not get it the other. They could get it that way, but could not
get it the other.

Mr. 8. R. Perers. And now they ask the Government to pay for
all of it.

Mr. CLEMENTS. Now, they come, as was to be expected, and insist,
after it is once established, and there is no difficulty that it is to be
a permanent institution, under the plea that as it is to be a national
park, therefore it ought to be paid for by the United States entirely.
This plea is an afterthought, perhaps, that is set up after the park
has been established; and if Congress yields to this, how many ses-
sions will pass before you will be required, at some time when the
revenues of the District are down at an ebb on account of extravagant
appropriations and expenditures, as they are now, to relieve the Dis-
trict of one-half of the expense for the other park that was estab-
lished at last session. There would be just as much reason for it as
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There is no hardship on the taxpayers of the District of Columbia
in requiring them to pay one-half of the expense. What other city
in the United States having a zoological or other park does not pay
every dollar of the expense of its establishment and maintenance?
You go to the cities of Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Chicago, and other
places where they have their zoological gardens for the benefit of the
people of those great cities, and those people pay every dollar for
them. If Washington wants a zoological park, why should it not bear
the expense as any other city does? It is certainly no hardship to pay
half the expense.

Mr. J. T. Hearn. I will ask if there is any city which has estab-
lished a zoological park of their own at their own expense where the
General Government exercises absolute control over the work, pro-
vides the officers who control and superintend it, as they do in the
case of this park?

Mr. Ciements. There is not, for the very reason that there is no
other place where there is a national capital of the United States
except this.

Mr. Hearp. And should Congress make good a deficit out of the
pockets of the people of the District, when the people have nothing
at all to say about the matter?

Mr. Ciements. Not at all. This is not to make upa deficit. There
was a surplus in the revenues of the District at the time over and
beyond the appropriations, and the money was paid and has been paid.
It is not to make up a deficit in the Treasury of the United States;
but it is a proposition to repay to the District of Columbia that which
has already been appropriated and paid in order to make up a deficit
for the District of Columbia.

Mr. Hearp. But appropriated and paid by authority of Congress,
not by the people of the District.

Mr. CLeMEntTs. Just as all appropriations for the District are made.

Mr. R. P. Buanp. Will my friend allow me to ask him a question?

Mr. Ciements. Certainly.

Mr. Bianp. What other city in the Union is there where the Fed-
eral Government pays half the taxes for the improvement of their
streets and of their property, and relieves them to that extent of tax-
ation ?

Mr. Cements. I was just going to state further, in answer to my
other friend from Missouri, in which he asked in regard to other
cities. The condition of things which necessarily exists in the Dis-
trict of Columbia and in Washington does not exist in relation to any
other city, for the reason that there is but one national capital.

The Constitution of the United States declares substantially that
Congress shall exercise exclusive legislation over not exceeding 10
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national capital. Ido not pretend to quote the words literally, but
the provision is that Congress shall exercise exclusive legislation over
this District. As suggested by the gentleman from Missouri [Mr.
Bland] there is no city in the country so favored as this in the improve-
ment of streets.

Mr. D. Kerr, of Iowa. ‘‘ Exclusive jurisdiction” is the language
of the Constitution.

Mr. Cruements. ‘‘ Exclusive legislation.”

Mr. 8. L. Minirken. Will my friend permit me to ask him a ques-
tion there?

Mr. Ciements. Certainly.

Mr. Mruuixen. Is it not fair to say on the other side—and I do not
disagree with the gentleman—that there is no other city in the country
but has the power to say whether it shall have a park or not?

Mr. Hearp. To say that it wants it or not.

Mr. Ciements. That is true.

Mr. Miuurken. And if they do not want it, they do not pay for it.

Mr. Ciements. That is true.

Mr. Mitirken. But here is Congress establishing a park, and after-
wards, under the present arrangement, putting half of the expense on
the people of the District and half on the Government, whether they
want the park or not.

Mr. Ciements. That is very true; and I will say right there, in
response to the suggestion of the gentleman, as well as in answer to
the question asked by the gentleman from Maryland a moment ago,
that the statement that the people of this District do not want the park
is entirely a mistake.

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Mr. Perers. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent thet the
gentleman from Georgia have as much time as he may desire. I know
he will not occupy the time unnecessarily.

The CuartrMAN. The gentleman from Kansas asks unanimous con-
sent that the gentleman from Georgia proceed without limit. Is there
objection? The Chair hears none.

Mr. Ciements. I will not take a longer time than necessary, Mr.
Chairman.

Mr. Mitiurxen. Will my friend allow me right there? I did not
mean to say that the people did not want this particular park or that
particular park; but I stated the general proposition that they have
no power over the general legislation of the District.

Mr. Cirements. That is true, and that is incidental to the fact I
stated a moment ago—that this is a national capital. It is a place
reserved, and a place over which Congress alone must exercise
exclusive control.

Mr. Hxarp rose.

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Mr. Ciements. And I want, before the gentleman interrupts me
further, to say that it would be wholly at war with the interests of the
people of the United States; it would be utterly incompatible to have
local legislation in the District of Columbia, with the interests of the
people at their national capital, and for that reason those who framed
the Constitution set apart this District under the absolute control of
Congress. It is not any denial of the doctrine that we all hold dear
that the people shall have self-government, but it grows out of the
fact that this reservation, like any other reservation which the United
States acquires or retains jurisdiction of for national purposes, because
local interests might be very different. * The local appropriations might
be wholly inadequate to meet what might be deemed necessary for
national purposes by the National Congress.

Mr. Peters. And there would be a continual conflict between the
local authorities and the United States authorities if any other system
were adopted.

Mr. Ciements. Yes, there would be a continual conflict; just as
now there is a continual complaint growing out of the supposition that
the people here ought to have the government of the District and the
management of its affairs in its own hands. Obviously that is not a
correct idea. It is absolutely necessary that the affairs of this District
should be controlled by Congress, which represents the people of all
the States, all of whom have an interest in the national capital and in
the District for the purposes for which it was reserved and established.

Mr. Hearp. It is not my purpose to take issue with the gentleman
as to the propriety of or necessity for the form of government which
obtains here. I pass that question by. My criticism is that the law
being enacted providing that one-half of the expenses of the govern-
ment of the District are to be paid by the people here and one-half by
the United States, Congress should be just and equitable in dealing
with the people in matters where the voice of Congress controls and
where the people of the District have no voice except through Con-
gress, and that the spirit of the law making that division of expense
contemplates only necessary and proper appropriations.

Now, I think that in fairness the gentleman should have answered
the question of my colleague [Mr. Bland] far enough to have stated
that while it is true, as intimated by my colleague, that there is no
other city in the country where the General Government pays part of
the taxes and relieves the people of taxes to that extent, it is also the
fact that the Government pays one-half the taxes here under an agree-
ment made by Congress itself upon the hypothesis that that is a fair
proportion for the Government to pay on account of its large holding
of property here, and that it is not in any sense a gratuity to the
people of the District.

Mr. Ciements. If the gentleman will allow me to complete my

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answer to him and his colleague, I will do so briefly. Any Congress
has the power to make with the people of this District any sort of
adjustment which it may deem proper of the prvcportion of the
expenses to be paid by each. The proportion has been fixed at half
and half; that arrangement being made, as I understand, upon the
theory that the Government, owning the streets and the reservations
and the public buildings, really owns half the real estate in the Dis-
trict, an assumption which every gentleman within the sound of my
voice knows to be incorrect now, whatever it may have been in the
past.

Mr. Hearp. Then is it not the duty of Congress to fix a more just
and equitable basis ?

Mr. Ciements. Well, the gentleman belongs to the Committee on
the District of Columbia

Mr. Hearp. And that committee has no power whatever; but, on
the contrary, the subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations,
for which the gentleman from Georgia is now speaking, assumes
absolute control of that question.

Mr. Crements. Not at all. My friend, on reflection, will admit that
we take up only such matters as bis committee are unable to get passed
and put them on this bill so that they may be got through under whip
and spur on the appropriation bill.

Mr. Hearp. Yes; and it is only fair and just to the District. Corts
mittee to say that the gentlemen on the Appropriations Committee
frequently resist the action that is proposed by the Committee on the
District of Columbia, assuming absolute control over every appropria-
tion of money to be expended within the District of Columbia.

Mr. CiemMents. Certainly. The members of the Committee on
Appropriations, being also members of this House, have a right to
criticise any bill that comes before them, either from the Committee
on the District of Columbia or any other committee.

Mr. Hearp. But you gentlemen assume to negative legislation pro-
posed by the Committee on the District of Columbia, as you did in
the case of the girls’ reform school, and then refuse to recommend
such appropriation yourselves.

Mr. Cuiements. The gentleman very well knows that the Committee
on Appropriations have no jurisdiction to report an appropriation for
an institution that does not-exist under the law, and therefore he knows
that if we had reported that appropriation anybody could have had it
struck out on the point of order.

Mr. Hearp. That is where I find fault with the Appropriations
Committee, that it refused to allow us to pass the bill carrying the
appropriation, and made the point of order upon it when we proposed
legislation to establish the institution and to make the appropriation.

Mr. CLEMENTS. I say to the gentleman again that any member of

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the Committee on Appropriations has the same right as any other
member of this House to make any point of order or any objection to
any bill that is brought, in here by any committee. Each member is
responsible for his own action.

Mr. Hearp. But the gentleman is inconsistent in that he insists that
it is our duty to doa thing when his committee resists, and successfully
resists, the doing of it on the ground that our committee had not juris-
diction.

Mr. Ciements. When did your committee propose any readjust-
ment of the method of apportioning the expenses of the District gov-
ernment between the United States and the people of the District?

Mr. Hearp. And when has the gentleman’s Committee on Appro-
priations proposed any such measure? And you name the proportion
to be paid by the Government and District respectively of every item
for joint account.

Mr. Ciements. I can not yield any longer, Mr. Chairman.

Mr. G. E. Apams. Will the gentleman yield to me for a question as to
the purpose for which this park is established? The gentleman has
compared this Zoological Park with the parks in other cities. There is
one in Chicago, which is maintained not for the advancement of science,
but for the entertainment of the people. Now, if this park is to be
established and maintained for the entertainment of the people of the
District, then the gentleman’s argument is correct; but if it is to be
established and maintained not merely for the entertainment of the
people, but for the advancement of science, then evidently there is
another question involved which the gentleman has not yet touched.

Mr. Ciements. [am much obliged to the gentleman. In relation
to that I want to say that whatever may be the other features of the
Zoological Park, scientific or otherwise, it is to be a park for the en-
tertainment of the people, it is to be a park open to the public, and,
so far as the people of this District are concerned, for every purpose
that such a park is desirable, this city will have one.

Mr. Apams. That is, the drives, the walks, and the grounds of the
park considered not as a scientific park. But suppose it were not
scientific, would it not be just as entertaining, and if there is extra
expense incurred in adding the scientific element is it not fair to say
that there comes in an element which the people of the District have
nothing to do with and ought not to be required to pay for?

Mr. Curements. If the gentleman were able to draw a line by which
that could be determined there might be something in his suggestion;
but whatever may be the scientific features of that park, it will un-
doubtedly be to the people of this District for all purposes just what
any other zoological park would be. It will be enjoyed by them and
in the same way and to the fullest extent and at the expense to them
of paying one-half the cost of its maintenance, and certainly I think

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that the Government of the United States in paying its half is paying
quite enough for the scientific features.

Mr. Minurkxen. And the people of this city will enjoy the park,
while the great body of the people of the United States will never
see it.

Mr. Ciements. That is true. The people of the city will enjoy
this park day after day and week after week throughout the year,
while the great majority of the people of the United States will never
see it.

Now, it is not true that the people of this District, or at least some
of them, did not ask for this park. I remember quite well that when
the amendment on the subject was pending upon the sundry civil bill
and upon the District appropriation bill we heard a great deal said on
this floor and elsewhere about the necessity for a breathing place for
the people, a place for their recreation and entertainment, a place to
which the poor people who work all the week could go on the Sabbath.
Various arguments of that kind were used. Those arguments were
met by the statement that within the city limits the Government of
the United States was maintaining at its own exclusive expense numer-
ous reservations embracing many acres, which were absolutely free
to the people of this District and to all the people who come here as
visitors.

But that was not regarded as a sufficient reason. Influences in favor
of the establishment of this park were brought to bear largeiy from
citizens within the District, as well as from scientific authorities. I
admit that these were one of the forces behind the bill. The measure
went through on this idea of the District bearing one-half the expense;
it would have failed to go through, would have been rejected, on any
other basis. Therefore in this matter there is now no injustice toward
the District, no afterthought, no disposition to take ‘‘snap judgment”
upon the people of this District.

Again, there are a great many expenditures in this District borne
entirely by the Federal Government of which the people get almost
the entire benefit. Among these I refer to the institution called the
Freedman’s Hospital, maintained at an annual cost of $51,000 paid
absolutely, every cent of it, out of the Treasury of the United States.
The inmates of that institution, I have no doubt, are largely—more
than half—almost entirely from the District of Columbia. Some of
them, it is true, are people who come here from other parts of the
country, just as in New York, Philadelphia, and other cities provision
has been made for taking care of people not residents, who become
sick or disabled while there. But, I repeat, the Government of the
United States pays every dollar of this expense.

Mr. Harp. Why does not the Government make the people of the
District pay half of that expense? What is the theory upon which

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the whole expense of that institution is assumed by the General Gov-
ernment ?

Mr. Crements. I do not know the reason. This system was adopted
at the time of the establishment of the institution, soon after the war,
when a good many people of the class designated in the title of the
institution were thrown upon the Government for their support. The
District at that time was poor and in debt, was notas rich and populous
as it is to-day. The Government in its wisdom and discretion estab-
lished this as a national institution, and it has been maintained from
that day to this at tae expense of the United States, although the
beneficiaries of the institution are mainly from the District of Colum-
bia, and in any other city similarly situated would be a charge upon
the local authorities.

Again, there is carried in the sundry civil bill year after year an
appropriation of $19,000 for keeping up a number of beds in the
Providence Hospital. Not one cent of this expense is borne by the
District of Columbia; yet the people receiving the benefit of that pro-
vision are mainly people of this District. The Garfield Hospital
receives an appropriation of $15,000 a year, every dollar of which is
paid by the Government of the United States, not a dollar by the
District, from which the beneficiaries of the institution largely come.
And yet the United States Government pays one-half of all other
charity appropriations in addition.

Then there are the salaries of the judges of the supreme court of
the District of Columbia, amounting to $24,500, every cent of which
is paid out of the Treasury of the United States. Yet I will venture
to say that for one case tried in which the Government of the United
States is interested as a party, ninety-nine others are tried in which
the parties are citizens of the District, neither the Government of the
United States nor the citizens of any State being concerned on either
side.

Mr. Hearp. Does not that necessarily result from the condition of
things of which the gentleman just spoke—the necessity for the Goy-
ernment having control here without any conflict ?

Mr. Ciements. Not at all.

Mr. Hearp. Then why do you not provide some other system?
Why not have the people of the District pay their fair proportion of
this expense ?

Mr. Ciements. I do not care to charge the people of this District
with one-half of the expense of any of these items. I am naming

them here for the purpose of answering the argument which is.contin-
ually made in the press and on this floor, and elsewhere, that Congress
is treating this District unfairly and unjustly.

We pay the whole amount of the salaries of these judges, although
99 per cent of the business transacted is between citizens of the Dis-

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trict. In any of the States of the Union if a* murder or any other
crime is committed the expense of the trial is charged to the State or
county. Here the entire expense in such a case, including fees of
witnesses and jurors and the salaries of the judges, is all paid out of
the Treasury of the United States.

Mr. Herarp. The gentleman will pardon the criticism; but I sug-
gest to him that, in my judgment, it would be infinitely better to have
the people of the District pay one-half of the judicial and other proper
expenses to which he has referred than to require them to pay one-
half of the expense of maintaining the Zoological Garden and other
things not necessary for the proper conduct of the District government.
I think the efforts of Congress should be directed toward finding and
declaring the proper line of division in expenditures made, in the Dis-
trict and in adhering to it, and not appropriate carelessly and rely
upon effecting justice by making set-offs on doubtful charges.

Mr. Ciements. I hope now that I may be permitted to proceed. I
do not wish to trespass on the time of the committee.

I want to say this, that while | am making answer to the charge of
injustice, in which my friend from Missouri seems to share, on the
part of the United States Government toward the people of the Dis-
trict of Columbia, I cite these instances of absolute generosity on the
part of the Government in support of the position I take; the gentle-
man from Missouri answers by suggesting a long line of legislation in
regard to these matters, and asks why we have not carried it out.

Mr. Hearp. Oh, no. If the gentleman will allow me

The Cuarrman. The gentleman from Georgia declines to be inter-
rupted.

Mr. Hrarp. The gentleman has not declined to be interrupted, Mr.
Chairman.

The CHatrMan. The gentleman indicated a few moments since that
he desired to proceed without interruption.

Mr. Hearp. I do not propose to interrupt him without his consent,
but I do propose to let the gentleman himself say whether he will be
interrupted, and not the Chair.

Mr. Wituram McApoo. Will the gentleman from Georgia yield to
me for a question ?

Mr. CiemeEnts. I will.

Mr. McApoo. What do you think of the propriety of a Senator or
member of the House of Representatives serving on the District Com-
mittee of either House and legislating for the District who is a prop-
erty owner in the District?

Mr. Ciements. Well, that is a matter that every gentleman in his
own conscience ought to determine for himself. I do not propose to
undertake to set up any standard of morals or conduct for any other
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Mr. McApoo. I do not want to be misunderstood in my question.
But it has always been to me a very grave question whether under
general parliamentary law as laid down in other countries, outside of
this Chamber, a member of either House would have a right to vote on
such a question. In May’s Parliamentary Law it is laid down clearly,
as an axiom, that a member having such a property interest would not
be eligible to vote on such a question.

Mr. F. B. Sprnoia. Well, his modesty should prev brit him.

Mr. Hearp. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman from Georgia yield
to me for just a moment?

Mr. Ciements. I yield to my friend from Missouri if he thinks the
suggestion of the gentleman from New Jersey needs any other answer.

Mr. Hearp. I desire to ask the gentleman from New Jersey, as the
gentleman from Georgia and myself were conducting the colloquy, if
his question was intended to contain any reference to either the gentle-
man from Georgia or myself; and if so, to. which one?

Mr. McApoo. I had no personal reference whatever in the question.
It was solely a question as to the interpretation of the parliamentary
law on the subject. .

Mr. Hearp. I put the question because I am a member of the Dis-
trict Committee, but am not a property holder here. I did not know ©
to what the gentleman alluded in his remark, whether it was personal
or not.

Mr. McAvoo. The remark was entir ely impersonal, including no
one either in the House or in the Senate, and had “afhenst solely to
the general principle involved.

Mr. Ciements. In regard to that, Mr. Chairman, it would seem to
me to be a very indelicate thing for a gentleman to vote public money
to improve the street in front of his own house, for instance. But
that is a matter of propriety that he must decide for himself as to
what he will do in any such case. I would not undertake to determine
it for him.

Now the expense of marshals, jurors, and witnesses, including the
support of prisoners in this District, amounts to $120,000, every dol-
lar of which is paid out of the Federal Treasury exclusively, except
for the last year and this one, one-half of the item for the support of
prisoners, which is about $19,000, was excepted. Not only that, but
there is appropriated annually some $100,000 for the care and lighting
of the public reservations in this city. Every dollar of that is borne
by the people of the United States. It is their property, but is inter-
spersed amongst the residence streets of the city in such a way that,
without expense to the people here, they get the benefit of the appro-
priation; and it is as much at their use as though they owned these
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by the Government of the United States without the expense of a
dollar to the city or the District.

I am- not complaining of this, nor saying it is not right, beaatae the
property belongs to the Gover nment of the United States; but I cite
these instances to prove that there is no truth in the alana that the
Government of the United States is oppressive to the people of this
District in requiring them to pay one-half of these sums for the main-
tenance of the National Park and the Zoological Park, and also one-
half of the expense for the extension of the. water-supply system.
There is no city in the United States where the people have such mag-
nificent service and improvements and at so little cost to themselves
as here. They are fortunate to live at the national capital.

But I cite this to show that the District, instead of being stingily
treated and unjustly dealt with, has been generously and magnani-
mously treated by the Congress of the United States in all respects.
And upon this point, if there are to be complaints year after year, and .
a constant controversy about the present mode of payment, one-half
by the District and one-half by the Government of the United States,
it will become necessary that that system be broken up. And the
people are not going back to the local Territorial legislature or board
of council to run the city of the national capital.

February 25, 1891—House.

The District of Columbia bill for 1892 (H. 12729) under considera-
tion.

Mr. L. E. McComas. Now, the next.item is the ‘‘Zoo” Park. The
Senate conferees insist that the annual appropriation of some ninety-
odd thousand dollars, such as made last year for a ‘‘ Zoo” Park, should
be paid entirely by the United States, and not paid one-half by the Dis-
trict and the other half by the United States. , It is a contention with
which the House is familiar. Personally I have always believed in it;
but as aconferee of the House, knowing the decided vote that had
been heretofore taken upon it, I of course felt it my duty in the con-
ference to follow out the intention of the House, and declined to agree
with the Senate on that subject. They insist strenuously that the
annual maintenance of the living animals of the ‘* Zoo” Park is akin
to the expenditure in the Smithsonian Institution for the dead speci-
mens, under whose charge they are; the living and the dead exhibits
being in the charge of that Institution.

The House is quite familiar with that contention. It is being
pressed now, and gentlemen will remember it is to be pressed again
in the sundry civil appropriation bill. Before we would agree, the
conferees on the part of the House deem it their duty to submit that
to a vote of the House. These are not my own views; but they cer-
tainly present the views of your own committee.

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Before I yield the floor I give notice that I will move that the House
further insist on its disagreement to the Senate amendments and ask
for a further conference. I will make that motion now.

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Mr. J. G. Cannon. There is plenty of business for to-morrow, and
I believe this matter ought to be disposed of to-night. I ask to have
read for information some proposed instructions to the conferees.

Mr. J. C. Ciements. I yield for that purpose.

The Clerk read:

Resolved, That the conferees are instructed to insist that as to the Senate amend-
ment numbered 120, so much thereof as relieves the District of all expenses incident
to the Zoological Park be stricken out;

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Mr. Cannon. If the conferees do not want to be instructed, I do
not want to instruct them. I do not know that these instructions
ought to be adopted; but the proposition places something before the
House to be thought upon or voted upon in the event of instructions

being desired.

Mr. Crements. Mr. Speaker, this bill as it passed the House car-
ried $5,285,726.17, including the water fund. Deducting that, the
amount was $5,083,197 ay Tt was estimated that there would be an
appropriation for the maintenance of the Zoological Park of about
$100,000, one-half of which would be chargeable to the District of
Columbia. That has been somewhat cut down in the sundry civil bill.

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Another proposition is to relieve the District entirely of all that it
has paid and is now liable to pay for the establishment and mainte-
nance of the Zoological Park.

Mr. McComas. That is the annual expense of maintenanée—not the
expense of the original purchase.

_ Mr. Crements. It repeals that part of the act, and applies, as I
understand, to the original purchase. While I am speaking the gen-
tleman from Maryland can look into that matter and correct me later
if [ am in error.

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Mr. Speaker, there is such pressure for expenditures in this Dis-
trict that we are met with this condition of things: That either the
people of the United States must be taxed to advance the money neces-
sary to carry on these affairs in the District, and to carry into effect
the appropriations made by Congress, or else the rate of taxation
must be increased in some way in the District; or we must appropriate,
less money. One of these three things must be done, and there is no
other way that the committee can devise.

Mr. J. H. BLrount. What do you recommend?

Mr. Ciements. I repeat that the people at large, our constituents,

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must pay these things for the District; or the District tax rate must
be raised, or the expenditures of the District reduced. It is a condi-
tion with which we must deal. It is all a business matter, and I see
no reason why the people of this District, who asked for and were
anxiously desiring to have the Zoological Park, should have it at the
cost of the people at large, and without themselves paying a dollar for
it. And if itis not a desirable thing to have it for the city and the
District, let us go back to the original conditions before that park was
established ——

Mr. J. T. Hearp. That is it.

Mr. Ciements. And if the people here do not want it for a zoologi-
cal park, and are unwilling to pay one-half of the cost of it, when the
people of Cincinnati and other places have to pay the whole cost of
such an establishment, then let us dispense with the zoological feature,
and turn it over to the other park.

Mr. James Bucuanan, of New Jersey. Why not abolish the other
park?

Mr. CiemENts. Well, I was opposed to the establishment of it when
it was first proposed.

Mr. Hearp. And so was I.

Mr. CiemeEnts. But they are fixtures now; they are on our hands,
and there are expenditures which have been made in connection with
them, and these expenditures must be met. The question then is,
how shall we do it? Shall we increase the taxes of the people of the
District to meet the expenses? Shall we make the expenses of the
government of the District of Columbia less; that is the second alter-
native; or shall we say that the people at large, our constituents all
through the United States, shall meet and foot the bills?

Mr. Bucuanan, of New Jersey. Or shall we withstand the blan-
dishments of the real estate speculators around this city ?

Mr. CLEMENTS. Yes; that of course involves, as I have already
suggested, the question of a new assessment. There would be more
revenue if there was a new assessment, and an equitable assessment,
one which presented a greater degree of equality as to the taxes on
property here. Because, as I have already said, Mr. Speaker, there
is gross inequality now.

Mr. A. M. Dockery. You propose, in the matter of the Zoological
Park, that the people who urged its establishment and are responsible
for it shall at least pay one-half of the expense.

Mr. CLEemMeEnts. Shall at least pay one-half of it.

Mr. Dockrry. That seems to be a very reasonable proposition.

’ Mr. Cannon. Does the gentleman from Georgia [Mr. Clements]
agree with the gentleman from Maryland [Mr. McComas] that there
should not be any formal resolution of instruction adopted by the
House at this time?

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Mr. Crements. I have nothing to advise about that. I have no
objection to a resolution of instruction, but at the same time I hardly
think it necessary. I think there ought to be such an understanding
on the part of the House that the conferees may in some degree know
the mind of the House on the various points of difference.

* * * * * * *

The Speaker (Mr. T. B. Reed). The question is on the motion of
the gentleman from Maryland [Mr. McComas], which is that the House
insist upon its disagreement and ask a further conference.

The motion was agreed to.

The Speaker. The Chair will appoint the same conferees (Mr.
L. E. McComas, Mr. W. W. Morrow, and Mr. J. C. Clements).

February 25, 1891—Senate.
Mr. P. B. Prump. I ask leave at this time to submit a conference
report.
* * * * * * *
Mr. Prums. Mr. President, it is proper perhaps that I should state
the most serious points of difference which arose in the conference on
this bill.

* * * * * * *

The next point was the transfer of funds which had been appropri-
ated out of the revenues of the District for the maintenance of the
Zoological Park for the last year.

Mr. G. G. Vest. I should like to make one inquiry of the Senator
from Kansas. I could not understand in the course of his remarks
what was the disagreement as to the Zoological Park. °

Mr. Piums. The Senate, as the Senator will perhaps remember,
adopted a provision in the appropriation bill crediting back to the Dis-
trict of Columbia the one-half of the $90,000 in round numbers, which
was a charge to funds of the District for expenses of the maintenance
of the Zoological Park for last year. The House conferees did not
feel warranted in accepting that proposition, and that is one of the
items which may be said to be seriously in difference between the two
Houses as the matter now stands.

The Vick-PrestpEntT (Mr. Levi P. Morton). The question is on the
motion of the Senator from Kansas that the Senate still further insist
on its amendments and ask a further conference with the House of
Representatives.

The motion was agreed to.

By unanimous consent, the Vice-President was authorized to appoint
the conferees at the further conference on the part of the Senate, and
Mr. P. B. Plumb, Mr. H. L. Dawes, and Mr. F. M. Cockrell were
appointed.

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February 26, 1891—House.

Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in
reply to the House resolution of the 14th instant relating to the
Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, ete., the report of the First
Comptroller upon that subject and a communication from the Secre-
tary of the Smithsonian Institution. (Hx. Doc. No. 279.)

TreasurY DEPARTMENT, February 25, 1891.
Sir: I am in receipt of the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th
instant—

That the Secretary of the Treasury be requested to inform the House of Represent- «

atives whether or not the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution have accepted the
trust imposed by the act approved April 20, 1890, entitled ‘‘An act for the organiza-
tion, improvement, and maintenance of the National Zoological Park,’’ and to report
by what legal authority the Treasury Department has paid out that portion of the
. appropriation made by said act which has been expended up to and including the
27th day of January, 1891.

In reply thereto I have the honor to inclose the report of the First Comptroller

upon the subject, dated the 24th instant, together with a communication from Prof. ,

S. P. Langley, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to the Comptroller, dated
the 20th instant.

Respectfully, yours,
A. B. NETrrLeton,

. Acting Secretary.
The SPEAKER OF THE House oF REPRESENTATIVES.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Frrst COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE,
Washington, February 24, 1891.

Sir: Replying to House resolution dated February 14, 1891, which was referred
to me for report, and which is herewith returned, I have the honor to make the fol-
lowing statement:

The act of Congress approved April 30, 1890 (26 Stat.,79), being ‘‘An act for the
organization, improvement, and maintenance of the National Zoological Park,’’
among other things provides—

‘That one-half of the following sums named, respectively, is hereby appropriated
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the other half
out of the revenues of the District of Columbia, for the organization, improvement,
and maintenance of the National Zoological Park, to be expended under the direc-
tion of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, and to. be drawn on their requisi-
tion and disbursed by the disbursing officer for said institution.’’

’ Following the provision are the sums appropriated for the purpose.

Since this act took effect the money necessary to carry out its provisions has been
drawn on the requisition of the Regents, through their Secretary, Prof. S. P. Langley,
and by the Treasury Department passed to the credit of the disbursing officer of
the Smithsonian Institution, to wit, William W. Karr, in the office of the Treas-
urer of the United States. The money is subject to his draft for official purposes,
when properly drawn and approved. Mr. Karr is the disbursing officer of the United
States referred to in the act itself, and has given bond in accordance with law, and
renders his accounts in accordance with the statute in such cases made and provided.

The names of the officials of the Smithsonian Institution and the Regents will be
found on page 249 of the Official Congressional Directory of the Fifty-first Congress,
which please see. You will observe that these officials do not all live in the city,

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and I presume to say that they act through an executive committee and that the
- whole regency periodically meet to examine the accounts of the Secretary and the
affairs of the Institution.

Neither Professor Langley nor the Regents receive any funds appropriated under
the act of Congress; neither can the disbursing officer use the funds for his own pur-
pose, if he were so disposed. Each check for the payment of money held subject to
his order states on the face of it for what purpose it is drawn, and if not drawn for
_ some purpose known to the law the check would not be honored. The accounts of
the disbursing officer are scrutinized at this office monthly, and I can hardly con-
ceive how it would be possible for even the disbursing officer to make an improper
use of the funds. The Smithsonian Institution has conducted its business in this
manner for many years, and even prior to the accession of Professor Langley to the
Secretaryship the business was conducted in that manner.

Prof. Spencer F. Baird, who for many years occupied the position of Secretary of
the Smithsonian Institution, made requisitions for the money appropriated by Con-
gress to be used by the Institution, and they were always honored by the Treasury
Department, as I find upon examination. Whether the act provided that the money
was to be drawn on requisitions of the Regents or not, the Treasury Department has
always regarded the Secretary of the Institution as duly authorized, acting for the
Regents, and, as before stated, moneys have been paid out and accounts settled upon
that theory for many years.

The act of Congress above quoted provides—

‘‘That the appropriation is to be expended under the Pee fe of the Regents of
the Smithsonian Institution, to be drawn on their requisition and disbursed by the
disbursing officer of said Institution.”

Professor Langley in his requisitions professed to act for the Regents, and so signed
his name to requisitions, in accordance with the long-established custom that I have
mentioned, I doubt not. He had a conversation with the officials of this office and
of the office of the Secretary of the Treasury as to how requisitions should be drawn,
and after consultation it was agreed that the old custom should be followed and
that the requisitions of the Secretary, purporting to be drawn by order of the Regents,
should be honored when duly made.

You will bear in mind that the Smithsonian Institution is a corporation of many
years’ standing; the act establishing it was passed by Congress August 10, 1846 (sec.
5579, Rey. Stat.). The President, Vice-President, Secretary of State, with other
parties named in said section, and ‘‘such other persons as they may elect honorary
members, are hereby constituted an establishment by the name of the ‘Smithsonian
Institution,’ for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men; and by that
name shall be known and have perpetual succession, with the powers, limitations,
and restrictions hereinafter contained, and no other.’’ Then follows the manner of
- appointing Regents, their term of office, etc., followed by the manner of organizing
the Board, with direction that they shall meet in the city of Washington, elect one
of their number as chancellor, a suitable person as Secretary of the Institution, who
shall also be secretary of the Board of Regents, and shall elect three of their own
body as an executive committee, and fix upon a time for the regular meeting of the
Board. The Board was so organized shortly after the passage of the act of Congress
upon the subject, and has had perpetual succession ever since as a corporation, has
elected an executive committee, etc., and has exercised the functions conferred upon
it by Congress.

By the act approved April 30, 1890, supra, ‘‘the National Zoological Park,’’ which
had been established by the act of March 2, 1889 (25 Stat., 808), was placed under
the direction of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, and by that act, in addi-
tion to the duties conferred upon them by the act of August 10, 1846, the duties and
trusts specified in the act of April 30, 1890, were also conferred upon them. What

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acts they have to perform, except the trusts imposed by this last act, if any, the
statute leaves silent. They were in office, having in charge an important trust, ‘‘for
the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men,’’ and no doubt Congress regarded
the lodgment of the control of the park in their hands as germane to the original
object for which the incorporation was established.

The Regents were authorized—

‘‘To transfer to the park any living specimens, whether of animals or plants, now
or hereafter in their charge, accept gifts for the park, at their discretion, in the name

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of the United States; to make exchanges of specimens and to administer the park |

for the advancement of science and instruction and recreation of the people.’’

I repeat, this act vested in that well-established incorporation other and additional
duties, and in my judgment required no formal act of acceptance on the part of the
Regents or any of the officers of the Smithsonian Institution. Following the general
line of the law that all incorporations must act by agents, and regarding the Secretary
as the active agent in possession of the Institution, and knowing that the Regents
were scattered throughout the several States of the Union, and recognizing the fact
that all persons must take cognizance of the law, the Treasury Department, through
the advice of this office, assumed that the Secretary had the legal right to act for the
Regents, and as such had the right to make requisitions for money and cause it to
be placed in the hands of the proper disbursing officers, to enable them to carry out
the provisions of the act of Congress in regard to the park. This office was not
advised that the Regents had ever made and formally filed any notice of acceptance
of the trust imposed, nor does it now deem that any such formal action was or is
necessary. The very fact that they continue in office, under the original appoint-
ment, is evidence that they acquiesced in the provisions and trusts imposed upon
them by the act of April 30, 1890. If the act of Congress had not imposed this trust
of the park upon a well-known and established incorporation, well known to be
organized and exercising its functions, the probabilities are that sufficient inquiry
would have been made to have ascertained whether or not the Regents had organized
under the law; but that was deemed unnecessary in this instance.

As above stated, the Smithsonian Institution was established in 1846, and regularly
organized for the ‘‘increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.’’ ‘‘The National
Zoological Park’’ was established in 1889 by the act of March 2 of that year and the
site purchased, for the ‘‘advancement of science and instruction of the people.’? By
the act of April 30, 1890, the park was placed under the direction of the Regents of
the Smithsonian Institution, to be administered for the ‘‘advancement of science and
the instruction and recreation of the people.’’ The Regents of the Smithsonian
Institution were authorized-to transfer to the park any living specimens of animals
or plants in their charge, accept gifts, etc., in the name of the United States, as fully
set out in the law. :

These several acts seem to be in the same general line and for the same general
purpose, and Congress doubtless conceived the fact to be that the general interest
would be best subserved by placing the whole under one management. Congress,
beyond question, had such right, and when done it was clearly the duty of the
Regents to execute the trust.

Upon this general line of authority and reason, ‘‘the Treasury Department has
paid out that portion of the appropriation made by said act, which has been
expended up to and including the 27th day of January, 1891.”

Any bad results that might grow out of such action, if any such were possible,
have been obviated by the Board of Regents themselves, by their resolution of the
28th of January, 1891, which will be found in a communication from Professor
Langley to this office, attached and made part of this communication, marked
Exhibit A, to which your attention is especially invited.

These several acts are all the evidence the Treasury Department has that the

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Regents of the Smithsonian Institution have accepted the trust imposed by the act
of April 30, 1890.
é Very respectfully, A. C. MarrHews,
Comptroller.
Hon. A. B. NErrietron,
Acting Secretary of the Treasury.

Exuisir A.

SMITHSONIAN InsTITUTION,
Washington, D. C., February 20, 1891.

Str: I have been informally requested, through your Mr. Glover, to state whether
the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution have accepted the trust imposed by the
act of April 30, 1890, relative to the organization of the National Zoological Park.
Mr. Glover showed me a copy of the resolution adopted by the House of Representa-
tives on February 14, 1891, when, on the motion of Mr. Enloe, it was— ;

“‘ Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be requested to inform the House
of Representatives whether or not the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution have
accepted the trust imposed by the act approved April 30, 1890, entitled ‘An act for
the organization, improvement, and maintenance of the National Zoological Park,’
and to report by what legal authority the Treasury Department has paid out that
portion of the appropriation made by said act which has been expended up to and
including the 27th day of January, 1891.”

I beg to express my thanks for the kindness which gives me an opportunity to say
what, in the absence of the Regents and the Chancellor, I can only give as my own
opinion, viz, that the Regents did not conceive that the law called upon them either
to formally accept or decline, as a trust, what was in their opinion a duty imposed
by the act in question, any more than a military officer should undertake to accept
or decline a duty imposed upon him by the lawful orders of his superiors.

The act of Congress of August 10, 1846, organizing the Smithsonian Institution,
copy of which is herewith submitted, provides—

‘The business of the Institution shall be conducted at the city of Washington by
a board of regents, named the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, to be com-
posed of the Vice-President, the Chief Justice of the United States, and the gov-
ernor of the District of Columbia, three members of the Senate and three members
of the House of Representatives, together with six other persons, other than mem-
bers of Congress, two of whom shall be resident in the city of Washington, and the
other four shall be inhabitants of some State, but no two of them of the same State.”

‘(Revised Statutes, Title LX XIII, section 5580.)

And further (see section 5582) that—

* * * ‘The Board shall also elect three of their own body as an executive com-
maiitee. . + = °*

The Board is, therefore, by its fundamental constitution, composed of citizens dis-
persed through the States, and is represented in its recess by-three members of its
body elected under the fundamental act.

At the meetings of the Board of Regents of January, 1889, and in 1890, there had
been a general expression of opinion by the Regents in favor of a proposed National
Zoological Park, to be established in the interests of science, and the members of the
board in the Senate and House were requested to advocate the passage of the bill
then before Congress. It has already been stated that in the view of the Regents
such an act when passed was mandatory upon them, and that they had no discretion
whether to accept or decline it, or do anything else than to execute the duty imposed
by Congress. :

In the exercise of his ordinary and necessary functions, the Secretary, not indi-
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with the Comptroller of the Treasury, signed the requisitions in a form which was
satisfactory to the latter. -

All these circumstances and others being present to the minds of the Regents at —

their late meeting on the 28th of January, 1891, they passed the following resolution:

‘Whereas by an act of Congress of April 30, 1890, the National Zoological Park
is placed under the direction of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution—

“‘ Resolved, That the action fof the executive committee, during the recess of the
Board, in authorizing the Secretary of the Institution to act for and in the name of
the Regents in all matters pertaining to the ‘ National Zoological Park,’ is hereby
approved, and that the Regents authorize and, direct the Secretary of the Institution
to sign in their name all requisitions on the United States Treasury for the money
appropriated by Congress for the National Zoological Park, and to approve for pay-
ment by the disbursing officer of the Smithsonian Institution all bills for services and
supplies for said park.”’

What is above written as to the presumed intention of the Regents in passing this
resolution I have given as my own opinion, but having consulted with the two
members of the executive committee who are residents of the capital, and therefore
within reach, they authorized me further to say that they concur in the opinions
expressed above, and that they consider that what has been done in the matter of
making requisitions upon the appropriation for the support of the Zoological Park is
in accordance with the general policy of the Board in its administration of the
Smithsonian Institution and of other matters committed to it by Congress.

I am, sir, yours, very respectfully,
S. P. Lane.ey, Secretary.
Hon. A. C. MATTHEWs,

First Comptroller of the Treasury Department.

Referred to Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Depart-
ment.

NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK—ESTIMATES.
December 1, 1890—House.
Estimates for 1892.

For continuing the construction of roads, walks, bridges, water sup-
ply, sewerage, and drainage, and for grading, planting, and otherwise
improving the grounds of the National Zoological Park, including
salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, $29,500.

For erecting and repairing buildings and inclosures for animals, and
for administrative purposes, in the National Zoological Park, including
salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, $36,850.

For care, subsistence, and transportation of animals for the National
Zoological Park, and for the purchase of rare specimens not otherwise
obtainable, including salaries or compensation of all necessary em-
ployees, and general incidental expenses not otherwise provided for,
$35,000. ,

EXPLANATION IN LETTER FROM SECRETARY OF SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 5S. P.
LANGLEY, OCTOBER 20, 1890.

In submitting estimates for the National Zoological Park, I wish to say that it has
not been deemed advisable to provide at the present time for the considerable
expense which would be involved in the immediate opening to the public of the
whole area of 167 acres purchased by Congress.

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The complete establishment of the park in a manner befitting its national charac-
ter will be a work of considerable time, and now that the natural beauties of the site
are secured from the danger of destruction, it would seem best to set aside first some
of the more attractive and picturesque parts of the grounds, into which the public
may be admitted at an early day, and where the animals now on hand and shortly
’ to be exhibited, will be cared for at a small part of the expense of opening the whole
park.

Nearly 40 acres, selected on account of accessibility and moderate elevation, as
well as on account of being adapted to the purposes of the park without great expense,
will be thus set aside for immediate improvement, while a tract of some 15 acres more
will be so arranged that the public can ramble through it, although it will not have
at first a strictly park-like and expensive cultivation. There will thus be opened to
the public, it is hoped by next year, between 50 and 60 acres, which is an area larger
than that of the zoological gardens in the Regent’s Park of London, or of the Jardin
des Plantes of Paris, and this will be done at a comparatively small cost.

A distinct area of some 10 or 15 acres will be reserved in another portion of the
park for administrative purposes, including a lodge for the resident superintendent,
offices, stables, infirmary for animals, a proposed laboratory, and for other purposes
requiring seclusion.

The explanations accompanying the estimates given below are not submitted as
forming the subject of specific itemized appropriations, but only as giving briefly the
principal considerations which have determined the gross amounts asked for; and it
is further desirable to remember that in an undertaking like this, where everything
is untried, the precision of estimate attainable in long-established expenditures is
not possible.

Improvement and care of grounds.—The cost of improving this area of nearly 40 acres
is estimated by Mr. Frederick Law Olmsted at about $2,700 per acre, exclusive of
buildings and bridges. There is inclosed herewith a copy of his estimates (marked
Exhibit 1 following) relating to the subject, from which it is hoped that some reduc-
tions may still be made in practice. It should, however, be remembered that the
cost of improving Central Park, New York, has already been not less than $14,000
per acre, and that of Prospect Park, Brooklyn, $9,000 per acre, while that of the large
Franklin Park, Boston, is estimated at $2,900 per acre. Itis thought that at least
$29,500 should be appropriated for this work during the fiscal year ending June 30,
1892, and this amount is arrived at as follows:

Under way and projected:

Se MOME WOT Ree Donte. Situs tee eae en ad SOM Bie gs EE $5, 000
Wooler sippry, includime Teservolr 22.52. 2222222 Je. oes eet ree 4, 000
PERT RSLONCEATNARO: 5 oc Jip shpat sone ce saeoe eae seen 4, 300
ne eee Pel leds ooo. wah eo. Steel os nr boas fete. 10, 000
i eee ees SITS CIPOE A, 382 os ieee ROY POR sk 3 15, 700
Cultivating, planting, and miscellaneous work......-.-------------.---- 14, 500

53, 500

Items of the existing appropriation properly falling under this head:
Item 4.—For the creation of artificial ponds and other provisions

OPED ES LETS I Rap ta PR I iy 6 ne eS Re ae $2, 000
Item 5.—For water supply, sewerage, and drainage.........---.. 7, 000
tiem 6.—F or roads, walks, and bridges..--..........----..--.-- 15, 000
24, 000
Amount recommended to be appropriated .........---.-.-------- 29, 500

Buildings and inclosures.—It is desired to at first proceed only with work which is
absolutely necessary to creditably exhibit the animals now in the possession of the

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Government, and those which are to be, at any rate, expected in such a collection
even at its first opening. Reliance is placed on the known disposition of the people
of the country to donate specimens. The sums asked for animal houses are within
those usually expended for structures of this character, and certainly far within what
will ultimately be required; but for that reason, it is intended to arrange the actual
buildings so that they can be enlarged in future years as money may be appropriated ~
for the purpose.
The sum asked for buildings and inclosures is $36,850, in detail as follows:

Under way and projected:

Large animal bouses (0m SeCOONE )o. fo. occ nei oe een ae eee $15, 000
Aviary and house for small animals (on account) --..----------------- 12, 500
Houses and -vards for Joxes and ‘Wolves... = 5. ae ee ee 2, 000
Caves Jor Deats and OWRer CAPDIVOTE ooo ns np oe ae ee ee 9, 850
SUELO SG GUC TRIB oo a pi tin pel ae 2, 800
Fences for ruminants and for smaller inclosures -.......-------------- 3, 000
Fences for paths and for protection of grounds within park......-.--.-- 2, 000
Boundary fence for; park. 00 = ce ante eee eee ee 4,000
Holt house, repairiny; and TOPO. a. 2-8 Se he a 3, 500
Stable-and whe ..- . oo455 nein eee ener. Soe as ae ee ee 1,500
Infirmary for sick, disabled, and breeding animals. .............------ 2, 000
SPOOLHOTEG,. SODA AIC SOO oon = ain eis ace a oi ee 2, 200
Public-comifort, PavillODs, (GbGe sooo. o ne cele oe eee oe eee 2,500
62, 850
Items of the existing appropriation falling under this head:
Item 1.—For the shelter of animals................-.--.------ $15, 000
Item 2.—For shelter-barns, cages, fences, and inclosures, and
other provisions for the custody of animals........----.---- 9, 000
Item 8.—F¥or repairs to the Holt mansion to make the same suit-

able for occupancy, and for office furniture........-------..- 2, 000
—_— 26,000
Amount recommended to be appropriated..........------------ 36, 850

Maintenance and increase of collections.—It has been thought proper to group the
regular current and incidental expenses of the park together, under head of main-
tenance and increase of collections. Forty-two thousand dollars were appropriated
for this purpose last year, but it is thought that $35,000 will suffice for the fiscal year
1891-92, notwithstanding the increase in the collections which is expected.

Exuisit 1.

F. L. Otmstep & Co., LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS,
Brookline, Massachusetts, October 1, 1890.

Dear Sir: At your request we submit the following approximate estimate of the
cost of improving the National Zoological Park according to the plan which we had
the honor to present on the 25th ultimo.

This estimate assumes that suitable provision for the animals now on hand, or
likely soon to be acquired, and for the convenience and enjoyment of the public,
will require an area of about 37 acres to be brought into a condition generally similar
to that of the better class of public parks of the country.

In addition to such grading along roads and walks as is usual in parks, the item of
earthwork includes the filling of the approaches to the bridge and the raising of the
ground for the bear pits in the quarry to a level above that of the last great flood.

Accurate detailed surveys and working drawings not having been yet prepared,
the quantities noted in the estimate are to be regarded not as exact, but as liberal.

capitate, ¢-

FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 1491

The estimate does not include the buildings nor the bridge of the plan, it being
assumed that the architect will inform you of the cost of these..

The estimate does not include a fence along the boundary of the entire park, but
it does allow for enough fencing to inclose that portion of the park which is to be
improved, and for numerous paddocks for the animals.

The prices assumed are those usual for good work done by contract in this vicinity.
Prices in Washington will probably be found a little lower.

Approximate preliminary estimate.

Earthwork:
11,000 cubic yards topsoil, handled twice, at 80 cents........... $8, 800
18,300 cubic yards subsoil, handled once, at 50 cents .---------- 9, 150
— $17, 950
Sewerage and drainage:
2,450 linear feet 6-inch vitrified sewer pipe, laid, at 50 cents... -- 1.225
6,000 linear feet 4-inch subsoil drains, laid, at 15 cents...------- 1, 020
11,500 linear feet 2-inch subsoil drains, laid, at 15 cents....-..-- 1, 725
ee GN, 2.5 os ian pene oss - 2s eS 400
4, 370
22, 320
Water supply:
5,000 linear feet cast-iron pipe, laid, at $1-.....-----..--------- 5, 000
PRECTOMPCEOVSTITE, TESCUV OU oa a a nn i ps we ee na ih 2, 000
Linville Se a AS Se NSB ee is ree see ae 250
— 7, 250
Roads:
5,500 square yards macadamizing, at $1......-.--..-----.-:.-- 5, 500
1,100 linear feet paved gutter (concourse and bridge approaches),
THe AU CADE SR SS Ue ESS A Rca Ceri et ae ees ee eae great 660
1,100 linear feet curbing (concourse and bridge approaches), at 60
COMISte rere neces Sees oe obese s doc cee eee ale OM 660
6, 820
Walks:
5,400 square yards (stone and gravel), at 80 cents. -_---.---- Eg et Ee 4,320
Fencing:
22,000 linear feet iron fencing (average say $1) ......-...------------- 22, 000
Cultivating:
37 acres, grubbing, surface grading, manuring, plowing, trenching, rak-
ing, seeding, and planting with trees and shrubs, at $500 an acre-..... 18, 500
Miscellaneous:

Seats, tools, signs, tree guards, rock work and concreting for bear pits,
etc., also (in portions of park not covered by above estimate) forestry
work, planting, and operations necessary to preserve ground from

guilying and washing away). 22<22)- eded- serieraeeg<3q- pecers see db op 10, 000
91, 210

Add 10 per cent for plans, engineering, superintendence, and contin-
Pen mP Ai dasareds Ud daes da snadeces detetics us eeeectsmecsee euple o3 9, 121
RO dint os pe sath fae ad - appeased ase en -Leeenttats 100, 331

The cost of suitably preparing public grounds under nearly all circumstances is
much larger than the public is generally prepared to believe to be necessary, and it
commonly occurs that the supposed excessive cost is attributed to a disposition to
give them a highly artificial, ornamental character. For this reason we wish to

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state that in the plan to which the above estimate refers no ornamental gardening is
had in view. Except a moderate amount of planting of common trees, bushes, and
native hardy perennials, the only work provided for, other than that of necessary
constructions in the form of roads, walks, gutters, drains, sewers, means of water
supply and distribution, and other utilitarian features, is such grading as, in our
judgment, is required to prevent these artificial elements of the park from becoming
excessively conspicuous and harshly discordant with the native grace of the natural
topography.

In estimating the cost of grading, sewerage, and drainage, we have assumed that
wherever the preliminary part of the work can be made to conform to the intention
of the general and final plan such work should be of a permanent character.

It may be questioned whether a saving could not be made in the quantity of earth-
work had in view in the estimate. It could, but only by giving the slopes of the
roads, for instance, a greater degree than we think desirable, of the manifestly arti-
ficial character which railroad embankments and military earthworks usually have,
and which, in this case, in order to preserve an effect of natural topography, it is
essential to avoid.

The only items of the estimate that can, in our judgment, be materially reduced
are these:

1. The water supply, by omitting the underground reservoir and the main leading
to it from the buffalo house.

2. The fence, by providing smaller inclosures, and by having smaller and fewer
paddocks, and perhaps, also, by using a form of construction that would require to
be replaced after a few years.

3. The bear pits, by leaving them at their present level, subject to be overflowed
by unusual freshets.

4, The bridge approaches, by substituting trestles for the earth filling had in view
in the estimate.

5. By cultivating and otherwise preparing a somewhat smaller area of ground than
that had in view.

We are, very respectfully, your obedient servants,
F. L. Otmstep & Co.

Prof. 8S. P. LANGLEY,

Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C.

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES.

January 22, 1890—Senate.

Mr. Wim P. Frye. I am instructed by the Committee on For-
eign Relations to report a joint resolution (S. 49), and I am also
instructed by the same committee to ask for its present consideration:

That for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of the convention
between the United States of America, Belgium, Brazil, Italy, Portugal, Servia, and
Spain, concluded at Brussels March 15, 1886, and ratified by the President July 19,
1888, the Public Printer is hereby authorized to supply to the international exchange
office with due promptness a sufficient number of public documents, and that, to
meet the additional expense entailed for clerk hire and postage, the sum of $2,000,
or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated,
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under
the direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.

Passed.

FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 1493

February 20, 1890—House.

Mr. A. C. THompson submitted report (H. 327) on 8. 49.

The Committee on Foreign Affairs, to whom was referred the joint
resolution (S. 49), having duly considered the same, report as follows:

By the terms of the convention mentioned, the Governments ratify-
ing the same undertook ‘‘to have transmitted to the legislative cham-
bers of each contracting State, as fast as their publication, a copy of
the official journal, as well as of the parliamentary annals and docu-
ments which are given publicity.” To fulfill this obligation on the
part of the United States will require an expenditure for clerk hire,
postage, etc., as estimated by the Secretary of the Smithsonian Insti-
tution, of $2,000 a year, which amount is appropriated by said
resolution.

Your committee recommend its passage.

Committed to Committee of the Whole.
April 11, 1890—House.

_Mr. Ausert C. Toompson. I ask unanimous consent to discharge
the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union from
the consideration of the joint resolution (S. 49). I ask that it be
considered at this time.

The resolution was read.

Mr. W. C. P. BreckinripcE of Kentucky. I think we had better
have the regular order.

Mr. THomeson. Will the gentleman allow me to make a statement?

Mr. BrecxinrivcE of Kentucky. I have no objection to that, but I
will state to my friend that I will call for the regular order. I do not
think the gentleman will change my state of mind by his explanation.

Mr. Tuomeson. This country has entered into a certain convention
to exchange parliamentary documents, involving documents from all
these nations with whom we are under treaty. Ours are ready to be
sent out, but it needs this simple appropriation to pay the postage and
transportation. The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution asks
for this, and it is necessary. I therefore hope that the gentleman will
not insist upon his objection.

Mr. Brecxinriver of Kentucky. I think we had better have the
regular order.
May 20, 1890.
[Memorandum by Mr. S. P. Langley relative to the reimbursement of the Smith-

sonian fund for expenditures on account of Government exchanges sent to Hon.
B. Butterworth, House of Representatives. ]

At a meeting of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution
on January 8, 1890, it was

Resolved, That the Regents instruct the Secretary to ask of Congress legislation for
the repayment to the Institution of the amount advanced from the Smithsonian fund
for governmental service in carrying on the exchanges.

1494 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

In pursuance of this instruction the Secretary has the honor to sub-
mit the following statement:

Under the act of Congress accepting a donation from James Smith-
son for ‘‘the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men,” and
giving effect to this trust by the foundation of the Smithsonian Insti-
tution, the Board of Regents in 1851 established a system of interna-
tional exchange of the transactions of learned societies and like works;
but, in addition to such publications, it voluntarily transported between
1851 and 1867 somewhat over 20,000 packages of publications of the
bureaus of the National Government, at an estimated cost to the pri-
vate funds of the Institution of about $8,000. This, however, was
understood to be a voluntary service, and no request for its reim-
bursement has been made or is contemplated.

Congress, however, in 1867, by its act of March 2, imposed upon the
Institution the duty of exchanging fifty copies of all documents printed
by order of either House of Congress or by the United States Govern-
ment or bureaus, for similar works published in foreign countries, and
especially by foreign governments.

The Institution possessed special facilities and experience for such
work, the propriety of its undertaking which, in the interests of the
Government, is evident; but it was hardly to have been anticipated
that the Government should direct this purely administrative service
and make no appropriation for its support. Such, however, was the
case, and, with the exception of a small (presently to be noted) sum
returned by some bureaus, it was wholly maintained during the next
thirteen years, or until the first appropriation to the Institution for
exchanges in 1881, at the expense of the private fund of James
Smithson.

From January 1, 1868, to June 30, 1886, 292,483 packages contain-
ing these official Government publications, having little to do with the
object to which Congress devoted the Institution’s private funds, were
transported by the exchange bureau at a pro rata cost of $92,943.36,
of which $29,706.85 accrued between 1881, when the first specific
appropriation was made, and 1886. Of this $92,943.36, $19,302.35 was
returned from various departments and bureaus, leaving a balance of
$73,641.01 expended in carrying exclusively governmental publica-
tions.

What has preceded refers to the transportation of official documents,
and not to that of transactions of learned societies and other like works;
but it is now necessary to mention that in 1878 the honorable Secre-
tary of State designated the Smithsonian Institution as the special
agent of the United States Government for carrying out the provi-
sions of an international convention at Paris, which made the respect-
ive governments assume the cost, not only of the transportation of
official documents, but of scientific and literary publications between

FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 1495

the states interested, and it would seem that Congress itself adopted
this view of its responsibility, for from July 1, 1881, to June 30, 1886,
while the Congressional and bureaucratic exchange represented a pro
rata cost of $29,706.85, and the scientific publications $39,034.90, Con-
gress appropriated directly $35,500—somewhat more than the cost
of the Government exchange, but’ leaving a balance of $3,534.90 for
scientific and literary exchanges unpaid. This latter sum, $3,534.90,
added to the $73,641.01 mentioned above, makes a total of $77,175.91
for which, in equity, repayment might be requested.

In 1886, on the 15th of March, plenipotentiaries of the United States
and various other nationalities signed a convention more formal than
that at Paris, by which the respective governments definitely assumed
the exchange of official documents and scientific and literary publica-
tions between the states interested.

The Institution prefers to adopt the latter date as a basis for its
request rather than the earlier date, though, as mentioned above, equity
would seem to allow it the entire sum expended for exchanges, at
least since its official recognition by Congress in 1881 as the Govern-
ment exchange agent. No claim for the exchange of a purely scientific
character is made for the years 1881 to 1886, so that the $35,500 that
Congress appears to have appropriated for this end is treated as having
a retroactive effect, and this amount deducted from the crude obliga-
tion of $73,641.01 leaves $38,141.01 as the amount due the private
fund of James Smithson from 1868 to 1886. .

Considering separately the period from July 1, 1886, to June 30,
1889, we find that the amount expended in these years under the
direction of the Smithsonian Institution on account of international
exchanges was $47,126.56; of this sum $37,000 were paid by Congres-
sional appropriations, $3,091.75 were paid by Government depart-
ments and others, and the balance, $7,034.81, by the Smithsonian
Institution.

The action of the Board of Regents contemplates the presentation
to Congress of a request to return to the Smithsonian fund the sums
here shown to have been expended in the interests and by the authority
of the National Government, namely, $38,141.01, in excess of appro-
priations advanced from January 1, 1868, to June 30, 1886, for the
exchange of official Government documents, and $7,034.81 in excess
of appropriations from July 1, 1886, to June 30, 1889, advanced for
_ the purpose of carrying out a convention entered into by the United
States, or an aggregate of $45,175.82.

DRAFT OF BILL.

Be it enacted, etc., That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appro-
priated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in repayment
of moneys expended from the Smithsonian fund in exchanging with foreign coun-
tries the official publications of the United States Government, and in carrying out

1496 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

the provisions of a convention for the exchange of literary and scientific publica-
tions signed by a representative of the United States at Brussels March 15, 1886,
namely:

Sec. 2. For exchanging the official publications of the United States Government
from 1868 to 1886, as provided for by resolution 72, Fortieth Congress, second session,
the sum of $38,141.01.

Sec. 3. For exchanging, from July 1, 1886, to June 30, 1889, official documents and
scientific literary publications, as provided for by the ‘‘convention between the
United States of America, Belgium, Brazil, and other nations,’’ concluded at Brus-
sels March 15, 1886, the sum of $7,034.81; in all, $45,175.82.

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES—ESTIMATES.

December 2, 1889—House.
Estimates for 1891.

For continuing the system of international exchanges between the
United States and foreign countries, under the direction of the Smith-
sonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary
employees, $29,500.

Notre.—See Congressional Record July 29, 1888, p. 7666, and Senate Ex. Doc. No.
139, Fiftieth Congress, second session.

February 7, 1890—House.

Deficiency estimates for 1890.

To reimburse the Smithsonian Institution for expenses incurred in
the exchange of the publications of the (Fish) Commission for those
of foreign countries, being for the service of the fiscal year 1889,
$215.20.

December 1, 1890—House.
Estimates for 1892.

For the expenses of the system of international exchanges between the
United States and foreign countries, under the direction of the Smith-
sonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary
employees, $32,400.

EXPLANATION BY SECRETARY OF SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, S. P. LANGLEY, OCTOBER
20, 1890.

The sum of $32,400 for international exchanges is estimated as necessary to carry
out in an efficient manner the provisions of conventions between the United States
and certain other foreign countries concluded at Brussels, March 15, 1886, and rati-

fied and proclaimed in January, 1889, for the exchange of official documents and .

scientific and literary publications, and also for the exchange of official journals and
parliamentary annals of the States adhering thereto.

Since 1868 the Smithsonian Institution has been required by Congress to conduct
the exchange of Congressional documents with the official publications of other coun-
tries, though Congress has defrayed but a portion of the expense.

Even since 1886, the date of the treaty at Brussels referred to above, wherein the
United States undertook to conduct a bureau of international exchanges, the whole

FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 1497

cost of the service has not been provided for by the Government. In fact, a careful
investigation of the accounts shows that since the earlier date of January 1, 1868, to
June 30, 1889, $45,175.82 was paid from the Smithsonian fund for work properly
belonging to the General Government.

At present the appropriation of $17,000 is made directly to the Institution for inter-
national exchanges, and smaller sums, aggregating about $2,000, are granted to
various bureaus to enable them to repay the Smithsonian Institution a portion of
the cost of transporting their exchanges. It is the object of the increased estimate,
now submitted, to unite the entire exchange appropriation in a single item, to pay
the steamship companies for carrying the exchange boxes, thereby securing greater
rapidity of transmission (exchange boxes are now carried free of freight charges by
most of the ocean steamship lines), and to make the increase in clerical force
demanded by the constantly increasing bulk of the exchanges.

January 12, 1891—House. :
Deficiency estimates for 1891.

To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treas-
ury on account of international exchanges, Smithsonian Institution,
being for the service of the fiscal year 1889, as follows: Union Pacific
Railroad Company, $1.24; Central Pacific Railroad Company, $1.06;
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, $0.66—$2. 96.

February 27, 1891—Senate.

Supplemental deficiency estimates by the Treasury Department for 1891.

To pay the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company the amount found
due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of interna-
tional exchanges, Smithsonian Institution, being for the service of the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1890, $0.67.

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES—APPROPRIATIONS.

July 11, 1890.
Legislative, executive, and judicial act for 1891.

Library of Congress: For compensation of * * * 8 [assistant
librarians] at $1,400 each, one of whom shall be in charge of interna-
tionalexchanges * * *

For expenses of Sach aiieiie public documents for the publications
of foreign governments, $1,500.

[This pays 1 clerk at $900 and 1 clerk at $600. |

(Stat., XX VI, 234.)

Naval Observatory: For repairs [etc.], * * * including pay-
ment to Smithsonian Institution for freight on Observatory publica-
tions sent to foreign countries, foreign postage, expressage [etc. |,
$4,550.

(Stat., X XVI, 255.)

Patent Office: For purchase of books, and expenses of transporting
publication of patents issued by the Patent Office to foreign govern-
ments, $3,000: Provided, That hereafter the Official Gazette may be
exchanged for publications of a scientific or useful character published

1498 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

in this or any foreign country adapted to the needs and uses of the
scientific library of the Patent Office.

(Stat., XX VI, 259.)
July 19, 1890—House.

Mr. Davip B. Henprrson, from Committee on Appropriations, sub-
mitted report (H. 2772) to accompany bill (H. 11459).

[Extract.]

SmirHson1an Institution, INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES,
Washington, D. C., June 25, 1890.

Dear Str: With reference to an item submitted by the Commissioner of Fish and
Fisheries, in the deficiency bill (Executive Document No. 174, Fifty-first Congress,
first session), making provision for the repayment of $210.20 to the Smithsonian
Institution, for the international exchange of Fish Commission documents, and in
response to your verbal request, I have the honor to present for the information of
the Committee on Appropriations the following statement of the disbursements by
the Smithsonian Institution on account of international exchanges for the fiscal year
1888-89, taken from the report of the Secretary for that year (pp. 74, 75):

EXPENSE.

From an examination of the books of the disbursing officer it appears that the
actual cost of the exchange service for the year has been $17,152.10, divided as
follows:

Salaries and compensation of employees ........-.-------------------- $11, 479. 25
Salaries of foreign agents (London and Leipzig) -.....-.--------------- 1, 500. 00
Pret an ee i 5 op me cm i eh 2, 555. 23
Packing DOXGS 'W.-- -- -2os--) -sp-0ee renee a cee as aoe ee eee eee 586. 20
Printing, postage, stationery, and miscellaneous. ...-.----------------- 1, 031. 42

PONS Sod. oF tern so ae OR ieee ere ie ee eae 17, 152. 10

Fifteen thousand dollars of this sum were appropriated directly by Congress for
‘“‘the expenses of the system of international exchanges, * * * under the direc-
tion of the Smithsonian Institution,’’ $1,363.54 were repaid to the Institution by
Government departments to which specific appropriations had been granted for this
purpose, leaving a deficit of $788.56, which was paid from the Smithsonian fund.

Although all of the Government bureaus that have occasion to transmit their pub-
lications through the Institution are not provided with funds available for defraying
the cost of the service, it seems to have been the intention of Congress that its spe-
cific appropriation for the exchange business should be supplemented by special
appropriations to some of the bureaus and departments of the Government, so that
the charge of 5 cents per pound weight imposed by the Regents in 1878 might be
met by them. The average amount annually repaid to the Institution in this way
during the past eleven years has been about $1,400.

Packages. 1886-87. | 1887-88. | 1888-89.
Rerenve do Gee Jase e Se ie ao oud ne See Rae Be ee ese 52, 218 75,107 75, 966
Shipped:
DGMESIC SS: 2h .. -b50. 26 eee ewcscs ob ost teetee bee cee eee epee 10, 294 12, 301 17, 218

WOoreipmtiss toe «8425 RS h Sli Ya TSE eee Pee ee ee see eee 41,424 62, 306 58, 035

The disbursement in detail of $15,000, the appropriation to this Institution for
international exchanges for 1888-89, is given in House Miscellaneous Document 43,
Fifty-first Congress, first session, a marked copy of which is herewith inclosed.

FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. ‘1499

It will be seen that the system of international exchanges, which our Government
is under treaty obligations to maintain, is in part supported from the Smithsonian
fund, and that the item of $210.20, referred to above, is a reimbursement to that fund
of money already advanced for the benefit of the United States Fish Commission.

In conclusion, I beg leave to assure you of my hearty concurrence in the opinion
that you have informally expressed, that it is to the interest of the Government that
the entire expense of international exchanges should be borne in a single appropria-
tion bill rather than by numerous small appropriations to various bureaus supple-
menting the general appropriations for exchanges made to this institution.

I am, sir, very respectfully, yours,
8. P. Lanexey, Secretary.

Hon. JosepH G. CANNON,

Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives.

Committed to Committee of the Whole.

August 30, 1890.
Sundry civil act for 1891.

For expenses of the system of international exchanges between the
United States and foreign countries, under the direction of the Smith-
sonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary
employees, $17,000.

(Stat., XX VI, 383.)

U. S. Geological Survey: For the purchase of necessary books for
the library, and the payment for the transmission of public documents
through the Smithsonian exchange, $5,000.

(Stat., XXVI, 392.)

- War Department: For the transportation of reports and maps to
foreign countries, through the Smithsonian Institution, $100.

(Stat., XXXVI, 402.)

September 30, 1890.
Deficiency act for 1890, ete.

To reimburse the Smithsonian Institution for expenses incurred in
the exchange of the publications of the Fish Commission for those of
foreign countries, being for the service of the fiscal year 1889, $215.20.

(Stat., XX VI, 507.)

For international exchanges, Smithsonian Institution, $1.05.

(Stat., XXVI, 547.) ,

February 3, 1891—dHouse.

Mr. J. G. Cannon reported from Committee on Appropriations in

sundry civil bill for 1892, $17,000.

March 3, 1891.
Deficiency act for 1891, ete.

To pay the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company,
amount found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on
account of international exchanges, Smithsonian Institution, being for
the service of the fiscal year 1889, $0.66.

(Stat., XX VI, 866.) .

1500 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

March 3, 1891.
Legislative, executive, and judicial act for 1892.

Library of Congress: For compensation of * * * 8 [assistant
librarians] at $1,400 each; one of whom shall be in charge of interna-
tional exchanges * * *.

For expenses of exchanging public documents for the publications of
foreign governments, $1,500.

[This pays 1 clerk at $900 and 1 clerk at $600. |

(Stat., XX VI, 914.)

Naval Observatory: For repairs [etc.], * * * including pay-
ment, to Smithsonian Institution for freight on Observatory publica-
tions sent to foreign countries, postage, expressage, [etc.], $4,550.

(Stat., XX VI, 935.)

Patent Office: For purchase of books, and expenses of tr ansporting
publications patents issued by the Patent Office to foreign govern-
ments, $3,000.

(Stat., XX VI, 939.)

March 3, 1897.
Sundry civil act for 1892.

For expenses of the system of international exchanges between the
United States and foreign countries, under the direction of the Smith-
sonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary
employees, $17,000.

(Stat., XX VI, 963.)

U.S. Comteeical Survey: For the purchase of necessary books for
the library, al the payment for the transmission of public documents
through the Smithsonian exchange, $2,500.

(Stat., XX VI, 972.)

War Department: For the transportation of reports and maps to
foreign countries, through the Smithsonian Institution, $100.

(Stat., XXVI, 978.)

STANLEY INDIAN PAINTINGS.

January 28, 1890—Senate.

Mr. James McMILuan submitted resolution:

That the Committee on the Library be, and it is hereby, directed to inquire into
the propriety of purchasing from the administratrix of the late John M. Stanley the
historical Indian paintings by the said John M. Stanley now in custody of the Smith-
sonian Institution, and also the picture known as ‘‘ The Trial of Red Jacket,’’ now
in the possession of the said administratrix.

Referred to Committee on the Library.
February 17, 1890—House.

Mr. J. L. CurpMan introduced resolution (same as submitted by Mr.
MeMillan in the Senate January 28, 1890).

Referred to Committee on the Library.

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FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 1501

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS MEMORIAL.

February 18, 1890—House.
Mr. James BucHanan introduced bill (H. 7165):

That there shall be established in the city of Washington, in the District of Colum-
bia, a memorial to Christopher Columbus, which memorial shall be of the character
and erected in the manner hereinafter provided.

Src. 2. That the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Insti-
tution, and the Librarian of Congress be, and they are hereby, constituted a board to
select a site, adopt a plan for, and superintend the erection of said memorial; within
two months after the passage of this act the said board shall advertise for plans and
specifications for such erection; said advertisement shall contain a short statement of
the design and purpose of such memorial, and a requirement that any plan submitted
shall be capable of subsequent extension and addition, and that for the successful
design a fee of $5,000 will be paid; upon the adoption of such design said board shall
proceed to erect upon the grounds, preferably connected with the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, such memorial. The superintendence of said work shall be under the direction
of some officer of engineers in the United States Army, to be detailed for that pur-
pose by the President of the United States upon the request of said board.

Sec. 3. That any design adopted by said board shall provide galleries for the exhi-
bition of paintings and sculptures by American artists first, and second by alien artists;
such design shall also provide halls and galleries for the exhibition of the best and most
worthy products of American artisanship, including the application of art and orna-
ment to articles of use. It shall also make provision for the exhibition of the progress
of the mechanical arts and inventions as applied to manufacturing, the arts, and to
agriculture, and to carry out the central design of such memorial, which shall be
primarily to afford an exhibition, permanent and progressive, of the achievements
of the art and industry of the people of the United States, and secondarily to gather
together and exhibit the most worthy works of art and industry of alien people
obtainable by the people or the Government of the United States for that purpose.

Sec. 4. That the said board are hereby charged with the duty of having the said
memorial so far advanced in course of erection that the corner stone thereof shall be
laid upon the four hundredth anniversary of the first landing of Christopher Columbus
upon American soil, and to provide for appropriate ceremonies in connection there-
with, of which an oration by the President of the United States shall form a part.

Sec. 5. That for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act the sum of
$1,000,000 is hereby appropriated, to be payable within the first year after the
approval of this act, and the sum of $2,000,000 thereafter annually until the full sum
of $5,000,000 in all shall have been paid, and all payments shall be made upon the
requisition of the said board, and the accounts and vouchers of said board shall be
audited and, if found correct, approved by the proper accounting officers.

Referred to Committee on the Library.

EXPOSITIONS.

Chicago Exposition.
March 15, 1890—House.

Mr. Joun W. CanviEr, from Select Committee on the World’s Fair,
submitted a report (H. 890) on bill (H. 8393), appended to which was a
letter from Mr. S. P. Langley, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion:

SMITHSONIAN InstitTuTION, U. S. Natrona Museum,
Washington, March 12, 1890.

Str. I have before me the letter of the Hon. J. W. Candler, chairman of the

World’s Fair Committee of the House of Representatives, dated February 26, with

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your indorsement of March 1, requesting me to furnish an estimate of the cost of
placing, caring for, and return of such an exhibit as should, in my judgment, be made
by the Smithsonian Institution and National Museum at the World’s Fair at Chicago
in 1892.

I wish to preface what I have to say with the remark that the estimates for space
and cost have been carefully made by experts who have participated in all of the
great expositions of the past sixteen years. The Smithsonian Museum is the one
bureau of the Government whose special function is that of exhibition, and its officers
are prepared to say with great exactness what can be done with any specified sum.
The estimates have not been made with a view to possible reduction, but represent
the minimum sum with which a display suitable for the place and occasion can be
prepared within the time of opening.

I wish also to call attention to the fact that in the fourteen years which have
elapsed since the Philadelphia Exhibition the standards of exhibition work have
completely changed, and the display of the Government Departments at Philadel-
phia, which was admirable for the time and thoroughly satisfactory to all visitors,
would fall far below the expectations of the present.

As amore specific illustration of my meaning, I will cite the Fisheries Exposition
in 1880, which excited so much admiration abroad as to form a kind of epoch in the
history of such undertakings. I am assured by the gentlemen in charge of that dis-
play—and to whom its exceptional success was mainly due—that in the London
Exhibition of 1883, after a lapse of only three years, the standard of what was
expected to be reached had been so raised that had the United States repeated the
display (which was so unrivaled in Berlin) it would not have stood higher than
tenth among the competing national exhibits on that occasion.

The standard of excellence has recently been still further advanced by the Paris
Exposition of 1889, for which the resources of the French Government and the
ingenuity and talent of the people were severely taxed during a five years’ period of
preparation.

Past experience seems therefore inapplicable to present circumstances, and I can
only say that in view of the limited time and the great expectations which are enter-
tained in connection with the Chicago Exhibition, the expense must of necessity be
greater than on similar occasions in the past.

In 1876 there was practically no National Museum, and the display made at that
time by the Smithsonian Institution, covering about 25,000 square feet of floor space,
was of a kind which most of the visitors had never seen. In 1892, when the national
collections in Washington cover about 125,000 square feet, and are sufficiently exten-
sive to require the immediate addition of at least 105,000 additional square feet, it
would seem that the area required in a great international exhibition should be at
least three times as much as in 1876, and that the cost of preparation would be pro-
portionately greater in relation to the floor space occupied.

That this must necessarily be so is indicated by our experience at the Cincinnati
Exhibition, where the proportionate cost was $6.25 per foot, while at Philadelphia it
was approximately $3.75.

Keeping these things in mind, and also the undoubted fact that the time for prepa-
ration will be, at most, inadequately brief, I feel that I must name a sum out of pro-
portion to previous expenditures in earlier and smaller Government expositions. The
insuring of a successful exhibit on the part of the Smithsonian Institution has not
been considered in making our estimates so much as the desire for a reasonable guar-
anty against failure.

I note with much satisfaction that the resolution of the House committee does not
by its wording indicate a disposition to prevent the acquisition of new specimens by
purchase and otherwise. In 1876 a large amount of material was obtained, which,
after exhibition in Philadelphia, was returned to Washington, becoming the perma-

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nent property of the people, and the nucleus of the great collections now in the
Museum building, and the same usage prevailed at the New Orleans Exposition in
1885.

In 1888, however, on the occasion of the Cincinnati Exposition, the rulings of the
Treasury were quite at variance with those on previous occasions, and it was decided
by the special auditor in charge of the accounts that no new objects could be obtained
except such as might be necessary to ‘‘complete series’’ already in the Museum.
This ruling was far from being in the interest of economy, and its enforcement inter-
fered sadly with the success of our participation in the Cincinnati Exhibition.

If the Smithsonian Institution should be instructed to participate in the exhibition
at Chicago, it will undoubtedly be necessary to obtain large quantities of new mate-
rial, which must be either purchased, collected in the field, or, in the case of the
models and other similar preparations, which are most effective on such occasions,
made in the workshops of the Museum.

The exhibition of such new material will be more essential on this occasion than
hitherto, for two principal reasons:

(1) That at a time when the capital will be an especial object of interest for for-
eign visitors, it will be undesirable to denude its halls of any large number of the
objects now on exhibition.

(2) That many of the most attractive objects have already been shown at exposi-
tions in Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Louisville, and elsewhere, and the public visiting
the Chicago exhibition would not be satisfied to look at them again.

In planning for the proposed exhibition, those departments would be selected in
which it would seem possible, within the brief time available, to make the most
imposing and instructive displays, and in which it is believed that results can be
produced which would not be discreditable even in comparison with the success of
the Paris Exposition. I will mention some of the directions in which satisfactory
results may undoubtedly be secured.

(1) The Smithsonian Institution should exhibit its own history, condition, and
functions, and the general results of its operations during its forty-six years of exist-
ence, including its publications, explorations, and researches, twenty-five years’
period of meteorological observations, etc. It may also with propriety undertake to
set forth the history of American science and exploration from the time of the
discovery of the continent to the present day, and the activities of the numerous
scientific institutions and societies of the United States, the progress of scientific
exploration by the Government of the United States, and by individuals and foreign
governments in all parts of the American continent, together with a collection of
portraits of representative scientific men of the world, so far as they have been asso-
ciated with the development of scientific thought in America.

(2) The National Museum, as on previous occasions, would undertake to illustrate
the natural resources of the United States and their utilization, so far as this subject
was not undertaken by other departments.

In this connection special attention should be given to the animal resources of the
continent. It would be desirable to show large groups mounted by the best methods
of modern taxidermy of the various quadrupeds of America which are fast approach-
ing extermination—buffalo, elk, moose, musk ox, caribou, mountain goat, mountain
sheep, the five species of deer and beaver, the walrus, the fur seal, the sea elephant,
and others equally interesting, and equally liable to extinction, though not so large;
indeed, every species of American animal, bird, reptile, or invertebrates which is of
sufficient importance to man, at least so far as they are of sufficient interest to man-
kind, to have been designated by popular names.

In this connection may be represented, also, all methods of hunting employed in
America, especially by uncivilized man. Supplementing the whole, a display of the
various products of the animal kingdom used by man in his artsand industries. This

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is a subject which has not yet been adequately worked out in this country, but to
which the Bethnal Green Museum in London, one of the most interesting places of
public instruction in the world, is very largely devoted.

The industrial resources derived from the vegetable and mineral kingdoms may also
with propriety be shown, except so far as these subjects may be taken up respectively
by the Department of Agriculture and the Geological Survey.

In connection with the anthropological departments of the Museum, an attempt
should be made to show the physical and other characteristics of the principal races
of man, and the early stages of the history of civilization as shown by the evolution
of certain selected primitive arts and industries. Here might properly be presented
a considerable number of models of habitations and of costumed figures. Nothing
was so popular and effective in the recent Paris Exposition as displays of this char-
acter, and the resources of the National Museum workshops for doing work of this
kind are probably better than are to be found elsewhere in America. In the case of
certain selected arts and industries, it might be well to show quite a large group of
specimens, and to show their development from their beginning to the most advanced
stages of the present time.

Among those best suited for this treatment would be the history of transportation
by land and water. A floor space of 5,000 feet might well be occupied by this sub-
ject, which forms so important a part of the history of civilization. Every mode of
transportation known to man may be shown by originals, drawings, and models.” A
large amount of material in this direction is already in our possession, and much
more is easily accessible. The economical industries, including an exhibition of the
chemical elements and all their principal combinations; the methods of manufacture
of all substances produced by the applications of chemistry and their utilization in
the arts and industries; the history of music and musical instruments; the history
and methods of printing and book making; the history of the development of instru-
ments of precision; the history and methods of photography and the graphic arts;
the fine arts, and the application of the arts of design to industrial arts and manu-
facture.

(3) Asa special subject, the archeology of America, to constitute the exhibit of
the Bureau of Ethnology. This will include illustrations of the mounds and ruins
of the ancient Pueblos, the cliff ruins of the cavate lodgers of the Pueblo regions, the
shell mounds of the Pacific, and also the archzeology of the Atlantic Slope and the
culture of the Alaskan Indians; all these subjects to be shown by means of models,
photographs, drawings and maps, and collections of the objects of art characteristic
of each of these types of civilization, together with a representation of the work and
methods of the Bureau by means of its publications.

A portion of the material for such an exhibit has already been collected and is now
in possession of the Bureau or of the National Museum, but a portion to illustrate
special features is still to be gathered.

For the proper exhibition of the material, it is estimated that 15,000 square feet
of floor surface will be required and 5,000 square feet of wall and window space.
The estimate for floor surface includes all necessary allowance for aisles and passages.

To make such supplementary collections as are necessary; to make maps, charts,
models, photographs, and transparencies; to transport the material and install it in
Chicago, including cost of cases and expense of mounting and labeling specimens; to
prepare a catalogue; to care for the exhibit while in Chicago, and finally to transport
it to the National Museum at Washington, it is estimated that $160,000 will be
required.

I have prepared a detailed estimate of the exhibits under each of these heads as to
space and cost. These are at your disposition, but are not given here. From these
estimates the following more general ones have been derived.

The amount of space required will not be less than 80,000 square feet, which would
be equivalent to 60,000 square feet exclusive of the space reserved for main passage

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aisles through the building. This is in addition to the 15,000 feet for the Bureau of
Ethnology, and is less than three times what was assigned to the Smithsonian Insti-
tution and the National Museum at the Philadelphia and New Orleans exhibitions.
At the Fishery Exhibition in 1883 nearly half this amount of space was occupied by
the display of the American fisheries alone, and the success of the installation on
this occasion was largely due to the fact that the exhibits were not unduly crowded
together.

The total amount of money required for the Smithsonian and the Museum exhibits,
but exclusive of the special display of the Bureau of Ethnology, I estimate at
$425,000, and in making this estimate I have taken into consideration the probable
cost of each department of the work, and have arrived at the total by adding these
amounts together. I do not know that a detailed statement is desired, but one can be
supplied as soon as it is called for.

These estimates are based not only on the experience of the Museum at Philadel-
phia, New Orleans, Cincinnati, Minneapolis, and other American fairs, but also at
the Fishery Exhibitions in Berlin and London, which, though not nominally con-
nected with the Smithsonian Institution, were practically so, the Commissioner of
Fisheries being at that time the Secretary of this Institution, and the officer in imme-
diate charge its present assistant secretary, while very many of the workers were
temporarily transferred from the Museum staff.

As I have already indicated, the cost of the earlier exhibitions was $3.50 to $5 per
foot of floor space, but there are two important considerations which forbid us to
expect that equally satisfactory results can now be accomplished at a proportionate
cost. The first of these is the very obvious one of an enhanced scale of general
prices in all directions, especially in that of labor. The second, that most of these
exhibitions had been looked for long in advance and prepared with deliberate econ-
omy, while in the present case, if preparation could be begun to-morrow, the time
would still be too short, and it will consequently be impossible to avoid such partial
waste as always accompanies hurried action.

In conclusion, I desire to say that participation in such exhibitions is one of the
greatest obstacles to the development of the National Museum and inflicts immediate
injury to its collections far greater than the mere damage of transportation to and
fro. It is to be hoped, then, that Congress, in estimating the cost, will keep in mind
the importance of replacing the collections in Washington in as favorable condition
as if the interruption to the work had not occurred. On such occasions the mere
absence of a large number of the responsible employees and the necessary temporary
suspension of most of the ordinary activities of the Museum would be nearly as grave
an injury as the closing of its doors during the whole period.

For this there is no compensation except in the increase in the collections which
may result, and this is by no means an unmixed benefit, since many of the objects
added to the collection at such a time, however effective they may be in a temporary
exhibition, seem crude and incongruous in a permanent museum.

Such considerations as these may, it seems to me, be kept prominently in mind in
making an estimate of the amount required for such a participation in a great exhi-
bition as may leave the permanent progress of the National Museum unimpaired.

I am, sir, your obedient servant,
S. P. Laneiry, Secretary.
The SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.

U. S. Commission or Fish AND FISHERIES,
Washington, D. C., March 11, 1890.
Str: In compliance with your request I have the honor to transmit herewith an
estimate of the cost of preparing, placing, caring for, and returning such an exhibit
of the fisheries and fishery resources of the United States as should, in my judg-
ment, be made at the World’s Fair, at Chicago, in 1892.

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Such an exhibition should not only be an exposition of our fishery resources and
of the present conditions, methods, and results of the fisheries, but should also show
the origin, progress, present conditions, methods, and results of the inquiry in regard
to food fishes and the fishing grounds, an inquiry which has been most fruitful in
results, economical as well as scientific, and which has served as a model, a stimulus,
and an inspiration to other nations seeking the best means for the utilization of the
resources of their waters.

The exhibit should show, also, the beginning and progress, as well as the present
conditions, of the commercial fisheries, the development of methods, apparatus,
vessels, and boats, to meet the exigencies arising from time to time.

It should show the origin and development of public fish-culture in the United
States, and the present conditions, methods, and results of the work of the U. 8S. Fish
Commission.

The exhibit, in its essential features, would illustrate an industrial and economic
evolution probably as distinctively characteristic of the genius of our people as is the
evolution of our social and political institutions.

An adequate exhibit, worthy of the occasion and of this great nation, would require
the expenditure of not less than $150,000, and would require for effective display a
floor space of 40,000 square feet, distributed as follows:

Square feet.

Objects of the fisheriesso0ic 2. 32Useo-24 1 Joo 2d) deta oe bene aoe 6, 000

The fishing grounds; the vessels, apparatus, methods, and results of the in-
quiry ini regard to food ‘fishes... 2. 221. 020. sboyent Vance bee pe ete 5, 000

History, development, methods, apparatus, vessels, production, and statistics
of the fisheries ...J2ui 025.065... .320 es Dut) Sk oleae ere erie ee 20, 000

Fish-culture, propagation, distribution, methods, apparatus, vessels, hatcher-
ies; ‘aud, Btabishiesy. AU bye. BE Ul Goa mes Hii 11 eto ie eeeter ALE 315 Jae 5, 000
Aquaria, salt and fresh: water. 4. 22. csioiuepsus: Je bei, Si GE Se 4, 000
Dota sot es twine Sb de Soe Shp ee 40, 000

I regret that I have been delayed in furnishing the information asked for, but
before making even approximate estimates I have found it necessary to consider the
scope and arrangement of such an exhibit as would be required, and this has taken
some time and labor.

Very respectfully, M. McDonatp,
Commissioner.
The SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.
Committed to Committee of the Whole.
April 25, 1890.
An act, ete.

Whereas it is fit and appropriate that the four hundredth anniver-
sary of the discovery of America be commemorated by an exhibition
of the resources of the United States of America, their development,
and of the progress of civilization in the New World; and

Whereas such an exhibition should be of a national and international
character, so that not only the people of our Union and this continent,
but those of all nations as well, can participate, and should therefore
have the sanction of the Congress of the United States: Therefore,

Be tt enacted, etc., That an exhibition of arts, industries, manufac-
tures, and products of the soil, mine, and sea shall be inaugurated in

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the year 1892, in the city of Chicago, in the State of Illinois, as
hereinafter provided.

Src. 2. That a commission, to consist of two commissioners from
each State and Territory of the United States and from the District
of Columbia and eight commissioners at large, is hereby constituted,
to be designated as the World’s Columbian Commission.

Src. 3. That said commissioners, two from each State and Territory,
shall be appointed within thirty days from the passage of this act, by
the President of the United States, on the nomination of the govern-
ors of the States and Territories, respectively, and by the President
eight commissioners at large and two from the District of Columbia;
and in the same manner and within the same time there shall be
appointed two alternate commissioners from each State and Territory
of the United States and the District of Columbia and eight alternate
commissioners at large, who shall assume and perform the duties of
such commissioner or commissioners as may be unable to attend the
meetings of the said commission; and in such nominations and appoint-
ments each of the two leading political parties shall be equally repre-
sented. Vacancies in the commission nominated by the governors of
the several States and Territories, respectively, and also vacancies in
the commission at large and from the District of Columbia, may be
filled in the same manner and under the same conditions as provided
herein for their original appointment.

Src. 4. That the Secretary of State of the United States shall,
immediately after the passage of this act, notify the governors of the
several States and Territories, respectively, thereof and request such
nominations to be made. The commissioners so appointed shall be
called together by the Secretary of State of the United States in the
city of Chicago, by notice to the commissioners, as soon as convenient
after the appointment of said commissioners, and within thirty days
thereafter. The said commissioners, at said first meeting, shall
organize by the election of such officers and the appointment of such
committees as they may deem expedient, and for this purpose the com-
missioners present at said meeting shall constitute a quorum.

Src. 5. That said commission be empowered in its discretion to
accept for the purposes of the World’s Columbian Exposition such
site as may be selected and offered and such plans and specifications of
buildings to be erected for such purpose at the expense of and ten-

‘dered by the corporation organized under the laws of the State of

Illinois, known as ‘*‘ The World’s Exposition of Eighteen Hundred
and Ninety-two:” Provided, That said site so tendered and the build-
ings proposed to be erected thereon shall be deemed by said commis-
sion adequate to the purposes of said exposition: And provided, That
said commission shall be satisfied that the said corporation has an
actual bona fide and valid subscription to its capital stock, which will

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secure the payment of at least $5,000,000, of which not less than
500,000 shall have been paid in, and that the further sum of $5,000,000,
making in all $10,000,000, will be provided by said corporation in
ample time for its needful use during the prosecution of the work for
the complete preparation for said exposition. ;

Src. 6. That the said commission shall allot space for exhibitors,
prepare a classification of exhibits, determine the plan and scope of
the exposition, and shall appoint all judges and examiners for the
exposition, award all premiums, if any, and generally have charge of
all intercourse with the exhibitors and the representatives of foreign
nations. And said commission is authorized and required to appoint
a board of lady managers of such number and to perform such duties
as may be prescribed by said commission. Said board may appoint
one or more members of all committees authorized to award prizes
for exhibits which may be produced in whole or in part by female
labor.

Sec. 7. That after the plans for said exposition shall be prepared by
said corporation and approved by said commission, the rules and regu-
lations of said corporation governing rates for entrance and admission
fees, or otherwise affecting the rights, privileges, or interests of the
exhibitors or of the public, shall be fixed or established by said cor-
poration, subject, however, to such modification, if any, as may be
imposed by a majority of said commissioners.

Src. 8. That the President is hereby empowered and directed to
hold a naval review in New York Harbor, in April, 1893, and to extend
to foreign nations an invitation to send ships of war to join the United
States Navy in rendezvous at Hampton Roads and proceed thence to
said review.

Sec. 9. That said commission shall provide for the dedication of the
buildings of the World’s Columbian Exposition in said city of Chicago
on the 12th day of October, 1892, with appropriate ceremonies, and
said exposition shall be open to visitors not later than the 1st day of
May, 1893, and shall be closed at such time as the commission may
determine, but not later than the 30th day of October thereafter.

Sec. 10. That whenever the President of the United States shall be
notified by the commission that provision has been made for grounds
and buildings for the uses herein provided for and there has also been
filed with him by the said corporation, known as ‘*The World’s
Exposition of Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-two,” satisfactory proof
that a sum not less than $10,000,000, to be used and expended for the
purposes of the exposition herein authorized, has in fact been raised
or provided for by subscription or other legally binding means, he
shall be authorized, through the Department of State, to make procla-
mation of the same, setting forth the time at which the exposition will
open and close, and the place at which it will be held; and he shall com-

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municate to the diplomatic representatives of foreign nations copies
of the same, together with such regulations as may be adopted by the
commission, for publication in their respective countries, and he shall,
in behalf of the Government and people, invite foreign nations to take
part in the said exposition and appoint representatives thereto.

Sec. 11. That all articles which shall be imported from foreign
countries for the sole purpose of exhibition at said exposition, upon
which there shall be a tariff or customs duty, shall be admitted free
of payment of duty, customs fees, or charges under such regulations as
the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe; but it shall be lawful at
any time during the exhibition to sell for delivery at the close of the
exposition any goods or property imported for and actually on exhibi-
tion in the exposition buildings or on its grounds, subject to such regu-
lations for the security of the revenue and for the collection of the
import duties as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe: Pro-
vided, That all such articles when sold or withdrawn for consumption
in the United States shall be subject to the duty, if any, imposed
upon such articles by the revenue laws in force at the date of importa-
tion, and all penalties prescribed by law shall be applied and enforced
against such articles, and against the persons who may be guilty of
any illegal sale or withdrawal.

Src. 12. That the sum of $20,000, or as much thereof as may be
necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any moneys
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the remainder of the
present fiscal year and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891, to
be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury
for purposes connected with the admission of foreign goods to said
exhibition.

Src. 13. That it shall be the duty of the commission to make report
from time to time to the President of the United States of the progress
of the work, and, in a final report, present a full exhibit of the results
of the Sapesuian.

Sec. 14. That the commission hereby ate ized shall exist no longer
than until the first day of January, 1898.

Src. 15. That the United States shall not in any manner, nor under
any circumstances, be liable for any of the acts, doings, proceedings,
or representations of the said corporation organized under the laws of
the State of Illinois, its officers, agents, servants, or employees, or any
of them, or for the service, salaries, labor, or wages of said oflicers,
agents, servants, or employees, or any of them, or for any subscrip-
tions to the capital stock, or for any certificates of stock, bonds, mort-
gages, or obligations of any kind issued by said corporation, or for
any debts, liabilities, or expenses of any kind whatever attending such
corporation or accruing by reason of the same.

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Sec. 16. That there shall be exhibited at said exposition by the Goy-
ernment of the United States, from its Executive Departments, the
Smithsonian Institution, the United States Fish Commission, and the
National Museum, such articles and materials as illustrate the func-
tion and administrative faculty of the Government in time of peace
and its resources as a war power, tending to demonstrate the nature
of our institutions and their adaptation to the wants of the people;
and to secure a complete and harmonious arrangement of such a Goy-
ernment exhibit, a board shall be created to be charged with the selec-
tion, preparation, arrangement, safe-keeping, and exhibition of such
articles and materials as the heads of the several departments and the
directors of the Smithsonian Institution and National Museum may
respectively decide shall be embraced in said Government exhibit.
The President may also designate additional articles for exhibition.
Such board shall be composed of one person to be named by the head
of each Executive Department, and one by the directors of the Smith-
sonian Institution and National Museum, and one by the Fish Com-
mission, such selections to be approved by the President of the United
States. The President shall name the chairman of said board, and the
board itself shall select such other officers as it may deem necessary.

That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed
to place on exhibition, upon such grounds as shall be allotted for the
purpose, one of the life-saving stations authorized to be constructed
on the coast of the United States by existing law, and to cause the
same to be fully equipped with all apparatus, furniture, and appli-
ances now in use in all life-saving stations in the United States, said
building and apparatus to be removed at the close of the exhibition
and re-erected at the place now authorized by law.

Src. 17. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause a suitable
building or buildings to be erected on the site selected for the World’s
Columbian Exposition for the Government exhibits, as provided in
this act, and he is hereby authorized and directed to contract therefor,
in the same manner and under the same regulations as for other pub-
lic buildings of the United States; but the contracts for said building
or buildings shall not exceed the sum of $400,000, and for the remain-
der of the fiscal year and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891,
there is hereby appropriated for said building or buildings, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of
$100,000. The Secretary of the Treasury shall cause the said build-
ing or buildings to be contructed, as far as possible, of iron, steel, and
glass, or such other material as may be taken out and sold to the best
advantage; and he is authorized and required to dispose of such build-
ing or buildings, or the material composing the same, at the close of
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World’s Exposition of 1892 to purchase the same at an appraised value
to be ascertained in such manner as he may determine.

Src. 18. That for the purpose of paying the expenses of transporta-
tion, care, and custody of exhibits by the Government and the mainte-
nance of the building or building's hereinbefore provided for, and the
safe return of articles belonging to the said Government exhibit, and for
the expenses of the commission created by this act, and other contin-
gent expenses, to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury upon
itemized accounts and vouchers, there is hereby appropriated for the
remainder of this fiscal year and for the fiscal year ending June 30th,
1891, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
the sum of $200,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary: Provided,
That the United States shall not be liable, on account of the erection
of buildings, expenses of the commission or any of its officers or
employees, or on account of any expenses incident to or growing out
of said exposition, for a sum exceeding in the aggregate $1,500,000.

Src. 19. That the commissioners and alternate commissioners
appointed under this act shall not be entitled to any compensation
for their services out of the Treasury of the United States, except
their actual expenses for transportation and the sum of six dollars per
day for subsistence for each day they are necessarily absent from
their homes on the business of said commission. The officers of said
commission shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by said
commission, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury,
which shall be paid out of the sums appropriated by Congress in aid
of such exposition.

Sec. 20. That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to create
any liability of the United States, direct or indirect, for any debt or
obligation incurred, nor for any claim for aid or pecuniary assistance
from Congress or the Treasury of the United States in support or
liquidation of any debts or obligations created by said commission in
excess of appropriations made by Congress therefor.

Src. 21. That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to override
or interfere with the laws of any State, and all contracts made in any
State for the purposes of the exhibition shall be subject to the laws
thereof. ‘

Src. 22. That no member of said commission, whether an officer or
otherwise, shall be personally liable for any debt or obligation which
may be created or incurred by the said commission.

(Stat. XX VI, 62.)

December 24, 1890.
PROCLAMATION.

Whereas, satisfactory proof has been presented to me that provi-

sion has been made for adequate grounds and buildings for the uses

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of the World’s Columbian Exposition, and that a sum not less than
$10,000,000, to be used and expended for the purposes of said expo-
sition, has been provided in accordance with the conditions and
requirements of section 10 of an act entitled ‘‘An act to provide for
celebrating the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of Amer-
ica by Christopher Columbus, by holding an international exhibition
of arts, industries, manufactures, and the products of the soil, mine,
and sea, in the city of Chicago, in the State of Illinois,” approved
April 25, 1890:

Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United
States, by virtue of the authority vested in me by said act, do hereby
declare and proclaim that such International Exhibition will be opened
on the 1st day of May, in the year 1893, in the city of Chicago, in the
State of Illinois; and will not be closed before the last Thursday in
October of the same year. And, in the name of the Government and
of the people of the United States, I do hereby invite all the nations of
the earth to take part in the commemoration of an event that is pre-
eminent in human history and of lasting interest to mankind, by
appointing representatives thereto and sending such exhibits to the
World’s Columbian Exposition as will most fitly and fully illustrate
their resources, their industries, and their progress in civilization.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the
seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the city of Washington, this 24th day of December, 1890,
and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and
fifteenth.

[SEAL. | Bens. Harrison.

By the President:

JAMES G. BLAINE,
Secretary of State.
(Stat. XX VI, 1562.)

January 16, 1891—House.
A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury was submitted:

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, January 16, 1891.
Str: I have the honor to report that the sum of $300,000 will be required during
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1892, for the purpose of collecting and preparing the
Government exhibit for the World’s Columbian Exposition under section 16 of the
act of April 25, 1890 (26 Stat., 64), and would respectfully recommend that the fol-
lowing clause be enacted into law to carry the same into effect:

‘““WORLD’S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION.

‘‘For the selection, purchase, preparation, and arrangement of such articles and
materials as the heads of the several Executive Departments, the Smithsonian Insti-
tution and National Museum, and the U. 8. Fish Commission may decide shall be
embraced in the Government exhibit, and such additional articles as the President
may designate for said exposition, and for the employment of proper persons as offi-

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cers and assistants to the Board of Control and Management of the Government
exhibit, appointed by the President, the sum of $300,000 is hereby appropriated for
the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1892, and any moneys heretofore appro-
priated in aid of said Government exhibit may be used in like manner and for like
purposes: Provided, That all expenditures made for the purposes and from the appro-
priation specified herein shall be subject to the approval of the said Board of Con-
trol and Management and of the Secretary of the Treasury, as now provided by law.”’

Respectfully, yours,
Witu1am Winpom, Secretary.

The SPEAKER OF THE Housr oF REPRESENTATIVES.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

March 3, 1897.
Sundry civil act for 1892.

World’s Columbian Exposition: For completion of building under
present limit, $300,000.

(Stat. XX VI, 949.)

Government exhibit: For the selection, purchase, preparation, and
arrangement of such articles and materials as the heads of the several
Executive Departments, the Smithsonian Institution and National
Museum, and the United States Fish Commission may decide shall be
embraced in the Government exhibit, and such additional articles as
the President may designate for said exposition, and for the employ-
ment of proper persons as officers and assistants to the Board of Con-
trol and Management of the Government exhibit, appointed by the
President, of which not exceeding $5,000 may be expended by the
said board for clerical services, the sum of $350,000 is hereby appro-
priated for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1892, and
any moneys heretofore appropriated in aid of said Government exhibit
may be used in like manner and for like purposes: Provided, That all
expenditures made for the purposes and from the appropriation speci-
fied herein shall be subject to the approval of the said Board of Con-
trol and Management and of the Secretary of the Treasury, as now
provided by law.

For the World’s Columbian Commission, $95,500, of which sum
$36,000 shall be used for the Board of Lady Managers.

For expenses connected with the admission of foreign goods to the
exposition, as set forth in section 12 of the act creating the commis-
sion, approved April 25, 1890, $20,000.

For contingent expenses of the World’s Congress Auxiliary of the
- World’s Columbian Exposition, $2,500.

And the several sums herein appropriated for the World’s Colum-
bian Exposition shall be deemed a part of the sum of $1,500,000, the
limit of liability of the United States on account thereof fixed by the
act of April 25, 1890, authorizing said exposition.

(Stat. XX V1, 965.)

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St. Louis Exposition.
April 15, 1890.

Act approved to admit free of duty articles from Mexico and other
American Republics and the Dominion of Canada for the St. Louis
Exposition in September and October, 1890.

(Stat., XXXVI, 55.)

Louisville Exposition.
June 18, 1890.

Act approved providing for the relief of the Southern Exposition
at Louisville from duty on goods consigned to it for exhibition from
Russia, amounting to $435.91.

(Stat., XX VI, 162.)

HEIRS OF JOSEPH HENRY.
April 2, 1890—Sennte.
Mr. JoHN SHERMAN introduced bill (S. 3359):

That the sum of $20,000 be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any mon-
eys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for payment to the daughters of the
late Joseph Henry, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, for valuable public
services rendered by said Joseph Henry.

Mr. Surerman. The bill is accompanied by a very interesting state-
ment by the daughter of Mr. Henry, formerly chairman of the Light-
House Board, setting out the savings he had made and the claim for
this compensation. I ask that the papers be printed as a document.
The bill will be printed, of course, in the ordinary way, and I ask
that the papers accompanying it be printed as a document and referred,
with the bill, to the Committee on Finance. As the services per-
formed relate to the Treasury Department, I suppose that will be the
proper reference.

[STATEMENT. |

The undersigned, Mary A. Henry, administratrix of Joseph Henry, deceased, late
member and chairman of the Light-House Board, respectfully represents that Pro-
fessor Henry served the Board without compensation from October 9, 1852, until his
death, May 3, 1878, twenty-five years and eight months.

The value of the original investigations of Professor Henry in the service of the
Light-House Board can not be estimated, but a statement of the saving to the Goy-
ernment from two series of his experiments, which resulted the one in the introduc-
tion of lard oil, the other of sperm as an illuminant, may give some idea of what the
Light-House Establishment owes to him, a saving which, from 1867 up to the present
time, has amounted to over $4,000,000.

The oil in use by the Light-House Board was sperm. It was proposed on account
of cheapness to use lard, but the committee to whom the matter was referred reported
unfavorably, on the grounds that the lard oil did not mount as easily the wicks, and
did not flow as easily as the sperm. Not content with this decision, Joseph Henry
instituted a series of experiments, which resulted in the demonstration that while
this was the case at a certain temperature, at a higher temperature the contrary was
the case, the lard flowed more easily and mounted more easily the wicks. He then
devised a lamp by which the oil was heated by the lamp itself before it was used by

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it, which, patented for the Government, introduced the use of lard instead of sperm
into the light-houses.

These experiments upon lamps and oil were made in the light-house established
at Staten Island by Professor Henry. They involved a great deal of time, were very
arduous, and very detrimental to health on account of the necessary high tempera-
ture of the room in which they were conducted. The value of the change to the
Government may be measured to a certain extent by the difference between the
price of the oils. This was at first over a dollar on every gallon, and very nearly
$100,000 a year, but the price of sperm fell and of lard was raised, so a mean of
prices must be taken.

For the actual saving to the Government from 1867 to 1889, light-house records
give the highest price of sperm oil $2.43}; lowest, $1.09; but the oil went down lower
still, to 62 cents; mean, $1.523; highest price of lard in these years, $1.29; lowest, 50
cents; mean, 89 cents; the difference, and therefore the savings in each gallon of oil,
63 cents.

The number of gallons used was 1,777,000, and the saying to the Government,
therefore, by these experiments of Professor Henry, $1,118,510.

But this is not all.

The use of lard oil by the light-houses raised the price, a cheaper luminant was
required, and a new series of experiments were undertaken by Professor Henry with
mineral oils, which had been considered too dangerous to be employed in the Light-
House Service. These experiments were also made at Staten Island. They were
attended with great danger to his person and life on account of the explosive
character of the oils. The first difficulty was with the lamp, but there were many
other questions to be settled, such as the flashing test, the fire test, the freezing test,
at which it should remain limpid at zero, etc. The experiments were successful, but
they were the last made by Professor Henry; through a cold taken in the course of
them, and the fatigue of them, he contracted the disease of which he died. He left
his home in the full vigor of health for Staten Island, to return in a few days broken
down by the illness which soon ended his days.

For the saving effected we have highest price of mineral oil, 30 cents; lowest
price of mineral oil, 6} cents; mean, 18 cents; mean price of sperm oil, $1.523;
difference, $1.34; number of gallons used, 2,044,554; saving, $2,739,702.36; add to
this the saving on the lard oil, $1,119,510; total, $3,859,212.36.

The present price of sperm oil, as given by one of our largest groceries, is $1.50 per
gallon; of mineral oil, 10 cents; the difference is $1.40. Last year 333,000 gallons
were used. Not less will be employed this year. Professor Henry’s experiments
are therefore saving to the Government this very year over $420,000, and before the
year has closed the saving from 1867 will amount to over $4,000,000. Nor do these
figures truly represent the amount of the saving, for the fall in the price of the sperm
was caused by the withdrawal of the Government patronage, and the comparison
should be made with the higher price to which it had been raised by the use of the
light-house.

Great as these figures are they sink into insignificance beside the immeasurably
greater value of mineral oil as a reliable light-house illuminant over lard oil. This
it is difficult to explain, but it may be indicated.

Lard oil became more or less solid in cold weather and had to be liquefied by heat
before it could be put inthe burners. Betty’s or small hanging alcohol lamps had
to be hung lighted under the goose neck, or connection between the reservoir and the
burner, to insure liquefaction of the lard and the combustion of the oil. Mineral oil
is liquid at zero and is always ready for instant use. Hence all the machinery for
keeping lard oil liquid was done away with and all danger from the solidification of
the oil avoided.

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The adoption of the mineral oil as an illuminant has made it possible to use a
burner which can continue lighted for three, five, and even eight days and nights
without filling, trimming, or attention of any kind. Such burners have been made
and many of them attached to pier heads, to piles, and to isolated beacons, inaccess-
ible in heavy weather. With lard oil these lights could only have been maintained
in light-houses arranged for keepers to live in them, as the lard-oil burners would
grow dim and finally go out unless trimmed every few hours. The building of these
light-houses would cost anywhere from $25,000 to $250,000 each, and each such light-
house would require from three to five keepers. The three, five, or eight day burner
mineral-oil lights are established at a cost of from $50 to $500 each, and one man
with a rowboat can attend to as many as he can reach in his boat.

Thus the adoption of mineral oil as an illuminant has made the establishment of
isolated harbor, bay, and sound lights inexpensive where it was formerly costly, and
hence practicable where they were formerly practically impossible. Many such
lights have been established and many more will be, it is quite evident.

There are some 1,400 post lights on the western rivers. The establishment of
these lights has revolutionized steamboating and it has made it as safe for boats to
run by night as by day. Before the rivers were lighted, boats had to cease running
and anchor or tie up to the banks at night. These rivers could not have been lighted
with lard oil. This magnificent system of river lights was born of Professor Henry’s
discovery that mineral oil could be used for light-house illumination, and his experi-
ments, which resulted in the inyention and manufacture in the Board’s shops of
light-house lamps in which mineral oil could be burned.

It should be remembered that this great service to the Government has been ren-
dered since his death; that the experiments in relation to mineral oil were just com-
pleted at his death; that this service and great saving still continues and will continue
to increase with the extension of the light-house service. Should Congress feel
inclined to acknowledge this great indebtedness, now is a fitting time, since the last
of the light-houses are even now this very year coming into the use of the mineral
oils.

Of other services to the light-house system some idea may be had from an official
letter! of the naval secretary to the Hon. Secretary of the Treasury, dated May 21,
1878.

The letter given was in answer to the question from the Hon. Secretary of the
Treasury:

“*State the number of years Professor Henry served as a member of the board, the
number as chairman of the board, and what number of months or days in each year,
on an average, he was employed for business of the Government.’’

For this time an appropriation of $10,000 was made at Professor Henry’s death,
but this sum could not be considered a recompense for the great services of Professor
Henry.

The letter hardly gives correctly the amount of time given by Professor Henry to
the light-house work. His visits to the establishment at Staten Island were frequent,
and the experiments made there lasted sometimes two or three weeks. He always
returned overcome by fatigue. The two series of experiments given are but speci-
mens of many which resulted in equal benefit to the country and the Light-House
Board.

It is quite true that during his lifetime, for his great services, Professor Henry
received no other payment than that which met the itemized accounts of traveling
expenses. Many of the items of expense were not recorded. Professor Henry was
always the poorer rather than the richer for the light-house work.

1See p. 807 in 45th Congress.

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While Professor Henry’s services were of such value in that important system
which renders safe to the mariner our entire coast, not less in value were other
experiments and labors undertaken for the good of the country. His daily notebook
is filled with records of researches for the benefit of the Government. Now he is
engaged in investigations in regard to the ventilation of the Capitol; now in regard
to the lighting of it. It would seem as if almost every question of scientific impor-
tance coming before Congress sooner or later found its way to him. During the war
three nights in every week were given to the consideration of Government matters
and the protection of the Government from fraud. For all this gratuitous work he
might have asked the pay of an expert, and so have made a great fortune.

The undersigned, therefore, respectfully petitions that Congress will, in considera-
tion of said services, allow her and her sisters, Helen L. and Caroline Henry, the
heirs at law of Joseph Henry, such a sum as in its judgment will compensate to some
extent the extraordinary services of their father.

Very respectfully, Mary A. Henry,
Administratrix of the estate of Joseph Henry, deceased.

1406 M Srreer, March 28, 1890.

Dear Mr. SENATOR SHERMAN: I am going to leave my papers at your house, with
the hope that I may see you again about the matter in which you took so kind an
interest.

When at my father’s death an appropriation of $10,000 was made by Congress for
the unrequited time given by my father to the Light-House Service, while we felt
most truly the kindness of our father’s friends, we wished very much we could
decline it. It could not stand as a compensation for our father’s great services, and
yet it took away their character of a free gift. We would have liked to have them
(the services) remain a free gift, but we had to take the award or we would have
had no home, and a very charming home it has given us; and: always associated in
our minds with its pleasantness is the thought of the kindness that procured it for us.

When at Professor Baird’s death a sum of $25,000 was awarded for his services in
the Fish Commission, my father and Professor Baird were placed side by side before
Congress, in a discussion relative to the propriety of making this appropriation; the
one award was founded upon the other, and it troubled me that the services of the
one should thus be estimated at $25,000, while the other stood at $10,000.

I was very glad Professor Baird should have the $25,000. I think his important
services deserve such a reward; but if his services were great, much more extended
were my father’s, and it made me feel badly to think they should stand forever there
on the records of Congress as worth so much less. I am sure this feeling was not
one of petty jealousy, but a right desire that my father’s work should be properly
appreciated.

Many times since then, in some emergency, have I wished that Congress were con-
scious of how much my father did; and if now, out of the great saving effected for the
Government since his death, through the experiments which were a bequest to the
country, Congress should see fit to grant us something more, I would be very glad,
both on my father’s account and ours. I would not wish to stand in an attitude of
poverty before Congress. I would wish the value of my father’s services alone to be
considered. An individual would wish in some way to make a return for a great
indebtedness; and the indebtedness in this case is very great. It would seem Con-
gress would wish to testify appreciation of it. It would be, therefore, not on any
need on our part, but upon the value of the services I would found a claim.

While I say this, it would be difficult to put into words how pleasant it would be to
have a little more. We are perfectly comfortable, and, if I may say so, we are ingen-
ious in making our income go far. Still, I can not say how pleasant it would be to
feel a little freer—not to have to think so closely as to feel sometimes not quite gener-

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ous. Besides, we are not so free as we were, and there are some new demands upon
us. We had practice in economy in the old days at the Smithsonian. My father
refused to take more than a certain salary, which was not adequate to the demands
upon it, and he gave all his great discoveries outside the Smithsonian freely to the
world. Our rooms were constantly filled with the most distinguished of our own and
other Jands; no stranger of distinction came to the country without a letter to our
father. These all had to be entertained, but we had to do it very simply. One rule
alone our father gave for his household, ‘‘ Live within the income; pay as you go;”’
and he died owing no man anything, but with the whole world owing him a great
debt, not only for these light-house matters, not only for other Government services,
but for the great discoveries which are at the foundation of all the most useful devel-
opment of practical electricity.

Since I saw you I have been several times to the Light-House Board. I wished, of
course, to be accurate as to what 1 claimed for my father. The savings effected by
the experiments, which resulted in the change of oil, are greater than I had thought
them. How great they are! This year over $420,000 saved—since 1867 upward of
four millions. If nothing comes of the bill I am glad to have them stand under the
eyes of Congress—these figures which mean so much money in the United States
Treasury through these last experiments of my father. And these savings are noth-
ing to the great system of harbor and river lighting, the result also of these experi-
ments.

If it would be pleasant to be a little more free to indulge in pleasant things, this
would not have brought me to the point of coming to you. It was the absolute
necessity of the expensive scientific assistance needed in the work of securing and
publishing what is valuable in my father’s unprinted papers that made me come.

I have written a long letter, but perhaps this will save time when you are so kind
as to see me again.

Yours, with true thanks, Mary A. Henry.

Referred to Committee on Finance (to accompany S. 3359).
April 10, 1890—Senate.

Mr. JoHN SHERMAN, from Committee on Finance, submitted report
(S. 650) on S. 3359.

That the services of Joseph Henry to the Government of the United
States can scarcely be measured by money. Since the organization of
the Smithsonian Institution, August 5, 1846, he held the office of Sec-
retary and had the general charge and management of its varied duties
until his death. He received a moderate salary from the funds of that
Institution. He served for twenty-five years and eight months as a
member of the Light-House Board, and for a large portion of the time
as its chairman, and never received any compensation from the Goy-
ernment of the United States. After his death Congress allowed his
heirs, as a token of his services, the sum of $10,000, which, with vol-
untary contributions by scientific associations and individuals, is the
only means for the support of his three daughters, all accomplished
ladies, one of whom, the petitioner in this case, rendered, without
compensation, valuable public services in aid of Professor Henry.

The nature and character of the services rendered by Professor
Henry are fairly set out in her petition (hereto attached and made a
part of this report), showing from official statements that his inven-
tions and discoveries, voluntarily rendered, have saved the Govern-

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ment of the United States, before and since his death, nearly $4,000,000.
There is probably no example in our history of services of a scientific
character of such value rendered without compensation to the Govern-
ment of the United States. He sought no private gain by his inven-
tions, took no patent, though he contributed largely to the development
of the telegraph, the telephone, and many other scientific inventions.
Congress wisely recognized services of a somewhat similar character
rendered by Professor Baird by granting to his heirs the sum of
$25,000. ‘The services of Professor Henry were rendered for a longer
period of time, of equal or greater importance, and constitute a moral
claim for a sum far greater than is prayed for in this petition.

Your committee are of opinion that the sum of $20,000 should be
granted to the heirs of Professor Henry, and report the bill and rec-
ommend its passage.

May 17, 1890—Senate.
S. 3359 passed.
May 19, 1890—House.

S. 3359 referred to Committee on the Library.
May 28, 1890—House.

Mr. Cuarzs O’Nerix, from Committee on the Library, submitted
Report (H. 2201) on 8. 3359, adopting the report made from the Com-
mittee on Finance of the Senate.

(See Senate, April 10, 1890.)

Referred to Committee of the Whole.

February 3, 1891—Senate.

The Vick-Presipent (Mr. Levi P. Morton) laid before the Senate
a resolution of the National Electric Light Association praying Con-
gress to grant the petition of the daughters of the late Prof. Joseph
Henry.

Ordered to lie on the table.

February 16, 1891—Senate.

Mr. Joun SHERMAN, from Committee on Finance, reported an
amendment to sundry civil bill for 1892 (H. 13462).

(See bill (S. 3359), April 2, 1890.)

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

February 23, 1891—Senate.

The reading of the sundry civil bill for 1892 (H. 13462), was con-
tinued. The next amendment was, on page 41, after line 2, to insert
the following:

For payment to the daughters of the late Joseph Henry, Secretary of the Smith-
sonian Institution, for valuable public services rendered by him, $10,000.

Mr. J. H. Berry. Mr. President, I should like to ask the chairman of
the committee, the Senator from Iowa [Mr. Allison], the purpose of
that amendment, the reason of it, whether the Government is indebted
to the parties therein named; and if so, how?

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Mr. W.B. Auuison. Mr. President, this is an amendment proposed by
the Committee on Appropriations, sent to them by the Committee on
Finance, as a recognition of the very eminent services of the late
Joseph Henry, to be given to his daughters. The amendment was
suggested at $20,000, but the committee have reported $10,000. I
hope there will be no objection to the amendment.

Mr. Berry. If the Government owes Mr. Henry anything for his
services rendered, if he was not paid his salary, or anything of that
character, I should be glad to know it. If this is a mere gift——

Mr. J.C. 8. Buracksurn. Will the Senator from Arkansas allow me?

Mr. Berry. Certainly.

Mr. Biackrurn. I will state that when Professor Baird died, who
had held this same position as Regent [Secretary] of the Smithsonian
Institution, my recollection is that there was $50,000 [$25,000] voted
to him. No one objected.

Mr. Berry. I beg the Senator’s pardon. It is a very great mistake
to suppose that no one objected.

Mr. Buackgpurn. The Senator from Arkansas may have objected.
I do not recall the objection, but I remember what Congress ‘did.
This man whom we have honored with a statue in a park here in the
city rendered very distinguished services. He was recognized as the
most distinguished scientist that we had on this continent. He died
receiving no salary for the services he had rendered when presiding
over the Smithsonian Institution, because the law at that time allowed
no salary.

The committee thought it was but proper to make some recognition
to a very worthy and very indigent family. The Senator from Arkan-
sas is right if he makes the point that the law does not warrant this
appropriation. It is not offered from that standpoint. It is offered
to the Senate in the belief that it is a proper thing for us to do. Itis
a mere gratuity, and the Senator is informed that no law warrants it.
It is simply a gratuitous offering from the Congress of the United
States to the surviving children of a man who was very prominent in
the eminent services he had rendered to the country. There is no law
for it.

Mr. G. F. Hoar. The Senator from Kentucky, I suppose, uses the
word ‘‘ gratuity” as derived from ‘‘ gratitude.”

Mr. Buacksurn. Ido. I mean it so.

Mr. Berry. Mr. President, when the claim of the wife of Professor
Baird was before the Senate it was discussed at considerable length.
It was opposed very strongly, and only passed upon a yea-and-nay
vote after quite a discussion, as I distinctly remember.

The Senator from Kentucky states that the Government of the
United States was not indebted to Mr. Henry; that there is no law
authorizing the payment of this sum of money; that the Government

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of the United States did not owe him one dollar; but that we propose,
as a mere gratuity to the children of Mr. Henry, to give them from
the Treasury of the United States the sum of $10,000.

The Senator from Kentucky puts the case frankly and fairly, as I
believe, and yet he says that we, as the representatives of the people,
have a right to take the money that belongs to the whole people ot the
United States and give itasamere gratuity to the parties we may
deem worthy of it or to whom we think it should be given.

Mr. President, I do not so understand my duty. I donot understand
that there is any warrant in the Constitution, in conscience, in demo-
cratic principles, or democratic theories, or democratic goverment
that authorizes the representatives of the people to take the money of
the people and give it to whomsoever they may see proper.

Mr. President, can it ever be said that these daughters of Mr. Henry
are more worthy, more deserving, more needy, than thousands and
tens of thousands of other orphan children in the States of Kentucky
and Arkansas and every other State in this Union?) Upon what theory
can we be justified in taking and giving away as a mere gratuity the
money that does not belong to us, but belongs to the whole people of
this country? Is that the kind of a Government we are living in.
Has it come to this, that it is simply a question of Senators and mem-
bers here picking out their favorites, parties whom they desire to
oblige, parties whom they believe to be worthy, and taking the money
that belongs to the whole people and giving it to those who can bring
the most influence to bear upon members of the Senate and the House
of Representatives? Is that the Senator’s idea of our duty here? By
what authority can we use money which is intrusted to us, and that we
hold in trust for the whole people of the United States, in that way ?

Mr. President, parties who are unable to support themselves are sup-
posed to be cared for by the respective States or counties, by the local
authorities, and not by the Government of the United States. There
is no warrant in the Constitution that authorizes us to give away the
people’s money, and if we are going to give it away, why give it to
these particular parties rather than to deserving parties from the
Senator’s own State? He says we do not owe it; he says there is no
law authorizing it; he says that it isa mere gratuity given by us to
the children of this deceased man.

Mr. President, that is not my idea of our duty. Itseems to me that
if we are to select the parties to whom this money shall be given, I
know parties equally worthy, equally deserving, who are equally enti-
tled to this money, and that there can be no argument made here to
give this money that can not be made to give that.

The Senator says that the father rendered distinguished services to
the people of the United States. There are men deceased all through
‘this land, who, when living, rendered distinguished services to the

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United States, and are you going to say that we can take money and
give it to the children of those men?

The Senator himself has rendered distinguished services to the Goy-
ernment of the United States, and shall we, as a mere gratuity to him,
if he would accept it, which he would not, take the people’s money and
give him or any other man that money which does not belong to us?
It seems to me that no principle has ever been advocated in the Senate
of the United States so destructive of our theory and our character of
government as the one that has just been announced by the Senator from
Kentucky.

Mr. President, before this amendment is adopted I want a yea-and-
nay vote on it. If we can not get it to-night without stopping the
business of the Senate, I want the question in such shape that I can
reserve the amendment when the bill comes into the Senate, because I
can not consent that this amendment shall be placed in this bill unless
the yeas and nays have been had on it, either now or at some later
stage after the bill is reported to the Senate.

Mr. Buackpurn. Mr. President, when I used the word ‘‘ gratuity ”
it may have been hastily employed, but I will reiterate it and couple
with it the explanation suggested by the honorable Senator from
Massachusetts, which is the only explanation of what was in my mind
at the time I employed it, and that was to express the gratitude this
country felt toward the man whose heirs at law, whose children are
sought to be provided for here.

I have tried to state the case fairly and I have admitted that there
is no law for this appropriation; that it is a matter that addresses
itself to the conscience of the American Congress, and I cited a prece-
dent which happened to lean my way. This happened to lean the
other way politically, and I am sure in dealing with questions like this
the American Senate will not allow politics to intervene.

I admit, Mr. President, that there is no statute upon the books
which warrants us in making this appropriation, but at the same time
linsist that it is but proper and right that we should do it in this
modest form—I mean as to the amount—when we come to consider
the precedents.

The Senator from Arkansas is no more a strict constructionist of the
Federal Constitution or the organic law of the land than I am. I
admit that the Senator does not need to remind me that it is a danger-
ous precedent, but I seek to remind him that the precedent has been
already established more than once, more than a hundred times, more
than a thousand times.

Suppose that the Senator from Arkansas should die to-night, which
I sincerely trust and pray that God will not permit either now or for
many years hereafter, an appropriation bill would come in here carry-
ing in it a provision giving to his worthy wife and lovely children the

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unearned salary for at least one year of service that the Lord had not
permitted him to render.

Each and every one of us would vote to give it to that family, and I
am glad to know that the Senator from Arkansas would not be pres-
ent to register a negative vote. He has rendered distinguished sery-
ice to his State and has shed additional luster upon its very proud
escutcheon, and the Senate would claim the right, whether the Con-
stitution carried with it the grant of power or not, to recognize in
his heirs at law the obligation that they felt that they owed to him
in the court of conscience, but not in a court of law.

Now, this is the question, Mr. President, with which we are con-
fronted. Joseph Henry wrote his name high up on the scroll of fame
that emblazons the history of this world and makes .its brightest
pages still brighter. He rendered his service without fee and with-
out reward. His successor died in the prosecution of the work that he
had so ably and so efficiently carried on during his life. The Congress
of the United States recognized the service of his successor, not in his
person, but after he was buried, and made their acknowledgment to
his family. The question is whether we shall refuse this pittance in
the shape of a recognition of the distinguished service that this great
man rendered to his country. I for one am not willing to withhold
my vote.

The Senator from Arkansas may demand the yeas and nays, and I
will go upon record as promptly and unhesitatingiy as I speak here
now. I think the country owes it, not to the dead man, not to his
children, who, I am told, have no fortune, but I think the country
owes it to itself to make some recognition of its obligations to him for
the services that he rendered; and I am only amazed at the smallness
of the amount contained in this amendment to the bill.

Mr. Berry. Mr. President, I shall only detain the Senate for a few
moments.

In regard to the politics of the parties, to which the Senator from
Kentucky has alluded, I know nothing. I do not know the politics of
Professor Baird or of his family. That has had no influence directly
or indirectly upon the position I have taken in any way whatever.
I opposed the appropriation for Mrs. Baird in a few remarks, and I
stated then that it would be used as a precedent in order to bring in
other claims. It was urged that it stood on peculiar grounds, by itself
and alone, and could not be used as a precedent; and yet the Senator
from Kentucky cites it to-night.

It is not the amount; $10,000, of course, to the Government of the
United States is a very small amount, but it is the principle that is
involved in it. It matters not as to the amount, but it carries with
it the seeds of great difficulties to come hereafter, as it appears to me.

The Senator alludes to me individually, and says if I should unfor-

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tunately die to-night the Senate would vote to my wife the sum of one
year’s salary. Mr. President, I know that that has been done hereto-
fore; I know that appropriations have been made for the widows of
deceased Senators and members of Congress, but it was never done by
my vote. I have never given a vote of that character yet; and I
assert here that we have no more right to give it to the widow of a
Senator than we have to give it to any other individual. Whenaman
accepts a seat in the Senate of the United States he knows the amount
of salary; he knows what the law has fixed for it; and when you stick
on an appropriation bill what you dare not and have not the nerve to
put in the general law so as to make it applicable to everybody, you
simply take the people’s money and misappropriate it and give it
where you have no right to give it.

I say that the principle applies to the widow of a Senator the same
that it applies to these heirs. It is the principle against which I con-
tend that we as representatives of the people can take money that does
not belong to us and give it to whomsoever we may see proper, If,
you can give them $10,000 you can give them a millon, you can give
them ten million. The amount does not change the principle, but it
is the wrong that we do whenever we give away that which does not
belong to us, which we hold in trust for others.

These are my objections to the amendment, and to speak of that
which is done for the widows of Senators is no justification for it,
because there is no justification for that appropriation. If you think
that the salary of a Senator or Member is not sufficient, then the only
bold and manly way would be to either increase the salary or put a
provision in a general law and say whenever a Senator or Member dies
during his term of service his widow shall be entitled to a year’s pay
after his death. That would be the bold and manly way to do it, and
not try to deceive the people of the United States by not passing such
a law, but putting it into an appropriation bill, where it is never heard
of, and thereby taking their money. That is the objection I have
to it.

lsay, Mr. President, small as this sum is, that the principle upon
which it is based is that which is sowing seeds of discord throughout
this country to-day. We see dissatisfaction all over the land.. We
see parties of every class engaged in every pursuit coming to the Gov-
ernment and asking that something may be done for them. They
say, ‘‘ We want to know what the Government is going to do for us.”
That cry comes up from the farmers and the agriculturists of the land
to-day; and why is it? It is because of precedents that have been
made whereby we took money and misappropriated it. They see the
Congress of the United States giving away their money to the widows
of Senators and Members of Congress, to deserving ladies, as there is
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natural than that they should come and ask that they be given some
also.

Mr. President, these ladies are no doubt worthy of every considera-
tion, but there are thousands of widows and orphan children in my
State who are as much entitled to $10,000 out of the Treasury of the
United States as these ladies are. If you can vote this money, why
can you not vote it for the poor, struggling, starving widows who have
eight or ten children and are unable to support them?

Mr. Buacksurn. Will the Senator from Arkansas allow me to ask
him a question ?

Mr. Berry. Certainly.

Mr. Buackspurn. Would he undertake to deny the power of Con-
gress to appropriate money to erect a monument or a statue to Abra-
ham Lincoln or Andrew Jackson within the reservations and parks of
this city?

Mr. Berry. I would not.

Mr. Buacksurn. Then I will ask the Senator, with his permission,
another question. If he would not, I assume that his want of objec-
tion is predicated upon the services that those men rendered to their
country. How will he draw the line that will enable him to offer an
objection to this amendment which the Committee on Appropriations
propose ?

Mr. Berry. Mr. President, the case is by no means similar. In
the District of Columbia whatever tends to beautify it in the way of
building monuments or otherwise, or whatever may. be erected in the
way of monuments here to commemorate the services of those who
have rendered distinguished services to the country, within this Dis-
trict, in the control of Congress, that power has always been exercised
and has never been denied. That stands upon a different principle
from taking money out of the Treasury and donating it, to use the
Senator’s own language, as a mere gratuity to whomsoever a majority
may choose to give it.

Mr. Birackpurn. Will the Senator in his amiability permit me to
ask him another question ?

Mr. Berry. Certainly.

Mr. Biackpurn. Would he grant to Congress the power to build
monumentsand erect statues to those of the country’s citizens who had
rendered distinguished service and at the same time send the wives
and children of those citizens to the poorhouse? Is that his idea of
constitutional limitation ?

Mr. Berry. Mr. President, as to whether I would vote for a monu-
ment to be erected to Mr. Abraham Lincoln or any other person I will
determine when the question arises. I will state to the Senator I
never have voted a dollar for one yet for anybody.

Mr. Buacxpurn. Well, I have never failed to do it.

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Mr. Berry. I said that here is a mere constitutional power; that
over the District of Columbia Congress has the power to do it. Then
the Senator asked me if I would take it away from the women and
children. I will ask the Senator a question.

Mr. Buacxsurn. I will answer it.

Mr. Berry. Take some private soldier who left his home, his wife,
and his children, in the early days of 1861, a volunteer in the army
from his own State of Kentucky. It is true that he was unknown to
fame, yet he did his duty manfully and nobly, day by day, until he
fell upon the battlefield, leaving his wife and children helpless. I ask
the Senator would he vote for an amendment on this sundry civil
appropriation bill giving to each one of the children of a man of that
character, where it can be shown that he did his whole duty, $10,000,
if it should be offered as an amendment to the bill?

Mr. Buacxsurn. I will answer the Senator, with his permission,
and say that during the well-nigh twenty years that I have been in
Congress, in one House or the other, I have never failed to vote to
give an adequate pension to support the widow and the children of
every loyal soldier who was killed or disabled in the Union service; I
will do that now; and in doing it, I speak for the section from which
Icome. And I speak for the Senator from Arkansas as well as for
myself. This Government owes its obligations to the soldiers who
defended it when its vitality was at stake and in issue, and no man
from any loyal State has ever gone farther than I have always done,
or will go farther than I shall always do, by way of making recog-
nition to them for the service that they rendered toa cause that I did
not espouse.

Mr. Berry. The Senator from Kentucky considers an adequate
pension for the widow of such a private soldier the sum of $12 per
month, while for the children of this man who was not a soldier he
proposes to take out of the Treasury and give them $10,000. I have
never posed here asa particular friend of the soldier in voting for
pensions, but I have taken the ground that the widow of a private
soldier ought to have identically the same amount of pension as the
widow of an officer, and that to give one $2,000 a year and to the
other $12 a month is absolute injustice and contrary to the spirit of the
Government under which we live.

Mr. President, if this Government owes Mr. Henry $1, if it owes
him $10,000, if it owes him any other sum of money, there is no man
here who will vote it more cheerfully than I; but why, in this vast
concourse of 63,000,000 of people, shall we select out individuals
who are enabled by reason of their friends here to bring pressure to
bear upon members of Congress, while thousands and tens of thou-
sands equally deserving go without a dollar? Is that justice? Is it
justice to those simply who can get a majority of the Senate on their
side to say that we will take the people’s money and give it to them,

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while the thousands whose voices can not be heard here do not get one
dollar, although they pay the taxes the same as everybody else, that
go to make up the common fund?

It may be right, Mr. President, it may be just, it may be generous,
but to me it is the most absolute injustice that was ever practiced by
any Congress of the United States to take that which does not belong
to them, to take that which belongs to others, and give it to favorites
who can bring influence to bear upon us while the others go without
a dollar. It can not get my vote. If the Senator calls that ungener-
ous, then I must submit to it, but I never have voted for such an appro-
priation and I never shall.

The Prestpinc OFrricer (Mr. C. F. Manperson). The question is
on the amendment proposed by the committee.

Mr. Berry. Mr. President, I am going to ask for the yeas and nays
on agreeing to the amendment.

Mr. J. C. Spoonrr. The Senator can get that by reserving the
amendment.

Mr. Berry. If the Senator from Iowa will agree that I can reserve
the amendment and have a yea-and-nay vote on it in the Senate, of
course that will be satisfactory.

Mr. Spooner. The Senator has that right.

The Presrpine Orricer. That is the right of the Senator, without
an agreement. ;

Mr. Auuison. I will see that the Senator has the right to have a
yea-and-nay vote in the Senate on this amendment.

Mr. Berry. Very well; that is all I ask.

The Presipine Orricer. It is the right of a Senator on demand.
The question is on the amendment proposed by the committee.

The amendment was agreed to.

March 2, 1891—House.

Senate amendments to the sundry civil bill for 1892 (H. 13462)

agreed to.
March 3, 18917.
Sundry civil act for 1892.

For payment to the daughters of the late Joseph Henry, Secretary
of the Smithsonian Institution, for valuable public services rendered
by him, $10,000.

(Stat., XXVI, 963.)

SOCIETY OF SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
April 9, 1890—Senate.
Mr. G. F. Hoar introduced bill (8. 3471) to incorporate the Society
of Sons of the American Revolution.

Be it enacted, etc., That David D. Porter, of the District of Columbia; William H.
Arnoux, and James Otis, of New York; W. Seward Webb and Theodore 8. Peck, of
Vermont; Timothy Dwight, Lucius P. Deming, and J. Coddington Kinney, of Con-

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necticut; Rutherford B. Hayes and Wilson L. Gill, of Ohio; Wade Hampton, of
South Carolina; Simon B. Buckner, of Kentucky; John B. Gordon, of Georgia;
Robert L. Taylor, of Tennessee; Robert 8. Green and William O. McDowell, of
New Jersey; Edwin 8. Barrett and Luther L. Tarbell, of Massachusetts; John. G.
Morris, James C. Cresap, and W. Francis Cregar, of Maryland; A. 8. Hubbard and
Charles J. King, of California; Charles Edward Cheney, of Illinois; William H.
English, of Indiana; Charles H. Denison, of Maine; William H. Brearley, of Mich-
igan; John B. Sanburn, of Minnesota; D. R. Francis, of Missouri; Hiram E. Hall, of
Washington; Atwood Violett, of Louisiana; Edmund de La Fayette, of France; Zebu-
lon B. Vance, of North Carolina; William D. Hoard, of Wisconsin; Fitzhugh Lee, of
Virginia; James A. Beaver, of Pennsylvania; John J. Jacobs, of West Virginia;
Ebenezer B. Andrews, of Rhode Island; H. K. Slayton, of New Hampshire; Joseph F.
Johnston and Goldsmith Bernard West, of Alabama; Samuel W. Williams, of Arkan-
sas; Lyman E. Knapp, of Alaska; H. R. Wolcott, of Colorado; A. J. Woodman, of
Delaware; William B. Allison, of Iowa; L. Bradford Prince, of New Mexico; George
L. Miller, of Nebraska; W. F. Wheeler, of Montana; Charles E. Hooker, of Missis-
sippi; William Kapal, of Oregon; George Pettigrew, of South Dakota, their associates
and successors, are hereby created, in the District of Columbia, a body corporate
and politic, by the name of the Sons of the American Revolution, to perpetuate the
memory and the spirit of the men who achieved American independence, by the
encouragement of historical research in relation to the Revolution, and the publica-
tion of its results, the preservation of documents and relics of the records of the
individual services of Revolutionary soldiers and patriots, and the promotion of
celebrations of all patriotic anniversaries; to carry out the injunction of Washington
in his Farewell Address to the American people, ‘‘to promote, as an object of primary
importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge,’’ thus developing an
enlightened public opinion, and affording to young and old such advantages as shall
develop in them the largest capacity for performing the duties of American citizens;
to cherish, maintain, and extend the institutions of American freedom, to foster true
patriotism and love of country, and to aid in securing for mankind all the blessings
of liberty. Said association is authorized to hold real and personal estate in the
District of Columbia so far only as may be necessary to its lawful ends to an amount
not exceeding $500,000; to adopt a constitution, and to make by-laws not inconsistent
with law. Said association shall have its principal office at Washington, in the
District of Columbia, and may hold its annual meetings in such places as the said
incorporators shall determine. Said association shall report annually to the Secre-
tary of the Smithsonian Institution concerning its proceedings. Said Secretary shall
communicate to Congress the whole of such reports, or such portion thereof as he
shall see fit. The Regents of the Smithsonian Institution are authorized to permit
said association to deposit its collections, manuscripts, books, pamphlets, and other
material for history in-the Smithsonian Institution or in the National Museum, at
their discretion, upon such conditions and under such rules as they shall prescribe.

Referred to Committee on the Library.
April 10, 1890—House.
Mr. Wixu1am McApoo introduced bill (H. 9220) same as bill (S. 3471),
April 9, 1890.
Referred to Committee on the Library.
April 14, 1890—Senate.
Mr. Z. B. Vance introduced bill (8. 3509) same as S. 3471.
Referred to Committee on the Library.
April 23, 1890—Senate.
Mr. W. M. Evarts reported 8. 3471, amended by change of name
of Ebenezer B. Andrews, of Rhode Island, to HUsha B. Andrews.

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Mr. Evarts, from Committee on the Library, submitted a report
(to accompany S. 3471):

The Society of the Sons of the American Revolution was organized
in California, July 4, 1876, on the occasion of the centennial of the
Declaration of Independence, under the name of ‘“The Sons of Revolu-
tionary Sires.” On the 30th of April, 1889, the centennial of the inau-
guration of George Washington as President of the United States, a
national society was organized in Fraunce’s tavern, New York City,
in the ‘‘ Long Room,” in which Washington took leave of his officers
at the close of the Revolution. On this occasion the name of Sons of
the American Revolution was assumed by the society. At the same
time the original California Society of Sons of Revolutionary Sires and
13 other State societies, which had since this organization become
affiliated with it, changed their own designation to one which corre-
sponded to that of the national society. Since that time societies
have been organized in 28 States, and other State organizations are
being formed, so that it is believed that before the 30th of April of
the present year, every State, and possibly every Territory, will have
an organization of his own, while organizations are also being formed
in France and in the Sandwich Islands.

The society is purely patriotic in its object, its purposes being the
following:

(1) To perpetuate the memory and the spirit of the men who achieved
American independence, by the encouragement of historical research
in relation to the Revolution and the publication of its results, the
preservation of documents and relics and of the records of the indi-
vidual services of Revolutionary soldiers and patriots, and the promo-
tion of celebrations of all patriotic anniversaries.

(2) To carry out the injunction of Washington in his Farewell Address
to the American people, ‘‘to promote, as an object of primary impor-
tance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge,” thus devel-
oping an enlightened public opinion and affording to young and old
such advantages as shall develop in them the largest capacity for
performing the duties of American citizens.

(3) To cherish, maintain, and extend the institutions of American
freedom, to foster true patriotism and love of country, and to aid in
securing for mankind all the blessings of liberty.

The bill is intended to incorporate this society, and is modeled after
the bill which was introduced during the Fiftieth Congress to incorpo-
rate the American Historical Association, and which, in addition to
giving the society its corporate existence, simply provides that it shall
report its proceedings annually to Congress through the Smithsonian
Institution, and authorizes the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution
to permit the association to deposit its collections, manuscripts, books,
pamphlets, and other material for history in the Smithsonian Institu-
tion or in the National Museum, in accordance with the provisions of
the act of incorporation.

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The organization seems to your committee in every way worthy of
encouragement, and we therefore recommend the passage of the bill.
April 25, 1890—House.

Mr. Cuarues O’NEILt reported in favor of H. 9220 (same report as
by Mr. W. M. Evarts in Senate April 23, 1890).

Referred to Calendar.

April 28, 1890—Senate.
S. 8471 considered, amended, and laid over.

UNIVERSITY OF THE UNITED STATES.

May 14, 1890—Senate.
Mr. G. F. Epmunps introduced bill (S. 3822):

Be it enacted, etc., That. there shall be, and is hereby, established a corporation in
the city of Washington to be known as the University of the United States.

Src. 2. That the corporation shall consist of and be governed bya board of regents,
composed of the President of the United States, the Secretary of State, the Secretary
of the Treasury, the Secretary of War, the Attorney-General, the Secretary of the
Navy, the Postmaster-General, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agri-
culture, the Chief-Justice of the United States, and twelve citizens of the United
States, no two of whom shall be residents of the same State, who shall be appointed
by a concurrent resolution of the two Houses of Congress. Any vacancy occurring
in the office of any regent appointed by the two Houses of Congress shall be filled
by a concurrent resolution of the two Houses. The twelve citizens so appointed
regents shall as soon as may be after their appointment be divided by the board of
regents into three classes, of four each. The members of the first class shall hold
office for three years, the members of the second class so divided shall hold office for
six years, and the members of the third class so divided shall hold office for nine
years; and when a new appointment is needful for the continuation of each of the
classes, it shall be made for three years; and if a vacancy occur in any of the classes,
it shall be filled by appointment for the remainder of the term only in respect of
which the vacancy exists.

Sec. 3. That the said board of regents shall have a common seal and have _ perpet-
ual succession, aml be entitled to the rights and privileges of a public literary cor-
poration. The university hereby established shall institute and carry on a course of
education and research in all branches of learning and investigation that shall, in the
opinion of the board of regents, from time to time, be most conducive to the advance-
ment and to the increase and development of knowledge, and such as the usual
course of education in the schools, colleges, and universities in the United States
does not furnish the best means and facilities of doing. To the ends aforementioned
the said board of regents may establish executive offices and appoint officers of said
corporation and establish and support such professorships, fellowships, scholarships,
and courses of instruction, study, investigation, and research as shall to them seem
meet; and to these ends they may, from time to time, make such rules, regulations,
ordinances, and orders as shall to them seem meet, so that the same be consistent
with the provisions of this act.

Sec. 4. That the said board of regents shall hold their first meeting at Washington,
in the District of Columbia, on such day as the President of the United States shall
designate, on notice to be given by him of the time and place of such meeting.

Sec. 5. That the said board of regents shall in each year report to Congress a full
and complete statement of its progress and operations, with an account of all moneys
expended in the course of its operations.

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Sec. 6. That the said board of regents shall have, and are hereby granted, author-
ity to obtain the necessary ground and provide for the necessary buildings and con-
veniences reqnired for the purposes of this act, and to fix the compensation and
allowance of all officers, professors, fellows, scholars authorized by this act to be by
them provided for, and to provide for all incidental expenses arising from the exe-
cution of this act; all of which expenses shall be reported to the proper accounting
officers of the Treasury and passed upon according to the usual course of accounts for
the public service, but no such expenses shall exceed the allowance in gross provided
for in this act.

Sec. 7. That the sum of not exceeding $500,000 is hereby appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the expenses of the procure-
ment of the necessary grounds and the erection of the necessary buildings contem-
plated in this act.

Sec. 8. That the sum of $5,000,000 of money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated is hereby permanently set apart in the Treasury of the United States as
the principal of a perpetual fund, the necessary part of the income of which, and no
more than such income, may be annually used for the purposes in this act men-
tioned. The said sum so set apart shall bear interest at the rate of four per centum
per annum, out of which four per centum per annum all the expenses of said university,
excepting the expenses provided for in the special appropriation for grounds and
buildings hereinbefore mentioned, shall be paid.

Src. 9. That the said board of regents may receive gifts and donations in aid of
any of the objects in this act mentioned, and in such case they shall invest or other-
wise deal with the same according to the will of the donor in each case.

Sec. 10. That no special sectarian belief or doctrine shall be taught or promoted in
said university, but this prohibition shall not be deemed to exclude the study and
consideration of Christian theology.

Sec. 11. That no person otherwise eligible according to the provisions of this act
shall be excluded from the benefits thereof on account of race, color, citizenship, or
religious belief.

Src. 12. That Congress shall have power at all times, according to its judgment for
the public good, to amend or repeal this act, and it shall have the power by any
committee of either House of Congress appointed for that purpose to visit and
inquire into and report upon all the operations of the corporation established by
this act.

Referred to Select Committee of nine.
June 4, 1890—Senate.

The PREestmpENT pro tempore (Mr. J. J. INGAxs) appointed Mr. G.
F. Edmunds, Mr. John Sherman, Mr. J. J. Ingalls, Mr. H. W. Blair,
fire. N. Dolph, Mr. 1. G.. Harris, Mr. M. C.” Butler, Mr. R. 1.
Gibson, and Mr. J. S. Barbour on committee.

Mr. IneAtts explained that the members of the committee had been
selected without consulting the Chair, hence the appointment of
himself.

THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY.
June 7, 1890—House.

Mr. Cuarztes O'NEILL (by request) introduced bill (H. 10816):

Whereas the Government of the United States of America has inaugurated a cele-
bration of the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America by
Christopher Columbus to be held in the year 1892; and

Whereas it is proper that some permanent memorial of that great event should be
erected at the capital of the nation; and

15382 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

Whereas the experiment of a free republic, with a constitutional form of govern- _
ment and an indissoluble union of States, has been demonstrated in the first hundred
years of its existence to be practicable and successful, and the principles of political
freedom, equality, and justice have been guaranteed to all its citizens; and

Whereas the perpetuity of the Government and the guaranties of its Constitution
are dependent on the virtue, intelligence, and patriotism of the people: Therefore,
in order to the promotion of the broadest culture in literature, science, art, ethics,
and political economy among the people, and as a light bearer to all nations of the
principles of constitutional liberty upon which this Government is established,

Be it enacted, etc., That a university is hereby established in the District of Colum-
bia to be called the American University.

Src. 2. That shall be and they and their successors in office are hereby
created and constituted a body politic and corporate to be known as the curators of
the American University and by that name shall have perpetual succession and a
common seal, and by the aforesaid name and in their corporate capacity may sue
and be sued, plead and be impleaded, contract and be contracted with, answer and
be answered in all courts of law and equity; and the same, in their corporate name,
are hereby invested with a legal right to all the property and estate, real and per-
sonal, which may accrue to said university.

Src. 3. That for the promotion of the cause of education in all its branches and
extending the sphere of science, morality, and the principles of constitutional liberty
throughout the world, the curators aforesaid and their successors shall have power
to establish from time to time and endow any departments, colleges, schools, or pro-
fessorships which they may deem necessary to carry out the aforesaid objects. They
shall also have full power to select and employ any officers and agents they may
deem proper; also such chancellors, presidents, professors, instructors, or tutors as
they may from time to time deem necessary; also to make, ordain, establish, and
execute or cause to be executed all such by-laws, rules, and ordinances, not incon-
sistent with the Constitution of the United States or the District of Columbia, as
they may deem necessary for the welfare of said university, for their own govern-
ment, the good government of the officers, agents, instructors, and students of the
same, and generally to do all acts necessary and proper to promote the welfare and
prosperity of said university.

Src. 4. That they and their successors shall have full power in their corporate
capacity to hold by gift, grant, devise, demise, or otherwise any lands, tenements,
hereditaments, moneys, rents, goods, chattels, or interests of any kind whatsoever
which may be given, granted, demised, or devised to or purchased by them for the
use and benefit of said university; also may sell, lease, rent, and dispose of the same
or any part thereof in any way whatsoever they may adjudge most useful to the
interests of said university: Provided, That all lands, money, or other property which
may by donation, devise, deed of gift, or otherwise be contributed to said university
shall be strictly applied according to the instruction given by the owner or testator;
and all moneys thus donated or devised as permanent endowment funds shall be
principal, and as the same accrues shall be invested in United States bonds, which
shall remain forever intact and the amount whereof is to be in no respect or any
manner whatever diminished, subject, however, as necessity may demand, to invest-
ment or reinvestment in said United States bonds so long as they may be available
for investment purposes, and only the interest on such invested funds shall be used
for the current expenses of said university.

Src. 5. That the board of curators of said university shall consist of twenty-one
members. The President and Vice-President of the United States, the Chief Justice
of the United States, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Attor-
ney-General, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the Director of the Geo-
logical Survey, and the Superintendent of the Naval Observatory shall also be

FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 1533

members ex officio. All vacancies in said board, whether by death, resignation,
removal, or otherwise, shall be filled at the annual meetings of the same by the bal-
lots of not less than a majority of the whole board, and all vacancies occurring in
said board after the year 1900 shall be filled from the rolls of the alumni of said uni-
versity. Any donor to said university who shall have contributed to the endow-
ment funds of the same to the amount of $100,000 shall also be eligible as a member
of said board.

Src. 6. That in the management and control of said university no sectarian or anti-
religious belief or doctrine shall be inculcated.

Sec. 7. That whenever the permanent endowment funds of said university shall
reach the sum of millions of dollars each State shall be entitled to send to said .
university one properly prepared and accredited student for each of its Senators and
Representatives in Congress, free of all charges, for instruction in any of its depart-

_ments, said students to be appointed by the Senators and Representatives thereof
under a system of competitive examinations; also any properly accredited alumnus
of any college or university in the United States having a permanent endowment of
not less than $100,000 shall be entitled to free tuition in any of the departments of
said university; also, in order to promote the study of American institutions and the
principles of a republican form of government as embodied in the Constitution of
the United States, and to encourage reciprocity and fraternity among the Pan-Amer-
ican republics, five perpetual free scholarships shall be tendered to each of said
republics in said university.

Src. 8. That the officers, instructors, and students of said university shall be admit-
ted free of all charges to all libraries, museums, lectures, and other sources of
information and instruction belonging to the Smithsonian Institution, the Naval
Observatory, the Geological Bureau, Department of Education, and all other institu-
tions owned and controlled by the Government of the United States, in the District
of Columbia, for the advancement of knowledge and investigation in the arts and
sciences, subject, in all cases of admission, to the rules and regulations prescribed by
the managing authorities of said institutions or departments of the Government. In
like manner all libraries, museums, lectures, apparatus and collections in art and
science, and other facilities for knowledge and instruction shall be open and acces-
sible in said university, free of charge, to the officials of all institutions or depart-
ments of the Government, under the rules and regulations prescribed by the curators
of the same.

Sec. 9. That the curators of said university shall have power from time to time to
receive donations or bequests for the establishment of fellowships, scholarships,
prize funds, or other special endowments, subject always to the wishes and instruc-
tions of the donors or testators.

Sec. 10. That no person otherwise eligible for admission into said university shall
be excluded from the benefits thereof on account of race, color, sex, citizenship, or
religious belief.

Src. 11. That Congress shall have power at all times to examine into the condition
and operations of said university for the public good, to report on the same, and to
amend or repeal this act at pleasure.

Sec. 12. That in order to carry into effect this act the sum of $500,000 is hereby
appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise
appropriated, for the purchase of grounds and erection of buildings for said univer-
sity; and the further sum of $1,000,000 is hereby appropriated annually for the
period of ten years from the passage of this act, out of any moneys in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, for the permanent endowment of said university, the
said total sum of $10,000,000 to be invested in United States bonds drawing 4 per
cent interest, payable quarterly to the curators of the said university.

Referred to Committee on the Library.

1534 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION REPORT.

June 18, 1890—Senate.

The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (Mr. S. P. Laneuey),
transmitted the annual report of the American Historical Association
for 1889.

Referred to Committee on the Library.

August 27, 1890—Senate.

Mr. C. F. Manperson, from Committee on Printing, submitted
_report (S. 1653) on Senate concurrent resolution.

The American Historical Society was incorporated by an act of
Congress, approved January 4, 1889. This is the first report submitted
by the society, and will make about 400 octavo pages. The subjects
treated of in the report are: (1) General report of the proceedings of
the annual meeting held in Washington, December 28 to 31, 1889; (2)
inaugural address of President Charles Kendall Adams on *‘‘ Recent
historical work in the colleges and universities of Europe and Amer-
ica”; (3) ‘* The spirit of historical research,” by James Schouler, of
Boston; (4) ‘‘ The origin of the national scientific and educational
institutions of the United States,” by Dr. G. Brown Goode, Assistant
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, etc.; (5) Bibliography of the
published works of the members of the American Historical Associa-
tion, by Paul Leicester Ford, of Brooklyn, N. Y. The cost of print-
ing and binding will be $1,361.25.

The committee report the concurrent resolution back with the
recommendation that it do pass.

Resolved, etc., That there be printed of the report of the American Historical Asso-
ciation for the year ending December 31, 1889, 4,500 extra copies, of which 1,000
copies shall be for the use of the Senate, 2,000 for the use of the House of Represen-
tatives, and 1,500 for the use of the Smithsonian Institution and the American His-
torical Association.

Mr. P. B. Ptums. Will the Senator from Nebraska explain what
that document is and how it comes to be proper to have it printed at
the expense of the Treasury 4

Mr. Manperson. By an act of Congress passed ——

Mr. F. M. Cocxretu. I think we had better let that go over. I
should like to look into it.

Mr. Manprrson. The report accompanying the resolution presents
quite fully the history of the American Historical Association. It
was organized by an act of Congress by a provision in an appropria-
tion bill in the year 1888. This is the first report of that association.
The Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. Hoar] and the Senator from
Connecticut [Mr. Hawley], I believe, are members of the society, and
they are quite familiar with its work. It was considered well by the
Committee on Printing, as the report contains so large an amount of
important matter and the cost is not a very great one, that this num-
ber of their first report should be printed.

FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 1535

I have no objection, of course, to the resolution going over, and the
report may be printed so that the subject may be examined.

Mr. Prume. I simply want to say that we have had before us
various projects apparently of this same kind and I do not recall the
provisions of the appropriation bill referred to. I am not prepared
to say that I did not know of it at the time and have not known since
what that provision was; but, however that may be, I think it is wise
to go slowly in view of the number of organizations which are appeal-
ing to us now to give them a status by which they may secure the
printing at the public expense of the results of their researches and
of their lucubrations, and therefore I hope the resolution will go over.

Mr. J. R. Hawtey. I concur with the general purport of the remarks
of the Senator from Kansas. I think the Senate would act wisely by
going slowly in such matters. It is quite fascinating, I believe, to
organizations to get themselves recognized by the National Govern-
ment and to be authorized to make an annual report, which of course
is then printed at the expense of the Government, but I do not think
we have yet done anything foolish in that regard.

There is a National Academy of Science which, without charge to
anybody, takes any subject committed to it by any of the Departments
of the Government and gives it a thoroughly scientific investigation
in any branch of science, and has submitted a number of very valu-
able reports. Take, for instance, the examination of sugar which was
committed to them and which they examined and made a very valu-
able report upon. There is one other that does not occur to me at this
moment.

Then came the American Historical Society, formed by a body of
capable and honorable gentlemen, and Mr. Bancroft was the first presi-
dent of it. It proposed to devote itself expressly to American history,
and it has already in its first year brought forth some good fruit, and
it is thought that in the course of a series of years the papers prepared
upon the minor chapters, if you choose, of American history, by some
of the ablest historians in the country, will be put into an exceedingly
valuable permanent form. Such reports as these and such reports as
the Smithsonian Institution submits are worthy of being kept perma-
nently in good shape. I think this society, on the whole, bids fair to
be very useful, and it certainly is composed of men who deserve to be
recognized in this way.

Mr. Piume. This consideration would naturally occur, that many
of those facts which are gathered are the subjects of controversy. Of
course there is no more illustrious name among American historians
than that of Mr. Bancroft, and yet it might be that a good many peo-
ple would take issue with him, and it is extremely important that the
Government should not enter into that domain; and whatever else it
may do it should not act in such a way as to give currency to any one
set of facts as against some other set of facts or any particular idea in

1536 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

regard to the early but disputed era of American history. In addition
to that, I.have observed that everything, so far as I have known, at
any rate everything else of importance in regard to the history of this
country, important in science, important in physics, important in any
other branch of discovery, finds its way into print at private expense
and I think to much greater advantage than if it came through the
ordinary lumbering processes of the Government.

Mr. G. F. Hoar. This society is composed of the most eminent schol-
ars in all parts of the country. It has been stated that Mr. Bancroft is
its first president. Mr. Andrew D. White, of Cornell University, is one
of its most valuable promotors; and Mr. Henry, of Virginia, grandson
of Patrick Henry, is one of its historical investigators. They were
authorized by their act of incorporation to meet annually here and to
deposit their collections in the Smithsonian Institution as a report to
the Smithsonian Institution. It is only so much of their reports or
proceedings as the directors of the Smithsonian transmit to us; so that
in reality this document is nothing but a little addition to the annual
report of the Smithsonian Institution, which is always ordered to be
printed as a matter of course, except that it comes separately. I under-
stand it has been already printed and communicated to the Senate, and
all that is necessary is to print a small number of additional copies.

The PrestDENT pro tempore (Mr. J. J. Iyeauis). The Chair under-
stood the Senator from Missouri [Mr. Cockrell] to ask that the report
lie over.

Mr. CockreE.u. I object to the present consideration of the resolu-
tion and ask that it may be placed on the Calendar and printed with
the accompanying report. I want to look into it.

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. That order will be made.

August 30, 1890—Senate.

Mr. Josepu R. Hawxey. [ask the Senate to take up the report made
by the Printing Committee about two days ago in favor of printing the
annual report of the American Historical Society, which was laid over
for some reason.

Mr. G. F. Epmunps. I wish the Senator from Connecticut would
explain (as I believe the fact to be, but I should like it to go in the
Record) whether this association has now by law some official connec-
tion with the Smithsonian Institution, so that it will appear, if it be
true, that this is not providing for printing the documents of a mere
private society having no relations with the Government.

Mr. Hawtey. The Congressional act of incorporation was approved
January 4, 1889. The society had been in existence for four or five
years before. Its object is declared to be:

For the promotion of historical studies, the collection and preservation of histor-
ical manuscripts, and for kindred purposes in the interest of American history and

of history in America. Said association is authorized to hold real and personal
estate, etc.

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FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. Than

That it is not necessary to read.

Said association shall report annually to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Insti-
tution concerning its proceedings and the condition of historical study in America.
Said Secretary shall communicate to Congress the whole of such reports, or such
portions thereof as he shall see fit. The Regents of the Smithsonian Institution are
authorized to permit said association to deposit its collections, manuscripts, books,
pamphlets, and other material for history in the Smithsonian Institution or in the
National Museum at their discretion, upon such conditions and under such rules as
they shall prescribe. ,

It will result in an exceedingly valuable collection of historical man-
uscripts, publications, etc., in the National Library. The association
numbers hundreds of members, including every leading librarian or
student of history in the United States, I think.

The concurrent resolution was agreed to.

August 30, 1890—House.

Concurrent resolution laid before House.

Referred to Committee on Printing.

February 27, 1891—Senate.

The Vick-PrestpEnt (Mr. Levi P. Morton) laid before the Senate
a communication from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution,
transmitting, in accordance with law, the annual report of the Ameri-
can Historical Association for 1890.

The Vicr-PrEsIDENT. The communication and accompanying report
will be referred to the Committee on Printing, if there be no
objection.

Mr Cuarues F. Manperson. I suggest that that report be printed in
the usual number as it is a regular report coming from the Secretary of
the Institution. I think that the better course would be to make that
order without reference to the Committee on Printing. The question
whether a large number ought to be printed might be referred to the
Committee on Printing.

The Vicr-PrEsIDENT. It will be so ordered.

OWEN STATUE.
June 30, 1890—House.

Mr. R. P. Ftower introduced bill (H. 11208):

That the sum of $20,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary to carry out the
object of this resolution, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of
any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, for the
purpose of erecting on the grounds or in the building of the Smithsonian Institution,
in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, to be located under the direction of
the Regents of the said Smithsonian Institution, a statue of the late Robert Dale
Owen, a distinguished citizen and statesman of the United States and one of the prin-
cipal promoters and architects of the building of said Institution: Provided, however,
That the expenditure of said money small be made under and by the direction of the
Secretary of the Treasury, the sculptor to be designated by the representatives of
the family of the late Robert Dale Owen, with the concurrence and approval of the
said Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

Referred to Committee on the Library.
H. Doc. 732 97

15388 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

September 18, 1890—Senate.

Mr. D. W. Voornexs introduced bill (S. 4409), same as H. 11208
of June 30, 1890; which was read the first time by its title.

Mr. Voornees. I beg the indulgence of the Senate, as it is very
brief, to have the bill read as a tribute to a former distinguished citi-
zen of my State.

The bill was read the second time at length.

Referred to Committee on the Library.

September 24, 1890—House.

Mr. Cuaries O’Ner, from Committee on the Library, submitted
report (H. 3179) on H. 11208:

The Committee on the Library, to whom was referred the bill (H.
11208) for the erection of a statue of Robert Dale Owen on the grounds
of the Smithsonian Institution, having considered the same, submit
the following report, adopting the report made May 11, 1888, by Ilon.
William G. Stahlnecker, chairman of the committee in the Fiftieth
Congress. (See House Report No. 2091, 50th Cong., 1st sess.)

Your committee recommend that the bill do pass, with the fas
amendments, viz:

In line 9, after the word ‘‘ Columbia,” insert ‘‘ to be located;” and
in line 18, after the word ‘* Institution,” insert: ‘* Provided, however,
That the expenditure of said money shall be made under-and by the ,
direction of the Secretary of the Treasury.”

Referred to Committee of the Whole.

December 9, 1890—Senate.

Mr. D. W. Voorneers, from Committee on the Library, reported
S. 4409 favorably, with an amendment to.strike out the words ‘‘ said
Regents” and insert the word ‘‘Secretary,” so as to read:

With the concurrence and approval of the said Secretary of the Smithsonian Insti-
tution.

The amendment was agreed to.

Mr. F. M. Cockretu. I should like to ask the Senator who reported
the bill if he knows how many precedents there are where Congress
has made a direct appropriation for the erection of a monument out-
side of any contributions or help from individual citizens?

Mr. Voorness. Mr. President, I can not tell how many, but there
area great many. This is not a monument exactly; it is a statue of
the person. Abraham Lincoln’s statue was provided for by act of
Congress and paid for entirely. The statue of Farragut was the same,
and a number of others.

Mr. Robert Dale Owen eminently and richly deserves this tribute?
He is the founder of the Smithsonian Institution'—a man of culture,
aman of science, a man of progress, and of knowledge—and I feel it

1[Mr. Owen was chiefly instrumental in the passage in the House of Representa-
tives of the act of Congress organizing the Institution, He can not be considered
its ‘‘founder,’’

FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 15389

a pleasure and a privilege to pay this just and deserved tribute to his
memory as the founder of the Smithsonian Institution and the first
Regent. He was the first Regent under the law of that Institution, as
recited in the preamble. Iask that the bill be put upon its passage.

Passed.

The preamble was agreed to.

December 10, 1890—House.

Mr. Witiram F. Parrett. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent
to take up the Senate bill [S. 4409] for the erection of a statue of
Robert Dale Owen in or on the grounds of the Smithsonian Institution.

The bill was read.

The Speaker (Mr. T. B. Rexp). Is there objection to the present
consideration of this bill?

Mr. C. B. Kizcore. I object.

Referred to Committee on the Library.

March 2, 1891—House.

Mr. Wii114m F. Parrett. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the
rules and pass the bill which I send to the desk, being the bill (S. 4409).

The question was taken on the motion of Mr. Parrett; and the
SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Nretson Dinc ey, Jr.,) declared that the
noes seemed to have it.

Mr. Parrett asked for a division.

The House divided; and there were—ayes 70, noes 50.

Mr. Benton McMutu1n. I ask for tellers.

Tellers were ordered; and the SPEAKER pro tempore appointed Mr.
Parrerr and Mr. FarquHar.

The House again divided; and the tellers reported—ayes 78, noes
43; so (two-thirds not having voted in the affirmative) the motion was
rejected.

BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY.
July 16, 1890—Senate.

Mr. T. C. Powrr submitted a resolution directing the Secretary of
the Interior (Mr. John B. Noble) to furnish information to the Senate
respecting the Geological Survey, and ‘‘ by what authority the ‘ Bureau
of Ethnology’ was established, by whom J. W. Powell was appointed
Director thereof, by whom the subordinates of said Bureau are
appointed, the names of said subordinates, whence appointed, and
their compensation on the 30th day of June, 1890.”

Agreed to.

September 11, 1890—Senate.

Letter of the Secretary of the Interior (Fx. Doc. 226).
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,

Washington, September 11, 1890.

Sr: In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of July 16, 1890, that the
Secretary of the Interior be directed to furnish said body, as soon as practicable,
certain information concerning the Geological Survey (and Bureau of Ethnology), I

1540 . CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

have the honor to transmit herewith a copy of the report of the Director of the
Geological Survey.
Very respectfully, Gro. CHANDLER, Acting Sécretary.
The PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
UNITED SraTEs GEOLOGICAL SURVEY,
Washington, D. C., September 6, 1890.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the Senate res-
olution of July 16, 1890, with instructions from the Secretary that a
proper reply to the same be prepared:
* * * * * * *
Third. By what authority the ‘‘ Bureau of Ethnology’’ was established, by whom
J. W. Powell was appointed Director thereof, by whom the subordinates of said

Bureau are appointed, the names of said subordinates, whence appointed, and their

compensation on the 30th day of June, 1890.
* * & % * * %

The Bureau of Ethnology is a bureau in the Smithsonian Institution.
J. W. Powell was appointed director of that bureau by the Secretary,
Prof. Spencer F. Baird, under the authority of the Regents of the
Institution. J. W. Powell held this position in the Smithsonian Insti-
tution at the time he was appointed Director of the Geological Survey,
and he still supervises that work. The subordinates of the bureau are
appointed by the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution on the
recommendation of the director of the bureau. The following is a
list of the employees, with the additional information called for in the
resolution:

Salary

Name. Designation. per mo. Appointed. Where employed.
Powell, J W--2==<<-- Director --secee ose. None: }), Tinos <-2-.-4~=-s.- Washington.
Pilling, J. C..-2+ o.== Ghieticlerke 4 22522+=2- None. | Dist. of Columbia. -. Do.
McChesney, J. D ....| Disbursing agent...-.. None. |- New York .......... Do.
Crofts WGA. Si2e...6t Waa tor. bss fos saan None. |.-..-.. NOs Do.
Wood, Gam. co. 705-8 Proof reader.......-..- None. | Maryland .......... Do. M
Barron, Ks Hr. .2.-<54 WODVISh «-ce- 22 2s-t eae $60.00 | Mississippi ..-.-.....-. Do. .
BOSS, Ws. s<cacoees te Assistant ethnologist.| 150.00 | New York ....-...--. Washington and field.
Curing A eee Ethnologist ........-- 150.00 | Vermont .....-...... Do.
Dinwiddie, W .-.-.--- Ethnologist’s aid ..... 75: 00)| Towa ac<.2<55<<is' ae Do.
Dorsey; J. O5-.2-2-e-- Ethnologist ......-..- 150.00 | Maryland .......... Do.
Gatschet, A. 82... 2-e|6---- ODP esaacc cen 150.00 | New York .......... Do. 5
HallesJ cA eee sess Modeler’... 2 .iteccece 50.00 ; Maryland .......... Washington.
Henshaw, H. W....- Ethnologist .......... 250.00 | Massachusetts ...... Washington and field. ©
Hewitt, J.N.B...--. Assistant ethnologist.| 75.00 | New Jersey.-.-....-. Do.
Hodge; W...--=-- Stenographer......... 83.33 | New Mexico........ Washington.
Hoffman, W. J-.----- Assistant ethnologist.| 100.00 | Pennsylvania ....-. Washington and field.
Holmes, W. H------- Archeologist -.......- 200 OOK MORI Ore ete era ao Do.
Oran elo aeee aaa Modeler... -...:.-e-ens 40.00 | Dist. of Columbia...) Washington.
Leary, Bn ssses..25=<' WODMISi.< 2 -ceeeceeee 75.00 | New York .....-.-..- Do.
McChesney, A.-.---- C1215 eee ene eee 50.00 | Dist. of Columbia... Do.
Matlery; G.c2s225~ 21. Ethnologist .......... 250.00 | Pennsylvania ...... Washington and field.

FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. Lot

Salary

Name. Designation. per mo. Appointed. Where employed.
Mindeleff, C ........- Assistant ethnologist.| 116.66 | Dist. of Columbia...| Washington and field.
Mindeleit, “Vis. oce-6 |: .c.= GOte cheese eee. 125.00 |..... (a Voter Se ee RRS Do.

IMGONCY, Ucceoe =< sa ecco = GOesescscsescemess TG S66: | incdipnes. sass acne Do.
Beynolds,,H. 0...-...-|<-.-- GO a gecasaasacssss 100.00 | Connecticut ........ Do.
Stevenson, T. E...... Ethnologist’s aid ..-... 100.00 | Dist. of Columbia. -. Do.
nents G..62 5.555. Ethnologist ~...-....- 200.00 | Pennsylvania ...-... Do.
DUN OCCT Bd Aa lene ere seecouceecas 50,00: |e-2=- Fae ee Washington.
Wan iVelzer hi E):...) Copyist..:.........2.0. 60.00 | New York .......... Do.

Bee oWalker, Wi..-:--:..-- Messenger .......----- 50.00 | Dist. of Columbia... Do.
iWistlinen ies. ..552 Modeler io cack nueese 60200" | cane Geena scenes Do.

J. W. PowxEi, Director.
The SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.

ETHNOLOGY—ESTIMATES.
December 2, 1889—House.
Estimates for 1891.
For continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians,
under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries
or compensation of all necessary employees, $50,000.
December 1, 1890—House.

Estimates for 1892.

For continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians,
under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries
or compensation of all necessary employees, $50,000.

Norr.—No explanation appears to be needed beyond those heretofore given.

ETHNOLOGY—APPROPRIATIONS.
July 9, 1890—Senate.

In considering the sundry civil bill for 1891:

Mr. O. H. Puarr. [should like to ask the chairman of the committee a
question, even at the risk of betraying my own ignorance of something
that I ought to know about. I see on page 32 there is an appropri-
ation of $40,000 ‘‘for continuing ethnological researches among the-
American Indians, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution.”
Are all those ethnological studies and researches pursued under the
direction of the Smithsonian Institution and paid for out of this
appropriation, or has the Geological Survey an independent duty to
perform in that respect? Iask because the contributions to ethnology
are prepared by Major Powell, who is the Director of the Geological
Survey, and I never understood exactly how the matter was arranged.

Mr. W. B. Auuison. I understand that this is the appropriation under
which Major Powell discharges whatever duty he performs in connec-
tion with the ethnological work. There is no other appropriation, I
understand, for that work.

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Mr. G. F. Epmunps. How much is there for the geological work?

Mr. Auuison. For the work of Major Powell, various sums rang-
ing from $500,000 to $800,000.

Mr. Prarr. But none of the appropriations for the Geological Sur-
vey are used. for ethnological researches ?

Mr. Axuison. As I understand it, none.

The Presipinc Orricer. The question is on agreeing to the amend-
ment on page 33, line 11, to increase the appropriation from $25,000
to $30,000.

The amendment was agreed to.

August 30, 1890.
Sundry civil act for 1891.

For continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians,
under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries
or compensation of all necessary employees, $40,000.

(Stat. X XVI, 383.)

February 23, 1891—Senate.

The sundry civil bill for 1892 (H. 13462) being under consideration,
the next amendment of the Committee on Appropriations was, on page
42, line 13, after the word ‘‘ employees,” to strike out ‘‘ fifty ” and insert
‘‘thirty;” and in line 14, after the word ‘‘ dollars,” to insert ‘‘ of which
sum not more than $10,000 shall be expended in the payment of sala-
ries and for services rendered in the city of Washington;” so as to
make the clause read:

North American ethnology: For continuing ethnological researches among the
American Indians, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including

salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, $30,000, of which sum not more |

than $10,000 shall be expended in the payment of salaries and for services rendered
in the city of Washington.

Mr. A. P. Gorman. I suggest to the Senator to let this amendment
be passed over.

Mr. W. B. Atuison. Very well.

Mr. G. F. Epmunps. What amendment is that?

Mr. Arison. At the suggestion of the Senator from Maryland I-

will ask the Senate to pass over the amendment relating to North
American ethnology.

The Prestpine Orricer (Mr. C. F. Manprrson). It will be passed

over for future consideration.
March 3, 1891.
Sundry civil act for 1892.

For continuing ethnological researches ainong the American Indians,
under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries
or compensation of all necessary employees, $50,000.

(Stat. XXXVI, 963.)

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PERKINS COLLECTION OF COPPER IMPLEMENTS.

August 7, 1890—Senate.
Mr. Puitetus Sawyer proposed an amendment to deficiency bill
for 1890, etc. (H. 11459).

To pay Frederick S. Perkins, of the State of Wisconsin, for a large collection of
prehistoric copper implements of Indian manufacture, collected by the said Freder-
ick S. Perkins and sold to the Smithsonian Institution and now on exhibition in
said Institution buildings, $7,000.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
August 15, 1890—Senate.
’Mr. Eveent Hare, from Committee on Appropriations, submitted
report (S. 1589), to accompany H. 11459.

[Extract.]

SMITHSONIAN Institution, U. 8. Natrona Museum,
Washington, August 13, 1890.

Dear Sir: I have received a copy of the amendment to the bill (H. 11459) con-
cerning the collection of prehistoric copper implements collected by Mr. Frederick
S. Perkins, with your request for an expression of my views upon its subject matter.

From the wording of the amendment it might appear that the money asked for
to secure the purchase of the collection represents a deficiency and that the collec-
tion has been already bought by the Smithsonian Institution. This is by no means _
the case. The Smithsonian Institution declined to buy the collection because it had
no money available. Furthermore, as Acting Secretary of the Institution, I declined
to ask for a special appropriation, for the reason that no such request for the pur
chase of specimens has ever been made. The collection is now on exhibition in the
archeological hall of the National Museum, but is still the property of Mr. Perkins.
Since, however, you have requested my views upon the subject, I beg leave to make
the following statements:

‘(1) The collection of American prehistoric copper implements belonging to Mr.
Frederick S. Perkins consists of 422 specimens. The assemblage is unique, and is
beyond all doubt the finest in existence. Mr. Perkins has been engaged in gathermg
it for twenty years or more. His home is in the richest locality for objects of this
character, and he was the pioneer collector. Since he has set the example many
others have followed it, and there are now a large number of small cabinets of a
similar character in Wisconsin and elsewhere in the United States. It is doubtful,
however, whether all of them combined would make one collection equal in scientific
importance to that of Mr. Perkins.

(2) The price asked by Mr. Perkins for his collection ($7,000) represents an
average of about $17 for each object. For several of the single objects he has paid
$100 or more. The price does not appear to be exorbitant, and it is certain that the
collection could not be duplicated for double the amount, if indeed it were possible
at any price. Specimens of this kind have of course no fixed commercial value, for
there is no standard of comparison, most of the objects being unique.

(3) Special reference may be made to the importance of such collections to science
in connection with the study of prehistoric archeology in this country. The reten-
tion of the Perkins cabinet in a public museum in America seems to be essential to
the proper study of the original inhabitants of the continent, and indeed it is prob-
able that these very objects may afford a key to the solution of unsettled problems
in American archeology. Of especial importance is the light which they may throw
upon the study of the use of metals by prehistoric man.

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(4) There can be no question that it is desirable that this collection should
become the property of the United States, in order that the Government archzo-
logical museum may be a thorougly representative one. It would be a misfortune
to American science, and in future years would undoubtedly be regarded as a reflec-
tion upon this country, if the collection in question should become the property of
some foreign government. The transfer of the famous Squier and Davis collection
of stone implements to England, some twenty years ago, has ever since been a great
regret to Americans.

Should you desire further information, Prof. Thomas Wilson, curator of the arch-
zeological collection in the National Museum, will be glad to appear before the com-
mittee to explain in full the peculiar merits of the case.

I am, sir, yours, very respectfully,
G. Brown Goong,
. Acting Secretary.
Hon. Witu1am B. ALiison,
Chairman Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate.

September 30, 1890.
Deficiency act for 1890, ete.

To enable the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution to purchase
from Frederick S. Perkins, of Wisconsin, his collection of prehistoric
copper implements, $7,000.

(Stat., XX VI, 507.)

PRINTING REPORTS FROM EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS.

August 30, 1890.
Sundry civil act for 1891.

The heads of the Executive Departments, before transmitting their
annual reports to Congress, the printing of which is chargeable to this
appropriation, shall cause the same to be carefully examined, and
shall exclude therefrom all matter, including engravings, maps, draw-
ings, and illustrations, except such as they shall certify in their letters

transmitting such reports to be necessary and to relate entirely to the —

transaction of public business.

(Stat., XXVI, 411.)

ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY—ESTIMATES.

December 1, 1890—House.
Estimates for 1892.

For the maintenance of Astrophysical Observatory, under the direc-
tion of the Smithsonian Institution, within the limits of the National
Zoological Park, including salaries of assistants and the purchase of
additional apparatus, $10,000.

Notr.—An astrophysical observatory and laboratory exists now under every con-
siderable civilized government but that of the United States, which has none, except

that the Institution commenced one on the most modest scale in 1888, which now
occupies a temporary structure on the grounds south of the Smithsonian building.

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Private citizens have subscribed $10,000 for an astrophysical observatory under the
charge of the Regents, in the hope that Congress would maintain it, and the Smith-
sonian Institution proposes, in this case, to contribute the most recent apparatus, to
the value of $5,000 more.

The sum now asked is to be applied to the completion of the plant and to pay the
current expenses, including the salaries of three assistants, to be engaged in researches
of great scientifi an’ economic value, wholly distinct in apparatus, methods, and
objects fron the quite otherwise important ones of those of the United States Naval
Observatory.

It seems proper to state that the present appropriation is not asked for as an intro-
duction to a larger one later, but that owing to the scale on which it is proposed to
found and maintain this small establishment no larger app ppneon is contem-
plated as necessary for many years at least.

Explanation by Mr. S. P. Langley, Secretary Smithsonian Institution, in a letter dated
October 20, 1890.

In submitting an estimate of $10,000 for the maintenance of a small astrophysical
observatory and laboratory, to be situated in the National Zoological Park and under
the immediate care of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Congress is asked
for the first time to give aid in a comparatively recent field of research that has been
considered of sufficient importance by the legislators of leading foreign nations to
justify the establishment of costly special observatories and their maintenance with
a staff of astronomers and physicists of wide reputation.

The class of work does not ordinarily involve the use of the telescope, and is distinct
from that carried on at any other observatory in this country. It would conflict in
no way with the work of the present United States Naval Observatory.

Briefly stated, the work for which the older government observatories at Green-
wich, Paris, Berlin, and Washington were founded, and in which they are actually
chiefly engaged, is the determination of relative positions of heavenly bodies and our
own place with reference to them. Within the past twenty years all these govern-
ments but our own have created an addition to these, a distinct and additional class—
astrophysical observatories, as they are called—that are engaged in the’study of the
constitution of the heavenly bodies ag distinguished from their positions; in deter-
mining, for example, not so much the position of the sun in the sky as the relation
that it bears to the earth and to our own daily wants.

Briefly, and to use the same instance, the old observatories, as regards their work
on the sun, are chiefly occupied in determining where it is in the heavens daily, for
the purpose of the navigator; the new astrophysical observatories, in determining
what it is, how it affects terrestrial climate, and how it may best be studied for the
purposes of the meteorologist and for other purposes of an immediately practical
nature.

A partial instrumental outfit for a small astrophysical observatory has been pro-
cured by the Smithsonian Institution and placed in a temporary structure in the
Smithsonian grounds, and, by private subscription, $10,000 is now at the disposi-
tion of the Institution to aid in this research. The sum now asked for is to be
applied to the completion of the plant and to the payment of current expenses,
including the salaries of three assistants, and it seems proper to state that no larger
appropriation is contemplated as necessary for at least many years.

ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY—APPROPRIATIONS.

February 3, 1891—House.

Mr. J. G. Cannon reported from Committee on Appropriations in
sundry civil bill for 1892, $10,000.

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February 23, 1891—Senate.

The sundry civil bill for 1892 (H. 13462) being under consideration,
the next amendment of the Committee on Appropriations was to strike
out the clause from line 1 to line 4, inclusive, on page 42, as follows:

Astrophysical Observatory: For maintenance of astrophysical observatory, under
the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries of assistants and the
purchase of additional apparatus, $10,000.

Mr. W. B. Auuison. That was stricken out by the committee under a
misapprehension of the actual condition. There is an astrophysical
observatory in the Smithsonian grounds, but the committee were not
aware of that fact when they struck the provision out. I hope the
clause will remain in the bill. .

The Prestpinc OFrricer (Mr. C. F. Manprrson). The question is
on agreeing to the amendment proposed by the committee.

The amendment was rejected.

March 3, 18917.
Sundry civil act for 1892.

For maintenance of astro-physical observatory, under the direction
of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries of assistants and the
purchase of additional apparatus, $10,000.

(Stat., XX VI, 963.)

ETHNOLOGY REPORT.
December 14, 1890—House.
Mr C. A. Russet introduced concurrent resolution to print 15,500
‘copies of the tenth annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology.
Referred to Committee on Printing.
February 20, 1891—House.
Passed.
February 24, 1891—Senate.

Mr. C. F. Manprrson, from Committee on Printing, submitted
report (S. 2426), on Senate concurrent resolution authorizing the
printing of 15,500 copies of the tenth annual report of the Bureau of
Ethnology, with accompanying papers and illustrations, uniform with
the preceding volumes of the series; 3,500 for the Senate, 7,000 for
the House, and 5,000 for the Bureau of Ethnology.

The Committee on Printing, to whom the above resolution was
referred, report it back with the recommendation that it be indefi-
nitely postponed, and that the House concurrent resolution providing
for the same printing, submitted herewith, be passed. :

The report is the same in size and form, and the number proposed
to be printed is the same as previous reports by the same Bureau.

The cost of the printing and binding will be $27,841.

House resolution of February 20, 1891, was then passed.

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PURCHASE OF COLLECTION OF INSECTS.

February 9, 1891—Senate.
Mr. W. Cau proposed an amendment to sundry civil bill for 1892
(H. 13462).

For the purchase of cabinet of rare specimens of prepared insects for the Smith-
sonian Institution for microscopic examination and for scientific purposes, $300.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS, 1891-1893.
SMITHSONIAN BUILDING—ESTIMATES.

December 7, 1891—House.
Estimates for 1893.

For completing the repairs upon the Smithsonian building, includ-
ing necessary skylight in roof and such other work as is needed to
protect the building from further deterioration, and to place it in
proper sanitary condition; it being provided that any unexpended
balance remaining to the credit of the appropriation for fire-proofing,
etc., shall be available for the purposes above stated; this work to bes
done under the direction of the Architect of the Capitol and in accord-
ance with the approval of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution,
$5,000.

December 5, 1892-—House.
Estimates for 1894.

For continuing the repairs upon the Smithsonian building needed to
protect the building from further deterioration, and to place it in
proper sanitary condition; it being provided that any unexpended
balance remaining to the credit of the appropriation for fireproofing,
etc., shall be available for the purposes above stated; this work to be
done under the direction of the Architect of the Capitol] and in
accordance with the approval of the Regents of the Smithsonian Insti-
tution, $5,000.

SMITHSONIAN BUILDING—APPROPRIATIONS.

March 3, 1893.

:

Sundry civil act for 1894.

For completing the repairs upon the Smithsonian building, and for
such other work as is needed to protect the building from further
deterioration, and to place it in proper sanitary condition, any unex-
pended balance remaining to the credit of the appropriation for fire-
proofing, ete., shall be available for the purposes above stated; this
work to be done under the direction of the Architect of the Capitol,

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and in accordance with the approval of the Secretary of the Smith-
sonian Institution.

(Stat., XXVII, 582.)

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES—ESTIMATES.
December 7, 1891—House.
Estimates for 1893.

For expenses of the system of international exchanges between the
United States and foreign countries, under the direction of the Smith-

sonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary

employees, $17,000.
(The Smithsonian Institution estimates for an increase in this item
of $6,000 over the present appropriation.)

Norr.—An appropriation of $17,000 is now made to the Institution to cover a por-
tion of the expenses of the system of international exchanges, and from specific or
contingent appropriations about $3,000 more are paid by various Government depart-
ments to the Institution for the same purpose. Needless complication will be
avoided by combining these appropriations in a single item.

Attention is earnestly called to the fact that no provision has yet been made for
carrying out the treaty for the immediate exchange of pas Hamieaary documents, for
which $2,000 is here included.

The aggregate of $23,000 covers but a portion of the expense for foe the Gov-
ernment still being under the obligation to many of the trans-Atlantic steamship com-
panies for the privilege of free freight generously accorded to the exchange service at
its inception.

December 5, 1892—House.
Estimates for 1894.

For expenses of the system of international exchanges between the
United States and foreign countries, under the direction of the Smith-
sonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary
employees, $23,000.

Norre.—For 1891-92, $17,000 were appropriated directly to the Institution, and
$2,561.31 were received from different government bureaus, leaving a deficiency of
$563.79.

The service has been curtailed on account of the reduced appropriation for 1892-93,
but to continue the work throughout the year a deficiency of about $4,000 is inevit-
able.

The aggregate of $23,000 is intended to cover the expenses of carrying out a treaty
for the immediate exchange of parliamentary documents, to which no effect has yet
been given, and even this amount will not meet the entire expense of transportation,
the Government still being under obligations to many steamship companies for the
privilege of free freight.

December 9, 1892—House.
Deficiency estimates for 1893, ete.

For expenses of the system of international exchanges between the
United States and foreign countries, under the direction of the Smith-

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sonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary
employees, being a deficiency for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893,
$5,000.

Norr.—The reduction of the appropriation granted for the current year has ren-
dered it necessary to drop from the rolls nearly one-half of the regular employees,
and in consequence the records have fallen behind and the efficiency of the bureau ~
is impaired. Further reduction of the employees will be necessary to meet the
reduced appropriation, and it will be impossible to handle all of the documents for-
warded to the Bureau for transmission unless-early relief be afforded by Congress.

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES—APPROPRIATIONS.

July 16, 1892.

Legislative, executive, and judicial act for 1893.

Library of Congress: For compensation of * * * 8 [assistant
librarians], at $1,400 each, one of whom shall be in charge of inter-
national exchanges * * *

For expenses of exchanging ie documents for the publications
of foreign governments, $1,500.

[This pays 1 clerk at $900 and 1 clerk at $600. |

(Stat., XX VIT, 189.)

Naval Observatory: For repairs [ete.], * * * freight, including
transmission of public documents through the Smithsonian exchange,
foreign postage, expressage, [etc.], $2,500.

(Stat., XX VII, 211.)

Patent Office: For purchase of professional and scientific books and
expenses of transporting publications of patents issued by the Patent
Office to foreign governments, $2,500.

(Stat., X XVII, 215.)

July 28, 1892.
Deficiency act for 1892, etc.

To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treas-
ury on account of international exchange, Smithsonian Institution,
being for the service of the fiscal year 1890, as follows:

To pay the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company $0.67.

(Stat., X XVII, 283.)

August 5, 1892.

Sundry civil act for 1893.

For expenses of the system of international exchanges between the
United States and foreign countries, under the direction of the Smith-
sonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary
employees, $12,000.

(Stat., XX VII, 360.)

Geological Survey: For the purchase of necessary books for the

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library, and the payment for the transmission of public documents:

through the Smithsonian exchange, $2,000.
(Stat., XX VIT, 371.)
War Department: For the transportation of reports and maps to
foreign countries, through the Smithsonian Hagatation, 100.
(Stat., XX VII, 378.)
March 3, 1893. }
Sundry civil act for 1894.

For expenses of the system of international exchanges between the

United States and foreign countries, under the direction of the Smith- —

sonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary
employees, $14,500.

(Stat., XX VI, 582.)

Geological ee For the purchase of necessary books for the
library, and the payment of the transmission of public documents
through the Smithsonian exchange, $2,000.

(Stat., X XVII, 595.)

War Department: For the transportation of reports and maps to
foreign countries through the Smithsonian Institution, $100.

(Stat., XX VIT, 600.)

March 3, 1893.
Deficiency act for 1893, ete.

For expenses of the system of international exchanges between the
United States and foreign countries, under the direction of the Smith-
sonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary
employees, $5,000.

(Stat., XX VII, 649.)

March 3, 1893.
Legislative, executive, and judicial act for 1894.

Library of Congress: For compensation of * * * 8 [assistant
librarians], at $1,400 each, one of whom shall be in charge of interna-
tional exchances * * *

(Stat., XX VII, 680.)

For expenses of exchanging public documents for publications of
foreign governments, $1,500.

[This pays 1 clerk at $900 and 1 clerk at $600. ]

(Stat., XX VII, 681.)

Naval Observatory: For repairs[ete.], * * * freight, including
transmission of public documents through the Smithsonian exchange,
foreign postage, expressage, [etc. ], $2,500.

(Stat., XX VII, 702.) |

Patent Office: For purchase of professional and scientific books and
expenses of transporting publications of patents issued by the Patent
Office to foreign governments, $2,000.

(Stat., XX VII, 706.)

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ETHNOLOGY—ESTIMATES.

December 7, 1891—House.
Estimates for 1893.

For continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians,
under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries
or compensation of all necessary employees, $50,000.

December 5, 1892—House.
Estimates for 1894.

For continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians,
under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries
or compensation of all necessary employees and office rent, $50,000.

ETHNOLOGY—APPROPRIATIONS.

August 5, 1892.
Sundry civil act for 1893.

For continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians,
under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries
or compensation of all necessary employees, $40,000.

(Stat., XX VII, 360.)

March 3, 1893.
Sundry civil act for 1894.

For continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians,
under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries
or compensation of all necessary employees, $40,000, of which sum
not exceeding $1,000 may be used for rent of building.

(Stat., XX VII, 582.)

ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY—ESTIMATES.

December 7, 1891—House.
Estimates for 1893.

For maintenance of astrophysical observatory, under the direction of
the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries of assistants, apparatus,
and miscellaneous expenses, $10,000.

Nore.—An astrophysical observatory has been established under the Smithsonian
Institution, in part from the Smithsonian fund and in part by subscriptions of pri-
vate individuals. Its maintenance was provided for by Congress in an appropriation
of $10,000 for the year ending June 30, 1892.

Researches of great scientific and economic value are carried on by every consider-
able civilized government at well-equipped astrophysical observatories. The inves-
tigations here contemplated are not provided for at any other observatory. They
conflict in no way with the work carried on by or proposed for the United States
Naval Observatory.

December 5, 1892—House.
Estimates for 1894.

For maintenance of astrophysical observatory, under the direction of
the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries of assistants, apparatus,
and miscellaneous expenses, $10,000.

Nore.—(See estimates for 1893. )

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ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY—APPROPRIATIONS.

August 5, 1892. ?
Sundry civil act for 1893.

For maintenance of astrophysical observatory, under the direction
of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries of assistants, appa-
ratus, and miscellaneous expenses, $10,000.

(Stat., XX VIT, 360.)

March 3, 1893.
Sundry civil act for 1894.

For maintenance of astrophysical observatory, under the direction
of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries of assistants, appa-
ratus, and miscellaneous expenses, $9,000.

(Stat., X XVII, 582.

OWEN STATUE.
December 10, 1891—Senate.

Mr. D. W. VoorHEEs introduced bill (8. 316):

Whereas Robert Dale Owen, then a Representative in Congress from the State of
Indiana, on the 19th of December, 1845, introduced in the Twenty-ninth Congress a
bill ‘‘to establish the Smithsonian Institution for the increase and diffusion of knowl-
edge among men,”’ and in the face of strong opposition secured its substantial enact-
ment April 29, 1846; and

Whereas he was appointed chairman of the first Board of Regents of said Institu-
tion, and devoted many years of his life to its organization and success: Therefore,

Be it enacted, etc., That the sum of $20,000, or so much thereof as may by necessary,
be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treas-
ury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of erecting on
the grounds of the Smithsonian Institution, in the city of Washington, District of
Columbia, under the direction of the Regents of the said Smithsonian Institution, a
statue of the late Robert Dale Owen: Provided, however, That the expenditure of said
money shall be made under and by the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury;
the sculptor to be designated by the representatives of the family of the late Robert
Dale Owen, with the concurrence and approval of the said Regents of the Smith-
sonian Institution.

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Referred to Committee on the Library.
March 29, 1892—Senate. °
Reported by Mr. M. 5. Quay.
May 23, 1892—Senate.
The bill (S. 316) for the erection of a statue of the late Robert Dale
Owen, of Indiana, was considered as in Committee of the Whole.
Mr. D. W. Voorness offered an amendment.
After the words ‘‘ sculptor to be,” it was proposed to strike out:
Designated by the representatives of the family of the late Robert Dale Owen, with
the concurrence and approval of the said Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
And insert:

Chosen by a commission, consisting of the chairman of the Joint Committee on the
Library of Congress, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and the member

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of the House of Representatives in Congress from the-First Congressional district of
the State of Indiana; and said commission shall be goyerned in the choice of a sculptor
by the merits of the models which may be submitted for their inspection.
The amendment was agreed to.
_ The preamble was agreed to.
May 24, 1892—House.
The bill (S. 316) referred to Committee on the Library.

APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS
By the Vice-President.
December 15, 1891—Senate.

The Vick-Presipent (Mr. Levi P. Morton) appointed Mr. Justin
S. Morrill as Regent of the Smithsonian Institution, to fill the vacancy
occasioned by the expiration of his own term.

December 20, 1892—Senate.

The Vice-Presipent (Mr. Leyr P. Morton). In this connection the
Chair appoints the Senator from Delaware, Mr. George Gray, to fill
the vacancy on the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution
caused by the death of the late Senator Gibson, of Louisiana.

APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS

By the Speaker.
January 15, 1892—House.

The SprAKER pro tempore (Mr. Benron McMurry). The Chair
desires to announce at this time the appointment of several Regents
of the Smithsonian Institution, and in this connection will state that
vacancies in these positions have existed for some time, and this action
is taken in accordance -with the desire of the Speaker: Mr. Joseph
Wheeler, of Alabama, Mr. W. C. P. Breckinridge, of Kentucky, Mr.
Henry Cabot Lodge, of Massachusetts.

APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS
By Joint Resolution.
December 14, 1891—Senate.

Mr. R. L. Grpson introduced joint resolution (S. 12):

That the vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, of the
class other than members of Congress, shall be filled by the appointment of, William

. Preston Johnston, of Louisiana, in place of Noah Porter, of Connecticut, resigned,
and by the reappointment of Henry Coppee, of Pennsylvania, and M. C. Meigs, of
Washington City, whose terms of office expire on December 26, 1891.

Laid on the table.

December 15, 1891—Senate.

Mr. J. 8. Morr introduced a joint resolution (S. 18) to fill
vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
(Same as S. 12.)

Passed.

H. Doc. 732

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January 6, 1892—House. 4

S. 18 referred to Committee on Library.
January 18, 1892—House.

Mr. JosrepH WHEELER. I ask unanimous consent to take up a
Senate resolution (S. 18) and pass it. It is for the purpose of
appointing Regents to the Smithsonian Institution. Unless it is
done to-day it will be impossible to get them here in time to have a
quorum at the annual meeting on the 25th.

The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Benton McMriiy). The gentleman
from Alabama [Mr. Wheeler] asks unanimous consent for the present
consideration of the resolution, which the Clerk will report, after which
the Chair will ask if there be objection. The Chair will inquire if this
is the form in which the resolution passed the Senate ?

Mr. WHEELER. It passed the Senate in the form in which it is
printed.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the gentleman introduce it as an
original resolution ?

Mr. WHEELER. No; I introduce it as a Senate resolution with an
amendment.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Then the House will have to act upon
the engrossed bill.

Mr. WueeEter. There is no engrossed bill here. The Senate
passed it in manuscript, because it was important to get it through,
and the Senator who had charge of it has asked me to have it passed
through the House. It is merely a formal matter.

The SpkakeER pro tempore. But as it is a joint resolution, if the
House is to take action upon the matter acted upon by the Senate, the
official copy of the resolution from the Senate will have to be before
the House.

Mr. WHEELER. Then J ask to have it passed as an original House
resolution, and then it can be sent back to the Senate for immediate
action there.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the resolution,
after which the Chair will ask if there be objection to the present
consideration. The Chair will state to the gentleman from Alabama
that as the Senate resolution is not before the House he can accomplish

his object by asking the consideration of this as a House resolution.

Mr. Wueeer. That is what I do now.

The SpEakKeER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from Alabama?

Mr. Amos J. Cummines. Mr. Speaker, I object. My objection is on
the ground that the original resolution from the Senate has been
referred to the Committee on the Library; and if the gentleman will
allow me time I will report it to the House to-morrow with an amendment.

Mr. WHEELER. I would like to say to the House

‘he SPEAKER pro tempore, The gentleman from New York objects.

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January 20, 1892—House.

Mr. Amos J. Cummrnes. I am directed by the Committee on the
Library to report [H.'4] back with a substitute the joint resolution
[S: 18] to fill vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian
Institution. I ask for the immediate consideration of this resolution.

The proposed substitute was read, as follows:

Strike out all after the resolving clause and insert the following:
““That the vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution of the

‘class other than members of Congress shall be filled by the appointment of William

Preston Johnston, of Louisiana, in place of Noah Porter, of Connecticut, resigned,
and the appointment of John B. Henderson, a citizen of the District of Columbia, in
place of Montgomery C. Meigs, deceased, and by the re-appointment of Henry Coppee,
of Pennsylvania, whose term of office expired on December 26, 1891.”’

Mr. Cummings. I will simply say that the substitute reported by our
committee puts the name of John B. Henderson, of the District of
Columbia, in the place of that of General Meigs, who has died since
the passage of the original joint resolution of the Senate.

The substitute was agreed to.

January 21, 1892—Senate.

The Vice-Prestpent (Mr. Levi P. Morton) laid before the Senate
the amendment of the House of Representatives to the joint resolution
(S. 18) to fill vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian
Institution.

Mr. R. L. Greson. I move that the Senate concur in the amendment
of the House of Representatives.

The amendment was concurred in.

January 26, 1892.

Resolved, etc., That the vacancies in the Board of Regents of the
Smithsonian Institution, of the class other than members of Congress,
shall be filled by the appointment of William Preston Johnston, of
Louisiana, in place of Noah Porter, of Connecticut, resigned, and the
appointment of John B. Henderson, a citizen of the District of Colum-
bia, in place of Montgomery C. Meigs, deceased, and by the reappoint-
ment of Henry Coppee, of Pennsylvania, whose term of office expired
on December 26, 1891.

(Stat., XX VII, 393.)

December 20, 1892—Senate.
Mr. J. S. Morrixx introduced joint resolution (8S. 123):

That the vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution of the
class other than members of Congress shall be filled by the reappointment of James

-B. Angell, of Michigan, whose term of office expires on January 19, 1893.

Passed.
December 21, 1892—House.
S. 123 referred to Committee on the Library.

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December 22, 1892—House.

Communication from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.

SmiTHsoniaAN Instirurion,
Washington, December 16, 1892.

Sir: Permit me to say that the term of office, as Regent of the Smithsonian Insti-
tution, of Dr. James B. Angell, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, will expire on January 19,
1893, and that, as I believe it will be agreeable to the board to have him continue
in that capacity, I beg, with your permission, to inclose a draft of the usual joint
resolution providing for his reappointment, requesting your kind offices in placing it
before the House.

I am, sir, very respectfully, yours,
8. P. LANGLEY,

Secretary.
Hon. CHarues F. Crisp,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

That the vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution of the
class other than members of Congress shall be filled by the reappointment of James
B. Angell, of Michigan, whose term of office expires on January 19, 1893.

Referred to Committee on the Library.

January 6, 1893—House.

Mr. Amos J. Cummrines, from Committee on the Library, submitted
report (H. 2200) on S. 123:

The Committee on the Library, to whom was referred the joint
resolution (S. 123), report as follows:

The vacancy mentioned will occur on January 19, 1893, by reason
of the expiration of the term of James B. Angell, of Michigan.

The resolution provides for the filling of said vacancy by the reap-
pointment of said Angell; said resolution passed the Senate on Decem-
ber 20, 1892. President Angell’s character and attainments are
universally known and respected. It seems eminently fitting that the
vacancy caused by the ss capi of his term should be filled by his
reappointment.

‘Your committee recommend that the joint resolution be passed.

The Speaker (Mr, Cuartes F. Crisp). Is there objection to the
present consideration of this resolution ?

Mr. W. S. Hotman. I did not understand its purport.

Mr. Cummrines. If the Clerk will read the report, it will be satisfac-
tory to the gentleman, I think.

The Speaker. This is a joint resolution providing for the filling of
a vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
The Clerk will again report it, so that the House will understand it.

The Clerk again read the resolution.

The Speaker. Is there objection to the consideration of the resolu-
tion ?

Mr. Newson Dinctey, Jr. Do I understand from the gentleman from
New York that an amendment to the resolution is proposed?

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Mr. Cummines. No amendment whatever. This is the original
Senate joint resolution.

The Speaker. The Chair hears no objection.

Passed.

January 9, 1893.

Resolved, etc., That the vacancy in the Board of Regents of the
Smithsonian Institution, of the class other than members of Congress,
shall be filled by the reappointment of James B. Angell, of Michigan,
whose term of office expires on January 19, 1893.

(Stat. XX VII, p. 752.)

STATUE OF SPENCER F. BAIRD.

December 15, 1891—Senate.

Mr. J. S. Morritu introduced bill (S. 832):

That the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution be, and are hereby, authorized to
contract for a statue in bronze of Spencer F. Baird, late Secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution, to be erected upon the grounds in front of the National Museum; and
for this purpose, and for the entire expense of the foundation and pedestal of the
monument, the sum of $15,000, or so much of said sum as may be needed, is hereby
appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Referred to Committee on the Library.

GEOGRAPHIC NAMES.

December 23, 1891—Senate. /

Message from the President of the United States, Benjamin Harri-
son, in regard to the establishment of a Board on Geographic Names
and designating representatives, viz:

Prof. Thomas C. Mendenhall, of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey,
chairman.

Andrew H. Allen, Department of State.

Capt. Henry L. Howison, Light-House Board, Treasury Department.

Capt. Thomas Turtle, Engineer Corps, War Department.

Lieut. Commander Richardson Clover, Hydrographic Office, Navy Department.

Pierson H. Bristow, Post-Oftice Department.

Otis T. Mason, Smithsonian Institution.

Herbert G. Ogden, United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.

Henry Gannett, United States Geological Survey.

Marcus Baker, United States Geological Survey.

A report of the Board also submitted.

Referred to Committee on Printing.

(Printed as H. Ex. Doc. No. 16, Fifty-second Cong., first session.)
January 5, 1892—House.

Message from the President of the United States, Benjamin Harrison,
with a report of the United States Board on Geographic Names. (H.
Ex. Doc. No. 16.)

Ordered to be printed.

Referred to Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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The Board was organized, with Prof. T. C. Mendenhall as chairman,
as provided for in the Executive order, the election of Lieut. Com-
mander Richardson Clover as secretary, and the appointment of Messrs.
Henry Gannett, Richardson Clover, and H. G. Ogden as executive
committee.

January 11, 1892—Senate.

Mr. Cuarzes F. Manperson, from Committee on Printing, sub-
mitted report (S. 8) on the message of the President, transmitting
the report of the Board constituted to consider the. advisability of
establishing uniformity in geographic nomenclature and orthography:

The Committee on Printing, to whom was referred the above mes-
sage and manuscript of the report, report the same back adversely, for
the reason that the House of Representatives has ordered the same
printed.

The cost of printing the report, as per the estimate of the Public
Printer, will be $275 for 1,000 copies.

January 13, 1892—House.

Mr. J. D. Ricwarpson offered concurrent resolution to print 10, 000
extra copies of the Report of Board on Geographic Names.

Referred to Committee on Printing.

January 25, 1892—House.
Mr. J. D. Ricnarpson reported.
Passed.

February 10, 1892—Senate.

Mr. Cuartes F. Manperson, from Committee on Printing, sub-
mitted report (S. 210) on House concurrent resolution.

The cost of printing will be $254. The report is now in type and

hence the cost, will be limited to presswork and paper. The chairman
of the Board writes to the committee thus:

The Departments are required to comply with the decisions of this Board in all
respects, and yet it is impossible, without the printing of these extra copies, for the
various people interested to know what these decisions are. The total number esti-
mated for—that is to say, 7,000 in addition to those assigned to the use of the House
and Senate—will be required for this purpose without doubt, and I trust that you
will find yourself able and willing to recommend concurrence in the resolution of the
House. ‘

Passed.
REPORTS ON EXPENDITURES.

January 5, 1892—House.

The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. B. McMrx11y) laid before the House
a letter from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (Mr. 8. P.
Langley), transmitting a statement of the expenditures for the fiscal
year 1891, under the appropriations for ‘‘ International exchanges,”
‘*National- Museum,” ‘‘North American ethnology,” - ‘‘ National
Zoological Park,” ‘‘ Perkins collection of prehistoric copper imple-
ments,” ‘‘ Daughters of the late Prof. Joseph Henry,” ‘‘ Capron col-

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lection of Japanese works of art,” and the ‘‘ Repairs of the Smithsonian
building.”
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
(Printed as House Misc. Doc. No. 28.)
December 5, 1892—House.
The Spraker (Mr. C. F. Crisp) laid before the House a letter from
the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, transmitting a detailed

_ statement of expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1892.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
Fifty-second Cong., second sess., Misc. Doc. No. 5.

VAIL ORIGINAL TELEGRAPHIC RECEIVER.

January 6, 1892—Senate.
Mr. J. R. McPuerson introduced bill (8. 1403):

Whereas Stephen Vail, of New York City, has in his possession the original tele-
graph instrument, or ‘‘ recording receiver,’’ invented by his father, Alfred Vail, used
upon the first telegraph line ever constructed (that between Washington and Balti-
more), and upon which was received the historic message ‘‘What hath God
wrought’’ and

Whereas Mr. Vail has in his possession abundant evidence and satisfactory proof
of its authenticity, and its possession by the Government would be most gratifying
to the National Museum, where it now is on loan: Therefore,

Be it enacted, etc., That the sum of $10,000 be, and the same is hereby, appropri-
ated for the purchase of said telegraph instrument, or recording receiver, upon the
production of such evidence of its authenticity as shall be satisfactory to the Secre-
tary of the Smithsonian Institution.

Referred to Committee on the Library.

January 13, 1892—House.
Mr. Amos J. Cummings introduced bill, same as H. 3613.
Referred to Committee on the Library.

ETHNOLOGY REPORTS.
January 6, 1892—Senate.

Mr. O. H. Puart introduced concurrent resolution to print 15,500
copies each of the eleventh and twelfth enor of the epee of
Ethnology.

Referred to Committee on Printing.

January 11, 1892—House.

Mr. J. D. RicHarpson submitted concurrent resolution to print
15,500 copies of the eleventh and twelfth annual reports of the Bureau
of Ethnology.

April 5, 1892—Senate.

Mr. Cartes F. Manperson, from Committee on Printing, reported
(S. 511) favorably, with amendments, the concurrent resolution. for
printing the eleventh and twelfth annual reports of the Bureau of
Ethnology:

That there be printed at the Government Printing Office 15,500 copies each of the
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accompanying papers and illustrations, and uniform with the preceding volumes of
the series, of which 3,500 shall be for the use of the Senate, 7,000 for the use of the
House of Representatives, and 5,000 for distribution by the Bureau of Ethnology.

I send the amendments that I propose to the desk, so as to make the
concurrent resolution read:

That there be printed at the Government Printing Office 8,000 copies each of the
eleventh and twelfth annual reports of the Director of the Bureau of Ethnology, with
accompanying papers and illustrations, and uniform with the preceding volumes of
the series, of which 1,000 shall be for the use of the Senate, 2,000 for the use of the
House of Representatives, and 5,000 for distribution by the Bureau of Ethnology.

Mr. Manperson. These amendments make the concurrent resolution
conform to the public-printing bill that has passed the Senate. The
cost of the printing and binding, as per estimate of the Public Printer,
will be, for both reports, $26,000.

The amendments were agreed to.

Mr. F. M. Cockreti. Was the number of those ethnological reports
cut down to 1,000 for the Senate in the public-printing bill?

Mr. Manperson. Yes; that was the provision of the general bill—
1,000 for the Senate, 2,000 for the House, and 5,000 for the Bureau of
Ethnology.

The concurrent resolution as amended was agreed to.

May 10, 1892—House.

Mr. James D. RicHarpson, from Committee on Printing, submitted

report (H. 1338):

The Committee on Printing have considered the Senate concurrent
resolution, with the reeommendation that it do pass.

The estimated cost of the same is about $13,000 each.

The committee recommend that the House concurrent resolution on
the same subject do lie on the table.

Senate resolution passed.

COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA.

January 7, 1892—House.

Mr. J. J. Lirrze introduced bill (H. 1519) to incorporate the
Society of Colonial Dames of America.

Referred to Committee on the Library.
February 10, 1892—House.

Mr. A. J. Cummines, from Committee on the Library, submitted
report (H. 256) on H. 1519.

Referred to House Calendar.
February 18, 1892—Senate.

Mr. J. R. Hawtey introduced bill (S. 2297) to incorporate the
Society of the Colonial Dames of America:

Be it enacted, etc., That Elizabeth Duer King (Mrs. Archibald Gracie King), of
New Jersey; Elizabeth Coralie Gardiner (Mrs. John Lyon Gardiner), of Gardiner
Island; Eleanor Van Rensselaer Fairfax (Mrs. Hamilton Fairfax), of New York;

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May King Van Rensselaer (Mrs. John K. Van Rensselaer), of New York; Mary Van
Wyck Church (Mrs. Benjamin Silliman Church), of Kentucky; Mrs. Martha J.
Lamb, editor of the Magazine of American History; Miss Cornelia A. Beekman, of
New York; Annie Townsend Lawrence (Mrs. Walter Bowne Lawrence), of Long
Island; Charlotte Lloyd Schmidt (Mrs. Oscar Schmidt), of New York; Martha Bay-
ard Dod Stevens (Mrs. Edwin Stevens), of New Jersey, trustees of said society, and
their associates and successors, are hereby created a body corporate and politic by
the name and title of the Colonial Dames of America, for patriotic, historical, and
educational purposes. The particular business of said society is the collection and
preservation of relics, manuscripts, traditions, and mementoes of the founders
and builders of the thirteen original States of the Union, and of the heroes of the
‘War for Independence, that the memory of their deeds and achievements may be
perpetuated; also to promote celebrations of great historical events of national impor-
tance, to diffuse information on all subjects concerning American history, and culti-
vate the spirit of patriotism and reverence for the founders of American constitutional
liberty.

Said society is authorized to hold real and personal estate in the city of New York,
so far only as may be necessary to its lawful ends, to an amount not exceeding
$500,000; and it may adopt a constitution and make by-laws not inconsistent with
law. ;

Said society shall have its principal office in New York City, and may hold its
annual meetings in such places as the said incorporators may determine.

Said society shall report annually to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
concerning its proceedings, and said Secretary shall communicate to Congress the
whole of such reports, or such portion thereof as he shall see fit.

Referred to Committee on the Library.

NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK-——ZOO STREET RAILWAY.

January 7, 1892—Senate.

Mr. B. W. Prrxrins introduced bill (S. 1450) to incorporate the Zoo
Street Railway Company.

Referred to Committee on District of Columbia.

January 25, 1892—Senate.

Memorial against the railway presented.
February 8, 1892—Senate.

Mr. James McMitxan, from Committee on the District of Columbia,
submitted report (S. 168) to accompany §. 1450:

The committee after having carefully considered the bill (S. 1450)
entitled ‘‘ A bill to incorporate the Zoo Street Railway Company of
the District of Columbia,” respectfully report the bill back to the
Senate adversely, with the recommendation that it be indefinitely
postponed.

The bill was referred to the Commissioners of the District of Colum-
bia, who, after due notice, gave a hearing to persons interested in the
matter of a street railway on the streets named in the bill. At this
hearing many persons appeared, and a number of written protests
against the passage of the bill were filed, copies of which are appended
to this report.

These written protests [the Commissioners say, in their report to
the committee] were submitted with earnest verbal statements by
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the subject, the Commissioners are of the opinion that this bill should
not be passed. It would, in their judgment, be better to make con-
nection with the Zoological Park and the suburbs which this road is
intended to accommodate by a road or roads connecting with lines now
chartered and in operation. ;

The committee concurs in the opinions expressed by the Commis-
sioners. Obviously no street railway company should be chartered in
opposition to the desire of the property owners along the proposed
line, unless the public can not secure from existing lines the service to

which it is entitled. In the present instance the lines that have been

chartered by Congress appear to the committee to be ample for the
present accommodation of the public, and to insure a cheaper and more
expeditious service from all parts of the city than a new line could
furnish. These reasons, and others set forth in the annexed protests,
have convinced the committee that the charter asked for should not be
granted to a line beginning within the city of Washington.

NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK—REPORT ON EXPENDITURES.

March 3, 1893.
Sundry civil act for 1894.

A report in detail of the expenses on account of the National
Zoological Park shall be made to Congress at the beginning of each
regular session.

(Stat., XXVI, 582.)

NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK—ESTIMATES.

December 7, 1891—House.
Estimates for 1893.

For continuing the construction of roads, walks, bridges, water sup-
ply, sewerage and drainage, and for grading, planting, and otherwise
improving the grounds of the National Zoological Park, including sala-
ries or compensation of all necessary employees, $15,000.

For erecting and repairing buildings and inclosures for animals, and
for administrative purposes, in the National Zoological Park, including
salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, $18,000.

For care, subsistence, and transportation of animals for the National
Zoological Park, and for the purchase of rare specimens not otherwise
obtainable, including salaries or compensation of all necessary em-
ployees, and general incidental expenses not otherwise sufficiently pro-
vided for, $17,500.

(The Smithsonian Institution estimates for an increase of $5,000 for
improvements, $9,000 for buildings, and $8,500 for maintenance over
the present appropriations. )

Notre.—The appropriations asked for are less than the estimates of last year, and

provide for actual requirements only, in the way of improvements to grounds, road-
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ures necessary to insure the safe-keeping of the animals, the maintenance and care
of those already in the park and others likely to come into its possession during the
year.
January 26, 1892—House.

Deficiency estimates for 1892, ete.

For continuing the construction of roads, walks, and bridges, and
for grading, planting, and otherwise improving the grounds of the
National Zoological Park, being a deficiency for the fiscal year 1892,
$4,870.81.

Norr.—This appropriation is rendered necessary because of the storm of Septem-
ber 5, 1891, which greatly damaged the works of improvement in the park. The
sum asked is for the purpose of reimbursing the appropriation for the amount
actually expended in repairing those damages and preventing similar occurrences
in the future.

For care, subsistence, and transportation of animals for the National
Zoological Park, and for the purchase of rare specimens not otherwise
obtainable, including salaries or compensation of all necessary em-
ployees and general incidental expenses not otherwise provided for,
being a deficiency for the fiscal year 1892, $4,434.

Nore.—This sum includes:
Payment of extra watchmen on Sundays and holidays, necessary because of

* the great influx of visitors, 18 men, 19 days each, at $2............---..--- $684
Transportation of specimens already offered to and purchased by the park, viz:
Pree clliowntone Parka it 3 esi ey se ale UE AG caus ahs 350
eter enrunr ATR eriCd 2) 341 Series) meses Sol ao) Sauk ce saeoisy 500
Jaigovdar Jegots tigzi Wiesy Sah sls ig Ry. Fe EER Re 2 oak ee hes oe Sees get eee ege a Pee 500
Care and maintenance of the above animals.-........-..-...------------ 900

Care and maintenance of! the elephants presented and lent to the park... 1,500

For repairs to the Holt mansion, to make the same suitable for
occupancy, and for office furniture: To pay Devereux & Gaghan,
plumbing and gas fitting, $320.47; Julius Lansburgh, chairs, $14;
Barber & Ross, grates, $46; George Breitbarth, chairs, $25.75; A.
Eberly’s Sons, stoves, $20.35. Total, $426.57.

Norre.—The above liabilities were incurred under the supposition that they could
properly be charged against other items of this appropriation. The First Comptroller
is of the opinion that they should be charged against this item.

To reimburse the Smithsonian fund for assuming the expenses of
labor and materials for repairs urgently necessary for the preservation
of the Holt mansion, including the following: C. Burlew, concreting
and pitching, $60.48; Belt & Dyer, doors and moldings, $37.11; H. C.
Mounie, lathing and plastering, $173.64; C. W. Dawes, carpentry, $24;
W.O. Stricker, carpentry, $33; Church & Stephenson, lumber, $116.22;
O. L. Wolfsteiner & Co., skylight, $55.

Note.—The amount appropriated by Congress for repairs to the Holt mansion was
expended before the roof was covered in, and upon the decision of the Comptroller
that it could not be covered in from the item for ‘‘expenditures not otherwise pro-
vided for,’’ the Smithsonian Institution advanced this sum from its private funds to
prevent the destruction by the weather of what had already been done.

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To pay Melville Lindsay for rubber boots furnished to employees
engaged to work in water in the National Zoological Park, $38.

Norr.—These boots were issued to the men each morning and taken from them
at night, being worn only while on duty. The First Comptroller holds that the sum
can not properly be paid without special legislation.

January 27, 1892—House.
Estimates for 1893.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, January 25, 1892.
Str: I have the honor to transmit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, a
communication from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, of the 23d instant,
in relation to the estimates on page 231 of the Book of Estimates for the fiscal year
1893, submitted for the improvement, maintenance, etc., of the National Zoological
Park, District of Columbia, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893.

Respectfully, yours,
O. L. SPAULDING,

Acting Secretary.

The SPEAKER OF THE House OF REPRESENTATIVES.

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION,
Washington, D. C., January 23, 1892.

Str: I beg leave to invite your attention to the estimates under the Smithsonian
Institution for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893, duly submitted to you October
7, 1891, and to the modified form in which these estimates were transmitted to
Congress, whereby it would seem to be recommended that no increase be made over
the amounts appropriated for the current year. ?

While feeling that all the amounts asked for by the Institution have been only
such as are adequate with the strictest economy, I have to ask your especial atten-
tion to the three items for the National Zoological Park, i. e., improvements, build-
ings, and maintenance. Disasters from floods and like contingencies for which no
provision was made by Congress in the appropriations for the present year empha-
size the necessity of securing the full amount estimated under the headings Improve-
ments and Buildings, while there exists exceptional necessity in the item for
Maintenance, which is essentially for the food and care of the living animals.

The appropriations made by the act of March 3, 1891, for ‘‘maintenance”’ during
the present fiscal year (for which $35,000 was asked) was $17,500, but the sum of
$5,122.71 from the appropriation of April 30, 1890, was available and has been used
for this purpose; and even with this addition it has been necessary to ask for a defi-
ciency appropriation of $4,434, chiefly to cover expenditures which were found to be
absolutely necessary to prevent loss to the Government.

The minimum expenditures for the present year under this item will therefore be
$22,622.71; the expenses for the first six months being $14,269.73, or at the rate of
$28,539.46 per annum: I trust, therefore, that it is made sufficiently clear that with
an appropriation of $17,500 it will be impossible to properly care for and feed the
animals now on hand.

The past expenditures would have been still larger but that the work on the
accounts for the Treasury has in part been done gratuitously by the Institution,
which has also supplied free of cost office rooms, as well as the aid and supervision
of unpaid naturalists. This can not be reckoned upon for the future, but has been
sanctioned by the Regents as a means to meet the exigency until the need of a larger
appropriation can be represented to Congress, and in the meantime the working
force has been reduced to an extreme degree, the policing, for instance, being now
done by one watchman, aided by two employees who are largely engaged with other
duties; and these three men are required to maintain order over an area of 167 acres,
visited during each day by thousands of people. These details are mentioned in
connection with the fact that (unless some small purchases of animals made at the

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outset be excepted) it is under like stringencies of economy in every branch of the
administration, that the expenses have already amounted, as shown above, to more
than $14,000 in six months.

I can not too emphatically represent the peculiar difficulties that must arise in
administering an insufficient appropriation for the care of living wild animals, unable
to care for themselves where they are, if no provision has been made by Congress
for disposing of them elsewhere.

In view of increased expenses since the estimates were prepared, due directly to
the unexpectedly great popular interest manifested in the park, and to the extraordi-
nary increase of visitors, I now feel compelled either to increase.the estimate for
maintenance to $30,000 to cover further contingencies, or to ask that the total appro-
priation requested for the park be made in such form as to allow a certain discretion-
ary power to meet them. If, under the circumstances stated, the latter would in
your judgment be the more advisable course, I would respectfully ask that you
recommend to Congress that the three items of improvements ($20,000), buildings
($27,000), and maintenance ($26,000) be appropriated in one sum of $73,000, as
follows: :

‘National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution: Continuing the construction
of roads, walks, bridges, water supply, sewerage, and drainage, and for grading, plant-
ing, and otherwise improving the grounds; erecting and repairing buildings and
inclosures for animals, and for administrative purposes, care, subsistence, and trans-
portation of animals, and for the purchase or exchange of specimens not otherwise
obtainable, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, and gen-
eral incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, $73,000.”’

I have the honor to be, very respectfully, yours,
S. P. Lana.ey, Secretary.
The SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY,

Washington, D. C.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

December 5, 1892—House. ad
Estimates for 1894.

For continuing the construction of roads, walks, bridges, water sup-
ply, sewerage, and drainage, and for grading, planting, and otherwise
improving the grounds; for erecting and repairing buildings and
inclosures; and for care, subsistence, transportation, and purchase of
animals, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees,
and general incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, $75,000.

Norr.—The actual cost of maintenance of the park, including the feeding, care,
and transportation of the animals now there, but excluding any purchase of animals,
has been proved by two years’ experience to be nearly $30,000 per year.

To complete the buildings, inclosures, and roads which have been begun under
previous appropriations, about $85,000 is still needed, and it is recommended that
$45,000 of this sum be appropriated for this fiscal year.

January 18, 1893—House.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
January 17, 1893.

Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, an
estimate of deficiency in the appropriation for the National Zoological Park for the
fiscal year ended June 30, 1891, $926.02, as submitted by the Secretary of the Smith-
sonian Institution on the 16th instant.

Respectfully, yours, .
- CHARLES Foster, Secretary.
The SPEAKER OF THE House oF REPRESENTATIVES, '

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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION,
Washington, D. C., January 16, 1893.
Str: I have the honor ‘to transmit herewith an estimate of the appropriation
required by the Smithsonian Institution to cover deficiencies that occurred under
the act of April 30, 1890, making provision for the organization of the Zoological
Park.
Very respectfully, yours,
8. P. Lanewey, Secretary.
The SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY,
- Washington, D. C.

Estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ended June 30, 1891,
by the Smithsonian Institution.

Estimated
amount which
General object. (Title of appro Y pecs pees Detailed objects of ex- |willberequired
penditure, and explanations. for each de-
tailed object o
expenditure.

Total amount
to be appro-
priated under
f| each head of

appropriation.

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.

National Zoological Park: Organization, improvement, and mainte-
nance— : ’
For repairs to the Holt mansion to make the same suitable for
occupancy, and for office furniture (Apr. 30, 1890, vol. 26, p. 78, |

sec. 1): |
To pay Devereux & Gaghan, plumbing and gas fitting........ $320. 47
TO PAY J Ws Gans PUTEh, Cats c5. 2c gee ie ene eet saan eee 14. 00
To pay Barber & Ross, grates...............--.... the seccise 46.00
To pay George Breitbarth, chairs. ..°...<.sc2.s2.isee~ssee == nnn 25.75
Tolpay. Ac Hberiy's SOnS, SiO Vesses- ete - vec eee ee eee eee es 20.35

Norr.—The above liabilities were incurred under the sup-
position that they could properly be charged against other
items of this appropriation. The First Comptroller is of
the opinion that they should be charged against this item.

To reimburse the Smithsonian fund for assuming the expenses
of labor and materials for repairs urgently necessary for the

= preservation of the Holt mansion, including the following
(Apr. 30, 1890, vol. 26, p. 78, sec. 1):
C. Burlew, concreting and pitching........-....-....--.--- Fs 60. 48
Beli Dyer, dooriand moldings 22.22 ets-c--5b-e. beceeeie-ns—0 87.11
H. C. Mounie, lathing and plastering ......-....--......--.--- 173. 64
C. W. Dawes, carpentry Cae TINE Be gous elke Biires 24.00
WO Stmcekericarpentry 2 33.022 2222. eee eee eee ener 33. 00
Church’ @ Stephenson, lumber: 2522-9 ce esk teen = eee 116. 22
OvlaWolisteinerd.Co., skylight /.25. caen- ees aeee see eee 55. 00
Totals2s2: SEER eS AS ea oan aerig| Gace ack ees, It 499. 45

Notre.—The amount appropriated by Congress for repairs
to the Holt mansion was expended before the roof was
covered in, and upon the decision of the Comptrolle: that
it could not be covered in from theitem for ‘expenditures
not otherwise provided for,” the Smithsonian Institution
advanced this sum from its private funds to prevent the
destruction by the weather of what had already been done.

WOR = oo SS nee Bas eto Soseo Gace eee see- 6 cue sos eee enes 926. 02

Referred to Committee on Appropriations. ~

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NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK—APPROPRIATIONS.

February 16, 1892—Senate.

Mr. Joun SHERMAN. Before the bill [urgent deficiency bill (H. 5399) |
1s reported to the Senate there is one provision in it that I should like
to have read, that in relation to the Zoological Garden, and to call the
attention of the Senate to it.

The Vicr-PrestpENT (Mr. Levi P. Morton). The part referred to
by the Senator from Ohio will be read.

National Zoological Park: For care, subsistence, and transportation of animals for
the National Zoological Park, and for the purchase of raré specimens not otherwise
obtainable, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees and general
incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, being a deficiency for the fiscal year
1892, $4,434; to reimburse the Smithsonian fund for assuming the expenses of labor
and materials for repairs urgently necessary for the preservation of the Holt mansion,
$499.45; in all, $4,933.45; one-half of which sum shall be paid from the revenues of
the District of Columbia and the other half from the Treasury of the United States.

Mr. SHERMAN. Does the provision about the payment of one-half
the expenses apply to the Zoological Garden?

Mr. Euerenre Hate. Yes, that applies to the Zoological Garden.

Mr. SHermaAn. That question ought to be met, and I think it ought
to be met now. It seems to me it is an act of gross injustice to the
people of this District, who are getting to be pretty heavily taxed, to
have to pay one-half of the expenses of the Zoological Garden. I think
this is about as good a time as any to make the question whether it is
right and just that the expenses of the Zoological Garden, the creature
of the United States, belonging as much to the people of one State as
another, certainly as much as to the people of the District of Colum-
bia, should be required to be paid one-half by the people of the Dis-
trict. I have no doubt it will be a somewhat expensive toy to the
people of the United States, but is it right, is it just, to take from the
limited means of the people of the District of Columbia to pay for
this thing?

It is not in any sense a part of the government of this District. It
is admitted on all hands that the city of Washington, a city of 200,000
inhabitants, is totally unable to maintain a zoological garden. The
city of London can do it, the city of Paris can do it, and some other
cities have undertaken the task, but most of them have made failures.
The great cities of the world which maintain zoological gardens for
the instruction and for the interest of the inhabitants of the empire to
which those cities belong are very large and very wealthy; but to
charge one-half of this expense—and an expense constantly growing
and increasing—upon the District is unjust. The Government estab-
lishes this entirely under its own management. The Commissioners
of the District have nothing to do with it. We have an organized
force for the purpose of maintaining and caring for it. I hope now the
Senate will at least take the ground that it will not put this expense

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upon the District of Columbia, upon the few people here. Let it be
borne by the people of the United States, where it will be a very small
addition to their burden, while to the people of the District it might
be a very serious one before it goes very far.

Mr.. Hate. Does the Senator from Ohio move to strike out the
clause ?

Mr. Suerman. I move to strike out so much as relates to the Dis-
taict of Columbia paying one-half for the Zoological Garden.

Mr. Hate. The committee in reporting this bill has taken no new
ground on the subject.

The provision that is found at the end of the amendment which
obliges the District to pay half of the bills for the running of the
Zoological Garden is the present law, the present rule, and all action
in regard to that park was taken deliberately in the ae Congress. It
was discussed most fully.

Mr. SuermMan. This is a mere limitation in an appropriation bill.

Mr. Hatz. Of course it can be changed at any time. It is law so
far as appropriations have been made heretofore and which did not
pass sub silentio. It was thoroughly debated here and in the other
branch during the Fifty-first Congress, and the deliberate decision of
Congress was that this park was so largely for the benefit of citizens
of Washington, for the benefit of the taxpayers of Washington and
their families, that the most which should be asked of the General
Government was that it should pay one-half of the bills and the Dis-
trict the other half.

I suppose, Mr. President, that the agitation for the erinehalld of this
property, the movement which resulted finally in its purchase, and
the setting it up as a great institution and a great feature of Wash-
ington, came largely from the citizens of the District.

But I do not choose to go largely into that question now, only
saying to the Senate that the Committee on Appropriations has sim-
ply followed in the line that was set for it in the last Congress, and it
is for the Senate to decide now. It is a question upon which a good
deal, as Roger de Coverley remarked, can be said on both sides, and
which side has the better of the bargain I am not certain, for one, but
we do not want to open it, we do not want to attempt to countervail
what the House of Representatives has done, and the Senate has done,
and the law has done, and raise a conflict upon it, and therefore it
seems to me that under present conditions it is better to let the
clause stand as itis. If the question is to come up, let it be investi-
gated by the District committee or whatever other committee can give
more time to it, and make a fixed policy, if any new policy is needed.

Mr. J. 8. Morriiz. Mr. President, I desire to correct a statement
of the Senator from Maine in one respect. The bill for the estab-
lishment of the Zoological Park was reported from the Committee on
Public Buildings and Grounds, and so far as I know no citizen of this
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relation toit. It was a conception of the late Senator from Kentucky,
Mr. Beck, and the Senator from Vermont, Mr. Edmunds, who orig-
inated the idea of having a park, and neither of them, I am very sure,
ever expected that it would be anything but a national park.

Mr. Hate. This is what was done last year: .

For care, subsistence, and transportation of animals for the National Zoological
Park, and for the purchase of rare specimens not otherwise obtainable, including
salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, and general incidental expenses
not otherwise provided for, $17,500—

Including previous appropriations for this purpose—
in all, $50,500, one-half of which sum shall be paid from the revenues of the District
of Columbia and the other half from the Treasury of the United States.

The Committee on Appropriations has simply followed that lan-
guage in terms in describing the appropriations, the objects for which
they are made, and the sources from which the money shall be derived.

Mr. Wriu1am M. Stewart. I fully concur with the views expressed
by the Senator from Ohio, and also with the views expressed by the
Senator from Vermont, that this park was originated as a national
park and should be maintained by the General Government. But I
will suggest to them that this is an urgent deficiency bill, and the
items charged to the District are very small in this bill. It is very
necessary to have the money appropriated by this bill for use at the
earliest possible moment, as there are animals there that must be fed.

To raise this question now, which has been so much debated in both
Houses of Congress, will delay the bill and defeat its object. I think
we had better let it pass and take up that question when it can be con-
sidered more deliberately and considered on some other bill where the
question will properly come up.

Mr. Hae. On a general bill making larger appropriations?

Mr. Srewart. Yes; this isan urgent deficiency bill for immediate
use. Ido not think it is worth while to delay its passage to dispose
of this question.

Mr. Witiram A. Perrer. Is there an amendment proposed to a par-
ticular clause in the bill now?

The Vick-PRrEsIDENT. The Chair understood the Senator from Ohio
to move an amendment.

Mr. Prerrer. I thought it was a mere suggestion. I wish to offer
an amendment to another part of the bill.

Mr. J. H. Berry. I should like to hear read the amendment offered
by the Senator from Ohio.

The Vice-Prestipent. The amendment will be stated.

The Secretary. On page 4, line 17, after the word ‘‘ cents,’
proposed to strike out:

? Ties

One-half of which sum shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Colum-
bia, and the other half from the Treasury of the United States.

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Mr. SHerman. In view of what has been said by the Senator from
Nevada [Mr. Stewart], I do not wish to delay the passage of this bill,
which I know is very important and urgent on account of the defi-
ciency in regard to the Census Bureau, etc. I withdraw the amend-
ment for the present. The question may be raised when the regular
appropriation bill comes up, but I hope the Committee on the District
of Columbia, which ought to take charge of this matter now—the park
hitherto has come from some of the other committees—will be charged
with the care and just limitations of the expenses imposed upon the
people of this District. I hope that that committee will take it into
early consideration whether the whole of this ought not to be stricken
out of the law before the regular bill comes before us toward the
close of the session. It seems to me that this is-a charge that will be
growing more and more every year, as the Zoological Park grows in
importance, and the maintenance of this garden may become one of
the large charges on the Government. I hope the committee will take
that matter into consideration and determine once for all whether this
is a just charge against the people of this District. I withdraw the
amendment.

The Vicr-Presipent. The amendment is withdrawn.

March 8, 1892.
Deficiency act (special).

For care and subsistence of animals for the National Zoological Park,
fiscal year 1892, $1,000, one-half of which sum shall be paid from the
revenues of the District of Columbia, and the other half from the
Treasury of the United States.

(Stat., XX VII, 6.) ,

April 4, 1892—Senate. °

The Vicr-PREsIDENT (Mr. L. P. Morron) presented a letter from

the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (Mis. Doe. 114):

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION,
Washington, April 2, 1892.

Str: In accordance with the instruction of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, I have the honor to transmit a resolution passed by them on the 29th of March,
1892, together with the following preliminary statement of the considerations on
which it is based:

The National Zoological Park was placed under the Regents of the Smithsonian
Institution by the act of April 30, 1890, to be administered by them, first, ‘‘ for the
advancement of science’’ and, second, ‘‘for the instruction and recreation of the
people.” |

The necessity of protecting the unexpectedly large crowd of people that have been
attracted to the park and of providing for their access to the animals, as well as for
the protection of the latter, has made it necessary to assign to this secondary object
a disproportionate share of the appropriations, and it seems unavoidable that this
subordinate feature should thus claim the larger portion of the expenses, as long as
the collections are open to the public, as in ordinary zoological gardens.

The appropriations {for the fiscal year 1891-92 were made under three heads:
Improvements and care of grounds, $15,000; buildings, $18,000; and maintenance,

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$17,500, these amounts being about one-half those that were submitted to Congress
as necessary to make preliminary provision for the security and accessibility of the
collections and to administer their trust with safety to the public.

The Regents recognized the impossibility of doing this with such means; but, con-
sidering that the animals were already in the park, in view of this public safety, and
regarding the act as mandatory upon them, they, with the aid of a balance econo-
mized in anticipation from the original appropriation made for the organization of
the park, and a deficiency item of $1,000, to meet urgent needs, have endeavored to
get through the year until relief could be had from Congress. In doing so they have
been obliged to reduce the number of watchmen and employees of the park in every
grade till the public safety threatens to be endangered, while yet a considerable part
of these watchmen have been called on to labor continuously through Sundays and
holidays ten to twelve hours a day without extra compensation, and haye in other
respects felt obliged to carry economy to a degree which would have been unjustifi-
able, except upon compulsion under such circumstances.

They would, in their opinion, have been unable to administer the park to the close
of the fiscal year, even under these conditions, had they not, in view of the emer-
gency, also given without charge the services of officials and employees paid from
the private Smithsonian fund. The total expenditure for maintenance during the
current year may, under these conditions, be expected to be $23,600. These facts
were represented by them through the Secretary of the Institution in a letter dated
January 23, 1892, to the Secretary of the Treasury (a copy of which is appended)
and by him transmitted to Congress.

For the year 1892-93 the following estimates were sent to the Treasury Department:
Improvements, $20,000; buildings, $27,000, and maintenance, $26,000.

In the sundry civil bill (H. 7520) as now reported to the House of Representa-
tives, there is appropriated for improvements $9,000, for buildings $10,000, and for
maintenance $10,000; in all, $29,000. If the Regents considered, as they must, $9,000
as inadequate for a year’s expenditure in laying out the roads and grounds in a new
park of 167 acres, they yet would not have felt compelled to make this present repre-
sentation, since such improvements may await the action of a future Congress; but,
under the appropriation for ‘‘ buildings,’’ the security of the animals must be pro-
vided for without delay, while under ‘‘ maintenance ’’ come not only their food and
warmth, but the protection of the public; and that the case of animals which are
helpless to provide for themselves and dangerous if not guarded can not wait future
action, has been a pressing consideration to them.

The Regents think it proper to remark that the roads of the park in the vicinity of
the cages have been crowded with visitors, to the number of as many as 10,000 in a
day, before there was time to make any means for the permanent care of the animals,
or provide proper roads to get to them, even had the means for these been appropri-
ated, and that there is, in their judgment, every reason to expect during the coming .
summer the visit of still larger throngs, composed not only of adults but of children.

The Regents feel desirous to represent that they can not be held responsible for
the imminent danger which must result, under the contemplated withdrawal even
of these means for protection which experience has already shown to be absolutely
insufficient. They would also ask attention to the fact that small as the appropria-
tion is, it is in several items, and that under no emergency is any discretion allowed
them as to their relative amounts, although the whole matter of expenditure is here
for a novel purpose, on which only experience could decide the relative exigency of
each part.

If Congress intended that the park must be maintained on the appropriation
under which the Regents have been unable to administer it the last year (improve-
ment, $15,000; buildings, $18,000; maintenance, $17,500), they deem it reasonable to
bring the attention of Congress to the fact that a discretion might properly be exer-
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public safety and what to matters of less urgency, and that they should either be
allowed to expend on the part upon which the safety of the public and the existence
of the animals especially depends, that which their experience has shown to be
indispensable, or that they should be relieved of responsibility for the consequences.

They desire to add in further explanation that they do not suppose that with the
total appropriation of $50,000, of which $26,000 is for ‘‘maintenance’’ (mentioned
in the resolution), the park can be properly conducted, and that they believe this
sum to be in fact inadequate for such conduct, their intent being to state to Congress
the sum below which, according to their experience, it is impossible to undertake
that the park shall be carried on another year, though not creditably, yet without
most probable danger.

The resolutions are as follows:

Resolved, That the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution would respect-
fully represent to Congress the impossibility of maintaining the United States
National Zoological Park, required by the act of Congress of April 30, 1890, with a
less total appropriation than $50,000, of which at least $26,000 will be required for
maintenance. .

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Institution be requested to communicate this
resolution to the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House, with a prelimi-
nary statement of the reasons and considerations on which it is based.

I have the honor to be, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
S. P. Lanauery, Secretary. .

Hon. Leyr P. Morton,

President of the Senate.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

July 28, 1892.
Deficiency act for 1892, etc.

To pay Melville Lindsay for rubber boots furnished to employees
engaged to work in water in the National Zoological Park, being a
deficiency for the fiscal year 1891, $38.

(Stat., X XVII, 284.)

August 5, 1892.
Sundry civil act for 1893.

For,continuing the construction of roads, walks, bridges, water sup-
ply, sewerage, and drainage; and for grading, planting, and otherwise
improving the grounds; erecting, and repairing buildings and inclo-
sures for animals; and for administrative purposes, care, subsistence,
and transportation of animals, including salaries or compensation of
all necessary employees, and general incidental expenses not otherwise
provided for, $50,000, one-half of which sum shall be paid from the
revenues of the District of Columbia and the other half from the
Treasury of the United States; and a report in detail of the expenses
on account of the National Zoological Park shall be made to Congress
at the beginning of each regular session.

(Stat., XX VIT, 360.)

January 28, 1893—House.
The sundry civil bill for 1894 (H. 10238) under consideration:
Mr. Witu1am 8. Hotman. Mr. Chairman, only a word. I sympa-

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thize with my friend from Mississippi generally. I do not like to
appropriate money when it does not inure to the benefit of all the
people. I admit that there is a very large portion of the population
of the United States who will never see the Yellowstone Park; but
there has been some sentiment about this matter. Iam in favor of
keeping up the Botanical Garden. I have spent very many pleasant
hours in going through these trees and shrubs, and I never knew a

~ gentleman on the floor of this House with a flower in his lapel that did

not conduct himself properly.

I never-saw anyone cavorting up and down the aisles with a flower
in his coat. I say that there is some sentiment about this matter. I
have often visited that park myself, along with other people, and it is
necessary that we should have good roads in that park so that visitors
can get through it.

Mr. Tuomas R. Srockpae. I would like to ask the gentleman from
Indiana a question, if he will permit me.

Mr. Houtman. Certainly.

Mr. Strocxpate. Is this appropriation of $40,000 a good sentiment?

Mr. Horman. Oh, I will come to that. Iam coring to the senti-
ment of the proposition ] am going to make.

To enable people to visit those curiosities, the Upper Geyser, the
Yellowstone Falls, and other objects of extraordinary interest, the roads
have to be kept up. When we commenced the appropriations, as I
remarked a while ago, the whole amount expended for the roads was
about $19,000 a year. Then we had a body of civilians, a superin-
tendent, and nineteen watchmen to guard the park. Now we have the
military there upon the ground with a company or two of cavalry. So
that my friend misapprehends. This money is not for the purpose of
protecting those objects of extraordinary interest, perhaps the most
remarkable in the world, but for the purpose of constructing and keep-
ing in repair the roads through the park.

Mr. Benton McMituiy. Are the troops kept there for the purpose
of virtually policing the park?

Mr. Hoitman. Yes; that is what they are there for.

Mr. McMitrrn. Does not my friend think that that is rather an
unsoldierly business ?

Mr. Hortman. Oh, it is a very pleasant duty. They are not there
very long each year. And, Mr. Chairman, instead of this Zoological
Park here in Washington buying elephants and other foreign animals,
why should we not keep up this great natural park and preserve from
utter extinction specimens of the animals, natives of this continent,
that once roamed over the plains and hid themselves in the rocks and
mountains? Instead of importing and trying to keep alive at great
expense these animals from remote regions, let us have a collection of

the American animals which are now rapidly disappearing—the bear,
the buffalo, the elk

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Mr. J. Stupson. The mugwump.

Mr. Hotman. A place where these and other animals can be pre-
served, Let us have a park for that purpose, which shall be really
national in its character. To that end I believe that an appropriation
of $20,000 at this time will be sufficient. I therefore move to strike
out ‘‘forty” and insert ‘‘ twenty.”

Mr. J. H. BAankKHEAD. Mr. Chairman, I would like to ask the gen-
tleman a question. I have no desire to destroy the beauties of this
national park, but I will ask the gentleman whether he has any inti-
mation as to what amount of money is now to the credit of the com-
missioner for the benefit of these improvements ? .

March 3, 1893.

Sundry civil act for 1894.

For continuing the construction of roads, walks, bridges, water sup-
ply, sewerage, and drainage; and for grading, planting, and otherwise
improving the grounds; erecting, and repairing buildings and inclos-
ures for animals; and for administrative purposes, care, subsistence,
and transportatidn of animals, including salaries or compensation of
all necessary employees, and general incidental expenses not otherwise
provided for, $50,000; one half of which sum shall be paid from the
revenues of the District of Columbia and the other half from the
Treasury of the United States.

(Stat., XX VIT, 582.)

NATIONAL MUSEUM—NIGHT OPENING.

January 11, 1892—House.
Mr. W. H. Crarn introduced bill (H. 2762):

Be it enacted, etc., That the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution be, and are
hereby, authorized to provide, as soon as possible, for the opening’of the National
Museum building and the Museum halls in the Smithsonian Institution until sunset
on every day and until 10 postmeridian on at least two days in every week through-
out the year; and the sum of $60,000, or such portion thereof as may be necessary,
is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropri-
ated, to carry out the provisions of this act, said sum to be expended as follows:

For an electric-light plant with engines of at least 225 horsepower and a lighting
capacity equivalent to at least 100 2,000-candlepower are lights and 1,000 16-candle-
power glow lights, $50,000; the same to be expended under the direction of the Sec-
retary of the Smithsonian Institution, who is authorized to appoint a commission to
select engines, dynamos, and other machinery, and to have wiring, construction of
engine power, and other permanent work done by day labor, if deemed by him
desirable..

For the maintenance of the lighting system during the last six months of the fiscal
year of 1891, with necessary additional attendance, policing, and heating of the
buildings, including all necessary services, $10,000.

Referred to Committee on the Library.

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NATIONAL MUSEUM—NEW BUILDING.

January 21, 1892—Senate.
Mr. J. S. Morrtitx introduced bill (S. 1758):

That for an additional fireproof building for the use of the National Museum, 300
feet square, with two stories and a basement, to be erected under the direction
of, the Architect of the Capitol, with the approval of the Regents of the Smith-
sonian Institution, in accordance with plans now on file with the Committee on
Public Buildings and Grounds, on the southwestern portion of the grounds of the
Smithsonian Institution, there shall be appropriated, out of any moneys in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $500,000; said building to be placed
west of the Smithsonian Institution, leaving a roadway between it and the latter of
not less than 50 feet, with its north front on a line with the south face of the Agri-
cultural Department and of the Smithsonian Institution, and constructed as far as
practicable, after proper advertisement, by contract or contracts awarded to the
lowest responsible bidder; and all expenditures for the purposes herein mentioned
shall be audited by the proper officers of the Treasury Department.

Referred to Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

February 26, 1892—Senate. ;
“Mr. J. S. Morrix reported, without amendment, bill (S. 1758).
April 13, 1892—Senate.

The bill (S. 1758) was announced as next in order.

Mr. F. M. Cocxrety. The Senator reporting and introducing that
bill is not here. Let it be passed over without prejudice, retaining its
place on the present Calendar.

The Vicr-PreEsipEnT (Mr. Levi P. Morton). The bill will be passed
over without prejudice.

April 14, 1892—Senate.

S. 1758 passed.

April 16, 1892—House.

S. 1758 referred to Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

NATIONAL MUSEUM—ESTIMATES.

December 7, 1891—House.
; Estimates for 1893.

For printing labels and blanks, and for the bulletins and annual
volumes of the proceedings of the National Museum, $18,000.

Notre.—The sum of $18,000 was asked for last year for the purpose of enlarging the
mailing list so as to include in it the more important public libraries and educational
institutions, and to render it possible, in response to urgent requests, to send the pub-
lications of the Museum to individuals who need them for use in connection with
scientific investigations.

The sum appropriated ($15,000) enabled the Museum to enlarge considerably its
mailing list, but the full amount estimated for will be necessary to insure a satisfac-
tory distribution.

1576 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

For continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the col-
lections from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Govern-
ment, and from other sources, including salaries or compensation of all
necessary employees, $145,000.

(The Smithsonian Institution estimates for an increase in this item
of $35,000 over the present appropriation. )

Norr.—The constant growth of the collections, the steady increase in the number
of visitors, and the yearly extending demands of educational institutions and of the
public upon the Museum render the appropriations of last year insufficient, although
expended with the strictest economy.

A small amount of money is also essential for the purchase of specimens which can
not be obtained otherwise, and which are indispensable for completing series in the
collections.

It is desirable that the number of persons in the paid scientific staff should be
increased. At present much of the scientific work is performed by volunteers with-
out compensation—a system which is found advantageous to a limited extent only.
Even with this aid from scientists not connected with the Museum, it is impossible
for the curators and their assistants to perform the urgent work of their departments.
This is attributable in a degree to the growing frequency of the demands of educa-
tional institutions and the outside public upon the staff for information and aid.

The salaries paid the scientific staff should be greater, their compensation being at
present less for actual service than that of teachers of the higher grades in the public
schools.

The salaries of clerks and other administrative employees are much smaller than
the compensation for similar ‘services in the Executive Departments’ of the Goy-
ernment. !

A greater number of watchmen is required to insure the safe-keeping of the yvalua-
ble collections, and, in order that the number of hours of service of the laboring
force may not be increased, more laborers and cleaners are necessary for the care and
arrangement of the cases and collections and for keeping the buildings in proper
condition.

To meet customs-duties on glass, tin, and other dutiable articles and
supplies imported for the National Museum, $1,000. Y

(The Smithsonian Institution estimates for an increase in this item
of $1,000 over the present appropriation. )

Nore.—Rendered necessary under the provisions of the act of October 1, 1890,
“to reduce the revenue,’’ etc.

For cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliances required for the exhi-
bition and safe-keeping of the collections of the National Museum,
including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, $25,000.

(The Smithsonian Institution estimates for an increase in this item
of $5,000 over the present appropriation. )

Norr.—To keep pace with the constant increase in the number of objects, espe-
cially in the educational and study series, and with the growing demands of the pub-
lic, and to care properly for the valuable objects now in the custody of the Museum
and constantly being added to the series, provision must be made for the construc-
tion of additional cases; especially is this true of the valuable lay figures illustrating

the characteristics of the races of mankind, many of which it has so far been neces-
sary to leave unprotected. About one-half the amount heretofore appropriated has

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been needed year by year to pay for the services of constructors, carpenters, engi-
neer of property, and two clerks, leaving only about $12,000 for other purposes. It is
therefore hoped that the entire amount asked for will be appropriated.

For expense of heating, lighting, electrical, telegraphic, and tele-
phonic service for the National Museum, including salaries or compen-
sation of all necessary employees, $12,000.

(The Smithsonian Institution estimates for an increase in this item
of $3,000 over the present appropriation. )

Norr.—It is necessary to keep the buildings at a nearly unifcrm temperature
throughout the twenty-four hours. Unless this course is followed, as stated last
year, the safety of the collections will be endangered. Should the winter prove a
severe one, unless the entire amount asked for is appropriated, a deficiency estimate
will be found necessary. )

For increasing the electric-light plant of the National Museum by
the addition of one engine, two dynamos, and complement of arc and
incandescent lamps, including all necessary expenses of installation,
$5,000.

Norr.—There is at present in use in the Museum building twenty-five arc lights,
but this number is not sufficient to illuminate the entire building, there being no
lights in the courts and an insufficient number in the halls. It is thought that with
this additional plant the building may be so lighted that it can be thrown open
occasionally to the public at night, to the advantage of those persons who are unabie
to avail themselves of the regular hours of exhibition. The purchase of an addi-
tional engine will also render it possible to provide against the contingency of total
darkness in case of damage to dynamo, line, or motor.

For the erection of two galleries, one in the southwest court, the
other in the southeast range, National Museum building; said galleries
to be constructed of iron beams, supported by iron pillars, and pro-
tected by iron railings, and provided with suitable staircases; the work
to be done under the direction of the Architect of the Capitol, and in
accordance with the approval of the Secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution, $8,000.

Norr.—The erection of these galleries will add materially to the area now ayaila-
ble for exhibition purposes. The space needed for their construction can be used
without disadvantage to the exhibits already in the halls.

For postage stamps and foreign postal cards and postage for the
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum, and international exchanges,
$500. ;

January 26, 1892—House.
Deficiency estimates for 1892, etc.

To meet customs duties on glass imported for the National Museum,
being for the service of the fiscal year 1892, $500.

Norr.—Rendered necessary under the provisions of the act of October 1, 1890,
“to reduce the revenue,’’ etc.

1578 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

May 10, 1892—House.
Mr. Wiuu1aAM CoGswELL. The National Museum has been cut down

‘from the estimate $25,000, notwithstanding the estimate states that ‘Sa

greater number of watchmen is required to insure the safe-keeping
of the valuable collections; and in order that the number of hours of
service of the laboring force may not be increased, more laborers
and cleaners are necessary for the care and arrangement of the cases
and collections, and for keeping the building in proper condition.”

For ‘‘cases, permanent fixtures, and appliances” required for the
exhibition and safe-keeping of the collections of the Museum, the
estimate has been cut $15,000, although the fact that it was required
for the safe-keeping of the collections is emphasized; and, notwith-
standing it is necessary to keep the temperature uniform throughout
the twenty-four hours, the appropriation for heating, lighting, ete.,
for the Museum has been cut $2,000 less than it was last year.

December 5, 1892—House.
Estimates for 1894.

For printing and binding for the National Museum, to be executed
under the direction of the Public Printer, as follows:

Printing labels and blanks, and for the Bulletins and annual volumes
of the Proceedings of the National Museum, $18,000.

Binding scientific books and pamphlets presented to and acquired
by the National Museum Library, $1,000.

Norr.—The Proceedings and Bulletins of the National Museum, printed under
this appropriation, are not ‘‘ public documents,’’ hence no part of the edition is reg-
ularly apportioned for distribution by the Senate and House, or to the legal deposi-
tories. The edition of 3,000 copies now printed is only sufficient to supply, in
limited measure, the very urgent requests from public libraries, educational institu-
tions, and scientific investigators in the United States and throughout the world.
One of the principal objects in asking for a larger appropriation is to enable the
Museum to place a full series of its publications in representative libraries in different
parts of each State. Jt is not the intention that the annual number of issues of the
Proceedings and Bulletins should be increased, but that a larger edition of each
should be printed. On account of the small edition the Museum fails to receive in
exchange the valuable publications of many scientific institutions.

The amounts hitherto appropriated, though expended with strict economy, have
been found inadequate.

For postage stamps and foreign postal cards and postage for the
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum, Bureau of International
Exchanges, Bureau of Ethnology, and National Zoological Park, $500.

For continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the col-
lections from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Govern-
ment and from other sources, including salaries or compensation of all
necessary employees, $180,000.

Norr.—The growth of the collections, the increase in the number of visitors, and

in the number and variety of the demands of educational institutions and the public
render it extremely desirable that the appropriation for the Museum should be larger.

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The appropriations for 1893 were not only less than for the preceding year, but scarcely
exceeded those for 1887, although the collections have increased, chiefly through
donations, by nearly a million specimens since that time. On account of the reduc-
tion in the appropriations for 1893, it is impossible to meet the increased demands
of the year, and no attention can be given to many important matters lying over
from preceding years. For these reasons, and others of equal moment, it is greatly .
to be hoped that the entire sum of $180,000, which has twice been estimated for, but
not received, may now be granted. For the welfare of the Museum it is desirable
that an increase should be made in the number of paid assistants on the scientific
staff. Much work is performed by volunteers, without compensation, but this sys-
tem has only a limited usefulness. Even with this assistance it is impossible, in
many departments, to keep pace with the growth of the collections, and the con-
stantly increasing demand of educational establishments and the public for informa-
tion and aid. Many of the salaries are too low to secure efficient service. The
compensation of the members of the scientific staff is less than that of teachers in the
higher public schools, although the service rendered is of a very special character.
The clerical employees are paid less than in the Executive Departments; hence many
leave after a short period of service, to the serious detriment of the Museum, which

_ is constantly compelled to train new employees. For the safe-keeping of the collec-

tions, which have greatly increased in intrinsic value as well as extent, a larger
number of watchmen is necessary. The force is now so small that it is difficult to
grant the usual leaves of absence without exposing the collections to danger. It is
also with difficulty that the cleanliness of the floors and cases is maintained, on
account of the limited number of laborers and cleaners which the present appropria-
tion will permit the Museum to employ.

For cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliances required for the exhi-
bition and safe-keeping of the collections of the National Museum, in-
cluding salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, $30,000.

Norr.—Although the Museum halls are already in a crowded condition, it is
necessary, without regard to the width of aisles and the established arrangement of
exhibits, to find room for the collections which are constantly received by donation.
Many valuable objects are still exposed to dust and vandalism from the lack of suffi-
cient money to procure the necessary cases. Collections, such as the great Lacoe
collection of fossil plants, received in 1892, are frcquently offered, with the condition
that suitable cases be provided.

Judging by the experience of the Museum in connection with the Philadelphia,
London, New Orleans, and Cincinnati -exhibitions, it will be necessary during 1893
to make provision for the large number of collections which will be presented to the
Government at the close of the World’s Columbian Exposition. For the safe-keeping
of these objects numerous storage and exhibition cases will be required, and it is
therefore hoped that the sum of $30,000 will be appropriated.

For expense of heating, lighting, electrical, telegraphic, and tele-
phonic service for the National Museum, including salaries or com-
pensation of all necessary employees, $15,000.

Norr.—The larger part of this appropriation is expended for fuel and gas. As
has been explained in connection with the estimates for previous years, it is neces-
sary for the safety of the collections that the building should be kept at a nearly
even temperature day and night throughout the winter. The reduction of this
appropriation in 1893 below the minimum of $12,000 makes a deficiency for that
year necessary. From lack of fuel required to maintain the proper temperature,
some of the offices had to be abandoned on several occasions during the winter of
1892.

1580 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

The longer the heating apparatus is used the less effective it becomes, and of late
it has been necessary each successive year to expend a aeer sum for replacing
_ worn-out parts.

The wires of the burglar alarms, watchmen’s call boxes, and other electrical appa-
ratus have deteriorated from long use. Some of these have already been renewed,
and others need immediate attention.

For the erection of two galleries, one in the southwest court, the
other in the southeast range, National Museum building; said galleries
to be constructed of iron beams, supported by iron pillars, and pro-
tected by iron railings, and provided with suitable staircases; the work
to be done under the direction of the Architect of the Capitol and in
accordance with the approval of the Secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution, $8,000.

Notr.—The erection of these galleries will add materially to the area available in
the present Museum building for exhibition purposes. Such galleries were provided
for in the original plans of the building. They can be supported in such a manner
as not to detract from the appearance of the halls or to interfere with the present
installation of the collections.

December 9, 1892—House.
Deficiency estimates for 1893, ete.

For continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the col-
lections from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Govern-
ment, and from other sources, including salaries or compensation of all
necessary employees, being a deficiency for the fiscal year. ending June
30; 18938, $14,770

Norr.—The reduction of the force of taxidermists and other preparators, rendered
necessary by the smaller appropriations granted for the current year, has made it
impossible to properly care for the numerous collections which have been given to
the Government with the understanding that they should be preserved. Unless
relief is afforded it is feared that much material, valuable to science and educational
institutions, will go to destruction.

Unexpected emergencies have arisen, such as the necessity for roaee the entire
outfit of fire hose in the two buildings.

The present force of employees is insufficient to properly carry on the work of the
Museum, since reductions detrimental to the service have been made in order to
obviate the necessity for a larger deficiency estimate. More watchmen are required
in order to insure the safety of the collections, and more laborers and cleaners to
keep the exhibition halls in a presentable condition. The regular clerical work of
the Museum has fallen in arrears, owing to the fact that it has been necessary for the
clerks to devote much of their time to matters connected with the World’s Colum-
bian Exposition. It will be necessary, about February 1, to restore to the Museum
roll the names.of at least nine employees temporarily engaged in work for the Expo-
sition, and now paid from the Exposition appropriation.

For expenses of heating the U. S. National Museum for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1893, $2,000. For rent of eight telephones,
$240.

Norre.—It will be impossible to heat the buildings properly throughout the win-

ter unless additional fuel is provided. Last year, when the appropriation was $1,000
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necessary to close the offices on several occasions, on account of lack of fuel to heat
the building. A deficiency of $2,000 is therefore asked for.

It was necessary to reduce the number of telephones in order that money should
be available to renew the wires, which, from long use, had become entirely worn out.
January 7, 1893—House.

Supplemental deficiency estimates for 1893 by the U. 8. Fish Commission, ete.

Office building, U. S. Fish Commission esis building): For new
roof, construction of annex for boiler room, coal vault, and fireproof
storage room; the purchase and introduction of new boilers for heat-
ing and the necessary connections, and for miscellaneous repairs and
equipment, $2,500; and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
is hereby directed to vacate the rooms under his charge in said build-
ing. For fitting up said rooms as offices for the U.S. Fish Commission,
$1,400; in all, $3,900.

NATIONAL MUSEUM—APPROPRIATIONS.
July 28, 1892.
Deficiency act for 1892, ete.

To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treas-
ury on account of preservation of collections, National Museum, being
for the services of the fiscal year 1890, as follows: To pay the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad Company, $4.47; to pay the Atlantic and
Pacific Railroad Company, $2.50; in all, $6.97.

(Stat., XX VIL, 283.)

For preservation of collections, National Museum, $1. 34.

(Stat. XX VII, 309.)

(To cover claim reported in House Ex. Doc. No. 199, Fifty-second
Congress, first session.)

August 5, 1892.
Sundry civil act for 1893.

For continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the col-
lection from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Govern-
ment, and from other sources, including salaries or compensation of
all necessary employees, $132,500.

For cases, furniture, ne and appliances required for the exhi-
bition and safe-keeping of the collections of the National Museum,
including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, $15,000.

For expense of heating, lighting, electrical, telegraphic and tele-
phonic service for the National Museum, $11,000.

For postage stamps and foreign postal cards for the National Museum,
$500.

(Stat., XX VII, 360.)

For the-Smithsonian Institution, for printing labels and blanks and
for the ‘* Bulletins” and annual volumes of the ‘‘ Proceedings” of the
National Museum, $12,000.

(Stat., XX VII, 388.)

1582 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

March 3, 1893.
Sundry civil aet for 1894. _

For continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the col-
lections from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Govern-
ment, and from other sources, including salaries or compensation of
all necessary employees, $132,500.

(Stat., XX VIT, 581.)

For cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliances required for the exhi-
bition and safe-keeping of the collections of the National Museum,
including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, $10,000.

For expense of heating, lighting, electrical, telegraphic, and tele-
phonic service for the National Museum, $11,000.

For postage stamps and foreign postal cards for the National Museum,
$500.

(Stat., X XVII, 582.)

For the Smithsonian Institution, for printing labels and blanks and
for the ‘‘ Bulletins” and annual volumes of the ‘*‘ Proceedings ” of the
National Museum, $12,000.

(Stat., XX VII, 611.)
March 3, 1893.

Deficiency act for 1893, etc.

For expenses of heating the United States National Museum, $2,000.

For continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the col-
lection from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Govern-
ment, and from other sources, including salaries or compensation of
all necessary employees, $2,000.

(Stat., X XVII, 649.)

Under Smithsonian Institution: For preservation of collections,
National Museum, $1.37.

(Stat., XX VII, 668.)

EXPOSITIONS.

Madrid Exposition.

February 8, 1892—Senate.
Mr. JoHN SHERMAN presented a communication from the Secretary
of State:

DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington, D. C., February 3, 1892.

Sir: I desire to suggest that the bill providing for the appointment of representa-
tives from the United States to the Columbian Historical Exposition at Madrid in
1892, introduced in the Senate through your courtesy, be amended so that the first
section will read: ‘‘That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is,
authorized and requested to appoint a commissioner-general and two assistant com-
missioners, who shall serve without compensation,”’ ete.

This is to be an historical exposition, and only the United States and the other
republics and colonies of America have been invited to participate. It is proposed

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therefore to confine the exhibit from this country to such appropriate archeological,
ethnological, and historical objects and articles as are now in the museums and
archives of the Government, or may be contributed or loaned by private individuals.
It may be found practicable also to include in the exhibit some portion of the collec-
tions that are now being made by the Executive Departments of the Government for
the World’s Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893.

At the request,ef the minister of Spain at this capital voluntary committees have
already been formed in Washington, New York, and other States of the Union to
promote an interest in the Spanish exposition, and to secure collections for exhibi-
tion there. These committees have already made gratifying progress, and it is
believed that under the direction of an experienced and competent commissioner-
general an excellent display may be made.

As Spain was one of the first of the foreign g governments to accept the invitation of
the United States to participate in the proposed exposition at Chicago, it would only
be ordinary courtesy to a friendly nation for us to do all in our power to promote the
success of the plans she has formed to commemorate an event in which we are equally
interested.-

I would call your attention dighee e to the fact that the Madrid Exposition opens
on the 12th of September next, and that early action by Congress is therefore desir-
able. It will be necessary only to provide the means to pay the expenses of the
commissioners, and also the expense of preparing, packing, transporting, and install-
ing the exhibit at Madrid and its return to the United States.

I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,
JAMES G. BLAINE.

Hon. JoHN SHERMAN,

Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate.

May 13, 1892. .
Urgent deficiency act for 1892.

For the expense of representation of the United States at the Colum-
bian Historical Exposition to be held in Madrid in 1892 in commem-
oration of the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America,
$15,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended under
the direction and in the discretion of the Secretary of State; and the
Président is hereby authorized to appoint a commissioner-general and
two assistant commissioners, who may, in his discretion, be selected
from the active or retired list of the Army or Navy, and shall serve
without other compensation than that to which they are now entitled
by law, to represent the United States at said exposition; that it shall
be the duty of such commissioners to select from the archives of the
United States, from the National Museum, and from the various Execu-
tive Departments of the Government such pictures, books, papers,
documents, and other articles as may relate to the discovery and early
settlement of America and the aboriginal inhabitants thereof; and
they shall be authorized to secure the loan of similar articles from
other museums and private collections, and arrange, classify, and
install them as the exhibit of the United States at the said exposition;
that the President is authorized to cause the detail of officers from the

‘active or retired list of the Army and Navy, to serve without compen-

sation other than that to which they are now entitled by law, as assist-

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ants to said commissioners; and the said commissioners shall beauthor-
ized to employ such clerical and other assistance as may be necessary,
subject to the approval of the Secretary of State.

(Stat., XXXVI, 34.)

[ Nore.—In accordance with this act the following-named gentlemen were appointed:
Rear-Admiral 8. B. Luce, United States Navy (retired), commissioner-general;
James C. Welling, LL. D., president Columbian University, and George Brown
Goode, LL. D., assistant secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, commissioners;
Lieut. John C. Colwell, United States Navy, special disbursing officer; Mr. William
E. Curtis and Prof. Thomas Wilson, assistants; Mr. Stewart Culin, secretary, and
Mr. Walter Hough, assistant. ] .

August 5, 1892.
Sundry civil act for 1893.

Columbian Historical Exposition at Madrid: For expenses of repre-
sentation of the United States at said exposition, $10,000.
(Stat., XX VIT, 350.)

Chicago Exposition.
March 11, 1892—House.

Mr. James B. Rerixy introduced joint resolution (H. 106) that the
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution send exhibit illustrative of
industries of women to Woman’s Building, Chicago Exposition.

Referred to Select Committee on the Columbian Exposition.
February 8, 1893—Senate.

S. 148 introduced by Mr. R. F. PETTIGREW.

February 17, 1893—Senate.

S. 148 passed.
March 3, 1893—House.

S. 148 passed.
March 3, 1893.

Resolved, etc., That the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution be,
and he hereby is, authorized to prepare and send, for exhibition in the
Woman’s Building of the World’s Columbian Exposition, any article
now in his custody, or on exhibition in the National Museum, illus-
trative of the life and development of the industries of women.

(Stat., XX VIL, 757.)

March 18, 1892.

Be it enacted, etc., That the act of the sixteenth lopiiniditiee assembly
of the Territory of Arizona, approved March 19, 1891, making an
appropriation of $30,000 for the collection and display of the products
of Arizona at the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893, and made
dependent on ratification by Congress, is hereby approved and ratified.

(Stat., XX VII, 7.)

March 24, 1892.

Resolwed, etc., That ie Librarian of Congress be, and he hereby is,

authorized to exhibit at the World’s Columbian Baposiiad such howls

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papers, documents, and other articles from the Library of Congress
as may relate to Christopher Columbus and the discovery and early
history of America.

(Stat., XX VII, 394.)

April 6, 1892. k

Be it enacted, ete., That no citizen of any other country shall be held
liable for the infringement of any patent granted by the United States,
or of any trade-mark or label registered in the United States, where
the act complained of is or shall be performed in connection with the
exhibition of any article or thing at the World’s Columbian Exposi-
tion at Chicago.

(Stat., XX VII, 14.)

May 12, 1892.

Be tt enacted, etc., That any national bank located in the city of
Chicago and State of Illinois may be designated by the World’s
Columbian Exposition to conduct a banking office upon the exposition
grounds, and upon such designation being approved by the Comp-
troller of the Currency said bank is hereby authorized to open and
conduct such office as a branch of the bank, subject to the same
restrictions and having the same rights as the bank to which it belongs:
Provided, That the branch office authorized hereby shall not be oper-
ated fora longer period than two years, beginning not earlier than
July 1, 1892, and closing not later than July 1, 1894.

(Stat., XXX VII, 33.)

July 13, 1892.
Post-Office act for 1893.

Src. 4. That the Postmaster-General is hereby authorized to estab-
lish in the Government building, upon the ground of the World’s
Columbian Exposition, a branch station of the Chicago, IIl., post-
office; and there is hereby appropriated the sum of $40,000 for clerks,

letter carriers, and incidental expenses necessary to maintain the same, .

and a further sum of $23,000 for transportation of mails by railroad
and mail-messenger service, the branch office herein provided to begin
not earlier than January 1. 1893.

(Stat., XX VII, 148.)

July 19, 1892.
Naval act for 1893.

Toward the expenses of the international naval rendezvous and
review, as provided in section 8 of the act creating the World’s
Columbian Exposition, including pay and drill of seamen temporarily
enlisted and used for said review in addition to the regular number
of enlisted men and including the construction by the Secretary of the
Navy of reproductions in Spain of two of the caravels, the Pinta and
the Vina, which composed the fleet of Columbus on his voyage of

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discovery, to be taken after the review to Chicago as a part of the
Government exhibit, $50,000.

(Stat., XX VII, 250.)
July 23, 1892.

Resolwed, etc., That the President be, and he hereby is, authorized
to request of the Government of Her Majesty the Queen Regent of
Spain, of the municipal government of Genoa, of the Duke of Vera-
gua, the descendants of Columbus, and of such other persons or cor-
porations as may be thought proper, the loan of articles, papers,
books, maps, documents, and other relics of Christopher Columbus
and those who were associated with him or with the discovery and
early settlement of America, for exhibition at the World’s Columbian
Exposition; that the Secretary of State shall make such provision as
may be necessary for their reception, exhibition, safe custody, and
return; and that the Secretary of the Navy shall have authority, if
necessary, to detail one or more vessels for their transportation.

(Stat., XX VII, 399.)

July 26, 1892.

Resolved, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby
is, authorized to prepare and send for exhibition in the Woman’s
Building of the World’s Columbian Exposition any articles, models,
or drawings now in his custody, or deposited in the Patent Office, pre-
pared or invented by women.

(Stat., XX VII, 400).

August 4, 1892.

Be tt enacted, etc., That the date for the dedication of the buildings
of the World’s Columbian Exposition is hereby changed from the 12th
day of October, 1892, to the 21st day of October, 1892.

(Stat., XX VII, 347).

August 5, 1892.
Sundry civil act for 1893.

For establishing new life-saving stations and lifeboat stations on the
sea and lake coasts of the United States, authorized by law, $45,000:
Provided, That no part of this sum, or of the sums heretofore appro-
priated for establishing life-saving stations, shall be used for erecting
a life-saving station on the grounds of the World’s Columbian Expo-
sition at Chicago, Ill., unless the right to use and occupy the site
selected therefor so long as the Government may desire to maintain a
life-saving station thereon shall first have been donated to the United
States, in which case so much of this appropriation or of the sums
heretofore appropriated for establishing life-saving stations as may be
necessary shall be available for the purpose; and such station shall take -
the place of the existing Chicago station, the crew of which shall be
transferred to the new station.

(Stat., XX VII, 354).

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To make offshore soundings along the Atlantic coast, and current and
temperature observations in the Gulf Stream, and to transport the
steamer Blake to Chicago and keep her there during the Columbian
Exposition, for the purpose of exhibiting the instruments and methods
of deep-sea sounding, $6,400.

(Stat., XX VII, 356).

Government Exhibit: For the selection, purchase, preparation,
transportation, installation, care and custody, and arrangement of
such articles and materials as the heads of the several Executive
Departments, the Smithsonian Institution, and National Museum, and
the U. S. Fish Commission may decide shall be embraced in the Goy-
ernment exhibit, and such additional articles as the President may
designate for said Exposition, and for the employment of proper per-
sons as Officers and assistants to the Board of Control and Management
of the Government exhibit, appointed by the President, of which not
exceeding $5,000 may be expended by said board for clerical services,
$408,250: Provided, That all expenditures for the purposes and from
the appropriation specified herein shall be subject to the approval of
the said Board of Control: and Management and of the Secretary of
the Treasury, as now provided by law.

World’s Columbian Commission: For the World’s Columbian Com-
mission, $230,000, of which sum $110,000 shall be used for the Board
of Lady Managers: Provided, That all expense of administration and °
installation in the Woman’s Building shall be paid by the World’s
Columbian Exposition: Provided, That the salaries of the Director-
General and Secretary of the Commission shall not exceed $8,000 and
$3,000, respectively, per annum, and a sum not exceeding $5,000 may
be used by the Director-General in his discretion for incidental and
contingent expenses of his office, and there shall not be more than two
meetings of the World’s Columbian Commission or of the Board of
Lady Managers during the fiscal year 1893.

And the sums herein appropriated for the World’s Columbian
Exposition shall be in full of the liability of the United States on
account thereof: Prowded, That the Government exhibits at the
World’s Columbian Exposition shall not be opened to the public on
Sundays.

That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, authorized at his
discretion to detail for special duty, in connection with the World’s
Columbian Exposition, such officers of the Army as may be required,
to report to the general commanding the Department of the Missouri,
and the officers thus detailed shall not be subject to loss of pay or
rank on account of such detail, nor shall any officer or employee of
the United States receive additional pay or compensation because of
service connected with said Exposition from the United States or from
said Exposition.

(Stat., XX VII, 362.)

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Public printing and binding: Sec. 2. And it is hereby declared that
all appropriations herein made for, or pertaining to, the World’s
Columbian Exposition are made upon the condition that the said Ex-
position shall not be opened to the public on the first day of the
week, commonly called Sunday; and if the said appropriations be
accepted by the corporation of the State of Illinois, known as the
World’s Columbian Exposition, upon that condition, it shall be, and
it is hereby, made the duty of the World’s Columbian Commission,
created by act of Congress of April 25th, 1890, to make such rules
or modification of the rules of said corporation as shall require the
closing of the Exposition on the said first day of the week, commonly
called Sunday.

(Stat., XX VII, 388.)

August 5, 1892.

Be it enacted, etc., That for the purpose of aiding in defraying the
cost of completing in a suitable manner the work of preparation for
inaugurating the World’s Columbian Exposition, authorized by the act
of Congress approved April 25th, anno Domini 1890, to be held at the
city of Chicago, in the State of Illinois, there shall be coined at the
mints of the United States silver half-dollars of the legal weight and
fineness, not to exceed five million pieces, to be known as the Colum-
bian half-dollar, struck in commemoration of the World’s Columbian
Exposition, the devices and designs upon which shall be prescribed by
the Director of the Mint, with the approval of the Secretary of the
Treasury; and said silver coins shall be manufactured from uncurrent
subsidiary silver coins now in the Treasury, and all provisions of law
relative to the coinage, legal-tender quality, and redemption of the
present subsidiary silver coins shall be applicable to the coins issued
under this act, and when so recoined there is hereby appropriated from
the Treasury the said five millions of souvenir half-dollars, and the
Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to pay the same to the World’s
Columbian Exposition, upon estimates and vouchers certified by the
president of the World’s Columbian Exposition, or in his absence or
inability to act, by the vice-president, and by the director-general of
the World’s Columbian Commission, or in his absence or inability to
act, by the president thereof, and the Secretary of the Treasury, for
labor done, materials furnished, and services performed in prosecuting
said work of preparing said Exposition for opening as provided by
said act approved April 25th, 1890; and all such estimates and vouch-
ers shall be made in duplicate, one to be filed with the Secretary of
the Treasury, the other to be retained by the World’s Columbian
Exposition: Provided, however, That before the Secretary of the
Treasury shall pay to the World’s Columbian Exposition any part of
the said five million silver coins, satisfactory evidence shall be furnished
him showing that the sum of at least $10,000,000 has been collected and
disbursed as required by said act: And provided, That the said World’s

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Columbian Exposition shall furnish a satisfactory guaranty to the Sec-
retary of the Treasury that any further sum actually necessary to com-
plete the work of said Exposition to the opening thereof has been or
will be provided by said World’s Columbian Exposition; but nothing
herein shall be so construed as to delay or postpone the preparation of
the souvenir coins hereinbefore provided for. And there is hereby
appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, the sum of $50,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary,
to reimburse the Treasury for loss on the recoinage herein authorized.

Src. 2. That the appropriation provided in section one of this act
shall be upon condition that the said World’s Columbian Exposition
maintain and pay all the expenses, costs, and charges of the great
departments organized for the purpose of conducting the work of the
Exposition, said expenses, costs, and charges to be paid out of the
funds of the said World’s Columbian Exposition.

Sec. 3. That fifty thousand bronze medals and the necessary dies
therefor, with appropriate devices, emblems, and inscriptions commem-
orative of said Exposition celebrating the four hundredth anniversary
of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus, shall be pre-
pared under the supervision of the Secretary of the Treasury at a cost
not to exceed $60,000, and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing,
under the supervision of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall prepare
plates and make therefrom fifty thousand vellum impressions for
diplomas at a cost not to exceed $43,000. Said medals and diplomas
shall be delivered to the World’s Columbian Commission, to be awarded
to exhibitors in accordance with the provisions of said act of Congress
approved April 25th, 1890, and there is hereby appropriated, from
any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of
103,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay the expendi-
tures authorized by this section; and authority may be granted by
the Secretary of the Treasury to the holder of a medal, properly
awarded to him, to have duplicates thereof made at any of the mints
of the United States from gold, or silver, or bronze, at the expense of
the person desiring the same.

Src. 4. That it is hereby declared that all appropriations herein made
for, or pertaining to, the World’s Columbian Exposition are made upon
the condition that the said Exposition shall not be opened to the public
on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday; and if the said
appropriations be accepted by the corporation of the State of Illinois,
known as the World’s Columbian Exposition, upon that condition, it
shall be, and it is hereby, made the duty of the World’s Columbian
Commission, created by the act of Congress of April 25th, 1890, to
make such rules or modification of the rules of said corporation as

' shall require the closing of the Exposition on the said first day of the

week, commonly called Sunday.

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Src. 5. That nothing contained in this act shall be construed to sup-
ersede or in any manner alter or impair the force or validity of the
provisions of section 15 of the act of Congress approved April 25th,
anno Domini 1890.

(Stat., XX VIL, 389.)

August 5, 1892.

Resolved, etc., That the President of the United States be, and he
hereby is, authorized and requested to extend to His Majesty Alfonso
Thirteenth, to Her Majesty the Queen Regent of Spain, and to Cristo-
bal Colon de la Cerda, the Duke of Veragua; second, the Marquis
de Barboles, his brother, and, third, Don Cristobal de Larreategul
y Aguilar, his son, their wives and children, if any, the living descend-
ants of Christopher Columbus, an invitation to attend the opening
ceremonies of the World’s Columbian Exposition as the guests of the
Government and people of the United States; and that under his direc-
tion the Secretary of State shall make suitable arrangements for their
reception and entertainment.

(Stat., XX VII, 401.)

August 5, 1892.

Whereas, under and in pursuance of the act approved April 25th,
anno Domini 1890, the President of the United States has invited the
governments and citizens of foreign nations to participate in the inter-
national exhibition authorized by the act above recited; and

Whereas the invitations so extended have been accepted by the sev-
eral nations, and space for installing foreign exhibits has been applied
for and duly apportioned, and concessions and privileges granted by
the Exposition management to the citizens and subjects of foreign
nations; and

Whereas, for the purpose of securing the production upon the
Exposition grounds of scenes illustrative of the architecture, dress,
habits, and modes of life, occupation, industries, means of locomo-
tion and transportation, amusements, entertainments, etc., of the
natives of foreign countries, it has been necessary for the World’s
Columbian- Exposition to grant concessions and privileges to certain
firms and corporations conceding the right to make such productions:
Therefore,

Resolved, etc., That the actof Congress approved February 26th, 1885,
prohibiting the importation of foreigners under contract to perform
labor, and the acts of Congress prohibiting the coming of Chinese per-
sons into the United States, and the acts amendatory of these acts,
shall not be so construed nor shall anything therein operate to prevent,
hinder, or in any wise restrict any foreign exhibitor, representative, or

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nation of any concession or privilege from the World’s Columbian
Exposition, from bringing into the United States, under contract, such
mechanics, artisans, agents, or other employees, natives of their
respective foreign countries, as they, or any of them, may deem nec-
essary for the purpose of making preparation for installing or con-
ducting their exhibits or of preparing for installing or conducting any
business authorized or permitted under or by virtue of or pertain-
ing to any concession or privilege which may have been granted by
the World’s Columbian Exposition in connection with such Exposi-
tion: Provided, however, That no alien shall by virtue of this act enter
the United States under contract to perform labor except by express
permission, naming such alien, of the.Secretary of the Treasury; and
any such alien who may remain in the United States for more than one
year after the close of said Exposition shall thereafter be subject to
all the processess and penalties applicable to aliens coming in violation
of the alien contract labor laws aforesaid.

(Stat., XX VII, 402.)
December 22, 1892—Senate.

Mr. Lyman R. Casey introduced joint resolution (S. 127):

That the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution be, and he hereby is, author-
ized to loan to the World’s Fair Commission of the State of North Dakota for use as
part of its exhibit at the Columbian Exposition the Red River cart. now in the
National Museum, and originally received from Pembina, Dakota, in 1882: Provided,
That such loan be made entirely on the responsibility of said North Dakota Com-
mission, and shall be returned to the Smithsonian Institution in good order, and
without expense to the Government, within one month after the close of the said
Columbian Exposition.

Passed.
January 5, 1893—House.

The joint resolution (S. 127) referred to Committee on the Library.
January 17, 1893—House.

Mr. Amos J. Cummines, from Committee on the Library, reported
back favorably joint resolution (S. 127).

Referred to the House Calendar.

February 13, 1893.

Lesolved, etc., That the Architect of the Capitol be, and he hereby
is, authorized to loan to the Department of State the picture in the’
Capitol entitled ‘‘The Recall of Columbus,” by Augustus G. Heaton,
for exhibition at the World’s Columbian Exposition.

(Stat., XX VII, 754.)

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February 13, 1893—Senate.

Mr. Wiiu1aM B. Autison, from Committee on Appropriations, sub-
mitted report (5S. 1287):
; [Extract.]

[By Prof. G. Brown Goode, Assistant Secretary, representing Smithsonian Institution and National
Museum, February 6, 1893.]

* * * * * * *

The plan and estimates submitted to you on June 30, 1892, was largely reduced
from the original plan furnished to the Secretary of the Treasury on March 12, 1890,
which was by no means an extravagant one to have undertaken, in view of the
importance of the occasion and the great expectations of the people who will attend
the exposition. Indeed, the exhibition of the-Institution, as at that time limited,
would not have been so extensive as that made at the exhibition of 1876, though in
nearly every respect a better one. As we are at present situated, unless Congress
should appropriate the additional sum for which we have been hoping, a still further
reduction will be necessary. We shall, of course, send the objects which have been-
prepared at the expense of the appropriation, but many very conspicuous gaps exist
in the series which we had hoped to exhibit. These can not be filled without addi-
tional money, and, furthermore, many objects from the Museum itself, which we
had hoped to be able to send, can not go owing to the lack of money to provide
suitable cases and to pay the expenses of transportation. The charges imposed by
the railroads and by the people in Chicago for the storage of packing boxes are so
enormous in comparison with what has been paid by the Government on previous
occasions, that it isevident that the incidental expenses will be very much larger
than ever before, and that in order to carry out, with present resources and without
incurring a deficiency, even the modified plan will necessitate the closest economy
and a very considerable diminution of the effect of the exhibition in every direction.
In the matter of the decoration of the walls of the exhibition halls with striking
objects in keeping with the collection on the floor below, it will be impossible for
us to do anything except in the most meager way.

With rigid economy an additional $30,000 to our allotment, such as I understand
would come to us if Congress grants the sum asked for, would enable us to make a
creditable exhibition. The effect of any diminution of this amount will, in spite of
our best efforts, undoubtedly be perceptible to visitors, and will prevent the send-
ing of things which would add much to the effect and value of our display.

March 3, 1893.
Sundry civil act for 1894.

Government Exhibit: For the selection, purchase, preparation,
transportation, installation, care and custody, and return of such arti-
cles and materials as the heads of the several Executive Departments,
_the Smithsonian Institution and National Museum, and the United
States Fish Commission may decide shall be embraced in the Govern-
ment exhibit, and such additional articles as the President may desig-
nate for said exposition, and for the employment of proper persons as
officers and assistants to the Board of Control and Management of the
Government exhibit, appointed by the President, of which not exceed-
ing $10,000 may be expended by said board for clerical services
$150,750; of which sum $50,000 shall be immediately available: Pro-
vided, That the sum of $8,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary,
may be expended under the supervision of the Board of Control of

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the United States Government exhibit in the collection, preparation,
packing, transportation, installation, and care while exhibited of arti-
cles loaned or donated by the colleges of agriculture and mechanic arts
in the several States for the display in the agricultural building of the
exposition, of the means and methods of giving instruction in the
so-called land-grant college of the United States, and for repacking
and returning this property at the close of the exposition, the same
to be taken from the stm apportioned to the Agricultural Department;

~ and $10,000 additional for special expenses attending the naval exhibit

of the model of a battle ship.

World’s Columbian Commission: For the World’s Columbian Com-
mission, $211,375, of which sum $93,190 shall be used for the Board
of Lady Managers; and $25,000 of the last sum is hereby made imme-
diately available; and $10,000 of the appropriation for the Board of
Lady Managers shall be paid in souvenir coins of the denomination
of 25 cents, and for that purpose there shall be coined at the mints of
the United States silver quarter dollars of the legal weight and fine-
ness, not to exceed forty thousand pieces, the devices and designs upon
which shall be prescribed by the Director of the Mint, with the approval
of the Secretary of the Treasury; and said silver coins shall be manu-
factured from uncurrent subsidiary silver coins now in the Treasury;
and all provisions of law relative to the coinage, legal-tender quality,
and redemption of the present subsidiary silver coins shall be applica-
ble to the coins herein authorized to be issued; and a sum not exceed-
ing $5,000 may be used by the Director-General in his discretion for
incidental and contingent expenses of his office.

To enable said commission and the Board of Lady Managers to give
effect to and execute the provisions of section 6 of the act of Con-
gress approved April 25, 1890, authorizing the World’s Columbian
Exposition, and appropriating money therefor, relating to commit-
tees, judges, and examiners for the exposition, and the granting of
awards, $570,880, or so much thereof as in the judgment of the Lady
Managers may be necessary, of which sum $25,000 shall be immediately
available: Provided, That of this sum $100,000 shall be devoted to the
payment of judges, examiners, and members of committees to be
appointed by the Board of Lady Managers, as authorized by said sec-
tion. And provided further, That said sum of $570,880 shall be a
charge against the World’s Columbian Exposition, and that of the
moneys appropriated for the benefit of the World’s Columbian Expo-
sition, amounting to $2,500,000, under the act of August 5, 1892,
$570,880 shall be retained by the Secretary of the Treasury until said
World’s Columbian Exposition shall have furnished, to the satisfaction
of the Secretary of the Treasury, full and adequate security for the
return and repayment, by said World’s Columbian Exposition to
the Treasury, of the sum of $570,880, on or before October 1, 1893;

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and until such security shall have been furnished by said World’s
Columbian Exposition, this appropriation, or any portion thereof,
shall not be available.

That section 3 of the act in aid of the Columbian Exposition, approved
August 5, 1892, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Src. 3. That not to exceed fifty thousand bronze medals and the necessary dies
therefor, with appropriate devices, emblems, and inscriptions commemorative of the
said exposition celebrating the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of Amer-
ica by Christopher Columbus, shall be prepared under the supervision of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury; and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, under the super-
vision of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall prepare plates and make therefrom not
to exceed fifty thousand impressions for diplomas, at a total cost not to exceed $103,000.
Said medals and diplomas shall be delivered to the World’s Columbian Commission,
to be awarded to exhibitors in accordance with the provisions of said act of Congress
approved April 25, 1890, and there is hereby appropriated from any moneys in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $103,000, or so much thereof as may
be necessary, to pay the expenditures authorized by this section.

And every person who within the United States or any Territory
thereof, without lawful authority, makes, or willingly aids or assists
in making, or causes or procures to be made, any dies, hub, plate, or
mold, either in steel or of plaster, or any other substance whatsoever,
in the likeness or similitude as to the design, or inscription thereon, of
any die, hub, plate, or mold, designated for the striking of the medals
and diplomas of award for the World’s Columbian Exposition, as pro-
vided in section 3 of the act approved August 5, 1892, or conceals or
shall have in his possession, any such die, hub, plate, or mold herein-
before mentioned, with intent to fraudulently or unlawfully use the
same for counterfeiting the medals and diplomas hereinbefore men-
tioned, or who shall fraudulently or unlawfully have in his possession
or cause to be circulated any duplicate or counterfeit medal or diploma
not authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall upon conviction
thereof be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000, and be impris-
oned at hard labor not more than ten years, or both, at the discretion
of the court. |

(Stat., XX VII, 585.)

March 3, 1893.
Indian act for 1894.

To enable the Commissioner of Indian Affairs under the direction
of the Secretary of the Interior to complete a suitable Indian exhibit
at the World’s Columbian Exposition at Chicago, $25,000, to be
immediately available. -

(Stat., XX VII, 634.)

March 3, 1893. ~
Post-Office act for 1894.

That so much of the appropriation of $40,000 made by section 4 of
the act of Congress approved June 13, 1892, making appropriations
for the postal service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893, for

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clerks, letter-carriers, and incidental expenses necessary to maintain a
branch station of the Chicago (Illinois) post-office in the Government
building upon the ground of the World’s Columbian Exposition.

(Stat., XX VII, 734.)

March 3, 1893.

Resolved, etc., That the Architect of the Capitol, with the approval
of the Chief Justice, is hereby authorized to loan to the Department
of Justice the portraits of the Chief Justices of the United States, for
exhibition at the World’s Columbian Exposition.

(Stat., XX VII, 757.)

Philadelphia Centennial Exposition.
June 6, 1892.

Act approved to enable the Centennial Board of Finance, incorpo-
rated by act of June 1, 1872, to close its affairs and dissolve the corpo-
ration, any unclaimed money to be paid to the Pennsylvania Museum
and School of Industrial Art, in Philadelphia.

(Stat., XX VII, 45.)

USE OF GOVERNMENT COLLECTIONS IN WASHINGTON BY STUDENTS.

February 25, 1892—House.

Mr. J. J. Hempniy introduced a joint resolution (H. 92).
February 26, 1892—Senate.

Mr. James McMit1an introduced a joint resolution (S. 55).
March 28, 1892—House.

H. 92 passed.
March 31, 1892—Senate.

H. 92 passed.
April 12, 1892.

; Joint resolution.

Whereas large collections illustrative of the various arts and sciences
and facilitating literary and scientific research have been accumulated

by the action of Congress through a series of years at the national

capital; and

Whereas it was the original purpose of the Government thereby to
promote research and the diffusion of knowledge, and is now the set-
tled policy and present practice of those charged with the care of these
collections specially to encourage students who devote their time to the
investigation and study of any branch of sauwrodae by allowing them
all proper use thereof; and

Whereas it is eed that the enumeration of these facilities
and the formal statement of this policy will encourage the establish-
ment and endowment of institutions of learning at the seat of Govern-
ment, and promote the work of education by attracting students to

‘avail themselves of the advantages aforesaid under the direction of

competent instructors: Therefore,

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Resolved, etc., That the facilities for research and illustration in
the following and any other Governmental collections now existing or
hereafter to be established in the city of Washington for the pro-
motion of knowledge shall be accessible, under such rules and restric-
tions as the officers in charge of each collection may prescribe, subject
to such authority as is now or may hereafter be permitted by law, to
the scientific investigators and to students of any institution of higher
education now incorporated or hereafter to be incorporated under the
laws of Congress or of the District of Columbia, to wit:

1. Of the Library of Congress.

. Of the National Museum.

Of the Patent Office.

Of the Bureau of Education.

Of the Bureau of Ethnology.

Of the Army Medical Museum.

Of the Department of Agriculture.
. Of the Fish Commission.

9. Of the Botanic Gardens.

10. Of the Coast and Geodetic Survey
11. Of the Geological Survey.

12. Of the Naval Observatory.

(Stat., XX VII, 395).

Gea ee

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LIST OF EMPLOYEES.
March 23, 1892—Senate.

Mr. E. O. Wotcorr submitted resolution directing heads of several
Departments and of the other branches of public service in Washing-
ton to transmit lists of all their subordinates, names, legal residences,
compensation, and duties, who were on the 1st of March, 1892,
employed in Washington, not as laborers or workmen, nor as members
of the classified civil service, and were not specifically authorized or
appropriated for by law, but were appointed or employed according
to the discretion of the official appointing or employing them, and
paid from some general or special fund subject to his control, and
lists of all persons employed or paid as laborers or workmen who have
performed clerical or other higher duty.

March 24, 1892—Senate.

Mr. E. O. Wotcorr modified his resolution offered March 23, to
insert after the word ‘‘ workmen” the words ‘‘or as printers, binders,
or pieceworkers.”

Adopted.

April 5, 1892—Senate. t

The Vicr-Presipent (Mr. Levi P. Morton) presented a communi-
cation from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (S. Mise.
Doe. 116):

FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS, 1891-1893. 1597

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION,
Washington, D. C., April 5, 1892.

Sir: In response to the Senate resolution of March 24, I beg leave to inclose here-
with lists of the subordinates employed under the Smithsonian Institution on the
lst day of March, 1892, giving the State from which each was appointed or legal
residence, the compensation per month, and nature of the duties. Persons employed
as laborers are not included.

There are none employed under the Smithsonian Institution and paid as laborers
who have performed clerical or other higher duty.

Very respectfully, yours
} 8. P. Lane ery, Secretary.

Hon. Levi P. Morton,
President of the United States Senate,
Washington, D. C.

List of persons employed in Washington, D. C., except laborers and workmen; as called
for by Senate resolution of March 24, 1892.

BY THE ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY.

Compensa-
Names. Whence appointed. tion per Duties.
month.
PIBMOGES WEIN o 22s wes ccewcccenesconeccs Connecticut: 2... = $200.00 | Senior assistant.
SCOUT Crs hd Ort a ee Maryland) 2<..:<22-..< 45.00 | Assistant.

BY THE BUREAU OF INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES. *

IED GCA IS Ce a Massachusetts .......- $225.00 | Curator.

- TES cine Cs a ee er a [Kansas)sccet- ceases 160.00 | Chief clerk.
That, TY NG eae ee aes ene District of Columbia. . 120.00 | Clerk.
PRISTON VO Wises oasis ecaananiccensciciccone losses GO a eteiescectenes 85. 00 Do.
MURIRGO MOMMA tems Soins) eaa caicenseeeeecs'seuete|auee GOL roe settee 80. 00 Do.
LAR 12 0, ee ee ee) Pee GOs csascbecien ches 75. 00 Do.
NGUOCHM Gos foc cm uanconn Sess sense cnceeasllesva< OO eas csckeewoit wae 75. 00 Do.

Pr CUn Gils o sec cca eaiasce boc seek cscinaesen Kentucky .....<6<<.<: 65. 00 Do.

LINES OA 02 ee eS a Meee ere ers District of Columbia. . 45.00 | Stenographer.
DEMESTA TN Mea Mt earn lnra loins omic mm Wisjaielsielewie siaiorais a. ellle.ciete’s DO Gencaseisjcewasiec 45.00 | Clerk.

DAO TERE eno Oa SS Oe ee After sat oll: ae See a 40.00 | Copyist.

=

IN THE NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK.

LTR Lin tin ga aie ey ee ee New York =22555-:0.- $208.33 | Acting manager of
park.

ISRIOn CAN Dineen cncusccessuenec de ceetosd Ceca KWansasiac. actcseccaslare 100.00 | Property clerk.

BEA HED ed so ac cwicsc sists acleccacvdsesasicees District of Columbia... 50.00 | Clerk engaged on
accounts.

PERV IOR OM Cl atiiaiae cteime ne eicisicivia sien ws cais esos sate DO cease esos "62.50 Stenographer em-
ployed in corre-
spondence.

PTS TIC DES Se en ee Maryland ............ 25.00 | Office messenger.

PISCE WW 5) EM oa icjnintaieya cininisio,~'mielersia,s'ace is <jsisie'n Connecticut .......... 75.00 | Keeper of animals.

BOI IOT- IN oR cee ee eee aie a ein cfajackisin was 2 Pennsylvania ........ 50.00 | Watchman.

AIG CTROM A IE re sare tiec ss csenlcieiesioalma pleas District of Columbia. . 50.00 | Foreman in charge

of laborers.

1598 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

List of persons employed in Washington, D. C., except laborers and workmen; as called
for by Senate resolution of March 24, 1892—Continued.

BY. THE NATIONAL MUSEUM.

Compensa-
Names. Whence appointed. tion per Duties.
~! month.

PAGES leo a sacar cesta oases soe peer eeses TOW Ste she one o $83.33 | Clerk.
‘Adler @yirtises tecesa~ osc m oe tase eee ear eee Maryland ...........- 50.00 | Assistant curator.
ASIC YW Me cee oe erie wean seeecre eens mecen District of Columbia. . 65.00 | Chief, third watch.
IAP KIN SOM MISS (SiiS) eae See ee eee eee eee OSs. sscteeteenees 55.00 | Clerk.
Bean, Bs Ass... 320c2 soso eoseeceee eee seer Pennsylvania .......- - 100.00 | Assistant curator.
Beard: MissN.|C sa5-e-essce ose oseee seas ee ee District of Columbia. . 35.00 | Copyist.
Benedich Ws Weeecs ses eee see ece sere cee eee Minnesota. .-<2-2-c-c- 140.00 | Assistant curator.
IBernes; J) QSe poe se- es eee een eeaaeeaenor== 2 District of Columbia. . 45.00 | Watchman.
BORG Ase tee eo tain ceo eee esceaseact Wirpinia <--2<<2<<.22- 40.00 | Copyist.
Bovlews On tees tae eens seeaee seater enna District of Columbia. . 20.00 | Messenger.
IBTEISEOTU. Ve le seas See mien ame ene eer ace eer | =teiet GO eceniesecccnnwear 50.00 | Watchman.
Brocketuseallian. cone ree an =a eee as soeeeee INOIS: ou geese ee 50.00 | Messenger.
TB TONy i eens oo ceeisas eee ees es es nicer miate Weirton earae= eee 40.00 | Aid.
ISTO il Ue Meseene sane a enees een ona e ee sens District of Columbia... 50.00 | Watchman.
IBTOWIlS oi Gioudenes > ccs tees. se acco aeons ObiGaccsds <i sees caeue 158.33 | Registrar.
Burnside Mis. cle Wesesaseeae ee seer eae MTNOIS 2os2) aeceeeees 75.00 | Clerk.
LAA LO WAL aise oan eee saan eee niet Massachusetts ........ 150.00 | Editor.
OoOrmell MIRSC coccseades te tante seek emocseme New York. -£..-c..2-- 40.00 | Copyist.
(Opa Vig W mecHsieesesear Sasser Soa srescoestsese ONI0s.tereas score ane 187.50 | Chief clerk.
We Roncerny, Missi Ms Hicoc gd. sccenne-=ssmne District of Columbia... 55.00 | Clerk.
Desmond) J. J as oe Paes saekmewee ee ae oe see Vifginig. s2-eh4-22s204 50.00 | Watchman.
DIP RR ai W eater saneeeoe acest semen hacer aaa District of Columbia. . 30.00 | Messenger.
DiegeA M.S asacc-cusedeeaneaescnsek a= cece ama (0 (a Rees Se Ape 55.00 | Clerk.
LOO eel he hee eee 8 aR Ben enc nce West Virginia ........ 45.00 | Watchman.
Wunne, Peters... cess sos cen en dent ec Secwee District of Columbia... 50. 00 Do.
Dyer uMissM. OC) oo. cceaean ane aeeec aeee seen) as Oe csashaceencnes 35.00 | Clerk.
IEIG Ge ocude wen asoee em ae esis Se weiner eae) ores GO nesses pews aetna 50.00 | Watchman.
GullsbereMiss i, Alcesacascsccesske sce sees LOWE cctacseceeeusces 55.00 | Copyist.
Gallaher Missi iB lcsteanhe rea = sees ce aencs'e NewYork (ofc Se 60.00 | Clerk.
Gaited GIMeCks- cone cs- ger seee nce ee wese meats District of Columbia... 65.00 | Watchman.
Genre, (Ri bce sc..w cans cduvismrs 226 ecchoseccscna| meses OLR SSE5 Sgt Ese 175.00 | Chief of correspond-

ence.
Goldsmith: JG. oo. soce ere cense chee cowael=nene AG mii oas hace aes 90.00 | Clerk.
Hinrichs, ‘Osch?) 025. od ecctencocon bascseoes~ [eens OO ccenesnccesecess 40.00 | Aid.
TS UG) ha UNS 1 Cie RE oi Ds ae Pe eel eee OO soa aanwes anions 60. 00 Do.
Holmends Cu. - so enccesencseee devas tees espewens GO a2 oss aeedecce 50.00 | Watchman. '
TOOVEE U5 Boece o lee vee ae sacet ee ncencecccondaemas WO .2steetee see enes 50. 00 Do.
Horan: entice cceeheeae sacs sae eecccrh mss Pennsylvania ........ 137.50 | Superintendent of

buildings.
13 fey yin il fells Reseed. See oroor secre - Pennsylvania ........ 50.00 | Watchman.
Hough, Walter eee scarier eee ne se ewes eae ssc West Virginia ........ 83.33 | Aid.
JE Ryde lays) Ay ols CR) Vea eet See Pee cece Wisconsin = eo ss-4sens 40.00 | Copyist.
Eyitle (Ne sen coon eee ease ee sinae otis aaa ser District of Columbia. . 30.00 Do.
FAMER CH ost ameenese eee wae ches os caso eens GOisse so seeak see see 115.00 | Clerk.
TERT Wii sees see ee ane acean. -knn am oecemelS PPL (tenn ons Sat 100.00 | Disbursing clerk.
Kem bal Wikies secs gesactmis nce cebccebeesce Connecticut’... :..=< 100.00 | Clerk.
Kean eGeOree ieeemmnde nscese= one r ce scmm sind District of Columbia. . 45.00 | Watchman.
Ratnam Missi. ieee cn eese aos = ens Loa eeeeaee VInGinia:. ice ceest==—- 55.00 | Clerk.
Tanne Nev gee eee ae ee ae see ae sie sein cee NeW: YOnkinccosmeecetc 100.00 | Aid.
UBF ws a SSS ometeeeeeetiee a Bacice OO esaaereae aaa 166.66 | Assistant curator.
Mactariand, MiSs Awecdaaaeteeae nae & mee 2 District of Columbia. . 30.00 ' Copyist.

2 a,

FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS, 1891-1893. 1599

List of persons employed in Washington, D. C., except laborers and workmen; as called
for by Senate resolution of March 24, 1892—Continued.

BY THE NATIONAL MUSEUM—Continued.

Compensa-
Names. Whence appointed. tion per Duties.
month.

AGN IDTA Sey IE 2 ee Connecticut .......... 40. 00 Copyist.

“CaP Te IC ON Maryland: s.iesecess.- 50. 00 Do.

Mesto IP NOMA. 2... 0. n bea cecatgiecsccetes District of Columbia. . 50. 00 Do.

(A LTIS TEI 09 Bah eM Se ee (ee GOR. scaasaeaecaes 200.00 | Curator.

MCMEUNIN GEOTEO I... Sncmntwcn ~~ alse esac cece Maine iit save tse cics a 200. 00 Do.

DTN le LO Ce a nee OMG seen Gases sere 40.00 | Copyist.

Nhu Bf Cab Sook 8S a ee ee etary North Carolina ....... 25.00 | Messenger

LESS CUED VV § 1s ee SE ee pee Pennsylvania ........ 100.00 | Clerk.

TSr 6 Ge Jao eee rae £ OFF AP eS Towels! (12-8 r Sere: 125. 00 Do.

LEDLS TRCN Une eS CS a District of Columbia. . 115.00 | Engineer.

LSS gL SS 0G 01 a ee INWeW iy Of Keancessa~ oo. 60.00 | Clerk.

TA(GUIT SEN 3 Me ae ee ee eee Wireinia: 3.228 ce-cee 45.00 | Watchman.

TUTE EVE ALTOS cele es a ON District of Columbia. . 50. 00 Do.

FEUD MISS Med . onan bocmcccmeccmacicc ee IN@W YOLK (cose.. st tc 60.00 | Clerk.

UBER ESOIGd ho Be oe ROS SOE ESE eae ee ee District of Columbia. . 50. 00 Do.

LENSES, GER CLR eS SE See eee Mlinois..2 Gssese< ssa 200.00 | Curator.

ESRC NIRS oo Se sicrats cieitic.o w.ccemnie cote District of Columbia. . 45.00 | Copyist.

pte Get Noes eetec as eh mace at ss wdthicaecenes New York... cn c.5- 100.00 | Clerk.

EDDY Ld sth ee eee aero eee eee District of Columbia. - 50. 00 Do.

SEER N= 1, SE es Op he eee ep MG eee tos occas as52 60. 00 Do.

SLOT a IY diel OD ee ee eee New: Yorks-2~2:81 {234 110.00 | Artist.

STOVES CM eS ee eee eee ee ees WHSSOUTI eC aeeaeee eas 80.00 | Aid.

PCUGT Ac n= 2S Mate aot PSS Se aoe District of Columbia. - 65.00 | Chief of second
watch.

CULGUIITE Ve See es WOW ace wieteesaeneas 158.33 | Photographer.

PEPPERS IN SED 8 oe oo oto osc cca cinmle sicteicc cet Connecticut .........- 60.00 | Clerk.

PSR Ke ee cise ona Sal actans aweciee eae District of Columbia. . 50.00 | Aid.

PIU WOOGAEL IN as... toon coset sean sees tesa set lifes sss 4 ated ote 35.00 | Copyist.

(Spf EP Ee oe RS Se Se ea a peg A Oe Giiesas- test hoses 140.00 | Acting curator.

SITES) CY a ee eS Ben Nateyae Meee ce Saas cc eee nae ar me 90.00 | Assistant superin-
tendent of build-
ings.

SINLTRV RIO yO] 8 Sy ee a eee eee Maryland\".4225252--2 50.00 | Copyist.

SiS: MTS EN 0 ee District of Columbia. . 60.00} Clerk.

PRO MISS he D) aioe aon a eicise Seite aanctewew|seane (0 (RRO eee Se 50. 00 Do.

MenninrerG iW... .S..2<<-ccccuadeteecadees Ohios!: eres. 50. 00 Do.

TEST LOIS IM ee Se ee ae PDGIAIA Saeer ener cee 60.00 } Aid.

SEMM GE RG wesc sacle a clan's ae Se eG cle eee aee oe Maryland! 222sse-2-=-- 70.00 | Clerk.

ETE NW Siro a eso sat ammo case cee etces caine New Yorkssseeeeesee.- 225.00 | Curator in charge.

POEM AS Ritcoace ct creeda tutes eeu ede eRe Gast ao. 90.00 | Clerk.

TEVA om Sta mete acieasiae cefemjaa marc se cen District of Columbia. . 45.00 | Messenger.

PFN Ec clots wed oewovewcscsss Oe eseore ss Massachusetts .......- 115.00 | Clerk.

\Witolh ko arch eel 1 Sas aa a ee eee Indiana, 3-225 5225... 80. 00 Do.

MCMNP SOU Wine es fe Re oe eek ott District of Columbia. . 50.00 | Watchman.

Vee i rier es [el 9a ee NeW Jerseyee-ateasee 175.00 | Chief of property,

WiGGGCUMWis@icn ceManic ns scoecceasrchoceccscus District of Columbia. . 65.00 | Chief of first watch.

WHGUBRAS © ee ee aes Soteet Seas ceesk eS. Pennsylvania ........ 15.00 | Messenger.

\WAS SEES 0), (aS a Bee See ene New. Yorkic-cesesece-- 50.00 | Watchman.

Ay Gaby Weed Op LOE ee Pe ee a District of Columbia. . 70.00 | Clerk.

Withee Taine decades ceceteteucecets loses s Goin Wek seks? 60. 00 Do.

IWHIEON deka bees soe reece tee otek eon Minnesota.........-.. 50.00 | Watchman.

WHlsOi> MHOMmaS). 2. 224 tot tees sees sect ote. District of Columbia. . 175.00 | Curator.

1600 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

List of persons employed in Washington, D. C., except laborers and workmen; as called
for by Senate resolution of March 24, 1892—Continued.

BY THE NATIONAL MUSEUM—Continued.

Compensa- .
Names. Whence appointed. tion per Duties.
month.

Wingaters ds. We sees sso dsecas wos Scta sec cs peekes Maryland (2 s.s6-2s252 20.00 | Messenger.
Woltzy G. Watiie sd 2k SR tee va ceeysiesiesaneaes District of Columbia. . 50.00 | Watchman.
Wight, CiSu2es. 022-2 Jee See o.oo. etetaente| Sees COE eeeesssese elt 30.00 | Messenger.
Yeates; WeSrastesse-s seestans st casenq sees ewes North Carolina....... 133.33 | Assistant curator.
Yeatman, Miss!M A: 25= tees eee cs acewas District of Columbia. . 30.00 | Copyist.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.—A curator is a scientific expert, and as such is the head of one of the scientifie
departments of the Museum. An assistant curator is an officer of scientific attainments, who assists
the curator in the scientific and administrative work of the department to which he may be assigned,
and who, during the absence of a curator, is called upon to act as the head of the department. An
aid assists a curator in minor scientific and administrative work.

List of employees of the National Museum on March 1, 1892, paid as laborers or workmen,
but performing higher duty, as called for by Senate resolution of March 24, 1892.

Name. Whence appointed. Rating and pay. | Nature of service rendered.

Bannister, W. F....| District of Columbia........-. Laborer at $40....| Temporary watchman.

Referred to Committee on Civil Service and Retrenchment.

DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

April 5, 1892—House.

Mr. W. L. Wirson, of West Virginia, introduced a bill (H. 7889)
to incorporate National Society of Daughters of the American
Revolution.

Referred to Committee on the Judiciary.

SELECT COMMITTEE ON SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.

April 8, 1892—House.
Mr. JosepH WHEELER introduced resolution:

That a select committee consisting of three members be appointed by the Speaker,
to be called the Committee on the Smithsonian Institution, to which committee all
bills will be referred which refer to the Smithsonian Institution.

Referred to Committee on Rules.

‘PERKINS COLLECTION OF COPPER IMPLEMENTS.

April 26, 1892—Senate.
Mr. Pumetus Sawyer proposed an amendment to sundry civil bill —
for 1893 (H. 7520):

To enable the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution to purchase from Frederick
S. Perkins, of Wisconsin, for the United States National Museum, his collection of
prehistoric copper implements, 422 in number, and his collection of 1,000 water-color

FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS, 1891-1893. 1601

drawings of prehistoric copper objects, and 1,000 pen and pencil drawings, with the
records and written descriptions of these things, for the sum of $17,000; and in the
event the said drawings and drawings and descriptions should be printed and pub-
lished by the Smithsonian Institution 50 copies thereof shall be furnished and deliy-
ered to the said Frederick 8. Perkins without charge.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

APPROPRIATIONS DISCUSSED.
May 12, 1892—House.

The sundry civil bill for 1893 under consideration:

The Cuarrman (Mr. J. H. Biount). The Chair regrets very much
that he can not depart from the order of the committee.

Mr. B. A. Entoz. The Chair did not submit to the Committee of
the Whole the question of passing these paragraphs over.

The Cuarrman. The gentleman is mistaken.

Mr. Entor. I did not hear it. I certainly should not have con-
sented. I adjourned the special investigating committee in order to
be here to offer amendments to this part of the bill at this time.

Mr. W. 8. Horman. You will have the opportunity hereafter.

Mr. Entor. I do not know whether I shall have an opportunity to
be in the House when this part of the bill is taken up hereafter.

Mr. Horman. There will be no trouble about that. I suggest that
if the gentleman has the amendment prepared the committee may
consent now that it be printed.

Mr. Entor. I would be very glad to have this matter settled now.

The Clerk resumed the reading of the bill:

UNDER SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.

National Museum: For continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of
the collections from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Government
and from other sources, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees,
$120,000: Provided, That all articles imported for the permanent use of the National
Museum shall be admitted without the payment of duties.

Mr. Wiii1am Coaswetu. I desire to submit a point of order on
the proviso just read. The ruling of the Chair upon a similar provi-
sion, attached to the appropriation for the Light-House Establish-
ment, was that it was not germane; that it changed existing law, and
therefore was not inorder. I make the same point upon this proviso.

The CuarrMaAn. The Chair sustains the point of order.

Mr. CocswELu. I now move to amend so as to make the amount
of this appropriation $145,000 instead of $120,000. This increase in
the appropriation is made necessary by the fact that in the item as
reported the estimate is cut down $15,000, and the ruling of the Chair
striking out the proviso makes an additional reduction below the sum
absolutely necessary, as the officers of the Museum contend, for the

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1602 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

safe-keeping of the valuable collections already there. I hope the
amendment will be adopted.

Mr. Homan and others. Vote! Vote!

The question being taken, the amendment was rejected.

The Clerk read as follows:

For cases, fufniture, fixtures, and appliances required for the exhibition and safe-
keeping of the collections of the National Museum, including salaries or compensa-
tion of all necessary employees, $10,000.

Mr. CocgswELu. I move to amend so as to make the amount of
this appropriation $25,000 instead of $10,000. [Cries of ‘‘ Vote!”
“Vote!”] |

The question being taken, the amendment was rejected.

The Clerk read as follows:

For expense of heating, lighting, electrical, telegraphic, and telephonic service for
the National Museum, $10,000.

Mr. CogswELu. I move to amend by striking out ‘*$10,000” and
inserting ‘‘$12,000.” I read a note in regard to this matter from the
Book of Estimates:

This is a provision for the heating and lighting of this Institution. It is necessary
to keep the buildings at nearly a uniform temperature throughout the twenty-four
hours. Unless this course is followed, as stated last year, the safety of the collec-

tions will be endangered. Should the winter prove severe, unless the entire amount
asked for is appropriated a deficiency estimate will be found necessary.

Now, this is a small matter upon which the estimate can be easily
and correctly made. The last bill carried $12,000 for this purpose;
that appropriation’ was used because it was found necessary. In this
bill we have a cut of $2,000 in the matter of the coal bill and gas bill
of this Institution. I hope the amendment will prevail.

Mr. H. H. Brncuam. Mr. Chairman, I am in receipt of a communica-
tion from Professor Langley on this very point, and I think it empha-
sizes the remarks just made by the gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr.
Cogswell]. Professor Langley, whose judgment is, of course, entitled
to great weight, writes on this subject as a practical every-day question,
and says:

The amount under this head in the Book of Estimates is $12,000; in the sundry
civil bill it is reduced to $10,000. With the latter amount it will be impossible to
heat and light the buildings properly during the coming year. With the most
stringent economy, the sum of $12,000 has been found inadequate during the present
year, and on several occasions some of the employees have been unable to work in
their rooms. The number of firemen now employed is four, which is less than it
should be for the most efficient management of the heating apparatus; and, with a
smaller amount of coal, it will be impossible, as has already been stated, to heat the
buildings to a proper temperature.

If it is the purpose of the committee to make appropriations for the
conduct of this Institution, they can cut as much as they see proper

q
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FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS, 1891-1893. 1603

on what they call the subordinate force of the building, cut as much
as they see proper as to the compensation of the employees; but in
the name of humanity give men who work there at least the con-
veniences and the comforts that the humblest workingman demands in
his own home.

Mr. Hotman. We will make that all right.

The question was taken, and on a division (demanded by Mr.
Bingham) there were—ayes 33, noes 127.

Mr. T. B. Reep. I think if they can not give us explanations they
had better give us a quorum.

Mr. Coesweu. I demand tellers.

Mr. H. C. Lover. I make the point that no quorum has voted, and
demand tellers.

The CHarrMAN appointed Mr. Lodge and Mr. Holman as tellers.

The committee again divided, and the tellers reported—ayes 6,
noes 143.

Mr. Loper. No quorum.

Mr. Reep. Let us have the regular order.

The CuarrMAn. The tellers will continue the count until it is “com-
pleted. Gentlemen who have not voted will please come forward.

Mr. ReEp. But the vote has been announced. The rule provides
what shall be done.

The CuarrmMan. The Chair understands the rule. The tellers have
not completed the count.

The tellers reported—ayes 8, noes 160.

So the amendment was rejected.
The Clerk read as follows:

National Zoological Park: For continuing the construction of roads, walks, bridges,
water supply, sewerage, and drainage, and for grading, planting, and otherwise
improving the grounds of the National Zoological Park, including salaries or com-
pensation of all necessary employees, $9,000.

Mr. CocswE.tu. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike out in the eighth
line, on page 24, the word ‘‘nine” and insert ‘‘fifteen;” so that it will
read ‘*$15,000.”

Now, there is no disposition whatever on this side of the House to
delay the passage of this bill; but all along the line we find that large
cuts have been made in the estimates, and from the appropriations of
last year; and this House and this country is entitled to learn from
the majority of this committee, when a member of the minority in
good faith offers an amendment to increase the appropriation to what
he honestly believes is the living limit of these Departments, the
object of these reductions.

We should be told the reasons for these extraordinary cuts. But if
they desire to be mute for reasons or purposes of their own, and remain
in their seats silent in response to such amendments, or simply ask for

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a vote on such amendments, not made for any other purposes than those
of good faith, why then I ar they will not expedite the bill as
rapidly as we expect.

Now, here in this half dozen following items on this page are reduc-
tions ee to my mind are not justified except upon the theory that
you intend to annihilate the Zoological Park. If that is the pur-
pose of the majority of the House then let it come up manfully and
repeal the act establishing the park, and not by piecemeal, with mouths
closed, attempt to starve and bleed this institution to death.

My amendment carries up this appropriation to the amount esti-
mated as necessary by the officer of that institution, and I hope it will
be adopted by the committee.

Mr. J. W. Battery. If in order, Mr. Chairman, I move to amend the
motion of the gentleman from Massachusetts by striking out the entire
paragraph.

The CHatrMan. The motion to strike out would not be in order until
the text of the paragraph is perfected.

The question is on agreeing to the amendment of the gentleman from
Massachusetts.

The question was taken; and on a division there were—ayes 37,
noes 161. 7

Mr. Brnenam. I demand tellers. As long as there is no explanation
of these items of reduction we will’call for tellers.

Tellers were ordered.

Mr. Bryeuam and Mr. Horman were appointed tellers.

The committee again divided, and the tellers reported—ayes 4,
noes 163.

So the amendment was rejected.

The Cuarrman. The Clerk will read the next paragraph.

Mr. Reep. I understand there is a motion to strike out the para-
graph pending somewhere in space.

Mr. Battey. I move to amend by striking out all the paragraph
which has been read, beginning with line 3 and ending with line 8, on
page 24 of this bill.

I make that motion, Mr. Chairman, because it does not appear to
me that the Federal Government ought ever to have engaged in the
business of establishing parks, and providing this or like places of
entertainment for the people. But I make it at this particular time in
view of the frequently repeated declaration on this floor that there
will be a deficiency in the present fiscal year. Not only once, but
several times, from members on both sides of this House has this
declaration come.

Mr. N. Drnexry, Jr. I beg the gentleman’s pardon, not from this
side of the House. No gentleman here has made such a statement.

Mr. Battey. And I beg the gentleman’s pardon. There are some
Democrats on that side of the House.

FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS, 1891-1893. 1605

Mr. Dinetry. But when you use the term ‘‘ both sides of the House”
the meaning is obvious that it means the political sides.

Mr. Barmy. So far as I am concerned I do not believe that it is ever
proper to tax men and women to support monkeys and bears, and if
the Treasury vaults were bursting open with the money that had
already been wrongfully taken from the people, I should say, rather
than misspend it after this fashion, let us emancipate the people from
taxation. In view of this deficiency, I have prepared and shall offer,
at the conclusion of this bill, an amendment designed to cover it. In
order that it may be before the members of this House and that it
may be read by them in the Record to-morrow morning, I will ask the
Clerk to read the amendment which, in its proper order, I shall pro-
pose. I send the amendment to the Clerk’s desk.

The Clerk read:

That in order to provide for the expenditures authorized by this act, the Secretary
of the Treasury shall cause to be engraved and printed an amount of legal-tender
Treasury notes, in addition to the amount now authorized by law, equal to the sum
of all appropriations herein made, and with said legal-tender Treasury notes he shall
pay all charges, obligations, and expenses which may arise under this act. The said
legal-tender Treasury notes shall be engraved and printed and be redeemable and be
reissued when taken up in the Treasury in all respects as now provided by law for
legal-tender Treasury notes.

Mr. Barney. Mr. Chairman, we have reached a point where this
has become necessary, or at least it is much the best course open to
us. Jam not one of those who believe that the Government can or
ought to stamp everything and make it money. I do believe, how-
ever, that when we find ourselves confronted with a condition where
we must either increase our taxes or our interest-bearing debt, or issue
Treasury notes, which can not possibly produce the slightest inflation,
it is infinitely better that we increase the circulation, thus giving the
people at least some benefit from these burdens. And when we do
find ourselves confronted with such a condition it is indeed time to call
a halt and to relieve the people from burdens so useless as this. This
and the subsequent paragraphs in this bill provide for a tax of $29,000
upon the people with no corresponding benefit, unless they will be
benefited to know that their public servants are spending their money ©
to support parks and animals.

Mr. J. A. Pickter. Why do you not abolish the Smithsonian Insti-
tution while you are about it, too?

Mr. Coeswetu. I understand that the gentleman from Texas [Mr.
Bailey] has moved to strike out several of these paragraphs.

The Cuairman. The gentleman from Texas [Mr. Bailey] moves to
strike out the whole paragraph.

Mr. Cocswetx. Now, I will ask if there is not a parliamentary diffi-
culty in moving to strike out certain portions of the bill which have
not yet been read? As the gentleman’s motion includes several para-

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graphs, no opportunity will be given to amend those paragraphs. We
should have the right to do that.

Mr. Bartey. If the Chair will permit me, I will say to the gentle-
man that my present motion only covers the paragraph which has just
been read, but I have indicated that the cost of the garden will be
$29,000, and I say that, pursuing the same line, I shall move to strike
out each paragraph as it is reached.

Mr. B. McMrxurn. I would suggest that all the paragraphs be read
to which this motion is to apply.

The CHarrmMan. The motion of the gentleman from Massachusetts
[Mr. Cogswell] was to strike out $9,000 and insert $15,000, which
amendment was lost. Now the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Bailey]
moves to strike out that whole paragraph.

Mr. McMittiin. I suggest, as the purpose which the gentleman from
Texas seeks to accomplish applies to the two succeeding paragraphs,
that they be read through. Then if there is a design to offer amend-
ments to them, let that be done and let the motion apply to all.

Mr. ReEp. Some gentlemen may want to strike out some parts
and not others. Different persons have different views of the Con-
stitution.

Mr. McMiiurn. If my friend from Maine [Mr. Reed] thinks the
Constitution is in peril and that this proposition increases that peril,
I shall not insist. Nothing is further from me than to discourage any
disposition that he may manifest to revere the Constitution.

The CuarrMan. Does the gentleman from Texas insist on his motion
to strike out?

Mr. Barney. I do.

The CHatrMANn. Then the question is on the motion of the gentleman
from Texas to strike out.

Mr. W. H. Burier. Mr. Chairman, the gentleman from Massachu-
setts said just before the last vote was taken that the Republicans in
this House had no desire to delay this bill. Of course he understands
exactly what the Republican side of this House desire, and I know that
he would not state it otherwise than truthfully.

We know also that the Republicans of this House pride themselves
in their obedience to the constitutiona] provision, as they call it, and
especially the ex-Speaker has often said that we do not harmonize with
the Constitution in the matter of a quorum; but here we have provided
in the Constitution that each House may make the rules for its own
government, and we have adopted a rule which says—

It shall be the duty of each member to be present and vote upon each question put.
Now, as the Republican members of this House are always ready to
obey the rules, and the gentleman from Massachusetts says they have
no desire to delay the bill, then it comes as a matter of fact that every

a

FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS, 1891-1893. 1607

Republican in the House must have voted on this question. I find
that on the last vote but three of them voted, and I want the people of
this country to know that there are but three Republicans present in
this House by their own declaration, and a record of it by vote.

Mr. ReeEp. Now, that is a very touching statement.

I think my friend from Massachusetts [Mr. Cogswell] is not at all
right in the position which he has taken; that is, that the gentleman
from Indiana [Mr. Holman] should afford an explanation to this

- House for his action. He has not any. That is the reason why he

is silent. The only explanation that can really be given is a simple
one, and he does not like to present it; but I am going to suggest to
the House precisely what it is. I am going to do it simply because I
have had experience, and have seen this thing time and again. If we
could only attract in some way or other the attention of the people of
this country to performances like this, I think we would get rid of
them; but, unfortunately, if there is anything that this country does
not care about, it is the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Mr. W. H. Care. That is a fact.

Mr. Reep. You can see that by the hands they have recently put it
in.

Now, I have seen this performance—at least ten times—a great many
times under the leadership of a very great man, whose tactics to-day
are being imitated by the present chairman of the Committee on
Appropriations. Having no reasons to give except the reason of brute
force, he gives that. .Three to one—that is the argument in favor of
these appropriations.

Mr. Butter. It counts just the same.

Mr. Rerep. There are three of you to one of us. There is no other
reason on the face of the earth except that. Now, what is the purpose
demonstrated here? The object, the purpose is, to deceive the people
of the United States as to the action of the Democratic party.

Mr. J. H. Watxer. That is what I said.

Mr. Reep. It is an attempt to obtain the good ail of the American
people upon their economic side, without actually benefiting them the
least in the world. Nobody knows better than the chairman of the
Committee on Appropriations, at this minute, that all these appropri-
ations that we are going through now have to be revised, and have got
to be added to by the Senate of the United States in accordance with
their official duty, which they will have to perform. He knows the
Government will not be starved, because the Senate will put on the
amendments; and after a decent little performance, with a natural
coyness, he will accept many of them—almost all of them. Then he
will go to the country and say: ‘‘ Look! see what a virtuous House we
had, and what a profligate Senate.”

This is the tenth repetition within my recollection of this kind of

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business. Is it not too bad for grown men to be doing this? These
appropriations come in here with the approval of the Committee on
Appropriations. A portion was stricken out under the rules of the
House, and they decline to offer the amendment necessary in order to
bring them up to the standard they set up themselves. They stand
condemned out of their own mouths, and yet here they are. What is
the object of it? The object of it is to go to the country with a faise
token; to charge the Senate of the United States, and the political party
which it represents, with extravagance that these men themselves
have justified by their own votes and hands. And you are all going
to follow him. This exposition of it would not make any difference,
nor have I the slighest hope that I shall attract the attention of the
country to it.

Mr. G. D. Wisk. You have never said anything more truthful than
that.

Mr. Reep. I have never said anything more truthful, and I have
said a great many truthful things in this House, as the gentleman from
Virginia knows.

Now, Mr. Chairman, I think we had better go into particulars to
show this thing. I sincerely hope the gentleman from Indiana will
attempt something that for decency’s sake looks like an explanation.

Mr. Hotman. Now, Mr. Chairman, I hope we will have a vote.

The CHAIRMAN. The question is on ie motion of the gentleman from
Texas [Mr. Bailey].

The amendment was rejected.

The Clerk read as follows:

For er recting and repairing buildings and inclosures for animals, and for administra-
tive purposes, in the National Zoological Park, including salaries or compensation of
all necessary employees, $10,000.

Mr. Cocswetu. Mr. Chairman, I offer the amendment which I send
to the desk.

The amendment was read, as follows:

Strike out from line 12 the word ‘‘ten’’ and insert ‘‘eighteen;’’ so that it will
read ‘‘$18,000.”’

Ir. Coaswetit. Mr. Chairman, this additional appropriation is
required to erect the necessary structures for the collection that has
already been made for this park. The committee have cut the estimate
far below what is necessary to properly provide for and protect the
collection, and I again express the hope that some explanation will be
given of this extraordinary cut.

The question was taken on the amendment of Mr. Cogswell; and the
Chairman declared that the noes seemed to have it.

Mr. Coeswetu. I ask for a division.

The committee divided; and there were—ayes 41, noes 160.

Mr. Cocswe ... I ask for tellers.

FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS, 1891-1893. 1609

Tellers were ordered; and the Chairman appointed Mr. CocswEeLi
and Mr. Houtman.

The committee again divided; and the tellers reported—ayes 14,
noes 163.

So the amendment was rejected.

Mr. Battery. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike out the whole para-
graph beginning with line 9 and ending with line 12. I suppose it is
useless to ask the House to strike out this paragraph, inasmuch as they
have just refused to strike out the preceding one, but I desire to
remind Democrats who were in the last Congress that nearly all of
them voted then against establishing this park, yet to-day they are
refusing to strike out this appropriation for its maintenance. I submit
to my friend from Georgia [Mr. Livingston] that it is precisely like
voting to tax his constituents and mine to establish a bear garden in
the District of Columbia.

Mr. L. F. Livrneston. I am with the gentleman entirely.

Mr. Barer. I know you are, and lam glad that it is so. ButI
want to ask the Democrats of this House how they can justify them-
selves to their constituents for having voted away. the public money
for such an improper and indefensible object of expenditure as this?
Mr. Chairman, so long as we continue this kind of legislation, just so
long will the distinguished gentleman from Maine and his associates
be justified in standing here and deriding our professions of economy.

I am one of those who believe that when you make a declaration you
ought to live up to it like men or publicly retract it; and if you fail to
do that here, the people will compel you when you go home to answer
them why in your resolution you pronounce in favor of economy while
by your votes you sustain extravagant appropriations. If Democrats
here believe that the Federal Government can not only go a distance
of 2,000 miles and establish the great Yellowstone Park as a pleasure
resort for the people of the Old World and the wealthy people of this,
and spend $75,000 a year on it, producing scandals in the administration
of the Government, but also can come to the District of Columbia and
take the people’s money, a sacred trust fund, and devote it to such uses
as this, then, indeed, we have passed the line that separates our private
pleasures from our public affairs.

Mr. Hotman. Just a single word, Mr. Chairman. The Committee
on Appropriations recommended these items of appropriation purely,
I think, upon the ground that the law of the last Congress had pro-
vided for these expenditures

Mr. Barney. Will the gentleman permit me to ask him a question?

Mr. Hoiman. Yes, sir.

Mr. Battery. If i animals that are out in this park atone to the
people of the country, and if the case is put on that ground, then I say
if you submit the question to the people, ninety-nine out of a hundred

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of them would rather give the animals away than expend another dollar
in maintaining them.

Mr. Horan. I think that is probably true. The provision which
the gentleman now moves to strike out is somewhat different from the
one on which the committee voted a while ago. That had relation to
the improvement of the grounds, but the paragraph which the gentle-
man now proposes to strike out goes to the heart of this matter,
because it is the appropriation for buildings, etc., required for the
actual administration of the park. The question of striking out this
paragraph stands, therefore, upon an entirely different footing from
the question in the other case. This and the succeeding paragraph are
the ones that are of vital consequence to this Zoological Garden. Con-
gress ought never to have established this garden. The Federal Gov-
ernment ought not to undertake such enterprises. The State govern-

ments do not do it. Parks of this kind are always designed for the ©

embellishment of cities, and the Federal Government ought to have
shrunk from entering upon a kind of expenditure of the public money
which every State has virtualky condemned by refraining from it.
Great cities establish these parks.

The city of Washington at her own expense might well have afforded
to establish a park of this kind, but it is a matter with which the
Federal Government has nothing to do, and which it ought not have
entered into. I ask for a vote.

Mr. C. T. Boatner. One question before the gentleman takes his seat.
Does he think we are justified in refusing to make an appropriation to
execute a law, a valid law of the United States?

Mr. Hotman. Hardly, until it is repealed.

Mr. Boatner. I thought the gentleman must concede that.

A Memper. Is not this one way to repeal the law?

Mr. H. C. SNoperass. Mr. Chairman, | do not propose to speak more
than a moment on this question. As I understand the Constitution of
our country, Congress has no right to appropriate the money of the
people for a purpose of this kind. I voted for the motion of the gen-
tleman from Texas | Mr. Bailey] to strike out the preceding clause, and
I shall vote to strike out this, because I believe it is fundamentally
wrong. I do not believe the American people, hundreds and thou-
sands of whom are to-day without homes, ought to be taxed to afford
shelter and erect homes for snakes, raccoons, opossums, bears, and all
the creeping and slimy things of the earth. Mr. Chairman, we would
have no right under the Constitution to tax the whole people to build
even a home for the homeless or the thousands of shelterless human
beings of this country; and I want to know with what propriety this
House can claim the right to lay the heavy hand of taxation upon the
whole people for the purpose of affording shelter for bears, raccoons,
snakes, and all the nasty things that can be gathered together for the
edification of the élite of the District of Columbia.

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FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS, 1891-1893. 1611

Mr. Picker. Are you in favor of perpetuating the Smithsonian
Institution / ;

Mr. Snoperass. I am in favor of abolishing the institution now
under consideration, and abolishing it ut once. When we take up the
Smithsonian Institution I will give you an answer as to that.

Mr. Loper. Mr. Chairman, as one of the Regents of the Smithso-
nian Institution appointed by this House, I wish to say a word in regard
to the treatment which the appropriations for the support of that Insti-
tution, and also these special appropriations for the park, have received
at the hands of the committee. If we are going to do anything about
the Zoological Park it is just as well to come squarely up to the ques- *
tion, as the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Bailey] proposes, and kill the
institution, as it is to starve it to death with the pretense of giving it
an appropriation. On the whole, I prefer the plan of the gentleman
from Texas, who would refuse all appropriations to the park, to that
of the gentleman from Indiana. I think it is a more honest one.

But, Mr. Chairman, a word as to the merits of this question. This
great park was established by the Fiftieth Congress, when there was
a Democratic House. It was continued and maintained by the Fifty-
first Congress. It is in line with the general character of the appro-
priations which have been made by this Government in the interest of
education and science, and I think from some of the observations that
I have heard here in regard to these appropriations the cause of educa-
tion needs promotion. .

The Smithsonian Institution was founded by the bequest of a private
individual. Within the last year it has received another bequest of
$200,000. The income of those great bequests is spent for the benefit
of the people of the United States. The Government of the United
States has always helped the Smithsonian Institution in its work in the
interest of science and education, and I have never heard or read an
adverse criticism upon the appropriations so made. Scientific collec- .
tions are part of their work, and among them comes properly a collec-
tion of the wild animals of our country, many of which are disappear-
ing. If this collection of animals, established in a suitable park,
furnishes pleasure and amusement to the people of Washington and
to thousands of other people who come here from all over the coun-
try, I am heartily glad of it, and I believe the American people
thoroughly approve of it.

When this park was established it was placed by Congress under the
direction of the Smithsonian Institution. The officers of that Institu-
tion did not seek this duty; they did not ask to be intrusted with it;
but the park was put in their hands by Congress. It has been admin-
istered honestly and economically. But the appropriations as proposed
in this bill would make it impossible to continue this work. It would
be unsafe to undertake to maintain it on such appropriations as this
committee now offers. Not only would the animals starve, but they

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could not be properly guarded, and persons visiting the park would
be in danger.

I submit, Mr. Chairman, that unless we are prepared to abandon all
appropriations in the interest of education and science, which it has
been the settled policy of the Government to promote, there is no
reason for slaughtering this institution. When this House, which
within a week has passed a river and harbor bill carrying millions
upon millions of dollars, turns round and without a word, in order, I
suppose, to compensate for such expenditures, undertakes to cut down
a beggarly appropriation of a few thousands to be expended in the
interest of science and popular education, it is guilty of hypocrisy of
the meanest kind.

Mr. Battey. Mr. Chairman, in reply to the suggestion of the gen-
tleman from Massachusetts that somebody needs to be educated, I have
this to say: That the crying need in this House is not for education in
books, but for an education that would enable members to distinguish
between what is ours and what we hold in trust. If I desire to give
for the pleasure or the profit or the education of people in this Dis-
trict something belonging to myself—if I desire to make a benevolent
or charitable gift, as was done in the bequest of the Smithsonian Insti-
tution, there can be no ground for objection or question; but when a
great Government puts its hands in my pocket and against my will
exacts tribute for the mere amusement and gratification of others, it
is downright robbery and injustice.

I want to say to him, besides, that I sat here and saw this House
vote down a proposition to buy schoolbooks for the-children of the
public schools, and now, for the sake of education, as they claim, they
propose to maintain a bear garden! I voted with the majority on that
occasion, and I: regret that the majority does not vote with me on this.

I submit, Mr. Chairman, that if we must enter upon the work of
educating the people—if the Federal Government is to become a great
eleemosynary and educational institution—let us go about it in a proper
manner and establish schools and send teachers to take charge of them
and teach the children. Sir, what man will be wiser because you
maintain bears and monkeys and snakes in a public park here? What
woman will derive refinement or grace from such an institution?
What child will be taught to tread the path of virtue our fathers trod
before us by this particular process of education? Let us meet the
matter directly and openly, and determine, first, if the Federal Gov-
ernment should support this institution for the purpose which gentle-
men claim.

[Here the hammer fell. ]

The CuarrmMan. The question is on agreeing to the motion to strike
out the paragraph.

FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS, 1891-1893. 16138

The question was taken; and on a division there were—ayes 48,
noes 88.

So the amendment was rejected.

The Clerk read:

For care, subsistence, and transportation of animals for the National Zoological
Park, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees and general
incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, $10,000; in all, $29,000, one-half of
_which sum shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia and the other
half from the Treasury of the United States; and hereafter all estimates for the
National Zoological Park shall, each year, be submitted in the annual estimates for
the expenses of the Government of the District of Columbia.

Mr. Coeswetu. I move to strike out, in line 16, ‘‘$10,000” and
insert ‘‘ $17,500.”

The question was taken; and on a division there were—ayes 30,
noes 141.

Mr. Cogswetu. I demand tellers.

Tellers were not ordered, there being 27 members only voting in
favor thereof.

So the amendment was rejected.

May 16, 1892—House.

The House resolved itself into Committee of the Whole for the pur-
pose of further considering the sundry civil bill for 1893, with Mr.
R. E. Lester in the chair.

The CuatrMan. The House is in Committee of the Whole House on
the state of the Union, and the clerk will read the next paragraph.

The clerk read:

International exchanges: For expenses of the system of international exchanges
between the United States and foreign countries, under the direction of the Smith-
sonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees,
$12,000.

Mr. H. H. Brncuam. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment to that

clause.
The Clerk read:

On page 25, line 7, strike out ‘‘twelve thousand’’ and insert ‘‘seventeen thou-
sand.’’

Mr. BrneHam. On that, Mr. Chairman, I desire to say a few words.

In the discussion of this bill I have no desire in any way to retard
or delay its consideration and passage; but having been a member of
the subcommittee, and having listened daily for almost a month to
hearings on the part of the heads of the various bureaus of the Goy-
ernment, with no disposition to delay, I feel it is due, that the Com-
mittee on Appropriations having fully considered these items, the
Committee of the Whole should also have some knowledge upon them,
and if you see proper to reduce or adhere to the reduction recom-
mended in the bill, I, of course, can enter no demurrer.

1614 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

The item of international exchanges between this and other coun-
tries is an item of some dignity and some character. It is part and
parcel of treaty stipulations with many governments of the world,
signed in 1886 by the President, and heretofore carried out in accord-
ance with the provisions of the statute. I have in my district many
distinguished professional and scientific men, who for a generation
have had relations with the Smithsonian Institution, knowing fully its

value and its worth to the scientific world, as well as to the higher _

conditions of general education. I hold in my hand a letter from
Professor Langley, the head of that Institution, wherein he says to me:

I can not express to you too emphatically the injury that will result to the public
interests intrusted to the Smithsonian Institution if the serious reductions contem-
plated in the bill as now reported shall be effected. The estimates have been made
with care, not with the idea of asking for sums necessary to accomplish at once all
that is desired, but to provide for maintaining the present efficiency and adequate
care of these Government interests upon the most economical basis possible, and
with but little allowance for natural growth and improvement. The necessary
expenses are, moreover, retained at a low figure by reason of the fact that a large
portion of the Smithsonian Institution is occupied by the Government, and at the
expense of the private funds of the Institution.

The Smithsonian Institution having established in 1852 an interna-
tional exchange service for the purpose of facilitating the exchange of
scientific writings between governmental departments, societies, and
individuals in different parts of the world, carried on this service for
many years at the expense of its own private fund, transmitting pub-
lications of the United States Government as well as those purely sci-
entific. It is now more formally charged with this duty in carrying
out the provisions of a treaty ratified by the President of the United
States in 1886, and is chiefly engaged in transporting purely govern-
mental and not scientific documents. |

An appropriation is made by Congress direct to the Smithsonian
Institution, and a portion of the expense is also met from specific or
contingent appropriations, paid by various Government bureaus to the
Institution. This does not cover the entire cost of the service as the
Institution is under obligations to most of the trans-Atlantic steamship
companies for the privilege of free freight, accorded in the early his-
tory of the exchange in recognition of its disinterested services to
science.

[From letter of Secretary Langley to Mr. Bingham, under date of April 2, 1892. ]

[The appropriation for the year 1890-91 was $17,000, the total cost of the service
$20,400—the pay roll of necessary employees being over $14,000—and this I repeat
does not allow for the full payment of freight. For the current year, 1891-92, the
same appropriation of $17,000 was made and the expenses will be restricted to the
same scale as in previous years.

The items of expenditure for the year 1890-91 are contained in the following clip-
ping from the report of the secretary:

FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS, 1891-1893. 1615

It has been urged that the entire exchange appropriation be included in one item,
instead of being contained in different bills, and that a provision be made for carry-
ing out a second treaty, proclaimed by the President of the United States on January
15, 1889, for the immediate exchange of Official Journals, ete., for which no appro-
priation has yet been made, and for which purpose it is estimated that $2,000 would
be sufficient. The estimate submitted therefore for the year 1891-92 was $23,000,
omitting the increase in freight facilities desired. The sundry civil bill (H. 7520),
now reported, allows $12,000. With this sum it is evident that the exchange serv-
ice can not bé carried on even in its present limited scope, and it should also be
remembered that the expense is far below what would be required for the independ-
ent conduct of such a service, not only on account of the freight privilege, but
because the experience and facilities of the Institution, perhaps the most extensive
in the world, are given together with the service of its officials without charge, and
also because the exchange offices occupy a very considerable portion of the Smith-
sonian building, without consideration of rent, heating, lighting, etc. Not only has
no profit accrued to the Institution for that portion of the service which has been for
the exchange of purely Government publications, such as the Congressional Record,
and which is not connected with its scientific work, but it has in past years advanced
from its private funds the sum of $45,175.82 for such Government exchanges for
which it has never been reimbursed. ] Oy

The sundry civil bill now reported allows $12,000.

I do not know, sir, whether this committee, in its judgment and con-
clusion upon this bill, is antagonistic to all the scientific works that
the Government in the past has determined to aid, assist, and advance;
but from the conclusion you have reached when you have struck
$71,000 from the appropriation for the Coast and Geodetic Survey,
_ when you have struck upwards of $200,000 from the Geological Sur-
vey, when you have struck radically at the Fish Commission, also
light-houses and beacons, and when you now strike at this other scien-
tific Institution which the Government has been aiding for a genera-
tion, the Smithsonian Institution, it does seem to me that it is well for
the scientific world to know that you have no sympathy with those .
scientific labors which the Government has been wisely aiding for
many years, built up and developed to the highest conditions of effi-
ciency and usefulness.

We hear a great deal in this House about the agricultural sections
of the country. The agriculturists of this country know that the
highest and safest growth and development of agriculture goes hand in
hand with science; science always leading, and agriculture following,
reaping benefit and wealth. Let it be known, then, that in this Dem-
ocratic House of Representatives consideration of the Smithsonian
Institution as in the consideration of coordinate questions of science
connected with the Government, this bill radically, almost from the
root up, has destroyed and weakened the proper administration of not
only one but all of these scientific bureaus of the Government.

The CuarrMan. The question is on the amendment of the gentleman
from Pennsylvania [Mr. Bingham].

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from Pennsylvania [Mr. Bingham] that this appropriation of $12,000 is
quite a reasonable one. My friend must bear in mind that we are deal-
ing now with a state of things the like of~which has not existed in this
country for many years; we have not got the money in sufficient quan-
tity to justify a larger appropriation. That is the only answer I have
to make.

The amendment of Mr. Bingham was rejected.

The Clerk read:

North American Ethnology: For continuing ethnological researches among the
American Indians, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including sal-
aries or compensation of all necessary employes, $35,000.

Mr. C. L. Mosrs. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike out the paragraph
which has just been read, and I ask the members of the House to read
for themselves that paragraph, which proposes to appropriate $35,000
‘*for continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians.”
I move, sir, to strike the paragraph from'the bill, because I know that
if the people, not only of my district, but of the entire country, were
here to-day, they would vote ten to one that they were not willing to
tax themselves $35,000 per annum to hold inquests over the bones of
Indians who died before Columbus landed on the shores of America.
I understand that we have already appropriated, or squandered, about
$150,000 for these ‘* researches.”

Let us respect the will of the people who sent us here, and vote
down such appropriations. 1 suppose that the gentleman from Maine
[Mr. Reed] or ‘‘the scholar in politics” from Massachusetts [Mr.
Lodge] will demand of us, according to their custom, a better reason
why this appropriation should be stricken out. They seem to assume
that the House is responsible to them and not to the people.

The distinguished gentleman from Harvard University will doubt-
less again charge that we are opposed to education because we are
opposed to voting such appropriations as this. On last Thursday,
when the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Bailey] moved to strike out the
appropriation of $29,000 to maintain a zoological park for the benefit
of the people of Washington, he raised his hands in holy horror, and
said that such speeches showed that there were some sections of the
country where the cause of education needed promotion. If that is the
way we are to educate our people, why not take your bears and your
elephants and put them in the hands of Barnum or Bailey and send
them all over the country so that the people of the entire country may
receive the benefits of your glorious ‘‘ education?”

Mr. Chairman, we are told that we should not strike out hess **beg-
garly” sums. That is the cry upon every item. Take the value of
the entire wheat crop of the North and the cotton crop of the South,
and you will still lack $100,000,000 to pay the aggregate of these ‘* beg-
garly sems.” You spend $16 per capita of population. Georgia’s

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pro rata of the tax is thirty-two millions. Her cotton crop does not
sell for that much money. Iam opposed to voting one dollar to sus-
tain the Smithsonian Institution above the income which actually
belongs to it from the fund provided by the donor.

Now, sir, where are we to begin cutting down these beggarly
amounts if we do not begin at such things as this? Why not begin
here? Where can there be a more appropriate place? We have
already expended $140,000 for the purpose of this ethnological inves-
tigation; we have $140,000 worth of ethnological knowledge, and
surely that is enough until we can digest the information already
obtained.

The CHarrman. The time of the gentleman has expired.

Mr. Brncuam was recognized.

Mr. Mosss. I move to strike out the last word.

The Cuatrman. The Chair has recognized the gentleman from Penn-
sylvania.

Mr. Moszs. I would like to complete my remarks.

The CuarrmMANn. The Chair will recognize the gentleman hereafter.

Mr. Bryewam. Mr. Chairman, this is another one of the provisions
for what may be called a part of the scientific work of the Govern-
ment. I have in my hand a telegram from the Public Printer in
reply to my inquiries addressed to him a few days ago in order to
ascertain to what degree of popularity the reports of the Bureau of
Ethnology had reached before the people, as well as to ascertain the
action of Congress heretofore on that subject. Of the reports pub-
lished I find that there have been 15,000 copies, in addition to the
usual number, which is 1,734, published for distribution. I shall
address myself to this subject briefly, because I have little hope of
changing the view of the committee in regard to this appropriation.
It would seem that the popular expression of the policy in Committee
of the Whole has been to cut out of the bill rather than to insert any-
thing in it.

The work of the Bureau of Ethnology is practically confined to the
United States, and right in connection with that I desire to state that
the appropriation in this bill of $35,000 is the lowest sum of money
appropriated for this service at any date since 1885. In 1885, 1886,
1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, and 1891 the appropriations were $40,000, and
for the present year—the current year—it was $50,000. This bill cuts
lower than you cut during those years when you had control of the
Government not only in this House but in the administration of the
Executive chair. You cut this bill, without rhyme or reason, $5,000
lower than during the four years of your administration in this House
and in the Executive chair.

Mr. J. D. Sayers. Will the gentleman yield for a question?

Mr. Brneuam. Certainly.

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‘Mr. Sayers. Can the gentleman point to a period when the public
funds have ever been so small as they are to-day, in comparison with
the expenditures?

Mr. Brnenam. The gentleman from Texas well knows that there is
no trouble to-day with the appropriations with reference to the future
or the next fiscal year. That question has been fully debated on this
floor.

Mr. Sayers. A very distinguished member of your party in the
other branch of Congress does not believe that the danger is imminent
or threatening.

Mr. Brneuam. Well, the Senate will keep within the limits. There
was an intimation given out in that body a few days ago, I know.

But I submit this, as I have given the matter some considerable
attention, with a view to placing this question clearly before the
committee.

The work of the Bureau of Ethnology is practically confined to the
United States. When America was discovered the Indians or aborig-
inal inhabitants of the United States were organized in many hundreds
of tribes, speaking many hundreds of languages; but these languages
belong to a little more than sixty radically distinct stocks. The arts,
the languages, the institutions, the mythologies, and religions of these .
peoples were various, and prove on investigation to be of intense
interest to the scholars of America and to the world. These peoples
are rapidly disappearing as tribes. Their arts are almost wholly
transformed; their institutions by which tribal society was maintained
are almost lost; their languages are rapidly disappearing—some are
lost; their mythologies and religions are vanishing. If any consistent,
truthful, and thorough account of these peoples is ever obtained it
must be obtained now; already much is gone and much is obscured,
and with every year more and more disappears.

These are the sibylline leaves of American history, in which all the
people are interested. The discoveries made by the Bureau of Eth-
nology are rapidly diffused into the literature of the country, and
its reports become standard works in all the schools, from the lowest
to the highest. It may be fairly said that universally the people are
interested in the preservation of this historic material’ The appro-
priation of $50,000 made for the current year is inadequate to prop-
erly carry on these investigations, and to cut the work down is greatly
to cripple it.

To cut the work down temporarily is to lose the services of trained
men, which is necessarily a serious loss.

lam free to say I do not expect this approprition to be added to,
but I must repeat that my constituents are largely interested in this
kind of work, and in their behalf I protest against cutting down this
appropriation to a figure which is lower than at any period since 1885.

The Committee of the Whole resumed its session,

FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS, 1891-1893. 1619

Mr. H. C. Snoperass. Mr. Chairman, for the purpose of saying a
few words on the pending paragraph, I move a pro forma amendment.
I think this item should be stricken from the bill. I believe that it is a
useless expenditure. I do not believe it will add anything to science
~ or education to expend $35,000 to send a set of political employees
over the country to dig into Indian mounds and publish accounts of
of whatever they may find there. Now, I desire to ask the Chairman
of the Committee on Appropriation [Mr. Holman] whether, in his
opinion, this item is necessary to the public good, or whether it is not
a useless expenditure of the public funds?

Mr. Hotman. After my friend has concluded I will say a word on
that point.

Mr. Snoperass. Well, I have said about all that I want to say. I

can not see that any good is to result from this appropriation.
- Mr. Hotman. Mr. Chairman, for many years prior to the present
year we have appropriated $40,000 for this service. For the present
fiscal year $50,000 was appropriated. Every gentleman here is, of
course, familiar with the character of this work with reference to
American ethnology. It is an enterprise carried on under the Smith-
sonian Institution; but Major Powell, who is connected with the Inte- —
rior Department, and is one of the most accomplished scientists that
our age has produced, has the supervision and control of the work.
It has certainly been well performed. I think that no publication
made by the Government, especially of a scientific character, has been
more valuable or more interesting; and if any such work should be,
at the present time, conducted to its conclusion, this is a work of that
kind. It is in progress; it is approaching completion. I believe that
ten volumes embracing results of this work have already been pub-
lished. Some of the most valuable matters connected with our history
in connection with the Indian tribes, their cessions of land to the
United States, etc., are embodied only in this publication.

In preparing this bill we have thought that under the circumstances
the appropriation should be reduced from $50,000 to $35,000, the
amount named in the bill. The gentleman from Pennsylvania [ Mr.
Bingham] complains that this is not enough; the gentleman from
Georgia [|Mr. Moses] complains that it is $35,000 too much, that the
whole item ought to be stricken out. I think that the Committee on
Appropriations have acted reasonably and prudently in leaving this
item at $35,000. If the Committee of the Whole, however, should
think it can be properly reduced, the Committee on Appropriations,
of course, will not object; but I hope the entire item will not be
struck out. I think the material on hand ought to be made use of,
and this work completed as soon as practicable.

Mr. C. E. Hooxrr. I want to ask the chairman of the Committee
on Appropriations [Mr. Holman] if he will be kind enough to state
to this House when this Bureau was created, how long it has been

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in existence, what appropriations have been made for it during the
several years of its existence, and what appropriations were made by
the last Congress. I have been very much struck with the somewhat
feeble defense which the chairman of the Committee on Appropriations
has made of this item of the bill, contenting himself with expressing:
the hope that the Committee of the Whole would not strike it all out.
If the Appropriations Committee have acted wisely, economically, and
properly in the presentation of this reduced appropriation of $35,000,
we might expect it would find at the hands of the chairman of the com-
mittee and the body of the committee a proper representation and
defense before the House.

Mr. Sayers. For the information of the gentleman from Mississippi
[Mr. Hooker] I will state that the appropriation for this Bureau (if it
may be called a bureau) has been $40,000 from and including the fiscal
year 1885 until the present fiscal year, when it is $50,000.

Mr. Hortman. Oh, away back of that this work commenced—about
the year 1879.

Mr. Sayers. I am speaking of the appropriations.

Mr. Hotman. I think my friend will find that the appropriations
have been about $40,000 a year since about 1879. That is my recol-
lection.

Mr. Sayers. I speak only of the period since 1885, in regard to
which I have knowledge.

Mr. W. S. Hortman. I ought to correct the statement I just made.
The earlier appropriations were less than those made since; they were
about $20,000 a year.

Mr. Sayers. If the gentleman from Indiana will allow me, I will
state only such facts as I know. What may be in the region of spec-
ulation, I will leave others to speak of.

The annual appropriation since the year 1885, including that year,
and up to the present fiscal year, was $40,000. For the present fiscal
year, however, the appropriation was increased $10,000, the reason of
the increase being this: Major Powell said he was getting old, expected
to retire from the service in a very short time, and that he wanted to
complete the work before he retired; hence Congress, upon the rec-
ommendation of the Committee on Appropriations, gave $50,000 for
the present fiscal year. That is the only reason I know why the appro-
priation was increased from $40,000 to $50,000.

Mr. Hooxrer. What is the reason for decreasing it now from
$40,000 to $35,000?

Mr. Sayers. Because, in the judgment of the majority of the com-
mittee, $35,000 is an abundance.

Mr. Hooxerr. That is the opinion of the committee now?

Mr. Sayers. Yes, sir; a majority of the committee think that
$35,000 is amply sufficient.

FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS, 1891-1893. 1621

Mr. Hooker. I merely wanted to get an expression of opinion
from the committee that they believe in their own bill.

Mr. Sayers. I certainly believe in it, for one.

Mr. Hotman. Well, I am perfectly content with the $35,000, but I
shall make no fuss about it.

Mr. L. M. Mier. Is it regarded by the committee as a worthy
object, for which this appropriation should be continued 4

Mr. Saynrs. I think so, until this work shall have been completed.
I believe it ought to be completed. There is a large amount of mate-
rial on hand that ought to be published and put in book form for dis-
tribution throughout the country, and if you strike this appropriation
out, of course this material can not be utilized.

Mr. Mosrs. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike out the last word. If
there has been any reason given why this money should be expended,
I do not think that the House has heard it. Indeed, Mr. Chairman, to
sit here and witness the squandering of money upon such items as this
is enough to fatigue human indignation. If you are determined to
spend this money, spend it for something that the people want. They
would infinitely prefer that you give them something they need, such
as the book on Diseases of the Horse. Should you leave it to them
they would say, ‘‘Away with your ‘ethnological researches’ and spend
our money for something we need.”

No reason has been given why we should appropriate this money,
except that $40,000 has already been wasted annually upon it. I say
that is a reason why we should not put another dollar there. The
people of the country are not in favor of such appropriations. We
are told that this is in the interests of education, and that education is
good for the people. You might as well tell me that we can ie
priate money for religion.

Religion is to the interests of the people; but we have no right rita
the Constitution of our country to appropriate the people’s money to
support churches, schools, or colleges, however worthy they may be.
Neither Georgia nor Massachusetts nor Maine nor any of the States of
the Union are clamoring for any such legislation by this House; and I
call upon every member to voice the sentiment of his people. If we
do not vote as they wish us to vote, how can you have a representative
government?

Mr. Hotman. I wish to occupy the attention of the committee but
for a moment, to havea paragraph of the appropriating act of the sun-
dry civil bill for the year 1880 read. It will explain the origin of this -
work.

The Clerk read:

For completing and preparing for publication the contributions to North Ameri-

can Ethnology, under the Smithsonian Institution, $20,000: Provided, That all the
archives, records, and materials relating to the Indians of North America, collected

1622 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

by the Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region, shall be
turned over to the Smithsonian Institution, that the work may be completed and
prepared for publication under its direction: Provided, That it shall meet the
approval of the Secretary of the Interior and of the Secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution.

Mr. Hortman. Mr. Chairman, for some time the appropriation was
$20,000. From the year 1885 down to the present time, as has already
been remarked, it has been $40,000, and was increased to $50,000 for
the current year, for the reason given by the gentleman from Texas
[Mr. Sayers]. I think the gentleman from Georgia [Mr. Moses] is
mistaken in one thing at least. This is really a very valuable work.
It is one of those things that may he postponed temporarily; but the
material-has been gathered together. The work has extended beyond
the original purpose, as is manifest from the reading of the paragraph
which has been read, but it has always been a valuable and instructive
work.

Every successive volume has been, if possible, still more interesting
and valuable than its predecessors. I think the work is coming to a
close. I doubt whether any further appropriation will be required,
although I am not certain as to that, for I have not talked with Major
Powell upon the subject. But at an early period this work will be
completed, and I think the Committee on Appropriations have acted
with entire fairness and good judgment in proposing an appropriation
of $35,000 for this work.

Mr. Moses. Will the gentleman yield for a question ?

Mr. Hotman. Certainly.

Mr. Mosss. I understood the gentleman to say that this is one of
those appropriations that may be postponed. Does not the gentleman
believe it to be the duty of this House, in view of the situation of the
finances of the Government, to postpone everything that can be post-
poned ¢

Mr. Hotman. Well, I think that works of actual value ought to be
continued in a fair degree. I think there ought to be a reduction all
along the line, and the Committee on Appropriations have indicated
that by this reduction of $15,000.

Mr. Moses. Does the gentleman not believe, further, that the Com-
mittee on Appropriations have cut down the appropriations for things
which the people desire more than they do the work of this Bureau?
For instance, for opening up the public lands in the West.

Mr. Hortman. I can not say as to that. I think this is almost as
valuable as the surveys of the public lands, especially when we remem-
ber the fact that there are already 129,000,000 acres of land surveyed
and undisposed of, sufficient in area to form seven or eight States.

Mr. Hooxer of Mississippi. ‘Mr. Chairman, I am glad I have evoked
from the Committee on Appropriations some explanation and appro-

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bation of their own bill. It seems to me, sir, that it is a very singular
proposition now to propose to abandon this scientific investigation,
which was instituted originally for the purpose of inquiring into the
habits, manners, history, and race features of that wonderful people
who once dominated this country. I am glad to see that the appro-
priation meets the approbation of my economical friend, the chairman
of the Committee on Appropriations; and the appeal which the gen-
tleman from Georgia [Mr. Moses] has made to the new members here
for the purpose of preventing the continuation of this scientific work,
it seems to me, if legitimately extended, might tear down your splen-
did Smithsonian Institution, and leave all the great works that science
has collected and deposited there to the worms, to rust and to rot.

I think, sir, it is one of the most important scientific investiga-
tions that the Government has entered upon. It has been conducted
with rare ability by Major Powell, who is at the head of this Bureau.
With wonderful physical exertion, he has ridden thousands of miles
on horseback every year, as the head of this Institution, for the pur-
pose of making this investigation, wherever an Indian mound or an
Indian device has been erected, and he has given to the civilized world
the history of these people that would probably be lost.

It seems to me, Mr. Chairman, as a matter of economy, it would
be an act of unwisdom to stop this scientific investigation or reduce
the appropriations necessary to its proper conduct and its final suecess-
ful completion.

_ Mr. Horman. Mr. Chairman, I hope we will now have a vote on
the motion to strike out.

The CuarrmMan. The question is on the amendment of the gentleman
from Georgia [Mr. Moses] to strike out this paragraph.

The question was taken and the CuarrMAN announced that the noes
seemed to have it.

Mr. Mosss. I call for a division, Mr. Chairman.

The committee divided; and there were—-ayes, 27; noes, 105.

So the amendment was rejected.

January 23, 1893—House.

In considering the sundry civil bill for 1894, Mr. Witt1am CogswELL
remarked: Mr. Chairman, in this bill the Smithsonian Institution is
again the victim of a niggardly parsimony.

NATIONAL SOCIETY OF COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA.

May 25, 1892—House.

Mr. J. E. Reysurn introduced bill (H. 9016) to incorporate the
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America.

Referred to Committee on Education.

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May 26, 1892—Senate.
Mr. J. D. Cameron introduced bill (S. 3215) to incorporate the
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America:

Be it enacted, etc., That Emily B. Banning (Mrs. Henry E. Banning), M. Louisa
Spruance, Miss Spottswood, Mrs. W. P. Johnston, and Mrs. John B. Rodney, of
Delaware; Deborah Brown Coleman (Mrs. G. Dawson Coleman), Elizabeth Duane
Gillespie, Fanny Hollingsworth Arnold (Mrs. Crawford Arnold), Elizabeth McKean
(Mrs. Thomas McKean), and Julia Rush Biddle, of Pennsylvania; Elizabeth Alford
Smith, Mary Dickinson, Caroline E. Nixon, Mrs. Cleaveland Hetson, and Mrs. Elmer
E. Green, of New Jersey; Anne Smith Von Kapff (Mrs. Frederick Von Kapff),
Ellen Howard Bayard (Mrs. Richard Bassett Bayard), Eleanor Rogers Goldsborough
(Mrs. George Robbins Goldsborough), Emilie McKim Reed (Mrs. William Reed),
Mrs. Rebecca Chapman, and Mrs. Eugene Blackford, of Maryland, and Florence
Kidder, of North Carolina, trustees of the said society, and their associates and suc- |
cessors, are hereby created a body corporate and politic, by the name and title of the
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, for patriotic, historical, and
educational purposes. The particular business of the said society is the collection
and preservation of relics, manuscripts, and traditions of the founders and builders
of the thirteen original States of the Union, the perpetuation of the memory cf their
deeds and achievements, the promotion of celebrations of great historic events of
national importance, the diffusion of information on all subjects concerning Ameri-
can history, and the cultivation of the spirit of patriotism and reverence for the
founders of American constitutional liberty. Said society is authorized to hold real
and personal estate in the District of Columbia so far only as may be necessary to its
lawful ends to an amount not exceeding the limits prescribed by law; and it may
adopt a constitution and make by-laws not inconsistent with law. Said society shall
have its principal office in the city of Washington, and may hold its annual meeting
in such places as the trustees thereof shall designate. Said society shali report
annually to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution concerning its proceedings,

and said Secretary shall communicate to Congress the whole of said mepOrs or such
portion thereof as he shall see fit.

Referred to Committee on Library.

AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION REPORT.

June 6, 1892—Senate.

The PresiIpENT pro tempore (Mr. CHarues F. MAnperson) laid
before the Senate a communication from the Secretary of the Smith-
sonian Institution transmitting the annual report of the American
Historical Association for the year 1891.

Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. ;
February 27, 1893—Senate.

The Vick-PresipEnt (Mr. Levi P. Morton) laid before the Senate a
communication from S. P. Langley, Secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution, transmitting, in accordance with law, the annual report
of the American Historical Association for the year 1892.

Referred to Committee on Printing.

March 2, 1893—Senate.

Mr. Cuarutes F. Manperson, from Committee on Printing, sub-
mitted report (S. 1871) on printing the report for 1892, with the
recommendation that the usual number be printed:

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This report is made in accordance with the act of incorporation of
the American Historical Association, approved January 4, 1889. This
act requires that the association shall report annually to the Secretary
of the Smithsonian Institution concerning its proceedings and the
condition of historical study in America.

* * * * * * *

The reports of 1890 and 1891 have been printed. The former con-
tained 310 and the latter 496 pages. The report for 1892 will contain
about the same number of pages as that of 1891, and will cost $1,322.

Resolution to print the usual number passed.

REPORT OF SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.

June 13, 1892—House.

Mr. JoserH WHEELER offered concurrent resolution to print Report
of Smithsonian Institution and National Museum for year ending June
30, 1891.

Referred to Committee on Printing.
July 14, 1892—Senate.
. Mr. R. L. Grsson introduced concurrent resolution to print 19,000
extra copies of Report of the Smithsonian Institution and National
Museum for year ending June 30, 1891, 7,000 for the Smithsonian
Institution and 3,000 for the Museum.

Referred to Committee on Printing.

July 21, 1892—Senate.

Mr. J. R. Hawxey, from Committee on Printing, submitted report
(S. 1035), on Senate concurrent resolution with certain proposed
amendments, and as thus amended recommend that it do pass:

In line 3 strike out ‘‘19,000” and insert ‘* 10,000.”

In line 4 strike out ‘‘3,000” and insert ‘*1,000.”

In line 5 strike out ‘‘6,000 ” and insert ‘* 2,000.”

In line 6 strike out ‘*‘7,000” and insert ‘*5,000.”

In line 7 strike out ‘*3,000” and insert ‘* 2,000.”

These changes make the resolution conform to bill (8. 1549), provid-
ing for the public printing and binding and the distribution of public
documents, passed by the Senate January 12, 1892, and reported favor-
ably by the House Committee on Printing. .

The cost of printing 10,000 copies, as proposed in the amended reso-
lution, will be $15,200.

_ Passed.
August 5, 1892—House.

Mr. Wituiam M. McKare, from Committee on Printing, submitted
report (H. 2141) on Senate concurrent resolution of July 21, with the
recommendation that it do pass, the cost of printing 10,000 copies to
be $15,200.

Passed.

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December 8, 1892—House.

Public Printing bill under consideration.

Mr. James D. Ricnarpson. In the Smithsonian Report there is a
reduction of from 19,000 to 10,000 copies. .

Mr. Joun A. PickLER. What is the estimate as to the number of
volumes or documents that this will take away froma member? How
much does it cut down the number to be distributed? How many less
documents will a member have for distribution than he has now?

Mr. Ricuarpson. Not one single solitary scrap of paper will be
taken from a member which he has now.

Mr. Pickter. Where does all this reduction come in on the ethno-
logical reports and the reports of the Smithsonian Institution? Is not
the number of them cut down considerably ?

Mr. Ricuarpson. Yes.

Mr. Pickier. Then it does curtail the number which a member
can get.

Mr. RicHarpson. The law will curtail the number printed. That
is all that is done.

Mr. Pickier. That is the question Iam asking. How much will
it curtail the list of documents that a member will be entitled to send
out?

Mr. Rrcnarpson. In the case of the ethnological reports

Mr. Pickter. Well, taking everything together.

Mr. RicHarpson. I have not made any estimate in that respect. It

cuts down the number largely, and there is no other way to reduce the

printing except by cutting down the number printed.

Mr. Ricuarp P. BLanp. Cut it down one-half, and that would not
be too much.

Mr. Ricwarpson. That is what we have done. We have cut down
the Ethnological Report 8,000.

Mr. Pickiter. From the list the gentleman read here, it seems that
they struck the scientific departments of the Government altogether.

Mr. RicHarpson. Oh, no.

Mr. Picker. I should be glad if the gentleman could state from -

his list the number of the Smithsonian Reports.

Mr. Ricuarpson. I do not know what the number is, as I have not
my figures on that document before me.
February 6, 1893—Senate.

Mr. J. S. Morrtiyi introduced concurrent resolution, ‘‘to print
10,000 extra copies of the Reports of the Smithsonian Institution
and of the National Museum for the year ending June 30, 1892, in
two octavo volumes, 1,000 copies for the Senate, 2,000 for the House,
5,000 for the Smithsonian Institution, and 2,000 for the National
Museum.”

Referred to Committee on Printing.

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February 8, 1893—-Senate.
Mr. Cuartes F. MAanperson, from Committee on Printing, sub-

_ mitted report (S. 1278) on concurrent resolution introduced in Senate,

February 6, with the recommendation that it do pass:

The provisions of the resolutions respecting the number to be printed
and distribution conform to Senate bill 1549, providing for the public
printing and binding and the distribution of public documents now in
conference committee.

The cost of the printing and binding will be $18,000.

Mr. Manperson. This is the regular report of the Smithsonian
Institution and the National Museum, and the number provided for
accords with the public printing bill, which has passed both Houses
of Congress.

Mr. F. M. Cockreti. Would there be any reasonable chance of
getting these publications issued a little closer to the time they pretend
to represent; that is, to bring them up within a short time of the cur-
rent year?

Mr. Manperson. I hope it may be so. Of course that depends very
largely upon the amount of labor which may be thrown upon the
Government Printing Office. The Senator must be aware of the fact
that the Public Printer is the head of that concern and not the Com-
mittee on Printing. The amount of work thrown upon the Govern-
ment Printing Office during the sessions of Congress is very great,
and of course matter of this character must step to one side while
that which is more pressing is printed. The amount of work per-
formed at the Public Printing Office for the Executive Departments
grows with every succeeding day, and naturally so, because the work

_ of the departments grows with the increase of the country.

I have simply to say of the present management of the Government
Printing Office that I think it has made some very great improve-
ments, and that matter is issued more promptly than has been the case
heretofore. This is not only because of the pressure upon the Public
Printer by Congress and by members of Congress, but because of the
efficiency of that officer, as I think all must recognize.

I realize that there is great trouble in this direction, but I do not
see how it can be remedied unless we make a very large increase in
the force of the Government Printing Office and give it greater facili-
ties than it now possesses. The loss to the Government in the output
of the establishment, caused by the eight-hour system (against which I
have no objection, and I merely mention it as producing a result in
the slowness of work) and the thirty days’ leave granted to all employ-
ees, which is equal to about 10 per cent of their labor as well as their

pay, of course produce delay in the printing of important matter.

The effort of the Joint Committee on Printing has been to procure
dispatch in printing these publications, and I hope there may be even

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a bettering of the condition as we run along during the remainder of
the present fiscal year.

The concurrent resolution was agreed to.

February 9, 1893—House.

The SPEAKER (Mr. Cuarues F. Crisp) laid before the House Senate
concurrent resolution to provide for printing the annual reports of the
Smithsonian Institution and of the National Museum for the year
ending June 30, 1892.

Mr. James D. RicHarpson. Mr. Speaker, the Committee on Print-
ing have considered that resolution and reported it favorably. Imove
that it be concurred in.

The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Tennessee, the chairman of the
Committee on Printing, asks unanimous consent that this Senate reso-
lution be concurred in.

Mr. Ricuarpson. It does not require unanimous consent, Mr.
Speaker.

The SpEaAKER. Why not? It is a Senate resolution.

Mr. Ricwarpson. It does not require an appropriation.

The SpeakER. But it is not a House resolution, and under the rule
it can be considered at this time only by unanimous consent.

Mr. RicHarpson. The House has already provided for printing the
identical number provided for in this Senate resolution, and the adoption
of this resolution simply prevents a waste of time.

Mr. Netson Dincrey, jr. What does it provide for the printing of?

Mr. Ricuarpson. The regular annual report of the Smithsonian
Institution. As I have said, we have already in the printing bill
passed a provision to print this number.

The Speaker. The gentleman from Tennessee [Mr. Richardson]
asks unanimous consent for the present consideration.of this Senate
resolution. Is there objection?

Mr. Omer M. Kem. I object.

The Speaker. The resolution will be referred to the Committee on
Printing.

February 14, 1893—House.

Mr. James D. RicHarpson, from Committee on Printing, sub-
mitted report (H. 2496), on Senate concurrent resolution, with the
recommendation that it be agreed to by the House. The estimated
cost thereof was $18,000.

Passed.

PUBLIC PRINTING AND BINDING.
August 5, 1892.
Sundry civil act for 1893.

And the heads of the Executive Departments, before transmitting
their annual reports to Congress, the printing of which is chargeable
to this appropriation, shall cause the same to be carefully examined,
and shall exclude therefrom all matter, including engravings, maps,

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and drawings, and illustrations, except such as they shall certify in their
letters transmitting such reports to be necessary and to relate entirely
to the transaction of public business.

(Stat., XXX VII, 387.)

UNIVERSITY OF THE UNITED STATES.

February 4, 1893—Senate. .
Mr. REDFIELD Proctor introduced bill (S. 3824):

That an institution shall be, and is hereby, established in the District of Columbia,
to be called ‘‘The University of the United States,’’ where instruction shall be given
in the higher branches of all departments of knowledge, practical as well as literary
and scientific, and where facilities shall be furnished for research and investigation.

Sec. 2. That the government of the university shall be vested in a board of regents
and a council of faculties.

Sec. 3. That the board of regents shall consist of one member from each State of
the United States, to be appointed by the governor thereof, with the concurrence of
the chief justice and the chief educational officer of his State, six members to be
appointed by the President of the United States, with the advice and consent of the
Senate, the following members ex officio, to wit, the President of the United States,
who shall be honorary president of the board; the Vice-President of the United States,
the Chief Justice of the United States, the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
the Commissioner of Education, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and
the president of the university; fifteen to be a quorum. The regents and their suc-
cessors are hereby created a body politic and corporate, with the name of ‘‘ The
Regents of the University of the United States,’’ and with power, subject to limita-
tions herein prescribed, to adopt statutes for the government of the university, to
elect the officers thereof, to determine the conditions of admission to the university,
to confer such degrees, and such only, as are recommended by the council of faculties,
and in general to perform any and all acts not inconsistent herewith or with the Con-
stitution and laws of the United States, which may be necessary to the ends herein
proposed.

Sec. 4. That the first meeting of the board of regents shall be called by the Presi-
dent of the United States, and shall be held in the city of Washington within three
months after the passage of this act. At such meeting all members representing the
several States shall be divided, as nearly as possible, into six equal classes, such division
being according to an alphabetical arrangement of the States by them repre-
sented. The classes thus formed shall be numbered in the order of such
arrangement, and shall retire in such order at the end of one, two, three, four, five,
and six years, respectively; and their successors shall be appointed thereafter for the
term of six years. If the governor of any State shall neglect to make such appoint-
ment within three months after the notice of a vacancy for such State, the board may
fill the same by the election of some suitable citizen thereof. The regents first
appointed by the President shall retire in the order of their names on the list of
appointments at the end of one, two, three, four, five, and six years, and their suc-
cessors thereafter shall be appointed for the term of six years. In order to the fullest
efficiency, the board of regents shall designate seven of its members, including the
president of the university as chairman ex officio, to act as an executive committee,
with authority to choose the members of faculties and all employees of the university
and fix their compensation, as well as to transact ordinary current business, and to
perform such other duties as are imposed. The six members appointed shall be
chosen for one, two, three, four, five, and six years, respectively, and their successors
shall be appointed for the term of six years.

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Meetings of the board shall be held annually for the transaction of general busi-
ness and the conferring of degrees. Special meetings may also be held upon call of
the executive committee as the exigencies of the university shall require.

Sec. 5. That the chief officer of the university shall be a president chosen by the
board of regents and hold office during their pleasure. He shall be president of
the board of regents and of the council of faculties, shall have general supervision of
the university, and discharge such other duties as are prescribed by the board or
by the council of faculties. The treasurer of the university shall also be appointed
by the regents, and give bonds approved by them. He shall perform the duties
usually required of such officers, and such other duties as are imposed by the board —
of regents. 4

Sec. 6. That the council of faculties, embracing the president of the university and
all heads of faculties, shall be charged with the planning and direction of instruction
and discipline in the ‘several departments, and with the other duties prescribed in
the statutes or designated by the regents.

Sec. 7. That the immediate government of each faculty shall be entrusted to its
own members. Its chairman, to be known as dean of the faculty, shall be chosen
by the executive committee on the recommendation of the president of the univer-
sity, and shall be responsible for the supervision of its internal affairs.

Sec. 8. That no chair for instruction sectarian in religion or partisan in politics
shall be maintained upon funds derived from the general university endowment, or
permitted in any form, and no sectarian or partisan test shall be allowed in the
appointment of professors to the chairs so endowed and maintained, or in the selec-
tion of any officer of the university; but chairs or faculties for instruction in any
department of learning may be endowed by gift, devise, or bequest, and the parties
endowing the same, or their legally authorized trustees, shall have the privilege,
subject to the approval of the board of regents, of designating the titles thereof and
the instruction to which such endowments shall be devoted. No amount less than
$100,000, however, shall be considered a full endowment for any chair in the
university. Existing institutions, which are free from controlling obligations of a
sectarian or partisan nature, and have endowments sufficient to support a faculty,
may, with the approval of the regents, and on terms prescribed by them, become
faculties or departments of the university, still retaining or adopting such titles as
they may prefer.

Src. 9. That the facilities afforded by the university shall be open to all who are
competent to use them, on conditions prescribed by the executive committee, with .
the advice of the faculties and officers directly concerned; but degrees shall be con-
ferred upon such persons only as have previously received the degree of bachelor of
arts, or some equivalent degree, from some institution recognized for this purpose by
the university authorities.

Sec. 10. That in order to extend the privileges of the university and to improve
the collegiate and other grades of public instruction in the country, it is provided
that each State and Territory of the United States, in the ratio of population, shall
be entitled to free scholarships of such number, not less than one for each Represent-
ative and Delegate in Congress and two for each Senator, as the board of regents
shall determine. The executive committee of the board of regents may, for suf-
ficient reasons, withhold the award of any scholarship, or cancel its privileges, or
those of any student in the university.

Sec. 11. That for the advancement of science and learning by means of researches
and investigations, there shall be established fellowships in the university of such
character and number as the interests to be represented and the resources at com-
mand shall warrant, which fellowships shall yield a partial or a full support, as the
regents shall determine. They may be provided for out of the university income,
or may be endowed by gift or otherwise, and the persons, organizations, corporate
bodies, or States endowing them may, subject to the approval of the board of

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regents, designate their titles and the researches or investigations they shall be used
to encourage.

Src. 12. That in the admission and appointment of persons to places in the univer-
sity, character and competency shall be the sole test of qualifications.

Sec. 13. That as a means of partially providing building sites for the several depart-
ments of the university, the following tract of land selected and appropriated by
President Washington for the site of the national university proposed by him and in
part actually endowed by provisions of his last will and testament, to wit, that tract
in the city of Washington long known as ‘‘ University Square,’’ and now occupied
by the National Observatory, is hereby granted and set apart for the use and benefit
of the university of the United States when no longer required for observatory
purposes,

Sec. 14. That for the practical establishment, support, and maintenance of the
university there is hereby appropriated and set apart one-half the net proceeds of
the sales of the public lands, as the same shall accrue from year to year. Of this
amount, one-half shall be held by the Treasurer of the United States for use in secur-
ing and improving grounds for the seat of the university, for providing the necessary
buildings and equipments, and for conducting the institution after its opening; but
the remaining one-half shall be allowed to accumulate in the Treasury as a perma-
nent fund, yielding interest at the rate of 5 per centum per annum as a further
revenue, until such fund, together with the endowments from other sources, shall be
sufficient for the support of the university, after which all the net proceeds of the
sales of public lands so used for university purposes shall be passed to the general
fund or otherwise used, as Congress shall determine. All moneys held by the
Treasurer of the United States under the provisions of this act shall be subject to
requisitions drawn, as may be necessary, by the president and secretary of the board
of regents under its order, but with this limitation, namely, that after the first five
years subsequent to the organization of the board not more than 10 per centum of
the aforementioned proceeds available for the erection of buildings and providing
equipments shall be so used in any one year.

Sec. 15. That the board of regents shall have power to receive and administer all
such gifts, devises, and bequests as are made for the benefit of the university; which
gifts, devises, and bequests, if in money, shall be deposited with the Treasurer of
the United States, who shall pay interest thereon quarterly at the rate of 5 per
centum per annum.

Sec. 16. That after the formal opening of the university for instruction the mem-
bers thereof, under rules approved by the officers, subject to any regulations pre-
scribed by Congress, shall have access to all institutions, collections, and opportunities
for study and research under control of the Government, so far as the same can be
accorded without detriment to the public service; and to the end that all such facili-
ties may be utilized to the fullest extent and that the Government service may in
turn derive the largest benefit from the work done in the university, the heads of all
bureaus, institutions, and other organizations of the Government, whose work is of
a sort to justify it, shall be by the executive committee of the board brought into
such advisory and co-operative relations with the heads of corresponding departments
of the university as such committee, with the advice of the heads of faculties, and
the aforesaid officers of the Government shall agree upon as being advantageous.

Sec. 17. That at the close of the fiscal year the board of regents shall make a
report to Congress, showing the operations, condition, and wants of the university;
one copy of which shall be transmitted free to all institutions of learning endowed
by the Government under any act of Congress, and to all other institutions of learn-
ing in the United States whose degrees are recognized by this university.

Referred to Select Committee to Establish the University of the
United States.

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NATIONAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

February 10, 1893—House.

Mr. J. W. Covert introduced bill i 10472) to incorporate the
National Historical Society.

Referred to Committee on Library.

February 10, 1893—Senate.

Mr. G. F. Hoar presented memorial of citizens of Massachusetts
praying the passage of a law for the incorporation of the National
Historical Society.

Referred to Committee on the Library.

PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
May 3, 1893. .
Legislative, executive, and judicial act for 1894.

Src. 3. That hereafter no building owned, or used for public pur-
poses, by the Government of the United States, shall be draped in
mourning and no part of the public fund shall be used for such
purpose.

Sec. 4. That hereafter the Executive Departments of the Govern-
ment shall not be closed as a mark to the memory of any deceased
ex-oflicial of the United States. -

(Stat., XX VII, 715.)

FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS, 1893-1895.
APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS

By the Vice-President.
March 20, 1893—Senate.

The Vicr-PresrpENT (Mr. A. E. Stevenson). Pursuant to section
5581 of the Revised Statutes, the Vice-President appoints the Senator
from Delaware, George Gray, to bea Regent of the Smithsonian Insti-
tution, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the expiration of his term of
office.

APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS

By the Speaker.
August 11, 1893—House.

The SprakerR (Mr. Cuarzes F. Crisp). To fill the-vacancy in the
Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution occasioned by the
resignation of H. C. Lodge, of Massachusetts, the Chair announces
the appointment of R. R. Hitt, of Illinois.

January 4, 1894—House.

The SPEAKER (Mr. CuHarues F. Crisp). To fill the vacancies in the

Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution occasioned by the

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expiration of the terms of Joseph Wheeler, of Alabama W. C. P.
Breckinridge, of Kentucky, and R. R. Hitt, the Speake1 appoints

_ Joseph Wheeler, of Alabama, W. C. P. Breckinridge, of Kentucky,

and R. R. Hitt.

APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS

By Joint Resolution.
February 15, 1894—Senate.
Mr. J. S. Morrixt introduced joint resolution (S. 62):
That the vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, of the

class other than members of Congress, shall, be filled by the reappointment of Andrew
D. White, of New York, whose term of office expires on February 15, 1894.

February 16, 1894—Senate.

Mr. J. S. Morritu. I desire to have the joint resolution on the table
providing for the reappointment of Andrew D. White as one of the
Regents of the Smithsonian Institution acted upon this morning, in
order that it may be sent to the other House.

The Vicr-PresipEent (Mr. A. E. Stevenson). The Senator from Ver-
mont asks for the present consideration of the joint resolution [S. 62]
to fill vacancies of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
The joint resolution will be read for information.

The Secretary read the joint resolution:

Resolved, etc., That the vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Insti-
tution, of the class other than members of Congress, shall be filled by the reappoint-
ment of Andrew D. White, of New York, whose term of office expires on February
15, 1894.

The Vicr-PrREsIDENT. Is there objection to the present consideration
of the joint resolution?

There being no objection, the joint resolution was considered as in
Committee of Whole.

The joint resolution was passed.

On motion of Mr. S. M. Cuttom the title was amended so as to read:
‘fA joint resolution to fill a vacancy in the Board of Regents of the
Smithsonian Institution.”

March 6, 1894—House.

The SpraKker (Mr. Cuarues F. Crisp) laid before the House joint
resolution (S. 62).

Referred to Committee on the Library.

March 14, 1894—House.

Mr. Barnes Compton, from Committee on the District of Columbia,
submitted favorable report (H. 584) on S. 62.

Passed.

March 19, 1894.

Lesolwed, etc., That the vacancy in the Board of Regents of the

Smithsonian Institution, of the class other than members of Congress,
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shall be filled by the reappointment of Andrew D. White, of New
York, whose term of office expires on February 15, 1894.
(Stat., XXVIII, 579.)

December 3, 1894—House.
Mr. Wiiu1aM M. Sprincer introduced joint resolution (H. 230):

That Martin F. Morris, of the District of Columbia, is hereby elected a Regent of
the Smithsonian Institution to fill a vacancy occasioned by the death of James C.
Welling.

Referred to Committee on the Library.

December 5, 1894—House.

Mr. JoserpH WHEELER, of Alabama, introduced joint resolution
(H. 232):

That the vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, other
than members of Congress, caused by the death of James C. Welling, of the ‘city of
Washington, be filled by the appointment of Gardiner G. Hubbard, a citizen of the
District of Columbia.

Referred to Committee on the Library.

December 10, 1894—Senate.
Mr. J. S. Morrtiu introduced a resolution (S. 109) same as H. 232.
Passed.

January 30, 1895—House.

Mr. Franxuin Bartietr, from Committee on the Library, sub-
mitted report (H. 1718) on S. 109:

The Committee on the Library, to whom was referred the Senate
joint resolution (S. 109) to fill vacancies in the Board of Regents of
the Smithsonian Institution, have had the resolution under considera-
tion, and report back the same with the recommendation that it do
pass.

The purpose of the resolution is to fill the vacancy in the Board
of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution created by the death of
James C. Welling, of the city of Washington.

Referred to House Calendar.

February 25, 1895—House.

S. 109 passed.
February 27, 1895.

Resolved, etc., That the vacancy in the Board of Regents of the
Smithsonian Institution other than members of Congress, caused by
the death of James C. Welling, of the city of Washington, be filled by
the appointment of Gardiner G. Hubbard, a citizen of Washington,
of the District of Columbia.

(Stat., XXVIII, 972.)

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FREE EXCHANGE OF DOCUMENTS.

August 14, 1893—Senate.

Mr. J. H. Gauurncer introduced bill (8. 300,) to provide for the
free exchange through the mails between the several States of the
United States of America and between said States and foreign nations
of public printed reports and documents of the several States of the
United States.

Referred to Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads.

EXPOSITIONS.

San Francisco Haposition.
September 1, 1893.

Whereas there will be held in the city and county of San Francisco,
State of California, from and after January 1, 1894, an exposition to
be known as the California Midwinter International Exposition, in
which foreign nations and foreign exhibitors have been invited and
have agreed to participate: Therefore,

Be it enacted, etc., That all articles which shall be imported from
foreign countries for the sole purpose of exhibition at said exposition,
upon which there shall be a tariff or customs duty, shall be admitted
free of payment, of duty, customs fees, or charges, under such regu-
lations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe, and all articles
which have been imported from foreign countries and which are now
on exhibition at the World’s Columbian Exposition at Chicago, upon
which there is a tariff or customs duty, and which have been hereto-
fore admitted free of payment of duty, customs fees, or charges, may,
under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, be
removed to the city of San Francisco, in the State of California, for
the sole purpose of exhibition at said California Midwinter Interna-
tional Exposition.

Src. 2. That it shall be lawful at any time during such exposition
to sell for delivery at the close of the exposition any of the goods or
property imported for and actually on exhibition in the exposition
buildings or on its grounds, subject to such regulations for the
security of the revenue and for the colléction of the import duties as
the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe: Provided, That all such
articles when sold or withdrawn for consumption in the United States
shall be subject to the duty, if any, imposed upon such articles by
the revenue laws in force at the date of the importation; and all pen-
alties prescribed by law shall be applied and enforced against such
articles and against the persons who may be guilty of any illegal sale
or withdrawal thereof.

Src. 3. That all of the provisions of public resolution numbered
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the World’s Columbian Exposition to bring to this country foreign
laborers from their respective countries for the purpose of preparing
for and making their exhibits,” approved August 5, 1892, are hereby
extended to and made applicable to said California Midwinter Inter-
national Exposition to the same extent as if said California Midwinter
International Exposition was therein specifically named.

(Stat., XXVIII, 1.)

Chicago Exposition.
October 28, 1893.

Resolwed, etc., That it is the sense of Congress that the acknowledg-
ments of the Government and people of the United States be tendered
to the various foreign governments of the world who have so gener-
ously and effectively cooperated in the Quadri-centennial Exposition
held in Chicago in commemoration of the discovery of America by
Christopher Columbus. :

That the President of the United States be requested to communicate
to each foreign government that has participated in said exposition the
acknowledgment of Congress for its contribution.

(Stat., XXVIII, 13.)

November 3, 1893.

Joint resolution (No. 14) permitted foreign exhibits at the World’s
Columbian Exposition acquired by contribution or purchase by the
Columbian Museum of Chicago for its own use to be wholly released
from all customs duties.

(Stat., XXVIII, 13.)

November 3, 1893.

Resolved, etc., That on the termination of the World’s Columbian
Exposition at Chicago, Il., in November, 1893, the exhibit of the Navy
Department of the United States Government, better known as the
model battle ship Z//inois, a facsimile of the battle ships /ndiana,
Massachusetts, and Oregon, with such of her boats, equipments, and
appurtenances now on exhibition as the Secretary of the Navy shall
deem proper, be transferred to the State of Illinois as a naval armory
for the use of the naval militia of the State of Illinois: Provided, That
such articles as may or have been loaned by the various bureaus of the
Navy Department, the United States Marine Corps, the Naval Academy
and Hydrographic Office be not included in the said transfer except
as hereinbefore provided.

(Stat., XXVIII, 14.)

December 15, 1893.

Resolved, etc., That a diploma of honorable mention may be con-
ferred upon designers, inventors, and expert artisans who have assisted
in the production and perfection of such exhibits as are awarded diplo-
mas in the World’s Columbian Exposition or are formally commended

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by the director-general thereof; and authority is hereby given to the
board of lady managers of the World’s Columbian Commission to pre-
sent said diplomas of honorable mention to said designers, inventors,
and expert artisans whenever a certificate is filed with said board of
lady managers by an exhibitor who has received a medal and diploma
or the formal commendation of the director-general, setting forth the
name or names of designers,.inventors, and expert artisans who have
assisted in the production and perfection of the exhibits for which said
medals and diplomas were awarded or commendation made, the aggre-
gate expense thereof not to exceed $5,000, to be paid from the sum of
$100,000 appropriated by an act approved March 3, 1893, making
appropriations for the sundry civil expenses of the Government for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894, and for other purposes, for the
payment of judges, examiners, and members of the committees to be
appointed by the board of lady managers as authorized by section 6 of
an act approved April 25, 1890, authorizing the World’s Columbian
Exposition and appropriating money therefor.
(Stat., XCX VIII, 575.)

August 18, 1894.
Sundry civil act for 1895.

, The Secretary of State is hereby authorized and directed to inves-
tigate and report to Congress at its next session what amount of
losses was sustained by the Republic of France and by French exhib-
itors at the World’s Columbian Exposition at Chicago by fire on the
night of January 8 and 9, 1894, in the building of manufactures

and liberal arts of said exposition. He shall cause proofs to be taken,

satisfactory to himself, to determine the amount of such losses sus-
tained by the French Government and by the several French exhibitors,
and also by whose fault or negligence, if any, the losses occurred.
The President of the United States is hereby authorized, in such
form and manner as he shall deem most suitable, to signify to the
governments of the several countries duly represented at the World’s

Columbian Exposition, and to their leading official representatives

thereat, the grateful appreciation of the Government and people of
the United States of America for their valued contributions to the
success of said exposition, and for their friendly participation in the
commemoration of one of the most important events in human history;
and the sum of $2,500, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is
hereby appropriated for this purpose, to be paid upon the order of
the President.

To enable the committee on final report to arrange the reports of
the various departments and prepare a synopsis of the same, $3,500,
or so much as may be necessary, to be expended in the discretion of
the committee; and said reports, with synopsis, including index for

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each volume, shall not exceed 10 quarto volumes in all, of not
exceeding 1,000 pages each.

(Stat., XXVIII, 387.)

For taking down the Government main building erected for the
Government exhibit at the World’s Columbian Exposition and its
transportation, or so much of the material thereof as may be avail-
able, and its reerection upon the site selected for the Cotton, States
and International Exposition, including the purchase of such new
material as may be found necessary, $50,000, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Treasury:
Provided, That if it be found impracticable to take down, transport,
and re-erect said building for the sum herein appropriated, then the
Secretary of the Treasury shall cause a new building to be erected
upon said site of the Cotton States and International Exposition for
the Government exhibit, at a cost not to exceed $50,000.

(Stat., XX VIIT, 421.)

March 2, 1895.
Naval act for 1896.

That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he hereby is, authorized to
transfer to the trustees of the Columbian Museum of Chicago the
reproductions of the caravels of Columbus, the Santa Maria, Nina,
and Pinta, which were exhibited at the World’s Columbian Exposition.

(Stat., XXVIII, 842.)

March 2, 1895.

The deficiency act for 1895 authorized the Secretary of State to
transfer to the Columbian Museum at Chicago all of the exhibit of
the Department of State exhibited in the building known as the
Convent of La Rabida and the east gallery of the United States Gov- |
ernment building, except such articles as had been transferred to the

National Museum or other Government establishments at Washington,
(Stat., XXVIII, 843.)

March 2, 1895.
Sundry civil act for 1896.

World’s Columbian Commission: That the Secretary of the Treasury
be, and he is hereby, authorized to procure suitable cases for the
bronze medals awarded exhibitors at the World’s Columbian Exposi-
tion, and to pay for the same and also the expense of distributing said
medals from the appropriation contained in the third section of an act
entitled ‘‘An act to aid in carrying out the act of Congress approved
April 25th, 1890, entitled ‘An act to provide for celebrating the four
hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America by Christopher
Columbus, by holding an international exposition of aits, industries,
manufactures, and products of the soil, mine, and sea, in the city of

FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. 1893-1895. 16389

Chicago, in the State of Illinois,’ and appropriating money therefor,”
approved August 5th, 1892.

That the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, under the supervision
of the Secretary of the Treasury, be authorized to print upon the
blank diplomas authorized by section 3 of the said act of August 5,
1892, as amended by the act of March 3, 1893, making appropriations
for the sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year
1894, the names of the persons to whom the diplomas are to be awarded
by the World’s Columbian Commission, and the language of the
awards as furnished by the committee on awards of the World’s
Columbian Commission; and the expense thereof shall be paid from
the appropriation of $103,000 contained in said sundry civil act to
carry out section 3 as amended, which appropriation is hereby made
available for such purpose until expended.

And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to furnish
electrotypes or photographs of the medal of award of the World’s
Columbian Exposition, to exhibitors to whom medal has been awarded,
at the expense and cost of such exhibitors, and also to furnish the
same to newspapers and periodicals for publication, provided the pub-
lishers to whom the electrotypes or photographs are furnished pay the
expenses thereof, but that no electrotypes or photographs shall be
furnished to any persons except those to whom medal has been awarded
and to newspapers and periodicals paying for the same, and any other
person printing facsimiles of said electrotypes or photographs of said
medals shall be liable to the penalty prescribed by act of August 5, 1892.

(Stat., XXVIII, 928.)

Antwerp Exposition.
March 12, 1894.

Joint resolution No. 12 accepted invitation of the Government of
Belgium to the International Exposition to be held at Antwerp, May,
1894, and authorized the appointment of five commissioners to repre-
sent the United States. The heads of Departments of the Govern-
ment of the United States were authorized and instructed to co-operate
with the commission, no liabilities to be created on the United States,
and no appropriation made for a Government exhibit.

(Stat., XXVIII, 578.)

Tacoma Exposition.
August 3, 1894.
Act exempted articles of foreign exhibitors at the Interstate Fair at
Tacoma, Wash., from payment of duties, ete.

(Stat., XX VILL, 224.)

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Atlanta Exposition.
August 18, 1894.
Sundry civil act for 1895.

For an exhibit by the Government of the United States of such
articles and materials as illustrate the function and administrative fac-
ulty of the Government, to be made at the Cotton States and Interna-
tional Exposition, to be held at Atlanta, Georgia, in the year 1895,
and for the employment of proper persons as officers and assistants
by the board of management hereinafter created, and for the mainte-
nance of the building hereinafter provided for, and for other contin-
gent expenses incidental to the Government exhibit, to be approved
by the chairman of the board of management and by the Secretary of
the Treasury upon itemized accounts and vouchers, $150,000, or so
much thereof as may be necessary, to be disbursed by the board of
management, of which not exceeding $10,000 shall be expended for
clerical services. And to secure a complete and harmonious arrange-
ment of said Government exhibit a board of management shall be
created, to be charged with the selection, purchase, preparation,
transportation, arrangement, safe-keeping, exhibition, and return of
such articles and materials as the heads of the Executive Departments,
the Smithsonian Institution and National Museum, and the United
States Fish Commission may respectively decide shall be embraced in
said Government exhibit. The President may also designate addi-
tional articles for exhibition. Such board shall be composed of one
member to be detailed by the head of each Executive Department,
one by the head of the Smithsonian Institution and National Museum,
and one by the head of the United States Fish Commission, and the
President shall name one of said members as chairman.

But the United States shall not, in any manner nor under any cir-
cumstances, be liable for any of the acts, doings, proceedings, or repre-
sentations of the said Cotton States and International Exposition,
organized under the laws of the State of Georgia, its officers, agents,
servants, or employees, or any of them, or for the service, salaries,
labor, or wages of said officers, agents, servants, or employees, or any
of them, or for any subscriptions to the capital stock, or for any cer-
tificates of stock, bonds, mortgages, or obligations of any kind issued
by said corporation, or for any debts, liabilities, or expenses incidental
to the exposition: Provided, however, That all articles which shall be
imported from foreign countries for the sole purpose of exhibition at
said exposition, upon which there shall be a tariff or customs duty,
shall be admitted free of duty, customs fees, or charges, under such
regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe; but it
shall be lawful at any time during the exposition to sell, for delivery
at the close of the exposition, any goods or property imported for and

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actually on exhibition, in the exposition buildings or on its grounds,
subject to such regulation for the security of the revenue and for the
collection of the import duties as the Secretary of the Treasury shall
prescribe; and all such articles, when sold or withdrawn for consump-
tion in the United States, shall be subject to the duty, if any, imposed
upon such article by the revenue laws in force at the date of importa-
tion, and all penalties prescribed by law shall be applied and enforced
against such articles and against the persons who may be guilty of any
illegal sale or withdrawal: And provided further, That medals, with
appropriate devices, emblems, and inscriptions commemorative of said
Cotton States and International Exposition, and of the awards to be
made to exhibitors thereat, be prepared at some mint of the United
States for the board of directors thereof, subject to the provisions of
the fifty-second section of the coinage act of 1873, upon the payment
of a sum not less than the cost thereof; and all the provisions, whether
penal or otherwise, of said coinage act against the counterfeiting or
imitating of coins of the United States shall apply to the medals struck
and issued under this section. ;

For taking down the Government main building erected for the -
Government exhibit at the World’s Columbian Exposition and its trans-
portation, or so much of the material thereof as may be available, and
its reerection upon the site selected for the said Cotton States and Inter-
national Exposition, including the purchase of such new materials as
may be found necessary, $50,000, or so much thereof as may be neces-
sary, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided,
That if it be found impracticable to take down, transport, and re-erect
said building for the sum herein appropriated, then the Secretary of
the Treasury shall cause a new building to be erected upon said site
of the Cotton States and International Exposition for the Government
exhibit, at'a cost not to exceed $50,000, for which purpose the amount
herein appropriated is hereby made available: Provided always, That
the United States shall in no manner, and under no circumstances, be
liable for any bond, debt, contract, expenditure, expense, or liability
of any kind whatever of the said Cotton States and International
Exposition, its officers, agents, servants, or employees, or incident to or
growing out of said exposition, nor for any amount whatever in excess
of the $150,000 and of the $50,000 herein authorized; and the heads of
Executive Departments, the Smithsonian Institution and National
Museum, and the United States Fish Commission, and the board of
management herein authorized, their officers, agents, servants, or
employees shall in no manner and under no circumstances expend,
or create any liability of any kind for, any sum in excess of the
appropriations herein made, or create any deficiency.

(Stat., XX VIII, 420.)

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January 21, 1895.

Resolved, ctc., Whereas the Cotton States and International Expo-
sition Company of Atlanta, Georgia, have extended invitations, which
have been accepted by the several nations and space for installing
foreign exhibits has been applied for and duly apportioned, and con-
cessions and privileges granted by the exposition management to the
citizens and subjects of foreign nations; and whereas for the purpose
of securing the production upon the exposition grounds of scenes
illustrative of the architecture, dress, habits, and modes of life, occu-
pation, industries, means of locomotion and transportation, amuse-
ments, entertainments, and so forth, of the natives of foreign
countries, it has been necessary for the Cotton States and International
Exposition Company to grant concessions and privileges to certain
firms and corporations conceding the right to make such productions:
Therefore,

Resolved, etc., That the act of Congress approved February 26, 1885,
prohibiting the importation of foreigners under contract to perform
labor, and the acts of Congress prohibiting the coming of Chinese per-
sons into the United States, and the acts amendatory of these acts,
shall not be so construed, nor shall anything therein operate to pre-
vent, hinder, or in any wise restrict any foreign exhibitor, represen-
tative, or citizen of a foreign nation, or the holder, who is a citizen of
a foreign nation, of any concession or privilege from the Cotton States
and International Exposition Company of Atlanta, Georgia, from
bringing into the United States, under contract, such mechanics, arti-
sans, agents, or other employees, natives of their respective foreign
countries, as they or any of them may deem necessary for the purpose
of making preparations for installing or conducting their exhibits or
of preparing for installing or conducting any business authorized or
permitted under or by virtue of or pertaining to any concession or privi-
lege which may have been granted by the Cotton States and Interna-
tional Exposition Company of Atlanta, Georgia, in connection with
such exposition: Provided, however, That no alien shall by virtue of
this act enter the United States under contract to perform labor except
by express permission, naming such alien, of the Secretary of the
Treasury; and any such alien who may remain in the United States
for more than one year after the close of said exposition shall there-
after be subject to all the processes and penalties applicable to aliens
coming in violation of the alien-contract-labor law aforesaid.

(Stat., XXVIII, 967.)

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r Paris Exposition.
August 23, 1894.
Deficiency act for 1894, ete.
For International Exposition at Paris in 1889, $4.66. [To cover
claim reported in Senate Executive Document 164, Fifty-third Con-
gress, second session. |

(Stat., XXVIII, 486.)

Portland Exposition.

January 8, 1895.

Whereas there will be held in the city of Portland and county of
Multnomah, State of Oregon, from and after December 1, 1894, an
exposition to be known as the Portland Universal Exposition, in
which foreign nations and foreign exhibitors have been invited and
have agreed to participate: Therefore,

Be tt enacted, etc., That all articles which shall be imported from
foreign countries for the sole purpose of exhibition at said exposition
upon which there shall be a tariff or customs duty shall be admitted
free of payment of duty, customs fees, or charges, under such regula-
tions as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe; and all articles
which have been imported from foreign countries and which have been
on exhibition at the World’s Columbian Exposition at Chicago, or
which have been on exhibition at the California Midwinter International
Exposition, or at the Interstate Fair at Tacoma, Washington, upon
which there is a tariff or customs duty, and which have been hereto-
fore admitted free of the payment of duty, customs fees, or charges,
may, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury,
be transferred to the city of Portland, in the State of Oregon, for the
sole purpose of exhibition at said exposition.

Src. 2. That it shall be lawful at any time during such exposition
to sell for delivery at the close of the exposition any of the goods or
property imported for and actually on exhibition in the exposition
buildings or on its grounds, subject to such regulations for the security
of the revenue and for the collection of import duties as the Secretary
of the Treasury shall prescribe: Provided, That all such articles when
sold or withdrawn for consumption in the United States shall be sub-
ject to the duty, if any, imposed upon such articles by the revenue
laws in force at the date of sale; and all penalties prescribed by law
shall be enforced and applied against such articles and against the
persons who may be guilty of any illegal sale or withdrawal thereof.

Suc. 3. That all of the provisions of public resolution numbered 30,
entitled ‘* Joint resolution authorizing foreign exhibitors at the World’s
Columbian Exposition to bring to this country foreign laborers from
their respective countries for the purpose of preparing for and making
their exhibits,” approved August 5, 1892, are hereby extended to and

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made applicable to said Portland Universal Exposition to the same
extent as if said exposition was therein specifically named.
(Stat., XXVIII, 600.)

Barcelona Exposition.
March 2, 1895. |
Sundry civil act for 1896.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized
and directed to allow and pay to Emile M. Blum, late United States
commissioner-general to the International Exposition at Barcelona,
Spain, the sum of $3,380.96 in the adjustment of his accounts, being
the amount of money by him disbursed in furthering American inter-
ests at said exposition not heretofore allowed by the accounting officers
of the Treasury.

(Stat., XXVIII, 934.)

ETHNOLOGY—REPORT.

September 6, 1893—House. :

Mr. J. D. RicHarpson introduced concurrent resolution to print
the Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology.

Referred to Committee on Printing.

October 14, 1893—House.

Mr. J. D. Ricuarpson offered concurrent resolution to print 8,000
copies of the Fourteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology.

Referred to Committee on Printing.
October 18, 1893—House.

The Clerk continued the reading of the bill (H. 2650) for printing
public documents, ete.:

Of the report of the Bureau of Ethnology, 8,000 copies; 1,000 for the Senate, 2,000
for the House, and 5,000 for distribution by the Bureau of Ethnology.

Mr. James C. C. Buack. Mr. Chairman, it seems to me that we are
proceeding with undue haste. The suggestion which was made to us
by the chairman of the Committee on Appropriations [Mr. Sayers]
was, it seems to me, very timely, and one which ought to attract the
attention and command the consideration of this committee. We are
taking action here now which will come back to us hereafter when
we are called upon to make appropriations. I would like to ask the
chairman of the Committee on Printing whether it is not a fact that
we have now stored somewhere in this building, or perhaps in other
‘buildings, a large number of the documents mentioned in this bill, or
such documents as we are now providing shall be printed?

Mr. J. D. Ricuarpson. I think not. These reports that we are
now providing for are annual reports. They are printed from year

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to year, and there can not be stored away any of these reports which
have not yet been printed.

Mr. Buack. I am not referring especially to the reports for this
year, but I say, have we not stored away copies of like reports?

Mr. Ricuarpson. It may be that some such are stored away.

Mr. Brack. Is it not true that we have been called upon to provide a
storehouse for these documents? * Has not the Government been called
on to rent various places for the storage of documents of this kind?

Mr. Ricuarpson. Yes, sir; that is true.

. Mr. Bruack. Now, I would like to ask the gentleman, what is the
necessity for our printing these documents when it has been demon-
strated by actual experience that nobody wants them; that nobody
will take them?

Mr. Ricuarpson. I think the gentleman assumes a little too much
when he says that ‘‘nobody” wants them. Because of the fact that
we find here occasionally a number of members, two or three or a
half dozen, who do not want them, and thereby these works accumu-
late, that does not represent the whole number by any means. We
take the publications as a. rule, and are glad to get them and send
them out. I would like to have more of them myself. We send all
out that we can get. There will be no accumulation of these, I am
satisfied.

Mr. Chairman, these publications mentioned in the paragraph of
the bill we are now considering are the annual publications of the Goy-
- ernment, and I beg the attention of the committee to this fact: That we
have reduced every one of them, I believe, without exception, largely.
Take the one that has just been read—the report of the Bureau of
Ethnology. There is a reduction by this bill in that publication of
7,500 copies. They cost about $2.25 a copy, as nearas I can get at it;
at all events, a little over $2. So that in this one publication, by the
amendment of the committee in reporting this bill, we have saved
15,000 a year to the Government, and therefore it seems to me it
ought to be passed without objection.

Mr. Buackx. Ought it to pass if we can save $10,000 more?

Mr. Ricwarpson. I think we have reduced the number as low as pos-
sible with safety to the Government. We called the superintendent
of the Bureau before us, and he testified that this number of copies that
we left in the bill is absolutely necessary for distribution.

Mr. Brack. Let me ask the gentleman further, do you think that
the provision for 3,000 copies of the report of the Bureau of Ethnol-
ogy for the use of the House is absolutely essential ?

Mr. Ricuarpson. I thinkso. I think itis avery good and important
publication. It is a valuable work certainly; a very valuable one to
many members from sections where there are scientific schools or estab-

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lishments of that kind. There is quite a demand for it in mane parts
of the country.

Mr. JoserH W. Bartry. I would like to ask the gentleman from
Tennessee what is the purpose of the work?

Mr. RicHarpson. This is the report on ethnology.

Mr. Batmry. Yes; but what is = object of publishing it by the
Government ?

Mr. Ricuarpson. Has the gentleman ever examined it?

Mr. Batter. Yes, sir; I have.

Mr. Ricwarpson. Then the gentleman is just as competent to testify.
as I am.

Mr. Barry. The gentleman answers my question by asking another.
I hope he will give the information I have asked for.

Mr. Ricnarpson. I can not say, of course, what would suit the taste
of my friend from Texas. If he would like to inquire and learn any-
thing about ethnology, he will find the information in this work.

Mr. Frank E. BettzHoover. Mr. Chairman, I rise to a question of
order. What proposition is pending before the committee?

The CHarrMan (Mr. A. M. Docxsry). There is no amendment pend-
ing. The Chair has been indulging this debate by consent of the
committee.

Mr. Buack. Then I will offer an amendment if necessary.

Mr. Ricnarpson. If the gentleman will permit me, I will move to .
strike out the last word—a pro forma amendment.

I was going to say, Mr. Chairman, that these are very scientific and
valuable productions, and are valuable not only to ourselves and our
Government, but to all scientific people everywhere. I do not under-
take to say that they would suit my friend from Texas or his taste
for literature, but they do suit the taste of many people.

Mr. Barry. That is precisely the point that I wanted to develope.
Then this is an effort to promote science, as I understand it. Now,
the only power of Congress to promote science is derived from the
Constitution, which expressly authorizes it ‘‘ to promote the progress
of science and the useful arts.” How? Not by publishing and dis-
tributing such works as these, but by securing to authors and invent-
ors the exclusive use of their writings or inventions for a limited time.
And, as I take it, when Congress has done that it has exhausted its
power to promote the progress of science and the useful arts.

Mr. BettzHoover. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment to this
section or paragraph of the bill. ,

The Clerk read:

Amend by increasing the number in line 46, page 35, to ‘‘14,000;’’ and in line 47
change ‘1,000” to ‘‘3,000,”’ and ‘‘2,000”’ to ‘‘6,000.’’

Mr. BeitzHoover. Mr. Chairman, if the gentleman in charge of
this bill, the chairman of the committee, will give me his attention, I

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desire to say that this is one of the most valuable publications made
by the Government. The demand for it by the institutions of learn-
ing and by gentlemen of culture throughout the country, is as great
relatively as the demand for the Agricultural Report.

I believe, therefore, that while I might agree with the gentleman
from Texas [Mr. Bailey] as to the paternalism of the Government
involved in this question, and that I might justify myself in voting
against publishing anything whatever by the Government, yet, if we
do publish these books, I favor the publication of the valuable ones
which are most sought after and are believed to be most useful as a
means of conveying information to the people. The Committee on
Printing, instead of reducing the numbers of these books that outside
parties are entitled to, have cut down the number that members of
Congress have hitherto received from 6,000 to 2,000, and have
increased the number for-the Bureau of Ethnology.

I can see no reason why we, the representatives of the people, in
appropriating the money for publications for our constituents, shall
not have the right to control the distribution of those documents in a
ratable proportion among our districts without the intervention of
people who may distribute them entirely in a few sections and toa
few institutions and persons. If this number is to be 5,000 for the
Bureau of Ethnology, then the number ought to be increased, as my
amendment proposes, for the Senate and the House. There is no
reason why this Bureau of Ethnology should have the right, with the
little knowledge they have of the people requiring them in our several
districts, to distribute them as they please without consulting members
of the Senate or House.

Therefore, if the number is to remain, as the Committee on Printing
have reported it, at 5,000 for the Bureau of Ethnology, the number
ought to be increased at least to 6,000 for this House of 356 members.
Iam in favor of economy as much as any gentleman can be, but I
dislike this cheese-paring economy in small matters that we sometimes

_ see in this’ House, and which excites the contempt and derision of the

country. If we are going to print these books, let us print the val-
uable ones, and print them in such quantities that it will be worth
while to take the trouble to distribute them. The number now reported
will give us but 6 volumes apiece, to be distributed among an average
population of 30,000 voters, whereas we ought to have more than
double that number to supply the public libraries alone.

Mr. Jerry Srmeson. I wish to offer an amendment to the amend-
ment.

-The Cuarrman. The gentleman will send it up.

Mr. Suvpson. After the word ‘‘ copies,” in line 47, add the word
‘‘two” and strike out the word ‘‘one.” And in the same line, after
the word ‘‘Senate,” strike out the word ‘*‘two” and insert the word

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‘*five;” and in line 48 strike out the word ‘‘five” and add the word
“Sone,” so as to read:

Of the report of the Bureau of Ethnology, 8,000 copies—2,000 for the Senate,
5,000 for the House, and 1,000 for distribution by the Bureau of Ethnology.

I think that will cure the evil complained of.

Mr. BetrzHoover. That proposition being voted on first, if it is
adopted, I will withdraw my amendment.

Mr. Smpson. I think that will cure the evil the gentleman complains
of, of giving so large a proportion to the Bureau. I agree entirely
with the gentleman from Pennsylvania [ Mr. Beltzhoover | that this is
a very valuable book, which ought to go out to the people. There is
a large demand for it in my country. Perhaps in the district of the
gentleman from Missouri [ Mr. Hall] they will consider it, like him,
stuff and rot, but in my country and in the gentleman’s State I am
satisfied that there is a large demand for the book.

Mr. Jonn A. PickierR. Does the gentleman know whether 1,000
copies will be sufficient for the Bureau to enable them to make the
exchanges that they make with the various nations of the earth?

Mr. Suvpson. I should think it would be plenty.

Mr. Pickier. I would not want to cut them below what they ought
to have for making these exchanges.

Mr. Smeson. That will be a sufficient number.

Mr. Joun S. Wreiiams. Mr. Chairman, I am of the opinion, gener-
ally speaking, that the less members of Congress and Senators have to
do with anything in this Government, outside of the duties of legisla-
tion, the better for them and for the people.

There is a great deal of selfishness in everything, and I understand
that; and I have it to as large an extent as the average member of the ~
body of which I am a member. I understand perfectly the feeling
upon the part of a member of Congress that he is the proper party to
distribute documents; but it is a mistaken feeling, and I think the
sooner we go back to the idea that these documents are published for
the purpose of disseminating useful information among the people and -
not for the purpose of being used by us in order to advance our own
political fortunes the better for the United States, and, in the long
run, the better for us.

Mr. Jounn Davis. But who knows better the people of the various
districts than the Representatives from those districts ?

Mr. Wriu1ams. Ah, Mr. Chairman, no man knows the people of the
Fifth district of Mississippi better than I do, and nobody knows
better where a public document will aid in my reelection than I do.

Mr. Witu1am H. Doorrrrir. Do you not want to be reelected ?

Mr. Wittrams. Now, Mr. Chairman, the people can get these docu-
ments just as well through the Departments; and the Departments,
as we all know, will take above all things else a list from a mem-

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ber of Congress and advice from him as to how to distribute these
documents.

Mr. BettzHoover. Will the gentleman allow me to ask him if he
ever tried that experiment?

Mr. Wiiuiams. I have, and I am trying it to-day in the Interior
Department.

Mr. BretrzHoover. Have you ever gone to one of those bureaus
with twenty-five or fifty names and got a favorable reply ?

Mr. Wituiams. I will say this, that I am a new member of Congress
and do not pretend to know the one hundred and sixty-fifth part of
what I ought to know, much less what is to be known about things
lying around loose in Washington about the Departments; but I do
know this, that one of the first communications I received from the
Agricultural Department was to send a number of names of parties to
whom I wanted articles distributed. One of the first communications
I received from the Interior Department was a like communication,
and I was glad to comply with both so far as that was concerned.

Now, what I want to impress upon the committee is that we should
control this distribution, which is carried on at a large expense.

Mr. Stvpson. Will the gentlemen allow me to ask him a question?
I want to ask the gentleman when he received that communication from
the Agricultural Department did not they suggest to him that the gen-
tleman’s name should be sent on the articles to be sent from that
Department, so that the parties receiving them would understand that
the gentleman had sent them ?

Mr. Wriu1ams. I believe they did.

Mr. Stvpson. Well, then, did not that have the same effect as if the
gentlemen had sent them, and while the Departments are distributing
them in this way at your request are you not in effect distributing
the books?

Mr. Wriu1ams. I am not talking about the effect, but I will come
to it in this way. In my district Senators distribute documents; in
my district I distribute them, and the Departments also distribute
them. Here is a man known to be a live, talking Democrat. He
gets four documents; and another man, who, perhaps, would get
more good out of these documents, gets none. Now, my idea is
that the object of these publications is to distribute them where
they will do the most good. The next idea in my mind is this, that
the very main object in the mind of the Democratic party at present
is to put the Government back upon an economic footing. Now, you
have just had the chairman of the Committee on Appropriations call-
ing your attention to the fact that if we go on increasing these reports
of committees that there will come up behind us the necessity finally
to make appropriations to pay for these things. I shall oppose this
proposition, and I desire to offer amendments to the section.

H. Doc. 732——104

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Mr. Srvpson. Will the gentleman allow me just a moment? I know
he wants to be fair. Now, he thinks that these 5,000 copies should be
left for distribution by the Department. You leave them in control
of their distribution. I think it is dangerous legislation to leave them
for their distribution, and it is a matter of patronage with the
Department. .

Mr. Wiiu1ams. I will offer an amendment that I think the gentle-
man will agree to, that this distribution shall be given with the advice
of the Senators and Representatives from the State.

The Cuarrman. The time of the gentleman has expired.

Mr. Ricuarpson. Mr. Chairman, I desire to oppose the amendment
offered by the gentleman from Pennsylvania. é

Mr. WiiutiaMs. I wanted to offer some amendments. -

Mr. Rrcuarpson. I will yield to the gentleman so that he may offer
his amendment.

Mr. Wiiu1ams. Mr. Chairman, I am going to offer some amendments
which are rather radical in their nature. In lines 12 and 13

The Cuarrman. The Chair will state to the gentleman that there is,
an amendment now pending, and an amendment to the amendment.
At this stage a substitute would be in order.

Mr. Ricnwarpson. Mr. Chairman, I want to say that these amend-
ments offered by these gentlemen ought not to prevail. If we are
going to economize the only way to do it is to reduce the number of
documents printed. We have reduced this from 15,500 to 8,000, a
saving of about $15,000 or $16,000 in this one publication. Now, the
distribution we make is 1,000 for the Senate and 2,000 for the House
and 5,000 for the Department. Now, I say

Mr. Smueson. Will the gentleman permit me?

Mr. Ricuarpson. I can not do that. I must make this statement.
That is the best distribution that could be made of this document.

I assert that, Mr. Chairman. Gentlemen go upon the idea that if the
Department gets these copies they are lost to the country, but if my
friend, after distributing his share, wants to get a copy, or 2 copies,
or 3 copies, all he has to do is to ask the chief of this Bureau to supply
A, B, or C with a copy or copies of the document, and if the chief has
got them he will send them to the gentleman’s constituent and accom-
pany them with a letter stating that they are sent at the request of the
Representative. The gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Beltzhoover]
complains that each member does not get enough of these documents
under the biJl, but what does he propose? He says that the number
proposed in the bill, 6, is not sufficient, that it must be increased, and
thereupon he proposes to increase it to 11. Now, if 6 copies will not
meet the demand, certainly 11 will not.

Mr. BreurzHooverR. It will come nearer to it, though.

Mr. Ricnarpson. And the gentleman from Kansas [Mr. Simpson]

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comes along and proposes to increase the number so that each mem-
ber shall have about 13.

Mr. Stmpson. I do not increase the number to be printed at all.

Mr. Ricnarpson. You do increase the allowance of members, though,
giving them about 13 each, instead of 6, as the bill proposes. Now,
each member represents about from 30,000 to 35,000 male voters, and
there are about as many ladies, making 60,000 or 70,000 grown people
in each district. It is obvious that you can not supply all those people
with 13 or with 11 copies of these documents any more than you could
with 6, and I insist that we ought not to undertake to supply any-
thing like the demand that may be created in a Congressional district
for a valuable publication like this.

Let each member have 6 copies, and inasmuch as this is more or less
a scientific publication, if he wants to supply the libraries in his dis-
trict, he will have his 6 copies for that purpose, but we can not under-
take to meet the whole demand unless we are prepared to bankrupt
the Treasury. I think We have provided copies enough. I think we
ought to begin to economize and to keep it up upon every Government
publication. The Committee on Printing, recognizing that, have put
the knife to every annual publication of the Government, except that
of the Department of Agriculture. Gentlemen here have railed about
discrimination against the report of the Secretary of Agriculture, but
the fact is that we have treated that more liberally than any other
publication; we make no reduction in the number of the Agricultural
Reports published, while, as I say, we have applied the knife to every
other publication; and I do insist that members on this side of the
House especially ought not to increase these publications beyond the
number contained in the bill. Gentlemen have demanded that we shall
economize, and the only way to do it is to reduce the number of these
documents published, and the committee propose to do that.

Mr. BetrzHoover. Will the gentleman yield for a question ?

The Cuartrman. The time of the gentleman from Tennessee has
expired.

Mr. BeirzHoover. Well, I will move to strike out the last word,
and ask him a question which he may answer in my time. If these
publications are made, as I understand they are, for the benefit of
institutions of learning and public libraries, ought we not to publish
enough of them to be able to send a copy to each public library in our
districts? This allowance of 6 copies, which the gentleman proposes,
is not half enough to supply the libraries in my district, and will com-
pel me to make an unpleasant discrimination against a majority of
these beneficent institutions.

Mr. Ricwarpson. This bill provides that whenever there is an edi-
tion of 5,000 copies printed, 10 per cent of them shall be sent to the
superintendent of documents in the Interior Department, and he appor-

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tions them to the designated depositories throughout the country, so
that the gentleman’s district will get its share.

Mr. BeitzHoover. I beg the gentleman’s pardon. That number—
500—will not allow members and Senators more than 1 additional vol-
ume, for there are 440 members and Senators in both bodies.

Mr. RicHarpson. There are 6 copies for each member.

Mr. BettzHoover. Well, there are 14 public libraries in my dis-
trict, and even if I should get the odd volume which his generosity
offers I would have only 7 copies.

Mr. Ricwarpson. But they are not all designated depositories.

Mr. BreuttzHoover. They are all designated depositories under the
law, and can not get these books under this provision, and I hold that
in printing a valuable book like this, while we do not undertake to dis-
tribute it indiscriminately, we eupha to print enough copies to be able
to supply all the public libraries with it.

Mr. Ricuarpson. You can not do that without bankrupting the
Government. ‘

Mr. BettzHoover. Oh, it isa mere pretense to assert that this would
bankrupt the Government.

The CHarrMANn. The question is on the amendment of the gentleman
from Kansas.

Mr. Smuupson. Before that vote is taken, Mr. Chairman, | wish to
say that my amendment does not increase the number of these docu-
ments to be printed. It merely takes 4,000 copies from the Bureau
and distributes them amongst the members of the House and the Senate.
Therefore it does not increase the expense of the publication at all.

The Cuarrman. The question is on the amendment to the amendment
offered by the gentleman from Kansas [Mr. Simpson], which will be
reported by the Clerk. The amendment was read:

Page 33, line 47, strike out ‘‘one’’ after the word ‘‘copies’’ and insert ‘‘two;”’
same line strike out ‘‘two”’ after the word ‘‘Senate’’ and insert ‘“‘ five;’’ line 48,
after the word ‘‘and,’’ strike out ‘‘five’’ and insert ‘‘one,’’ so that the provision
will read: ‘‘Of the report of the Bureau of Ethnology, 8,000 copies; 2,000 for the
Senates5,000 for the House, and 1,000 for distribution by the Bureau of Ethnology.”

The amendment to the amendment was agreed to.

The CHarrMAN. The question now is on the amendment offered by
the gentleman from Pennsylvania | Mr. Beltzhoover] as amended by the
amendment of the gentleman from Kansas | Mr. Simpson].

The amendment as amended was adopted.

January 8, 1894—House.

Mr. J. D. Rrcuarpson introduced concurrent resolution to print
8,000 copies of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Annual Reports of the
Bureau of Ethnology.

Referred to Committee on Printing.

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January 12, 1894—Senate.

Mr. A. P. GormAN submitted report in favor of printing the Thir-
teenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology.

Senate concurrent resolution passed to print the Thirteenth Annual
Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, 1,000 for the Senate, 2,000 for the
House, and 5,000 copies for the use of the Bureau.

January 15, 1894—House.

The Speaker (Mr. Cuaruss F. Crisp) laid before the House a Senate
concurrent resolution providing for the printing of 8,000 copies of the
Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, which was read.

Mr. JoserH D. Sayers. Mr. Speaker, I wish to ask the gentleman
a question in regard to that resolution. My recollection is that the
printing of the Geological Survey, under which the Bureau of Eth-
nology operates, at least in part, is provided for in the sundry civil
bill. Now, I want to ask the gentleman whether this resolution pro-
poses to make an additional appropriation for that printing?

Mr. James D. Ricuarpson. No, sir. The appropriation of which
the gentleman speaks as being carried in the sundry civil bill is for
the current printing of the Bureau of Ethnology. There is no pro-
vision there for printing the extra copies which are provided for in
this resolution, and which are intended for Congress and for distri-
bution by the Bureau. This resolution is to provide for printing the
same number of extra copies that is provided for in the printing bill
which passed this House in the extraordinary session and is now pend-
ing in the Senate; but, lest that bill should not pass the Senate in time,
the Bureau and its officers have thought it wise to ask us to provide
for these extra copies by a special concurrent resolution in order that
they may go on with the work and not be delayed while waiting for
the passage of the printing bill. That is the reason this resolution is
proposed.

Mr. Sayers. I ask the gentleman to let the resolution lie over until
I can confer with him about it.

Mr. Ricuarpson. I have no objection to that, Mr. Speaker. Let it
lie on the Speaker’s table.

January 18, 1894—House.

Concurrent resolution to print the Thirteenth Annual Report of the
Bureau of Ethnology passed.

June 11, 1894—House.

Mr. James D. Ricnarpson, from Committee on Printing, submitted
report (H. 1060) on concurrent resolution:

The Committee on Printing have considered House concurrent reso-
lution to print 8,000 copies of the thirteenth and fourteenth annual
reports of Director of the Bureau of Ethnology with illustrations, ete.,
and report same with recommendation that it do pass with an amend-

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ment striking out so much thereof as provides for the printing of
thirteenth annual report, as same has heretofore been ordered printed,
The estimated cost of fourteenth report is $12,000.
Resolution passed.
June 12, 1894—Senate.
Referred to Committee on Printing.

UNIVERSITY OF THE UNITED STATES.

September 6, 1893—House.
Mr. James W. Covert introduced bill (H. 389):

That there shall be, and is hereby, established in the District of Columbia a uni-
versity of the United States, which is hereby incorporated by such name, with seal,
and subject to the acts of Congress at any time hereafter to be made.

Src. 2. The trustees of such corporation, in whom shall vest in trust all property,
real and personal, and all power to receive, collect, convert, invest, and apply said
property, shall be the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institute, who may
appoint a committee of ten of such regents to serve for five years, and preside over
and direct the proceedings of said university.

Sec. 3. That said committee of ten of said regents shall be the governors and trustees
of said university during their term of appointment, and shall have exclusive charge
and control thereof. They may select and nominate to the Board of Regents for
appointment as professors and assistant professors, direct the studies, provide the
apparatus and library, preside over examinations and admission of students, and
prescribe rules and discipline, and enforce the same, and shall report all their acts
and proceedings herein at the first meeting of the Board of Regents thereafter, and
if the same be confirmed by said board, such acts and proceedings of said commit-
tee of governors shall be valid, or may be amended or repealed by said board, but
until said order of said board all said acts and proceedings of said governors shall be
valid; that each acting member of said committee of governors shall be paid the
same compensation as Members of the House of Representatives, monthly, except
mileage allowance, for his services during said term of office.

Src. 4. That there shall be granted’ to the said university, as a perpetual endow-
ment, so many sections of public land, with no subdivision less than quarter sections,
and excepting mineral lands, at $1.25 per acre, as shall amount to at least $5,000,000;
said lands to be selected by said regents, subject’ to the control of the Secretary of
the Interior, who is hereby directed to issue to the said university all patents or
script as may be required to vest valid title in said land. Said lands shall be gradu-
ally sold by said university at the highest market value, and said university is
hereby authorized to receive further perpetual endowments from any sources, by
gifts, bequest of property.

Sec. 5. All moneys derived from the sale of said lands or from any other sources
at any time, shall by said regents be invested without delay in the stocks of the
United States, or other safe public securities yielding at least 5 per cent per annum
interest on their par value, with power to said regents, with approval of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury, at any time when necessary, to change said securities. All
said investments shall be made under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury,
and all said securities shall be deposited by said regents and kept on special deposit,
separate from the public funds in the Treasury of the United States, and said regents
shall every three months make to the Secretary of the Treasury a sworn statement
by their secretary or committee duly appointed therefor of the amount of capital to
date, its investment in detail, and its net income and accumulations thereof to date

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of report. Said secretary or committee of said regents appointed to make and report
such investments and collect said income shall receive a yearly salary of $
payable monthly by said regents.

Sxc. 6. That said capital shall never in any way be used by said university, but
only to secure a definite income; that all outlay for lands, buildings, furniture, cabi-
nets, libraries, apparatus, and salaries, etc., shall be paid from the said income
exclusively, and said regents are hereby prohibited from incurring any debt or liabil-
ity beyond the actual income aforesaid.

Sec. 7. That the object and aim of said university is to furnish gratuitously to all
qualified students a thorough practical knowledge, to the most advanced degree, of
every science useful to an accomplished engineer, civil, military, or naval, besides
the study of the history, constitution, and laws of the United States and of the sey-
eral States, as well as those of Europe, with their languages and literature, the
theory of practical agriculture, irrigation, and forestry.

Sec. 8. That students, to enter, must not be over the age of 18 years, of good
moral character, residents or natives of the United States, who must pledge them-
selves to serve the United States when needed, after graduation. They must suc-
cessfully pass a rigid examination in the highest branches of science or learning
taught in any State college or university, and they must bind themselves to punctual
attendance on all instruction and examinations of said university, unless necessarily
prevented, for and during the course of five years before graduation. Graduates
must pass a rigid examination on each subject pursued, and shall receive, besides
academical degrees, appointments as assistant United States engineers.

Sec. 9. That the salaries of all professors of said university shall be not less than
$5,000 per year, and of the assistant professors $3,000 a year, payable quarterly;
they shall hold office during good behavior; they shall arrange all terms, courses,
subjects of instruction, examinations, and report all delinquents to the governors.

Sec. 10. That in the selection and appointment of said professors in every case,
when qualified, the scientific experts now employed in the several bureaus of the
Government service shall be preferred.

Referred to Joint Committee on the Library.

February 27, 1894—Senate.
Mr. James H. Kyux introduced bill (S. 1708):

That an institution shall be, and is hereby, established in the District of Columbia,
to be called ‘The University of the United States,’’ where instruction shall be given
in the higher branches of all departments of knowledge (practical as well as literary
and scientific) and where facilities shall be furnished for research and investigation.

Sec. 2. That the government of the university shall be vested in a board of regents
and a council of faculties.

Sec. 3. That the board of regents shall consist of one member from each State of
the United States, to be appointed by the governor thereof, with the concurrence of
the chief justice and the chief educational officer of his State; six members to be
appointed by the President of the United States, with the advice and consent of the
Senate; the following members ex officio, to wit: The President of the United States,
who shall be honorary president of the board; the Vice-President of the United
States, the Chief Justice of the United States, the Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives, the Commissioner of Education, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, and the president of the university; fifteen to be a quorum. The regents and
their successors are hereby created a body politic and corporate, with the name of
‘The Regents of the University of the United States,’’ and with power, subject to
limitations herein prescribed, to adopt statutes for the government of the university,
to elect the officers thereof, to determine the conditions of admission to the univer-

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sity, to confer such degrees, and such only, as are recommended by the council of
faculties, and in general to perform any and all acts (not inconsistent herewith or
with the Constitution and laws of the United States) which may be necessary to the
ends herein proposed.

Sec. 4. That the first meeting of the board of regents shall be called by the
President of the United States, and shall be held in the city of Washington within
three months after the passage of this act. At such meeting all members represent-
ing the several States shall be divided, as nearly as possible, into six equal classes,
such division being according to an alphabetical arrangement of the States by them
represented. The classes thus formed shall be numbered in the order of such
arrangement, and shall retire in such order at the end of one, two, three, four, five,
and six years, respectively, and their successors shall be appointed thereafter for the
term of six years. Ifthe governor of any State shall neglect to make such appoint-
ment within three months after the notice of a vacancy for such State, the board may
fill the same by the election of some suitable citizen thereof. The regents first
appointed by the President shall retire in the order of their names on the list of
appointments at the end of one, two, three, four, five, and six years, and their sue-
cessors thereafter shall be appointed for the term of six years. In order to the full-
est efficiency, the board of regents shall designate seven of its members, including
the president of the university as chairman ex officio, to act as an executive commit-
tee, with authority to choose the members of faculties and all employees of the
university and fix their compensation, as well as to transact ordinary current business,
and to perform such other duties as are imposed. The six members appointed shall
be chosen for one, two, three, four, five, and six years, respectively, and their suc-
cessors shall be appointed for the term of six years.

Meetings of the board shall be held annually for the transaction of general business
and the conferring of degrees. Special meetings may also be held upon call of the
executive committee as the exigencies of the university shall require.

Sec. 5. That the chief officer of the university shall be a president chosen by the
board of regents, and hold office during their pleasure. He shall be president of
the board of regents and of ;the council of faculties; shall have general supervision
of the university, and discharge such other duties as are prescribed by the board or
by the council of faculties. The treasurer of the university shall also be appointed
by the regents and give bonds approved by them. He shall perform the duties
usually required of such officers and such other duties as are imposed by the board
of regents.

Src. 6, That the council of faculties, embracing the president of the university and
all heads of faculties, shall be charged with the planning and direction of instruction
and discipline in the several departments, and with the other duties prescribed in
the statutes or designated by the regents.

Sec. 7. That the immediate government of each faculty shall be intrusted to its
own members. Its chairman, to be known as dean of the faculty, shall be chosen
by the executive committee on the recommendation of the president of the univer-
sity, and shall be responsible for the supervision of its internal affairs.

Sec. 8. That no chair for instruction sectarian in religion or partisan in politics
shall be maintained upon funds derived from the general university endowment, or
permitted in any form, and no sectarian or partisan test shall be allowed in the
appointment of professors to the chairs so endowed and maintained, or in the selec-
tion of any officer of the university; but chairs or faculties for instruction in any
department of learning may be endowed by gift, devise, or bequest, and the parties
endowing the same, or their legally authorized trustees, shall have the privilege, sub-
ject to the approval of the board of regents, of designating the titles thereof and the
instruction to which such endowment shall be devoted. No amount less than
$100,000, however, shall be considered a full endowment for any chair in the univer-

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sity. Existing institutions which are free from controlling obligations of a sectarian
or partisan nature and have endowments sufficient to support a faculty may, with
the approval of the regents, and on terms prescribed by them, become faculties or
departments of the university, still retaining or adopting such titles as they may
prefer.

Src. 9. That the facilities afforded by the university shall be open to all who are
competent to use them, on conditions prescribed by the executive committee, with
the advice of the faculties and officers directly concerned; but degrees shall be con-
ferred upon such persons only as have previously received the degree of bachelor of
arts, or some equivalent degree, from some institution recognized for this purpose
by the university authorities.

Src. 10. That in order to extend the privileges of the university and to improve
the collegiate and other grades of public instruction in the country, it is provided
that each State and Territory of the United States, in the ratio of population, shall
be entitled to free scholarships of such number, not less than one for each Repre-
sentative and Delegate in Congress and two for each Senator, as the board of regents
shall determine. The executive committee of the board of regents may, for suffi-
cient reasons, withhold the award of any scholarship or cancel its privileges or those
of any student in the university.

Src. 11. That for the advancement of science and learning by means of researches
and investigations, there shall be established fellowships in the university of such
character and number as the interests to be represented and the resources at com-
mand shall warrant, which fellowships shall yield a partial or a full support, as the
regents shall determine. They may be provided for out of the university income,
or may be endowed by gift or otherwise, and the persons, organizations, corporate
bodies, or States endowing them may, subject to the approval of the board of
regents, designate their titles and the researches or investigations they shall be
used to encourage.

Sec. 12. That in the admission and appointment of persons to places in the uni-
versity, character and competency shall be the sole test of qualifications.

Src. 13. That as a means of partially providing building sites for the several
departments of the university, the following tract of land, selected and appropriated
by President Washington for the site of the national university proposed by him and in
part actually endowed by provisions of his last will and testament, to wit, that tract in
the city of Washington long known as ‘‘ University Square,’’ and now occupied by
the National Observatory, is hereby granted and set apart for the use and benefit
of the university of the United States when no longer required for observatory
purposes.

Sec. 14. That for the practical establishment, support, and maintenance of the uni-
versity, there is hereby appropriated and set apart one-half the net proceeds of the
sales of the public lands, as the same shall accrue from year to year. Of this amount
one-half shall be held by the Treasurer of the United States for use in securing and
improving grounds for the seat of the university, for providing the necessary build-
ings and equipments, and for conducting the institution after its opening; but the
remaining one-half shall be allowed to accumulate in the Treasury as a permanent
fund, yielding interest at the rate of 5 per centum per annum, as a further revenue,
until such fund, together with the endowments from other sources, shall be sufficient
for the support of the university, after which all the net proceeds of the sales of
public land so used for university purposes shall be passed to the general fund, or
otherwise used, as Congress shall determine. All moneys held by the Treasurer
of the United States under the provisions of this act shall be subject to requisitions
drawn, as may be necessary, by the president and secretary of the Board of Regents
under its order, but with this limitation, namely, that, after the first five years sub-
sequent to the organization of the board, not more than 10 per centum of the afore-

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mentioned proceeds available for the erection of buildings and providing equipments
shall be so used in any one year.

Sec. 15. That the Board of Regents shall have power to receive and administer
all such gifts, devises, and bequests as are made for the benefit of the university;
which gifts, devises, and bequests, if in money, shall be deposited with the Treasurer
of the United States, who shall pay interest thereon quarterly at the rate of 5 per
centum per annum.

Src. 16. That after the formal opening of the university for instruction the members
thereof, under rules approved by the officers, subject to any regulations prescribed
by Congress, shall have access to all institutions, collections, and opportunities for
study and research under control of the Government, so far as the same can be
accorded without detriment to the public service; and to the end that all such facili-
ties may be utilized to the fullest extent and that the Government service may in
turn derive the largest benefit from the work done in the university, the heads of all
bureaus, institutions, and other organizations of the Government, whose work is of a
sort to justify it, shall be, by the executive committee of the board, brought into
such advisory and co-operative relations with the heads of corresponding depart-
ments of the university as such committee, with the advice of the heads of faculties,
and the aforesaid officers of the Government shall agree upon as being advantageous.

Sec. 17. That at the close of the fiscal year the board of regents shall make a
report to Congress, showing the operations, conditions, and wants of the university,
one copy of which shall be transmitted free to all institutions of learning endowed
by the Government under any act of Congress and to all other institutions of learn-
ing in the United States whose degrees are recognized by this university.

Referred to Select Committee to Establish the University of the
United States.

May 10, 1894—Senate.
Mr. Eppa Hunton reported with aeeeeis bill (S. 1708):

That a body corporate shall be, and is hereby, established in the District of Colum-
bia, to be called ‘‘ The University of the United States,’”’ in which instruction shall
be given in the higher branches of all departments of knowledge (practical as well
as literary and scientific) and where facilities shall be furnished for scientific and
literary research and investigation, which suid corporation shall have the power to
make and adopt a corporate seal, to sue and be sued, to take by devise or gift any
real or personal property, and all other powers proper and necessary to carry out
the provisions of this act.

Sec. 2. That the government of the university shall be vested in a board of regents
and a council of faculties, as hereinafter constituted.

Sec. 3. That the board of regents shall consist of eight members, no two of whom
shall be from the same State, and who shall be citizens of the United States and
citizens of the State, Territory, or district from which they are selected, and who
shall be appointed by the President of the United States, with the advice and consent
of the Senate, the following members ex officio, to wit: The President of the United
States, who shall be honorary president of the board, the Vice-President of the
United States, the Chief Justice of the United States, the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, the Commissioner of Education, the Secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution, and the president of the university. The board of regents shall have
power, subject to limitations hevein prescribed, to adopt rules and regulations for the
government of the university, to elect the officers thereof, to establish faculties, to
determine the conditions of admission to the university, to confer such degrees, and
such only, asare recommended by the council of faculties, and in general to perform

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any and all acts (not inconsistent herewith or with the Constitution and laws of the
United States) which may be necessary to the ends herein proposed.

Src. 4. That the first meeting of the board of regents shall be called by the Presi-
dent of the United States, and shall be held in the city of Washington within three
months after the passage of this act. At such meeting all appointive members shall
be divided, as nearly as possible, into four equal classes. The classes thus formed
shall be numbered in the order of such division, and shall retire from the board in
such order at the end of one, two, three, and four years, respectively, and their suc-
cessors shall be appointed thereafter for the term of four years. In order to the fullest
efficiency the board of regents shall annually designate five of its members, includ-
ng the president of the university as chairman ex officio, to act as an executive com-
mittee, with authority to choose the members of faculties and all employees of the
university and fix their compensation and pay the same, as well as to transact ordinary
current business and to perform such other duties as are imposed.

Meetings of the board shall be held annually for the transaction of general business
and the conferring of degrees. Special meetings may also be held upon call of the
executive committee as the exigencies of the university shall require.

Sec. 5. That the chief officer of the university shall be a president chosen by the
board of regents and shall hold office during their pleasure. He shall be president
of the board of regents and of the council of faculties, shall have general super-
vision of the university, and discharge such other duties as are prescribed by the
board or by the council of faculties. The treasurer of the university shall also be
appointed by the regents and give bonds, to be approved by them. He shall per-
form the duties usually required of such officers and such other duties as are imposed
by the board of regents.

Sec. 6. That the council of faculties shall consist of the president of the university
and the deans of faculties, and shall be charged with the planning and direction
of instruction and discipline in the several departments and with the other duties
prescribed in the statutes or designated by the regents.

Sec. 7. That the immediate government of each faculty shall be intrusted to its
own members. Its chairman, to be known as dean of the faculty, shall be chosen by
the executive committee on the recommendation of the president of the university
and shall be responsible for the supervision of its internal affairs.

Sec. 8. That no chair for instruction sectarian in religion or partisan in politics
shall be permitted in any form, and no sectarian or partisan test shall be required or
allowed in the appointment of professors or in the selection of any officer of the
university. No amount less than $100,000 shall be considered a full endowment for
any chair in the university. Existing institutions which are free from controlling
obligations of a sectarian or partisan nature and have endowments sufficient to
support a faculty may, with the approval of the regents and on terms prescribed
by them, become faculties or departments of the university, still retaining or adopt-
ing such titles as they may prefer.

Sec. 9. That the facilities afforded by the university shall be open to all who are
competent to use them, on conditions prescribed by the executive committee, with
the advice of the faculties directly concerned; but degrees shall be conferred upon
such persons only as have previously received the degree of bachelor of arts, or some
equivalent degree, or who have received certificates of graduation from some State
educational institution.

Sec. 10. That in order to extend the privileges of the university and to improve the
collegiate and other grades of public instruction in the country it is provided that
each State and Territory of the United States, in the ratio of population, shall be
entitled to free scholarships of such number, not less than one for each Representa-
tive and Delegate in Congress and two for each Senator, as the Board of Regents shall
determine. The executive committee of the Board of Regents may, for sufficient

1660 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

reasons, withhold the award of any scholarship, or cancel its privileges or the privi-
leges of any student in the university.

Src. 11. That for the advancement of science and learning by means of researches
and investigations there shall be established fellowships in the university of such
character and number as the interests to be represented and the resources at com-
mand shall warrant, which fellowships shall yield a partial or a full support, as the
regents shall determine. They may be provided for out of the university income,
or may be endowed by gift or otherwise, and the persons, organizations, corporate
bodies, or States endowing them may, subject to the approval of the Board of
Regents, designate their titles and the researches or investigations they shall be
used to encourage.

Src. 12. That in the admission and appointment of persons to places or privileges
in the university character and competency shall be the sole test of qualifications.

Src. 13. That as a means of partially providing building sites for the several depart-
ments of the university, the following tract of land, selected and appropriated by
President Washington for the site of the national university proposed by him and
in part actually endowed by provisions of his last will and testament, to wit, that
tract in the city of Washington long known as ‘‘ University Square’’ and heretofore
occupied by the National Observatory, is hereby granted and set apart for the use
and benefit of the university of the United States.

Src. 14. That for the practical establishment, support, and maintenance of the
university there is hereby appropriated and set apart one-third of the net proceeds
of the sales of the public lands, as the same shall accrue from year to year, for the
period of ten years from the passage of this act, after which the appropriation hereby
provided for shall cease. Of this amount one-half shall be held by the Treasurer of
the United States for use in securing and improving grounds for the seat of the uni-
versity, for providing the necessary buildings and equipments, and for conducting
the institution after its opening; but the remaining one-half shall be allowed to accu-
mulate in the Treasury of the United States as a permanent fund, yielding interest at
the rate of 5 per centum per annum asa further and permanent revenue, which interest
shall be used for the purpose of conducting the university and defraying its expenses.
All moneys held by the Treasurer of the United States under the provisions of this
act shall be subject to such requisitions drawn, as may be necessary, by the president
and secretary of the Board of Regents, under the order of said board, but with this
limitation, namely, that after the first five years subsequent to the organization of
the board not more than 10 per centum of the aforementioned proceeds available for
the erection of buildings and providing equipments shall be so used in any one year.

Src. 15. That the Board of Regents shall have power to receive and administer
all such gifts, devises, and bequests as are made for the benefit of the university,
which gifts, devises, and bequests, if in money, shall be deposited with the Treasurer
of the United States, who shall pay interest thereon quarterly at the rate of 5 per
centum per annum. 7

Src. 16. That after the formal opening of the university for instruction the mem-
bers thereof, under rules approved by the officers, subject to any regulations pre-
scribed by Congress, shall have access to all institutions, collections, and opportuni-
ties for study and research under control of the Government, so far as the same can
be accorded without detriment to the public service; and to the end that all such
facilities may be utilized to the fullest extent and that the Government service may
in turn derive the largest benefit from the work done in the university, the heads of
all bureaus, institutions, and other organizations of the Government whose work is of
a sort to justify it, shall be, by the executive committee of the board, brought into
such advisory and co-operative relations with the heads of corresponding departments
of the university as such committee, with the advice of the heads of faculties, and
the aforesaid officers of the Government shall agree upon as being advantageous.

FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS, 1893-1895. 1661

Src. 17. That at the close of the fiscal year the Board of Regents shall make a
report to Congress, showing the operations, conditions, and wants of the university,
one copy of which shall be transmitted free to all institutions of learning endowed by
the Government under any act of Congress, and to all other institutions of learning
in the United States whose degrees are recognized by this university.

. NATIONAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

September 6, 1893—House.
Mr. J. W. Covert introduced bill (H. 385) to incorporate the
National Historical Society.
Referred to Committee on the Library.

NATIONAL MUSEUM—ARMORY BUILDING.

September 12, 1893—House.

Letter from the Treasury Department with estimates for $12,000
for repairing, etc., Armory building.’ _

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

December 21, 1893.
Urgent deficiency act for 1894, ete.

For supporting roof, strengthening of floors, and general repairs to
the so-called Armory building, now occupied jointly by the United
States Commission of Fish and Fisheries and the United States National
Museum, including reconstructing elevator, and for standpipes and fire-
escapes, the work to be done under the supervision and direction of
the Architect of the Capitol, $7,100.

(Stat., XXVIII, 17.)

NATIONAL MUSEUM—NEW BUILDING.

December 6, 1893—Senate.
Mr. J. S. Morrixz introduced bill (S. 1195):

That for an additional fireproof building for the use of the National Museum, 300
feet square, with two stories and a basement, to be erected under the direction of the
Architect of the Capitol, with the approval of the Regents of the Smithsonian Insti-
tution, in accordance with plans now on file with the Committee on Public Buildings
and Grounds, on the southwestern portion of the grounds of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, there shall be appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, the sum of $500,000; said building to be placed west of the Smithsonian
Institution, leaving a roadway between it and the latter of not less than 50 feet, with
its north front on a line with the south face of the Agricultural Department and of
the Smithsonian Institution, and constructed as far as practicable, after proper adver-
tisement, by contract or contracts, awarded to the lowest responsible bidder; and all
expenditures for the purposes herein mentioned shall be audited by the proper
officers of the Treasury Department.

Referred to Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.
1 Fifty-third Congress, first session, House Ex. Doc. 7,10 pp. Twolargeplans. Let-

ters from officials and laws passed relative to occupancy of Armory by the National
Museum and U. 8. Fish Commission,

1662 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

NATIONAL MUSEUM—SUNDAY AND EVENING OPENING.

May 28, 1894—House.
Mr. AtteN C. DurBorrow, Jr., introduced joint resolution (H.
183):

That the officers in charge of the Smithsonian Institution, the National Museum,
the Botanical Gardens, and the Washington Monument be, and hereby are, instructed
to keep those properties open to the public on every week day from 9 antemeridian
to 6 postmeridian, and on Sunday from 9 antemeridian to 4 postmeridian, and on
not less than three evenings every week from 7 to 10 o’clock.

Referred to Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

NATIONAL MUSEUM—ESTIMATES.

December 4, 1893—House.

For the Smithsonian Institution, for printing labels and blanks, and
for the ‘‘ bulletins” and annual volumes of the ‘‘ proceedings” of the
National Museum, $18,000.

Notr.—The proceedings and bulletins of the National Museum, printed under this
appropriation, are not ‘‘ public documents,”’ hence no part of the edition is regularly
apportioned for distribution by the Senate and House or to the legal depositories.
The edition of 3,000 copies now printed is only sufficient to supply, in limited meas-
ure, the very urgent requests from public libraries, educational institutions, and scientific
investigators in the United States and throughout the world. One of the principal
objects in asking for a larger appropriation is to enable the Museum to place a full
series of its publications in representative libraries in different parts of each State.
It is not the intention that the annual number of issues of the proceedings and bul-
letins should be increased, but that a larger edition of each should be printed. On
account of the small edition the Museum fails to receive in exchange the valuable
publications of many scientific institutions.

The amounts hitherto appropriated, though expended with strict economy, have
been found inadequate.

For binding scientific books and pamphlets presented to and acquired
by the National Museum library, $1,000.

Norr.—There being no appropriation for binding, many valuable books in the
Museum library are rendered practically useless and are in danger of damage, and
many valuable publications, chiefly gifts, and important scientific serials can not be
used for fear of injuring them, and are, in spite of care, in danger of destruction.
Formerly, when the Museum was more closely connected with the Department of
the Interior, the books in its library were bound at the Government bindery at the
expense of that Department, but since this connection has ceased no books what-
ever have been bound.

For continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the
collections from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Gov-
ernment, and from other sources, including salaries or compensation
of all necessary employees, $132,500.

(The Smithsonian Institution estimates for an increase in this item
of $47,500 over the present appropriation. )

EN a

FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS, 1893-1895. 1668

Norre.—From this appropriation are paid all expenses, not only for the preserva-
tion and increase of the collections, but for watchmen, cleaners, and other employees
whose duty it is to keep the exhibition halls in order and provide for the comfort of
visitors. The appropriations for 1893 and 1894 were greatly reduced from those of
the preceding years and scarcely exceeded that for 1887, although the collections are
very much larger and more yaluable and the number of visitors and students has
largely increased. It is impossible with the present force to properly provide for
the care of the Museum, and in several departments it has been necessary to suspend
work almost entirely, especially since during the last two years the time of the
employees has been diverted very largely to preparation for the World’s Columbian
Exposition.

More assistants, especially in the lower grade, are needed, as well as a somewhat
larger number of paid curators, for a majority of the curators are now volunteers,
receiving no compensation and only able to devote their leisure to the work of the
Museum. For the safe-keeping of the collections, whose increase in value has ren-
dered the responsibility of custody much greater, the force of watchmen should also
be increased; while to insure proper cleanliness of the floors and cases a larger num-
ber of laborers and cleaners should be employed than is possible with the appropri-
ation for the present year.

For cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliances required for the exhibi-
tion and safe-keeping of the collections of the National Museum,
including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, $10,000.

(The Smithsonian Institution estimates for an increase in this item
of $20,000 over the present appropriation.)

Note.—From this appropriation are paid the expenses of construction of new cases
and the keeping of the old ones in repair, the latter being an item of considerable
expense owing to the necessary wear and damage occasioned by the large number of
visitors to the exhibition halls. From this appropriation also, in accordance with
long usage, expenses for the repair and maintenance of the Museum buildings, such
as patching and painting the roofs, painting the woodwork, relaying wooden floors,
the maintenance and improvement of the public-comfort rooms, and the sewerage
system, are paid; and this—a matter which is becoming more expensive as years go
by—renders it necessary that a number of competent mechanics should be employed.
Aiter the expenses of maintenance of buildingsand of the numerous cases already on
hand have been paid, very little remains for new cases and fixtures, although it is
necessary that a considerable number of these shall be built every year for the recep-
tion of objects added to the collections, since valuable collections are constantly
being offered as gifts on the condition that suitable receptacles shall be made for
them. During the coming year it will be necessary to provide for a considerable
number of important exhibits acquired as a result of the World’s Columbian Expo-
sition, either by gift from foreign governments or from other Departments of the
Government, in accordance with the law establishing the Museum. The appropria-
tion for 1894 was insufficient for current needs, necessitating a reduction of the regu-
lar foree of mechanics and laborers to two carpenters, one painter, three skilled
laborers, and one laborer; and it is therefore especially important that the entire
amount asked for shall be granted.

For the expense of heating, lighting, electrical, telegraphic, and
telephonic service for the National Museum, $11,000.

(The Smithsonian Institution estimates for an increase in this item
of $4,000 over the present appropriation.)

1664 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

Norr.—The reduction of this appropriation in 1893 to $11,000 made a deficiency
necessary for that year. The same conditions exist in 1894, and there is no reason
to suppose that in 1895 any reduction will be possible. With a less amount than
that asked for it is impossible to maintain a sufficiently high temperature in winter
for the comfort of visitors and employees, and at the same time to make the neces-
sary repairs of the steam boilers and pipes, burglar alarms, telephone wires, and
other steam and electrical apparatus. The force of firemen is inadequate, and should
be increased.

For postage stamps and foreign postal cards for the National
Museum, $500.

For the erection of two galleries, one in the southwest court, the
other in the southeast range, National Museum building; said gal-
leries to be constructed of iron beams, supported by iron pillars and
protected by iron railings, and provided with suitable staircases; the
work to be done under the direction of the Architect of the Capitol
and in accordance with the approval of the Secretary of the Smith-
sonian Institution, $8,000.

Norr.—The erection of these galleries will add materially to the area available in
the present Museum building for exhibition and storage purposes. Such galleries
were provided for in the original plans of the building. They can be supported in
such a manner as not to detract from the appearance of the halls or to interfere with
the present installation of the collections.

For tearing down and rebuilding the brick walls of the steam boilers,
providing tie-rods and buck staves and grates for the same; removing,
replacing, and resetting the fronts; and replacing worn-out boiler
tubes, and for covering heating pipes with fireproof material, includ-
ing all necessary labor and material, $4,000.

Norr.—The walls of the steam boilers have been under fire for thirteen years, and
are now in such condition that safety requires that they should be immediately
rebuilt. The fronts are cracked and a large proportion of the tubes are worn out and
unserviceable.

February 1, 1894—House.

The Secretary of the Treasury transmitted a list of claims allowed
by the First Comptroller of the Treasury Department [Executive
Document No. 93].

Smithsonian Institution:
Baltimore and Ohio R. R. Co., preservation of collections, National

Museum ‘(certifted claims), for 1890-0 [22 ie enon om penn on eecueeee $18. 12
Sioux City and Pacific Railway Co., same, for 1890 -........----------- .O1
Atlantic. angseacmic R.'R: Coz, same, tor 1890 22eee se ee eee eee 1.50
Central Paciiic Railway Co.,'same, for 1891 2. .-22 25202 oe oe cece ae 3. 51
Southern Pacthie)Co., same; ford89lio-5 se. see ee eee eee walls;

Motdl - 22. 2....... 12 Sota. See ee eee 23, 29

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS, 1893-1895. 1665

February 8, 1894—House.
Deficiency estimates for 1894, ete.

_ For the expenses of heating the United States National Museum
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894, $1,000.

Norr.—The appropriation this year is $11,000. It will be impossible to properly
heat the Museum buildings and workshops for the remainder of the season unless
additional fuel is procured. The sum of $2,000 was appropriated to cover the defi-
ciency last year, but it is believed that on account of the mildness’ of the present
winter the addition of $1,000 to the current appropriation this year will be sufficient
to meet all demands.

December 3, 1894—House.
Estimates for 1896.

For the Smithsonian Institution, for printing labels and blanks,
and for the ‘* Bulletins” and annual volumes of the ‘‘ Proceedings” of
the National Museum, and binding scientific books and pamphlets
presented to and acquired by the National Museum library, $18,000.

.Notr.—The Museum has several important works on the natural history of the
United States ready to print, and others nearly ready. Notwithstanding the fact
that there is a constantly increasing demand for information of this kind from the
schools and public libraries, which the Museum staff is quite able to meet without
asking more money for the purpose, the appropriation for printing is scarcely greater
than it was six years ago ($10,000), and much less than in 1892, and the publication
of these works upon the natural resources of the country is delayed, and not so
effectively done as is desired. One of the principal objects in asking for a larger
appropriation is to enable the Museum to place a full series of its publications in
representative libraries in different parts of each State. The Proceedings and Bulletins
of the National Museum, printed under this appropriation, are not ‘‘ public docu-
ments;’’ hence no part of the edition is regularly apportioned for distribution by the
Senate dnd House, or to the legal depositories. The edition now printed is only
sufficient to supply in limited measures the very urgent requests from public libraries,
educational institutions, and scientific investigators in the United States and through-
out the world. On account of the small edition, the Museum fails to receive in
exchange the valuable publications of many scientific institutions.

The amounts hitherto appropriated, though expended with strict economy, have
been found inadequate.

The latter portion of this title of appropriation is, in the present year, covered by
a separate appropriation of $1,000.

For continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the col-
lections from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Govern-
ment, and from other sources, including salaries or compensation of
all necessary employees, $180,000.

Nore.—From this appropriation are paid all expenses, not only for the preservation
and increase of collections, but for cleaners, watchmen, and other employees whose
duty it is to keep the exhibition halls in proper condition and provide for the comfort
of visitors. The constant growth of the collections, the steady increase in the number
of visitors, and the yearly extending demands of educational institutions and of the
public upon the Museum, render the appropriations of the present year insufficient,
though slightly increased above the appropriation for the preceding year. It is

H. Doc. 732 105

1666 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

desirable that a certain amount of money be appropriated for the purchase of
specimens which can not be obtained otherwise, and which are indispensable for
completing series in the collections, and which, if not secured, are constantly being
bought by the museums of Europe. It is also very desirable that the number of
persons in the paid scientific staff should be increased. At present much of the
scientific work is performed by volunteers without compensation, a system which is
found advantageous to a limited extent only. With this aid from specialists, not even
connected with the Museum, it is impossible for the curators and their assistants to
perform the urgent work of their departments. In a degree this is attributable to
the growing frequency of the demands of educational institutions and the outside
public upon the staff for information and aid. For the safe-keeping of the collections,
whose increase in value has rendered the responsibility of custody much greater, the
force of watchmen should also be increased, while to insure proper cleanliness of the
floors and cases a larger number of laborers and cleaners should be employed than
is possible with the appropriation of the present year.

For cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliances required for the exhi-
bition and safe-keeping of the collections of the National Museum,
including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, $30,000.

Norr.—Valuable collections are constantly being offered to the Museum ag gifts,
on the condition that suitable cases be made for them. In view of the great reduc-
tion of the appropriation for furniture and fixtures, the necessary annual expenditures
for receptacles and other fittings for the preservation and exhibition of specimens,
and the cost of keeping the cases already on hand in repair and adapting them to
other purposes, a very small amount is left for providing the necessary number of new
cases.

For the expense of heating, lighting, electrical, telegraphic, and
telephonic service for the National Museum, $15,000.

Norr.—With a less amount than that asked for it is impossible to maintain a suffi-
ciently high temperature in winter for the comfort of employees and visitors, and at
the same time to make necessary repairs of the burglar alarms, telephone wires, and

other steam and electrical apparatus. The force of firemen is inadequate and should
be increased. .

For postage stamps and foreign postal cards for the National
Museum, $500.

For the erection of galleries in two or more halls of the National
Museum building; said galleries to be constructed of iron beams,
supported by iron pillars, and protected by iron railings, and pro-
vided with suitable staircases; the work to be done under the direc-
tion of the Architect of the Capitol, and in accordance with the
approval of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, $8,000.

Nore.—The erection of these galleries will add materially to the area available in the
present Museum building for exhibition and storage purposes. Such galleries were
provided for in the original plans of the building. They can be supported in such a

manner as not to detract from the appearance of the halls or to interfere with the
installation of the collections.

For repairs to buildings, shops, and sheds, National Museum, includ-
ing all necessary labor and material, $8,000.

FLFTY-THIRD CONGRESS, 1893-1895. 1667

Nore.—The repairs required for the buildings of the Museum become more expen-
sive as years go by. The slate and tin roofs of the main building are growing old;
the gutters and down-spouts need constant care; the woodwork exposed to the weather
needs paint; many window sash and frames should be repaired or replaced; and there
are 10,000 feet of rotten floors and timbers, both unsightly and dangerous, which
should be removed and replaced by granolithic blocks or artificial stone.

For expenses of putting in four additional fire plugs in the Smith-
sonian grounds for the better protection of the Smithsonian Insti-
tution, National Museum, and Astrophysical Observatory, and the
purchase of necessary fire hose, $800.

Norr.—These plugs were recommended by the chief engineer of the fire depart-
ment, District of Columbia, in a letter dated February 23, 1894, a copy of which is
herewith transmitted:

District or CoLumsrIA Fire DEPARTMENT,
Washington, D. C., February 23, 1894.

Sir: I have the honor to state that I made an examination of the water protection
for the ‘‘Smithsonian Institution and National Museum”’ buildings in case of fire. I
find there is only one plug in the grounds, and I would therefore respectfully rec-
ommend that three additional fire plugs be erected, to be placed at convenient
distances, as I consider them necessary for the public safety.

Very respectfully,
JosEPH Parris, Chief Engineer.

Hon. §. P. Lanciey,
Secretary Smithsonian Institution.
December 7, 1894—House.
Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, December 6, 189}.
Str: I have the honor to transmit herewith, for the consideration
of Congress, an estimate of appropriation submitted by the Secretary
of the Smithsonian Institution under date of November 24, 1894, for
rent of workshops and for storage for the National Museum for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1896, $2,000.
Respectfully, yours, W. E. Curtis,
Acting Secretary.
The SPEAKER OF THE House oF REPRESENTATIVES.

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION,

Washington, D. C., November 24, 1894.
Str: I have the honor to submit herewith an estimate for the sum
of $2,000, for the rent of workshops and storage for the National
Museum. This estimate was by mistake omitted from the estimates of

the Smithsonian Institution for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896.

Yours, very respectfully,
S. P. Lanetry, Secretary.

1668 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

Estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896,
by the Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum.

Total amount | Amount ap-
to be appro- |propriated for
priated the current
under each | fiscal year
head of ap- | ending June
propriation. 30, 1895

Detailed objects of expenditure, and explanations.

National Museum:
For workshops [and storage] for National Museum (Mar. 12, 1894,
vol. 28, p. 48, sec.1; Aug. 18, 1894, vol. 28, p. 383, sec.1) .........-...-.- $2, 000. 00 $600. 00

Nore.—This estimate is made necessary by act approved March 12, 1894, giving the Fish Commission
possession of the so-called Armory Building, used by the National Museum for workshops and storage
purposes.

A building, No. 1005 B street NW., was rented at the rate of $900 a year, but it is not large enough
to hold workshops and the collections given to the Museum at the close of the World’s Fair in Chicago,
for which there isno roomin the present building. Much valuable material is now stored in wooden
sheds which are not fireproof. It is thought that with the sum asked for it will be possible to obtain
enough storage room to relieve the pressure in part until additional building accommodations of some
kind are provided.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

NATIONAL MUSEUM—APPROPRIATIONS.

February 3, 1894—House.

Mr. Josep D. Sayers, from Committee on Appropriations, sub-
mitted report (H. 348) on H. 5575 (sundry civil bill for 1895), which
contained item:

Appropriation | Estimate for | Recommended
for 1894. 1895. for 1895.

National) Museum.) os5y555.6-.6 cheb sb Ae oe $154, 000 $154, 000 $170, 500

March 12, 1894.
Urgent deficiency act for 1894, ete.

For rent for workshops for the National Museum and for expenses
of transfer from the so-called Armory building, $1,000, or so much
thereof as may be necessary.

(Stat., XXVIII, 43.)

August 18, 1894.
Sundry civil act for 1895.

For continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the col-
lections from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Govern-
ment, and from other sources, including salaries or compensation of
all necessary employees, $143,000.

For cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliances required for the exhi-
bition and safe-keeping of the collections of the National Museum,
including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, $10,000.

For expense of heating, lighting, electrical, telegraphic, and tele-
phonic service for the National Museum, $13,000.

For postage stamps and foreign postal cards for the National Museum,
$500.

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For tearing down and rebuilding the brick walls of the steam boilers,
providing tie-rods and buck staves and grates for the same; removing,
replacing, and resetting the fronts; and replacing worn-out boiler tubes,
and for covering heating pipes with fireproof material, including all
necessary labor and material, $4,000. °

For rent for workshops for the National Museum, $600.

(Stat., XXVIII, 383.)

For the Smithsonian Institution, for printing labels and blanks and
for the ‘‘ Bulletins” and annual volumes of ‘‘ Proceedings” of the
National Museum, $11,000. '

For binding scientific books and pamphlets presented to and acquired
by the National Museum library, $1,000.

(Stat., XXVIII, 420.)

August 23, 1894.
Deficiency act for 1894, ete.

For preservation of collections, National Museum, except for service
over Pacific railroads, $19.62.

_ [To cover claim reported in House Ex. Doc. 93, Fifty-third Congress,
second session. |

(Stat., XXVIII, 477. )

For preservation of collections, National Museum, $26.67.

[To cover claim reported in Senate Ex. Doe. 152, _ Kifty-third Con-
gress, second session. |

(Stat., XXVIII, 482.)

March 2, 1895.
Sundry civil act for 1896.

For continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the col-
lections from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Govern-
ment, and from other sources, including salaries or compensation of
all necessary employees, $143,225.

For cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliances required for the exhi-
bition and safe-keeping of the collections of the National Museum,
including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, $12,500.

For expense of heating, lighting, electrical, telegraphic, and tele-
phonic service for the National Museum, $13,000.

For postage stamps and foreign postal cards for the National
Museum, $500.

For repairs to buildings, shops, and sheds, National Museum, includ-
ing all necessary labor and material, $4,000.

For rent of workshops for the National Museum, $900.

For expenses of putting in four additional fire plugs in the Smith-
sonian grounds for the better protection of the Smithsonian Insti-
tution, National Museum, and Astrophysical Observatory, and the
purchase of necessary fire hose, $800.

(Stat., XXVIII, 924.)

1670 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

For the Smithsonian Institution, for printing labels and blanks and
for the ‘‘ Bulletins” and annual volumes of the ‘‘ Proceedings” of the
National Museum, and binding scientific books and pamphlets, pre-
sented to and acquired by the National Museum library, $12,000.

(Stat., XX VIII, 960.) ;

DOCUMENTS FOR THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.

October 19, 1893-House.
A bill (H. 2650) providing for public printing, and the distribution
of public documents being under consideration, the clerk read:

To the library of each of the eight Executive Departments, and to the Naval Observ-
atory, one bound copy.

Mr. James D. Ricuarpson. I offer the amendment which I send:
to the desk.

Amend line 321, after the word ‘‘ Observatory,’’ by inserting ‘‘ Smithsonian Insti-
tution and the United States National Museum.”’

Agreed to.
CONTRACTS FOR SUPPLIES.
October 25, 1893-House.
Mr. ALExANDER M. Dockery introduced bill (H. 4248):

That section 3709 of the Revised Statutes is amended by adding thereto the fol-
lowing:

That hereafter in the several Executive Departments, the Department of Labor,
United States Fish Commission, Interstate Commerce Commission, Smithsonian Insti-
tution, Government Printing Office, and the offices of the government of the District
of Columbia the bids for annual supplies of fuel, ice, stationery, and other miscella-
neous articles, including those for the State, War, and Navy building, shall be opened
at 2 o’clock post meridian upon the same day; that the Secretary of the Treasury, or
an official named by him, shall designate the day in each year upon which bids shall
be opened in said Executive Departments and other Government establishments in
the city of Washington, and notice of such designation shall be given to each of
them at least 40 days before the date named; that before contracts are awarded under
bids submitted hereunder, schedules of all such bids shall be prepared and submitted
to a board consisting of the chief clerks of the Treasury, Interior, and Post-Office
Departments, or such other official representative of each of said Executive Depart-
ments as the heads thereof may designate, and it shall be the duty of said board, ora
majority thereof, ata meeting or meetings to be called by the representative thereon of
the Treasury Department, who shall be the chairman of said board, to make careful
comparison of all of the bids contained in such schedules, and to recommend to the
persons authorized to make contracts acceptance or rejection of any or all of said bids.
If all of the bids for any one or more articles for any of said Executive Departments
and other Government establishments are rejected on the recommendation of the
board, proposals for such articles shall again be invited, after due advertisement,
which said proposals shall be submitted by the Departments or offices receiving the
same to the said board for comparison. and recommendation.

Referred to Joint Commission of Congress to inquire into the status
of Laws Organizing the Executive Departments.

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October 30, 1893—House.

A bill (H. 4292) reported in lieu of H. 4248 and passed.
January 18, 1894—Senate.

H. 4292 passed with amendment.

January 20, 1894—House.

The Speaker (Mr. Cuaruzs F. Crisp) laid before the House the bill
(H. 4292) to amend section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, relating to
contracts for supplies in the Departments at Washington, with Senate
amendment.

Mr. Newson DINGLEY, I r. Mr. Speaker, although this appears to be
entirely a new bill, the Senate having struck out the House proposition
and inserted a substitute, yet the only change made by the Senate has
been to except the printing materials for both the Government Print-
ing Office and Bureau of Printing and Engraving from the operation
of the bill, and it was not the intention of the House to cover those
materials, they being provided for elsewhere by law; but in making
this substitute the Senate has made an error in taking it for granted
that there was but one Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and Assist-
ant Secretary of the Interior, and to correct that I offer an amendment
to concur in the Senate amendment with the following amendment:

On page 2 of the Senate amendment, strike out all after the word ‘‘board’’ in line
20 down to and including the word ‘‘ Department’ in line 25, and insert in lieu
thereof the following: ‘‘Consisting of one of the Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury
and Interior Departments, and one of the Assistant Postmasters-General, who shall
be designated by the heads of said Departments and the Postmaster-General, respec-
tively.”

Senate amendment as amended agreed to.

January 23, 1894—Senate.

House amendment agreed to.
January 27, 1894.

Be vz enacted, etc., And the advertisement for such proposals shall
be made by all the Executive Departments, including the Department
of Labor, the United States Fish Commission, the Interstate Commerce
Commission, the Smithsonian Institution, the Government Printing
Office, the government of the District of Columbia, and the Superin-
tendent of the State, War, and Navy building, except for paper and
materials for use of the. Government Printing Office and materials
used in the work of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, which shall
continue to be advertised for and purchased as now provided by law
on the same days, and shall each designate 2 o’clock post meridian of
such days for the opening of all such proposals in each Department
and other Government establishments in the city of Washington; and
the Secretary of the Treasury shall designate the day or days in each
year for the opening of such proposals and shall give due notice thereof
to the other Departments and Government establishments.

1672 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

Such proposals shall be opened in the usual way and schedules
_ thereof duly prepared, and, together with the statement of the pro-
posed action of each Department and Government establishment
thereon, shall be submitted to a board consisting of one of the Assist-
ant Secretaries of the Treasury and Interior Departments and one of
the Assistant Postmasters-General, who shall be designated by the
heads of the said Departments and the Postmaster-General, respec-
tively, at a meeting to be called by the official of the Treasury Depart-
ment, who shall be chairman thereof, and said board shall carefully
examine and compare all the proposals so submitted and recommend
the acception or rejection of any or all of said proposals. And if any
or all of such proposals shall be rejected, advertisements for proposals
shall again be invited and proceeded with in the same manner.
(Stat., XXVIII, 33.)

REPORT OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.

November 3, 1893—Senate.

Mr. J. S. Morrixx submitted concurrent resolution to print 10,000
copies of the Report of the Smithsonian Institution and National
Museum for the year ending June 30, 1893, in two octavo volumes,
1,000 for Senate, 2,000 for House, 5,000 for Smithsonian Institution,
and 2,000 for National Museum.

Referred to Committee on Printing.

December 5, 1893—House.
Mr. J. D. Ricuarpson introduced Senate concurrent resolution.
Referred to Committee on Printing.

January 17, 1894—Senate.

Mr. A. P. Gorman, from Committee on Printing, submitted report
(S. 167) on. Senate concurrent resolution, with the recommendation that
it pass.

The number and distribution of this document provided for in
the resolution are the same as regulated in the general printing bill
passed by the Senate of the last Congress and now pending before this
committee.

The cost will be about $18,000.

Passed.

January 18, 1894—House.

Passed.

REPORT ON EXPENDITURES.

December 4, 1893—House.

The Spraxer (Mr. Cuarues F. Crisp) laid before the House a letter
from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution transmitting a
detailed statement of expenditures of the appropriations committed

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by Congress to the care of the Smithsonian Institution for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1893.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
December 22, 1894—House.

The Speaker (Mr. Cares F. Crisp) laid before the House a com-
munication from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (H.
Misc. Doe. 40) transmitting a detailed statement of the expenditures of
the appropriations committed by Congress to the care of the Smith-
sonian Institution for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES—ESTIMATES.

December 4, 1893—House.
Estimates for 1895.

For the expenses of the system of international exchanges between
the United States and foreign countries under the direction of the
Smithsonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all nec:
essary employees, $14,500.

(The Smithsonian Institution estimates for an increase in this item
of $8,500 over the present appropriation. )

Norr.—For 1892-93 $12,000 were appropriated, and a deficiency appropriation of
$5,000 was subsequently made, and $1,483.99 were received from different Govern-
ment bureaus.

The service has been curtailed on account of the reduced appropriation for 1893-94,
but to continue the work throughout the year a deficiency of about $2,500 is
inevitable.

Attention is called to the fact that the United States is under formal treaty obliga-
tion to maintain this service. Advantage is now taken of the free freight privileges
accorded the Institution by many steamship companies, thus materially reducing
the cost. To meet the entire freight expense and give effect to a further treaty for
the ‘‘immediate exchange of parliamentary documents,’”’ for which no appropriation
has yet been made, the sum of $23,000 is estimated.

February 8, 1894—House.
Deficiency estimates for 1894.

For the expenses of the system of international exchanges between
the United States and foreign countries under the direction of the
Smithsonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all nec-
essary employees, being a deficiency for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1894, $1,500.

December 3, 1894—House.
Estimates for 1896.

For the expenses of the system of international exchanges between
the United States and foreign countries under the direction of the
Smithsonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all nec-
essary employees, $23,000.

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Nors.—The exchange service is maintained in part by direct appropriations to
the Smithsonian Institution and in part by specific appropriations to Government
Departments, or by payments from their contingent funds for the transportation of
reports abroad. In the estimate of $23,000 it is sought to bring these items under a
single head, to make proper compensation to the many trans-Atlantic steamship lines
that have hitherto accorded to the Institution the privilege of free freight, and to
carry into effect a special treaty for the ‘‘immediate exchange of parliamentary docu-
ments,’’ for which no appropriation has yet been made.

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES—APPROPRIATIONS.

February 3, 1894—House.

Mr. JoserH D. Sayrrrs, from Committee on Appropriations, sub-
mitted report (H. 348) on sundry civil bill for 1893 (H. 5575), which
contained item:

International exchanges: Appropriation for 1894, $14,500; estimate
for 1895, $14,500; recommended for 1895, $17,000.

July 31, 1894.
Legislative, executive, and judicial act for 1895.

Library of Congress: For compensation of * * * 8 [assistant_
librarians] at $1,400 each, one of whom shall be in charge of interna-
tional exchanges.

For expenses of exchanging public documents for the publications
of foreign governments, $1,500.

[This pays one clerk at $900 and one clerk at $600. |

(Stat., XXVIII, 168.)

Naval Observatory: For repairs [ete.] * * * freight (including
transmission of public documents through the Smithsonian exchange),
foreign postage and expressage [etc. ], $2,500.

(Stat. XXVIII, 192.)

Patent Office: For purchase of professional and scientific books and
expenses of transporting publications of patents issued by the Patent
Office to foreign governments, $2,000.

(Stat., XXVIII, 196.)

August 18, 1894.
Sundry civil act for 1895.

For expenses of the system of international exchanges between the
United States and foreign countries, under the direction of the Smith-
sonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of at necessary
employees, $17, 000.

(Stat., XXVIII, 384.)

Gatloviea Beeccy: For the purchase of necessary books for the
library, and the payment for the anaes of public documents
through the Smithsonian exchange, $2,000.

(Stat., XXVIII, 398.)

War apartment: For the transportation of reports and maps to
foreign countries through the Smithsonian Institution, $100.

(Stat., XXVIII, 405.)

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March 2, 1895.
Legislative, executive, and judicial act for 1896.

Library of Congress: For compensation of * * * 8 [assistant
librarians] at $1,400 each, one of whom shall be in charge of interna-
tional exchanges. :

For expenses of exchanging public documents for the publications
of foreign governments, $1,500.

[This pays 1 clerk at $900 and 1 clerk at $600. ]

(Stat., XXVIII, 771.)

Naval Observatory: For repairs to buildings, [etc.] freight (includ-
ing transmission of public documents through the Smithsonian
exchange), foreign postage, and expressage, * * * $2,500.

(Stat., XXVIII, 792.)

Patent Office: For purchase of professional and scientific books and
expenses of transporting publications of patents issued by the Patent
Office to foreign Governments, $2,000.

(Stat., XCX VIII, 797.)

March 2, 1895.
Sundry civil act for 1896.

For expenses of the system of international exchanges between the
United States and foreign countries, under the direction of the Smith-
sonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary
employees, $17,000.

(Stat., XXVIII, 924.)

Geological Survey: For the purchase of necessary books for the
library, and the payment for the transmission of public documents
through the Smithsonian exchange, $2,000.

(Stat., XXVIII, 940.)

War Department: For the transportation of reports and maps to
foreign countries through the Smithsonian Institution, $100.

(Stat., XXVIII, 950.)

BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY—ESTIMATES.

December 4, 1893—House.
Estimates for 1895.

For continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians,
under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries
or compensation of all necessary employees, $40,000, of which sum
not exceding $1,000 may be used for rent of building, $40,000.

(The Smithsonian Institution estimates for an increase in this item
of $10,000 over the present appropriation.)

December 3, 1894—House.
Estimates for 1896.

For continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians,
under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries

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or compensation of all necessary employees, of which sum not exceed-
ing $1,000 may be used for rent of building, $50,000.

BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY—APPROPRIATIONS.

February 3, 1894—House. a

Mr. JoserpH D. Sayers, from Committee on Appropriations, sub-
mitted. report (H. 348) on H. 5575 (sundry civil bill for 1895), which —
contained the following item:

North American Ethnology: Appropriation for 1894, $40,000; esti-
mate for 1895, $40,000; recommended for 1895, $40,000.

August 18, 1894.
Sundry civil act for 1895.

For continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians,
under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries
or compensation of all necessary employees, $40,000, of which sum
not exceeding $1,000 may be used for rent.of building.

(Stat., XXVIII, 384.)

March 2, 1895.
Sundry civil act for 1896.

For continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians,
under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries
or compensation of all necessary employees, $40,000, of which sum
not exceeding $1,000 may be used for rent of building.

(Stat., XXVIII, 925.)

ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY—ESTIMATES.

December 4, 1893—House.
Estimates for 1895.

For maintenance of astrophysical observatory, under the direction of
the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries of assistants, apparatus,
and miscellaneous expenses, $9,000.

(The Smithsonian Institution estimates for an increase in this item
of $1,000 over the present appropriation. )

Nore.—An astrophysical observatory has been established under the Smithsonian
Institution, in part from the Smithsonian fund and in part by subscriptions of private
individuals.

Researches of great scientific and economic value are carried on by every consid-
erable civilized government at well-equipped astrophysical observatories. The
investigations here contemplated are not provided for by any other observatory in
this country.

December 3, 1894—House.
Estimates for 1896.
For maintenance of astrophysical observatory, under the direction of
the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries of assistants, apparatus,
and miscellaneous expenses, $10,000.

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Norr.—An astrophysical observatory has been established under the Smithsonian
Institution, in part from the Smithsonian fund and in part by subscriptions of private
individuals.

Researches of great scientific and econmic value are carried on by every consid-
erable civilized government at well-equipped astrophysical observatories. The
investigations here contemplated are not provided for by any other observatory in
this country.

ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY—APPROPRIATIONS.

February 3, 1894—House.

Mr. JoserH D. Sayers, from Committee on Appropriations, sub-
mitted report (H. 348) on H. 5575 (sundry civil bill for 1895), which
contained the following item:

Astrophysical Observatory: Appropriation for 1894, $9,000; esti-
mate for 1895, $9,000; recommended for 1895, $9,000.

August 18, 1894.
d Sundry civil act for 1895.

For maintenance of Astrophysical Observatory, under the direction
of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries of assistants, appa-
ratus, and miscellaneous expenses, $9,000.

(Stat., XXVIII, 384.)

March 2, 1895.
Sundry civil act for 1896.

For maintenance of Astrophysical Observatory, under the direction

of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries of assistants, appa-

ratus, and miscellaneous expenses, $9,000.
(Stat., XXVIII, 924.)

OBJECTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.

December 14, 1893.
The PRESIDENT:

The Smithsonian Institution is organized under the act of Congress
approved August 10, 1846." Under this act, the President, the
Vice-President, the Chief Justice, the then Bead of Departments, the
Commissioner a the Patent Office, the Governor of the District of
Columbia, and such other persons as they may elect honorary mem-

- bers, are constituted an ‘‘ Establishment,” by the name of the Smith-

sonian Institution. The Commissioner of the Patent Office has now
an official superior in the Secretary of the Interior, whose name, nev-
ertheless, does not appear upon the “Establishment” any more than
that of the more recently created office of the Secretary of Agriculture.

The members of the Institution may hold stated and special meet-
ings for the supervision of its affairs, and the advice and instruction
of the Board of Regents, at which the President, and in his absence

‘Revised Statutes, Title LX XIII.

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the Vice-President, shall preside. Such meetings, which were for-
merly held, have of late years been discontinued, the last one having
been held at the Smithsonian Institution on May 5, 1877. The by-
laws of the Institution provide that the stated meetings are to be held
on the first Tuesday of May, annually, and also that special meet-
ings will be convened by the direction of the President.

The business of the Institution is conducted by a Board of Regents,
composed of the Vice-President, the Chief Justice, three members of
the Senate, and three members of the House, together with six_per-
sons other than members of Congress. The Senators are appointed
by the President of the Senate, and members of the House by the
Speaker. The six other persons (no two of whom shall be residents
of the same State) are appointed by joint resolution of Congress. The
Chancellor of the Institution is elected by the Board of Regents.
The Secretary of the Institution is also elected by the Board of
Regents, and he is at the same time the Secretary of the ‘‘ Establish-
ment,” and the Secretary of that board.

As the non-Congressional Regents reside in all parts of the Union,
the Regents meetings, though regular, are not frequent, and the
duty of carrying out their wishes in the interim falls chiefly upon the
Secretary. But the board elects three of their own body as an Exec-
utive Committee, whose relations to the Secretary are not defined,
but with whom, as a matter of fact, he advises on any important mat-
ters outside of the established conduct of the Institution.

The object of Congress in founding the Smithsonian Institution,
as inferable from the prolonged debates which preceded the fixing its
constitution, as well as from the language of the act, was, primarily,
to open a way for the encouragement of art as well as science without
the expenditure of public money. Consistently with this, the policy
of the Institution, inaugurated by its first Secretary, Joseph Henry,
approved by the Regents, and continued by them through subsequent
Secretaries, has been, in the words of its founder, to provide ‘*‘ for the
increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.”’ It may be said,
consequently, ‘‘to have taken all knowledge to be its province,”
looking to increase it by the encouragement of creative art and origi-
nal discovery, and to diffuse it by publication and exchange with its
body of correspondents in every country. ;

It is not, then, a local institution, nor even only a national one, but
an‘ international one, reaching out in its operations to every portion
of the world.

While the Institution’s charter is thus ample, however, it has natu-
rally been more occupied in furthering the useful ends which are

1These few important words, which form the spirit of the Institution, appear to
have been taken from Washington’s farewell address (‘‘ Promote, as an object of
primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge’’).

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nearest at hand; that is, in first promoting the increase and diffusion
of knowledge in these United States.
This national work has lain not only in scientific inquiry, but in

. stimulating the progress of national art and literature, in initiating

and developing interests in all branches of useful knowledge, and in
making new and useful discoveries. It diffuses this knowledge by
publishing it to the world and by bringing about an interchange of
thought between all those engaged in promoting the increase of knowl-
edge everywhere—primarily in this country, but also by association

_ and correspondence with other countries. It is in this last connection

that a great part of its work lies. As an illustration of the extent of
this special part of its activities, it may be stated that the Institution
now has about 24,000 active correspondents, of whom 14,000 are in
Europe, 200 in Africa, 500 in Australasia, and about 9,000 in the
various countries of the Western Hemisphere.

In the course of this work the Institution has gathered at Washing-
ton an immense collection of books, found nowhere else to so great an
extent, bearing chiefly upon discovery and invention, which, with
others, now occupy nearly 300,000 titles. These are deposited tempo-
rarily with the national library at the Capitol.

It has also formed a National Museum, with special reference to the
illustration of the resources of the continent of North America. The
Museum is referred to in the organic act, but Congress has since
placed under the charge of the Institution other interests, such as the
Bureau of International Exchanges, by means of which Congressional
and other Government publications are exchanged with those of all
leading foreign governments for the benefit of the nation; and a sys-
tem of intercourse, through the just-mentioned correspondents (and
otherwise impossible), is kept up between thinkers and inventors of
this country with those of the rest of the world.

Among other interests placed by Congress under the Institution are
the Bureau of Ethnology, the National Zoological Park, and the Astro-
physical Observatory.

It will be seen from what has just been stated that while a portion

of the Institution’s duty, as originally designed by Congress, was the

furtherance of national art as well as science, yet it has on the whole
leaned more to utilitarian interests in its functions, ‘‘ the increase of
knowledge ” directly due to it being represented by such contributions
as the labors of Henry, its first Secretary, toward the establishment
of the electric telegraph’ and the improvement of our light-house sys-
tem (which is so largely due to him), and of its second Secretary, who

-was the founder of public fish-culture, which he took from its infancy

and extended to such a degree that it now contributes enormously to
the food supply of the United States.
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somewhat over $700,000, to which enough has been added since by
private gifts to bring the amount up to nearly $1,000,000, on which
first million Congress has authorized the Treasury to pay 6 per cent
interest. It is to be observed that this high rate of interest is given
for purposes which, in fact, have caused it to be reexpended upon
national objects, a considerable portion of it having been in the past
absorbed in the administration of trusts laid upon it by Congress, and
insufficiently appropriated for. This interest on the fund is expended
by the Board of Regents, chiefly through the Secretary, with a quar-
terly auditing of accounts by the Executive Committee.

The future prosperity of the Institution seems to depend much upon
the increase of this original fund, which has lately been considerably
added to, and which it is believed would be given to still more largely
by American citizens if the national character of the Institution and
the true nature of the objects pursued by it were better known. There
is a widely spread but erroneous impression that its chief function is
in making collections in natural history. This misconception is per-
haps due to the fact that the well-known castellated building occupied
by it, and called by its name, is, owing to the crowded condition of the
National Museum, largely used as a repository of natural-history
collections, which, it will be understood from what has preceded, are
merely incidental to a single side of its multifarious activities, and are
not an index of the Institution’s real character.

For the President’s personal information.

Respectfully submitted.

S. P. Lanatry, Secretary.

By Tue Cuier JUSTICE.

AMENDMENT TO ACT OF ORGANIZATION OF SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.

January 15, 1894—House.
Mr. Davin B. Cunperrson introduced bill (E.. 5219):

That ‘‘An act to establish the Smithsonian Institution for the increase and diffu-
sion of knowledge among men,’’ approved August 10, 1846, Revised Statutes, title 73,
be, and the same is hereby, amended in section 5579 of said act, by striking out the
words, ‘‘the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of War,
the Secretary of the Navy, the Postmaster-General, the Attorney-General, the Com-
missioner of the Patent Office, and the governor of the District of Columbia, and
such other persons as they may elect honorary members,”’ and inserting the words,
‘‘the heads of the Executive Departments,’’ so that the section will read:

‘Suc. 5579. The President, the Vice-President, the Chief Justice, and the heads’

of the Executive Departments are hereby constituted an establishment by the name
of the ‘Smithsonian Institution’ for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among
men; and by that name shall be known and have perpetual succession, with the
powers, limitations, and restrictions hereinafter contained, and no other.”

That section 5591 of the Revised Statutes be amended by the addition of these
words: ‘‘ But this shall not operate as a limitation on the power of the Smithsonian

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Institution to receive money or other property by gift, bequest, or devise, and to
hold and dispose of the same in promotion of the purposes thereof, and as provided
in the next section.”’

Referred to Committee on the Judiciary.
January 17, 1894—Senate.

Mr. 8S. M. Cuttom introduced bill (S. 1446) to amend the ‘‘Act to
establish the Smithsonian Institution.” Same as H. 5219, January
15, 1894.

Referred to Committee on the Judiciary.

January 18, 1894—Senate.
Mr. J. S. Morrrt introduced bill (8. 1460):

That ‘‘An act to establish the Smithsonian Institution for the increase and diffu-
sion of knowledge among men,’’ approved August 10, 1846, Revised Statutes, title
73, be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out section 5579 and inserting
in lieu thereof, as follows:

‘Src. 5579. That the President, Vice-President, the ChiefJustice, and the heads
of Executive Departments are hereby constituted an establishment by the name of
the Smithsonian Institution, for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among
men; and by that name shall be known and have perpetual succession, with powers,
limitations, and restrictions hereinafter contained, and no other.”’

And that the act aforesaid be further amended by adding to section 5591 as follows:

‘Provided, That this shall not operate as a limitation on the power of the Smith-
sonian Institution to receive money or other property by gift, bequest, or devise, and
to hold and dispose of the same in promotion of the purposes thereof, and as pro-
vided in the next section.”’

Referred to Committee on the Judiciary.
January 19, 1894—House.

Mr. Stwon P. Wotverton, from Committee on the Judiciary, sub-
mitted report (H. 269) on H. 5219:

On the 10th day of August, 1846, an act was passed entitled ‘‘An act
to establish the Smithsonian Institution for the increase and diffusion
of knowledge among men,” in pursuance of the will of James Smith-
son, of London, who, by his last will and testament, gave the whole of
his property to the United States of America to found at Washington,
under the name of the ‘‘ Smithsonian Institution,” an establishment
for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.

By the first section of this act, being section 5579 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States, it is provided ‘‘that the President and
Vice-President of the United States, the Secretary of State, the Sec-
retary of the Treasury, the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the
Navy, the Postmaster-General, the Attorney-General, the Chief Jus-
tice, the Commissioner of the Patent Office of the United States, and
the governor of the city of Washington, during the time for which
they shall hold their respective offices, and such other persons as they
may elect honorary members, be, and are hereby, constituted an estab-
lishment by the rame of the ‘Smithsonian Institution.’” Since the
passage of this act two Executive Departments of the Government

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have been created, the heads of which being the ‘‘Secretary of the
Interior” and the ‘‘ Secretary of Agriculture.”

The place filled by the Commissioner of Patents under the act of
incorporation should naturally be filled by the Secretary of the Inte-
rior, being the head of an Executive Department, and the Secretary of
Agriculture should be added as the head of an Executive Department
created since the incorporation of the institution.

The amendment proposed by this bill is to strike out the words ‘‘the
Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of
War, the Secretary of the Navy, the Postmaster-General, the Attor-
ney-General, the Commissioner of the Patent Office, and the governor
of the District of Columbia, and such other persons as they may elect
honorary members,” and insert in lieu of the words stricken out ‘‘the
heads of Executive Departments,” so that section 5579 will read: ‘‘ The
President, the Vice-President, the Chief Justice, and the heads of
Executive Departments are hereby constituted an establishment by
the name of the Smithsonian Institution for the increase and diffusion
of knowledge among men, and by that name shall be known and have
perpetual succession, with the powers, limitations, and restrictions
hereinafter contained, and no other.”

As the original act of incorporation named as one of the corporators
the governor of the District of Columbia, which office no longer exists,
and as there has been created since a court in the District of Colum-
bia consisting of one chief justice and two associate justices, to be
appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, who shall hold office during good behavior, it would seem to
be consistent that the evident intention of the framers of the original
act of incorporation to name some officer of the District as one of the
corporators, your committee recommends that the bill be amended by
adding after the words ‘‘ Executive Departments,” in the seventeenth
line of section 5579, the words ‘‘and the chief justice of the court of
appeals of the District of Columbia,” and to strike out the word
‘*and,” in the same line, after the words ‘‘ Chief Justice,” so that the
section will read:

Src. 5579. The President, the Vice-President, the Chief Justice, the heads of the
Executive Departments, and the chief justice of the court of appeals of the District

of Columbia are hereby constituted an establishment by the name of the ‘‘Smith-
sonian Institution’”’ for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.

. Section 5591 of the Revised Statutes is as follows:

The Regents are authorized to make such disposal of any other moneys which have
accrued or shall hereafter accrue as interest upon the Smithsonian fund, not herein
appropriated or not required for the purposes herein provided, as they shall deem
best suited for the promotion of the purpose of the testator.

The amendment proposed by this bill is for the purpose of avoiding
any possible construction of the statute as it now exists restricting

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the right of the Regents of this Institution from holding property out-
side of the million of dollars mentioned in this section. The amend-
ment is for the purpose of removing any reasonable doubt as to the
power of the Smithsonian Institution to receive money or other prop-
erty and hold the same for the promotion of the purposes of its incor-
poration.

The amendments proposed by this bill are recommended by the
Regents of the Institution and have the approval of the Chief Justice.
The additional amendment proposed to this bill, to add the name of
the chief justice of the court of appeals of the District of Columbia,
is suggested by the Chief Justice of the United States [Supreme]
Court. The committee therefore recommends the passage of the bill
with the amendment suggested.

Referred to House Calendar.

February 20, 1894—Senate.

Mr. O. H. Puarr. I am directed by the Committee on the Judiciary,
to whom was referred the bill (S. 1460) to amend an act entitled ‘‘ An
act to establish the Smithsonian Institution for the increase and diffu-
sion of knowledge among men,” to report it with an amendment and
submit a report thereon. This is a measure which ought to be acted
on as speedily as may be, but as I have made a written report I shall
not ask to have the bill taken up until the report has been printed. I
give notice that I shall call the bill up at an early day after the routine
business of the morning hour.

The Vicr-Presipent (Mr. A. E. Stevenson). Meanwhile the bill
will be placed on the Calendar.

March 5, 1894—Senate.

Mr. O. H. Puarr. I ask the unanimous consent of the Senate to
consider at this time the bill (S. 1460) to amend an act entitled ‘‘An
act to establish the Smithsonian Institution for the increase and dif-
fusion of knowledge among men.” The bill was reported by the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and I gave notice at the time [ reported it
that I should call it up at an early day. I was authorized by the com-
mittee to ask for its passage at that time.

There being no objection, the Senate, as in Committee of the Whole,
proceeded to consider the bill, which had been reported from the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, with an amendment, to strike out all after
the enacting clause and insert:

That the Revised Statutes, Title LX XIII, being a reenactment of ‘“‘An act to
establish the Smithsonian Institution for the increase and diffusion of knowledge
among men,’’ approved August 10, 1846, be, and the same is hereby, amended so
that section 5579 shall read as follows:

“Sec. 5579. That the President, the Vice-President, the Chief Justice, and the
heads of Executive Departments are hereby constituted an establishment by the
name of the Smithsonian Institution for the increase and diffusion of knowledge

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among men, and by that name shall be known and have perpetual succession with
the powers, limitations, and restrictions hereinafter contained, and no other.”’

And be further amended by striking out of section 5580 the words ‘‘the governor
of the District of Columbia.”’

And be further amended by adding to section 5591 as follows:

‘* Provided, That this shall not operate as a limitation on the power of the Smith-
sonian Institution to receive money or other property by gift, bequest, or devise, and
and to hold and dispose of the same in promotion of the purposes thereof.’’

The amendment was agreed to.

Mr. Wiixrinson Catt. I should be glad to hear the Senator from
Connecticut explain the changes proposed to be made in the existing
law and the purpose of them.

Mr. Puatt. The first change is to substitute the ‘‘ Secretary of the
Interior ” for the ‘‘ Commissioner of Patents” among the corporators.
The law now embraces all the heads of Departments except the Secre-
tary of the Interior, and for that Department the Commissioner of
Patents is named. It is thought that there should be no distinction
between the Departments in that respect. That is all with regard to
the first change.

The second proposition is to strike out from the present statutes
‘the governor of the District of Columbia.” There is no such officer.
The amendment is merely to perfect the law in that respect.

The third removes a possible doubt as to whether the Smithsonian
Institution is authorized to receive bequests and gifts.

That is all there is to the bill.

Mr. Cat. I shall make no objection to the passage of the bill, but
I should like to suggest for the consideration of the Senate and of
the committee from which this bill comes that there ought to be a
scientific department of this Government. This great Institution
should be under the charge of scientists who are directly connected
with the great questions which are submitted to that Institution for
examination.

It seems to me to be quite an anomaly that the extraordinary
bequest of Mr. Smithson, which ought to be capable of so much benefi-
cence and of such vast and extended influence should be set aside
under the charge of Cabinet officers, never to receive any considera-
tion and only to be treated in occasional notices in bills of appro-
priation.

The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amendment
was concurred in.

The bill was passed.

The title was amended so as to read: ‘‘A bill to amend an act entitled
‘An act to establish the Smithsonian Institution for the increase and
diffusion of knowledge among men,’ being Title LXXIII of the
Revised Statutes.”

FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS, 1893-1895. 1685

March 7, 1894—House.

S. 1460 ordered to lie on the table.
March 8, 1894—House.

The Speaker (Mr. Cuartes F. Crisp) laid before the House the
bill (S. 1460).

Mr. Smwon P. Wotverton. I ask unanimous consent for the pas-
sage of this Senate bill in place of the bill (H. 5219) reported from the
House Committee on the Judiciary on the same subject.

The Speaker. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman
from Pennsylvania ?

Mr. Ropert R. Hirr. That bill is identically the same as the House
bill, is it not?

Mr. Wotverron. Yes.

Mr. Hirr. I have no objection.

The Spraker. Is there objection to the present consideration of the
bill?

There was no objection.

The bill was passed.

H. 5219 ordered to lie on the table.

March 12, 1894.

Be it enacted, etc., That the Revised Statutes, title 73, being a
re-enactment of ‘‘ An act to establish the Smithsonian Institution for
the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men,” approved August
10, 1846, be, and the same is hereby, amended so that section 5579
shall read as follows:

‘Sec. 5579. That the President, the Vice-President, the Chief
Justice, and the heads of the Executive Departments are hereby con-
stituted an establishment by the name of the Smithsonian Institution
for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men, and by that
name shall be known and have perpetual succession with the powers,
limitations, and restrictions hereinafter contained, and no other.”

And be further amended by striking out of section 5580 the words
**the governor of the District of Columbia.”

And be further amended by adding to section 5591 as follows:

‘* Provided, That this shall not operate as a limitation on the power
of the Smithsonian Institution to receive money or other property by
gift, bequest, or devise, and to hold and dispose of the same in pro-
motion of the purposes thereof.”

(Stat., XXVIII, 41.)

DEPOSIT OF SECURITIES IN THE TREASURY VAULTS.
January 30, 1894.
January 30, 1894.
Drar Sir: I venture to ask your interest, as a member. of the
Smithsonian Institution, in securing the deposit and safe-keeping in
the Treasury vaults of certain bonds and securities belonging to the

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Institution. 1 may add that they are of small bulk, and that it will
not be necessary to have such frequent access to them as to give rise
to any inconvenience.

In view of the fact that the Institution as constituted by law con-
sists of the President and the highest officers of Government, it
would appear proper that the securities referred to should be placed
in a Government depository rather than with some private company.

May I ask, therefore, that if not inconsistent with the interests of
the Department you will authorize the Treasurer of the United States
to receive the securities referred to and deposit them in the Treasury
vaults?

Iam, sir, your obedient servant, .
S. P. Lanetry, Secretary.
The SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.

February 1, 1894.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY,
Washington, D. C., February 1, 1894.
My. S. P. Lane ey,
Secretary Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C.

Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 30th
ultimo, in which you ask that the Treasurer of the United States be
authorized to receive on special deposit certain bonds and securities
belonging to the Smithsonian Institution, and to inform you that the
letter has this day been referred to the Treasurer with the suggestion
that, if he sees no objection thereto, the Institution be allowed to keep
the papers mentioned in Vault No. 7 of the Treasurer’s ofhice. Accord-
ingly please arrange with the Treasurer for the reception of the
securities.

Respectfully yours,
W. E. Curtis, Acting Secretary.

February 2, 1894.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,

OFFICE OF THE TREASURER,
Washington, D. C., February 2, 1894.
Hon. 8. P. Lanewey,
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.

Str: I have been authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury to
receive and keep on deposit, in Vault No. 7 of the Treasury, certain
bonds and securities belonging to the Smithsonian Institution.

As the Secretary authorizes the deposit subject to any objection I
might make,-I will accept it upon these conditions:

I will assume no responsibility in reference to it and it shall be
wholly at your risk. The bonds and securities are to be placed ina
convenient receptacle and securely. locked, and the key kept in your
possession.

ewe

FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS, 1893-1895. 1687

If you desire any other person than yourself to inspect the bonds
at any time, I will require a written request from you to that effect,

Respectfully yours,
D. N. Morean,

Treasurer United States.

PERMANENT APPROPRIATIONS—SMITHSONIAN FUND.

February 8, 1894—House.

Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury (Mr. J. G. Carlisle)
relative to permanent specific appropriations [bill (H. 2001), H. Mis.
Doe. 86], urged that the laws should not be repealed providing for
‘*nermanent specific appropriations looking to the maintenance of
institutions, or the manner of payment of compensation for certain
official services, which, if it be the will of Congress to abandon, it
were better to repeal the law creating them rather than to subject
such institutions or officials to an equivocal existence or support,
through the vicissitudes of annual legislation necessary to maintain
them.”

[Extract. ]

Statement of appropriations for permanent specific objects during the fiscal years 1892 and
1893.

1892. 1893.

SMU RURO HIAT aL AULEULION sc ccsmm poecceis to cc Sse ate os orisias memece eee beans sees $44, 481.36 | $54, 180.00

AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.

March 5, 1894—Senate.

The Vicr-Presipent (Mr. A. E. Stevenson) laid before the Senate
a communication from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution,
transmitting the annual report of the American Historical Association
for the year 1898, in accordance with the act of incorporation.

Mr. JoserH R. Hawxey. Is the matter accompanying the report
sufficient to make a large document? If so, it ought to be referred to
the Committee on Printing. I see the size of the package.

Mr. Francis M. Cockretu. Let the communication be printed any-
way, with the accompanying papers, and referred to the Committee
on Printing.

Mr. GrorcE F. Hoar. The usual number?

Mr. Hawiry. Theusualnumber. Let them be printed and referred.

The Vicr-PREsIDENT. The communication, with the accompanying
papers, will be referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to
be printed.

1688 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

OWEN STATUE.
March 14, 1894—House.

Mr. ArtHuR H. Taytor, of Indiana, introduced bill (H. 6289)
for the erection of a statue of the late Robert Dale Owen to be placed
in the grounds of the Smithsonian Institution.

Referred to Committee on the Library.

January 17, 1895—Senate.
Mr. D. W. VoorHess introduced bill (S. 2600):

Whereas Robert Dale Owen, then a Representative in Congress from the State of
Indiana, on the 19th of December, 1845, introduced in the Twenty-ninth Congress a
bill ‘‘to establish the Smithsonian Institution for the increase and diffusion of knowl-
edge among men,’’ and in the face of strong opposition secured its substantial
enactment April 29, 1846; and

Whereas he was appointed chairman of the first Board of Regents? of said Institu-
tion and devoted many years of his life to its organization and success: Therefore,

Be it enacted, etc., That the sum of $20,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary,
be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, for the erection on the grounds of the Smithsonian
Institution, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, ‘under the direction of
the Regents of the said Smithsonian Institution, astatue of the late Robert Dale Owen:
Provided, however, That the expenditure of said money shall be made under and by
direction of the Secretary of the Treasury; the sculptor to be designated by a com-
mission consisting of the chairman of the Joint Committee on the Library of Con-
gress, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and a representative chosen by
the surviving members of the family of Robert Dale Owen; and said commission
shall be governed in the choice of a sculptor by the merits of the models which may
be submitted for their inspection.

Referred to Committee on the Library.

OBJECTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.

March 19, 1894.

In answer to numerous inquiries the following supplementary cir-
cular, descriptive of the general character and work of the Institu-
tion, and making mention of the Hodgkins fund, was prepared and
translated into French and German, and through the courtesy of the
Department of State a number of copies were sent to several of the
American embassies in Europe for their general use, in answering
questions concerning the Smithsonian Institution:

SmirHsONIAN Institution, Washington, , 189—.
Sir: In answer to your inquiry I am authorized to furnish the following informa-
tion:
The Smithsonian Institution was originally constituted by an act of the National
Legislature, to administer a bequest made to the Government of the United States
in the early years of the present century. The purpose of the bequest was declared

to be ‘‘the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men,”’ and its acceptance by

1Chairman of the Executive Committee not of the Board.

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the nation is the only instance of such an action in its history. The Institution,
then, occupies a peculiar relation to the Government. It is composed as follows:

MEMBERS OF THE INSTITUTION.

Presiding officer (ex officio): The President of the United States.

Chancellor: The Chief Justice of the United States.

The Vice-President of the United States.

The Secretary of State.

The Secretary of the Treasury.

The Secretary of War.

The Secretary of the Navy.

The Postmaster-General.

The Attorney-General.

The Secretary of the Interior.

The Secretary of Agriculture.

The high functionaries above-mentioned are its members ex officio, with the
exception of the chancellor, who is elected. The law also creates a secretary of the
above body, whom it calls ‘‘the Secretary of the Institution.”

ADMINISTRATION.

The law further directs that the business of the Institution shall be managed by a
Board of Regents, composed of the Vice-President and the Chief Justice of the
United States, three Senators, three members of the House of Representatives, and
six other eminent persons nominated by a joint resolution of the Senate and the
House of Representatives.

The Secretary of the Institution is also the Secretary of the Board of Regents and
their principal executive officer. His duties in this regard are analogous to those of
a director. All correspondence should be addressed to him.

It will be observed that the immediate and primary object of the Smithsonian
Institution, as above constituted, is to administer a certain fund, of which the United
States has accepted the custody, for the especial purpose of ‘‘ the increase and dif-
fusion of knowledge among men,”’ so that its purpose in its most general sense is not
limited to the people of the United States of America, but extends to all mankind.
This has been interpreted as indicating such a direction of the activities of the Insti-
tution as shall result—

(1) In the increase of knowledge by original investigation and study, either in
science or literature. .

(2) In the diffusion of this knowledge by publication, not only through the United
States, but everywhere, and especially by promoting an interchange of thought
among those prominent in learning among all nations, through its correspondents.
These embrace institutions or societies conspicuous in art, science, or literature
throughout the world.

Its publications are in three principal issues, namely, the Contributions to Knowl-
edge, the Miscellaneous Collections, and the Annual Report. Numerous works are
published annually by it under one of these forms and distributed to its principal
correspondents, while there is also published, at the expense of the Government, an
edition of the Report of the Board of Regents, containing an account of the operations
of the Institution during each year, which is distributed throughout the country by
the Congress.

The Institution has been authorized by law to deposit its original fund in the
Treasury of the United States, and it has further been authorized to accept certain
special bequests made by individuals, where these have been such as to promote its
general purpose, ‘‘ the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.’’ Thus, for

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example, the Institution has accepted and administered a fund which, under the
name of the donor, is called ‘‘the Hodgkins fund,”’ and which is given for the
especial purpose of ‘‘the increase and diffusion of more exact knowledge in regard
to the nature and properties of atmospheric air in connection with the welfare of
man.’’ This fund is also deposited in the Treasury of the United States. Other dona-
tions have been received and are administered for other specific purposes.

The seat of the Institution is at Washington, but its activities reach throughout
the world in various ways, and principally through the system of correspondence
already referred to. The present number of correspondents is about 24,000, and by
means of this system the Institution not only gives, but receives, communications
from men of learning in all countries.

In this and other ways it has gathered at Washington a special library of books
bearing upon the history of arts, sciences, discoveries, and inventions. The library
now includes 300,000 titles, the greater proportion of which is, by permission of
Congress, deposited in the same building and accessible with the National Library.

Besides the above activities, which are carried on with the special fund already
referred to, of which the nation has consented to act as the guardian, there are cer-
tain bureaus or divisions of the Government which the Legislature has placed in its
especial charge, and for the cost of which Congress has, at different times, made
special appropriations. In this way it has placed under the charge of the Institution
the United States National Museum, the Bureau of International Exchanges, the
Bureau of Ethnology, the National Zoological Park, and the Astrophysical Observa-
tory. These also are administered by the Secretary, under the direction of the
Board of Regents. The present Secretary of the Institution is 8. P. Langley, to
whom all communications should be addressed, at Washington.

NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK—ENTRANCE TO PARK.

April 30, 1894—Senate.
Mr. Witi1am M. Stewart proposed an amendment to sundry civil
bill for 1895 (H. 5575):

For improving the Adams Mill road for a driveway into the Zoological Park from
the entrance thereof, $15,000.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

June 22, 1894—Senate.

Mr. I. G. Harris reported favorably amendment proposed by Mr.
William -M. Stewart to District of Columbia bill for 1895 (H. 5481):
* * * * * * *

For grading and macadamizing the Adams Mill road from Columbia road to the
Zoological Park, $3,000.

August 7, 1894.
District of Columbia act for 1895.

For opening entrance into Zoological Park, from Woodley Lane
road, and opening driveway into Zoological Park, from said entrance
along the west bank of Rock Creek, $2,500, to be paid wholly from
the revenues of the District of Columbia.

(Stat., XXVIII, 251.)

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January 10, 1895—House.

Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, January 9, 1895.
Str: I have the honor to transmit herewith, for the consideration of
Congress, an estimate of appropriation submitted by the Secretary
of the Smithsonian Institution, under date of the 7th instant, for the
construction of a road from the Holt Mansion entrance, on Adams
Mill road, into the National Zoological Park, to connect with the roads
now in existence, including a bridge across Rock Creek, $15,000.

Respectfully, yours,
C. S. Hamuin, Acting Secretary.

The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION,
Washington, D. C., January 7, 1895.
Srr: I have the honor to forward herewith an estimate for the sum
of $15,000, for the construction of a road in the National Zoological
Park. It is desired that, if possible, this estimate be inserted in the
**Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Govern-
ment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896, and for other purposes.”
I have the honor to be, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,

S. P. Lanetzy, Secretary.
The SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.

National Zoological Park: For the construction of a road from the Holt Mansion
entrance (on Adams Mill road) into the park, to connect with the roads now in exist-
ence, including a bridge across Rock Creek, $15,000.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

February 25, 1895—Senate.

Mr. I. G. Harris. On page 40 [of the sundry civil bill], after the legis-
lation in respect to the Zoological Park, I move to insert, after line 21:

For continuing the entrance into the Zoological Park from Woodley Lane and
opening driveway into the Zoological Park from said entrance along the west bank
of Rock Creek, $5,000, to be immediately available, which sum is hereby appro-
priated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, one-half
chargeable to the revenues of the District of Columbia.

I merely desire to state that the owners of the real estate have dedi-
cated the land free of cost. The roadway is partially constructed and
it requires, as I am informed by the District Commissioners, this
appropriation to complete it.

Agreed to.

March 2, 1895.
Sundry civil act for 1896.

For continuing the entrance into the Zoological Park from Woodley
Lane, and opening driveway into Zoological Park from said entrance

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along the west bank of Rock Creek, $5,000, to be immediately
available, which sum is hereby appropriated out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, one-half chargeable to the
revenues of the District of Columbia.

(Stat., XXVIII, 924.)

NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK—REPORT OF EXPENSES.

August 18, 1894.

The sundry civil act for 1895 provided that ‘‘ hereafter a report in
detail of the expenses on account of the National Zoological name shall
be made to Congress at the beginning of each regular session.’

(Stat., XXVIII, 384.)

NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK—ESTIMATES.

December 4, 1893—House.
Estimates for 1895.

For continuing the construction of roads, walks, bridges, water-sup-
ply, sewerage, and drainage, and for grading, planting, and otherwise
improving the grounds; for erecting and repairing buildings and inclo-
sures; and for care, subsistence, transportation, and purchase of ani-
mals, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees,
and general incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, $50,000.

(The Smithsonian Institution estimates for an increase in this item
of $25,000 over the present appropriation.)

February 8, 1894—House.
Deficiency estimates for 1894.

For repairs to the Holt mansion to make the same suitable for occu-
pancy, and for office furniture:

To pay Devereux & Gaghan, plumbing and gas fitting ...-...--.---------- $320. 47
‘To pay Jule Banseoreh, Chairs... io. ccawcetae ns == 505 = 5e es neem eee 14. 00
owpay. Bar bends itor, erates | lo Jsos occ. ab k ue Seetpaee Jee cee 46. 00
Togay.Geonge Breipoarth, chairs. 2. 2:0 sas28 slr dasicon- Seles tee ae eee 25. 75
‘To pay AS Eberly pibens, stoves uae sed vere: te oat os enema 20. 35

426. 57

Norr.—When the above liabilities were incurred it was supposed that they could
be properly paid from the item for “‘ miscellaneous expenditures.”” The property
has been actually in use in the public service for two years past.

To reimburse the Smithsonian fund for assuming expenses of labor
and materials for repairs urgently necessary for the preservation of the
Holt mansion, including the following:

C. Burlew, concreting and pitching... 5. .-osaase-nab> -> = -n2 eee nee ene $60. 48
Belt & Dyer doorsand moldings: 1): o2seaeaeee == - << - cee - eeeee 37.11
EH: CO Mounielathing and plastering 02.) ci 02992002 2k USE ee eee 173. 64

C, -W: (Dawes; compentry =~ 5-2-1 nS - cle <p a97 aap a-oepliegee== eee 24. 00

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| AUIS TESTES ODT igs a ha A SO eS $33. 00
Pe reechy io he eet HGP =. ote cao os os 2s Leto combed ee gern 116. 22
LAE SOS TRO RE] 9 1 eS a rr A ee 55. 00

499. 45

Notr.—The amount appropriated by Congress for repairs to the Holt mansion was
expended before the roof was covered in, and upon the decision of the Comptroller
that itcould not be covered in from the item for ‘‘expeditures not otherwise pro-
vided for’’ the Smithsonian Institution advanced this sum from its private funds to
prevent the destruction by the weather of what had already been done.

For amount necessary to pay the bill of V. Baldwin Johnson for coal
furnished by him for the National Zoological Park, the certificate of
inspection required by section 3811, Revised Statutes, being hereby
waived, $4.75.

_ Nors.—This coal was delivered without being weighed and inspected by a bonded
inspector. This was done through the ignorance of the dealer, and it was impossible
to afterwards rectify the error, as the coal was consumed. It was weighed and
inspected by the officers of the Park, and the account is known to be correct and just
in all respects except in that of fulfilling the technical condition of being verified by
a bonded inspector.

December 3, 1894—House.
Estimates for 1896.

For continuing the construction of roads, walks, bridges, water-sup-
ply, sewerage, and drainage, and for grading, planting, and otherwise
improving the grounds; erecting and repairing buildings and inclo-
sures; care, subsistence, transportation, and purchase of animals,
including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, and
general incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, $75,000.

» January 28, 1895—House.

Deficiency estimates for 1895, ete.

For repairs to the Holt mansion to make the same suitable for occu-
pancy, and for office furniture:

To pay Devereux & Gaghan, plumbing and gas fitting -.-.........2.22...-- $320. 47
we -pay Julids daaneburgh; ¢hairs -... 25 SU ABs 2 14. 00
Fomay Barber: & Ross, srates oc 50... 25. bs. SS LRU ha. iS BS ses 46. 00
aos, Genre: breitharth, chairs...) .s222dost oq- fone oboe oe oo i Lk U AL 2 25. 75
Toray o. leberty & Sond, St0ves. 222: 432 2 eee at hn won a5. ow nth sie 20. 35

426, 57

Norre.—When the above liabilities were incurred it was supposed that they could
be properly paid from the item for ‘‘miscellaneous expenditures.’’ The property
has been actually in use in the public service for three years past.

To reimburse the Smithsonian fund for assuming the expenses of
labor and materials for repairs urgently necessary for the preserva-
tion of the Holt mansion, including the following:

Pe abutiow, eunmurentit am@nrCUINy. -- 2. on- eae ee awa cap ep oe ccs nenenn $60. 48
Belt’ é&: Dyer, Goors and moldings... 4... 2h. Ae 37.11

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H. C. Mounie, lathing and plastering..........---------------------+----. $173. 64
C. W. Dawes, carpentry ..---.---------------------+---0-------22-222205 ~ 24.00
W. 0: Stricker, carpentry: _ 22-2222 2225-222 2222s eee ee 2 eee 33. 00
Church & Stephenson, lumber -<. --£22-222- 222+. --2sesees--==se=-eeeeee 116. 22
OG, & 'Wolfsteiner & Co. skylight |< -o22223.2 <3 2 Se ee ne ee 55. 00

499. 45

Norr.—The amount appropriated by Congress for repairs to the Holt mansion was
expended before the roof was covered in, and upon the decision of the Comptroller
that it could not be covered in from the item for “expenditures not otherwise pro-
vided for’’ the Smithsonian Institution advanced this sum from its private funds to
prevent the destruction by the weather of what had already been done.

NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK—-APPROPRIATIONS.

February 3, 1894—House.

Mr. Josrrn D. Sayers, from Committee on Appropriations, sub-
mitted report (H. 348) on H. 5575 (sundry civil bill for 1895), which
contained the following item:

Appropriation | Estimate for | Recommended
for 1894. 1895, for 1895,

ZOOOPACH PAIK re cen cacs aescacnensesceuswaccnensancin== $50, 000 $50, 000 $50, 000

August 18, 1894.
Sundry civil act for 1895.

For continuing the construction of roads, walks, bridges, water sup-
ply, sewerage, and drainage; and for grading, planting, and otherwise
improving the grounds; erecting, and repairing buildings and inclo-
sures for animals; and for administrative purposes, care, subsistence,
and transportation of animals, including salaries or compensation of all
necessary employees, and general incidental expenses not otherwise pro-
vided for, $50,000; one-half of which sum shall be paid from the reve-
nues of the District of Columbia and the other half from the Treasury of
the United States; and hereafter a report in detail of the expenses on
account of the National Zoological Park shall be made to Congress at
the beginning of each regular session.

(Stat., XXVIII, 383.)

August 23, 1894.
Deficiency act for 1894, ete.

For amount necessary to pay the bill of V. Baldwin Johnson for
coal furnished by him for the National Zoological Park, the certificate
of inspection required by section 3711, Revised Statutes, being hereby
waived, $4.75.

(Stat., XXVIII, 430.)

March 2, 1895.
Sundry civil act for 1896.

For continuing the construction of roads, walks, bridges, water sup-
ply, sewerage, and drainage; and for grading, planting, and otherwise

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improving the grounds; erecting, and repairing buildings and inclo-
sures for animals; and for administrative purposes, care, subsistence,
and transportation of animals, including salaries or compensation of
all necessary employees; and general incidental expenses not otherwise
provided for, $55,000, one-half of which sum shall be paid from the
revenues of the District of Columbia and the other half from the
Treasury of the United States; for continuing the entrance into the
Zoological Park from Woodley lane, and opening driveway into Zoolog-
ical Park, from said entrance along the west bank of Rock Creek, $5,000,
to be immediately available, which sum is hereby appropriated out of
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, one-half
chargeable to the revenues of the District of Columbia. And of the
sum hereby appropriated $5,000 shall be used toward the construction
of a road from the Holt Mansion entrance (on Adams Mill road) into
the park to connect with the roads now in existence, including a bridge
across Rock Creek.
(Stat., XXVIII, 924.)

ACT PROVIDING FOR PUBLIC PRINTING AND BINDING AND THE DISTRI-
BUTION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS.

January 12, 1895.

The act for printing and distributing public documents provided
that there should be for the Smithsonian Institution:

For foreign exchanges: House documents and reports, bound, 50
copies; Senate documents and reports, bound, 50 copies.

(Stat., XXVIII, 608.)

Src. 58. Whenever printing not bearing a Congressional number
shall be done for any department or officer of the Government, except
confidential matter, blank forms, and circular letters not of a public
character, or shall be done for use of Congressional committees, not
of a confidential character, two copies shall be sent, unless withheld
by order of the committee, by the Public Printer to the Senate and
House libraries, respectively, and one copy each to the document
rooms of the Senate and House, for reference; and these copies shall
not be removed; and of all publications of the Executive Departments
not intended for their especial use, but made for distribution, 500
copies shall be at once delivered to the superintendent of documents
for distribution to designated depositories and State and Territorial
libraries.

(Stat., XXVIII, 610.)

Bureau of Ethnology Report, 3,500 copies for the Bureau.

(Stat., XVIII, 613.)

Statutes at Large ‘‘of the present and each future session of Con-
gress,” pamphlet, 5 copies.

Statutes at Large, bound, 2 copies.

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(Stat., XXVIII, 615.)

American Historical Association Report, for distribution by Associa-
tion and Smithsonian Institution, 1,500 copies.

Smithsonian Institution and Museum Report, 7,000 copies, 2,000 of
which for the Museum.

(Stat., XXVIII, 616.)

Congressional Record, bound, 2 copies; 1 for Museum.

(Stat., XXVIII, 618.)

Official Register, 4 copies.

(Stat., XXVIII, 619.)

No document or report to be illustrated or accompanied by maps
shall be printed by the Public Printer until the illustrations or maps
designed therefor shall be ready for publication; and no order for
public printing shall be acted upon by the Public Printer after the
expiration of one year, unless the entire copy and illustrations for the
work shall have been furnished within that period: Provided, This sec-
tion shall not apply to orders heretofore made for the printing of a
series of volumes on one subject.

(Stat., XXVIII, 621.)

Src. 90. The heads of Executive Departments, and such executive
officers as are not connected with the departments, respectively, shall
cause daily examination of the Congressional Record for the purpose of
noting documents, reports, and other publications of interest to their
departments, and shall cause an immediate order to be sent to the
Public Printer for the number of copies of such publications required
for official use, not to exceed, however, the number of bureaus in the
department and divisions in the office of the head thereof. The Pub-
lic Printer shall send to each executive department and to each exec-
utive office not connected with the departments, as soon as printed,
five copies of all bills and resolutions, except the State Department,
to which shall be sent ten copies of bills and resolutions. When the
head of a department desires a greater number of any class of bills
or resolutions for official use they shall be furnished by the Public
Printer on requisition promptly made.

Src. 94. No head of any executive department, or of any bureau,
branch, or office of the Government, shall cause to be printed, nor shall
the Public Printer print, any document or matter except that which is
authorized by law and necessary to the public business; and executive
officers, before transmitting their annual reports, shall carefully exam-
ine the same and all accompanying documents, and exclude therefrom
all matter, including engravings, maps, drawings, and illustrations,
except such as they shall certify in their letters transmitting such
reports are necessary and relate entirely to the transaction of the
public business.

(Stat., XXVIII, 623.)

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Src. 95. Heads of departments are authorized to exchange surplus
documents for such other documents and books as may be required by
them, when the same can be done to the advantage of the public service.

(Stat., XXVIII, 623.)

APPROPRIATIONS—DEBATED.

January 23, 1895—House.

The sundry civil bill for 1896 being under consideration, the Clerk
read:

National Zoological Park: For continuing the construction of roads, walks, bridges,
water supply, sewerage, and drainage; and for grading, planting, and otherwise
improving the grounds; erecting and repairing buildings and inclosures for animals;
and for administrative purposes, care, subsistence, and transportation of animals,
including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, and general incidental
expenses not otherwise provided for, $55,000, one-half of which sum shall be paid
from the revenues of the District of Columbia and the other half from the Treasury
of the United States; a report in detail of the expenses on account of the National
Zoological Park shall be made to Congress at the beginning of each regular session.
And of the sum hereby appropriated $5,000 shall be used toward the construction of
a road from the Holt Mansion entrance (on Adams Mill road) into the park to con-
nect with the roads now in existence, including a bridge across Rock Creek.

Mr. 8. 8S. Cox. I should like very much to have an explanation from
the chairman of the committee as to that clause which reads as follows:

And of the sum hereby appropriated $5,000 shall be used toward the construction
of a road from the Holt Mansion entrance (on Adams Mill road) into the park to
connect with the roads now in existence, including a bridge across Rock Creek.

Mr. J. D. Saymrs. I will say, in answer to the gentleman, that the
provision was put in in order to enable persons visiting the Zoological
Park to have ingress by another road, the Connecticut avenue road,
and not be confined to a single one. This gives the people two
entrances and avenues instead of one.

Mr. Cox. Who gets the benefit of that provision ?

Mr. Sayrers. The people of Washington. Nobody else gets it except
the people of Washington and the people who come here, visitors to
the park, and one-half of the amount is payable out of the District
revenues.

The Clerk read:

North American ethnology: For continuing ethnological researches among the
American Indians, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including
salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, $40,000, of which sum not
exceeding $1,000 may be used for rent of building.

Mr. Wiriu1am P. Herpurn. Mr. Chairman, I should like to ask the
chairman of the committee if he can state what the total appropriations
are for the Smithsonian Institution which are carried by this bill?

Mr. Sayers. In a moment.

Mr. Hepsurn. I find that, in round numbers, the various para-

H. Doc. 732——107

1698 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

graphs carry the following sums: $9,000, $55,000, $143,000, $12,000,
$13,000, $4,000, $17,000, $40,000.

Mr. D. B. Henprerson. The gentleman has practically answered
his own question. I will say to my colleague [Mr. Hepburn] that in
several of these items the appropriations ought to be larger than they are.

Mr. Sayers. I will state to the gentleman from Iowa [Mr. Hepburn]
that the appropriations proper for the Smithsonian Institution are
$174,125. That is the amount carried by this bill.

Mr. Hersurn. Now, what are the improper items?

Mr. Sayers. There are no improper ones, but the Zoological Park,
for instance, is now put under the charge of the Secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution. The astrophysical observatory is also, and
the international exchanges, and the North American ethnology, which
latter item carries an appropriation of $40,000.

Mr. Hersurn. In all, they reach something near $300,000, do they
not?

Mr. Sayers. Possibly about $300,000.

WEIGHING COAL AND WOOD FOR PUBLIC SERVICE.

January 29, 1895—House.
Mr. ALEXANDER M. Dockery introduced bill (H. 8716):

That section 3711 of the Revised Statutes is amended, to take effect on and after
July 1, 1895, to read as follows:

‘Sec. 3711. It shall not be lawful for any officer or person in the civil, military,
or naval service of the United States in the District of Columbia to purchase anthra-
cite or bituminous coal or wood for the public service except on condition that the
same shall, before delivery, be inspected and weighed or measured by some compe-
tent person to be appointed by the head of the Department or chief of the branch
of the service for which the purchase is made, from among the persons authorized
to be employed in such Department or branch of the service. The person so appointed
shall ascertain that each ton of coal weighed by him shall consist of 2,240 pounds,
and that each cord of wood to be so measured shall be of the standard measure of
128 cubic feet. Each load or parcel of wood or coal weighed and measured by him
shall be accompanied by his certificate of the number of tons or pounds of coal and
the number of cords or parts of cords of wood in each load or parcel.”’

Referred to Joint Commission of Congress to inquire into the status
of laws organizing the Executive Departments.
February 1, 1895—Senate.

Mr. F. M. Cockret1, from Joint Commission of Congress to inquire
into the status of laws organizing the Executive Departments, submitted
report (S. 865) on S. 2691 (same as H. 8716):

[Extract.]
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION,

Washington, D. C., January 21, 1895.
Hon. AtEex. M. DocxkeEry,

Chairman Joint Commission of Congress, etc.,
House of Representatives, Washington.
Sir: I am in receipt of your letter of January 8, asking if the person who inspects
fuel for the National Museum, under section 3711 of the Revised Statutes, holds any

FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS, 1893-1895. 1699

other position under the Government. In reply I have to say that this duty has for
several years been performed by the assistant superintendent of buildings in the
National Museum, whose pay is at the rate of $100 per month. During the last fiscal
year the sum received for such inspections for the Museum amounted to $77.36.

Yours, very respectfully,
8. P. Lanatey, Secretary.

ARREARS OF BUSINESS IN PUBLIC OFFICES.

February 18, 1895—Senate.

Mr. F. M. CockreEt1, from Joint Commission of Congress to inquire
into the status of laws organizing the Executive Departments, sub-
mitted report (S. 952):

The Joint Commission of Congress to inquire into the status of laws organizing
the Executive Departments, etc., addressed a communication to the head of each of

the Executive Departments and other establishments of the Government situated in
the District of Columbia, as follows:

HovusE or REPRESENTATIVES UNITED STATES,
Washington, D. C., January 24, 1895.

; :

Sir: I have the honor to request that you will, for the information of the Joint
Commission of Congress to inquire into laws organizing the Executive Departments
etc., send me at your earliest convenience a statement as to the condition of the busi-

ness of the , Showing whether any part of the same is in arrears, if so, in what
offices or bureaus of the such arrears exist, the extent thereof, and the reasons
therefor.

Very respectfully, AEx. M. DocxEry,

Chairman Joint Commission, ete.

In reponse to this request replies have been received from the various Departments
and independent establishments of the Government, which, for the information of
Congress, are submitted as an appendix herewith, together with the following synopsis
thereof:

National Museum: One bureau and 4 divisions, one of which, the scientific staff,
is in arrears.

Astrophysical Observatory: Up to date.

Bureau of Ethnology: Up to date.

Bureau of International Exchanges: Up to date.

Zoological Park: Up to date.

* * *

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Gres ANG AVON sr. delcuisica a silecacadatacccllecicecuslaceiatee rere elo ticiewinmiate ae Lahe dccam eae
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* * * * * * *

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NationaL Museum, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION,
Washington, D. C., February 6, 1895.

Srr: In response to your letter of January 24, asking for a statement of the condi-
tion of business in the National Museum, and whether any part of the same is in
arrears, I have the honor to say that all current work is and always has been kept
promptly up to date, and that in no department can it be said that the work is in
arrears, although to accomplish this result it has been necessary to ask many of the
employees to work extra hours without compensation. I am speaking, of course,
of the routine work of the Museum, which corresponds to the ordinary work of the
Executive Departments.

The work of the scientific staff, “which i is engaged ‘n ihe development of the Mu-
seum and in the utilization of its treasures for public instruction and for the advantage
of educational institutions throughout the country, is not going ahead so rapidly as
might be desired, owing to the fact that the reduction in the appropriations in 1893
made it necessary to considerably reduce the number of persons employed in this
work, and also to the interruption caused by preparations for the great exposition
at Chicago. It is going forward satisfactorily, however, though much more could be
done if it were possible to employ a larger number of expert assistants. Help of
this kind is especially needed to carry on more rapidly the separation of the dupli-
cate specimens from the collections, and their identification and classification for the
purpose of distributing them to public institutions in accordance with the authority
granted by law, and also for purposes of exchange with museums in other countries.

I am, sir, yours, very respectfully,
8. P. Lanaxry, Secretary.

Hon. ALEXANDER M. Dockery,

Chairman Joint Commission, etc., House of Representatives.

BONDS OF DISBURSING OFFICERS.

February 28, 1895—Senate.

Mr. F. M. Cockrety, from Joint Commission of Congress to inquire

into the status of laws organizing the Executive Departments, sub-

mitted report (S. 1022) relative to the bonds of public oflicers.
* * * * * *

*

Within the jurisdiction of Auditor for State and other Departments:

One bonded officer, Smithsonian Institution, $25,000. (Under law 176, 3614 Rey.
Stat.)

Special disbursing agent, Smithsonian Institution, $5,000. (Under law 176, 3614
Rey. Stat.)

FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS, 1895-1897.

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES—ESTIMATES.

December 2, 1895—House.
Estimates for 1897.

For the expenses of the system of international exchanges between
the United States and foreign countries, under the direction of the
Smithsonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all nec-
essary employees, $23,000.

teh ie

etre,

FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS, 1895-1897. 1701
January 6, 1896—House.
Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury (Doc. No. 114).

’ TreasuRY DEPARTMENT,
January 3, 1896.
Str: I have the honor to transmit herewith, for the consideration
of Congress, copy of a communication from the Secretary of State
dated December 30, 1895, submitting an estimate of appropriation in
the sum of $2,000 to carry into effect the provisions of the convention
between the United States of America, Belgium, Brazil, Italy, Portu-
gal, Servia, and Spain, concluded at Brussels March 15, 1886, provid-
ing for the immediate exchange of public documents.
Respectfully, yours,
S. Wixn, Acting Secretary.
The SPEAKER OF THE Housk or REPRESENTATIVES.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington, December 30, 1895.

Srer: I have the honor to bring to your attention copies of two notes
from the Austro-Hungarian minister, dated April 3 and October 29,
1895, respectively. They relate to the request of his Government that
the acts of Congress be sent directly to the House of Deputies instead
of through the Smithsonian Institution.

Copies of these notes were sent to the Secretary of that Institution.
The correspondence that ensued disclosed the fact that the want of an
appropriation by Congress prevented that Institution from carrying
out the provisions of the convention concluded at Brussels March 15,
1886, providing for the ‘‘immediate exchange of official journals, par-
liamentary annals, and documents.”

In reply to a request from this Department as to the amount thought
necessary to effect that object, I herewith inclose a copy of a letter of
the 18th instant from Mr. §. P. Langley, Secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution, fixing the amount at $2,000, as heretofore recommended,
and citing especially Senate Ex. Doc. No. 139, Fiftieth Congress, sec-
ond session, a copy of which, for convenience of reference, I herewith
inclose.

That document contains a proposed joint resolution to meet the
object Mr. Langley has in view. The only suggested change therein
1s that in its last line the appropriation should read ‘*be expended
under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution,” in order to con-
form to all other appropriations now made to that. Institution.

I urge that this correspondence be brought to. the attention of Con-
gress to the end that an appropriation of $2,000 may be made at the
present session to enable the Smithsonian Institution to carry into

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effect the convention of March 15, 1886, a copy of which will be found
in Senate Ex. Doc. No. 139.
I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,

RIcHARD OLNEY.
The SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.

[Translation.]

IMPERIAL AND Royat Austro-HunGARIAN LEGATION,
Washington, April 3, 1895.
Mr. SECRETARY OF STATE:

In consequence of an understanding, as your excellency already
knows, a reciprocal exchange of parliamentary acts and other official
publications of Hungary takes place with those of the United States,
and mainly by the method that the mutual shipments are delivered
through the channel of the Smithsonian Institution.

Upon this basis the process of the mutual exchange of official pub-
lications was further carried out in the manner that the Smithsonian
Institution addressed the shipments of books of the American Govern-
ment, including Congressional documents, and collecting on delivery
the transportation charges from the port of shipment to the place of
destination, to the royal Hungarian president of the cabinet, by whom
the contents of these shipments were distributed to the Hungarian
legislature and the different ministries.

The Hungarian exchange was effected in the same manner, and the
president of the royal Hungarian cabinet has always sent to the Smith-
sonian Institution the Hungarian parliamentary acts as well as the pub-
lications of the ministries and authorities, collecting on delivery the
transportation charges from the port of shipment to the place of their
destination.

On every occasion the Smithsonian Institution was advised from
Budapest through the imperial and royal legation of the due arrival
of the American shipments.

The president of the Hungarian House of Deputies deems it now
more expedient respecting the mutual exchange of the parliamentary
acts between the Hungarian House of Deputies and the Congress of
the United States to adopt a direct intercourse, and already, in 1892,
the above-named oflicer addressed the president of Congress in Wash-
ington and indeed since then has sent directly and free of charge to
America the acts of the Hungarian House of Deputies.

As the acts of Congress have, nevertheless, until now reached the
House of Deputies in Budapest in the former way—that is to say, by
way of the Smithsonian Institution and the president of the royal
Hungarian cabinet, the latter has requested that steps be taken to
cause the acts of Congress, that have heretofore reached the Hungarian
House of Deputies through the medium of the president of the cabinet,

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FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS, 1895-1897. 17038

to be sent henceforth directly, and likewise free of charges, to the House
of Deputies. |

I have the honor to inform your excellency hereof, with the request
to be good enough to take the necessary steps to bring about this object
and to advise me of the result.

I beg to add that, with respect to the other official American publi-
cations, no change in the existing mode of exchange with Hungary is
contemplated.

Accept, ete., HENGELMULLER.

[Translation.]

IMPERIAL AND Royat Austro-HUNGARIAN LEGATION,
Washington, October 29, 1895.
Mr. SECRETARY OF STATE:

In your predecessor’s note of May 16 last, No. 28, in answer to my
communication of April 3 last, No. 709, regarding the direct recipro-
eal exchange of legislative documents and other official Hungarian pub-
lications with those of the United States, he was good enough to state
that the request of the president of the Hungarian Reichstag had been
given immediate attention by the competent authority, and that a full
reply would subsequently follow.

In compliance with recent instructions, I beg to call your excel-
lency’s attention to this subject, with the request to apprise me as to
the decision since reached.

Accept, etc., HENGELMULLER. —

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION,
Washington, December 18, 1895.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communi-
cation of December 11, 1895, referring to the request of the Austro-
Hungarian minister that the acts of Congress be sent directly to the
House of Deputies instead of through the Smithsonian Institution, and
inquiring what appropriation by Congress is considered necessary for
carrying out a convention concluded at Brussels March 15, 1886, pro-
viding for the ‘‘immediate exchange of official journals, parliamentary
annals, and documents.”

The object of the convention being the prompt interchange of the
proceedings of the legislative bodies of the respective countries adher-
ing thereto, it becomes necessary that a sufficient number of copies of
the documents in question be promptly furnished to the exchange
bureau, and that an appropriation be made to meet the additional cler-
ical service and postage that will be required for the immediate dispatch
of these documents. The amount of the appropriation, as far as it is
possible to estimate for an untried service, I should place at $2,000.

England, France, Germany, and Austria did not adhere to the con-

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vention, but I am inclined to believe that these countries would enter
into a special agreement to exchange their parliamentary documents
with the United States, so that it is desirable that at least twelve sets
of documents be made available for distribution.

I beg leave to inclose herewith a copy of my letter of February 26,
1889, addressed to the Department of State, together with a copy of.
the convention especially mentioned. I wouldalso refer you to Senate
Ex. Doe. No. 189, Fiftieth Congress, second session, and to joint reso-
lution No. 49 (Report No. 327), Fifty-first Congress, first session. This
joint resolution passed the Senate on January 22, 1890, but it was not
acted upon by the House of Representatives.

Should yousee fit to bring this matter again before Congress I would
suggest no change in the form of the proposed legislation, except that
in the last line of the joint resolution the appropriation should be
‘‘ expended under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution,” in order
to conform to all other appropriations now made to the Institution.

In conclusion, permit me to express my appreciation of your interest
in this matter. Though no formal action appears to have been taken
by the Governments adhering to the treaty, a full compliance with its
terms would undoubtedly be of advantage to this country, and in any
event it seems to be most desirable that our own country should com-
ply strictly with the terms of its agreement.

I have the honor to be, sir,

S. P. Laneuey, Secretary.
Hon. RicHarpd OLNEY,

Secretary of State.

Resolved, etc., That for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of the
convention between the United States of America, Belgium, Brazil, Italy, Portugal,
Servia, and Spain, concluded at Brussels March 15, 1886, and ratified by the Presi-
dent July 19, 1888, the Public Printer is hereby authorized to supply to the interna-
tional exchange office, with due promptness, a sufficient number of public documents;
and that, to meet the additional expense entailed for clerk hire and postage, the sum of
$2,000, orsomuch thereof as may benecessary, be, and the sameis hereby, appropriated
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under
the direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.

EXCHANGE (IMMEDIATE) OF OFFICIAL JOURNALS, ETC.

Convention between the United States of America, Belgium, Brazil, Italy, Portugal, Servia,
and Spain for the immediate exchange of the official journals, parliamentary annals, and
documents. Concluded at Brussels March 15, 1886. Ratification advised by the Senate
June 18, 1888. Ratified by the President July 19, 1888. Ratifications exchanged Janu-
ary 14, 1889. Proclaimed January 15, 1889.

By THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas a convention to assure the immediate exchange of the official journal, as
well as of the parliamentary annals and documents of the States adhering thereto
was concluded and signed at Brussels, Belgium, on the 15th day of March, 1886, by

FIFTY-FOURTH OONGRESS, 1895-1897.

1705

the Plenipotentiaries of the United States of America, Belgium, Brazil, Italy, Port-
ugal and the Algarves, Servia, and Spain, which Convention, being in the French

language, is word for word as follows:

Le Président des Etats-Unis d’ Améri-
que, Sa Majesté le Roi des Belges, Sa Ma-
jesté ’ Empereur du Brésil, Sa Majesté la
Reine Régente d’ Espagne, Sa Majesté le
Roi d@’ Italie, Sa Majesté le Roi de Portugal
et des Algarves, Sa Majesté le Roi de Ser-
bie, désirant assurer l’échange immédiat
du journal officiel ainsi que des annales et
des documents parlementaires de leurs
Etats respectifs ont nommé pour leurs
Plénipotentiaires, savoir:

Le Président des Etats-Unis d’ Améri-
que, Mr. Lambert Tree, Ministre Rési-
dent des Etats-Unis d’ Amérique 4 Bru-
xelles,

‘Sa Majesté le Roi des Belges, Mr. le
Prince de Caraman, son Ministre des Af-
faires Etrangéres, et Mr. le Chevalier de
Moreau, son Ministre de I’ Agriculture, de
l’ Industrie & des Travaux Publics,

Sa Majesté l’ Empereur du Brésil, Mr. le
Compte de Villeneuve, Son Enyoyé Ex-
traordinaire & Ministre Plénipotentiaire
prés Sa Majesté le Roi des Belges,

Sa Majesté la Reine Régente d’ Espagne,
Mr. de Tavira, Chargé d’ Affaires ad in-
terim d’ Espagne a4 Bruxelles,

Sa Majesté le Roi d’Italie, Mr. le Mar-
quis Maffei, Son Envoyé Extraordinaire
et Ministre Plénipotentiaire prés Sa Ma-
jesté le Roi des Belges,

Sa Majesté le Roi de Portugal et des
Algarves, le Baron de Sant’ Anna, Envoyé
Extraordinaire & Ministre Plenipotenti-
aire de Sa Majesté Trés-Fidéle,

Sa Majesté le Roi de Serbie, Mr. Marin-
ovitch, Son Envyoyé Extraordinaire et
Ministre Plenipotentiaire prés Sa Majesté
le Roi des Belges,

Lesquels, aprés s’étre communiqué leurs
pleins pouvoirs, trouvés en bonne & due
forme, sont conyenus des Articles sui-
vants:

ARTICLE I.

Indépendamment des obligations qui
résultent de |’ Article 2 de la Convention
générale de ce jour, relative 4 l’échange

[Translation.]

The President of the United States of
America, His Majesty the King of the
Belgians, His Majesty the Emperor of
Brazil, Her Majesty the Queen Regent of
Spain, his Majesty the King of Italy,
His Majesty the King of Portugal and of
the Algarves, His Majesty the King of
Servia, desiring to assure the immediate
exchange of the Official Journal as well
as of the parliamentary Annals and Doc-
uments of their respective States, have
named as their Plenipotentiaries, to wit:

The President of the United States of
America, Mr. Lambert Tree, Minister
Resident of the United States of America
at Brussels,

His Majesty the King of the Belgians,
The Prince de Caraman, His Minister of
Foreign Affairs, and the Chevalier de
Moreau, His Minister of Agriculture, In-
dustry and Public Works,

His Majesty the Emperor of Brazil, The
Count de Villeneuve, His Envoy Extra-
ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
near His Majesty the King of the Belgians,

Her Majesty the Queen Regent of Spain,
Mr. de Tavira, Chargé d’ Affaires, ad in-
terim, of Spain at Brussels,

His Majesty the King of Italy, The
Marquis Maffei, His Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary near His
Majesty the King of the Belgians,

His Majesty the King of Portugal and
of the Algarves, the Baron de Sant’ Anna,
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
potentiary of His Very Faithful Majesty,

His Majesty the King of Servia, Mr.
Marinovitech, His Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary near His
Majesty the King of the Belgians,

Who, after having communicated be-
tween themselves their full powers, found
in good and due form, have agreed upon
the following Articles:

2 ARTICLE I.

Independently of the obligations which
result from Article 2 of the General Con-
vention of this day, relative to the ex-

1706

des documents officiels et des publications
scientifiques et littéraires, les Gouverne-
ments respectifs s’engagent a faire expé-
dier aux chambres législatives de chaque
Etat contractant, au fur & 4 mesure de
leur publication, un exemplaire du jour-
nal officiel, ainsi que des annales & des
documents parlementaires livrés 4 la pub-
licité.
ArTIcLE II.

Les Etats qui n’ont pas pris part 4 la
présente Convention sont admis 4 y ad-
hérer sur leur demande.

Cette adhésion sera notifiée, par la voie
diplomatique au Gouvernement belge et
par ce Gouvernement 4 tous les autres
Etats Signataires.

ARTICLE ITI.

La présente Convention sera ratifiée et
les ratifications seront échangées 4 Bru-
xelles aussit6t que faire se pourra. Elle
est conclue pour dix ans, 4 partir du jour
de l’échange des ratifications et elle con-

tinuera A subsister au dela de ce délai tant -

que l’un des Gouvernements n’aura pas
déclaré six mois 4 l’avance qu’il y renonce.

En foi de quoi, les Plénipotentiaires
respectifs ont signée et y ont apposé
leurs cachets.

Fait 4 Bruxelles en sept exemplaires, le
15 Mars, 1886.

[s—EAL] LAMBERT TREE

[SEAL] Pr. p—E CARAMAN

[SEAL] CH’v’LIER p. Moreau

[SEAL] DE VILLENEUVE

[sEAL] Jost Ma. pe Tavira

[sEAL] Marrer

[sEAL] B’on pg Sanv’ ANNA

[sEAL] J. MaArrnovitcu.

CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

change of official documents and of scien-
tifie and literary publications, the re-
spective Governments undertake to have
transmitted to the legislative chambers
of each contracting State, as fast as their
publication, a copy of the Official Journal,
as well as of the parliamentary Annals
and Documents, which are given pub-
licity.
Artic.E II,

The States which have not taken part
in the pre.ent Convention are admitted
to adhere thereto on their request.

This adhesion will be notified diplo-
matically to the Belgian Government,
and by that Government to all the other
signatory States.

Articute III.

The present Convention will be ratified
and the ratifications will be exchanged at
Brussels as soon as practicable. It is con-
cluded for ten years from the day of the
exchange of the ratifications and it will
remain in force beyond that time, so long
as one of the Governments shall not have
declared six months in advance that it
renounces it.

In witness whereof, the respective
Plenpotentiaries have signed it, and have
thereunto affixed their seals.

Done at Brussels, in seven copies the
15th of March, 1886.

[u. s.] Lampert TREE

[u. s.] Pr. pz CARAMAN

[u. s.] CH’v’Lrer p. MorEau

[u. s.] Cre. DE VILLENEUVE

[u. s.] Joss Ma. pe Tavira

[u. s.] MArFrrer

[u. s.] B’on DE Sanr’ ANNA

[u. s.] J. MaRinovircH

And whereas the Plenipotentiary of the United States of America did, on the 17th
day of November, 1888, deposit the President’s ratification of the said Convention
with His Excellency the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium, for delivery to the
Plenipotentiaries of the other signatory States, on the occasion of their re-assembling
to exchange the ratifications of the said Convention;

And whereas the Plenipotentiaries of the several Contracting Parties did, on the
_ 14th day of January, 1889, exchange the.ratifications of the said Convention:

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United
States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end
that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and salle with
good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.

~~ ne

FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS, 1895-1897. 1707

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United
States of America to be affixed.

Done at the City of Washington this 15th day of January, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, and of the Independence of the United
States the one hundred and thirteenth.

[SEAL. ] GROVER CLEVELAND,

By the President:

T. F. Bayarp,
Secretary of State.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

December 7, 1896—House.
Estimates for 1898.

For the expenses of the system of international exchanges between
the United States and foreign countries, under the direction of the
Smithsonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all nec-
essary employees, $23,000.

Nore.—An appropriation of $19,000 is now made to the Smithsonian Institution
‘for international exchanges. The present estimate of $23,000 is intended to improve
the facilities for prompt delivery of exchange packages and to provide for the fulfill-
ment of the Brussels treaty, concluded March 15, 1886, and proclaimed January 15,
1889, providing for the immediate exchange of parliamentary documents, an appro-
priation of $2,000 for which was recommended in a letter from the Secretary of State
to the Secretary of the Treasury, embodied in H. Doc. No. 114, Fifty-fourth Congress,
first session, but which has not been made effective.

Patent Office: Foreign exchanges, and transporting patents and
other publications, $2,000.

Nortre.—By the act of July 31, 1886, the appropriation for the Scientific Library and
for expense of transporting publications of patents to foreign governments were con-
solidated. Prior to this $3,000 was appropriated for the library and $2,000 for trans-
portation expenses, but under this act only $3,000 was appropriated for both purposes.
The appropriation for each should be distinct and separate. The Patent Office is
frequently compelled to decline valuable foreign exchanges because of insufficient
appropriation to pay transportation. Many of these foreign publications would be
of great value in the examination of pending applications, and the necessary funds
should be furnished this office to enable it to accept such of these foreign exchanges
as are required for its work.

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES—APPROPRIATIONS.

May 28, 1896.
Legislative, executive, and judicial act for 1897.

Library of Congress: For * * * 8 [assistant librarians] at $1,400
each, one of whom shall be in charge of international exchanges.

For expenses of exchanging public documents for the publications
of foreign governments, $1,500.

[This pays one clerk at $900 and one clerk at $600. |

(Stat., X XTX, 146.)

Naval Observatory: For repairs [ete.], freight (including transmis-

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sion of public documents through the Smithsonian exchange), foreign
postage, and expressage, * * * and all contingent expenses,
$2,500.

(Stat., XXIX, 166.)

Patent Office: For purchase of professicnal and scientific books and
expenses of transporting publications of patents issued by the Patent
Office to foreign governments, $2,000.

(Stat., X XTX, 170.)

June 117, 1896.

Sundry civil act for 1897.

For expenses of the system of international exchanges between the
United States and foreign countries, under the direction of the Smith-
sonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary
employees, $19,000.

(Stat., X XIX, 425.)

Geological Survey: For the purchase of necessary books for the
library, and the payment for the transmission of public documents
through the Smithsonian exchange, $2,000.

(Stat., X XIX, 436.)

War Department: For the transportation of reports and maps to
foreign countries through the Smithsonian Institution, $100.

(Stat., XXIX, 444.)

February 19, 1897.

Legislative, executive, and judicial act for 1898.

Library of Congress: For expenses of exchanging public documents
for the publications of foreign governments, $1,500.

(This pays one clerk at $900 and one clerk at $600. |

(Stat., X XTX, 545.)

Naval Observatory: For repairs to buildings, fixtures, * * *
freight (including transmission of public documents through the Smith-
sonian exchange), foreign postage, and expressage, * * * andall
contingent expenses, $2,500.

(Stat., X XTX, 565.)

Patent Office: For purchase of professional and scientific books and
expenses of transporting publications of patents issued by the Patent
Office to foreign governments, $3,000.

(Stat., X XIX, 569.)

FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS, 1895-1897. 1709

BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY—ESTIMATES.

December 2, 1895—House.
Estimates for 1897.

For continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians,
under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries
or compensation of all necessary employees, of which sum not exceed-
ing $1,000 may be used for rent of building, $50,000.

December 7, 1896—House.
Estimates for 1898.

For continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians,
under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries:
or compensation of all necessary employees, of which sum not exceed-
ing $1,000 may be used for rent of building, $50,000.

Norr.—Attention is called to the title of the appropriation which is changed from

North American Ethnology to American Ethnology to make the title conform to
the law.

BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY—APPROPRIATIONS.

June 8, 1896.
Deficiency act for 1896, ete.

North American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution, $4.77.
[To cover claims reported in House Document 322, Fifty-fourth

Congress, first session. |
(Stat., XXIX, 307.)

June 11,1896.
Sundry civil act for 1897.

For continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians,
under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries
or compensation of all necessary employees, $45,000, of which sum
not exceeding $1,000 may be used for rent of building.

(Stat., XXIX, 425.)

ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY—ESTIMATES.

December 2, 1895—House.
Estimates for 1897.

For -the maintenance of Astrophysical Observatory, under the
direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries of assistants,
apparatus, and miscellaneous expenses, $10,000.

1710 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

December 7, 1896—House.
Estimates for 1898.

For the maintenance of Astrophysical Observatory, under the
direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries of assistants,
apparatus, and miscellaneous expenses, $10,000.

Norr.—An Astrophysical Observatory has been established under the Smithsonian
Institution, where investigations of economic as well as scientific value are now
carried on. They are among the newest and most important developments of astro-
physics; they are not provided for by any other observatory in this country, and are
of such interest that every considerable civilized government, notably those of France
and Germany, has organized such establishments in addition to, and independent of,
the observatories devoted to older processes of astronomy.

ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY—APPROPRIATIONS.

June 11, 1896.
Sundry civil act for 1897.

For maintenance of Astrophysical Observatory, under the direction
of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries of assistants, appa-
ratus, and miscellaneous expenses, $10,000.

(Stat., X XIX, 425.)

SMITHSONIAN DEPOSIT IN LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.

December 3, 1895—Senate.

The Special Report of the Librarian of Congress (Doc. No. 1),
included this item:

The great scientific library of the Smithsonian Institution, deposited in the Con-
gressional Library by the act of 1866, can be accommodated in the stack room
already shelved in the eastern part of the Library building. This collection is rich
in the serial publications of scientific and literary societies in all parts of the world,
many of which are now out of print and unattainable.

OWEN STATUE.

December 4, 1895—Senate.

Mr. D. W. Vooruess introduced bill (S. 419). Same as 8. 2600,
introduced by Mr. VoorHExrs January 17, 1895."

Referred to Committee on the Library.
December 16, 1895—House.

Mr. James A. Hemenway introduced bill (H. 1711). Same as
S. 419.

Referred to Committee on the Library.

UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA.
December 6, 1895—House.
Mr. Eveene J. Harner introdueed bill (H. 304), to establish a
national university under the name of the ‘‘ University of America,”

1See p. 1688.

FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS, 1895-1897. 1711

the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution to be ex officio a member
of a board of twenty regents.
Referred to Committee on Education.

December 19, 1895—Senate.

Mr. Jonn M. TuHurston introduced bill (S. 1086), for a national
university.

Referred to Committee on Education and Labor.

December 20, 1895—Senate.

Mr. James H. Kyux introduced bill (S. 1132) for a national univer-
sity.

Referred to Committee on University of United States.

January 28, 1896—Senate.
S. 1086 referred to Committee on University of United States.

NATIONAL MUSEUM—NEW BUILDING.

December 10, 1895—Senate.
- Mr. J. S. Morriit introduced bill (S. 698):

That for an additional fireproof building for the use of the National Museum,
300 feet square, with two stories and a basement, to be erected under the direction
of the Architect of the Capitol, with the approval of the Regents of the Smith-
sonian Institution, in harmony with the present National Museum building, on
the southwestern portion of the grounds of the Smithsonian Institution, there
shall be appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
the sum of $250,000; said building to be placed west of the Smithsonian Institution,
leaving a roadway between it and the latter of not less than 50 feet, with its north
front on a line with the south face of the Agricultural Department and of the Smith-
sonian Institution, and constructed, as far as practicable, after proper advertisement,
by contract or contracts approved by the Secretary of the Treasury and awarded to
the lowest responsible bidder; and all expenditures for the purpose herein men-
tioned shall be audited by the proper officers of the Treasury Department.

Referred to Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

February 27, 1896—Senate.
Mr. J. S. Morritz reported an amendment to bill (S. 698):

That for an additional fireproof building for the use of the National Museum,
300 feet square, with two stories and a basement, to be erected under the direction
of Bernard R. Green, with the approval of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, in harmony with the present National Museum building, on the southwestern
portion of the grounds of the Smithsonian Institution, there shall be appropriated,
out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $250,000;
said building to be placed west of the Smithsonian Institution, leaving a roadway
between it and the latter of not less than 50 feet, with its north front on a line with
the south face of the Agricultural Department and of the Smithsonian Institution,
and constructed as far as practicable, after proper advertisement, by contract or con-
tracts, approved by the Secretary of the Treasury and awarded to the lowest respon-
sible bidder; and all expenditures for the purpose herein mentioned shall be audited
by the proper officers of the Treasury Department.

Ordered to lie on the table.

1712 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

March 23, 1896—Senate. }

Mr. J. S. Morrmz, from Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds, submitted report (S. 540) on S. 698:

The following extract is taken from the last annual report of Mr.
S. P. Langley, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution:

In my last annual statement I pointed out three conditions which are operating to
seriously retard the growth of the National Museum: First, the lack of space for the
installation of objects which should be placed on exhibition; second, the unsymmet-
rical growth of the collections; and third, the fact that the storage of collections
in the wooden sheds south of the Smithsonian building, as well as in the basement
of the building itself, is most undesirable and dangerous. The sum of $900, allowed
for 1896, will be necessarily expended in the rental of shop and storage room in
place of the ‘‘Armory building.’’ The actually dangerous wooden sheds must there-
fore remain occupied until a sum of money is provided which will enable me to dis-
continue their use altogether by renting other quarters, removed entirely from
proximity to the Smithsonian building.

The problem of even providing shelter of any kind for the vast amount of mate-
rial daily received from persons interested in the growth and work of the Museum
still remains unsolved. The Institution is placed in an embarrassing position. It
has been designated by law as the only depository of collections offered to, or made
under the auspices of, the Government, and can not, under the law, refuse to receive
them. The fact remains, however, that when accepted there is no suitable place
in which to store them, and no space in the Museum building to exhibit such of
the objects as should properly be shown to the public. AsI have already pointed
out, there is probably no museum in the world in which so small a proportion of
the objects worthy of exhibition is visible to the public, or in which the objects
exhibited are crowded together so closely. It is now more true than ever that if
another museum building as large as the present one were provided it could be at
once filled with specimens already on hand.

Dr. G. Brown Goode, assistant secretary in charge, has furnished,
at the request of the committee, the following details and statistical
information:

The Smithsonian Institution is the custodian of the National Museum,
which is the only lawful place of deposit of ‘‘ all objects of art and of
foreign and curious research, and all objects of natural history, plants,
and geological and mineralogical specimens belonging to the United
States.” The nucleus of the collections consists of the specimens
brought home by the Wilkes and other exploring expeditions, but for
many years the Museum was supported entirely at the expense of
the Smithson fund, and a considerable portion of the collections is the
property of the Institution.

Professor Huxley defines a museum as ‘‘a consultative library of .
objects.” The National Museum is such a consultative library, and it
is a great deal more. It is an agency for the instruction of the people
of the whole country, and it keeps in mind the needs of persons whose
lives are not occupied in the study of science, as well as those of the
professional investigator and teacher.

Its benefits are extended without cost or reserve to hundreds of

FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS, 1895-1897. 17138

- thousands of visitors from all parts of the United States, who pass
through its doors each year, as is shown in the following table:

Number of visitors since 1881.

Year. building. building. Total.
fT cos Jdagend Gees ocean ee te a a Re 150,000 | 100,000} 250,000
Hei meee 42 892 ei NSE ees O88 ed 522 ot outs Sa eeetey cleat ye. cdot ance 167,455 | 152,744) 320,199
BED. ss wcating shtbb8 J: S ae en ae OS eee ee Ae eS ae, 202,188 | 104,823 307,011
(og (AGN CTY) se Soaee tee USS He acer aeso a4 8b Sana SeSna bee 97, 661 41, 565 139, 226
Ue 50 es cae ee a a I S| nee ar eo GAT cs 205,026} 102,093] 307,119
Pees eenere ante Saerrnsara-haded = begs of ot felons shies boda cek oe 174, 225 88,960 | 263, 185
LEv Ai San te Ee Boer oe sos Serer So nee ae oe ree i eee 216, 562 98,552 | 315,114
LLM Fell con steastisoe SERGE coe eee ere ee ae Paes 249,665 | 102,863] 352,528
ne nomena eens fh cons scene). aoe EI AR 374,843 | 149,618 | 524,461
Let st ae cb 550.8 350 BEC BBE Ot Heong JOSS Cop Jaqee Conee iE CEO Sees 345 Seon oe 274,324 120, 894 395, 218
LS DSH Lo ng aap bien SRS RG SSCS SOCIOL ACM SO | Saeoe Aon. HSCser SeAaer see 286, 426 F 111, 669 398, 095
eT etna Jere © comin jt ett eee eee eee eee eee teen eee e nee e eee eenee 269, 825 114, 817 384, 642
Re eee eens ten 282 SEL ee te lies sa JAE 319,930 | 174,188} 494,118
LARCH Ls Os DS Se S86 Qe ord ea obnot ODUEr aes 5 AAEDS OS OS 0 S00CRc.) eeee reer 195, 748 103, 910 299, 658

ete eel iain sie ie atnlsip eis vipim ae sisis pone io.) v oe sieln vessel Weie hierciae 196, 375 109, 847 306, 222
; 3, 380, 253 | 1,676,543 | 5,056,796

a Years of Presidential inaugurations.

It 1s also accessory to public education through the distribution of
the duplicate specimens in the Museum, which are made up into sets,
accurately named, and given to public institutions in all parts of the
country.

The history of the Museum is divided into three periods: First,
that from the foundation of the Smithsonian Institution to 1857, during
which time specimens were collected purely and solely to serve as.
materials for research, no special effort having been made to publicly
exhibit them or to utilize them except as a foundation for scientific
description and theory. Second, the period from 1857, when the Insti-
tution assumed the custody of the ‘‘ National Cabinet of Curiosities,”
to 1876. During this period the Museum became a place of deposit
for scientific material which had already been studied, this material,
so far as practicable, being exhibited to the public, and thus made to
serve an educational purpose. Third, the present period, beginning
in the year 1876, during which the Museum has entered upon a career
of active work in gathering collections and exhibiting them on account
of their educational value.

During the first period the main object of the Museum was scien-
tific Yesearch; in the second the establishment became a museum of
record as well as of research; while in the third period there is grow-
ing up also the idea of a abio education.

The three ideas, record, research, and education, cooperative and
mutually helpful as they are, are essential to the development of

H. Doc. 732——108

1714 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS..

every great museum. The National Museum endeavors to promote
them all.

It is a museum of record, in which are preserved the material foun-
dations of an enormous amount of scientific knowledge, the types of
numerous past investigations. This is especially the case with those
materials that have served as a foundation for the reports upon the
resources of the United States.

It is a museum of research, which aims to make its contents serve in
the highest degree as a stimulus to inquiry and a foundation for scien-
tific investigation. Research is necessary in order to identify and
group the objects in the most philosophical and instructive relations,
and its officers are therefore selected for their ability as investigators,
as wellas their trustworthiness as custodians.

It is an educational museum, through its policy of illustrating by
specimens every kirid of natural object and every manifestation of
human thought and activity, of displaying descriptive labels adapted
to the popular mind, and of distributing its publications and its ——
series of duplicates.

The collections are installed, in part, in the Smithsonian building
and, in part, in the large building adjacent, covering 34 acres of

‘ground, which was erected in 1881 to afford temporary accomodations
for the overflow until such time as an adequate new building could be
constructed.

The following table shows the number of specimens in the various
departments of the Museum June 30, 1894, and June 30, 1895:

Department. 1894. 1895.

Arts and industries: :
Materia, MeGICA, «5 in iow cts cecil esinc ate nc'ene wade an coesanea soba w anes nee 6,317 6,322
WOON s< cesasceeecsomecenenas cceccsbercccccuetences weccwemehenscceeuenaaaeemene j Pe bisl 1,114
Teixtiles: so sfe bse es ES RR SSE Si rahe a cde cow ens eb at tece meee 3, 306 3, 308
© SHIRHGQICN oc Sb cans Race Soins pies skate soe See etne Doce es re betate ace ee eas teens 10, 080 10, 080
Animal PLOGUGH p< < sock wn ones sct ass see dncoctegegee tees teeta caer ee cane ee 3, 028 8, 028
AGTEPINC ATES Diasec o8 soa ce nul scene ce Guiege als ce mamaeereaen = ee case eae eee ee 1,704 1,774
WOLSEY. < Foe w scat aessedes ee docket ue ebb addedoun sacs Coeeeek dee 726 749
Transportaibloniandi engineering: (ssi... schebesb2sebeece. ce eee ence anaes 1,793 1,799
Wayal architec: sneer .ct oo. cin sos catodouppe nts pemancen see c cas Eee 802 802
Historicd) COUeCHOHSE. = concn. oc cokes cunnccuatotuew en canto eee ten mane 29, 998 30, 296
Mubicalinstrumenta so2c35t.. 3s ae SE. Se eee 1,219 1,300
Modern pottery, porcelain, bronzes, SG o. s:cccncbaas | bows wesc etaceaveus -6ek 3, 583 8,597
WAIN An WAVER see ccac- wc nce ws oc dae nema eRe ee cee soca Bite Se eee EO 197 197
PHYSICS APPATAUUS sc c- -2 w<iccs 5s cacce eee cumeweseeP nee ree ate nae eee ‘ 366 366

Oils and gums
I Chemical products

DOMENIC ABIMAIE. 5 5 5 x..<'-00,55 coche tanuge tac cp weien Saeeaeeee a eacuen seem 162 | ° 203
GNTONG RY, ce cacccsescuce cccces te ve sc crane as vadoacneie tee senese Sena eee eee 423, 000 425, 642
American‘aboriginal’ pottery .........20. 5 Leen eee eee Se eee 33, 298 33, 368
Oriental antiquities and religious ceremonials ..............-.-----.------------- 4,145 4,316
Eréhistoric SiiBTOpOlOSY ©. 2525 55. cue 3 Pas cee Oo eee ee eee ee 153, 424 203, 520

Maming ls (SEanIs uO CONOLICS) <>. cccus sc accns senuereeeee nana tse ce eee ames 12, 948 14, 4382

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Department. 1894. 1895.
SUE Beat necitceenbhBonsdicirnit Ss ASS BAS ie Se eS 8 Seis doc oc pean ee 73, 325 78, 824
Birds’ eggs and nests........ ister aedsica cence stints cine aicadaeeaksecmesw escort teswcnene 58, 041 60, 064
EERIE AEG De UA GUIBEIN ete oe cco an annie an a aim weno baehine ot tae teins woe teen 34,215 35, 308
URIS ETL Se SAS a te ae BR BE Si dE ep ne ae SL i fen) eS To 8 na AP BS 125,000 | 131,000
SID eRe UU) oe Se SRE BOOSIE TOE ESS OO SE CEGBOCED ISS° BHCE Osea eae 1,595 1, 660
PMMA ne ludine Cenozoic: fossils)) 522 soos - sess ss seca cence niece cee seocincscee+ 510, 256 524, 388
LE 5 DV ooo Se S Rob SSG Sd cd 2 BOS Regt ge » COQ DE BEL HOE DOLE DOSE EO BE Ey De nogeoc eho eos 610, 000 623, 000
Ro DEME EL CULECULMLCK sean tana oie a Senten ae essa ees ons emesest sotee eee aera ce beens 520, 000 522,378
Pee ELH OIC COMECHOM: salaiteh Jew oe ae dec emis orem eine Reinccese ies eccae es ccricdcsh|eet-neciee ne 106
Comparative anatomy:
ee bak aaa | eR
Ip PILE tle via Sry § See oe ee oe a 2s EE eae ene ee ee ee ee 95, 631
RODS TIATED PSUS) SE Se ae aS Ce Pe ee a ne ee 89, 493 305, 451
DP UDHIDTBUDEST "0S “SoS SSos SQ Ree B See DB Ge PS) Ope es ate Bene EE DASE ee ane a antes aera 118, 685
ECP IME TIP IN Se ec oc cree wcicttnc ofc cost ee ces Se ce cl cae eee seca cee odes ceeeacieseues 252, 111 269, 008
NOS TERING p53 Ae Set 28 ee See ae Se eae A aa es REPT Ree Sn tye ee b 25, 431 26, 484
Geology cee e eee e ec ee etree eee reece eee n eee e ence ewer ence eect ener eneceeecenaceencrens 063, 606 66, 846
Hiteii ny eee ey ae meLe eee Pipe ye Eas TIS A Oe A ee ee ey 3,279,581 | 3, 406, 920

aNo estimate of the number of specimens in the duplicate series can be given at this time.
bIn addition there is a large quantity of material in storage.
cThese figures include the duplicates, which are estimated at 12,000.

The intrinsic value of such collections as these can not well be
expressed in figures. There are single specimens worth hundreds,
others worth thousands, of dollars, and still others which are unique
and priceless. Many series of specimens which owe their value to
their completeness and to the labor which has been expended on them
can not be replaced at any price. The collections at a forced sale
would realize more than has been expended on them, and a fair
appraisal of their value would amount to several millions of dollars.

In the direct purchase of specimens but little money has been spent,
less, perhaps, in fifty years than either France, England, Germany, or
Austria expends in a single year on similar objects. The entire Museum
is the outgrowth of Government expeditions and expositions, and of
the gifts prompted by the generosity of the American people. =

If there were more space it would be possible to devote a special
hall to the collections illustrating the life of the races of the far North—
the Eskimos and their kin. A large hall might be filled with the
wonderful groups of models of the races of mankind, and particularly
of the different tribes of the North American Indians, clothed in their
characteristic-costumes and engaged in the arts and occupations pecu-
liar to each. These groups are recognized in Europe as having no
equal, and are now temporarily placed in the lecture room and in vari-
ous out-of-the-way corners, where their effect and usefulness are largely
lost. No other museum in the world has such rich material in this
field, but at present only a small number of exhibition cases can be

“2716 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

devoted to them, and the remainder of the material is stowed away in
drawers and packing boxes. 7

The magnificent mounted groups of the larger animals of America,
unsurpassed by anything of the kind in the world, are now so crowded
together in the midst of other collections that they are scarcely visible, |
and some of which are packed away.

A considerable portion of the collection of the great fossil vertebrate
animals of North America, of which there is a magnificent series, is now
stored in the basement of the museum at Yale College for lack of room
to receive it here, although it is much needed by the geologists of the
Geological Survey for purposes of study.

Another hall is needed which might well be devoted to economic
geology, illustrating the wonderful material wealth of our country and
its utilization; and still another is needed “to illustrate the material
resources of the country, classified by States. With the present accom-
modations the materials and ores of each State are confined to one or
two small cases. A hall of proper extent, arranged upon this geo-
graphical plan, would be one of the most impressive displays of the
kind to be seen anywhere in the world.

The building devoted especially to the Museum was erected after the
Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, as a temporary accommodation
for the collections given to the United States by the foreign govern-
ments and private exhibitors represented on that occasion. It is the
cheapest public building of a permanent character ever erected, having
cost only $2.25 a square foot of floor space available for exhibition. |
The museum buildings in Central Park, New York, have cost from
$30 to $40 a square foot.

The building in Washington has served a good purpose, but is defi.
cient in one of the most important particulars; it has no cellars what-
ever, and very little provision for workshops and laboratories. In
consequence of this it has been necessary to use all kinds of devices for
storing material which can not be exhibited in the exhibition halls in
the bases under the-exhibition cases, in small recesses, so ingeniously
contrived that their presence is not suspected. It has been necessary
to do this, but the result has been to still further increase the crowded
condition.

Another disagreeable result is that much noisy work has to be done
in the Museum halls in spaces shut off from the public by screens, and
that when preparations for exhibitions or unpacking are*going on, not
only are a portion of the collections closed to the public, but there isa
constant and unpleasant noise of hammers.

A temporary relief was secured some years ago by placing the great
herbarium, one of the most important collections of American plants
in the world, in the custody of the Agricultural Department; but last
year the Secretary of Agriculture found himself unable to longer give

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FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS, 1895-1897. Lay

these collections houseroom; and since the building in which they were
kept is not fireproof, and the destruction of the collection would be
an incalculable loss to science, there was nothing to do but to receive
this, and up to the present time a considerable portion of the collection
still remains in danger of destruction by fire, at the Department of
Agriculture.

There is also a large amount of other material which ought to be
arranged for public exhibition in a fireproof building which is now in
the inflammable wooden structure adjoining the Department of Agri-
culture, and which the Secretary is desirous of transferring if accom-
modation can be found for it.

All the collections of the Geological Survey are stored in this build-
ing, and a considerable number of the scientific experts employed by
the Survey have office room and accommodations to enable them to
study in the Museum building. These accommodations have become
absolutely inadequate, and there is no more room to receive the collec-
tions which the Director of the Survey deems absolutely necessary to
have here in Washington in connection with his investigations of the
material wealth of the country.

The crowded condition of the exhibition halls has been dwelt upon,
but that of the storage rooms is still more congested. In the base-
ment of the old Smithsonian building, in its towers, and in various
small rooms about the new building, there is a space equivalent to per-
haps 200,000 cubic feet, crowded to its utmost capacity with boxed
material. This material is all carefully recorded, and the location and
contents of every box is definitely fixed, so that when necessary any
desired object can be referred to; but satisfactory use of the collec-
tions is impossible. In one basement room, for instance, are crowded
50,000 skins of birds, and 50,000 in an adjacent gallery, altogether
twelve times as many as are shown in the exhibition hall. So closely
are they crowded that it is impossible even to rearrange them, and
their study is attended with great difficulty. It is desired to separate
from among these the duplicates for distribution to the colleges and
schools throughout the country, and an attempt has been made to
accomplish this, but it has been found practically impossible.

The great collection of alcoholic fishes (the result in part of the
explorations of the Fish Commission), the most extensive in America
and one of the most extensive in the world, is stored in two basement
rooms and only accessible with the greatest difficulty. Furthermore,
the crowding of such a mass of alcoholic material in a small space is
very dangerous, and in case of fire would lead to disastrous results.
Properly equipped museums, like the British Museum in London, have
a special fireproof building for collections of this kind, separate from
other buildings, and provided with special devices for the prevention
of fire.

1718 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

In addition to the storage within the fireproof buildings there are a
number of sheds whose capacity is roughly estimated at 170,000 cubic
feet; which are packed with valuable material, and in which most of
the workshops are placed. Two of these are immediately south of the
- Smithsonian building, another at the southeast corner of the Museum
building, two others to the southwest of the old Armory building, and
another, temporarily hired, halfway between the Museum and the Capi-
tol. Until 1888 two floors of the old Armory building were used for
the storage of Museum material. It then became necessary to give
up one floor to accommodate the increasing necessities of the Fish
Commission, and in 1894 to give it up entirely to the Commission. At
that time an appropriation was made to rent storage rooms in the city.
Suitable storage rooms can not be rented; we have had to move twice
and are now being forced to a third move. These moves are destruc-
tive and expensive.

The two sheds adjoining the Armory building are getting old and
some of the timbers are rotting away. They can not be repaired because
there is no place to put the material they contain while the work is
being done, and they are so crowded that temporary readjustments for
this purpose are not possible.

All of the wooden storage sheds are in constant danger from destruc-
tion by fire. This isa matter especially serious in connection with two
long sheds near the Smithsonian building. In his report to the
Regents, presented to Congress in 1894, Secretary Langley made an
earnest appeal for relief in the following words:

I have the assurance of experts that a fire communicated to these rooms would.
sweep through the entire length of the building, and although the building itself is
fireproof as against any ordinary danger, it may well be doubted whether any of the
collections therein exhibited can be regarded as safe if the rooms immediately below
should be exposed to so peculiarly severe a conflagration as would be caused by the
ignition of these large quantities of inflammable material. Besides this, these
wooden sheds, which (as I have already intimated) are used not only for storerooms, ©
but for workshops, for the preservation of specimens, and also as sheds for the car-
penters, are likewise liable to cause serious losses should a fire be kindled in any of
them, and all of these, I repeat, are immediately under the windows of the Smith-
sonian building.

In a report recently submitted by one of the inspectors of the Association of Fire
Underwriters, in response to a request from me for a statement as to what insurance
rates would be fixed upon the sheds in question, the Smithsonian building is referred
to as an undesirable risk, owing solely to the presence of all this inflammable mate-
rial underneath and in the adjoining sheds, on which latter insurance can not be
placed for less than $40 per $1,000. This is, Iam informed, nearly ten times the
rate which would be charged on an ordinary warehouse. The chief danger, how-
ever, is not to the sheds themselves or their contents, but to the adjoining collec-
tions, which, without reference to their scientific interest but merely to their intrinsic
value, represent a very large sum of money.

The result of all this crowding and lack of facility for work is that
what is accomplished for public education by the Museum requires

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unnecessary and unusual effort, and that the fullest results are not
realized from the appropriations which are made for this branch of the
(OUTS | i

Another result is that the value of the collections, the property of
the nation, is not increasing as rapidly as it would otherwise do. The
amount of valuable material presented and bequeathed to the Museum
is not as great as it seemed likely to be a few years ago. Nothing
which is offered is refused, but the authorities of the Museum do not
feel at liberty to ask for gifts when they can not assure the givers that
they can be suitably cared for; and persons having collections to give,
being aware of the lack of room, naturally prefer to place their gifts
in institutions where there is room to receive them.

Notwithstanding these hindrances to the Museum’s progress, the
increment from legitimate sources, especially from the various Depart-
ments of the Government, which are required by law to deposit their
accumulations here, was during the year 1895 about 127,000 specimens.
In 1894 the accéssions were more numerous, the total exceeding

171,000. This large increase was in part at least due to the fact that a

large number of collections were acquired at the close of the World’s
Fair in Chicago. These were almost without exception collections
which had been prepared by foreign exhibitors with the Smithsonian
Institution in mind as the ultimate place of deposit.

It would have been possible to have obtained an immense number
of specimens on this occasion, but it was deemed proper to refrain
from efforts in this direction, not only because of the considerations
just referred to, but also on account of the desire of the people of
Chicago to retain such objects in their own city as a beginning toward
a great civic museum which might serve as a permanent memorial of
the World’s Columbian Exposition. It has always been the policy of
the Smithsonian Institution to encourage the development of such
institutions throughout the United States, and to assist in developing
them, and on this account many proffers of specimens were declined,
with the recommendation that they be offered to the Chicago museum,
and, so far as it was possible to do so, the attention of exhibitors who
had collections to dispose of was directed toward that institution.

A census of the number of specimens now contained in the various

’ departments of the Museum shows that the total is about 3, 500,000,

almost all of which have been acquired by gift, in exchange for other
specimens, or as an equivalent for publications.

1720 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

The following statement shows the number of specimens received
during the years 1893-94 and 1894-95:

Department. 1893-94. | 1894-95.
Arts and industries:
TOXtiles) 2.2252 ccc snecascecle tc ceed saa eccee Se adeseeatet cen cmncaesee te Te renters 18 a
Aniimial products: o22e5. 3. Sh SSR LEE Sess Seek eee ne eee Ee eee oo aN erate
Graphic arte! £$75 48253. <4 ieee es ae cet ee eee Sone 270 70
FOLeSUnY fa5 25 et = pea win ose eae sae eed wet aos eee eae ee eee nee oe 1 23
Transportavion/ and enomeenNegn. ns. hse e a Seaanas oo nsec ee eee eee Eee 19 6
Naval architectare 22: a3s2 oe cee 2a nee oe ee ee ces tee eee eens 202))| 223222.
Historical collections:: . sess 3a 3 4b ores ag Se Bee sek wat on eee 608 298
Musical instruments .......--. oR SORE oe 3 OR AR aL EES STE SUC cm orci: 138 81
Modern pottery, porcelain, bronzes, etc.......... Fe Uehaw nis aac ee ene oer eae 39 14
PRYSICHIPaPpPATAUG 2220 foes o oases Fee ne hee eee eres nee Meee retadee 25) | S#ise ee
Homesti¢ Animalsss:b 2. 265225 jone 223s) hese ees ~ asain cae ee s Shave copper 28 41
PE NWOLOR Vise te aistys sede sok ons ab - ba cee eisnesscemen = Scab ybions apo cee ace melee 5, 088 2,642
American: abonginel poulery -t. 5 = 252... + ssaece nea cnanacseneeeneas cages endoe eeeameeine 99 7D
Oriential antiquities and religious ceremonials...............- 20-22 -eee eens cece neeene 200 171
PrehistoriG anthropolopy.c: f:. cscs sege tet ce wee e eee « eteecese ees cee eee 13,242 | 50,096
Mamnials(Skins ang glCOnOliGS) fe Se ios cca anes es ahem acer see ane Oana 2,744 1, 484
Ty ie Se See 8 Soe SR SeG ASE cle ope sea Esraceeta rate Rss sawieriosccaée cacsecs 4,367 5, 499
Birds ieess ANG NesIs.s ss enss a> oe ene ae Coe aan esc eae setae aaa eae t = eee 4,133 2,023
Repiiledand) batrachinvs; = 2-2-0 2 sheer ten ancinde neem a acted eee ae aise ee aes =a eee 894} 1,093
TON Pere Se oe oo SAE A Say SS Re SESE Seep acr Seca sdsed Sen Scer smectioscsis ne 6, 200 6,000
Mollusks' (including Cenozoic tossils) <7. 0c. scecccee senen can ccm cadences enamels se een gamer 21,931 | 14,132
THSCCtIS . d.<.cedeeesewucdscecedes chee Vcere adeeb tence me Cea bees Res ct tet = eeac eee be iiemae 11, 800 13, 000
Marine invertebrates. .........-......-- Ga Samoa = Sake Jaa vee pase wae aes eae 3, 684 2,378
elmintnolorical Comeenon . . oo <6 ake sw eens ketene wanes emake oes cce sce <6 smiece ase tae eee 106
Comparative anatomy:
MEIN WIA kee cee ee cee oO oe eee aaa IS DOLE She Eee eae Rea: See
ips y, RRS Eek Sees sal: . aS ae sade eee retell. oheas ontee <p aes ae ee
Reptiles and) DULAC DINOS <mcnn gen nae cots tana adem ane Se teem enecioe eee ee ae =
MisnGS=.eeess sane sak dees s Seis ciemawicn hve sna san ss win'e es Uislninwinlaintonats were eee eine t= electra
PALCOZOIC LOSSLIS at. cs nase man soe we = recone uaee coun] tedomeenn cons ee aen Meee ae Reet 592
IMICSOZOIG HOSA. ao St. teak be SE Soe oeIgE ES anos ebewide hed ae Bite te ae ne eee eee 200 6, 642
Posail) Plantae. soci kece emp aalas Svan n= sont senweewhnae's sa saelicema ns sete alee ia eleeene ase 1, 000
TREC Tsp let Se agate ae ie tee wie a aie ain iale mn wih lg wile wie a ofa aire ate eee ere 85,000 | 16,897
IMINOYHIS core icse ssa ence eee toe cokes ckne etek eae cnee sears wee Seead. Rites meee ae 5,900 | 1,053
GROLOR Vet. Sten wes eaerta BEM coe» oe pd Utes Baas ae oe ie aa oe ee te 1, 465 3, 240
Mita. SPSS HS ihe Fok oF eet. Hs ween then seer eee teh aap oP edhe Beebe 171, 614 | 127,389

The State of New York this year gives $500,000 for a new wing to
the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, a build-
ing which had already cost nearly $1,000,000. New York City has’
also expended since the erection of our Washington building over
$1,000,000 for its Museum of Art. The city of Cincinnati has builta
museum costing three times as much as that in Washington. San
Francisco, Milwaukee, and Pittsburg have also recently put up build-
ings—the exact cost of which I can not at this moment give—all of a
more expensive character than the one which it is now proposed to
build in Washington. The building completed in 1882 for the Brit-
ish Museum at South Kensington cost $2,500,000. In Vienna, in

FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS, 1895-1897. 1721

- Paris, and Berlin, since our building was put up, buildings costing
from four to ten times as much have been constructed.

The British Museum every year expends as much for the purchase
of collections as has been expended from the Treasury of the United
States for its Museum in fifty years. Since 1893 the sum of $1,486,537
in cash has been given to the Field Columbian Museum in Chicago,

“mostly by residents of that city.
April 14, 1896—Senate.

Mr. J. S. Morritu. I desire to state that on Thursday, after the
routine morring business, I shall ask the Senate to hear me for ten
or fifteen minutes upon the bill [S. 698] to provide for the erection of
an additional fireproof building for the National Museum, which has
been reported from the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds
with an amendment, when I hope to satisfy the Senate that an addi-
tional building for the National Museum is an absolute necessity.

Mr. Morritt proposed an amendment to sundry civil bill for 1897

_(H. 7664):

For an additional fireproof building for the use of the National Museum, 300 feet
square, with two stories and a basement, to be erected under the direction of Bernard
R. Green, with the approval of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, in har-
mony with the present National Museum building, on the southwestern portion of
the grounds of the Smithsonian Institution, there shall be appropriated, out of any
moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $250,000; said build-
ing to be placed west of the Smithsonian Institution, leaving a roadway between it
and the latter of not less than 50 feet, with its north front on a line with the south
face of the Agricultural Department and of the Smithsonian Institution, and con-
structed as far as practicable, after proper advertisement, by contract or contracts
approved by the Secretary of the Treasury and awarded to the lowest responsible
bidder; and all expenditures for the purpose herein mentioned shall be audited by
the proper officers of the Treasury Department.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
April 16, 1896—Senate.

Mr. J. S. Morr. Mr. President, I desire to occupy the time of
the Senate long enough to place on record some facts in relation to
the necessity for a new building for the National Museum.

The PrEstDENT pro tempore (Mr. 8. M. Cuntom). The Senator
from Vermont, in pursuance of previous notice, calls up from the table
a bill, which will be read by title.

The Secretary. A bill (S. 698) to provide for the erection of an
additional fireproof building for the National Museum, reported from
the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds with an amendment.

Mr. Morrimu. Mr. President, when the Smithsonian Institution,
designed for ‘‘the intrease and diffusion of knowledge among men,”
was put into practical operation, it was discovered that a National
Museum would be a large contributor to the great purpose of the
founder, and that the nation was destitute of such an institution. The

1722 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

Smithsonian building accordingly early began to be temporarily
crowded with many gifts and objects of rare value, and subsequently
a separate building for a museum was found to be indispensable.
Patronized as was this collateral enterprise of the Smithsonian by the
Government, through many of its Executive Departments, and guided
by the Smithsonian Institution in a scientific and educational direction,
as well asin the practical diffusion of knowledge, it was sure to become
an important but inexpensive institution of public education, with a
constantly increasing collection of important materials worthy to be
intrusted to the custody of a National Museum, where they might be
forever preserved and thus increase in value with every succeeding
generation. 3

The statistics in relation to the present Museum are interesting, and
indicate its extensive scope and character. It is not a ‘‘dime museum”
of grotesque curiosities, but without money and without price it offers
to visitors more wonderful attractions by its many specimens of rare
scientific and historic value. The several States are represented by a
great variety of contributions of special interest, and if they were
represented by many more, their wealth of materials would be in no
danger of being exhausted.

There are now 3,406,920 specimens in the Museum, many of almost
priceless value, and it is even claimed that a fair appraisal of the value
of the entire collection would make it amount to several millions of
dollars.

A museum has been properly defined as ‘‘a consultation library of -
objects,” and our National Museum justifies this definition, as it may
be said to be thronged by an inquisitive people daily asking questions,
and here seeking proper answers. It is visited by those who are
students in various branches of science and by those who are not
students, but all find it an object lesson. It is a free school, the bene-
fits of which are annually extended to multitudes of visitors from
almost every State and Territory of the Union. All who pass through
the door of the old or new building are registered, and the total num-
ber for the past nine years was 3,474,056, or an average of nearly
400,000 annually. ;

This shows the average daily number of those who have found
pleasure and instruction in visiting the National Museum for the past
nine years to have been over 1,000 per day, except Sundays. They
come from distant States as well as from those near by. Those who
live not far from Niagara are said to be content with its roar and rarely
visit the great falls. It is the multitude of American travelers from
distant homes who have most pride in and seek the most profit from
the National Museum. .

The correspondence of the Museum amounts to 20,000 letters

FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS, 1895-1897. 1723

annually, and as largely comes from remote as the nearest States,
perpetually asking for or giving special information.

In 1879 the present Museum building was authorized to be con-
structed, at a cost of $250,000, and was completed for that sum. It
was, I believe, roughly planned by General Meigs. The interior of
the building is appropriate for its use, while the exterior has won less
commendation. Although it covers 3} acres of ground, another
building of equal or larger dimensions is already an urgent necessity.

The additional building will be placed west of the Smithsonian, and
occupy there a like space and position with that on the east side of
the Smithsonian, but will be one story higher, and with a cellar. The
cost will be something more, of course, than was that of the present
building, but it will be built with the same strict economy as was the
first.

The great lack of room for the proper exhibition of gifts, or of any
materials collected for the Museum, tends to retard its proper growth
and value. A large additional amount of room is greatly needed to
illustrate the natural wealth of our country, of which many more
specimens deserve to be gathered and all classified by States. The
minerals, marbles, and building stones of some of our States are now
fairly represented, but a better and more complete collection might
be obtained from many more of them.

The congested and present crowded:condition of the Museum is
visible, of course, to all who enter it; but I do not suppose that Mem-
bers of Congress can be generally aware of the great amount of
material which has been already collected, prepared, and labeled, with
much labor, that has been boxed up and is now stored away in various
odd places, uninsured, and entirely hidden from view. Some of these
materials have been temporarily in the lecture room, and many out-
of-the-way corners are also thus monopolized.

Some valuable materials, for want of room to receive them, have
been and are now in the basement of the museum of Yale College.
The great herbarium, the most important collection of American
plants in the world, has to be stored at present by the Agricultura]
Department.

In the basement of the Smithsonian Institution and in its towers a
space equal to 200,000 cubic feet is crowded to the utmost extent with
boxed and labeled material. In one basement room are packed 50,000
skins of birds, and 50,000 more are in the gallery, and it must be
remembered that we have the most beautiful and the widest collection
of birds of any country in the world.

There are various sheds in scattered places and one temporarily hired,
with an estimated capacity of 170,000 cubic feet, fully packed with
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numberless objects of interest, are fireproof, and all are dangerously
combustible.

It is now just a half century since the establishment of the Smith-
sonian Institution, and its work has been a continuous honor to the
United States. It is the custodian of the National Museum, which is
the only lawful place of deposit of ‘‘all objects of art and of foreign
and curious research, and all objects of natural history, plants, and.
geological and mineralogical specimens belonging to the United States.”

The idea has been suggested that possibly it might have been wiser
to have originally selected a site where a much larger structure for
the Museum could have been erected; but its removal from the neigh-
borhood of the Smithsonian building would have made it impracticable
for Secretary Baird, in whom Congress reposed the utmost confidence,
to have had anything to do with it, and far less to have been the per-
sistent and efficient guide and promoter of a great national museum,
as much to his personal honor as even the national fish hatchery has
proved to be. .

The additional building now earnestly sought will be equal to the
preservation and exhibition of a very large amount of accumulated
material now unhappily stored away, and will also provide some space
for future accumulations that should not longer be neglected.

The agents of great museums abroad are reported to be regularly
employed here, with authority to purchase any American curios and
antiquities, and in some directions they are supposed to have already
obtained better specimens for exhibition than have been left for us to
find.

The New World, of which the United States forms so important a
part, in its prairies and mountains, hills and forests, with their exten-
sive minerals, rocks, and marbles, lakes and rivers, with the animals,
game, birds, and fish, the story of the prehistoric race, the legends of
~ the Indian tribes, as well as the notable modern history and life of the
present inhabitants, all seem to have distinctive features of their own
which belong almost exclusively to the western half of the globe, dis-
covered by Columbus. This vast and comparatively ungathered con-
tinental field, with its abounding American treasures, should be har-
vested by our National Museum and not surrendered to the more dili-
gent foreign explorers to adorn and enrich only European museums.

As long as it shall be conducted by the Smithsonian Institution its
broad nonpartisan reputation as a national museum of the highest char-
acter will not be likely ever to be disputed or impeached.

While this additional building, with its additional story and cellar,
will more than double the capacity of the present Museum, it is prob-
able as the years go by that it will be necessary to keep step with the
research, progress, and record of the American people, and as early as
1926, when our population will be not less than 140,000,000, it may be
expected that another and grander building in the rear of the Smith-

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sonian, facing on south B street and connecting the two wings, will
be required to mark and illustrate the age.
I ask that Senate bill 698, which is on the table, be now placed upon
the Calendar.
The PREsIDENT pro tempore. The bill will take its place on the Cal-
endar.
_ My.. G. F. Hoar. I ask unanimous consent that the bill concerning
which the Senator from Vermont has addressed the Senate be put upon
its passage at this time. I know it isa bill to which no Senator objects.
Mr. Morritt. I prefer that an amendment of the same character
shall be put on the sundry civil appropriation bill.
Mr. Hoar. I thought the bill could be passed through the Senate
and go to the other House.
Mr. Morritu. I would rather keep the bill back for the present.
April 25, 1896—Senate.
Mr. GrorcE Gray. On page 33, after line 16, [of the sundry civil
-bill] I move the amendment I send to the desk.
The Vice-PreEsipEenT, (Mr. Apuat E. Stevenson). The amendment
will be stated. ‘
The Secretary. On page 33, after line 16, it is proposed to insert:
For an additional fireproof building for the use of the National Museum, 300 feet
square, with two stories and a basement, to be erected under the direction of Ber-
nard R. Green, with the approval of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, in
harmony with the present National Museum building, on the southwestern portion
of the grounds of the Smithsonian Institution, there shall be appropriated, out of any
moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $250,000; said build-
ing to be placed west of the Smithsonian Institution, leaving a roadway between it
and the latter of not less than 50 feet, with its north front on a line with the south
face of the Agricultural Department and of the Smithsonian Institution, and con-
structed, as far as practicable, after proper advertisement, by contract or contracts
approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, and awarded to the lowest responsible
bidder; and al] expenditures for the purpose herein mentioned shall be audited by
the proper officers of the Treasury Department.

Mr. Gray. I hope it may consist with the duty of the chairman of
the Committee on Appropriations to accept this amendment. I will
say that I offer it in place of the senior Senator from Vermont [Mr.
Morrill], who is absent, and who requested that I should urge the
passage of the amendment upon the committee and upon the Senate.

Mr. O. H. Puart. Is it the amendment in favor of which the Sena-
tor from Vermont made a speech recently 4

Mr. Gray. Yes, sir.

The Senator from Vermont is one of the Regents of the Smithso-
nian Institution. I also have the honor to be one of that body, and I
know something in that way of the necessities for the building pro-
vided for in thisamendment. There is a large amount of exceedingly
valuable scientific material which is housed there in temporary wooden
sheds, exposed to the peril of conflagration, and which would entail if

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it were destroyed incalculable loss, not only upon the Government of
the United States, but upon the scientific world. There are matters
there now thus insecurely housed that could not be replaced. We all
know what a credit the Smithsonian Institution is to the country and
to the science of the country. There is no department of the Govern-
ment that is better conducted, more conscientiously administered in
all of its branches, and from which there are so many benefits, direct
and indirect, diffusing themselves among all the people of the country.

The Senator from Iowa, the chairman of the committee, of course
understands this question better than I. He is familiar with it. The
Senator from Vermont [Mr. Morrill] has the amendment very much
on his mind, and is exceedingly interested in its passage. He requested
that I should make this statement for him as well as for myself to the
Senate. I trust that the Senator from Iowa may see his way clear to
accept the amendment.

Mr. Wir11am B. Axiison. The Committee on Appropriations con-
sidered the amendment very carefully, and recognize the importance
at an early day of an additional building for the National Museum,
but in view of what appeared to be an apparent necessity for a large
increase of the bill as it came to us from the House we thought this
matter might be postponed for another year. Iam perfectly willing
to leave it to the judgment of the Senate. I think the amendment is
in order, and I do not make a point of order upon it.

The VicE-PRESIDENT. The question is on the amendment submitted
by the Senator from Delaware [Mr. Gray].

The amendment was agreed to.

April 27, 1896—House.

Senate amendments disagreed to. Conferees appointed.
April 28, 1896—Senate.

Conferees appointed.

May 21, 1896—Senate.

Senate amendment for new Museum building receded from.
January 23, 1897—Senate.

The bill (S. 698) was announced as next in order.

Mr. JoHN SHERMAN. As that is a bill providing for the erection of
a new building, and the Senator having it in charge is not present, I
ask that it may go over.

The Prestprve Orricer (Mr. G. C. Perxrys). The bill will go over,
retaining its place under Rule VIII, if there be no objection. -

NATIONAL MUSEUM—NICARAGUAN COLLECTION OF POTTERY.
January 9, 1896—House.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION,
Washington, D. C., November 6, 1895.
Str: In May of the present year the National Museum received a
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was transmitted by Hon. A. D. Straus, consul-general of the Republic
of Nicaragua, in New York. In connection with the transportation of
this collection to Washington Mr. Straus expended the sum of $120.
Since the National Museum has no money to its credit from the appro-
priation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1895, that being the year
in which the donation was consummated, I respectfully inclose an esti-
mate for a deficiency appropriation to cover the amount herein men-
tioned, in order that Mr. Straus may be reimbursed for his expenditure.

It seems proper to add that this collection, which was a part of the
collections exhibited by Nicaragua at the Columbian Centennial Expo-
sition in Madrid in 1892, contains many objects of great importance,
and that the intrinsic value of the entire gift is many times that of the
amount paid by Mr. Straus in connection with its transportation to
Washington.

I inclose a copy of a letter of the consul-general of Nicaragua mak-
ing the donation by the authority of the President of the Republic, and
would thank you to have an item of $120 inserted in the urgent defi-
ciency bill to pay for the transportation of this collection.

Yours, very respectfully,
S. P. Lanetry, Secretary.

The SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

June 8, 1896.
Deficiency act for 1896, ete.

To enable the National Museum to refund to the Hon. A. D. Straus, -
consul-general of the Republic of Nicaragua at New York, the amount
expended by him in connection with the transportation of a collection
of antique pottery to Washington City, said collection being the gift of
the President of the Republic of Nicaragua to the National Museum,
being for the service of the fiscal year 1895, $120.

(Stat., X XIX, 279.)

NATIONAL MUSEUM—ESTIMATES.

December 2, 1895—House.
Estimates for 1897.

For the Smithsonian Institution, for printing labels and blanks, and
for the ‘* Bulletins” and annual volumes of the ‘‘ Proceedings ” of the
National Museum—the editions of which shall not be less than 3,000
copies—and binding scientific books and pamphlets presented to and
acquired by the National Museum Library, $18,000.

Notre.—By the decision of the Public Printer the edition of the ‘‘ Proceedings’’ and

‘*Bulletins’’ of the Museum has been limited to 1,000 copies, to correspond with the
limitation provided in the act approved January 12, 1895, providing for the public

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printing and binding. (Statutes at Large, XX VIII, section 89, p.622.) This edition is
_ quite insufficient, since these publications, not being “‘ public documents,”’ so called,
are printed only in the edition paid for from this appropriation.
These publications are distributed to all of the public depositories in the United
States, to all colleges, scientific schools, scientific and technical societies in the
United States, and to the principal centers of learning throughout the world, and

are also sent to such teachers and investigators as are known to have use for them -

in their professional work.

Besides thus making the Museum of service to the entire country, their distribu-
tion is of advantage in that it brings to the Museum in exchange a great number of
specimens and books each year. The reduction of the edition during the current
year has already caused unfortunate results, and it is hoped that permission will be
given to print the customary edition of 3,000 copies, since the additional cost is
but slight. The number of 1,000 is entirely inadequate to meet the legitimate
demands.

For the expense of heating, lighting, electrical, telegraphic, and
telephonic service for the National Museum, $15,000.

Norr.—The entire sum of $15,000 is needed, since in addition to the current
expenses for fuel and light, and the rent of telephones, and the pay of necessary
employees, the cost of keeping the heating apparatus in order is increasing some-
what every year as the apparatus grows older.

For continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the col-
lections from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Govern-
ment, and from other sources, including, salaries or compensation of
all necessary employees, $180,000.

Nore.—From this appropriation are paid expenses incident to the increase and
care of the collections, including pay of scientific and clerical staff, watchmen, labor-
ers, and cleaners.

The amount appropriated for the current fiscal year is considerably less than it has
been in preceding years, though the demands upon the Museum from the public and
from educational and scientific institutions are constantly increasing, and with the
present appropriation it is impossible to properly preserve and utilize the contents of
the Museum.

There are in the Museum a large number of series which are lacking in essential
features and which should be completed without delay, since much important mate-
rial illustrating the ethnology and natural history of our continent is being secured
by professional collectors and sold to foreign museums, and as a consequence much
that it isa duty for American museums to preserve is passing beyond our control,
and American students will be compelled still more than at present to pursue their
researches in the museums of foreign countries.

An increase in the staff is also very desirable. Although many scientific specialists
continue to give their services to the Museum free of compensation, even this aid
does not enable the staff to perform properly the current work. Clerks are serving
for smaller salaries than those in similar positions in the Executive Departments.

The extent and value of the collections, which now include over three million
specimens, makes the responsibility for their care much more onerous than in the
past, and more watchmen, laborers, and cleaners are urgently required. ’

For repairs to buildings, shops, and sheds, National Museum, includ-
ing all necessary labor and material, $8,000.

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Nore.—The sum of $4,000, appropriated for the current year, is being expended
in repairs of the roof and exposed woodwork of the buildings, gutters, down spouts,
etc., and in temporarily repairing the old wooden floors, and in replacing broken
and cracked glass. The Museum building, erected in 1881, and at that time regarded
simply as a temporary structure, up to this time has cost very little in repairs, and
the expense has been paid for out of the appropriation for furniture and fixtures
until last year. The building is now fourteen years old, and from this time ona
larger expenditure will be necessary to keep it in order. :

The full sum of $8,000 asked for is necessary to put the building in good condi-
tion. Should this sum be appropriated, the sum required for a few years to come
will be smaller.

For rent of workshops for the National Museum, $2,000.

Norre.—The temporary wooden sheds, immediately adjacent to the south side of
the Smithsonian building and to the storage rooms for alcohol combustibles, have
beengpronounced dangerous and unsafe by the board of fire underwriters, who in
their report say that they would not be permitted outside of a Government reserya-
tion. These can not be removed unless other space for shops and storage is provided.
The sum of $900, heretofore appropriated, is entirely expended for the rent of shop
and storage room in place of that the Museum formerly had in the so-called Armory
building. The additional sum is urgently needed to remove a source of danger.

For cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliances required for the exhi-
bition and safe-keeping of the collections of the National Museum,
including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, $30,000.

Norre.—As the collections increase in extent, it is constantly necessary to provide
cases, and the very fact that the buildings are becoming overcrowded with material
renders it even more necessary to build cases of special form to utilize the existing
space to better advantage. Many valuable collections and rare specimens are con-
stantly being offered as gifts on condition that proper cases are provided for them;
and for this purpose a certain amount of money is necessary each year. The appro-
priations of the last few years have been inadequate, owing to the fact that the cost
of all interior fittings, repairs, and restorations of old cases and purchase of new
ones, including pay of carpenters and cabinetmakers, is chargeable to this appro-
priation.

For postage stamps and foreign postal cards for the National
Museum, $500.

For the erection of galleries in two or more halls of the National
Museum; said galleries to be constructed of iron beams, supported by
iron pillars and protected by iron railings, and provided with suitable
staircases; the work to be done under the direction of the Architect
of the Capitol and in accordance with the approval of the Secretary
of the Smithsonian Institution, $8,000.

Norr.—The erection of these galleries will add materially to the area available in
the present Museum building for exhibition and storage purposes. Such galleries
were provided for in the original plans of the building. They can be supported in
such a manner as not to detract from the appearance of the halls or to interfere with
the installation of the collections.

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December 7, 1896—House. :
Estimates for 1898.

For the Smithsonian Institution, for printing labels and blanks, and
for the ‘‘ Bulletins” and annual volumes of the ‘‘ Proceedings” of the
National Museum—the editions of which shall not be less than 4,000
copies—and binding scientific books and pamphlets presented to and
acquired by the National Museum Library, $18,000.

Nore.—The edition of 3,000 copies of the ‘‘ Bulletins’’ and ‘‘ Proceedings ’’ is not
sufficient to supply the demands for these publications. It is our desire to distribute
these volumes not only to Government depositories, public libraries, colleges, scien-
tific schools, and scientific and technical societies in this country, but also to the
principal centers of learning throughout the world, and to such teachers and investi-
gators as are known to have use for them in their professional work. By such an
extended distribution the Museum would widen the scope of its service, and doubt-
less receive each year, in exchange, a far greater number of valuable books and
specimens for its library and collections. With the increased demands to satisfy, an
edition of at least 4,000 copies of each ‘‘ Bulletin’’ and volume of ‘‘ Proceedings”’ is
required.

For cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliances required for the exhi-
bition and safe-keeping of the collections of the National Museum,
including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, $30,000.

Norr.—Plans have been made for the erection of galleries in the Museum building
to provide a place for the exhibition of some of the accumulations of recent years,
and cases and fittings will be needed. These will cost an amount as great as the
whole appropriation of 1897. The larger sum now asked for is necessary to meet
these requirements and to provide for the reconstruction of cases which the crowded
condition of the building makes indispensable. Every year collections are offered
to the Museum on condition that they be exhibited and cared for. Such as are
accepted have to be installed in proper cases, and the materials and fittings for these,
as well as the services of carpenters and cabinetmakers, are paid for from this appro-
priation. The full amount estimated for should be provided.

For the expense of heating, lighting, electrical, telegraphic, and tele-
phonic service for the National Museum, $15,000.

Notr.—The cost of all fuel, gas, electrical service, including supplies and apparatus,
telephones, etc., as well as the pay of engineers, electricians, firemen, and other
employees connected with this service, has to be paid from thisfund. The electrical
plant, to which additions have to be made, and the expense of maintenance is also
borne by this appropriation. The majority of boilers used in heating the building
have been in use for many years, and require constant repairing to keep them in a
safe and serviceable condition. The full amount estimated for should be provided.

For continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the col-
lections from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Govern-
ment, and from other sources, including salaries or compensation of
all necessary employees, $180,000.

Norr.—All expenses incident to the preservation and increase of the collections,
including the compensation of the scientific and clerical staff, the pay of mechanics,

watchmen, laborers, and cleaners, are paid from this fund. The appropriation for
the current fiscal year has been more than usually drawn upon for services on account

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of the necessity of paying therefrom the salaries of employees engaged upon the
National Herbarium, which have hitherto been paid from the appropriation for the
Department of Agriculture.

The demands upon the Museum for information and specimens by the public
educational institutions and the people of the several States and Territories have very
largely increased, and can not be adequately met without more liberal appropriations
for services and material objects.

Materials for the formation of a museum come into possession of the Government
through multifarious channels, but a museum formed chiefly in this manner suffers
later from unnecessary accumulations of objects of certain kinds and from the absence
of others. This is true of the National Museum. At the outset no additions were
unwelcome, and the expectation that all important deficiencies would be supplied
might properly be indulged in. As the years have passed, however, it has become
more and more apparent that many of these deficiencies can only*be supplied by
purchase.

Treasures of American natural history and ethnology which the Government
should own are constantly being gathered by professional collectors and sold to the
museums of Europe, and this has now gone so far that it is in London, for instance,
rather than in Washington, that the American student must look for some of the
most important material to enable him to understand the aboriginal races of his own
country. It is in every respect extremely desirable that means should be provided
to secure these collections to the American people.

An increase in the staff is also very desirable, for although many scientific specialists
continue to give their services to the Museum free of compensation, even this aid does
not enable the staff to perform properly the current work. Clerks are serving for
smaller salaries than those in similar positions in the Executive Departments.

The extent and value of the collections, which now include over 3,000,000 speci-
mens, makes the responsibility for their care much more onerous than in the past,
and more watchmen, laborers, and cleaners are urgently required.

For repairs to buildings, shops, and sheds, National Museum,
including all necessary labor and material, $8,000.

Norr.—With the sum appropriated for the current fiscal year (viz: $4,000, ) repairs
to the buildings have been continued. The Museum building, which is believed to
be the cheapest of its kind ever built by the Government, is now fifteen years old,
and the roof and wooden flooring require constant patching. The latter is in
especially bad condition. - Some of the floors have been replaced by mosaics and by
granolithic and other artificial stone; and it is the intention, with a sufficient sum
appropriated for the purpose, to replace the remainder of the old floors with sub-
stances more durable than wood. To keep the buildings in repair, at least the sum
estimated for will be required.

For rent of workshops for the National Museum, $2,000.

Nore.—This sum is required to continue the rent of suitable shops and storage
rooms in place of that formerly occupied by the Museum in the so-called Armory
building.

For postage stamps and foreign postal cards for the National
Museum, $500.

For the continuation of the construction of galleries in the National
Museum building, said galleries to be constructed under the direction
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with the approval of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution,
$8,000.

Norr.—It is very desirable to continue the erection of galleries i in the several exhi-
bition halls, which will add materially to the available area in the Museum building
for the exhibition and storage of collections at a relatively low cost. The full
amount estimated for is necessary.

For the removal of the sheds from their present location south of
and adjacent to the Smithsonian building and rebuilding them, includ-
ing all necessary labor and material, $2,500.

Norr.—It is very desirable that these sheds should be removed at the earliest
practicable date. They are not only unsightly in appearance, but are of wood, old,
dry, and combustible, and so very dangerous that the board of fire underwriters has
reported that they would not be permitted outside of a Government reservation, and
that insurance could not be obtained at less than ten times the ordinary rates. They
are adjacent to the Smithsonian building, where are stored great collections of alco-
holic specimens and other material of an inflammable character, and they constitute
such a danger to the safety of these that their case must be recommended to Congress
as one of special urgency. With the sum estimated for, these sheds, which are 276
feet in length by 25 feet in width, can all be removed to another site, where they
will not constitute a menace to Government property.

NATIONAL MUSEUM—APPROPRIATIONS.

April 24, 1896—Senate.

Sundry civil bill for 1897 considered.

Amendment on page 32, line 16, to increase the appropriation for
cases, furniture, fixtures, etc., for the National Museum from $15,000
to $20,000 was agreed to.

Mr. Wrixi1am B. Autison. In line 1, page 33, I move to strike out
**43” and insert *‘53.” In this connection I ask that two letters
which I hold in my hand may be printed in the Record, giving the
reasons for the increase. .

The Presrpine Orricer (Mr. J. H. Gauuinerr). If there be no
objection the letters will be printed in the Record.

The letters referred to are as follows:

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION,
OFFICE oF ASSISTANT SECRETARY, IN CHARGE oF U.S. Nationan Museum,
Washington, April 22, 1896.

Str: I deem it my duty to bring to your attention the fact that unless some spe-
cial provision is made for its maintenance, the National Herbarium, recently trans-
ferred from the care of the Department of Agriculture to that of the Smithsonian
Institution, will become comparatively useless.

This is one of the largest collections of American plants in the world, and one of
the most important, embracing as it does the collections of all the Government sur-
veys from the time of Fremont and Wilkes to the present day. It contains about
250,000 specimens, mostly American, and constitutes for American botany a ‘‘ con-
sultative library of specimens’’ of the very greatest importance. In it there are
many types of American plants not to be found elsewhere, and it is constantly con-
sulted, either personally or through correspondence, by all working botanists in
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istration of this herbarium, it was for many years relieved of the care and expense of
this work by the Department of Agriculture. In the fall of 1894, however, the
present Secretary, finding himself unable to give it proper accommodations, and also
thinking it might suffer destruction if kept longer in a building which is not fire-
proof, requested the Secretary of this Institution to resume itsdirect custody, promising,

however, that so long as funds should be available for the purpose in the hands of the
‘Department of Agriculture he would be responsible for its support and maintenance.

The value of the collection was so great that the Secretary did not feel at liberty to
refuse to receive it, and it was at once transferred, although at very great inconven-
ience, since our Museum building is so crowded that several of its departments were
seriously discommoded by the change.

From that time until now the herbarium has been maintained from the appropri-
ation of the Department or Agriculture, but the appropriation for botanical work
has been so much decreased by the present Congress that, as I am informed, this
can no longer be done.

The Secretary of Agriculture has already addressed a letter to you calling your
attention to this fact, and suggesting that the sum of $10,000, which was withdrawn
from his appropriation, be added to our appropriation ‘ foe the preservation and
increase of the collections in the National Museum,’’ in order to provide for the utili-
zation of this great collection of plants.

I need scarcely say to you that the collection is of special importance to the
Department of Agriculture, and is necessarily in constant use by many members of
its staff.

Should this addition to our appropriations not be made, I do not see how it is pos-
sible to do more for the herbarium than simply to preserve it from destruction. It
can not be kept in such shape that it will be conveniently available for reference; it
can not be increased in order to keep pace with the growth of botanical knowledge
and the necessities of American botanists and of the Department of Agriculture.
Nothing can be done with the great amount of material which is already on hand,
which requires special treatment for its preservation and utilization. It will also be
impossible to carry on the system of exchange, long practiced, by which not only the
National Herbarium but all the herbariums of the country are constantly benefiting.

Should the sum of $10,000 be provided, it would be utilized in the first place bythe
retention of the staff of skilled assistants,.clerks, and preparators already engaged
upon this work and now on the rolls of the Department of Agriculture. The direct
charge of the herbarium would be, as now, in the hands of the Botanist of the
Department of Agriculture, who, by permission of the Secretary of Agriculture,
serves in this capacity without compensation with the title of honorary curator in
the National Museum. There are also two skilled assistants, one at $1,800 and one
at $1,200; and it is desired to add another at $1,500 to take charge of the collection of
cryptogamic plants. There is also a typewriter and clerk at $900, one preparator at
about $720, and three at $600; making, in all, $7,920.

Supplies and materials for preservation cost annually about $1,000, about $800 of
this sum being required for the purchase of paper for mounting and covers.

A certain sum is required each year for the acquisition of new material—the types
of new investigations and the results of explorations of the year. For this a sum of
about $750 is required. This would leave a contingent fund of $330.

Should the desired sum be granted, it will be possible to maintain this vast collec-
tion, which is of much importance to botanical aa) in a manner befitting the
nearty of the nation.

Iam, sir, yours, with great respect,
G. Brown Goopk,
Acting Secretary.
The Hon. Wriiram B. ALuison,
Chairman Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate.

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Unirep Srares DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY,
Washington, D. C., April 22, 1896.
Hon. W. B. ALxison,
Chairman Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate.

Dear Str: In response to your desire, communicated through Mr. Coville, for

further information as to the purpose and effect of granting to the National Museum’

an additional sum of $10,000 for the maintenance of the National Herbarium, I have
to reply as follows:

When, nearly two years ago, the Secretary of Agriculture found the Department
buildings entirely too small and it was brought to his attention that a large amount of
space was occupied by a collection of plants estimated to be worth $250,000 and liable
at any time to be destroyed by fire, arrangements were made with the Smithsonian
Institution to house the collection in the fireproof building of the National Museum.
The Department agreed to retain on its rolls, so long as the appropriation admitted it,
the force of assistants necessary in caring for the collection, but the unexpected reduc-
tion in the botanical appropriation recently made has forced the Secretary to ask
that he be relieved of this charge.

If the proposed appropriation be made, the force of assistants and mounters now
engaged in caring for the herbarium in the National Museum building will be trans-
ferred to the rolls of that Institution, and the places thus made vacant upon the
statutory roll in our Division of Botany will be filled by the transfer of employees
now on the botanical lump sum. No new employees will be appointed as a result of
the change, and the statutory position of assistant curator will be left vacant during
the coming year, either to be abolished in the next agricultural Sppern ae bill
or to be changed to assistant botanist.

Besides the emergency reasons just cited for the transfer of the herbert the
Department holds that the care of the collection is properly the function of the Smith-
sonian Institution, but that it should always be open to the botanists of the Depart-
ment for reference and consultation in any investigations in which they need it. The
object, and the sole object, of the proposed change is to place the herbarium in good
hands and in its legitimate place, so as to enable the Department to organize all the
botanical work on a distinctly practical basis.

Respectfully, Cuas. W. Dasney, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary.

N. B.—This letter is written in connection with that of the acting secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution, dated April 22, 1896, addressed to the Hon. W. B. Allison,
chairman Committee on Wpibrotiatiiatisl United States Senate, which is our authority
for the above statement with regard to the part to be performed by the National
Museum and Smithsonian Institution.

The Presrpinc Orricer. The amendment proposed by the Senator
from Iowa will be stated.

The Secretary. In line 1, page 33, before the word ‘‘thousand,” it
is proposed to strike out ‘‘ forty-three” and insert ‘‘fifty-three;” so as
to make the clause read:

For continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the collections from
the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Government, and from other sources,
including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, $153,225.

Agreed to.

The reading of the bill was resumed. The next amendment of the
Committee on Appropriations was, on page 33, line 4, to increase the

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appropriation for repairs to buildings, shops, and sheds, National
Museum, from $4,000 to $8,000.
Agreed to.

June 11, 1896.
Sundry civil act.for 1897.

For cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliances required for the exhibi-
tion and safe-keeping of the collections of the National Museum, includ-
ing salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, $15,000.

For expense of heating, lighting, electrical, telegraphic, and tele-
phonic service for the National Museum, $13,000.

For continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the
. collections from the surveying and exploring oxpediacit of the Goy-
ernment, and from other sources, including salaries or compensation
of all necessary employees, $153,225.

For repairs to buildings, shops, and sheds, National Museum, includ-
ing all necessary labor and material, $4,000.

_ For rent of workshops for the Nacisual Museum, $2,000.

For postage stamps and foreign postal cards for the National Mu-
seum, $500.

For the erection of galleries in two or more halls of the National
Museum building, said galleries to be constructed of iron beams, sup-
ported by iron pillars, and protected by iron railings, and provided
with suitable staircases, the work to be done under the direction of the
Architect of the Capitol, and in accordance with the approval of the
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, $8,000.

(Stat., X XIX, 425.)

For the Smithsonian Institution, for printing labels and blanks, and
for the ‘‘ Bulletins” and annual volumes of the ‘‘ Proceedings” of the
National Museum, the‘editions of which shall not be less than three
thousand copies, and binding scientific books and pamphlets presented
to and acquired by the National Museum Library, $12,000.

(Stat., XXIX, 453.)

February 20, 1897—Senate.

Mr. Wixxrnson Cau proposed an amendment to sundry civil bill
for 1898 (H. 10292):

Provided, That of the sum appropriated for the National Museum the watch force
shall be paid the same salaries that are now paid for like service in the ae
ca Ae

- Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

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APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS
By the Vice-President.

December 18, 1895—Senate. :

The Vicr-Presipent (Mr. Apiar E. Stevenson) reappointed 5. M.
Cullom a member of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Insti-
tution to fill: the vacancy caused by the expiration of his term as
Senator, March 3, 1895.

APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS

By the Speaker.

December 20, 1895—House.
The Spraker (Mr. T. B. REED), under authority of section 5581 of

the Revised Statutes, announced the appointment of the following

Regents of the Smithsonian Institution:
Robert R. Hitt, of Illinois; Robert Adams, Jr., of Pennsylvania,
and Joseph Wheeler, of Alabama,

APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS

By Joint Resolution.

December 12, 1895—House.

Mr. Joseph WHEELER. | ask unanimous consent for the considera-
tion of the joint resolution which I send to the desk.

The Clerk read:

Resolved, etc., That the vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Insti-
tution, of the class other than members of Congress, shall be filled by the appoint-
ment of William L. Wilson, of West Virginia, in place of Henry Coppée, deceased.

The SprakerR (Mr. T. B. Reep). Is there objection to the present
consideration of this resolution 4

Mr. Rosert Apams, Jr. I object.

Mr. Wuereter. The gentleman will allow me to state that it is
very essential that there should be no delay in filling this vacancy.
As the gentleman is aware, Professor Coppée was a member of the
executive committee, and his death many months since left a vacancy
which it is very important should be promptly filled. The Secretary
of the Institution is very much interested in this matter, and regards
it as very important that this resolution be acted upon at once. It is
absolutely essential to have an executive committee all the members
of which are in easy access to Washington. It is the intention for
Mr. Wilson to fill this vacancy in the committee, and it is important
that it should be full at this time, so that the reports may be prepared
for the annual meeting. I regret that any member of this Congress
should interpose an objection to deprive the Smithsonian of the sery-

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ices of so valuable a manas we all know Mr. Wilson to be, and I regret
that objection should be interposed in a case of a member of Congress
whose services have been so long and distinguished, and whom we all
so much respect.

Mr. AtBertJ. Hopkins. Let the resolution go over until to-morrow.

Mr. Netson Drnewry, Jr. Monday.

Mr. Apams. This is too important a matter to be allowed to pass
without reference to a committee. Propositions of this kind have

‘always been referred to the Library Committee, which acts jointly
with the corresponding committee of the Senate. Questions of this
kind have always been discussed in the joint committee. The appoint-
ment of a Regent is a serious matter, not a thing to be done hastily;
and while I am willing to concede the high character of the gentleman
named in this resolution, still I must object to a proceeding not in the
regular course.

Mr. WHEELER. I would like to say to the eee that resolu-
tions of this character have frequently been passed without reference
to a committee, even though committees were organized at the time.
Especially has this been the case in the Senate. Right before me,
page 228 of the Congressional Record, Fifty-second Congress, second
session, is an instance [ will read:

’ Mr. Morritu. I introduce a joint resolution, and ask for its present consideration.

The resolution was to appoint a Regent, and it was immediately
passed, without discussion or the slightest objection. I hope the gen-
tleman will not insist, as we have no session to-morrow, and it will
have to go over until Monday.

Mr. Apams. I must insist, Mr. Speaker, on my objection. I differ
with the gentleman as to the practice of which he speaks.

January 6, 1896—House.

Mr. Netson Drneury, Jr. I withdraw my motion for adjournment
for a moment to allow the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Hitt] to pre-
sent a matter to the House.

Mr. Ropertr R. Hrrr. I ask unanimous consent for the present con-
sideration of a joint resolution (H. 19) to fill a vacancy in the Board
of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

That the vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, of the
class other than members of Congress, shall be filled by the appointment of William
L. Wilson, of the State of West Virginia, in place of Henry Coppée, deceased.

The Speaker (Mr. T. B. Reep). Is there objection to the present
consideration of the joint resolution ?

There was no objection, and the resolution was passed.

January 7, 1896—Senate.
Mr. J. S. Morrill called up joint resolution (H. 19).
Passed.

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January 14, 1896.

Resolved, etc., That the vacancy in the Board of Regents of the
Smithsonian Institution, of the class other than members of Congress,
shall be filled by the appointment of William L. Wilson, of the State
of West Virginia, in the place of Henry Coppee, deceased.

(Stat., XXTX, 461.)

NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK—IMPROVEMENT OF THOROUGHFARE NEAR
PARK.
December 26, 1895—House.

Mr. Exrsua E. Mereprra introduced bill (H. 2778) to light and
improve public thoroughfare between the northwest section of the
city and the Zoological Park, Rock Creek and Soldiers’ Home parks.

Referred to Committee on the District of Columbia.

NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK—MOUNT PLEASANT AND ZOO - GRAVITY
RAILWAY COMPANY.
January 30, 1896—House.
Mr. Foster V. Brown introduced bill (H. 5166) to incorporate
the Mount Pleasant and Zoo Gravity Railway aya of the District

of Columbia.
{Extract.]

From Fourteenth street NW. (at some point within 500 feet of the intersection of
Columbia road, to be selected), thence continuing in a westerly direction, running
slightly southward for a certain distance, thence in a northwesterly direction to that
elevated contour of ground of from 150 to 200 feet, east of Rock Creek, thence cury-
ing westwardly, crossing said Rock Creek near the location of the island therein con-
tained, thence traversing up the hill within and through the Zoological Park to that
clevated contour of ground of from 150 to 200 feet, located at or about 200 yards west
of elk and buffalo inclosures, said right of way to be of a width not to exceed 50 feet.

Referred to Committee on the District of Columbia.

NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK—ESTIMATES.

December 2, 1895—House.
Estimates for 1897. g

For continuing the construction of roads, walks, bridges, water sup-
ply, sewerage, and drainage, and for grading, planting, and otherwise
improving the grounds; erecting and repairing buildings and inclosures;
care, subsistence, transportation, and purchase of animals, including
salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, and general inci-
dental expenses not otherwise provided for, $75,000.

December 7, 1896—House.

Estimates for 1898.

For continuing the construction of roads, walks, bridges, water sup-
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improving the grounds; erecting and repairing buildings and inclosures;
care, subsistencé, transportation, and purchase of animals, including
salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, and for general
incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, $75,000.

NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK—APPROPRIATIONS.

April 24, 1896—Senate.

Sundry civil bill for 1897 under consideration.

The next amendment was, in line 23, page 33, to increase the appro-
priation for the National Zoological Park from $65,000 to $70,000.

_ Agreed to.
June 8, 1896.
Deficiency act for 1896, etc.

For repairs to the Holt Mansion, to make the same suitable for
occupancy, and for office furniture, including the accounts set forth
hereunder in House Document No. 324 of this session, $426.57.

- To reimburse the Smithsonian fund for assuming the expenses of
labor and materials for repairs urgently necessary for the preservation
of the Holt Mansion, including the accounts set forth hereunder in
House Document No. 324 of this session, $499.45.

(Stat., XXX, 279.)

June 11, 1896.
Sundry civil act for 1897.

For continuing the construction of roads, walks, bridges, water sup-
ply, sewerage, and drainage; and for grading, planting, and otherwise
improving the grounds; erecting and repairing buildings and inclo-
sures; care, subsistence, transportation of animals, including salaries
or compensation of all necessary employees, and general incidental
expenses not otherwise provided for, $67,000; one-half of which sum
shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia and the
other half from the Treasury of the United States; and of the sum
hereby appropriated $5,000 shall be used for continuing the entrance
into the Zoological Park from Woodley lane, and opening driveway
into Zoological Park, from said entrance along the bank of Rock
Creek, and $5,000 shall be used toward the construction of a road
fromthe Holt Mansion entrance (on Adams Mill road) into the park
to connect with the roads now in existence, including a bridge across
Rock Creek..

(Stat., X XTX, 425.)

INTERNATIONAL PERMANENT EXHIBITION COMPANY IN NEW YORK CITY.

December 26, 1895—House.
Mr. Witii1am Sutzer introduced bill (H. 2762) to establish an
international permanent exhibition company in New York, the Smith-

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sonian Institution and National Museum to make exhibits and name
one of the board. Appropriation of $100,000 fer Government
exhibit.

Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

NATIONAL SOCIETY OF DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

January 7, 1896—Senate.

Mr. Junius C. Burrows introduced bill (S. 1386), to incorporate the
National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution, who shall
report annually to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, who
shall communicate said report or part thereof to Congress. The
Regents of the Smithsonian Institution are authorized to permit said
society to deposit its collections, manuscripts, etc., in the Smithsonian
Institution or National Museum.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

January 9, 1896—House.
Mr. D. B. Henperson offered bill (H. 3553). Same as S. 1386.
Referred to Committee on the Library.

January 30, 1896—House.

Mr. L. E. Quiee, from Committee on the Library, submitted report
(H. 179) on bill (H. 3553): 4

The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
is composed of women, descendants from participants in the American
Revolution. They founded a society in this capital, with branches
throughout the Union, nearly six years ago, for patriotic, historical,
and educational purposes, and the bill reported herewith supplies them
with a charter.

The objects of the society are purely patriotic, unselfish, and enno-
bling, and its accomplishments have already been numerous and in the
public interest.

The committee recommended that the bill do pass.

Mr. Quiae. I ask that the report may be read.

Mr. Joseru W. Bartry. Before the report is read I wish to state
that if the gentleman will consent that this be made a corporation in
the District of Columbia, I shall have no objection; but I shall object
to the present consideration of the bill if it proposes to create a
national corporation. The practice has been in incorporating benevo-
lent and fraternal societies and orders, such as the Knights of Pythias
and the Masonic fraternity, to limit the act of incorporation to the
District of Columbia. If the gentleman will agree to an amendment
limiting this corporation to the District of Columbia, I have no objec-
tion to the consideration and passage of the bill. |

Mr. Quiee. The trouble is that these ladies have their organizations
throughout the Union——

Mr. Barter. So have the Masons.

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Quice. And they have their conventions throughout the
Union

Mr. Batnry. So have the Masons and so have the Knights of
Pythias.

Mr. Quiee. This bill, Mr. Speaker, has been drawn with careful
regard to the objects sought to be accomplished by this association.
It is not in any sense of the word, if the gentleman will permit me, a
selfish organization; it has absolutely no selfish motives or purposes,
and does not intend to make any money or do anything in the way of
business that will produce revenue.

Mr. Baitry. If the gentleman will permit me, in order to save
time, it is utterly impossible to convince me that Congress can create
a national corporation of this character. I would have no objection,
however, if the gentleman will agree to amend so as to make it a body
politic or corporate in the District of Columbia.

Mr. Quice. Very well; I will accept the gentleman’s suggestion, if
he will draw up an araphdaieht

' Mr. Batrey. I will prepare the amendment.

The Speaker (Mr. T. B. ReEp). Is there objection to the present
consideration of the bill?

There was no objection.

The Speaker. Does the gentleman from New York desire the
report to be read ?

Mr. Quiee. I do, Mr. Speaker.

The Speaker. The Clerk will read the report.

The report was read.

The Speaxer. The question now is on agreeing to the amendment
proposed by the gentleman from Texas:

In line 4, page 3, insert, after the words ‘‘a body corporate and politic,’ the words
‘fin the District of Columbia.”’ :

The amendment was adopted.
The bill as amended was passed.

February 13, 1896—Senate.

Mr. Joun W. Daniet. I will state that the bill (H. 3553) to incor-
porate the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revo-
lution has passed the other House. It has been examined by the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate, and is recommended with two
immaterial amendments. It is very desirable that it shall be put upon
its passage, as the Daughters of the American Revolution wish to be
incorporated before the 22d day of February, when they will have a
meeting here.

There being no objection, the Senate, as in Committee of the Whole,
proceeded to consider the bill, which had been reported from the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary with amendments.

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The first amendment was, in section 1, on page 3, line 4, after the
word ‘‘ Maryland,” to insert:

Mrs. Francis P. Burrows (Mrs. Julius C. Burrows), Mrs. Mary H. McMillan (Mrs.
James McMillan), Mrs. Emma Gregory Hull (Mrs. J. A. T. Hull), Mrs. Mary B. K.
Washington (Mrs. Joseph Washington).

The amendment was agreed to.

The next amendment was, on page 4, line 14, after the word ‘‘ Con-
gress,” to strike out ‘‘ said reports or such portions thereof as he may
see fit,” and insert ‘‘such portion thereof as he may deem of national
interest and importance;” so as to make the first clause of section 3
read:

That. said society shall report annually to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion concerning its proceedings, and said Secretary shall communicate to Congress
such portion thereof as he may deem of national interest and importance.

The amendment was agreed to.

February 15, 1896—House.

Passed.

February 20, 1896.

Be tt enacted, etc., That Mary Park Foster (Mrs. John W. Foster),
of Indiana; Mar y Virginia Ellet Cabell (Mrs. William D. Cabell), of
Virginia; Helen Mason Boynton (Mrs. Henry V. Boynton), of Ohio;
Henrietta Greely (Mrs. A. W. Greely), of Washington, District of
Columbia; Lelie Dent Saint Clair (Mrs. F. O. Saint Clair), of Mary-
land; Regina M. Knott (Mrs. A. Leo Knott), of Maryland; ‘Sara
Agnes Rice Pryor (Mrs. Roger A. Pryor), of New York; Sarah Ford
Judd Goode (Mrs. G. Brown Goode), of Washington, District of
Columbia; Mary Desha, of Kentucky; Sue Virginia Field (Mrs.
Stephen J. Field), of California; Sallie Kennedy Alexander (Mrs.
Thomas Alexander), of Washington, District of Columbia; Rosa
Wright Smith, of Washington, District of Columbia; Sarah C. J.
Hagan (Mrs. Hugh Hagan), of Georgia; Mary Stiner Putnam (Mrs.
John Risley Putnam), of New York; Mary Leighton Shields (Mrs.
George H. Shields), of Missouri; Ellen Hardin Walworth, of New
York; Mary E. MacDonald (Mrs. Marshall MacDonald), of Virginia;
Eugenia Washington, of Virginia; Alice M. Clarke (Mrs. A. Howard
Clarke), of Massachusetts; Clara Barton, of Washington, District of
Columbia; Mary S. Lockwood, of Washington, District of Columbia;
Frances B. Hamlin (Mrs. Teunis S. Hamlin), of Washington, District
of Columbia; Martha C. B. Clarke (Mrs. Arthur E. Clarke), of New
Hampshire; Lucia E. Blount (Mrs. Henry Blount), of Indiana; Jennie
A. O. Keim (Mrs. Randolph De B. Keim), of Connecticut; Louise
Ward McAllister, of New York; Effie Ream Osborne (Mrs. Frank
Stuart Osborne), of Illinois; Marie Devereux, of Washington, District
of Columbia; Belinda O. Wilbour (Mrs. Joshua Wilbour), of Rhode
Island; Georgina E. Shippen (Mrs. W. W. Shippen), of New Jersey;

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ay
Julia K. Hogg (Mrs. N. B. Hogg), of Penksylvania; Katherine C.
Breckinridge (Mrs. Clifton R. Breckinridge), of Arkansas; Sara
Isabella Hubbard (Mrs. Adolphus S. Hubbard), of California; Mary
L. D. Putnam (Mrs. Charles EK. Putnam), of Iowa; Delia Clayborne
Buckner (Mrs. Simon B. Buckner), of Kentucky; Emily Marshall Eliot
(Mrs. Samuel Eliot), of Massachusetts; Lucy Grey Henry (Mrs.
William Wirt Henry), of Virginia; Elizabeth Blair Lee, of Maryland,
Mrs. Frances P. Burrows (Mrs. Julius C. Burrows), Mrs. Mary H.
MeMillan (Mrs. James McMillan), Mrs. Emma Gregory Hull (Mrs.
J. A. T. Hull), Mrs. Mary B. K. Washington (Mrs. Joseph Washing-
ton), and their associates and successors, are hereby created a body

corporate and politic, in the District of Columbia, by the name of The

National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, for
patriotic, historical, and educational purposes, to perpetuate the mem-
ory and spirit of the men and women who achieved American inde-
pendence, by the acquisition and protection of historical spots and the
erection of monuments; by the encouragement of historical research in
relation to the Revolution and the publication of its results; by the
preservation of- documents and relics, and of the records of the indi-
vidual services of Revolutionary soldiers and patriots, and by the
promotion of celebrations of all patriotic anniversaries; to carry out
the injunction of Washington, in his farewell address to the American
people, ‘‘to promote, as an object of primary importance, institutions
for the general diffusion of knowledge,” thus developing an enlightened
public opinion and affording to young and old such advantages as shall
develop in them the largest capacity for performing the duties of
American citizens; to cherish, maintain, and extend the institutions of
American freedom; to foster true patriotism and love of country, and
to aid in securing for mankind all the blessings of liberty.

Sec. 2. That said society is authorized to hold real and personal
estate in the United States, so far only as may be necessary to its law-
ful ends, to an amount not exceeding $500,000, and may adopt a con-
stitution and make by-laws not inconsistent with law, and may adopt
a seal. Said society shall have its headquarters or principal office at
Washington, in the District of Columbia.

Sec. 3. That said society shall report annually to the Secretary of
the Smithsonian Institution concerning its proceedings, and said Sec-
retary shall communicate to Congress such portion thereof as he may
deem of national interestand importance. The Regents of the Smith- -
sonian Institution are authorized to permit said national society to
deposit its collections, manuscripts, books, pamphlets, and other mate-
rial for history in the Smithsonian Institution or in the National
Museum, at their discretion, upon such conditions and under such rules
as they shall prescribe.

(Stat., XXIX, 8.)

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January 16, 1897—House.

Mr. Exrzan_ A. Morsr, from Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds, submitted report (H. 2534) to accompany bill (H. 10023).

The Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, to whom was
referred the bill (H. 9491) entitled ‘‘A bill to create a commission
to select a suitable reservation or plat of ground in the city of Wash-
ington, in the District of Columbia, for memorial purposes, under the
auspices of the National Society of the Daughters of the American
Revolution,” have carefully considered the same and respectfully
report as a substitute therefor the accompanying bill.

The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
was originally founded in the city of Washington on October 11, 1890,
and the next year was incorporated in the District of Columbia under
the general law. A national charter was subsequently granted to the
society by special act of Congress, approved February 20, 1896. By
the terms of that law it is declared that the corporation is created—
for patriotic, historical, and educational purposes, to perpetuate the memory and
spirit of the men and women who achieved American independence, by the acquisi-
tion and protection of historical spots and the erection of monuments; by the
encouragement of historical research in relation to the Revolution, and the publica-
tion of its results; by the preservation of documents and relics and of the records of
the individual services of Revolutionary soldiers and patriots, and by the promotion
of celebrations of all patriotic anniversaries; to carry out the injunction of Washing-
ton in his farewell address to the American people ‘‘to promote, as an object of
primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge,’ thus
developing an enlightened public opinion and affording to young and old such
advantages as shall develop in them the largest capacity for performing the duties of
American citizens, to cherish, maintain, and extend the institutions of American

freedom; to foster true patriotism and love of country, and to aid in securing. to

mankind the blessings of liberty.

The headquarters of the society are fixed in the District of Columbia
by this law, and it is required ‘‘ to report annually to the Secretary of
the Smithsonian Institution concerning its proceedings, and said Sec-
retary shall communicate to Congress such portion thereof as he may
deem of national interest and importance.”

The ladies forming this national society are all direct. descendants
of the men who founded the nation and achieved its independence.
They number upward of 16,000 members, organized into over 300
subordinate chapters, and extending into every State in the Union and
every Territory except Alaska. They have a complete and efficient
business organization on a permanent basis.

In carrying out the purposes of their organization they have deter-
mined to erect in the city of Washington a memorial continental hall
‘‘in honor of the statesmen, soldiers, and patriots, men and women,
of the American Revolution, and for the preservation of relics of war
peace, domestic life, and industry associated with the period of the
conflict for American independence,” and have set systematically

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about raising a building fund for this purpose. The idea of such
memorial hall or home was first suggested by the late Mrs. Caroline
Seott Harrison, wife of President Harrison, and the first president-
general of the society, and has been approved by successive national
congresses of the society, and a special building committee has been
appointed to carry into execution the project.

They purpose, as they declare, to make this building ‘‘a veritable
Temple of Fame, not alone in honor of the wonderful men and women
who established our great nation, but also of the enterprise, capacity,
and public spirit of their female descendants who shall erect it.”
They intend to make it in architectural design illustrative of the
period it commemorates, and sufficiently beautiful and imposing to
constitute an ornament to the national capital, worthy alike of the
memory of the heroes it honors, of their daughters who rear it, and
of the great nation whose birth it will help to commemorate.

For this purpose they ask no appropriation and will not seek in any
way any pecuniary aid from the Government. They simply ask for
sufficient land on which to place this memorial continental hall.

This your committee thinks should be unhesitatingly granted, and,
by the bill reported, have set apart for such purpose 200 feet square
from the northeast corner of the Monument Lot, where the towering
monument to the Father of his Country will at times cast its protect-
ing shadow over the memorial proposed to be erected to the followers
of the great leader, and where both together, in beautiful unison, will
serve to keep green the memory of the fathers of the Republic. The
city is full of memorials to the men who saved the nation, but it has
few to the men who made it.

The commendable effort of the ladies of the land to in part supply
this lack ought to receive the cordial approval of Congress, and your
committee therefore report the accompanying bill as a substitute for
the one committed, and recommend its speedy passage.

Committed to Committee of the Whole.

ANACOSTIA STATUTE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON.

January 9, 1896—House.
Mr. Exisna E. Mrerepirs (by request) introduced bill (H. 3554).

That there be, and is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $25,000 for the execution of the Anacostia
statue of George Washington, by Theophilus Fisk Mills, sculptor, and for the models
in metal for the United States National Museum, showing of degrees of measure in
the nature and convergence of parallel; $10,000 of said appropriation to be advanced
by the Secretary of the Treasury for the furtherance and completion of the work of
art, and the remainder to be paid upon the receipt of the demonstrating models in
metal by the National Museum and all work.

Referred to Committee on the Library.
H. Doc. 732——110

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REPORTS ON EXPENDITURES.
January 10, 1896—House.

The Speaker (Mr. THomas B. REEp) laid before the House a letter
from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution transmitting a
detailed statement of the expenditures for the fiscal year ended June
30, 1895, under the appropriations for ‘‘ International Exchanges,” the
‘* National Museum,” the ‘‘ Astrophysical Observatory,” the ‘‘ National
Zoological Park,” and ‘** North American Ethnology.”

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

December 16, 1896—House.

The Speaker (Mr. T. B. REED) laid before the House a letter
from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, submitting a
detailed statement of the expenditures for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1896, under the appropriations for ‘* International Exchanges,”
the ‘‘ National Museum,” the ‘* Astrophysical Observatory,” the ‘‘Na-
tional Zoological Park,” and ‘** North American Ethnology.”

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

SMITHSONIAN MAIL MATTER NOT LIMITED.

February 19, 1896—Senate.

Mr. Epwarp O. Wotcorr, from Committee on Post-Offices and
Post-Roads reported ‘*‘ An act to regulate mail matter of the fourth
class.”

March 3, 1896—Senate.

Passed.

June 6, 1896—House.

Passed.

June 8, 1896.

Be it enacted, ete., That mailable matter of the fourth class shall
embrace all matter not embraced in the first, second, or third class
* * * not above the weight of four pounds for each package,
except for * * * printed or written official matter
emanating from any of the Departments of the Government or from
the Smithsonian Institution * * *

(Stat., X XIX, 262.)

* * *

EXPOSITIONS.

Chicago Exposition.
February 26, 1896.
Urgent deficiency act for 1896, etc.

To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for medals and diplomas,
World’s Columbian Exposition, provided by the act of August 5, 1892,
as amended by the sundry civil act of March 3, 1893, $20,600.

For payment of the rental of a building for the division of awards,
Bureau of Engraving and Printing, occupied by said Bureau in the
execution of the work of preparing the awards of the World’s Colum-

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bian Exposition as authorized by the sundry civil act of March 2, 1895,
from April 20, 1895, to June 30, 1896. at a rental of $60 per month,
$860.

For the entire compensation of George R. Davis, Director-General

of the World’s Columbian Exposition, in the work of preparing his
final report, and for all sums expended or paid out by him upon such
work, and for any sums due under agreements or .contracts for assist-
ance for such work such sums to be in full for all claims therefor,
$18,006.10.
_ Provided, That the original typewritten or written manuscript of
such work, all illustrations, diagrams, and plans incorporated in such
work, and all plates and negatives of photographs taken therefor in
the hands of the Director-General shall be by him devosited with the
Joint Committee on Printing.

For the entire reimbursement of Thomas W. Palmer for moneys
paid by him for labor and expenses incurred in the preparation of a
final report as president of the World’s Columbian Commission, as
required by section 13 of an act to provide for celebrating the four
hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America by Christopher
Columbus, approved April 25, 1890. $1,998.35.

(Stat., X XIX, 19.)

March 13, 1896.

Resolved, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he 1s
hereby, authorized to distribute the medals and diplomas of the
World’s Columbian Exposition to the several exhibitors entitled
thereto, as designated and certified by the report of the Executive

‘Committee on Awards to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and

the Bureau of the Mint, and to this end the Secretary of the Treasury
may adopt any method, or create any and all agencies, which to him
may seem proper and necessary for the distribution of said medals
and diplomas. But in case any of the exhibitors can not be found
who may be entitled to medals and diplomas, then, in every such case,
such medals and diplomas shall be retained by the Secretary of the
Treasury until they are called for by the exhibitors entitled thereto
or by persons authorized to receive the same. And the said Secretary,
in the distribution of the medals and diplomas, may transmit the same
through the mails free of charge. And the sum of $15,000 is hereby
appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, for the purpose of carrying out this resolution, and for the
purposes hereof the said Secretary may temporarily employ, under
such regulations as he may prescribe, the force now engaged in the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing in connection with the preparation
of said diplomas, or so much of said force as may be necessary, said
appropriation to be immediately available.
(Stat., XXX, 466.)

1748 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

June 8, 1896.
Deficiency act for 1896, ete.

Board of control: To pay amounts found due by the accounting offi-
cers of the Treasury, on account of the appropriation for ‘‘ Expenses,
Government Board of Control, World’s Columbian Exposition,” $247.

To enable Thomas W. Palmer, President of the World’s Columbian
Commission, to make payment for all claims now due and outstanding
against said commission, $6,517.67, which shall be in full for all such
claims.

(Stat., XXIX, 270.)

Division of awards: That the compositors and pressmen employed
in the awards division of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing shall
be allowed leave of absence with pay not exceeding thirty days in any
one year, or a pro rata portion thereof for a less time than one year,
under such regulations and such time or times as the chief of the
Bureau, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may pre-
scribe and designate, and in conformity with the act approved July
6, 1892, granting leaves of absence with pay to the employees of the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing; and for this purpose the sum of
$3,500, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated.

(Stat., X XTX, 275.)

Indian exhibit: To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers
of the Treasury on account of the appropriation for ‘* Indian exhibit,
World’s Columbian Exposition,” to adjust appropriation, $27.07.

(Stat., X XIX, 293.)

Nashville Exposition.
May 18, 1896.

Joint resolution No. 53, authorizing foreign exhibitors at the Ten-
nessee Centennial Exposition, to be held in Nashville, Tennessee, in
1897, to bring to this country foreign laborers from their respective
countries for the purpose of preparing for and making their exhibits
and allowing articles imported from foreign countries for the sole pur-
pose of exhibition at said exposition to be imported free of duty, under
regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.

(Stat., XXLX, 473).

December 22, 1896.

Be it enacted, etc., That there shall be exhibited at the Tennessee
Centennial Exposition, to be held at Nashville, Tennessee, in the year
1897, by the Government of the United States, from its Executive
Departments, the Smithsonian Institution and National Museum, and
the United States Fish Commission, such articles and materials as
illustrate the function and administrative faculty of the Government
in time of peace and its resources as a war power, tending to demon-
strate the nature of our institutions and their adaptation to the wants
of the people; and to secure a complete and harmonious arrangement

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of said Government exhibit a board of management shall be created,
to be charged with the selection, purchase, preparation, arrangement,
safe-keeping, and exhibition of such articles and materials as the heads
of said Departments and institutions of the Government may, respec-
tively, decide shall be embraced in said Government exhibit. The
President may also designate additional articles for exhibition. Such
board shall be composed of one member to be detailed by the head of
each Executive Department, one by the head of the Smithsonian Insti-
tution and National Museum, and one by the head of the United States
Fish Commission; and the President shall name one of said persons so
detailed as chairman; and the members of said board shall have no
compensation in addition to their regular salary, and their actual and
necessary expenses only shall be paid out of the sum hereinafter
appropriated.

Src. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause a suitable
building or buildings to be erected on the site selected for the Tennes-
see Centennial Exposition for the Government exhibit, and he is hereby
authorized and directed to contract therefor, in the same manner and
under the same regulations as for other public buildings of the United
States; but the contract for said building or buildings shall not exceed
the sum of $30,000, and there is hereby appropriated for said build-
ing or buildings, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, the sum of $30,000. The Secretary of the Treasury is
authorized and required to dispose of such building or buildings, or
the material composing the same, at the close of the exposition, giv-
ing preference to the city of Nashville or to the said Tennessee Cen-
tennial Exposition Company to purchase the same at an appraised
value, to be ascertained in such manner as he may determine, and
whatever sum may be realized on sale of said building shall be cov-
ered into the Treasury of the United States.

Sec. 3. That for the purpose of paying the expenses of the selection,
purchase, preparation, transportation, installation, care, and return of
said Government exhibit, and for the employment of proper persons
as officers and assistants by the board of management created by this
act and for their expenses, and for the maintenance of the building
hereinbefore provided for, and for other contingent expenses inci-
dental to the Government exhibit, to be approved by the chairman of
the board of management and by the Secretary of the Treasury upon
itemized accounts and vouchers, there is hereby appropriated, out of
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum
of $100,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be disbursed
by the board of management hereinbefore created, of which not
exceeding the sum of $10,000 shall be expended for clerical service.

Sec. 4. That all articles which shall be imported from foreign coun-
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there shall be a tariff or customs duty, shall-be admitted free of pay-
ment of duty, customs fees, or charges, under such regulations as the
Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe; but it shall be lawful at any
time during the exhibition to sell, for delivery at the close of the expo-
sition, any goods or property imported for and actually on exhibition
in the exposition buildings or on its grounds, subject to such regula-
tions for the security of the revenue and for the collection of import
duties as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe: Provided,
That all such articles, when sold or withdrawn for consumption in the
United States, shall be subject to the duty, if any, imposed upon such
articles by the revenue laws in force at the date of importation, and
all penalties prescribed by law shall be applied and enforced against
such articles and against the persons who may be guilty of any illegal
sale or withdrawal.

Src. 5. That medals with appropriate devices, emblems, and inserip-
tions commemorative of said Tennessee Centennial Exposition and of
the awards to be made to exhibitors thereat be prepared at some mint
of the United States for the board of directors thereof, subject to the
provisions of the fifty-second section of the coinage act of 1893, upon the
payment by the Tennessee Centennial Exposition Company of a sum
not less than the cost thereof; and all the provisions, whether penal
or otherwise, of said coinage act against the counterfeiting or imitat-
ing of coins of the United States shall apply to the medals struck and
issued under this act.

Src. 6. That the United States shall in no manner and under no
circumstances be liable for any bond, debt, contract, expenditure,
expense, or liability of any kind whatever of the said Tennessee Cen-
tennial Exposition Company, its officers, agents, servants, or employees,
or incident to or growing out of said exposition, nor for any amount
whatever in excess of the $130,000 herein authorized; and the heads
of the Executive Departments, the Smithsonian Institution and
National Museum, and the United States Fish Commission, and the
board of management herein authorized, their officers, agents, sery-
ants, or employees, shall in no manner and under no circumstances
expend or create any liability of any kind for any sum in excess of the
appropriations herein made, or create any deficiency.

Sec. 7. That the appropriation herein made shall take effect when
the Secretary of the Treasury shall be satisfied that the solvent appro-
priations made by the State of Tennessee, its counties and cities, and
by individuals or companies to said centennial exposition, together
with solvent subscriptions to the stock of the Centennial Company
made by the State, its counties and cities, and by private corporations
and by individuals, shall amount to at least the sum of one-half mil-
lion of dollars. |

(Stat., XXIX, 477.)

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January 21, 1897.

Resolved, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is
hereby, authorized to solicit proposals and to contract for the erection
of the building for Government exhibit at the Tennessee Centennial
Exposition, authorized by the act of Congress approved December 22,
1896, without public advertisement.

(Stat., X-XIX, 698.)

Atlanta Haposition.
June 8, 1896.
Deficiency act for 1896, ete.

The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to
transfer to the city of Atlanta, in the State of Georgia, all of the
right, title, claim, and interest of the United States in and to the build-
ing erected for the Government exhibit at the Cotton States and
International Exposition recently held in said city.

(Stat., X XIX, 271.)
June 11, 1896.

-

Sundry civil act for 1897.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is, authorized and
directed to pay over to the Cotton States and International Exposition
Company, to reimburse said company for expenses incurred and paid
in connection with the Government building and exhibit, all those por-
tions of the appropriations heretofore made under the act of August
18, 1894, for the building and for the exhibit by the Government at
the Cotton States and International Exposition at Atlanta, Georgia,
which shall remain unexpended after all the liabilities incurred by the
Government on account of said building and exhibit shall have been
fully paid off and discharged.

(Stat., XXTX, 454.)

Omaha Exposition.
June 10, 1896.
An act.

Whereas it is desirable to encourage the holding of a trans-Missis-
sippi and international exposition at the city of Omaha, in the State
of Nebraska, in the year 1898, for the exhibition of the resources of
the United States of America and the progress and civilization of the
Western Hemisphere, and for a display of the arts, industries, manu-
factures, and products of the soil, mine, and sea; and

Whereas it is desirable that an exhibition shall be made of the great
staples of the trans-Mississippi region, which contributes so largely to
domestic and international commerce; and

Whereas encouragement should be given to an exhibit of the arts,
industries, manufactures, and products illustrative of the progress
and development of that and other sections of the country; and

Whereas such exhibition should be national as well as international
in its character, in which the people of this country, of Mexico, the

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Central and South American Governments, and other States of the
world should participate, and should, therefore, have the sanction of
the Congress of the United States; and

Whereas it is desirable and will be highly beneficial to bring together
at such an exhibition, to be held at a central position in the western
part of the United States, the people of the United States and other
States of this continent; and

Whereas the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition Asso-
ciation has undertaken to hold such exposition, beginning on the 1st
day of June, 1898, and closing on the 1st day of November, 1898:
Therefore,

Be it enacted, etc., That a trans-Mississippi and international expo-
sition shall be held at the city of Omaha, in the State of Nebraska, in
the year 1898, under the auspices of the Trans-Mississippi and Inter-
national Exposition Association: Provided, That the United States
shall not be liable for any of the expense attending or incident to such
exposition, nor by reason of the same.

Sec. 2. That all articles which shall be imported from foreign coun-
tries for the sole purpose of exhibition at said exhibition upon which
there shall be a tariff or customs duty shall be admitted free of pay-
ment of duty, customs fees, or charges, under such regulation as the
Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe; but it shall be lawful at amy
time during the exhibition to sell for delivery at the close thereof
any goods or property imported for and actually on exhibition in the
exhibition building, or on the grounds, subject to such regulation for
the security of the revenue and for the collection of import duties as
the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe: Provided, That all such
articles when sold or withdrawn for consumption in the United States
shall be subject to the duty, if any, imposed upon such article by the
revenue laws in force at the date of importation, and all penalties
prescribed by law shall be applied and enforced against the persons
who may be guilty of any illegal sale or withdrawal.

Src. 3. That there shall be exhibited at said exposition by the Gov-
ernment of the United States, from its Executive Departments, the
Smithsonian Institution, the United States Fish Commission, and
the National Museum, such articles and material as illustrate the fune-
tion and administrative faculty of the Government in time of peace,
and its resources as a war power, tending to demonstrate the nature of
our institutions and their adaptations to the wants of the people; and
to secure a complete and harmonious arrangement of such Government
exhibit a board shall be created, to be charged with the selection, prep-
aration, arrangement, safe-keeping, and exhibition of such articles
and materials as the heads of the several Departments and the directors
of the Smithsonian Institution and National Museum may respectively
decide shall be embraced in said Government exhibit. The President

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may also designate additional articles for exhibition. Such board shall
be composed of one person to be named by the head of each Executive
Department and Museum and by the President of the United States.
The President shall name the chairman of said board, and the board
itself shall select such other officers as it may deem necessary.

Sec. 4. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause a suitable
building or buildings to be erected on the site selected for the trans-
Mississippi and international exposition for the Government exhibits,
and he is hereby authorized and directed to contract therefor, in the
same manner and under the same regulations as for other public build-
ings of the United States; but the contract for said building or build-
ings shall not exceed the sum of $50,000. The Secretary of the
Treasury is authorized and required to dispose of such building or
buildings, or the material composing the same, at the close of the
exposition, giving preference to the city of Omaha, or to the said
Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition Association, to pur-
chase the same at an appraised value to be ascertained in such manner
as may be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury.

Sec. 5. The United States shall not be liable on account of said
exposition for any expense incident to, or growing out of same, except
for the construction of the building or buildings hereinbefore provided
for, and for the purpose of paying the expense of transportation, care,
and custody of exhibits by the Government, and the maintenance of
the said building or buildings, and the safe return of articles belong-
ing to the said Government exhibit, and other contingent expenses to
be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury upon itemized accounts
and vouchers, and the total cost of said building or buildings shall not
exceed the sum of $50,000; nor shall the expenses of said Government
exhibit for each and every purpose connected therewith, including the
transportation of same to Omaha and from Omaha to Washington,
exceed the sum of $150,000, amounting in all to not exceeding the sum
of $200,000: Provided, That no liability against the Government shall
be incurred, and no expenditure of money under this act Shall be made,
until the officers of said exposition shall have furnished the Secretary
of the Treasury proofs to his satisfaction that there has been obtained
by said exposition corporation subscriptions of stock in good faith,
contributions, donations, or appropriations from all sources for the
purposes of said exposition a sum aggregating not less than $250,000.

Sec. 6. That the commission appointed under this act shall not be
entitled to any compensation for their services out of the Treasury of
the United States, except their actual expenses for transportation and
a reasonable sum to be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury for sub-
sistence for each day they are necessarily absent from home on the
business of said commission. The officers of said commission shall
receive such compensation as may be fixed by said commission, subject

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to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, which shall be paid
out of the sums appropriated by Congress in aid of such exposition.

Src. 7. That medals, with appropriate devices, emblems, and inserip-
tions commemorative of said trans-Mississippi and international expo-
sition and of the awards to be made to the exhibitors thereat, shall be
prepared at some mint of the United States, for the board of directors
thereof, subject to the provisions of the fifty-second section of the
coinage act of 1893, upon the payment of a sum not less than the cost
thereof; and all the provisions, whether penal or otherwise, of said
coinage act against the counterfeiting or imitating of coins of the
United States shall apply to the medals struck and issued under this act.

Sec. 8. That the United States shall not in any manner, nor under
any circumstances, be liable for any of the acts, doings, proceedings,
or representations of said Trans-Mississippi and International Exposi-
tion Association, its officers, agents, servants, or employees, or any of
them, or for service, salaries, labor, or wages of said officers, agents,
servants, or employees, or any of them, or for any subscriptions to the
capital stock, or for any certificates of stock, bonds, mortgages, or obli-
gation of any kind issued by said corporation, or for any debts, liabili-
ties, or expenses of any kind whatever attending such corporation or
accruing by reason of the same.

That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to create any lia-
bility of the United States, direct or indirect, for any debt or obliga-
tion incurred, nor for any claim for aid or pecuniary assistance from
Congress or the Treasury of the United States in support or liquida-
tion of any debts or obligations created by said commission in excess
of appropriations made by Congress therefor.

(Stat., X XIX, 382.)

Brussels Exposition.
June 11, 1896.
Sundry civil act for 1897.

To enable the Government to take official part in the international
exhibition to be held at Brussels, Belgium, during the year 1897, $5,000:
Provided, That no expenditure exceeding this appropriation shall be
made or liability incurred, and no person shall be paid salary or com-
pensation therefrom.

(Stat., XXLX, 438.)

New York Exposition of Gas Apparatus.

December 22, 1896—House.
Mr. J. D. Sayers introduced joint resolution (H. 225):

That the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution is hereby authorized and
directed to participate in the exposition of gas apparatus and appliances, to be held
in Madison Square Garden, in the city of New York, from January 27 to February
6, 1897, inclusive. And the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution is hereby fur-
ther authorized and directed to send from the National Museum such objects as

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would, in his judgment, be of special interest in such connection: Provided, That
all of the expenses of such participation, and shipment, care of machinery and such
objects as may be exhibited, to be borne by the exposition company: And provided
further, That before any such loan shall be made the Secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution, or proper officer of the Government, shall require and receive a good
and sufficient bond, by or in behalf of such exposition, for the safe return thereof as
aforesaid, and to indemnify and save harmless the Government of the United States
from any liability or expense on account thereof, or on account of this resolution.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
December 22, 1896—Senate.

Introduced by Mr. D. B. Hill for Mr. C.S. Brice, as 5. 184.
~ Referred to Committee on the Library.
January 20, 1897—Senate.

Passed joint resolution (5S. 184).
January 27, 1897—House.

Referred to Committee on the Library.
January 25, 1897.—House.

My. Lemur E. Quice, from Committee on the Library, reported

S. 184 without amendment.

Referred to House Calendar.

SETTLEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND STATE OF ARKANSAS.

March 30, 1896.—Senate.

The bill (S. 502), to adjust the settlement between the United States
and the State of Arkansas under consideration.

Mr. J. H. Berry. This indebtedness of the State of Arkansas to
the United States came about in this way: Soon after the admission
of Arkansas to the Union, in 1836, she, unfortunately for herself,
passed a law by which she authorized the issuance of $2,000,000 of
Arkansas bonds, to be loaned toa Real Estate Bank established in that
State.

Mr. O. H. Puatrr. What year was that?

Mr. Berry. The State was admitted in 1836; the legislative act
authorizing the issuance of these bonds, to be guaranteed by the State
of Arkansas, was passed in 1837. The bonds were to aid in the estab-
lishment of what was known as the Real Estate Bank in the State of
Arkansas. The Government of the United States held at that time
money which had been received from Mr. Smithson, which had been
given by him for the establishment of the Smithsonian Institution.
The Secretary of the Treasury invested that money in bonds of several
States, including some of the bonds issued by the State of Arkansas to
the Real Estate Bank. Five hundred and thirty-eight bonds, each for
the sum of $1,000, were purchased with the Smithson money at, I
think, 994 cents on the dollar. That money was invested by the Sec-
retary of the Treasury in those bonds issued by the State of Arkansas
to aid the Real Estate Bank in that State.

In addition to that, the Secretary of the Treasury invested $90,000

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of what was known as the Chickasaw national fund and $3,000 more
of what was known as the Chickasaw orphan fund in these Arkansas
bonds, making a total of $631,000 of bonds for which the State of
Arkansas was liable.

Mr. President, I wish to say here that so far as the State itself is
concerned, and so far as the great body of its people are concerned,
it has never been the beneficiary of a single solitary cent arising from
the issuance of these bonds. I do not mention this for the purpose of
showing that the State is not liable to the Government for the bonds
or for the purpose of showing that the Government was in any way
liable for the failure of the Real Estate Bank, from which the State
suffered; but I state it in order to meet the false charge which has
been made in the anonymous pamphlet which has been circulated here,
that the money all went into the Arkansas State treasury and was for
the benefit of the people of that State. I repeat that the State: has
never received one cent of benefit from the money which was invested
in these real estate bonds.

Mr. J. Z. Grorar. Who sold the bonds?

Mr. Berry. The State of Arkansas or the bank sold them. They
were issued to the bank.

Mr. Grorcr. Who got the money?

Mr. Berry. The bank held the bonds and got the money and failed.

Mr. Grorer. And never paid?

Mr. Berry. And never paid.

[repeat, I do not state this for the purpose of showing that the State
is not liable for these bonds, but I state it in order to show that she
was the unfortunate victim of a bad law passed in the State of Arkan-
sas in 1837,

One other fact, Mr. President, to which I desire to call the especial
attention of the Senate. It is alleged in the communication to which
I have already referred that if this bill passes, the Smithsonian Insti-
tution and the Chickasaw national fund will suffer. The Smithsonian
Institution and the Chickasaws have not one cent in this fund. The
Government of the United States long since paid all the money that
they had invested in these bonds over to the Smithsonian Institution
and to the Chickasaws. It is a question entirely between the Govern-
ment of the United States and the State of Arkansas. The Smith-
sonian fund has been reimbursed; the Chickasaw fund has been pro-
vided for, and they are no longer parties in any way to this proposed
settlement.

Mr. Puarr. I should like to ask a question right there; that is,
whether the United States has actually paid the money to the Chicka-
saw fund for these bonds, or whether interest is still being paid ?

Mr. Berry. My opinion is that she actually paid it and turned over
the money and interest is not being paid.

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Mr. Puatr. And has reimbursed the fund?

Mr. Berry. Absolutely. So that it is simply a question between
the United States and the State of Arkansas. That is the foundation
of the claim of the United States against the State. I repeat, so Sen-
ators may fully understand it, that they did purchase $631,000 of these
bonds in the first part of the year 1838, I think, when they were
issued. .

* * * * * * x

The amount found by the Secretary of the Treasury and Secre-
tary of the Interior to be due to the Government by the State of
Arkansas, without counting interest on these bonds after maturity,
was $1,611,803.61; and they also found that the State was entitled to
credits for the sum of $1,451,231.61, leaving a balance due the Govern-
ment from that State of $160,572. Another objection is made to some
of the credits claimed and allowed to the State. In 1850 a law was
passed by which the swamp and overflowed lands in all the States of
this Union were donated to the respective States in which they were
located for the purpose of the reclamation of such lands. Under that
law thousands and millions of acres of land have been granted to a
number of States. My State was largely swampy in character in its
eastern portion, and a large part of those lands were so designated
on the maps of the official survey.

I want to state here and now that, under the rulings made by the
General Land Office, a State could either select under the official sur-—
vey and take such lands as were designated as swamp by that survey,
or they could take proof as to the swampy character of the lands, and
make claim before the General Land Office. My State elected to take
under the official survey, and thereby lost thousands of acres that
other States obtained by reason of the fact that they had taken another
method of making proof.

Subsequent to that act, in 1855 and 1857, Congress passed laws by
which it was provided that whenever the Government had sold lands
which turned out afterwards to be swamp lands, after the passage of
the act of 1850, and sold them for money, the money should be
refunded to the respective States in which the lands were located. It
furthermore provided that if the lands were located by scrip location
or by military bounty land warrants, the State had a right to select
other public lands without regard to their character, provided they
were public lands, in lieu of the lands that had been located under the
scrip location or the military bounty land warrant location.

A large part of the claim offset against this amount of money due
the United States Government by my State comes from swamp lands
to which we are entitled in lieu of lands subject to bounty-land war-
rant and scrip location, and in lieu of the indemnity to which we were
entitled by reason of the fact that the Government sold those swamp

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lands after the passage of the act of 1850 for cash. Under the acts of
1855 and 1857 the money belonged to the State of Arkansas.
3 * * *

*% * * %*

Mr. Joun H. Gear. It is everywhere admitted and nowhere denied
that on January 1, 1838, the State of Arkansas borrowed from the
‘¢Smithsonian trust fund” the sum of $538,000 from the United States
as the trustee of said fund, which was held in trust by the United
States, to whom it was generously donated on condition that the prin-
cipal so donated and the interest earned by a safe and judicious invest-
ment of said principal should be sacredly dedicated to the [increase
and] diffusion of knowledge among mankind [men].

To secure the full payment of said principal and the prompt pay-
ment of said interest when due of said loan from said ‘‘ Smithsonian
trust fund” so then held in trust by the United States for said pur-
pose, the State of Arkansas deposited with the United States 538 of
her $1,000 State 6 per cent coupon bonds, by her issued under the act
of her legislature, an act entitled ‘‘An act to establish the Real Estate
Bank of the State of Arkansas,” approved October 26, 1836, and the
act amendatory thereof, entitled ‘‘An act to increase the rate of inter-
est on the bonds of the State issued to the Real Estate Bank of the
State of Arkansas,” approved December 19, 1837 (State Statutes of
Arkansas, 1837, p. 51). Said bonds bore date January 1, 1838, and
said coupons were payable on January and July 1 of each year.

Five hundred of said State $1,000 bonds, it is alleged, matured on
October 26, 1861, and the remaining 38 thereof, it is alleged, matured
on January 1, 1868; and it is also everywhere admitted, and can not
be anywhere successfully denied, that none of said bonds, nor any
portion of any of said coupons representing interest so earned by any
of said bonds, were ever paid by said State, either on said dates or on
any other dates, but, on the contrary, that all of same, principal and
interest, remain wholly unpaid by said State up to this date.

It is true that between July 1, 1836, and December 31, 1845, said
State earned the sum of $70,047.78 from the 5 per cent of the net
proceeds of the sales of the public lands made therein by the United
States; but between January 1, 1838, and December 31, 1845, the
amount of interest due by said State on said $538,000, at 6 per cent
per annum, aggregated the sum of $298,240, or more than four times
the amount of said earnings from the 5 per cent of the net proceeds
of the sales of the public lands in said State, the payment of which 5
per cent earnings was not made to said State, but was withheld by the
United States and applied to reduce pro tanto the amount of said
unpaid interest due on said unpaid debt, as authorized to be done
under the joint resolution of Congress of March 3, 1845 (5 U.S. Stats.,
801), which is as follows, to wit:

Resolved, etc., That whenever any State shall have been or may be in default for
the payment of interest or principal on investments in its stocks or bonds held by

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the United States in trust, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to
retain the whole, or so much thereof as may be necessary, of the percentage to
which said State may be entitled of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands
within its limits, and apply the same to the payment of said interest or principal or
to the reimbursement of any sums of money expended by the United States for that
purpose.
* * * * % * *

The question, therefore, to be considered is: Has said act of August
4, 1894, as reported to Congress on February 23, 1895, been carefully,
clearly, exhaustively, and equitably executed in the equal and mutual
interest of the United States and of that State ?

Congress must ever remember that the Government of the United
States stands the guardian and trustee, under sacred obligation, to
guard and protect the trusts reposed in it, not only for the benefit of
the Indians and their orphan children, the nation’s wards at home,
but in very honor, honesty, and gratitude occupy no less a relation to
that generous donor—James Smithson—who, though speaking our
language, yet never put foot on American soil, and who, though ever
loyal to the land over which the flag of England floats, yet so loved
his fellow-men and was so appreciative of the honest purposes and
high destiny of our people that he bequeathed to our Government, in
trust, the residue of his then large estate, to be honestly expended by
us in diffusing knowledge among mankind, and in honor of whose

. . . . . . . .
name and high intentions the Smithsonian Institution now stands a

monument beneath the very shadow of these legislative halls.

But said monument thus erected was not erected with Smithson’s
funds, because, prior to its erection, said funds had been intrusted to
the safe and sacred keeping and secure protection of the State of
Arkansas, and as to how sacredly and safely said trust funds have
been kept, and as to how securely they have been protected by that
State, let the records presented to the Senate be the unimpeachable
witnesses.

The original attitude of the United States as a trustee only of said
‘**Smithson fund” (5 U. S. Stats., 64, 267, 465) has been radically
changed—a change enforced by honor and honesty—so that the United
States have been compelled, out of their own Treasury, to make good
the default of the State of Arkansas. I wrote a letter to the Secre-
tary of the Treasury asking him when and how this money was reim-
bursed by Congress to the Smithsonian Institution. Much to my
surprise I was advised that there was no entry to be found upon the
books of the Treasury as to when and how this money was reimbursed
to the Smithsonian. A letter, however, from the Smithsonian Insti-
tution states that by a certain act of Congress, which I have not time
to read or refer to [act of August 10, 1846], the money was reimbursed,
as it should have been, by the United States, the United States being
the custodian of that fund, and out of that money the present Smith-

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sonian Institution was created, and out of the annual appropriation,
which amounts to 6 per cent on the land [fund] originally granted by
James Smithson, that Institution is carried on and cared for by the
Government, an institution which is the admiration not only of Con-
gress but of the people of the whole United States—a people who will
ever bear in mind a grateful recollection of the donor of that great
fund.

In order, therefore, that Congress might be fully, correctly, and
officially advised as to the kind, nature, and amount of the respective
claims of the United States and of the State of Arkansas, and the
date when and manner in which the same arose, so as to be enabled to
compromise and settle the same, Congress, on August 14, 1894, passed
the act entitled *‘ An act to authorize a compromise and settlement
with the State of Arkansas.” (28 U. S. Stats., 229.)

On February 23, 1895, the Secretary of the Treasury and the Sec-
retary of the Interior submitted to the Senate a report of their action
had thereon, which was printed as Senate Executive Document No. 91,
Fifty-third Congress, third session. Action in the Senate and House
then and now seems to have been limited to making reports thereon
in the Senate and House.

House Report No. 1959, Fifty-third Congress, third session, seeming
to contain nearly all the matters theretofore officially stated in refer-
ence to said act of August 14, 1894, a copy thereof will be submitted
as a part of my remarks.

From this report it is alleged and is made to appear that the State
of Arkansas is indebted to the United States only in the sum of
$1,611,803.61, appearing more in detail thus:

ACCOUNT.

The State of Arkansas in account with the United States on account of bonds issued by the
State, with the interest accrued thereon, the claims of the State arising under the public-
land laws of the United States, and the claim of the State for care of military prisoners,
adjusted to January 1, 1895.

1. To State of Arkansas 6 per cent bonds (Nos. 1.to 500, inclusive),

$1,000 each, issued January 1, 1838, and matured October 26,

1861, to secure a loan from the Smithsonian fund, held in trust

by the United States, which bonds were subsequently acquired

by the United States in their own right -............-.--..---- $500, 000. 00
2. To interest on 366 of these bonds (Nos. 135-500), at 6 per cent per

annum, from July 1, 1842, to October 26, 1861 (19 years 9 months

and Phidays) «gens... .2 deed haeeeeed es ee eee 425, 235. 00
3. To interest on 133 of these bonds (Nos. 1-133), at 6 per cent per

annum, from July 1, 1860, to October 26, 1861 (1 year 3 months

ARG SOMaWS ee ws - ~~ - - = acinar eee se eee 10, 529. 17
4. To interest on 1 of these bonds (No. 134), at 6 per cent per annum,

from July 1, 1852, to October 26, 1861 (9 years 3 months and

25 days), less $19.72 paid on one coupon in 1860..-.......-.-- 539. 44

nt

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5. To State of Arkansas bonds (6 per cent coupons) of $1,000 each,
38 in number (Nos. 282-294, 359-373, 401-410), issued January
1, 1838, to secure a loan from the Smithsonian fund, which
bonds matured January 1, 1868, and now belong to the United

RNS ge a Base se ee a a ee ee Tl $38, 000. 00
6. To interest thereon, at 6 per cent per annum, from January 1, ;

feat, wo danuary by leGe (20 yoars)....2./---.....2. 200220262 59, 280. 00

* * * ] * “ * *

A statement showing the amount of bonds and interest accrued thereon to January 1, 1896,
held by the United States against the State of Arkansas, disregarding all credits to which
said State may be entitled on any account:

1. State of Arkansas 6 per cent bonds (Nos.1-500) of $1,000 each,

issued January 1, 1838; and matured October 26, 1861, to secure a
loan from the Smithsonian fund, held in trust by the United
States, which bonds were subsequently acquired and are now

held by the United States in their own right, ..--.............- $500, 000. 00
2. Interest on 366 of these bonds (Nos. 135-500), at 6 per cent per -
annum, from July 1, 1842, to January 1, 1896 -..........:....... 1, 174, 860. 00
3. Interest on 133 of these bonds (Nos. 1-133), at 6 per cent per annum,
pero duly 1852.40 January 1, 1896. 0-02. soiscuenW-cccebecet 283, 290. 00
4. Interest on 1 of these bonds (No. 134), at 6 per cent per annum,
from July 1, 1852, to January 1, 1896, less $19.72................ 2, 590. 28

5. Thirty-three State of Arkansas 6 per cent coupon bonds (Nos. 282-
294, 359-373, 401-410) of $1,000 each, issued January 1, 1838, to
secure a loan from the Smithsonian fund, which bonds matured
January 1, 1868, and now belong to the United States in their

CaS SESE Ds Ss ae ge Dont rc ae cee Se rae a eee See | 38, 000. 00
6. Interest thereon from January 1, 1842, to January 1, 1896, at 6 per
Bm IME Sti oben staal Sn. SG ye che Solind adhere = 2 123, 120. 00

[An act approved April 29, 1898, made a final compromise and settle-
ment between the United States and the State of Arkansas. The
State to pay to the United States $160,572, thus cancelling all indebt-
edness on the part of Arkansas for the bonds bought by the United
States from the bequest of James Smithson. |

April 14, 1896—House.
SOCIOLOGICAL INSTITUTION.

Mr. F. H. Wirson, of New York, intreduced bill (H. 8192):

Whereas any person or number of persons may by his or their last wills and testa-
ments, or otherwise, give a sum or sums of money or property to the United States
of America to found, at Washington, or aid and support an establishment for the -
increase and diffusion of sociological science among men, to be organized under this
act, to be named and known as the ‘sociological institution;’’ and the United States
of America may, by act of Congress, receive such sum or sums of money or such
property and accept said trust or trusts for the faithful execution of all such trusts so
received and accepted.

Be it enacted, etc., That the President, the Vice-President, the Secretary of State,
the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Secretary of the Treasury, the
Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Interior, the
Postmaster-General, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Attorney-General, the Com-
missioner of Labor, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the Commissioner
of Education, and the Commissioner of the Patent Office, and such other persons ag

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they may elect honorary members, are hereby constituted an establishment, by the
name of the sociological institution, for the increase and diffusion of sociological
scierice among men; and by that name shall be known and have perpetual succes-
sion, with the powers, limitations, and restrictions hereinafter contained, and no
other.

Src. 2. That the business of the institution shall be conducted at the city of Wash-
ington by a board of regents, named the ‘‘regents of the sociological institution,’’ to
be composed of the Vice-President, the Chief Justice of the United States, five mem-
bers of the Senate, and five members of the House of Representatives, together with
twelve other persons, other than Members of Congress, two of whom shall be resi-
dent in the city of Washington and the other ten shall be inhabitants of some State,
but no two of them of the same State.

Src. 3. That the regents to be selected shall be appointed as follows: The mem-
bers of the Senate by the President thereof, the members of the House by the
Speaker thereof, and the twelve other persons by joint resolution of the Senate and
House of Representatives. The members of the House so appointed shall serve for
the term of two years; and on every alternate fourth Wednesday of December a like
number shall be appointed in the same manner, to serve until the fourth Wednesday
in December in the second year succeeding their appointment. The Senators so
appointed shall serve during the term for which they shall hold, without reelection,
their office as Senators. Vacancies occasioned by death, resignation, or otherwise
shall be filled as vacancies in committees are filled. The regular term of service for
the other twelve members shall be six years; and new elections thereof shall be
made by joint resolutions of Congress. Vacancies occasioned by death, resignation,
or otherwise may be filled in like manner by joint resolution of Congress.

Src. 4. That the regents shall meet in the city of Washington and elect one of
their number as chancellor, who shall be the presiding officer of the board of
regents and called the chancellor of the sociological institution, and a suitable
person as secretary of the institution, who shall also be the secretary of the board
of regents. The board shall also elect five of their own body as an executive com-
mittee, and the regents shall fix on the time for the regular meetings of the board;
and, on application of any three of the regents to the secretary of the institution,
it shall be his duty to appoint a special meeting of the board of regents, of which
he shall give notice, by letter, to each of the members; and at any meeting of the
board seven shall constitute a quorum to do business. Each member of the board
shall be paid his necessary traveling and other actual expenses in attending meet-

ings of the board, which shall be audited by the executive committee and recorded

by the secretary of the board; but his services as regent shall be gratuitous.

Sec. 5. That the secretary of the board of regents shall take charge of the prop-
erty of the institution and shall; under their direction, make a fair and accurate
record of all their proceedings, to be preserved in the institution, and shall also dis-
charge the duties of librarian and of keeper of the sociological exhibits and material
of the institution, and may, with the consent of the board of regents, employ
assistants.

Sec. 6. That the secretary and his assistants shall, respectively, receive for their
services such sum as may be allowed by the board of regents, to be paid semi-
annually on the first day of January and July, and shall be removable by the board
of regents whenever, in their judgment, the interests of the institution require such
remoyal.

Src. 7. That the members and honorary members of the institution may hold
stated and special meetings for the supervision of the affairs of the institution and
the advice and instruction of the board of regents, to be called in the manner pro-
vided for in the by-laws of the institution, at which the President, and in his
absence the Vice-President, shall preside.

FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS, 1895-1897. 1763

Sec. 8. That the regents shall make, from the interest of the fund, an appropria-
tion, not exceeding an average of $25,000 annually, for the gradual formation of a
library composed of valuable works pertaining to all departments of sociological
science.

Sec. 9. That all laws for the protection of public property in the city of Washing-
ton shall apply to and be in force for the protection of the property of the sociolog-
ical institution. All moneys recovered by or accfuing to the institution shall be paid
into the Treasury of the United States, to the credit of the sociologic al institution
fund, and separately accounted for.

Sec. 10. That sueh money and so much of such property as may be reed ved in
money and paid into the Treasury of the United States shall be loaned to the United
States Treasury at 4 per centum per annum interest; and 4 per centum interest on
such trust funds received into the United States Treasury, payable in half-yearly pay-
ments, on the first of January and July in each year, is hereby appropriated for the
perpetual maintenance and support of the sociological institution; and all expendi-
tures and appropriations to be made from time to time to the purposes of the institu-
tion shall be exclusively from the accruing interest, and not from the a ial of
the fund.

_ Sec. 11. That whenever money is required for the payment of the debts or per-
formance of the contracts of the institution, incurred or entered into in conformity
with the provisions of this Act, or for making the purchases and executing the
objects authorized by this Act, the board of regents, or the executive committee
thereof, may certify to the chancellor and secretary of the board that such sum of
money is required, whereupon they shall examine the same, and if they shall
approve thereof shall certify the same to the proper officer of the Treasury for pay-
ment. The board shall submit to Congress, at each session thereof, the report of
the operations, expenditures, and condition of the institution.

Src. 12. That upon the election or appointment of a secretary of the sociological
institution, the authorized custodian of the Congressional Library building in Wash-
ington shall set apart and allot, for the exclusive use of the board of regents and
other officials and assistants of the sociological institution and for the proper trans-
action of its business, suitable apartments and space in the new Congressional
Library building, to be occupied and used by them so long as the requirements of
the Congressional Library and its service may permit, free of charge and without:
payment of rent therefor. :

Src. 13. That Congress may alter, amend, add to, or repeal any of the provisions
of this Act; but no contract or individual right made or acquired under such provi-
sions shall be thereby divested or impaired.

Referred to Committee on Education.

NATIONAL SOCIETY OF COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA AND SOCIETY OF
COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA.
May 4, 1896—House.
Mr. H. C. Brewster introduced bill (H. 8673), to incorporate the
National Society of Colonial Dames of America.
Referred to Committee on the Library.
May 7, 1896—Senate. ;
Mr. H. C. Lopes introduced bill (S. 3087).
Referred to Committee on the Library
May 14, 1896—Senate.
Mr. G. P. WermorE paper’ S. 3087.

1764 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

May 18, 1896—Senate.

S. 3087 recommitted.
May 18, 1896—House.

Mr. L. E. Quiae, from Committee on the Library, reported bill
(H. 8673).

. [Extract.]

Src. 3. That said society shall report annually to the secretary of the Smithson-
ian Institution con¢erning its proceedings, and said secretary shall communicate to
Congress such portion thereof as he may deem of national interest and importance.
The Regents of the Smithsonian Institution are authorized to permit said national
society to deposit its collections, manuscripts, books, pamphlets, and other material
for history in the Smithsonian Institution or in the National Museum, at their dis-
cretion, upon such conditions and under such rules as they shall prescribe.

The amendment proposed by the Committee on the Library was to
strike out in-lines 13 and 14, page 3, the words ‘‘ United States of
America,” and insert in lieu thereof the words “‘ District of Columbia,”
so as to read ‘‘a body corporate and politic in the District of Colum-
bia.”

The Speaker (Mr. T. B. Reep). Is there objection to the present
consideration of this bill?

Mr. Benton McMrruin. I was not able to hear the whole of the
bill as read. I wish to inquire whether it does not appropriate space
in Government buildings to private uses.

Mr. Quiee. Not at all.

Mr. McMriiur. It struck me that it did so. .

Mr. Quiee. It permits the trustees of the Smithsonian Institution
to accept such manuscripts and other collections of the society as may
be offered to them.

Mr. McMitir. As donations?

Mr. Quiaa. As donations.

There being no objection, the House proceeded to the consideration
of the bill.

The amendment of the Committee on the Library was agreed to.

The bill as amended was passed.

May 21, 1896—Senate.

Mr. Martruew 8. Quay presented a memorial of Chapter II, Colonial
Dames of America, of Philadelphia, Pa., remonstrating against the
adoption of bill (S. 3087), to incorporate the National Society of
Colonial Dames of America.

2007 DrLancry PLAcE, PHILADELPHIA, Pa.
To the honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Fifty-fourth Congress.

GENTLEMEN: Mrs. George McClellan, president; Mrs. Thomas Balch, first vice-
president; Mrs. Richard McCall Cadwalader, second vice-president; Mrs. George
Brinton Phillips, secretary; Mrs. N. Chapman Mitchell, treasurer; Miss Elise Willing
Balch, Mrs. James Bowden, Miss Anne Sophia Penn Chew, Miss Guilielma Penn-

Gaskel Hall, Mrs. George Woolsey Hodge, Mrs. Charles B. Penrose, managers; Mrs.
Henry J. Hancock, historian; Miss Ursula Rose Boudinot, Miss Mary Swift Buckley,

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Miss Katharine Buckley, Miss Elizabeth Brown Chew, Mrs. Brinton Coxe, Miss
Charlotte Drifton Coxe, Mrs. Horace Binney Hare, Miss Emelyn Storey McClellan,
Mrs. Robert Morris, Miss Lucie Marshall Morris, Mrs. Thomas Fleming Parker,
Miss Sallie Roberts Smith, Mrs. John T. Spencer, Mrs. James William Wallace,
Mrs. WiHiam Herbert Washington, Mrs. Richard Tilghman, Mrs. Theodore Wright,
Miss Elizabeth Cox Binney, officers and managers of Chapter II, Philadelphia, of
The Colonial Dames of America, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the
State of New York, respectfully and earnestly protest against the adoption of Senate
bill 3087, entitled, ‘‘To incorporate the National Society of Colonial Dames of Amer-
‘ica,”’ for the reasons following:

I. ‘‘The Colonial Dames of America,’’ of which the above named constitute
“Chapter II, Philadelphia,’ was organized May 23, 1890, as a national society, and
on April 13, 1891, was duly incorporated under the name df ‘‘The Colonial Dames
of America,’’ with power to form chapters in the several States.

II. Prior to the incorporation of this, our society, no other society of similar name
had been incorporated; and the purposes and aims of this original society, as set
forth in its charter and constitution, are similar to those proposed in the bill now
pending before your honorable bodies. Its members are residents of all parts of the
United States.

III. The adoption of the same name as that of the original society by the corpo-
ration proposed to be organized by the pending bill will create difficulty, confusion,
and conflict, and will inflict grave injury upon the rights and interests of the society
which originated and first used the name ‘‘ The Colonial Dames of America.’’

Your honorable bodies are therefore earnestly requested to refuse your sanction
to this bill. ;

Cuarrer II, PHirapeLpHta, THE CoLtontAL DAmeEs oF AMERICA.

(Signed ) Harriet Hare McCuevian, President.

* ELLEN Emien Puituips, Secretary.

Referred to Committee on the Library.

May 26, 1896—Senate.
Mr. Wixu1am J. Skewes. presented a similar memorial.
Ordered to lie on the table.

December 10, 1896—Senate.

Mr. E. Have introduced bill (8. 3356) to incorporate the Society of
the Colonial Dames of America.

Referred to Committee on the Library.

February 26, 1897—Senate.

Mr. Henry C. Hanssroven. I am directed by the Committee on
the Library, to whom were referred the bill [S. 3087] to incorporate
the National Society of Colonial Dames of America, and the bill [S.
3356] to incorporate the Society of Colonial Dames of America, to
report them adversely, and to submit a report thereon [S. 1552].

Mr. Netson W. Aupricu. I ask that the bills may be placed on the
Calendar, with the adverse report.

Mr. Hansprovueu. I have no objection to that course being pursued.

Mr. Martruew S. Quay. May I ask the Senator from North Dakota
which of the societies of Colonial Dames the committee propose to
incorporate, or whether both of them are to be incorporated ?

_ Mr. Hanssroueu. We are not reporting in favor of the incorpora-

1766 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

tion of either one of the societies. The committee authorized me to
make an adverse report on both bills.

Mr. Quay. On both bills?

Mr. Hansprovuen. Yes, sir; both the New York society and the
Pennsylvania society.

.Mr.. Quay. I did not notice. I supposed the bills were reported
favorably.

Mr. Hanssprovueu. No, sir; adversely.

Mr. Jacop H. Gatirncer. Both of them are reported adversely.

Mr. Hansprouen. Yes, sir.

The Prestpinc Orricer (Mr. Samurt Pasco). Does the Senator
desire that the bills shall be placed upon the Calendar?

Mr. Aupricu. I requested that the bills should be placed on the
Calendar. ,

The Presrp1ne OrricEr. It will be so ordered.

FUR-SEAL INVESTIGATION.
June 4, 1896—Senate.

Joint resolution passed to authorize a scientific investigation of the
fur-seal fisheries.
June 6, 1896—House.

Passed.

June 8, 1896.

Resolved, ctc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby,
authorized to expend, from any moneys in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, a sum sufficient to provide for the employment of
persons to conduct a scientific investigation, during the fiscal years
1896 and 1897, of the present condition of the fur-seal herds on the
Pribilof, Commander, and Kurile Islands in the North Pacific Ocean
and Bering Sea, said amount not to exceed for both said years the
sum of $5,000.

The Secretary is also authorized to employ a stenographer in con-
nection with this investigation at a rate of compensation not exceeding
$1,500 per annum, and to pay his compensation and expenses out of
any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. —

The President is authorized to detail, for the purposes of assisting
in this investigation, any officer or officers or employees of the United
States Government, their actual expenses and the expenses of the per-
son or persons employed under the preceding paragraph to be paid
by the Secretary of the Treasury out of any moneys in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated.

The President may detail a vessel of the United States for the
purpose of carrying out this investigation.

(Stat., X XIX, 475.)

(To make this investigation the President detailed Dr. L. Stejneger
and Mr. F. A. Lucas, from the U. 8. National Museum. ]

FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS, 1895-1897. 1767

SMITHSONIAN BUREAUS UNDER CIVIL SERVICE.
June 18, 1896.
Letter from the President of the United States, Grover Cleveland.

Executive Mansion,
Washington, June 18, 1896.
S. P. Lanatry, Secretary Smithsonian Institution.

Dear Srr: I inclose you a classification of the employees of the
Smithsonian Institution, which is a copy of those signed by the other
Executive Departments and bureaus.

I wish you would insert the data and sign it, and notify the Civil
Service Commission that you have’done so. I think it should be filed

‘in your oflice.
Yours, truly,
GROVER CLEVELAND.

Copy of notification sent to Civil Service Commission.

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION,
Washington, June 30, 1896.

By direction of the President of the United States, and in accordance with the
third clause of section 6 of the act entitled ‘‘ An act to regulate and improve the civil
service of the United States,’”’ approved January 16, 1883:

It is ordered, That the officers and employees of this Institution included within
the provisions of the civil-service rules be, and they are hereby, arranged in the
following classes:

Class A, all persons receiving an annual salary of less than $720, or a compensa-
tion at the rate of less than $720 per annum.

Class B, all persons receiving an annual salary of $720 or more, or a compensa-
tion at the rate of $720 or more, but less than $840 per annum.

Class ©, all persons receiving an annual salary of $840 or more, or a compensation
at the rate of $840 or more, but less than $900 per annum.

Class D, all persons receiving an annual salary of $900 or more, ora compensation
at the rate of $900 or more, but less than $1,000 per annum.

Class E, -all persons receiving an annual salary of $1,000 or more, or a compensa-
tion at the rate of $1,000 or more, but less than $1,200 per annum.

Class 1, all persons receiving an annual salary of $1,200 or more, or a compensa-
tion at the rate of $1,200 or more, but less than $1,400 per annum.

Class 2, all persons receiving an annual salary of $1,400 or more, or a compensa-
tion at the rate of $1,400 or more, but/less than $1,600 per annum.

Class 3, all persons receiving an annual salary of $1,600 or more, or a compensa-
tion at the rate of $1,600 or more, but less than $1,80U per annum.

Class 4, all persons receiving an annual salary of $1,800 or more, or a compensa-
tion at the rate of $1,800 or more, but less than $2,000 per annum. :

Class 5, all persons receiving an annual salary of $2,000 or more, or a compensa-
tion at the rate of $2,000 or more, but less than $2,500 per annum.

Class 6, all persons receiving an annual salary of $2,500 or more, or a compensa-
tion at the rate of $2,500 or more per annum.

Jt is provided, That this classification shall not include persons appointed to an
office by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, nor persons employed as
mere laborers or workmen; but all positions whose occupants are designated as
laborers or workmen, and who were, prior to May 6, 1896, and are now regularly

1768 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

assigned to work of the same grade as that performed by classified employees, shall
be included within this classification. Hereafter no person who is appointed as a
laborer or workman without* examination under the civil-service rules shall be
assigned to work of the same grade as that performed by classified employees.

It is also ordered, That no person shall be admitted into any place not excepted
from examination by the civil-service rules, in any of the classes above designated,
until he shall have passed an appropriate examination prepared by the United States
Civil Service Commission and his eligibility has been certified to this Institution by

said Commission.
G. Brown Goope, Acting Secretary.

[In accordance with this, the employees of the National Museum,
Zoological Park, International Exchanges, Bureau of Ethnology, and
Astrophysical Observatory were on June 30, 1896, made subject to
the civil-service rules]. :
December 22, 1896—House.

A speech by Mr. Marriorr Brostus on the civil service of the
United States contained these items:

The classified executive civil service.

Smithsonian Institution: Employees.
The United States National Museum... ...-...-2..5.-.20252 255. = eee 168
National Zoolopicall Park’ “0S o..00- 1). 2 Dae ae ee ee 20
Bareau of American Ethnology... > .. 002222 2.2 2e os 2 20
Astrophysical Observatory .2.-.0c2-- 2 (ose oe eae de ee 6
Burean ‘of International Exchanges \.. 22/2 oe coe ae ee secae ee eee 13

TOtall soho a. ou eee Fee ece ea Ss ane as aoe eee ea eee 227

Under clause C—any person employed in a foreign country under the State Depart-
ment or temporarily employed in a confidential capacity in a foreign Conny aa
following positions were excluded from classification:

Employees.
The Smithsonian Institution foreion. agents. 222225 12252 24s Ses eee eee piling

(Dr. Felix Fligel, Leipsic. William Wesley, London.)

Norre.—June 18, 1896. The President of the United States directed the application
of the civil-service rules from July 1, 1896, to all persons in the bureaus under the
Institution whose salaries are paid out of Government appropriations.

Unclassified laborers or workmen.
Employees.
Smithsonian Instiiggon ......- ...%4octelse- teense seb senee ae eae ee 63
Executive civil service of the United States classified by compensation.

Smithsonian Institution.

Tess than $7200 0u:.. 222. Lc ee Ae ee ee eee 109
- $720; but Jess than’ $840 _.. sees ie Sees 22h. ee ee eee 23
$840} ‘butiless than'$900 ....4. 52.0220. bee ee Be ee ee ee eee 2
$900; but. less than! $1/000: . Gp. Silos Bae Se a ee ee eee 25
S000 Muttless than '$1; 200222 KPC Ua. ee eee Oe eee 10
$1, 2007but less than’ $1; 400... 22 SU ae ee ee eee 21
$1,400 Mout}léss thanv$1;6002 2 22 Ae SR eh Oh SEE ee eee 10
$1,600, but less than $1,800... -- Dd dye pe) Tes Sa ee 3

$1,800, but less. than $2;000-- 20/2 220.22 eceseb 2... Ssh oo ee Sea 7

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Smithsonian Institution—Continued ; Employees.
ere ptt eet aT Y OU) Soo oo oe 2 cine nein beam eaans oe a= = 11
Sn ROE ar os iawn ia ow Sine om oe ee enn eee eens Es aies == = 6

Ce Ee OS 2 ee eon eees eee eh pee eo eae 227
Excluded under Rule IIT, section § ....-.-.---------+--+---+-------------------- 2
[Soe boi GUE SEV LT CoeS FTO a ten ee ge a eR ever nT oer 63

SPgieri | a Aa SS eS, STS Nees oe net ee Cee age Le ee ER ee 292

With aggregate salaries, $243,716.16.

INTERNATIONAL CATALOGUE OF SCIENTIFIC WORKS.

December 18, 1896—House.
Letter from the Secretary of State.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington, December 17, 1896.

Str: I have the honor to transmit, herewith, the report of Prof.
Simon Newcomb and Dr. John S. Billings, delegates from this country
to the International Conference on a Catalogue of Scientific Literature,
held in London in July last by request of the Royal Society, and hay-
ing for its object an international agreement as to the steps necessary
to the preparation, editing, and continuous publication of the current

_ scientific literature of all countries.

It will be seen that by the thirty-second resolution formulated by
the conference the delegates were especially requested to bring the
following two resolutions to the attention of their respective Govern-
ments:

* 16. That any country which shall declare its willingness to undertake the task
shall be intrusted with the duty of collecting, provisionally classifying, and trans-
mitting to the central bureau, in accordance with rules laid down by the Interna-
tional Council, all the entries belonging to the scientific literature of that country.

31. That it is desirable that the Royal Society should be informed, at a date not
later than January 1, 1897, what steps, if any, are being taken, or are likely to be
taken in the countries whose Governments are represented at the conference, toward
the establishing organizations for the purpose of securing the end had in view in
resolution 16.

In the opinion of Professor Newcomb and Dr. Billings, it is desir-
able that the Government of the United States should take its part in
the proposed work by providing for the continuous cataloguing of
scientific papers published in the United States, and they suggest the
propriety and feasibility of the work being undertaken by the Smith-
sonian Institution.

Prof. S. P. Langley, Secretary of that Institution, to whom I sub-
mitted the report of the delegates, concurs -in their view as to the
great importance of a successful execution of the conclusions of the
conference, and as to the propriety of this Government’s taking its
share of the proposed work by providing for the cataloguing of scien-

1770 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

tific publications of the United States. He recognizes the propriety
also of the suggestion that this Government should employ the Smith-
sonian Institution as an agent in the matter, but points out that the
work if assigned to the Smithsonian would require a person of special
qualifications to immediately assist the Secretary, together with a num-
ber of trained clerical assistants, and that the salaries of these persons,
and the expense incident to the work, would require an appropriation
of not less than $10,000 per annum. I inclosea copy of Professor
Langley’s letter on the subject.

The most efficient means for the purpose would seem to be a joint
resolution of both Houses of Congress, and I have the honor to suggest
the inclosed draft as embodying Professor Langley’s views.

I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,

RIcHARD OLNEY.
Hon. THomas B. REEp,,.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Resolved, etc., That for the purpose of carrying out on the part of the United
States the recommendation of the International Conference on a Catalogue of Scientific
Literature held in London, in July, 1896, the sum of $10,000, or so much thereof as may
be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treas-
ury not otherwise appropriated, for the expense of clerk hire and the other expenses
incident to the work of cataloguing the scientific publications of the United States,
the same to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian ~
Institution.

Wasuineton, D. C., October 15, 1896.

Str: The undersigned having been appointed by the honorable the
Secretary of State delegates to the International Conference on a Cata-
logue of Scientific Literature, held in London in July last by request
of the Royal Society, and having performed the duty thus devolving
upon them, have the honor to submit the following report on the
subject:

The object of the conference was to reach an international agree-
ment as to the steps necessary to the preparation, editing, and con-
tinuous publication of a catalogue of the current scientific literature
of all countries. The need of such a catalogue has been felt from the
time that the volume of published scientific researches began to assume
its present colossal proportions. About 1860 the Royal Society under-
took to supply this need by the preparation of a general catalogue of
scientific papers. The first volume of this work appeared in 1867.
In the preface it is stated that the undertaking originated in a com-
munication from Dr. Joseph Henry, Secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution, to the meeting of the British association at Glasgow in
1855, suggesting the formation of a catalogue of philosophical memoirs.

This work has been completed by the Royal Society up to the year
1883. In the meantime, owing to the constant increase of the volume
of published researches, the task of continuing the catalogue has

FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS, 1895-1897. LGPL

become so heavy that the Royal Society should no longer be expected
to bear the entire burden of its continuance. Moreover, in its present
form, the catalogue is arranged solely according to authors’ names.
‘In order that the work of the future should be entirely satisfactory,
it is necessary that the catalogue should also be arranged according to
subjects.

Under these circumstances, the Royal Society last year moved the
British Government to make application to the Governments of those
countries most interested to send delegates to an international confer-
ence on the subject, to be held in London in July, 1896. At this meeting
nearly all the leading countries of the world were represented. From
the beginning the views were found to be substantially harmonious so
far as general conclusions were concerned, and the discussion turned
rather upon the form than upon the substance. of the proposition sub-
mitted. The conclusions as finally formulated are embodied in the
inclosed copy of the act.

It will be seen that by the thirty-second resolution the delegates
were especially requested to bring the following two resolutions to
the attention of their respective Governments:

[See letter of Secretary of State. |

Under these circumstances it seems especially fae able that the Gov-
ernment of the United States should take its part in the proposed work
by providing for the continuous cataloguing of scientific papers pub-
lished in the United States. It can for this purpose call to its aid a
national institution well prepared to direct and supervise the undertak-
ing. The Smithsonian Institution, founded by private munificence for
the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men and placed in trust.
under the Government of the United States, was the original proposer
of the undertaking now under consideration, and has been made the
agent of the Government in the direction of important scientific enter-
prises. We would therefore respectfully suggest that the Depart-
ment of State communicate with the Secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution upon this subject, more especially as to the propriety and
feasibility of the work being undertaken by that Institution and as to
the probable expense, and that when these facts are ascertained the
matter will be laid before Congress with such recommendations as the
. Department, in its wisdom, may deem appropriate.

Very respectfully, your obedient servants,
Srmuon NEwcoms.

JoHN 8. BILuines.
The SECRETARY OF STATE,

State Department, Washington, D. C.

Wiel CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION,
Washington, October 27, 1896.

Srr: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communi-
cations of the 16th and 21st instants, inclosing copies of a report of the ©
delegates of this Government to the International Conference on a Cat-
alogue of Scientific Literature, summoned in London by the British
Government at the request of the Royal Society in July last, and invit-
ing an expression of my opinion as to the propriety and feasibility of
the United States taking part, through the Smithsonian Institution, in
the proposed work by providing for the continuous cataloguing of
scientific literature published in the United States, as suggested by the
delegates, and further requesting an estimate of the probable expense
attendant thereto.

I fully concur in the view of the delegates as to the great impor-
tance of a successful execution of the conclusions of the conference, and
as to the propriety of this Government taking its share of the proposed
work by providing for the cataloguing of the scientific publications of
the United States. This opinion is strengthened by the fact that the
recommendations made are due to results emanating from the interna-
tional conference, at which the United States was officially represented,
and by the further considerations that the benefits to be derived from
this undertaking are not only great and far-reaching for the scientifie
progress of America, but also of universal value, and that all the great
and many of the smaller nations will take part in the work.

I recognize also the propriety of the suggestion that the Govern- .
ment should employ the Smithsonian Institution as.an agent in this
matter, particularly since the Institution, as the delegates have pointed
out, first suggested this subject in 1855, and since it has been from its
earliest organization interested in scientific bibliography.

I should, however, be reluctant to commit the Institution to the
appearance of soliciting Congress in this matter in any case, or to the
undertaking of the enterprise, however worthy, unless provision could
be made for the necessary expenses of the work. After considering the
subject, it seems to me that the work, if assigned to the Smithsonian
Institution, would require a person of special qualifications to imme-
diately assist the Secretary, together with a number of trained clerical
assistants, and that the salaries for these persons and the expenses |
incident to the work would require an appropriation of not less than
$10,000 per annum.

Expenditures on this appropriation would probably not need to be
available before the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1899, though it
would seem to be advisable that if the Government is to cooperate in
the proposed work there should be some earlier assurance of this.

Should the views here given meet with your approval, I venture to
express the hope that the Department of State will bring this matter

FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS, 1895-1897. 1773

to the attention of the President for transmission to Congress, as was
done on a previous occasion when the Institution was requested to
assume the care of the international exchange of publications in behalf
of the Government.

I have, ete., ;
S. P. Lanenry, Secretary.
Hon. RicHArRD OLNEY,
. Secretary of State.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
January 5, 1897—Senate.

The Vicr-PrestpEnt, (Mr. A. E. Stevenson), presented letter from
the Secretary of State relative to a Catalogue of Scientific Literature;
same as presented on the 18th of December, 1896, in the House.

Referred to Committee on Foreign Relations.

GOVERNMENT OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.

January 20, 1897—Senate.

Mr. G. F. Hoar. I wish to say for myself that I have not been dis-
posed to interfere with what the Senate as in Committee of the Whole
has concluded to be best in regard to dealing with the National Library,
which is to be removed from the Capitol and to assume very much
larger proportions as a public institution. But I am satisfied that
very soon the National Library must be governed in some such way
as the Smithsonian Institution is now governed, and that the present
method of government will be found inadequate and unsatisfactory to
the people and to Congress.

The great experience and ability of the present Librarian make it
pretty sure that any method of dealing with that institution will be
reasonably satisfactory so long as his services are spared; but I expect
that very soon it will be found necessary for the two Houses of Con-
gress to provide for a permanent rearrangement for the future, which
will involve the imitation and expansion of the scheme now in opera-

tion in regard to the Smithsonian Institution.
* * * * * * *

Mr. Wixxrnson Catt. By this bill, when enacted into law, Congress
forever puts it out of their power to control the Library. It now loses
its name and function of a Congressional Library and becomes a
National or Presidential Library, beyond the control of Congress,
except by the President’s consent. It completely separates the Library
from the control of Congress. ;

Then, again, how many distinguished men in every State of this
Union would be glad to be associated in some shape with this great
institution, the Library? Why not, according to the example of
England in her great library associations, have the distinguished —
scholars, the great literary men of this country be named as regents

1774 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

in connection with this institution, and why should not the Joint —

Committee on the Library of the two Houses of Congress have con-
trol and be the active managers of the Library? You would then
surround it with great dignity. You would attract to it the respect
and the regard of the people of the country.

Now, we have no power over it. The mere fact that the rules and
regulations shall be made with the approval of the Library Committee
of the two Houses amounts to nothing, and the whole scheme is simply
a divesting of all power on the part of Congress. It is done upon the
idea that there is something in the Constitution of the United States
which forbids the creation of an officer, even if he be an employee of
Congress, except by the nomination of the President. Yet this plan
is open to the objection that neither does the Constitution authorize
the Librarian by statute to appoint officers or employees any more
than you could do so by resolution of Congress.

The Constitution says Congress may vest the power in the head of
a department. You do not make this a department, and yet you pro-
vide that these two officers shall create the offices and appoint all the
officers who are necessary for the management of this building and
the conduct of the Library. So, in every point of view, whether it
be upon constitutional objection or in respect of the dignity which
should attach to this great institution, or as a matter of policy by
which we would attract to it the affections of the great masses of the
people—the literary men, the scholars of the country—from every

point of view it is objectionable to put this great institution under the *

entire control and management of two men, whom I would select for
those offices by joint resolution of Congress, but whom I would sur-
round with the support of the scientific and literary men of the
United States. ¥"

I think the scheme is an objectionable one. There should be a
regent appointed from every State. Every man who attains national
eminence should participate in the honor and distinction of being con-
nected with this great national institution, which could easily be done
after the manner in which associations—library associations—are con-
ducted in England, and the committee of the two Houses should be
the operating and managing trustees, to whom all matters should be
referred.

I desire to express my dissent from the provisions of the bill in
regard to that matter.

ARNE a tie am cae” >

FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, 1897-1899. , > TS

FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, 1897-1899.
APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS

By the Vice-President.

_ March 15, 1897—Senate.

The Vick-PRESIDENT (Mr. Garret A. Hopart) reappointed o..-
Morrill a member of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Insti-
tution, to fill the vacancy caused by the expiration of his term as
Senator March 4, 1897.

January 18, 1899—Senate.

The Vicre-PrestpEnt (Mr. Garret A. Hopart), under the authority
conferred by section 5581 of the Revised Statutes, appointed O. H.
Platt, of Connecticut, to fill the vacancy on the Board of Regents of
the Smithsonian Institution caused by the death of the late Senator
Justin S. Morrill.

March 3, 1899—Senate.

Mr. Grorcre Gray. Mr. President, some years ago, under an act of
Congress to that effect, I had the honor of being appointed a Regent
of the Smithsonian Institution. I desire now to resign that appoint-
ment at the hands of the President of the Senate, and I ask him to
take such action as is appropriate in the premises.

The Vicn-Prestpent (Mr. Garret A. Hopart). Unless there be
objection, the resignation of the Senator from Delaware is accepted.

The Chair appoints William Lindsay, Regent on the part of the
Senate of the Smithsonian Institution, under the provisions of the
Revised Statutes relative to that Institution, to fill the vacancy occa-
sioned by the’resignation of the Senator from Delaware.

APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS
By the Speaker.
December 17, 1897—House.

The Speaker (Mr. T. B. ReEp) by unanimous consent announced
the appointment of Joseph Wheeler, R. R. Hitt, and Robert Adams,
Jr.,as Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, the appointment to date
as of December 22.

: APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS

By Joint Resolution.’
January 6, 1898—House.

Mr. T. S. Prowman introduced joint resolution (H. 112) to appoint
J. L. M. Curry, Regent.

Referred to Committee on the Library.
January 17, 1898—House.

Mr. JosepH WHEELER introduced joint resolution (H. 121):

Resolved, etc., That the vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian
Institution, of the class other than members of Congress, shall be filled by the

1776 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

appointment of Alexander Graham Bell, a resident of the city of Washington, in
place of Gardiner G. Hubbard, of the city of Washington, deceased; and by the
reappointment of John B. Henderson, a resident of the city of Washington, and of
William Preston Johnston, of Louisiana, whose terms of office expire on January 26,
1898.

Referred to Committee on the Library.
January 18, 1898—House.

Mr. JosepH WHEELER. I ask unanimous consent that the Cane
mittee on the Library be discharged from the further consideration of
House joint resolution No. 121, and that it be now considered and put
on its passage.

The Speaker (Mr. T. B. Reep). Is there objection to the present
consideration of this joint resolution ?

Mr. Newtson Dinciey, Jr. Before consent is given, I wish to ask
whether this joint resolution has been favorably reported by the
appropriate committee.

Mr. Wueecer. It has not been reported; it was only introduced
yesterday. My reason for asking unanimous consent to have the com-
mittee discharged from further consideration of the resolution, and
that it be now acted upon, is that the annual meeting of the Regents
takes place next Tuesday, and unless the resolution is acted upon very
promptly it will be very difficult, if not impossible, to get a quorum.

Mr. Drnetey. Has the resolution been examined by the committee
having such matters in charge?

Mr. Wuee ter. I do not think it has been.

Mr. Drvetey. I do not like to see a resolution of this kind passed
without having been examined by some committee.

Mr. Wueeter. I regretted the necessity for asking for the passage
of the resolution without the approval of the committee, and would
not have done so had it not been important to have prompt action.

Mr. Dinetry. This matter may be all right, but generally it is best
that matters of this kind be reported upon by a committee.

Mr. Ropert Apams, Jr. Permit me to say that it is very important
this matter should go through promptly. The annual meeting of the
Board of Regents is to: be held on the 26th of this month. and these
names have been considered very carefully

Mr. Dinetry. By members of the committee?

Mr. Apams. No; it has not been referred to a committee.

Mr. Dryevey. It is a bad precedent to pass a resolution of this kind
without examination by a committee. This may be all right, but I do
not like the precedent.

Mr. WHEELER. I looked for the members of the committee, and I
could not find any of them. _No member of the committee has been
present to-day.

Mr. Apams. As a matter of fact, these resolutions always go
through. ‘This is simply a matter of routine.

a

KIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, 1897-1899. Tite

Mr. Dineiey. That may be. 1 do not desire to make any objection
except to the precedent which would be established. We have a com-
mittee that ought to consider this matter and report upon it. I have
no reason to doubt that in this case the action proposed is all right.

Mr. S. E. Payne. Probably in a day or two the resolution could be
reported in the regular way.

Mr. Dineury. It might be reported immediately.

Mr. ADAMS. Poebnies ally, | think the gentleman from Maine Mtr
Dingley] is perfectly correct; but this is a mere matter of form, and
as the meeting takes place on the 26th, it is very important that these
vacancies be filled.

Mr. Dinetry. Can the gentleman state to us that the members of
the committee have ee ed the matter and that they agree to this
method of disposition 4 ;

Mr. Avams. I can not.

Mr. WHEELER. Two of the gentlemen ae names are mentioned,
Mr. Henderson and Mr. Johnston, were appointed six years ago, and
they were then considered by the committee; but one of the gentlemen
proposed is a new member, and his name has not been considered. I
know that the resolution conforms to the wishes of the Secretary of
the Smithsonian. I will state further, that Mr. Bell, one of the nomi-
nees, is a son-in-law of Mr. Gardiner G. Hubbard, and the inventor of
the Bell telephone.

Mr. Dinetrey. Who are the members of the committee 4

Mr Wueeter. Mr. Angell, now in Turkey; Mr. White, now in
Germany

Mr. Dinetry. I mean the members of the House committee.

Mr. Wuereter. Mr. Hitt, Mr. Adams, and myself.

Mr. Drnetey. I understand, then, that two members of the House
committee, constituting a majority, assent to this proposition. If so,
I have no desire—

Mr. WHEELER. I misunderstood the gentleman. I now see that he
meant to inquire who are the members of the Committee on the Library. |
They are Mr. Harmer, Mr. Quigg, and Mr. Cummings. I first under-
stood him to inquire the names of the House Regents.

Mr. Dinetry. Then, if the House committee has not examined the
subject, I think the resolution, as a matter of precedent, should go to

the committee to be reported on in the regular way.

The Speaker. Objection is made.
January 19, 1898—House. -

Mr. L. E. Quice reported joint resolution (H. 121).

The Speaker (Mr. T. B. ReEp). Is there objection to the present
consideration of the joint resolution?

Mr. Jerry Smpson. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, I
would like to hear some explanation.

H. Doc. 732 112

KES ~ CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

Mr. Quiac. There is no explanation other than that contained in
the resolution. The resolution reappoints two.of the Regents, Mr.
Henderson and Mr. Johnston, of Louisiana, and appoints Mr. Bell, a
resident of this city, in place of Mr. Hubbard. The House Commit-
tee on the Library has unanimously reported the joint resolution, and
the object of this resolution is to fill these vacancies.

Mr. Srvpeson. I have no objection if the committee has considered
the matter.

The SpraKker. The Chair hears no objection.

Agreed to.

January 19, 1898—Senate.

H. 121 passed.
January 24, 1898.

Resolved, etc., That the vacancies in the Board of Regents of the
Smithsonian Institution, of the class other than members of Congress,
shall be filled by the appointment of Alexander Graham Bell, a resi-
dent of the city of Washington, in place of Gardiner G. Hubbard, of -
the city of Washington, deceased; and by the reappointment of John -
B. Henderson, a resident of the city of Washington, and of William
Preston Johnston, of Louisiana, whose terms of office expire on Jan-
uary 26, 1898. !

(Stat., XXX, 733.)

January 18, 1899—Senate.

Mr. Orvitie H. Puarr introduced joint resolution (5. 996) to fill
vacancies in the Board of Regents of the S1_ithsonian Institution.

Referred to Committee on the Library. .
January 19, 1899—House.

Mr. R. R. Hrrrasked for the consideration of the resolution (H. 338):

Resolved, etc., That the vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Insti-
tution, of the class other than members of Congress, shall be filled by the reappoint-
ment of James B. Angell, a resident of Michigan, whose term of office expires on
January 19, 1899.

¢

The Speaker (Mr. T. B. ReEp). Is there objection to the present
consideration of the joint resolution? The Chair hears none.

Joint resolution (H. 338) passed.

January 20, 1899—Senate.

Mr. Henry C. Hansprovuen, from Committee on the Library,
reported $. 226 without amendment.

The joint resolution (H. 338) to fill vacancies in the Board of Regents
of the Smithsonian Institution was read the first time by its title.

Mr. JAMES McMinuan. I ask unanimous consent that the joint reso-
lution be now put on its passage. It is identical with the measure
reported this morning from the Committee on the Library by the
Senator from North Dakota [Mr. Hansbrough].

FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, 1897-1899. 1779

The PresmpENT pro tempore (Mr. Jacop H. GALurncER). Is there
objection to the present consideration of the joint resolution 4

There being no objection, the joint resolution (H. 338) was considered
as in Committee of the Whole, and reported to the Senate without
amendment.

Passed.

January 24, 1899.

Resolved, ete., That the vacancy in the Board of Regents of the
Smithsonian Institution, of the class other than members of Congress,
shall be filled by the reappointment of James B. Angell, a resident of
Michigan, whose term of office expires on January 19, 1899.

(Stat., XXX, 1387.)

SETTLEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND STATE OF ARKANSAS.

_ March 15, 1897—House.

Mr. Tuomas C. McRax introduced bill (H. 51), for compromise and
settlement between the United States and the State of Ar kansas.

Referred to Committee on Public Lands.

March 16, 1897—Senate.

Mr. J. H. Berry introduced bill (S. 3). Same as H. 51, introduced
on March 15, 1897.

Referred to Committee on Public Lands.

March 22, 1897—Senate.

Mr. J. H. Berry, from Coe ee on Public Lands, submitted
report (5. 2) on bill (S. 3).

March 29, 1897—Senate.

Passed.

March 31, 1897—House.

Bill (S. 3) for compromise and settlement between the United States
and State of Arkansas referred to Committee on Public Lands.
April 14, 1898—House.

Mr. J. F. Lacry. In 1836 the State of Arkansas issued its bonds
to the Real Estate Bank of that State. Those bonds were issued
in order to expand the currency and give to the people ‘‘a sufli-
cient volume of currency to transact the business of the country
without the aid or consent of any other State or nation on earth.”
That proposition in 1836 was enacted into law and followed by the
issuance of $2,000,000 of bonds to this Real Estate Bank. Five htin-
dred thousand and some odd dollars of those bonds ultimately passed
into the funds of the Smithsonian Institution and $90,000 into the
Cherokee [Chickasaw] trust fund. Afterwards those bonds were not
paid. Their interest was not paid. The Government of the United
States assumed the indebtedness and paid into the Treasury for the
use of these two funds its own bonds for a like amount, thus assuming
to control in the Treasury the Arkansas bonds.

1780 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

The transaction originated about sixty-one or sixty-two years ago.
Since then controversies have arisen between the State of Arkansas
and the United States in regard to public lands, swamp lands, the 5°
per cent fund from the sale of various lands, etc. Various claims have
arisen on behalf of the State of Arkansas and against the United States;
and those matters have remained unsettled. The United States, how-
ever, has from time to time credited certain sums, amounting to about
$55,000, upon this indebtedness.

* * * * * * *

Now, I have never felt that the settlement made by the Secretary of
the Treasury and the Secretary of the Interior could, as a statement
of accounts, be approved by any court of chancery, or as a detailed
statement of accounts could be approved by Congress. If there were
no intervening equities, as a mere statement of accounts I have not
felt that it was a just one—one that could be approved as a specific —
statement of the claims for and against the different parties.

But when we take into consideration what has happened in all these
years; when we take into consideration that this transaction occurred
away back in 1836; when we take into consideration what the State has
suffered since then, and the total amount of its indebtedness at this
time; that it is a struggling community; that many portions of the
State have been heavily overflowed; that its expenses in the construc-
tion of dikes and levees and in the drainage of its swamps have been
very great; when we take into consideration the heroic struggles that
that State has made in behalf of education (for in traveling through
that wild Western State to-day you will find the schoolhouse on the
edge of the swamp, almost at the edge of the cypress timber); when
we find that they are making this heroic struggle to bring the State
out upon a high plane of progress, on a level with any other State in
the Union, and when we consider that this old debt, originating away
back before the war, has hung as a cloud over the affairs of that State,
I assert it is perhaps just and right, and in all respects best, to accept
this statement as a lumping settlement—as a general lumping of
accounts—and to say that if the State of Arkansas will pay the $160,000
provided for in this contract, or give its new bonds as here provided,
and adjust the various land matters as provided in the amendment
proposed by the committee, it would be best to accept this settlement
and end this old controversy which began before most of us were
born.

Taking this view of the matter, I have felt constrained to concur in
the report which recommends this settlement as a general closing of
accounts between the two governments, so as to end this strife and to
start anew. ;

It will be remembered, Mr. Speaker, that a long time ago the sur-
plus in the Treasury was divided up among the States—was deposited

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with those States, to be drawn back from them at some future time
when needed by the General Government. That money never has
been returned. It was afterwards considered an equitable adjust-
ment as between Virginia, North Carolina, and other old States of the
Union, which had received none of the public lands, and the younger
States that had received their share of public lands, but had not received
so large a proportion of the funds deposited with the States.

I think that was the general feeling in the committee amongst those
who have had this matter before them over and over again for the last
eight or ten years, that we had better for once and for all time settle
the question by this adjustment made, and accepting what was con-
sidered to be a reasonable sum by the Secretary of the Treasury and
the Secretary of the Interior as a compromise.

There is a considerable area of the public lands of the State of Arkan-
sas that is claimed by the Lron Mountain Railroad Company. On that
land taxes were paid by the company to the State of Arkansas for
twenty years and over. The State, under the swamp-land act, has set
up a claim to that land. Most of the land, however, has passed into
the hands of settlers, and it was deemed best while making a general
settlement of the whole matter that the title of all these parties should
be quieted and the cloud of disputed title removed from their lands,
which cover a very large area of the State. That is provided for in
the amendment proposed by the committee and which was read to the
House on yesterday.

Now, sir, I believe ina general way that this gives the outlines of
the proposition pending before the House on the report of your com-
mittee, and | yield the remainder of my time, or so much as he may
desire, to the gentleman from Arkansas [Mr. McRae].

Mr. W.J. Tapert. Is this the unanimous report of the committee /

Mr. Lacey. It is.

Mr. Neuson Dinawey, Jr. Before the gentleman from Iowa takes
his seat I would like to ask him one or two questions with reference
to this matter.

I understand that this is a settlement recommended by the then Sec-
retary of the Treasury and the Commissioner of the Land Office, or
was it the Secretary of the Interior?

Mr. Lacry. The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the
Treasury, together with the governor of Arkansas. They appointed
experts, who went, examined, and made a statement of the account.
The question was submitted to the governor of Arkansas and the Sec-
retaries of the Interior and of the Treasury, and they entered into a
written agreement to make the settlement on the basis of the payment
by the State of $160,572, and referred it to Congress, as required by
the act of Congress which authorized the settlement thus tentatively
to be made.

1782 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

Mr. Dinetry. That is, a balance of $160,000 is to be paid to the
United States in settlement of the conflicting claims?

Mr. Lacey. Yes; $160,572.

Mr. Dtnaury. Is there any provision in the bill which preserves the
right to the United States until this money is paid and the claim
adjusted in that manner?

Mr. Lacry. There is a provision by which all of the lands revert
absolutely to the United States. Not only these lands, but the swamp
lands and all others.

Mr. Diyetry. Unless that amount is paid?

Mr. Lacry. In addition to that amount the State of Arkansas relin-
quishes all claims set up as to any swamp lands and other lands not
yet patented to the State. They all are relinquished.

Mr. Drnetey. And it is, in the judgment of the chairman of the
committee, a fair settlement of the case, so far as the interests of the
Government of the United States are concerned ?

Mr. Lacey. Well, I have felt that while in my judgment a larger
sum ought to be paid, yet taking into consideration all the elements,
which have been explained to the House, the antiquity of the claim
and various other questions entering into its consideration, I have felt
that it was better to accept the settlement agreed on by the State
and the two Secretaries as the best that could be done under the
circumstances.

I should have made the amount larger myself, but at the same time
it seems impossible to arrive at an amount greater than that fixed in
the bill. ;

* * * * * * *

Mr. THomas C. McRar. Mr. Speaker, Arkansas came into the
Union June 15, 1836, with a constitution that contained the following
provision: .

The general assembly may incorporate one State bank, with such amount of capital
as may be deemed necessary, and such number of branches as may be required for
the public convenience, which shall become the repository of the funds belonging to
or under the control of the State, and shall be required to loan them out throughout
the State and in each county in proportion to representation. And they shall further
have power to incorporate one other banking institution calculated to aid and pro-
mote the great agricultural interests of the country, and the faith and credit of the
State may be pledged to raise the funds necessary to carry into operation the two
banks herein specified: Provided, Such security can be given by the individual stock-
holders as will guarantee the State against loss or injury.

Both of the banks authorized by this constitution were provided for
by the first general assembly of the State, and they were both put in
operation.

The first act of the first general assembly was one ‘‘ to establish the
Real Estate Bank,” which was an institution private in its character,
with a right in the State to select a minority of its directors, owned

FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, 1897-1899. 1783

by private stockholders, who subscribed their stock and attempted to
secure its payments by real-estate mortgages. To this private institu-
tion the State in its infancy lent its credit by issuing about $2,000,000
of 6 per cent thirty-year bonds, to be sold by the bank at par value.

These bonds were negotiated and the capital to start the bank was
in that way raised. Under the provisions of the first act of the gen-
eral assembly the Real Estate Bank was established at Little Rock,
with branches at Washington, Arkansas Post, Batesville, and Helena,
and the entire stock first authorized was taken in the eastern portion
of the State. Running a line from Batesville to Washington showed
all of the stockholders to be east of that line. This caused great dis-
satisfaction in the western portion of the State, and, in consequence of
this, at the next session of the general assembly there was another act
passed authorizing the further issue of $500,000 of bonds to establish
a branch of the Real Estate Bank at Van Buren, and required that the
‘stockholders or subscribers should be confined to certain western
counties.

This stock was subscribed, and the stock mortgages put upon record
to secure it, but the bonds, which are now known as the Holford
bonds, could not be sold at par and were illegally hypothecated by the
bank to the North American Trust and Banking Company for only
$125,000. As this was not sufficient to establish the branch bank, the
funds were placed in the parent bank at Little Rock and the branch
bank was never put in operation. The consequence was, when the
State attempted to foreclose on the Holford bond mortgages she was
defeated on the ground of failure of consideration.

The bank suspended specie payment on the 2d day of November,
1839, and on the 2d day of April, 1842, became hopelessly insolvent
and made an assignment of its real estate, credits and effects, bonds,
bills, notes, and money. The State proceeded against the bank by
quo warranto to seize the franchise, and the supreme court in passing
upon the question said, ‘‘She has abused her trust and perverted its
object, and this works a forfeiture of her charter.” There was a
great deal of expensive litigation and much delay in winding up the
affairs of the bank, and the net assets realized were only sufficient to
pay avery small part of the bonds loaned by the State to it, and so
the legal liability still rests upon the people after the lapse of nearly
sixty years.

They do not and will not dispute the legal and moral obligation to
pay so many of these bonds as are now owned by the United States,
for they were all negotiated strictly in accordance with the law of the
State which authorized their issue and sale, and as a matter of fact
the bank received a dollar in cash for every dollar of the bonds deliy-
ered to the United States as trustee for the Smithsonian and Chickasaw
funds. But the unredeemed bonds issued on behalf of both banks,

1784 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

including interest to October 1, 1868, was $4,993,503, and that sum
represents the loss to the State on account of the unfortunate bank
ventures. The State has never recovered her credit, lost largely by
the efforts to sustain these banks.

The claim of the United States.—The United States invested $538, —
000 of the Smithsonian fund and $90,000 of the Chickasaw fund in
these bonds. The United States also invested $3,000 of the Chickasaw
orphan fund in 5 per cent bonds. As of the date of January 1, 1874,
the $90,000 of Chickasaw bonds and interest were funded into $252,000
new 6 per cent bonds, due January 1, 1900. The principal of all the
bonds amounts to $793,000, and in the pending compromise the State
is charged with that, and in addition the interest thereon to the time
of maturity, which is $818,803, making in all the sum of $1,611,803.61.
No interest is charged against the State after the maturity of the
bonds, although upon their face they bear interest until the payment
of the principal. If interest should be added to this date, the amount
is nearly $3,000,000.

From time to time, as the State defaulted in the payments, Congress
appropriated money to protect the trust funds invested in the bonds,
and the United States now own in their own right all of the bonds,
and the Smithsonian and Indian funds have nothing to do \7ith them.
When the bonds matured in 1861 the State had seceded from the
Union and was engaged in an effort to sustain the Confederacy. The
whole country was then in a state of cruel war, which, after four
years, left the State peopled principally with widows and orphans,
aged men, and maimed soldiers, without any organized State govern-
ment; her relations to the General Government uncertain; a new and
ignorant citizenship to deal with, and aliens as rulers.

With this condition of affairs, it is unnecessary for me to say that
nothing was or could be done to pay the debt to the United States.
From then until now the people who survived the wreck and ruin of
that sad conflict of the sections and the more disastrous effects of the
reconstruction period that followed it have labored with all -their
energies to rebuild their lost fortunes; but the high taxes, hard times,
floods, and droughts have made it almost impossible to do more than
support the State government, and they are yet unable to fully meet
the demands pressing upon them for public schools and other import-
ant purposes. With the present low price of cotton, our great farm _
product, the probabilities of the State ever being able to pay the
principal and interest of these real-estate bonds in money are very
slight, even if willing to do so.

I do not hesitate to say that I do not believe she can pay the full’
amount of them by taxation, and for that reason 1 have sought to effect
a compromise. I regret this condition as much as anyone possibly
can, for I love the State passionately, and I wish she were strong

FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, 1897-1899. 1785

enough financially to meet all of her just and legal debts without ask-
ing any reduction or compromise. But knowing as I do the inability
of the State and the demands upon her, I have for twelve years
earnestly and persistently worked and anxiously hoped for some
amicable adjustment which would make it possible for her to establish
a credit and in an honorable way provide for her other debts. With
these bonds settled, the State will be in a condition to pay or adjust
upon honorable terms the remainder of her debt. The State is
improving in many ways, and with this menace removed, I shall
expect such an influx of immigration and capital as will astonish the
world.

This is a compromise.—Confessing her inability tomake payment of
these old bank debts, the State has for many years urged a settlement
by compromise, relying largely upon the liberality of the United
States to allow her to use her claim to land and land indemnity, the
only available assets she has for such a purpose. By the act of
August 4, 1894, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the
Treasury were fully authorized and empowered to compromise, adjust,
and finally settle with the State all matters growing out of the old
Real Estate Bank bonds and the unadjusted land grants, upon such
terms and conditions as to them might seem just and equitable, subject
to approval by Congress.

* * * * * * *

The benefits to accrue to the United States under the settlement are
(1) that the State must pay the sum of $160,572 into the Treasury of
the United States before January 1, 1900, and (2) must release all her
claim to the money received by the United States for confirmed swamp
lands sold by the United States; (3) title will forever be quieted in the
United States to about a million acres of land now in dispute between
them and the State; (4) and it prevents any claim against the United
States for indemnity lands by the land-grant railroad companies if the
lands certified to the State for railroad purposes should be held to
have previously passed to the State under the swamp-land grant.

The great benefits to accrue to the State are (1) an honorable release
from the old bonds and make it possible for her to re-establish her
credit and honor in the financial world; (2) a final settlement of the
old contentions and disputes growing out of the several land grants,
which have cost the State more than she can hope to realize from
them, and which have been a fruitful source of troublesome litigation
and annoyance to the people of the State and still beclouds the title to
the homes of thousands of the best citizens of the State; (3) it will
open to the settlers under the homestead and other public-land laws
all of the vacant lands now in dispute between the State and the United
States.

Mr. Speaker, this is a brief history of an old, confused, and com-

1786 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

plicated controversy and a fair statement of the claims upon the one
side and upon the other.

Passed with an amendment.

April 18, 1898—Senate.

Passed House amendment.
April 29, 1898— ‘

Be it enacted, etc., That the compromise and settlement effected
February 23, 1895, between the United States and the State of
Arkansas by John G. Carlisle, Secretary of the Treasury, and Hoke
Smith, Secretary of the Interior, on behalf of the United States, and
James P. Clarke, governor of Arkansas, on behalf of that State, which
was made under and by virtue of the authority conferred by an act
of Congress approved August 4, 1894, entitled ‘* An act to authorize
a compromise and settlement with the State of Arkansas,” and the act
of the general assembly of Arkansas, approved April 8, 1889, author-
izing the governor to act for that State, be, and the same is hereby,
approved and given the full force and effect of law upon the declara-
tions and conditions hereinafter provided.

Sec. 2. That the amount of $662,971.35, with which the State is
credited in said compromise and settlement for 132,594.27 acres of
indemnity land, at the price of $5 an acre, be, and the same is hereby,
reduced to the amount of $331,485.63, the value of said indemnity
land at $2.50 an acre, the double minimum price of Government land;
and the State of Arkansas is hereby credited with the sum of $331,-
485.68 for 265,188.54 acres of additional selected unadjusted swamp
land, at $1.25 per acre, the minimum price of Government land, leay-
ing the balance to be paid by the State of Arkansas to the United
States under said compromise and settlement, $160,572.

Sec.3. That the title of all persons who have purchased from the
State of Arkansas any unconfirmed swamp land and hold deeds for the
same be, and the same is hereby, confirmed and made valid as against
any claim or right of the United States, and without the payment by
said persons, their heirs or assigns, of any sum whatever to the United
States or to the State of Arkansas.

Sec. 4. That the State of Arkansas does hereby relinquish and quit-
claim to the United States all lands heretofore confirmed, certified, or
patented to the State which have been entered under the public-land
laws; and does hereby cede, relinquish, and quitclaim to the United
States all right, title, and interest under the acts of September 28,
1850, March 2, 1855, and March 3, 1857, in and to all lands in the State
which have been heretofore granted, confirmed, certified, or patented
by the United States under any other acts, and the title te such lands
is hereby confirmed in the grantees, their heirs, successors or assigns,
anything in this act or any other act to the contrary notwithstanding:
Provided, That this act shall be of no force or effect until the State of

FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, 1897-1899. 1787

Arkansas shall have accepted and approved the conditions, limitations,
and provisions herein contained by an act of the general assembly or
by an instrument in writing duly executed by the governor under the
authority conferred upon him by the legislature of said State, and filed
with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of the Interior
within one year from the approval of this act: Provided further, That
whereas the general assembly of the State of Arkansas did, on the 10th
day of March, 1897, accept and approve the conditions, limitations,
and provisions herein contained before the passage of this act, making
the same effective and conclusive, therefore this act shall be in full
force and effect from and after its passage.
(Stat., XXX, 367.)

ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY—ANNALS.

May 18, 1897—Senate.

Mr. H. C. Loner submitted concurrent resolution:

That there be printed and bound 3,000 copies of a special report describing the
methods and results of the investigations conducted at the astrophysical observatory
of the Smithsonian Institution, entitled Annals of the Astrophysical Observatory, of
which number 500 copies shall be for the use of the Senate, 1,000 copies for the use
of the House of Representatives, and 1,500 for distribution by the Smithsonian
Institution.

Referred to Committee on Printing.
June 3, 1897—Senate.

Mr. H. C. Loner, from Committee on Printing, to whom was refer-
red the concurrent resolution submitted May 18, reported it without
amendment. |

Agreed to.

June 7, 1897—House.

Senate concurrent resolution of June 3, referred to Committee on

Printing.

~

ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY—ESTIMATES.

December 6, 1897—House.
Estimates for 1899.

For maintenance of Astrophysical Observatory, under the direction
of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries of assistants, appa-
ratus, and miscellaneous expenses, $10,000.

Nore.—Investigations of economic as well as scientific value are carried on at the
Astrophysical Observatory, which was established in 1890. The results are among the
newest and most important developments of astrophysics, and are of such interest
that every considerable civilized government, notably those of France and Ger-
many, has organized such establishments in addition to and independent of the
observatories devoted to older processes of astronomy. The estimate herewith sub-
mitted contemplates no increase in the amount of the appropriation as compared
with that of the current year.

1788 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

December 5, 1898—House.
Estimates for 1900.

For maintenance of Astrophysical Observatory, under the direction
of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries of assistants, the
purchase of necessary books and periodicals, apparatus, printing and
publishing results of researches, not exceeding 1,500 copies, and mis-
celianeous expenses, $15,000.

Norr.—Investigations of economic as well as scientific value are carried on at the
Astrophysical Observatory, which was established in 1890. The results are among
the newest and most important developments of astrophysics, and are of such interest
that every considerable civilized government has organized such establishments in
addition to and independent of the observatories devoted to the older processes of
astionomy. It is requested that the sum of $5,000 be added to this appropriation, to
provide the means for increased operations and for printing.

ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY—APPROPRIATIONS.

June 4, 1897.
Sundry civil act for 1898.

For maintenance of Astrophysical Observatory, under the direec-
tion of the Smithsonian Institution, inctuding salaries of assistants,
apparatus, and miscellaneous expenses, $10,000.

(Stat., XXX. 22.)
July 1, 1898. ‘

Sundry civil act for 1899.

For maintenance of Astrophysical Observatory, under the direc-
tion of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries of assistants,
the purchase of necessary books and periodicals, apparatus, printing
and publishing results of researches, not exceeding 1,500 copies, and
miscellaneous expenses, $10,000.

(Stat., XXX, 608.)

July 7, 1898. ;
Deficiency act for 1898, ete.

That the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution is hereby author-
ized to apply any unezyended balance of the appropriation for the
Astrophysical Observatory, Smithsonian Institution, for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1898, to the imr~ovement of the building used
for the purposes of the said observatory, and the same is hereby
reappropriated and made available for expenditure during the fiscal
year 1899 for the object set forth.

(Stat., XXX, 662.)

March 3, 1899.
Sundry civil act for 1900.

For maintenance of Astrophysical Observatory, under the direc-
tion of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries of assistants, the
purchase of necessary books and periodicals, apparatus, printing and

2

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publishing results of researches, not exceeding 1,500 copies, repairs
and alteration of buildings, and miscellaneous expenses, $10,000.
(Stat., XXX, 1086.)

EXPOSITIONS.

Omaha Exposition.
June 4, 1897.
Sundry civil act for 1898.

For construction of building or buildings and for Government
exhibit, including each and every purpose connected therewith, at the
Transmississippi and International Exposition at the city of Omaha,
in the State of Nebraska, as provided by and within the limitations
and restrictions of the act approved June 10th, 1896, entitled ‘* An act
to authorize and encourage the holding of a Transmississippi and
International Exposition at the city of Omaha, in the State of
Nebraska, in the year 1898,” including the return of said Government
exhibit, $200,000, to be immediately available. .

(Stat., XXX, 26.)

June 30, 1897.

Whereas the Transmississippi and International Exposition Com-
pany, of Omaha, Nebraska, has extended invitations to various foreign
nations to make exhibits at the Transmississippi and International
Exposition to be held at said city anno Domini 1898, which invitations
have been accepted and space for installing foreign exhibits has been
applied for and duly awarded, and concessions and privileges have
been granted by the exposition management to the citizens and subjects
of foreign nations; and

Whereas for the purpose of securing the production on the exposi-
tion grounds of scenes illustrative of the architecture, dress, habits, and
modes of life, occupation, industries, means of locomotion and trans-
portation, amusements, entertainments, and the like, of the peoples of
foreign countries, it has become necessary for the Transmississippi and
International Exposition Company to grant concessions and privileges
to certain firms and corporations of the right to make such productions:
Therefore be it

Resolved, ctc., That the act of Congress Ae cestsed February 26,
anno Domini 1885, prohibiting the importation into’ the United
States of foreigners under contract to perform labor and the various
acts of Congress prohibiting the coming or bringing of Chinese
persons into the United States, and all acts of Congress amendatory
of said act or acts shall not be construed to prohibit the bringing into
the United States, under contract to labor, such mechanics, artisans,
agents, or other employees or persons, natives of their respective for-
eign countries, as the Secretary of the Treasury may deem necessary
for the purpose of making preparation for installing or conducting

. foreign exhibits; or preparing for installing or conducting any business

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authorized or permitted by virtue of any concession or privilege
which may have been or may hereafter be granted by the Transmis-
sissippi and International Exposition Company of Omaha, Nebraska,
in connection with such exposition. Nor shall any such act or acts
of Congress operate to prevent, hinder, or in any manner restrict any
foreign exhibitor, representative, or citizen of a foreign nation, or
holder of a concession or privilege from the Transmississippi and
International Exposition Company, from bringing into the United
States under contract any such mechanic, artisan, agent, or other
employee deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Treasury for the
purpose of making preparations for installing or conducting foreign
exhibits, or preparing for installing or conducting any business author-
ized or permitted under, or by virtue of, or pertaining to a conces-
sion or privilege which may have been or may be granted by the said
Transmississippi and International Exposition Company in connection
with such exposition: Provided, however, That no alien shall, by vir-
tue of this resolution, be permitted to enter the United States to per-
form labor therein, except by express permission, naming such alien,
and then not for a longer time than three months after the close of the
Transmississippi and International Exposition; and thereafter such
person shall be subject to all the processes and penalties applicable to
aliens coming into the United States in violation of any act of Con-
gress prohibiting alien contract labor from being brought or coming
into the United States.

Src. 2. That all-articles and property of any kind that may be
brought to the United States from any foreign country to be placed
on exhibition at such Transmississippi and International Exposition, as
well as all tools and implements necessary or proper to be used in pre-
paring for an exhibition and the equipment and paraphernalia of the
exhibitors, artisans, laborers, and the like shall be admitted to the
ports of the United States free of duty, under such rules and regula-
tions as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury: Pro-
vided, however, That said articles shall be removed from the United
States within six months after the close of said exposition. If not so
removed, and the same shall be sold or disposed of in the United States,
they shall be subject to the customs laws thereof: Provided further,
That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed
to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary, in his judg-
ment, to carry into execution the provisions hereof and to prohibit the
infraction of existing statutes, except as the same may be temporarily
modified and changed by this resolution.

(Stat., XXX, 222.)

December 18, 1897.

Resolwed, ctc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is

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pleted, at an additional cost not to exceed $10,000, the Government
building at the Transmississippi and International Exposition at
Omaha, Nebraska, as shown and called for by the plans, drawings, and
specifications on which bids were taken for its erection, and so forth;
and that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby, further
authorized and directed to cause to be erected at said exposition a
building for an exhibit of the United States Life-Saving Service, at a
cost not to exceed for said building the sum of $2,500; and to enable
the Secretary of the Treasury to give effect to, and execute the pro-
visions of this act, the limit of cost of the Government building or
buildings authorized to be erected at said exposition is hereby
extended from $50,000 to $62,500; and the cost of the Government
exhibit at said exposition is hereby reduced from $150,000 to $137,500.
(Stat., XXX, 732.)

January 28, 1898.
- Urgent deficiency act for 1898, ete.

That the paragraph in the ‘‘act making appropriation for sundry
civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1898, and for other purposes,” approved June 4, 1897, making appro-
priation of $200,000 for construction of building or buildings and
for Government exhibit, be amended in the 2d line thereof by adding
after the word, ‘‘ including,” the following words: thé selection, pur-
chase, preparation, installation, care, and.

(Stat., XXX, 236.) .

May 18, 1898.

Resolved, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is
hereby, authorized to rent electric wiring and lamps for the lighting
of the exterior of the building for the Government exhibit at the
Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition at Omaha, Nebraska,
if, in his judgment, such course will be less expensive than to wire the
building and furnish lamps therefor; the expense thereof to be paid
from the unexpended balance of the appropriation for the construction
of said building.

(Stat., XXX, 743.)

July 8, 1898—Senate.

Mr. Joun M. Tuurston, from Select Committee on International
Expositions, submitted a resolution:

That the necessary expenses of the committee of fifteen Senators appointed under
Senate resolution of July 8, 1898, to be present at the Transmississippi and Interna-
tional Exposition now being held at Omaha, Nebraska, be, and the same are hereby,
authorized and directed to be paid out of the miscellaneous items of the contingent
fund of the Senate, upon vouchers to be approved by the Committee to Audit and
Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate.

Referred to Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses
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Paris Exposition.
July 19, 1897.
Deficiency act for 1897, ete.

That the invitation of the Republic of France to take part in an
exposition of works of art and the products of manufactures and agri-
culture of all nations, to be held in Paris, commencing the 15th day of
April and closing the 5th day of November, 1900, is accepted; and
the governors of the several States and Territories be, and are hereby,
requested to invite the people of their respective States and Terri-
tories to make a proper representation of the productions of our
industry and of the natural resources of the country, and to take such
further measures as may be necessary in order to secure to their
respective States and Territories the advantages to be derived from
this beneficent undertaking. ;

That the President shall appoint a special commissioner to represent
the United States in the proposed exposition, who shall take all proper
measures to provide for the representation of the industries and natu-
ral resources of the United States by their citizens in said exposition
and shall procure proper space and privileges therefor and shall make
report to the President, to be. submitted to Congress, on the first day
of its next regular session, containing his proceedings hereunder, with
such recommendations as he may deem proper. For the compensation
of said special commissioner, not to exceed $5,000, and for all neces-
sary expenses and employment attendant thereon, the sum of $25,000
is hereby appropriated, to continue available until expended.

(Stat., XXX, 106.)

March 7, 1898.

Resolied, ctc., That there be printed 5,000 additional copies of the
report of the special commissioner of the United States to the inter-
national exposition to be held at Paris, of which 500 copies shall be
for the use of the Senate, 1,500 copies for the use of the House of
Representatives, and 3,000 copies for distribution by the Third
Assistant Secretary of State. .

(Stat., XXX, 1796.)

July 71, 1898.
Sundry civil act for 1899.

The President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
shall appoint a commissioner-general to represent the United States
at the exposition to be held at Paris, France, commencing April 15 and
closing November 5, 1900, and, under the general direction of the Pres-
ident, to make all needful rules and regulations in reference to the
contributions from the United States, subject to the approval of the
President, and to control the expenditures incident to and necessary for
the proper installation and exhibit thereof; and the President, by and
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commissioner-general, who shall assist and act under the direction of
the commissioner-general and shall perform the duties of the commis-
sioner-general in case of his death, disability, or temporary absence;
and a secretary, who shall act as disbursing agent and shall perform
such duties as may be assigned to him by the commissioner-general,
shall render his accounts quarterly to the proper accounting officers
_ of the Treasury, and shall give bond in such sum as the Secretary of
the Treasury may require. The President, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, shall also appoint twelve commissioners, who
shall be subject to the direction and control of the commissioner-general
and perform from time to time such service as he shall require. The
commissioner-general shal] employ such number of experts as may be
needed, having special attainments in regard to the subjects of the
group or groups in said exposition to which they may be assigned,
respectively, and he may employ from time to time such other experts
as he may deem necessary in the preparation and installation of such
exhibits. The commissioner-general shall be paid a salary of $8,000
per annum; the assistant commissioner-general a salary of $6,000 per
annum; and the secretary a salary of $4,500 per annum; which said
sums shall be in lieu of all personal expenses other than actual trayel-
ing expenses while engaged in exposition work; and the terms of
service of the commissioner-general, assistant commissioner-general,
and secretary shall not exveed three years. The commissioners herein
provided for shall serve during the entire calendar year 1900, and they
shall be paid for such service $3,000 each, which payments shall be in
full for all compensation and personal and traveling expenses.

The necessary expenses herein authorized, and expenses for the
proper installation and care of exhibits, together with all other expenses
that may be authorized by the commissioner-general incident to the
participation of the United States in said exposition, are hereby lim-
ited to the sum of not exceeding $650,000, including not exceeding
$85,000 for clerk hire in the United States and in Paris. The Secre-
tary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to prepare suitable exhibits
of agricultural products of the States and Territories of the United
States, including those mentioned in groups seven, eight, and ten of
the plan of said exposition, and shall exhibit the same under the direc-
tion and control of the commissioner-general, the total expenses of the
said exhibits not to exceed in the aggregate $75,000, to be paid out of
the aforesaid sum of $650,000; and reports respecting such exhibits,
printed in the English, French, and German languages, shall accom-
pany such exhibits, as the commissioner-general may direct. All
officers and employees of the Executive Departments and of the Fish
Commission and of the Smithsonian Institution, in charge of or
responsible for the safe-keeping of exhibits belonging to the United
States, may permit such exhibits to pass out of their possession for

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the purpose of being transported to and from and exhibited at said
exposition, as may be requested by the commissioner-general, when-
ever authorized to do so, respectively, by the heads of the Departments
and the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries and the Secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution; such exhibits and articles to be returned to
the said respective departments to which they belong at the close of
the exposition. It shall be the duty of the commissioner-general to
report to the President, for transmission to Congress at the beginning
of each regular session, a detailed statement of the expenditures
incurred hereunder during the twelve months preceding; and the com-
missioner-general is hereby required, within four months after the
close of said exposition, to make full report of the results thereof, as
herein required, which report shall be prepared and arranged with a
view to concise statement and convenient reference, and when printed
shall not exceed six volumes octavo, containing an average of not
exceeding one thousand pages. Toward the expenses herein author-
ized, incident to the participation of the United States in said exposition,
there is hereby appropriated the sum of $200,000, to be immediately
available, and to remain available until expended, of which amount
the sum of $20,000 may be used by the Secretary of Agriculture in.
the preparation of the agricultural exhibit herein provided for.

(Stat., XXX, 645.)

July 7, 1898.

Resolved, etc., That the Public Printer be, and he is hereby, author-
ized and directed to print 6,000 copies of Senate Document 293, Fifty-
fifth Congress, second session, known as the report of Thomas W.
Cridler. Third Assistant Secretary of State, who was appointed a
special commissioner in relation to the acceptance by the Government
of the United States of the invitation of France to participate in the
international exposition to be held at Paris from April 15 to Novem=
ber 5, 1900, of which 1,000 copies are to be for the use of the Senate,
2,000 copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and the
remaining 3,000 copies to be placed at the disposal of the acting com-
missioner for distribution to intending exhibitors and for the use of
the permanent commission when it organizes.

(Stat., XXX, 1802.)

March 3, 1899.
Sundry civil act for 1900.

For each and every purpose named in the paragraph in the sundry
civil appropriation act approved July 1, 1898, under the heading
**Paris Exposition,” $750,000, of which amount not exceeding $120,000
may be used for clerk hire in the United States and in Paris, and the
limit of appropriations provided for in the provisions of said para-
graph shall be extended $300,000, or to $950,000 in all, said appropri-
ation to be ayailable until expended: Provided, That of said latter

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sum $150,000 shall be for the exhibits by the Secretary of Agriculture
provided for in said paragraphs.

For the construction of necessary buildings in connection with said
exposition, $200,000, to be immediately available.

For pay of jurors, $60,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary,
to be available until expended; and the sums herein and heretofore
appropriated on account of the Paris Exposition shall be in full of all
appropriations to be made on account of said exposition by Congress,
and no deficiency shall be created therein.

’ For the purpose of aiding in defraying the cost of a pedestal and
completing in a suitable manner the work of erecting a monument in
the city of Paris to General Lafayette, designed by the Lafayette
Memorial Commission as a feature of the participation of the United
States in the Paris Exposition of 1900, the Secretary of the Treasury
shall be, and is hereby, authorized to purchase in the market $25,000
worth of silver bullion, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for
the purpose herein provided for, from which there shall be coined: at
the mints of the United States silver dollars of the legal weight and
fineness to the number of 50,000 pieces, to be known as the Lafayette
dollar, struck in commemoration of the erection of a monument to
General Lafayette, in the city of Paris, France, by the youth of the
United States, the devices and designs upon which coins shall be ~
prescribed by the Director of the Mint, with the approval of the
Secretary of the Treasury, and all provisions of law relative to the

_ coinage and legal tender quality of the present silver dollars shall be

applicable to the coins issued under this act, and when so coined there

is hereby appropriated from the Treasury the said 50,000 of souvenir

dollars, and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to place the

same at the disposal of the Lafayette Memorial Commission, a com-

mission organized under the direction and authority of the Commis-

sioner-General for the United States to the Paris Exposition of 1900.
(Stat., XXX, 1117.)

Bergen Fisheries Exposition.
Joint resolution.

Whereas the United States have been duly invited by the Govern-
ment of Norway to take part in an International Fisheries Exposition
to be held at the city of Bergen, Norway, from May 16 to September
30, anno Domini 1898, which exposition will alsd include national
sections for industries, agriculture, and the fine arts: Therefore,

Lesolwed, etc., That said invitation is accepted, and that the Com-
missioner of Fish and Fisheries is hereby directed, in person or by a
deputy to be appointed by the President of the United States, and
whose compensation, if not in the public service, shall not exceed $2,500,

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including personal and traveling expenses, to represent the United
States at said exposition, and to cause a suitable and proper exhibi-
tion and display to be made at said exposition of the food-fishes of ©
the United States, and the methods of catching, salting, curing, and
preserving the same, and of the implements and appliances used in
carrying on the fishery industries of the United States, and to this end
may, with the consent of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution,
use any portion of the fisheries collections in the National Museum at
said exposition.

That the sum of $20,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary,
is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the United States Treas-
ury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available, and to
be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, to pay all
the expenses and costs of representing the United States at said expo-
sition, as aforesaid, and to pay all the costs and expenses and outlays
pertaining or incident to the making and carrying on of the exhibition
and display aforesaid at said exposition: Provided, That the total
expenses and liabilities incurred under this resolution shall not exceed
the sum of $20,000.

That the said commissioner, or his deputy, is beeedh directed to
make a full report to the Dbpar tment of State of the participation of
~ the United States in said exposition, and of all the information and
results acquired and obtained at or by means of said exposition touch-
ing the fishery industry throughout the world.

(Stat., XXX, 734.)

July 7, 1898. ;
Deficiency act for 1898, ete.

That the joint resolution accepting the invitation of the Govern-
ment of Norway to take part in an International Fisheries Exposition
to be held at the city of Bergen, Norway, from May’ to September,
anno Domini 1898, approved January 25, 1898, be, and the same is
hereby, repealed. [Identical with this resolution. ]

(Stat., XXX, 653.)
Cayuga Island | Buffalo, N. ¥.\ Pan-American Kauposition.

July 8, 1898.
Joint resolution.

Whereas there has been duly incorporated, under the laws of the
State of New York, by citizens of said State, a company organized for
the purpose and with the object of preparing and holding a Pan-American
Exposition on Cayuga Island, near Niagara Falls, New York, inthe year
1901, to fittingly illustrate the marvelous development of the Western
Hemisphere. during the nineteenth century, and to appropriately cele-
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reciprocal relations existing between the American pee and
colonies; and

Whereas the legislature of the State of New York ae by unani-
mous vote, memorialized Congress to encourage cane Boidine of said
Pan-American Exposition; and

Whereas the proposed exposition, being confined in its scope to

the Western Hemisphere, would unquestionably be of vast benefit to

the commercial interests of the countries of North, South, and Central
America: Therefore,

Resolved, etc., That the proposed Pan-American Exposition, to be
held on Cayuga Island, between the cities of Buffalo and Niagara Falls,
in the State of New York, in the year 1901, merits the encouragement
and approval of Congress and of the people of the United States.

Sec. 2. That all articles which shall be imported from foreign coun-
tries for the purpose of exhibition at the said exposition shall be
admitted free of duty, customs fees, or charges, under such regula-
tions as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe, but it shall be
lawful during said exposition to sell for delivery at the close thereof
any goods or property imported and actually on exhibition therein,
subject to such regulations for the security of the revenue as the Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall prescribe: Provided, That all such arti-
cles, when sold or withdrawn for consumption, shall be subject to the
duty, if any, imposed upon such articles by the revenue laws in force
at the date of their importation, and to the terms of the tariff laws in
force at that time: And provided further, That all necessary expenses
incurred, including salaries of customs officials in charge of imported
articles, shall be paid to the Treasury of the United States by the Pan-
American Exposition Company, under regulations to be prescribed by
the Secretary of the Treasury.

Src. 3. That in the passage of this joint resolution the United States
does not assume any liability of any kind whatever, and does not
become responsible in any manner for any bond, debt, contract,
expenditure, expense, or liability of the said exposition company, its
officers, agents, servants, or employees, or incident to or growing out
of said exposition.

(Stat., XXX, 752.)

March 3, 1899.
An act.

Whereas it is desirable to encourage the holding of a Pan-American
Exposition on the Niagara frontier, within the county of Erie or
Niagara, in the State of New York, in the year 1901, to fittingly illus-
trate the marvelous development of the Western Hemisphere during
the nineteenth century, by a display of the arts, industries, manufac-
tures, and products of the soil, mines, and sea; and

Whereas the proposed Pan-American Exposition, being confined to

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the Western Hemisphere, and being held in the near vicinity of the .
great Niagara cataract, within a day’s journey of which reside forty
million people, would unquestionably be of vast benefit to the com-
mercial -interests, not only of this country, but of the entire hemi-
sphere, and should therefore have the sanction of the Congress of the
United States; and

Whereas tee taey assurances have already been given by the
diplomatic representatives of Canada, Mexico, the Central and South
American Republics, and most of the States of the United States that
ae countries and States will make unique, interesting, and instruct-

ve exhibits .peculiarly illustrative of their material progress during .
the century about to close; and

Whereas no exposition of a similar character as that pr oposed has
ever been held in the great State of New York; and

Whereas the Pan-American Exposition iran has undertaken to
hold such exposition, beginning on the first day of May, 1901, and
closing on the first day of November, 1901: Therefore,

Be it enacted, etc., That all articles that shall be imported from for-
eign countries for the sole purpose of exhibition at said exposition
upon which there shall be a tariff or customs duty shall be admitted
free of payment of duty, customs fees, or charges, under such regu-
lation as the Secretary of the Treasury. shall prescribe; but it shall be
lawful at any time during the exposition to sell for delivery at the
close thereof any goods or property imported for or actually on exhi-
bition in the exposition buildings, or on the grounds, subject to such
regulation for the security of the revenue and for the collection of
import duties as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe: Pro-
vided, That all such articles when sold or withdrawn for consumption
in the United States shall be subject to the duty, if any, imposed upon
such articles by the revenue laws in force at the date of importation,
and all penalties prescribed by law shall be applied and enforced
against the persons who may be guilty of any illegal sale or with-
drawal: And provided further, That all necessary expenses incurred
in carrying out the provisions of this section, including salaries of
customs officials in charge of imported articles, shall be paid to the
Treasury of the United States by the Pan-American Exposition Com-
pany, under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the
Treasury.

Src. 2. That there shall be exhibited at said exposition by the Goy-
ernment of the United States, from its Executive Departments, the
Smithsonian Institution and National Museum, the United States Com-
mission of Fish and Fisheries, the Department of Labor, and the Bureau
of the American Republics, such articles and material as illustrate the
function and administrative faculty of the Government in time of peace,
and its resources as a war power, and its relations to other American

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Republics, tending to demonstrate the nature of our institutions and
their adaption to the wants of the people. And to secure a complete
and harmonious arrangement of such Government exhibit, a board of
management shall be created, to be charged with the selection, pur-
chase, preparation, transportation, arrangement, safe-keeping, exhibi-
tion, and return of-such articles and materials as the heads of the
several Departments and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution,
the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, the Commissioner of Labor,
and the Director of the Bureau of the American Republics may respec-
tively decide shall be embraced in said Government exhibit. The
President may also designate additional articles for exhibition. Such
board shall be composed of one person to be named by the head of each
Executive Department, one by the head of the Smithsonian Institution
and National Museum, one by the head of the United States Commission
of Fish and Fisheries, one by the Commissioner of Labor, and one by
the Director of the Bureau of the American Republics. The President
shall name one of said persons so detailed as chairman, and the board
itself shall appoint its secretary, disbursing officer, and such other
officers as it may deem necessary. The members of said board of
management, with other officers and employees of the Government who
may be detailed to assist them, including officers of the Army and
Navy, shall receive no compensation in addition to their regular sala-
ries, but they shall be allowed their actual and necessary traveling
expenses, together with a per diem in lieu of subsistence, to be fixed
by the Secretary of the Treasury, while necessarily absent from their
homes engaged upon the business of the board. Officers of the Army
and Navy shall receive this allowance in lieu of the transportation
and mileage now allowed by law. Any provision of law which may
prohibit the detail of persons in the employ of the United States to
other service than that which they customarily perform shall not apply
to persons detailed for duty in connection with the Pan-American
Exposition. Employees of the board not otherwise employed by the
Government shall be entitled to such compensation as the board may
determine. The disbursing officer shall give bond in the sum of
$20,000 for the faithful performance of his duties, said bond to be
approved by the Secretary of the Treasury. The Secretary of the
Treasury shall advance to said officer, from time to time, under such

regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, a sum of

money from the appropriation for the Government exhibit, not exceed-
ing at any one time three-fourths of the penalty of his bond, to enable
him to pay the expenses of said exhibit as authorized by the board of
management herein created.

’ Sec. 3. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause a suitable
building or buildings to be erected on the site selected for the Pan-
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approved by the board, and he is hereby authorized and directed to
contract therefor in the same manner and under the same regulations
as for other public buildings of the United States; but the contract for
said building or buildings shall not exceed the sum of $200,000, said
sum being hereby appropriated for said purpose, out .of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. The Secretary of the
Treasury is authorized and required to dispose of such building or
buildings, or the material composing the same, at the close of the
exposition, giving preference to the city of Buffalo or to the said Pan-
‘American Exposition Company to purchase the same at an appraised
yalue, to be ascertained in such manner as may be determined by the
Secretary of the Treasury. .

Src. 4. That the United States shall not be liable on account of said.
exposition for any expense incident to or growing out of same, except
for the construction of the building or buildings hereinbefore provided
for, and for the purpose of paying the expense of selection, prepara-
tion, purchase, installation, transportation, care, custody, and safe
return of exhibits by the Government, for the employment of proper
persons as officers and assistants by the board of management created
by this act and for their expenses, and for the maintenance of the said
building or buildings and other contingent expenses, to be approved
by the chairman of the board of management, or, in the event of his
absence or disability, by such other officer as the board may designate
and the Secretary of the Treasury upon itemized accounts and vouch-
ers; and the total cost of said building or buildings shall not exceed
the sum of $200,000; nor shall the expenses of said Government
exhibit for each and every purpose connected therewith, including
transportation, exceed the sum of $300,000, amounting in all to not
exceeding the sum of $500,000, which sum is hereby appropriated, out
of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of
$500,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be disbursed by
the board of management hereinbefore created, of which not exceed-
ing the sum of $10,000 shall be expended for clerical service: Provided, |
That no liability against the Government shall be incurred, and no
expenditure of money under this act shall be made until the officers
of said exposition shall havé furnished the Secretary of the Treasury
proofs to his satisfaction that there has been obtained by said exposi-
tion corporation subscriptions of stock in good faith, contributions,
donations, or appropriations from all sources for the purposes of said
exposition a sum aggregating not less than $500,000.

Sec. 5. That medals, with appropriate devices, emblems, and inscrip-
tions commemorative of said Pan-American Exposition, and of the
awards to be made to the exhibitors thereat, shall be prepared at some
mint of the United States for the board of directors thereof, subject
to the provisions of the fifty-second section of the coinage act of 1893,
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provisions, whether penal or otherwise, of said coinage act against the
counterfeiting or imitating of coins of the United States shall apply
to the medals struck and issued under this act.

Src. 6. That the United States shall not in any manner nor under
any circumstances be liable for any of the acts, doings, proceedings,

- or representations of said Pan-American Exposition Association, its

officers, agents, servants, or employees, or any of them, or for service,
salaries, labor, or wages of said officers, agents, servants, or employees,
or any of them, or for any subscriptions to the capital stock, or for
any certificates of stock, bonds, mortgages, or obligations of any kind
issued by said corporation, or for any debts, liabilities, or expenses of

any kind whatever attending such corporation, or accruing by reason

of the same.

Sec. 7. That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to create
any liability of the United States, direct or indirect, for any debt or
obligation incurred, nor for any claim for aid or pecuniary assistance
from Congress or the Treasury of the United States in support or
liquidation of any debts or obligations created by said commission in
excess of appropriations made by Congress therefor.

Src. 8. That the appropriation herein made of $500,000 in all shall

‘take effect and become available immediately upon the passage of this

act.

(Stat., XXX, 1022.)

Toledo Exposition.
January 26, 1899—House.

Mr. James H. Soutnarp introduced bill (H. 11814) to authorize
and encourage the holding of an American fair in conjunction with
the Ohio Centennial and Northwest Territory Exposition at the city
of Toledo, in the State of Ohio, in the year 1902 or 1903, and making
an appropriation therefor.

Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

February 14, 1899—House.

Mr. C. H. Grosvenor, from Committee on Ways and Means, to
which was referred bill (H. 11814), reported in lieu thereof a_ bill
(H. 12102), accompanied by report (H. 2108). "

Referred to Committee of the Whole.

March 3, 1899—Senate.

Mr. Witu1am J. SEweu. I yield for a moment to the Senator from
Ohio [Mr. Foraker].

Mr. JoserH B. Foraxer. I ask the Chair to lay before the Senate
the bill from the House of Representatives providing for the Ohio
Centennial.

The Presrpine Orricer (Mr. Jacosn H. GALiincEr) laid before the
Senate bill (H. 12102).

The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, and passed.

1802 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

March 3, 1899.

Whereas it is desirable to encourage the holding of the Ohio Gea

nial and Northwest Territory Exposition at the city of Toledo, in the
State of Ohio, in the year 1902-or 1903, as the Ohio general assembly
may hereafter determine, for the exhibition of the resources of the

United States of America, Hawaii, Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philip-.

pines, and the progress and civilization of the American countries,
and for a display of the arts, industries, manufactures, and products
of the soil, mine, and sea; and
Whereas it is desirable to commemorate by an appropriate naval
display the important victory of Commodore Perry in the western
waters of Lake Erie, beside which waters said exposition is located; and
Whereas it is ae able for its historical and educational emeun that

there be given an exhibition of the Indians of North America, and a

especially the-tribes of the old Northwest Territory; and

Whereas it is desirable that an exhibition shall be made of the great
staples of the original Northwest Territory and Ohio Valley region,
which contributes so largely to domestic and inter natsotal commerce;
and

Whereas encouragement should be given to an exhibit of the arts,
industries, manufactures, and products illustrative of the progress and
development of that and other sections of the country; and

Whereas such éxhibition should be international as well as national
in its character, in which the people of this country, of Mexico, the
Central and South American governments, and other States of the
world should participate, and should, therefore, have the sanction of
the Congress of the United States; and

Whereas it is desirable and will be highly beneficial to bring together

at such an exposition the people of the United States and other States
of this continent; and

Whereas the Ohio Centennial Company, a corporation, has under-
taken to hold such exposition, beginning on the first day of May, 1902
or 1903, and closing on the first day of November, 1902 or 1903:
Therefore,

Be it enacted, etc., That there shall be exhibited by the Government
of the United States at said Ohio Centennial and Northwest Territory
Exposition from the Executive Departments, the Smithsonian Institu-
tion and National Museum, the Commission of Fish and Fisheries,

the Department of Labor, and the Bureau of American Republics |

such articles and materials as illustrate the function and administra-
tive faculty of the Government, its resources as a war power, and
its relations to other American Republics; and, to secure a complete
and harmonious arrangement of said Government exhibit, a board

of management shall be created, to be charged with the selection, —
purchase, preparation, transportation, arrangement, safe-keeping, —
exhibition, and return of such articles and materials as the heads of —

FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, 1897-1899. 18038

said departments and institutions of the Government may respectively
decide shall be embraced in said Government exhibit. The President
may also designate additional articles for exhibition. Such board shall
be composed of one member to be detailed by the head of each execu-
tive department, one by the head of the Smithsonian Institution and
National Museum, one by the head of the United States Fish Commis-
sion, one by the Commissioner of Labor, and one by the Director of
‘the Bureau of American Republics. The President shall name one of
said persons so detailed as chairman, and the board itself shall appoint
its secretary, disbursing officer, and such other officers as it may deem
necessary. The members of said board of management, with other
officers and employees of the Government who may be detailed to assist
them, including officers of the Army and Navy, shall receive no com-
pensation in addition to their regular salaries, but they shall be allowed
their actual and necessary traveling expenses, together with a per diem
in lieu of subsistence, to be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury,
. while necessarily absent from their homes engaged upon the business
of the board. Officers of the Army and Navy shall receive this allow-
ance in lieu of the transportation and mileage now allowed by law.
Any provision of law which may prohibit the detail of persons in the
employ of the United States to other service than that which they cus-
tomarily perform shall not apply to persons detailed for duty in con-
nection with the Ohio Centennial and Northwest Territory Exposition.
Employees of the board not otherwise employed by the Government
shall be entitled to such compensation as the board may determine.
The disbursing officer shall give bond in the sum of $20,000 for the
faithful performance of his duties, said bond to be approved by the
Secretary of the Treasury. The Secretary of the Treasury shall
_ advance to said officer from time to time, under such regulations as
the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, a sum of money from
the appropriation for the Government exhibit, not exceeding at any
one time three-fourths of the penalty of his bond, to enable him to pay
the expenses of said exhibit as authorized by the board of manage-
ment herein created.

Src. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause a suitable
building or buildings, from plans to be approved by the board of man-
agement, to be erected on the site selected at the Ohio Centennial and
Northwest Territory Exposition for the Government exhibit; and he
is hereby authorized and directed to contract therefor in the same
manner and under the same regulations as for other public buildings
of the United States; but the contract for said building or buildings
shall not exceed the sum of $200,000, said sum being hereby appro-
priated for said purpose out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated. The Secretary of the Treasury shall dispose of
such building or buildings or the material composing the same after the
close of the exhibition, giving preference to the city of Toledo or the

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Ohio Centennial Company to purchase the same at an appraised value,
to be ascertained in such manner as the President and Secretary of the —
Treasury may determine; and whatever sum may be so realized shall -
be covered into the Treasury of the United States.

Src. 3. That for the purpose of paying the expenses of the selection,
purchase, preparation, transportation, installation, care, and return of
said Government exhihit, and for the employment of proper persons as
officers and assistants by the board of management created by this Act
and for their expenses, and for the maintenance of the building herein-
before provided for, and for other contingent expenses incidental to the
Government exhibit, to be approved by the chairman of the board of
management, or, in the event of his absence or disability, by such other
officer as the board may designate, upon itemized accounts and vouch--
ers, there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $300,000, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, to be disbursed by the board of management
hereinbefore created, of which not exceeding the sum of $10,000 shall -
be expended for clerical service: Provided, That no liability against
the Government shall be incurred and no expenditure of money under
this act shall be made until the officers of said exposition shall have
furnished the Secretary of the Treasury proofs to his satisfaction that
there has been obtained by said exposition corporation subscriptions
of stock in good faith, contributions, donations, or appropriations
from all sources for the purpose of said exposition, a sum aggregating
not less than $500,000, nor until the State of Ohio shall by legislative
enactment have appropriated a sum of money equal to that herein
appropriated.

Src. 4. That all articles which shall be imported from foreign coun-
tries for the sole purpose of exhibition at said exposition upon which —
there shall be a tariff or customs duty shall be admitted free of pay-
ment of duty, customs fees, or charges, under such regulations as the
Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe; but it shall be lawful at any
time during the exhibition to sell, for delivery at the close of the expo-
sition, any goods or property imported for and actually on exhibition
in the exposition buildings or on its grounds, subject to such regula-
tions for the security of the revenue and for the collection of import
duties as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe: Provided, That
all such articles, when sold or withdrawn for consumption in the
United States, shall be subject to the duty, if any, imposed upon such
articles by the revenue laws in force at the date of importation, and
all penalties prescribed by law shall be applied and enforced against
such articles and against the persons who may be guilty of any illegal
sale or withdrawal: And provided further, That all necessary expenses
incurred in carrying out the provisions of this section, including: sal-
aries of customs officials in charge of imported articles, shall be paid

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to the Treasury of the United States by the Ohio Centennial Com-
pany, under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the
Treasury.

Src. 5. That medals with appropriate devices, emblems, and inscrip-
tions commemorative of said Ohio Centennial and Northwest Territory
Exposition, and of the awards to be made to exhibitors thereat, be pre-
pared at some mint in the United States for the board of directors
thereof, subject to the provisions of the fifty-second section of the coin-
age act of 1893, upon the payment by the Ohio Centennial Company
of a sum not less than the cost thereof; and all the provisions, whether
penal or otherwise, of said coinage act against the counterfeiting or

imitating of coins of the United States shall apply to the medal struck

and issued under this act.

Src. 6. That the United States shall in no manner and under no cir-
cumstances be liable for any bond, debt, contract, expenditure, expense,
or liability of any kind whatever of the said Ohio Centennial Company,
its officers, agents, servants, or employees, or incident to or growing
out of said exposition, nor for any amount whatever in excess of the
$500,000 herein authorized; and the heads of the Executive Depart-
ments, the Smithsonian Institution and National Museum, the Com-
mission of Fish and Fisheries, the Department of Labor, and the
Bureau of American Republics, and the board of management herein
authorized, their officers, agents, servants, or employees, shall in no
manner and under no circumstances expend or create any liability of
any kind-for any sum in excess of the appropriations herein made, or

create any deficiency.

Src. 7. That at the close of the Ohio Centennial and Northwest Ter-

_ ritory Exposition the exhibits of the United States Government shall

be returned to the several departments or bureaus from which they
were received; and such collections as may be acquired by the board
by purchase, preparation, gift, or otherwise, illustrating the natural
resources, industries, customs, and commerce of the other American
Republics shall be placed for permanent preservation in the United
States National Museum.

Src. 8. That the appropriation herein made, of $500,000 in all, shall
take effect and become available immediately upon the proof being
made to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the ‘Treasury that the con-
ditions prescribed in section three of this act have been complied with.

(Stat., XXX, 1346.)

OWEN STATUE.
July 19, 1897—House.

Mr. J. A. Hemenway introduced bill (H. 3901) for the erection
of a statue of the late Robert Dale Owen, of Indiana, to be placed in
the grounds of the Smithsonian Institution.

Referred to Committee on the Library.

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INTERNATIONAL CATALOGUE OF SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE.

December 6, 1897—House.
Estimates for 1899. i

_ State Department: For the purpose of carrying out on the part of

the United States the recommendation of the International Conference —

on a Catalogue of Scientific Literature, held in London in July, 1896,
$10,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the expense of
clerk hire and the other expenses incident to the work of cataloguing
the scientific publications of the United States, the same to be expended
under the direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.

Nore (from letter of the Secretary of State, Jonn SHerMAN).—I have submitted
under this head an item appropriating $10,000, or so much thereof as may be
necessary, for the purpose of carrying out on the part of the United States the
recommendation of the International Conference on a Catalogue of Scientific Litera-
ture and for the expense of clerk hire and the other expenses incident to the work

of cataloguing the scientific publications of the United States, the same to be expended _

under the direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. The importance
and necessity of this appropriation are fully shown by the letter of September 16,
1897, from the Acting Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, House Doc. No. 105,
Fifty-fourth Congress, second session, and the report upon the conference by Dr.
Cyrus Adler, which I submit as annexes to this letter.

December 5, 1898—House.
Estimates for 1900.

State Department: For the purpose of carrying out on the part of —
the United States the recommendation of the International Conference —

on a Catalogue of Scientific Literature, held in London,.in July, 1896,
$10,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the expense of

clerk hire and the other expenses incident to the work of cataloguing ~

the scientific publications of the United States, the same to be expended

under the direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.

Note (from letter of the Secretary of State, Jonn Hay).—I have submitted an
item of $10,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the purpose of carry-
ing out on the part of the United States the recommendation of the International

Conference on a Catalogue of Scientific Literature, and for the expense of clerk hire —
and the other expenses incident'to the work of cataloguing the scientific publications —

of the United States, the same to be expended under the direction of the Secretary
of the Smithsonian Institution. ° The importance and necessity of this appropriation

are fully shown by the letter of September 16, 1897, from the acting secretary of the —

Smithsonian Institution (House Doc. No. 105, Fifty-fourth Congress, second session),

and the report upon the conference by Dr. Cyrus Adler, which I submit as annexes —

to this letter. The preparation of the catalogue is to begin on January 1, 1900, and
if this Government is to participate therein it will be necessary that appropriate
action to that end be taken by Congress at its forthcoming session.

July 7, 1898.
Deficiency act for 1898, ete.

For expenses of a delegate to the International Conference on a Cata-_
logue of Scientific Literature to be held at London during the present —

year, not exceeding $500.
(Stat., XXX, 653.)

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.

January 25, 1899—House.
Mr. Samuri W. McCatu presented petition of the American
Library Association urging Congress to appropriate $10,000 to be
expended under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution in pre-
paring the Catalogue of American Scientific Literature for the coming
year, inaccordance with the recommendation of the Secretary of State.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

January 28, 1899—House.

Mr. Samurn W. McCatt presented petition of the trustees of the
public library of the city of Boston recommending an appropria-
tion to be placed at the disposal of the Smithsonian Institution to
enable that Institution to render necessary service in connection with
the Royal Society index of scientific publications.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

February 9, 1899—House.

Mr. Jaxirs R. Mann presented resolution of the board of directors
of the John Crerar Library, Chicago, Illinois, favoring an appropria-
tion for an international catalogue of scientific literature.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

Mr. H. 8. Bourett, of Illinois, presented resolution of board of
directors of the John Crerar Library, Chicago, Illinois, for an inter-
national catalogue of scientific literature.

Referred to Committee on the Library.

: ROCK CREEK PARK.
January 27, 1898—House.

Mr. Aurrep C. Harmer introduced bill (H. 7336):

Whereas it is considered desirable that Congress shall authorize the several States
of the Union to construct within the limits of Rock Creek Park houses known as
exhibition buildings, in which each State for itself may keep on constant exhibition
any and all articles or things connected with its natural or industrial resources or
evidencing its social, scientific, or artistic progress and development; and

Whereas the extent of such park, containing, as it does, about 1,800 acres of land,
is sufficiently great to justify the appropriation of a part of it to purposes so useful
and beneficial as a perpetual exhibition at the nation’s capital of the natural and
industrial resources which distinctively mark the growth and development of the
several States which comprise the Union; and

Whereas it is believed that such use will greatly add to the interest and enjoyment
oi the park without in any conceivable manner lessening its attractions as a resort for
health, recreation, or pleasure: Therefore,

Be it enacted, etc., That the Rock Creek Park Commissioners, with the consent and
approval of the President of the United States, are hereby authorized, on the appli-

_ cation of the governor of any one of the States of the Union, to set aside, by properly

designated metes and bounds, within said park, a lot or tract of ground, not less than
one acre nor more than six acres, to enable such State to construct the necessary
building or buildings within which to arrange the exhibits herein contemplated.

In these buildings shall be deposited and kept, under the custody and care of
agents and officials of the States, respectively, but subject in all respects to the gen-
eral jurisdiction and police control of the United. States, such specimens of woods,
minerals, marbles, stones, grains, and fruits, and other articles as distinctively mark

1808 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. ‘

their natural resources; and also such products of manufacture, art, and science as
may tend to illustrate the extent and excellence of their respective industries, and
also any other articles or things tending to illustrate and explain the history, growth,
or development of the several States, and which may especially distinguish them
from their sister States: Provided, That no expense growing out of the provisions of
this act shall be chargeable to the Treasury of the United States, but that all expense
for establishing and maintaining such buildings shall be paid by the several States
accepting the authority hereby given.

Referred to Committee on the District of Columbia.
January 31, 1898—

Mr. Francis M. CockreE tv introduced bill (S. 3481).

(Same as H. 7336).

Referred to Committee on the District of Columbia.
June 13, 1898—House.

Mr. JoHn J. JENKrNS introduced bill (H. 10672):

Whereas the ascertained cost of the land taken for and now constituting the Rock
Creek Park, including the expenses of acquiring said land, has been paid out of the
$1,200,000 appropriated for the purpose by the sixth section of the act of Congress,
entitled ‘‘An act authorizing the establishing a public park in the District of Colum-
bia,’’ approved September 27, 1890; and

Whereas one-half of the sum of money so expended in the acquisition of lands for
said park and attendant expenses has been reimbursed to the Treasury of the United
States from the revenues of the District of Columbia in the manner provided for in
and by said sixth section of said act; and

Whereas the occasion and need for assessing such portion of such cost and ex-
penses upon the lands, lots, and blocks, being real estate, situate in the said District —
of Columbia, specially benefited by reason of the location or of the location and
improvement of said Rock Creek Park, as nearly as may be in proportion to the
benefits resulting to said real estate, as prescribed in and by said sixth section of
said act, has been anticipated and made nugatory by the aforesaid payment for all
lands taken and expenses incurred in the acquisition of said park; and

Whereas no improvement has been made of said park: Therefore,

Be it enacted, etc., That so much and such part of the said sixth section of said act of
Congress as authorizes and empowers the commission named in said act to assess upon
the lands, lots, and blocks, being real estate, within the District of Columbia, sup-
posed to be specially benefited by reason of the location or of the location and im-
provement of said Rock Creek Park, the whole or a proportionate part of such cost
and expenses be, and the same is hereby, repealed

Referred to Committee on the District of Columbia.
June 14, 1898—House.
Mr. Joun J. JENKINS introduced bill (H. 10687):

Whereas the cost of the land taken for the Rock Creek Park, together with the
attendant expenses, has been satisfied and paid out of the money appropriated there-
for by the act approved September 27, 1890, entitled ‘‘An act authorizing the estab-
lishing of a public park in the District of Columbia,’’ whereof one-half has been reim-
bursed to the Treasury of the United States from the revenues of the District of
Columbia, as prescribed by the sixth section of said act, and the occasion for assessing
as for special benefits resulting to other lands in said District from the location and
improvement of said park does not exist at the present time: Therefore,

Be it enacted, etc., That the commission to select the land for the Rock Creek Park _
be, and they are hereby, discharged of and from the duty of assessing, under said —

FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, 1897-1899. 1809

act, all or any part of the real estate in the District of Columbia for benefits resulting
from the location and improvement of the said Rock Creek Park.

Referred to Committee on the District of Columbia.

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES—ESTIMATES.

December 6, 1897—House.
Estimates for 1899.

For the expenses of the system of International Exchanges between
the United States and foreign countries, under the direction of the
Smithsonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all
necessary employees, $24,000.

Norr.—An addition of $5,000 to the current appropriation of $19,000 for Inter-
national Exchanges is requested in order to meet the new demands made upon the
Institution for the forwarding of documents, to improve the facilities for the prompt
delivery of important packages, and to provide for the establishment of two new
agencies in Europe. During the fiscal year 1896-97 there was an increase over the
previous year of over 40 per cent in the weight of shipments, chiefly of Government
publications, or from 126 tons in 1896 to 180 tons in 1897, and it is anticipated that
further increases will occur during the present and the next fiscal years. It is still
necessary to depend mainly upon the cheaper and therefore slower lines of steamers
for the forwarding of packages, greatly to the dissatisfaction of both senders and
recipients, and it is hoped that means will be provided for improving the service in
this particular.

Up to the present time all business with Germany, Austria, and Hungary, as well
as with the States of southeastern Europe, has been conducted through a single
agency long established in Leipzig. The extent of the sendings to those countries
has so increased, however, as to render a continuance of this arrangement impracti-
cable, and negotiations are now in progress looking to the establishment of separate
agencies in Vienna and Budapest, to which all shipments to the countries of which
they are the capitals will hereafter be made direct. The maintenance of these two
agencies will involve an additional expenditure.

Patent Office: Foreign exchanges, and transporting patents and
other publications, $2,000.

Norr.—By the act of July 31, 1886, the appropriations for the scientific library
and for expense of transporting publications of patents to foreign governments were
consolidated. Prior to this $3,000 was appropriated for the library and $2,000 for
transportation expenses, but under this act only $3,000 was appropriated for both
purposes. The appropriation for each should be distinct and separate. The Patent
Office is frequently compelled to decline valuable foreign exchanges because of insuf-
ficient appropriation to pay transportation. Many of these foreign publications
would be of great value in the examination of pending applications.

December 5, 1898—House.
Estimates for 1900.

For the expenses of the system of International Exchanges between
the United States and foreign countries, under the direction of the
Smithsonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all
necessary employees and the purchase of necessary books and periodi-
cals, $24,000.

Notre.—The estimate for this service is the same as was submitted a year ago.

An increase in the appropriation from $19,000 to $21,000 was granted by Congress at
H. Doe. 732——114

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the last session in order to meet the additional expense occasioned by the increase in
the amount of exchanges handled and by the establishment of agencies at Vienna
and Budapest. It is still desired to improve the quality of the ocean service by turn-
ing more of the business of forwarding over to the lines of faster steamers, and it is
considered that the benefits to be derived from the more prompt interchange of pub-
lications will fully warrant the extra cost involved.

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES—APPROPRIATIONS.
June 4, 1897.
Sundry civil act for 1898.

For expenses of the system of International Exchanges between the
United States and foreign countries, under the direction of the Smith-
sonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary
employees, $19,000.

(Stat., XXX, 22.)

Geological Survey: For the purchase of necessary books for the
library, and the payment for the transmission of public documents
through the Smithsonian exchange, $2,000.

(Stat., XXX, 37.)

War Department: For the transportation of reports and maps to
foreign countries through the Smithsonian Institution, $100.

(Stat., XXX, 49.)

July 19, 1897.
Deficiency act for 1897, ete.

To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury
on account of the appropriation ‘* International exchanges, Smith-
sonian Institution,” for the fiscal year 1896, $1.79.

(Stat., XXX, 115.)

Geological Survey: For the payment for the transmission of public
documents through the Smithsonian exchange, $2,230.60.

(Stat., XXX, 127.)

January 28, 1898.
Urgent deficiency act for 1898, ete.

Geological Survey: For the payment forthe transmission of public
documents through the Smithsonian exchange, $2,319.25.

(Stat., XXX, 239.)

March 15, 1898.
Legislative, executive, and judicial act for 1899.

Library of Congress: For expenses of exchanging public documents
for the publications of foreign governments, $1,500.

(Stat., XXX, 284.)

Naval Observatory: For repairs [ete.], freight (including transmis-
sion of public documents through the Smithsonian exchange), foreign
postage, and expressage [ete. ], $2,500.

(Stat., XXX, 303.)

Patent Office: For purchase of professional and scientific books and

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expenses of transporting publications of patents issued by the Patent

Office to foreign governments, $2,000.
(Stat., XXX, 307.)
July 1, 1898.
Sundry civil act for 1899.

For expenses of the system of international exchanges between the
United States and foreign countries, under the direction.of the Smith-
sonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary
employees, and the purchase of necessary books and periodicals,
$21,000.

(Stat., XXX, 608.)

Geological. Survey: For the purchase of necessary books for the
library, and the payment for the transmission of public documents
through the Smithsonian exchange, $2,000.

(Stat., XXX, 622.)

War Department: For the transportation of reports and maps to
foreign countries through the Smithsonian Institution, $100.

(Stat., XXX, 634.)

February 24, 1899.

Legislative, executive, and judicial act for 1900.

Library of Congress: For * * * [one assistant librarian] (in
charge of Smithsonian deposit), $1,500.

(Stat., XXX, 853.)

For expenses of exchanging public documents for the publications
of foreign governments, $1,680.

(Stat., XXX, 854.)

Naval Observatory: For repairs [etc.], freight (including transmis-
sion of public documents through the Smithsonian exchange), foreign
postage, and expressage [ete. ], $2,500.

(Stat., XXX, 876.)

Patent Office: For purchase of professional and scientific books and
expenses of transporting publications of patents issued by the Patent
Office to foreign governments, $2,000.

(Stat., XXX, 880.)

February 27, 1899—House.

Sundry civil bill for 1900 under consideration.

The next amendment from the Committee on Appropriations was
to increase the appropriation for expenses of the system of international
exchanges between the United States and foreign countries, under the
direction of the Smithsonian Institution, etc., from $21,000 to $24,000.

Agreed to.

March 3, 1899.
Sundry civil act for 1900.

For expenses of the system of international exchanges between the
United States and foreign countries, under the direction of the Smith-

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sonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary
employees, and the purchase of necessary books and periodicals,
$24,000.

(Stat., XXX, 1085.)

Geological Survey: For the purchase of necessary books for the
library, and the payment for the transmission of public documents
through the Smithsonian exchange, $2,000.

(Stat., XXX, 1099.)

War Department: For the transportation of reports and maps to
foreign countries through the Smithsonian Institution, $100.

(Stat., XXX, 1108.)

Deficiency act for 1899, ete.

Geological Survey: For the payment of the transmission of public
documents through the Smithsonian exchange, 1898 and 1899, $2,997.75.
(Stat., XXX, 1233.)

BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY—ESTIMATES.,

December 6, 1897—House.

Estimates for 1899.

For continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians,
under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries
or compensation of all necessary employees, of which sum not exceed-
ing $1,000 may be used for rent of building, $50,000.

Norre.—An increase of $5,000 is asked in the appropriation for American Ethnol-
ogy, to permit of the inquiries regarding the American Indians being conducted on
more adequate basis than has been possible heretofore. The reason for increased
activity in this respect is that the public domain is being rapidly opened up to settle-
ment and the Indians are being restricted more and more to reservations, where they
quickly lose their aboriginal arts, abandon their primitive institutions, adopt a new
belief, and soon forget their native language. It is considered especially desirable
that investigations should be extended to as many tribes as possible before they are
thus modified and their aboriginal characteristics have disappeared.

December 5, 1898—House.
Estimates for 1900.

For continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians,
including the aborigines of the Antillean islands, and among the abo-
rigines of the Hawaiian, Philippine, and Ladrone islands, under the
direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries or com-
pensation of all necessary employees and the purchase of necessary
books and periodicals, $65,000, of which sum not exceeding $1,000
may be used for rent of building, $65,000.

Note.—The annexation by the United States of the Hawaiian Islands and the
prospective acquisition, as a result of the Spanish-American war, of other islands in

the Pacific Ocean and among the Antilles, enlarge the field of activities belonging
to this Bureau, and it is considered important, from both a practical and scientific

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standpoint, that its operations should be extended to the new territory as early as
possible in the next fiscal year. The inquiries which the Bureau is prepared to
undertake are such as would aid materially in solving the problems which the Goy-
ernment will have to meet in extending its control over the native populations
recently brought or soon to come under its jurisdiction. In order to provide for the
proposed extension of the work, including the expenses of field parties and their
equipment, an increase of $15,000 in the amount of the appropriation is requested.

BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY—APPROPRIATIONS.

June 4, 1897.
Sundry civil act for 1898.

For continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians,
under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries
or compensation of all necessary employees, $45,000, of which sum
not exceeding $1,000 may be used for rent of building.

(Stat., XXX, 22.)

July 1, 1898.
Sundry civil act for 1899.

For continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians,
under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries
or compensation of all necessary employees, and the purchase of nec-
essary books and periodicals, $50,000, of which sum not exceeding
$1,000 may be used for rent of building.

(Stat., XXX, 608.)

July 7, 1898.
Deficiency act for 1898, ete.

For payment of the outstanding accounts incurred during the fiscal
year ended June 39, 1897, under the appropriation ‘‘ North American
Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution,” and which are set forth on page 5
of House Document No. 319, of this session, $466.50.

(Stat., XXX, 662.)

March 3, 1899.
Sundry civil act for 1900.

For continuing ethnological researches among the American Indiansé
under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries
or compensation of all necessary employees and the purchase of neces-
sary books and periodicals, $50,000, of which sum not exceeding $1,000
may be used for rent of building.

(Stat., XXX, 1086.)

REPORT ON EXPENDITURES.

December 7, 1897—House.

A letter from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, trans-
mitting a detailed statement of the expenditures for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1897, under the appropriations for ‘‘ North American

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Ethnology,” ‘‘ International Exchanges,” the ‘* National Museum,”
the ‘* Astrophysical Observatory,” and the ‘* National Zoological Park,”
was laid before the House.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

December 5, 1898—House.

The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (Mr. 8. P. Langley)
transmitted a detailed statement of the expenditures for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1898, under the appropriations for ‘* International
Exchanges,” ‘‘ North American Ethnology,” the ‘‘ National Museum,”
the ‘‘Astrophysical Observatory,” and the ‘* National Zoological Park.”

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

NATIONAL MUSEUM—SUNDAY OPENING.

December 13, 1897—Senate.

Tue Vicr-PREsIDENT (Mr. Garret A. Hopart) presented memorial
of German Central Union for opening the National Museum from 1 to
5 o’clock p. m. on Sundays.

Referred to Committee on the Library.

NATIONAL MUSEUM—PRINTING BULLETINS AND PROCEEDINGS.

January 7, 1898—House.

Mr. Grorer D. Perkins introduced bill (H. 5986) to improve the
methods of printing and binding public documents.

Section 25 provided:

That of the Bulletins and of the Proceedings of the National Museum, 500 copies

shall be supplied by the Public Printer to the Superintendent of Documents for dis-
tribution to designated depositories and State and Territorial libraries.

Referred to Committee on Printing.

NATIONAL MUSEUM—ESTIMATES.

December 6, 1897—House.
Estimates for 1899.

\ For cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliances required for the exhi-
bition and safe-keeping of the collections of the National Museum,
including $20,000 for furnishing of new galleries, and including sala-
ries or compensation of all necessary employees, $35,000.

Norre.—An increase of $5,000, or from $30,000 to $35,000, is requested in this
appropriation. The sundry civil appropriation bills for the fiscal years 1897 and
1898 specifically authorized the construction of galleries in the National Museum
building to provide increased space for the exhibition of specimens; they are now
approaching completion. The furnishing of three of these galleries, at a cost of
$15,000, is provided for from the current appropriation. The additional sum of
$20,000 is required to furnish the remaining four galleries, and $15,000 will be neces-
sary, as heretofore, for the additions and repairs to furniture and fixtures in the
several exhibition halls, workrooms, and offices.

FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, 1897-1899. 1815

For expense of heating, lighting, electrical, telegraphic, and tele-
phonic service for the National Museum, $15,000.

Norr.—The cost of all fuel, gas, electrical service, including supplies and appara-
tus, telephones, etc., as well as the pay of engineers, electricians, firemen, and other
employees connected with this service, are covered by this item. The estimate for
$15,000 is $1,000 in excess of the current appropriation, and it is important that the
entire sum be provided.

For continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the col-
lections from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Govern-
ment, and from other sources, including salaries or compensation of
all necessary employees, $180,000.

Norr.—This item provides for all expenses incident to the preservation, exhibition,
and increase of the collections, except such as are specifically named under other
headings. It covers the compensation of the scientific and clerical staff, and of the
preparators, watchmen, and laborers; the cost of supplies required in the conduct of
the Museum, such as preservatives, stationery, labels, and other incidental; the cost
of transportation, the acquisition of specimens, etc.

The appropriation for the current year is $160,000. An increase of $20,000 for the
next fiscal year is requested. This additional amount is required to provide for the
‘natural increase in the extent of operations of the Museum, and for the improvement
of the exhibition and working series of specimens in certain branches, so as to
increase their utility.

One of the objects of the asked-for increase is to further develop the department of
geology and expand it in the direction of a museum of practical geology, where the
mineral products of the United States may be fully exhibited and producers may be
supplied with information of value and service to them. It is especially desirable
that this expansion of the scope of the department of geology may be effected at this
time, as there is now a strong demand for it among the mineral producers of the
country. ‘

The compensation of the higher grades of assistants in the Museum, on whom a
very large share of labor and responsibility devolves, is still inadequate in many
cases, and substantial increases should be made. The Museum has also a large corps
of honorary curators, who render service gratuitously. This feature of the organiza-
tion is valuable only within somewhat narrow limits, and it is desirable that addi-
tional permanent curators should be provided for.

For purchase of books, pamphlets, and periodicals for reference in
the National Museum, $2,000.

Norre.—An appropriation of $2,000 is required to provide books, pamphlets, and
periodicals for the use of curators in identifying specimens and securing the facts
necessary for preparing labels. It is also desirable to maintain in each section of the
Museum a small collection of books relating to the subject of the section, for the use
of visitors who desire more extensive information than the labels afford.

For necessary drawings and illustrations for the Annual Report,
‘**Proceedings,” and ‘‘ Bulletins” of the National Museum, $5,000.

Norr.—The cost of the preparation of drawings for the publications of the National
Museum has heretofore been charged to the appropriation for the preservation,
exhibition, and increase of the collections. This item of expenditure is an important
one in carrying out the policy of disseminating information regarding the Govern-
ment collections for the benefit of educational institutions throughout the country,
and it is requested that it be specifically provided for.

1816 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

For repairs to buildings, shops, and sheds, National Museum, includ-
ing all necessary labor and material, $8,000.

Norr.—The current appropriation for this purpose is $4,000. An increase of $4,000,
making a total of $8,000, is requested. The larger sum is required in view of the
fact that the Museum building, which was cheaply constructed in the beginning, is
now 16 years old, and the roof, floor, and walls are constantly in need of repairs.
The original wooden floors still remain in several of the large halls, where they are
now so badly worn and decayed as to necessitate their immediate replacement by
some more substantial material. The interior walls require painting throughout, the
recent changes incident to the building of new galleries having added to their
unsightly appearance.

For the erection of a fireproof building for workshop and storage
purposes for the National Museum, said building to be constructed
under the direction of the Superintendent of the Library of Congress
in accordance with the approval of the Secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution, $50,000. |

Norr.—Owing to the fact that the Museum building is not provided with a base-
ment, it has been necessary to make use of temporary detached quarters for work-
shops and for the storage of surplus specimens and the furniture drawn upon for
exposition purposes. These temporary quarters include a brick building and three
frame sheds on Ninth street SW., known as the ‘‘ Museum annex,’’ which are leased
by the Government at an annual rental of $2,000; a frame carpenter shop, adjacent
to the Museum building, and two frame sheds near the Fish Commission building on
Armory square. None of these structures are fireproof and the destruction of any of
them would entail considerable loss.

It is requested, in the interest of the safety of Government property, as well as a
matter of convenience and economy, that provision be made for the construction of
a special building adapted to the purposes above named. Preliminary plans have
been prepared for such a building, 50 feet front by 130 feet deep, with a basement,
entirely fireproof in its construction, plainly finished and corresponding in materials
and workmanship with the Museum building. It is estimated that a building can
be erected in accordance with these plans, including heating appliances and plumb-
ing, at a_cost of 20 cents per cubic foot, or about $50,000 complete, the interest of
which amount, at 4 per cent, would only equal the rental of the present leased
quarters.

The site suggested for the building is the Government reservation between the
National Museum and Army Medical Museum, with frontage on B street south.

For rent of workshops and temporary storage quarters for the
National Museum, $4,500.

Nore.—The sum of $2,000 is required to continue the rent of buildings on premises
at No. 431 Ninth street SW., in the city of Washington, known as the ‘‘ Museum
annex,’’ which are used for workshops and storage in place of the quarters formerly
occupied for the same purpose in the sheds adjacent to the Smithsonian Institution.
The use of these buildings is secured by an annual lease, renewable during a term of
years.

Should the plan for a fireproof building, estimated for under the last heading
above, be not approved by Congress, it is desirable that the further sum of $2,500 be
appropriated for the rental of additional quarters in which to place the carpenter and
cabinet shop now in a wooden shed adjacent to the Museum building, and for the
storage of material contained in two wooden sheds near the Fish Commission build-

FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, 1897-1899. 1817

ing on Armory square. The carpenter shop, on account of its close proximity to the
Museum building, is regarded as a serious menace to the safety of the Museum
collections.

For the continuation of the construction of galleries in the National
Museum building, under the direction of the Superintendent of the
Library of Congress in accordance with the approval of the Secretary
of the Smithsonian Institution, and for the building of skylights above
galleries in the four courts, and the erection of a ventilator upon the
roof of the lecture hall, $10,000. |

Norre.—The sundry civil appropriation bills for the fiscal years 1897 and 1898
each made provision for an expenditure of $8,000 (a total of $16,000) for the con-
struction of galleries in the National Museum building with the object of increasing
the area for exhibition purposes. The sum named has been found sufficient to com-
plete the galleries, seven in number, but without the necessary railings along their
exposed sides, which must be added before they can be opened to the public. It is
estimated that the cost of such railings and of the painting of the ironwork about
the galleries will amount to $2,500.

Much additional floor space can be economically obtained by connecting the
galleries in the courts with those in the adjoining halls, at an estimated cost of $5,000.

In order to improve the lighting of the ground floor in the four courts it is desir-
able to place a large skylight in the roof above each court. It is estimated that this
ean be done at a cost of about $1,800.

One of the north ranges in the Museum building requires additional means of
ventilation, as it is frequently used as a lecture hall. It is estimated that this can be
provided at an expenditure not exceeding $700, and an appropriation to that end is
recommended. '

Library of the late G. Brown Goode: For the purchase of 2,900
volumes, 18,000 pamplets, and 1,800 portraits, autographs, and engray-
ings, relating to museums, exhibitions, and natural history, $5,000.

Norr.—Dr. Goode devoted many years of thought and attention to bringing
together this collection of books and pamphlets, and its acquisition by the Museum
is especially desirable on account of its relevancy to the principles of Museum
administration and Museum work in general.

For the purchase of the herbarium of the late M. S. Bebb, of Rock-
ford, Ill., for the National Museum, $5,000.

Norre.—The herbarium collected by the late M. 8. Bebb, of Rockford, Illinois,
contains about 50,000 specimens, principally American, among them a valuable
representation of plants of the Eastern United States, especially needed to supply
deficiencies in the National Herbarium. Most important, however, is the series of
specimens of American willows, which is exhaustive and of special significance on
account of the fact that Mr. Bebb was for twenty years the leading American
authority on this group.

For postage stamps and foreign postal. cards for the National
Museum, $500.

For the Smithsonian Institution, for printing labels and blanks and
for the ‘‘ Bulletins” and ‘‘ Proceedings” of the National Museum—
the editions of which shall not be less than 3,000 copies—and binding,
in half turkey or material not more expensive, scientific books and

1818 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

pamphlets presented to and acquired by the National Museum Library,
$17,000.

Norr.—The sum of $12,000, which has been appropriated annually for several
years past for printing and binding for the National Museum, has proved entirely
inadequate. The deficiency has been most severely felt in respect to the Bulletins
and Proceedings, and it has been necessary to delay or to defer indefinitely the print-
ing of many important papers prepared for publication through those channels, owing
to the lack of sufficient funds.

It is through the medium of these reports that the benefits of the Museum are
secured, in a permanent and tangible form, to the scientific and educational estab-
lishments throughout the United States, and its usefulness to the schools, colleges,
museums, and working laboratories in all sections of the country is measured by the
character and extent of its publications. Being the custodian of all Government
collections, it is a duty, which the smallness of the appropriations has not allowed
the Museum to carry out, to make known as speedily as possible the results of the
studies on these collections. A provision of the printing act approved January 12,
1895 (sec. 86), restricts the character of binding for the Government to plain sheep
or cloth, but containsa reservation that the several Departments, the Library of Con-
gress, and other. branches of the Government specifically named (the National
Museum not being included) may have books for library use bound in material not
more expensive than half turkey. It is requested that this privilege be extended to
the National Museum. It is not considered that the expenses for binding will be
increased thereby, but it will permit the binding of series of volumes, now partly
bound in half turkey to be continued uniformly, and will give greater latitude in
this respect, which is much to be desired in a technical library where the books are
in such constant use as at the National Museum.

December 5, 1898—House. i
Estimates for 1900.

For cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliances required for the exhi-
bition and safe-keeping of the collections of the National Museum,
including $10,000 for the furnishing of new galleries, and including
salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, $25,000.

Notre.—The sum of $15,000 is necessary, as in previous years, for additions and
repairs to furniture and fixtures in the exhibition halls, laboratories, and offices. In

order to furnish the four remaining galleries authorized in the current appropriation
bill and now in course of erection, the further sum of $10,000 will be required.

For the expense of heating, lighting, electrical, telegraphic, and
telephonic service for the National Museum, $15,000.

Nore.—The cost of all fuel, gas, electrical service, including supplies and apparatus,
telephones, etc., and the pay of engineers, electricians, firemen, and other employees
connected with the service are provided for by this appropriation. The occupation
of additional outside quarters for workshops, in accordance with the provisions of the
sundry civil act of July 1, 1898, necessitating extra expense for heating, lighting, and
electrical service, makes it very important that the full amount requested in the
estimates be appropriated.

For continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the col-
lections from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Govern-
ment, and from other sources, including salaries or compensation of
all necessary employees, of which sum $5,500 may be used for neces-

FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, 1897-1899. 1819

sary drawings and illustrations for publications of the National
Museum, $180,000.

Norr.—This item provides for all expenses incident to the preservation, exhibi-
tion, and increase of the collections, except such as are specifically named under
other headings. It covers the compensation of the scientific and clerical staff, and
of the preparators, watchmen, and laborers, the cost of supplies required in the con-
duct of the Museum, such as preservatives, stationery, and other incidentals, the cost
of transportation, the acquisition of specimens, etc.

The large additions made annually to the Museum collections cause a material
increase each year in the amount of provision necessary for their care and preserva-
tion, while at the same time the number of skilled employees continues inadequate
to secure to the public the full benefits which it might derive from the more prompt
classification and arrangement of these collections. Thesorting out and distribution
among educational establishments of the duplicate specimens, for which requests
are received almost daily, is one of the important matters that is greatly delayed by
this cause.

In connection with the estimates presented last year, attention was called to the
importance of increasing the practical utility of the Museum collections, in response to
a popular demand, which the insufficiency of funds has prevented proper compliance
with heretofore. As the first step in this direction, it is desired to perfect the more
essential features of the Division of Applied Geology, which has been established
with the object of illustrating the mineral resources of the United States on a com-
prehensive scale and in such manner that all persons interested in the subject may
find here the opportunity for securing useful information. Means are now especially
needed for enlarging the collection of ores and useful minerals, and for representing
their mode of occurrence, their association in different localities, the methods
employed for their extraction, ete.

To meet these several requirements it is requested that the full amount of the esti-
mate be allowed.

For the purchase of books, pamphlets, and periodicals for reference
in the National Museum, $2,000.

Norr.—For the purchase of such books, pamphlets, and periodicals as are required
in conducting the operations of the Museum, the sum of $2,000, the same as is pro-
vided by the current appropriation, will be necessary.

For repairs to buildings, shops, and sheds, National Museum,
including all necessary labor and material, $10,000.

Norr.—Although the sum of $8,000 has been requested in the estimates for repairs
to buildings during several years past, the amount appropriated has never exceeded
$4,000. This sum has been entirely insufficient to meet even the most urgent require-
ments, making it necessary to defer action from year to year on many important
matters, some of which can no longer be delayed without risk of serious injury to
the Museum buildings. This is especially so with regard to the roof, ceilings, and
exterior woodwork. Several badly worn and decayed wooden floors also require to
be replaced by more suitable materials, and the interior walls have in many places
become dilapidated and unsightly. The amount now asked for, $10,000, is based
upon a low estimate of the cost of such repairs as require immediate attention.

For rent of workshops and temporary storage quarters for the
National Museum, $4,040.

Nore.—Congress, at its last session, increased the appropriation for rent of work-
shops and storage quarters from $2,000 to $4,500. Under the arrangements made in

1820 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

accordance with this provision, which can also be made to answer the requirements
for the next fiscal year, the leases entered into and subject to renewal will necessi-
tate an appropriation of only $4,040.

For postage stamps and foreign postal cards for the National Museum,
$500.

For making natural history investigations and collections in Porto
Rico, Cuba, and the Hawaiian, Philippine, and Ladrone islands, includ-
ing expenses of equipping and maintaining field parties, transportation,
subsistence, supplies, freight, and other incidentals, and salaries or
compensation of all necessary employees, $50,000, to be immediately
available.

Notr.—Means are requested by the National Museum for making natural history
collections and investigations on a comprehensive scale in the several islands which
have recently been acquired by the United States or brought under its control. It
is a recognized fact that a complete knowledge of the animal, vegetable, and mineral
kingdoms can only be arrived at by combining investigations in the field with the
study of specimens in the Museum and laboratory. Upon such researches and col-
lections must be based the practical work of the various scientific bureaus of the
Government relative to the agriculture, mining, and fisheries of the islands. The
National Museum alone is organized to assemble and preserve such natural history
collections and to make them ayailable for study.

Numerous inquiries have already been received regarding the plants and animals
of the several islands, and the National Museum is at present without comprehensive
collections from any of them, especially from Porto Rico, Cuba, and the Philippines.
The natural products of these islands have been for the most part but little studied,
and are very imperfectly known in this country.

For the Smithsonian Institution, for printing labels and blanks, and
for the ‘‘ Bulletins” and ‘‘ Proceedings” of the National Museum—the
editions of which shall not be less than 3,000 copies—and binding, in
half turkey or material not more expensive, scientific books and
pamphlets presented to and acquired by the National Museum
Library, $17,000.

NATIONAL MUSEUM—APPROPRIATIONS.
June 4, 1897.

Sundry civil act for 1898.

i

For cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliances required for the exhi-
bition and safe-keeping of the collections of the National Museum,
including $15,000 for furnishing new galleries and including salaries
or compensation of all necessary employees, $30,000.

For expense of heating, lighting, electrical, telegraphic, and tele-
phonic service for the National Museum, $14,000.

For continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the col-
lections from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Govern-
ment, and from other sources, including salaries or compensation of
all necessary employees, $160,000, of which sum $3,500 may be used
for necessary drawings and illustrations for publications of the National
Museum.

FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, 1897-1899. 1821

For repairs to buildings, shops, and sheds, National Museum, includ-
ing all necessary labor and material, $4,000.

For rent of workshops for the National Museum, $2,000.

For postage stamps and foreign postal cards for the National
Museum, $500.

For the continuation of the construction of galleries in the National
Museum building, said galleries to be constructed under the direction
of the Superintendent of the Congressional Library in accordance
with the approval of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution,
$8,000.

For removal of the sheds from their present location south of and
adjacent to the Smithsonian building, and rebuilding them, including
all necessary labor and material, $2,500.

(Stat., XXX, 22.)

For the Smithsonian Institution, for printing labels and blanks and
for the ‘‘ Bulletins” and annual volumes of the ‘‘ Proceedings” of the
National Museum, the editions of which shall not be less than 3,000
copies, and binding scientific books and pamphlets presented to and
acquired by the National Museum library, $12,000.

(Stat., XXX, 60.)

July 19, 1897.
Deficiency act for 1897, ete.

For expenses of heating the United States National Museum,
$1,097.65.

(Stat., XXX, 115.)

July 1, 1898.
Sundry civil act for 1899.

For cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliances required for the exhi-
bition and safe-keeping of the collections of the National Museum,
including $20,000 for furnishing new galleries and including salaries
or compensation of all necessary employees, $35,000.

For expense of heating, lighting, electrical, telegraphic, and tele-
phonic service for the National Museum, $14,000.

For continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the
collections from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Gov-
ernment, and from other sources, including salaries or compensation
of all necessary employees, $165,000, of which sum $5,500 may be
used for necessary drawings and illustrations for publications of the
National Museum.

For purchase of books, pamphlets, and periodicals for reference in
the National Museum, $2,000.

For repairs to buildings, shops, and sheds, National Museum, includ-
ing all necessary labor and material, $4,000.

For rent of workshops and temporary storage quarters for the
National Museum, $4,500.

1822. CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

For postage stamps and foreign postal cards for the National
Museum, $500. .

For the continuation of the construction of galleries in the National
Museum building, under the direction of the Superintendent of the
Congressional Library building and grounds, in accordance with the
approval of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and for
the building of skylights above galleries in the four courts, and the
erection of a ventilator upon the roof of the lecture hall, $10,000.

For purchase of 2,900 volumes, 18,000 pamphlets, and 1,800 por-
traits, autographs, and engravings relating to museums, exhibitions,
and natural history, library of the late G. Brown Goode, $5,000.

(Stat., XXX, 608.)

For the Smithsonian Institution, for printing labels and blanks for
the ‘‘ Bulletins” and annual volumes of the ‘‘ Proceedings” of the
National Museum, the editions of which shall not be less than 3,000
copies, and binding in half turkey, or material not more expensive,
scientific books and pamphlets presented to and acquired by the
National Museum library, $17,000.

(Stat., XXX, 647.)

March 3, 1899.
Sundry civil act for 1900.

For cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliances required for the
exhibition and safe-keeping of the collections of the National Museum,
including $10,000 for furnishing new galleries, and including salaries
or compensation of all necessary employees, $25,000.

For expense of heating, lighting, electrical, telegraphic, and tele-
phonic service for the National Museum, $14,000.

For continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the
collections from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Gov-
ernment, and from other sources, including salaries or compensation
of all necessary employees, $170,000, of which sum $5,000 may be
used for necessary drawings and illustrations for publications of the
National Museum, $170,000.

For purchase of books, pamphlets, and periodicals for reference in
the National Museum, $2,000.

For repairs to buildings, shops, and sheds, National Museum,
including all necessary labor and material, $6,000.

For rent of workshops and temporary storage quarters for the
National Museum, $4,040.

For postage stamps and foreign postal cards for the National
Museum, $500.

(Stat., XXX, 1086.)

For the Smithsonian Institution, for printing labels and blanks, and
for the ‘‘ Bulletins” and ‘‘ Proceedings” of the National Museum, the
editions of which shall not be less than 3,000 copies, and binding in

FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, 1897-1899. 18238

half turkey or material not more expensive, scientific books and pam-
phlets presented to and acquired by the National Museum Library,
$17,000.

(Stat., XXX, 1119.)

UNIVERSITY OF THE UNITED STATES.

December 13, 1897—Senate.
Mr. Greorce L. Weiineton introduced bill (S. 2740):

Be it enacted, etc., That there shall be, and is hereby, established, in the District of
Columbia, a body corporate with the name of and to be known as the University of
the United States, for the purpose of promoting the advancement of knowledge in its
higher branches and to carry on instruction, research, and investigation for the ben-
efit of mankind. Said corporation shall have a common seal, and may alter the same
at pleasure; it may acquire and hold real and personal estate, and accept any devises,
bequests, grants, and donations of money or of other property: Provided, That any
condition thereof shall not be repugnant to this act and shall be agreed to by the
board of regents, to be devoted to the uses and purposes aforesaid. It shall appoint
the necessary officers and employees and have power to remove the same; and it
may make and change by-laws and do such acts, not inconsistent with law, as shall
be necessary or proper to carry out the purposes of its establishment.

Sec. 2. That the government of said university shall be vested in a board of regents
and a university council, respectively, as hereinafter set forth.

Sec. 3. That the Board of Regents shall be composed of the President of the United
States, who shall be president of the Board, the Chief Justice of the United States,
the Commissioner of Education, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the
president of the National Academy of Sciences, the president of the National Educa-
tional Association, and the president of the university, and of nine other citizens of
the United States, no two of whom shall be citizens of the same State, and who, with
their successors, shall be appointed by the President of the United States, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate. Any vacancy occurring in the office of
any regent thus appointed shall be filledin like manner. The regents thus appointed
in the first instance shall be divided into three classes, to be determined by lot. The
first class shall hold office for two years; the second class shall hold office for four vears;
and the third class shall hold office for six years; and the term of office of regents
appointed to fill vacancies occurring in the three classes thus formed shall be filled
in the same manner by appointments for the residue of the term. Vacancies occur-
ring by expiration of a term shall be filled by appointments for six years. A majority
of all the members of the board of regents shall constitute a quorum for the transac-
tion of business.

Sec. 4. That the university council shall consist of the board of regents and of
twelve other citizens of the United States, to be appointed by the board of regents
from among eminent educators connected with institutions of learning in the United
Slates; but no more than one shall be appointed or hold office from any one State at
the same time. The twelve members first so appointed shall at the time of
their taking office be divided by lot into three classes; the first class shall hold office
for two years; the second class shall hold office for four years, and the third class
shall hold office for six years. Vacancies happening during their terms in any of
the classes shall be filled by appointments by the board of regents for the residue of
the vacant terms. Vacancies in any of the classes occurring by expiration of the
term of office shall be filled by appointments by the board of regents, for the term
of six years, from among eminent educators connected with institutions of learning
in the United States; but no more than one shall be appointed from any one State;

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and after all the States shall have had such appointments, the appointments shall be
made on the principle and rule that each State shall in due order be represented in
the council. In all proceedings of the council the president of the board of regents
shall preside, if present, and shall have the casting vote in cases of equal division;
and in the absence of the president the council shall choose a presiding officer for
the time being. A majority of all the members of the university council shall con-
stitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

Sec. 5. That the board of regents shall have exclusive control of the financial
administration of the university and of all its affairs not by this act confided to the
university council.

Sec. 6, That the university council shall have power to prescribe and direct the
work of the university in such courses of higher instruction, research, and investi-
gation, for the increase of knowledge, as the council shall from time to time deem
to be for the public welfare. All officers of instruction shall be appointed by the
university council, which shall have power to remove the same. The council shall
have power to adopt such regulations, in respect of the subjects in this section men-
tioned, for the internal administration of the university as it shall from time to time
deem proper.

Sec. 7. That the board of regents and the university council shall each hold a
meeting at least once in each year for the transaction of business, and other meetings
- of each may be held at any time, under such regulations as shall be provided for in
the by-laws of the corporation.

Src. 8. That in all the operations of the university neither sectarian nor partisan
preferences shall be allowed in any form.

Sec. 9. That the opportunities and facilities afforded by the university shall be free
to all persons who, in the judgment of the university council, shall be deemed com-
petent to use them; but admissions to the university shall be of those only who shall
have shown such advancement in and possession of knowledge as to qualify them to
pursue the higher branches of learning, research, and investigation. Degrees may
be conferred by the board of regents, upon the recommendation of the university
council, upon such persons only as shall have previously received a baccalaureate
degree from some institution recognized for this purpose by the university council,
or who shall have shown such attainments and capacity as shall, in the opinion of
the university council, be judged to entitle them to the degree conferred by the
university.

Sec. 10. That the university shall have authority to establish with other institu-
tions of education and learning in the United States such cooperative relations as
shall be deemed advantageous to the public interest.

Sec. 11. That the grounds in Washington City which were designated by Presi-
dent Washington as a site for a national university, and which for this reason were
long known as ‘‘ University Square’’ and recently occupied by the Naval Observa-
tory, are hereby granted to the said corporation, to be utilized for the benefit of the
university in such manner as the board of regents may deem most advantageous.

Sec. 12. That for the organization, preliminary work, and support of the univer-
sity for the two fiscal years ending June 30, 1900, there are hereby appropriated,
out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $15,000
for the fiscal year ending on the 30th day of June, 1899, and the sum of $25,000 for
the fiscal year ending on the 30th day of June, 1900.

Src. 13. That all payments of moneys out of the Treasury for the purposes in this
act mentioned shall be made upon the order of such officer as the board of regents
shall designate, and countersigned by the secretary.

Sec. 14. That all gifts and bequests of money to the university shall, unless other-
wise directed by the donor, be deposited in the Treasury of the United States in
trust, and shall be invested in bonds of the United States, at an interest of 5 per

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centum per annum, so far as may be consistent with the conditions of such gifts or
bequests, which interest shall be devoted from time to time to the payment of the
expenses of the university.

Sec. 15. That a detailed account of all expenditures of all moneys appropriated by
the United States or in charge of the Treasury made by or under the authority of
the university shall in each year be reported to the accounting officers of the
Treasury and passed upon according to the usual course of accounts in the public
service.

Sec. 16. That at the close of each fiscal year the board of regents shall make a full
and detailed report of the operations of the university, showing its receipts and
expenditures and its condition, to the President of the United States, to be by him
transmitted to Congress.

Sec. 17. That the Congress shall at all times have power of visitation in respect of
the university, in such manner as it shall deem expedient.

Src. 18. That the Congress may at any time alter, amend, or repeal this act as it
shall deem fit.

Referred to Committee to Establish the University of the United
States.

January 12, 1898—Senate.

Mr. Greorce L. WELLINGTON submitted resolution to print 5,000
copies of the Hoyt Memorial in reference to the University of the
United States.

Referred to Committee on Printing.

January 17, 1898—Senate.

Mr. H. Cazot Lopes reported resolution to print 5,000 copies of the
Hoyt Memorial relative to the University of the United States.

Passed.

LEAVES OF ABSENCE TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.

December 14, 1897—House.

In considering the legislative bill, Mr. Henry H. Brnenam referred
toareport made in the Fifty-third Congress from the Department of
Labor relative to employees in the public service and leaves of absence.

Bureau

Astro-
National Li Era Zoologi- | physical ey iake
Museum. E cal Park.| Observa-
x- aise nology.
changes. ge
Number of employees authorized ...............-- 185 14 36 5 21
Number in classified service who availed them-
selves of sick leave in addition to 30 days annual
NOAM Cle ce besa ence ca ckn seer aisn sae caleccine ss seuge 55 2 1 2 4
Average number of days of sick leave granted to
Gaba meeee setts cena. cok erohe oe Seki s ee 15. 66 6 11 1.62 15.75
Employees who were granted additional sick
leave in exceptional and meritorious cases..... 11. loo. SS ae Se Ape ee ee ee ee

Average number of days additional sick leave
granted in each exceptional and meritorious |
CBSE. Seine Be eee SEE alae ott mp eas aoe nlc | Gi TN |e eee a ARs aS eee See en ote >

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July 7, 1898.
. Deficiency act for 1898, ete.

Nothing contained in section 7 of the act making appropriations for
legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for
the fiscal year 1899, approved March 15, 1898, shall be construed to
prevent the head of any Executive Department from granting thirty
days’ annual leave with pay in any one year to a clerk or employee,
notwithstanding such clerk or employee may have had during such
year not exceeding thirty days’ leave with pay on account of sickness
as provided in said section 7.

(Stat., XXX, 653.)

STEINER INDIAN COLLECTION.

January 12, 1898—House.

Mr. Wiuuram H. Fiemrine introduced bill (H. 6357):

That the sum of $7,000 is hereby appropriated to pay to Dr. Roland Steiner, in
full satisfaction for his collection of Indian relics and implements, numbering about
75,000 specimens, now under offer of sale by him to the Smithsonian Institution, for
display in the U. 8. National Museum.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

PRESERVATION OF GAME IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

January 19, 1898—House.

Mr. Grorcr M. Curtis submitted report (H. 199) on = (H. 2524)
for preservation of game, etc., with amendment to insert: ‘‘ upon per-
mit from the executive curator of the National Museum.”

January 24, 1898—House.

Debated and passed.
February 25, 1899—Senate.

H. 2524 passed with amendments.
February 27, 1899—House.

H. 2524 passed. Senate amendments concurred in.

March 3, 1899.

Be it enacted, ete., That no person shall kill, expose for sale, or
have in his or her possession, either dead or alive, any partridge,
otherwise quail, between the Ist day of February and the 1st day of
November; nor kill, expose for sale, or have in his or her possession,
either dead or alive, any woodcock, between the 15th day of January
and the 15th day of July; nor kill, expose for sale, or have in his or her
possession, either dead or alive, any prairie chicken, otherwise pinna-
ted grouse, between the Ist day of February and the Ist day of Sep-
tember; nor kill, expose for sale, or have in his or her possession,
either dead or alive, any ruffed grouse, otherwise known as pheasant,
between the 26th day of December and the Ist day of November, except
the English ring-neck pheasant, or other pheasants of foreign origin,

FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, 1897-1899. 1827

hatched and raised in farm poultry inclosures; nor kill, expose for
sale, nor have in his or her possession, either dead or alive, any wild
turkey, between the 26th day of December and the 1st day of Novem-
ber; nor kill, expose for sale, nor have in his or her possession, either
dead or alive, any rabbit, except the species known as the English
rabbit or squirrel, between the 1st day of February and the 1st day of
November; nor kill, expose for sale, or have in his or her possession,
either dead or alive, any snipe or plover, between the Ist day of May
and the 1st day of September; nor kill, expose for sale, or have in his
or her possession, either dead or alive, any wild duck, wild goose or
brant, between the 1st day of May and the 1st day of September; nor
kill, expose for sale, or have in his or her possession, either dead or
alive, any water rail or ortolan, reedbird or ricebird or marsh black-
bird, between the 1st day of February and the 20th day of August;
nor shoot at nor kill the same except on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and
Saturdays, between the 21st day of August and the Ist day of Febru-
ary, under a penalty of $5 for a violation of any of the provisions of
this section, and in default thereof to be imprisoned in the workhouse
for a period. not exceeding thirty days.

Src. 2. That no person shall expose for sale or have in his or her
possession any deer meat or venison, between the Ist day of January
and the 1st day of September, under a penalty of $10 for such
exposure for sale or having in possession, and the forfeiture of all such
deer meat or venison to the officer making the arrest, who shall destroy
the. same; and, in default of fine, to be imprisoned in the workhouse
for a period not exceeding sixty days.

Src. 3. That no person shall expose for sale or have in his or her
possession dead, at any time, any turkey buzzard, wren, bluebird, hum-
mingbird, blue jay, robin or migratory thrush, wood or song robin,
martin, mockingbird, swallow, oriole, red or cardinal bird, catbird,
pewit, whip-poor-will, goldfinch, sap sucker, hanging bird, woodpecker,
crow blackbird, or other insectivorous bird, save for scientific purposes
upon permit from the superintendent of police of the District of Colum-
bia, in accordance with such restrictions as the Secretary of the Smith-
sonian Institution may prescribe, and excepting the English sparrow;
nor rob the nest of any wild bird of eggs or young or destroy such
nest, except in the clearing of lands of trees or brush; nor trap, net,
or ensnare any wild bird or waterfowl mentioned in this chapter, or
have in his possession any trap, snare, net, or illuminating device for
the purpose of killing or capturing any wild duck, wild goose, wild
brant or bird, under a penalty of $5 for each wild duck, wild goose,
wild brant, or bird killed or captured, or bird’s nest and eggs de-
stroyed, and, in default, to be imprisoned in the workhouse not exceed-
ing thirty days.

Src. 4. That no person shall kill or shoot at any wild duck, wild

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goose, brant, or wild bird in the nighttime; nor kill or shoot at any
wild duck, wild goose, wild brant, or wild bird with any other firearm,
gun, or device than such as are habitually raised at arm’s length and
fired from the shoulder, under a penalty of $5 for each wild duck,
wild goose, wild brant, or wild bird killed, and in default thereof to
be imprisoned in the workhouse for a period not exceeding thirty days;
and the further penalty of $20 for having any firearm, gun, or device
other than the gun habitually used at arm’s length, in possession, for
the purpose of violating the provisions of this chapter, and, in default,
to be imprisoned in the workhouse for a period not exceeding ninety
days.

Src. 5. That to carry out the provisions of this chapter any police
officer, game warden having police authority, or health officer, in the
District of Columbia, with sworn information presented to such officer
or warden, is authorized and empowered to thoroughly inspect any
house, boat, market box, stall, cold storage, or other place of whatever
character or kind, where he may believe game, meats, or birds, as
heretofore mentioned in this chapter, may be stored or kept; and any
proprietor, agent, employee, or other person refusing to permit such
inspection shall be deemed guilty of interference with the police, and
upon conviction therefor, be fined not more than $100 nor less than $25,
and, in default of such payment, to be imprisoned in the United States
jail not exceeding six months.

Src. 6. That any person who shall knowingly trespass on the lands
of another for the purpose of shooting or hunting thereon, after due
notice by the owner or occupant of lands, shall be liable to such owner
or occupant in exemplary damages to an amount not exceeding $100.
That notice shall be given by erecting and maintaining signboards, at
least 8 by 12 inches in dimensions, on the borders of the premises, and
at least two such signs for every 50 acres; and any person who shall
maliciously tear down or in any manner deface or injure any of such
signboards shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $5 for each and
every signboard so torn down, defaced, or injured; and, in default, to
be imprisoned for a period not exceeding thirty days in the workhouse.

Src. 7. That there shall be no shooting, or having in possession in
the open air the implements for shooting, on the first day of the week,
called Sunday, except to transport said implements within or without
the District of Columbia; and any person violating the provisions of
this section shall be liable to a penalty of not more than $20 for each
offense.

Src. 8. That wherever in this act possession of any birds, fowls, or
meats is prohibited, the fact that the said birds, fowls, or meat were
killed or captured outside the District of Columbia shall constitute no
defense for such possession.

Sec. 9. That any officer or other person securing the conviction of
any violator of any of the provisions of this act, in the police court or

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other court of the District of Columbia, shall receive one-half of any
fine which may be imposed and paid for such violation, and prosecution
shall be brought in the name of the District of Columbia.

Sec. 10. That all acts now in force in the District of Columbia
inconsistent with the provisions of this act be, and the same are hereby,
repealed.

(Stat., XXX, 1012.)

PURCHASE OF BOOKS TO BE SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED FOR.

March 15, 1898.
Legislative, executive, and judicial act for 1899.

That hereafter law books, books of reference, and periodicals for
use of any executive department, or other Government establishment
not under an executive department, at the seat of government, shall
not be purchased or paid for from any appropriation made for con-
tingent expenses or for any specific or general purpose unless such
purchase is authorized and payment therefor specifically provided in
the law granting the appropriation.

(Stat., XXX, 316.)

QUARTERLY REPORTS OF CONDITION OF BUSINESS.
March 15, 1898.

Legislative, executive, and judicial act for 1899.

Hereafter it shall be the duty of the head of each executive depart-
ment, or other Government establishment at the seat of government,
not under an executive department, to make at the expiration of each
quarter of the fiscal year a written report to the President as to the
condition of the public business in his executive department or Goy-
ernment establishment, and whether any branch thereof is in arrears.

(Stat., XXX, 317.)
NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK-——-EXCHANGE OF LANDS.

January 27, 1898—House.

Mr. Amos J. Cummrnes introduced bill (H. 7347) authorizing the
acquisition of certain lands in Woodley Park, for an addition to the
Zoological Park in exchange for the interest of the United States in
certain land north of W street between Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets
west, and south of block 2 of the subdivision called Meridian Hill.

Referred to Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

January 31, 1898—Senate.
Mr. James McMiL3an introduced 8. 3485. (Same as H. 7347.)
Referred to Committee on District of Columbia.

March 16, 1898—Senate.

Mr. Grorce P. Wermore, from Committee on the District of
Columbia, submitted report (S. 687) on S. 3485:

The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred

1830 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

the bill (S. 3485) authorizing the acquisition of certain lands in Wood-
ley Park, an addition to Zoological Park, in exchange for the interest
of the United States in certain land north of W street between Fif-
teenth and Sixteeth streets west, and south of block 2 of the sub-
division called Meridian Hill, make a favorable report thereon.

Woodley Park is a subdivision of certain lands situate in the Dis-
trict of Columbia lying outside of the city of Washington and adjoin- °
ing the Zoological Park. Woodley Park is owned by a number of
persons, some of whom claim to be also entitled to the land north
of W street, mentioned in the bill. The certain lots in Woodley Park
mentioned in the bill are valued by the Commissioners of the District
of Columbia at $30,000.

The land north of W street mentioned in the bill, and which it is pro-
posed to exchange for the lots in Woodley Park, is valued by the Com-
missioners of the District of Columbia at $34,800.

The history of the latter land may be briefly stated as follows:

At the time the city of Washington was laid out the irregular direc-
tion of the road which afterwards became Boundary street, in connec-
tion with the fact that the streets of the city were laid out on right
lines running north and south and east and west, caused an apparent
gap in the continuity in the streets and the road mentioned, and the land
now described as lying north of W street had no other apparent south-
ern boundary Jine than W street and no apparent northern boundary
whatever, unless the northern line of the road mentioned, afterwards
called Boundary street and subsequently called Florida avenue, might
be considered such line. The appearance of the spot thus was that of
asmall piece of waste land belonging to neither the road nor the city.
The question of the ownership of this piece of land has been mooted
ever since the establishment of the city, although the committee is
clearly of the opinion that it belongs to the United States.

Some years ago the ownership of this piece of land was the subject
of controversy between the District of Columbia and the person then
claiming to be the individual owner thereof, but the controversy never
came to judicial inquiry and would appear to have been dropped, for
what reason is unknown to the committee. Subsequently the persons
now claiming private ownership of the land, or so much thereof as is
affected by the bill, purchased the same in good faith for the sum of
$10,000 and have since asserted a right thereto. As already stated,
they are some of the same persons who now own the lots in Woodley
Park which it is proposed to exchange for the land.

As respects the financial aspect of the matter, these gentlemen, if
the bill shall become law, will be losing their $10,000 with accrued
interest and in addition giving $30,000 worth of lands for land esti-
mated by the Commissioners of the District to be worth $34,800, which

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is at a valuation of $1.50 per square foot, a figure which the committee
thinks very liberal.

The committee caused the bill to be referred to the Secretary of War
and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. The Secretary of
War notified the committee that the office of public buildings and
grounds has never claimed jurisdiction of any land beyond Boundary
street, and therefore returned the bill without comment.

The Commissioners of the District of Columbia, in addition to giving
the values, as hereinbefore stated, report as follows:

The piece of land at the junction of Sixteenth street and Florida avenue is of no
special value to the United States, enough having been retained to give full width
to W street, and the land proposed to be exchanged for it would be a valuable acqui-
sition to the Zoological Park authorities.

March 22, 1898—Senate.

Mr. J. H. GALLIncER presented a letter from Secretary S. P. Lang-
ley relative to purchase of land for extension of the National Zoolog-
ical Park.

Referred to Committee on the District of Columbia.

June 9, 1898—Senate.

Mr. J. H. GALLINGER reported adversely on S. 3485, and it was
postponed indefinitely, the proposed legislation having gone into the
sundry civil bill.

STUDIO FOR ARTISTS IN ZOOLOGICAL PARK.

March 1, 1898—Senate.

Mr. J. H. Gatuincer. I submit an amendment intended to be pro-
posed by me to the bill making appropriations for sundry civil
expenses of the Government. I wish to make a brief explanation.

The amendment proposes to increase the appropriation for ‘the
Zoological Park from $60,000 to $65,000 and to provide that $5,000
of that amount shall be used for the construction of a studio for artists,
to be built under the direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution and the Superintendent of the Zoological Park. I have
here a letter from Mr. Langley, the Secretary of the Zoological Park
[Smithsonian Institution], and 1 have likewise the verbal assurance of
the Superintendent that this matter is approved by them, provided
the additional appropriation of $5,000 can be secured.

I wish to state that in this entire country there is no place where
artists can congregate for the study of animals and for the proper paint-
ing of animals. There is some provision made in Paris in the Jardin
des Plantes for that purpose, and four or five hundred artists go there

every year, taking a good deal of money to Paris as a result. There
are artists (I myself am acquainted with some of them) who feel that
they ought to have the privilege in the park which would be given
by this small appropriation. It was dedicated, as Mr. Langley says,

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for that very purpose, or at least one of the purposes of its establish-
ment was for the advancement of science and for the instruction and
recreation of the people. |

In offering this amendment, which I ask shall first go to the Com-
mittee on the District of Columbia, I want to make an appeal both to
that committee and to the Committee on Appropriations that this small
amount be allowed. There is already a building in the park which
the Superintendent says can easily be converted into a studio, and it
is not now being used.

The Vicr-Prestpent (Mr. Garret A. Hopart). The amendment
will be referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and
printed.

Mr. GauincEr. I ask that the letter from Secretary Langley be
printed in connection with the amendment.

The Vick-PRESIDENT. If there be no objection, that will be the
ordex.

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION,
Washington, D. C., February 28, 1898.

Str: The superintendent of the National Zoological Park has called my attention
to your letter of the 24th instant, relative to the establishment of a studio for artists
in the park. I am fully aware of the importance of such a building, both for the
development of American art and for the scientific study of animal forms. It would
be entirely consonant with the principles upon which the park was established, it
being stated in the organic act that it is ‘‘ for the advancement of science and for the
instruction and recreation of the people.’’ I am therefore in favor of such a scheme.

It must, however, be distinctly understood that it will be impossible to devote any
of the regular appropriation for the park to this purpose, as the sum mentioned in
the sundry civil bill now before the House of Representatives is scarcely sufficient
to defray the necessary expenses for annual maintenance of the collection and the
care of the buildings and grounds.

Very respectfully, yours,
8. P. Laney, Secretary.

Hon. J. H. GALuincEr,

U.S. Senate, Washington, D. C.

NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK—READJUSTMENT OF BOUNDARIES.

March 16, 1898—House.

Mr. RicHarp C. SHANNON introduced bill (H. 9242) to adjust
boundaries of the Zoological Park, between Park road on the east
and Cincinnati street and Connecticut avenue on the west.

Referred to Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

March 16, 1898—House. :

Mr. W. V. Sutiivan introduced bill (H. 9248). (Same as H. 9242,
March 16, 1898.)

Referred to Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

March 18, 1898—House.

Mr. T. C. Carcnrnes introduced bill (H. 9280). (Same as H. 9242,
March 16, 1898.)

Referred to Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

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March 22, 1898—Senate.

Mr. J. H. GALLIncER introduced bill (S. 4191). (Same as H. 9242,
March 16, 1898.)

Referred to Committee on District of Columbia.

April 1, 1898—Senate.

Mr. James McMinn introduced bill (S. 4807). (Same as S. 4191,
March 22, 1898.)

Referred to Committee on District of Columbia.

April 20, 1898—Senate.

Mr. Wiux1am M. Stewart, from Committee on the District of
Columbia, submitted report (8. 934) on bill (S. 4191):

The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred
the bill (S. 4191) to readjust the boundary of the National Zoological
Park and preserve its seclusion between Park road on the east and
Cincinnati street and Connecticut avenue on the west, make a favor-
able report thereon.

Park drive forms the eastern boundary of Zoological Park. There
are, however, a few small pieces of land lying directly west of Park
drive and between that thoroughfare and the park. These parcels of
land should be acquired in order to prevent unsightly structures over-
looking the park. On the southern boundary of the park, and lying
between the park and Cincinnati street, is a cemetery owned by colored
people, who can neither extend their ownings for cemetery purposes
nor can they sell without authority of Congress. On the west of the
park are two small tracts of land lying on either side of the entrance,
and situated between Connecticut avenue and the park itself. The
map given herewith shows the exact location, together with the num-
ber of square feet in each parcel.

The bill originated with Prof. S. P. Langley, Secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution, in whose charge the Zoological Park is. It
has the approval and the earnest support of the District Commission-
ers, and the acquiring of these parcels of land was suggested in the
beginning by Mr. Olmsted, the landscape gardener employed in con-
nection with the District highways. The amount named in the bill,
$25,000, while insufficient to purchase the entire property, will
undoubtedly secure a large portion of it, for the reason that there
will be a bid for the ready money on the part of the landowners, and
thus the District will be able to acquire the land cheaper than it could
get it by condemnation.

June 14, 1898—Senate.
Mr. J. H. GaLurineer reported 8. 4191 adversely.
Indefinitely postponed.

June 15, 1898—Senate.

Mr. J. H. GaLiincEr asked reconsideration of vote to postpone
S. 4191 indefinitely.

Agreed to.

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July 7, 1898—Senate.
The bill (S. 4191) was considered as in Committee of the Whole.
The bill had been reported from Committee on the District of
Columbia with an amendment, to strike out all after the enacting clause
and insert:

That a commission to consist of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the
President of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and the Engi-
neer Commissioner of said board, is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire,
by purchase or condemnation, in the same manner as was adopted for the acquirement
of property already embraced in the National Zoological Park under the provision
of the act of March 2, 1889, the tract of land lying south of the National Zoological
Park owned by the Union Benevolent Association of the District of Columbia (col-
ored) and now occupied as a cemetery, and such parcels of ground adjoining the said
park and between its present boundaries and Connecticut avenue extended on the
west and the nearest road shown on the recorded highway extension plans of the first
section on the east and south (inclusive of such road in case the same is not yet dedi-
cated to public use) as they shall deem necessary for preserving its safety and per-
petuating its seclusion; these properties, along with Joliet street, already purchased,
to be made a part of the said park, for which purpose the sum of $25,000 is hereby
appropriated, to be paid half out of the District funds and half out of the United
States funds. The Union Benevolent. Association of the District of Columbia (col-
ored) is hereby authorized to sell and convey any portion or all of the tract of land
owned by them on the southern side of the Zoological Park now occupied as a cemetery.

The amendment was agreed to.

The bill was passed.
July 8, 1898—House.

Bill (S. 4191) referred to Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.
March 2, 1899—House,

Mr. Davip H. Mercer reported S. 4191, amended.

Referred to Committee of the Whole.

NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK

GRADING STREETS.

July 1, 1898.
Sundry civil act for 1899.

For the purpose of opening Cathedral avenue in accordance with the
highway-extension plans, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby
authorized and directed to convey all right and title of the United
States in and to a parcel of land bounded on the north by block two
of the subdivision called Meridian Hill, and on the east by the east line
of said block two extended southward, and on the west by the east
line of Sixteenth street west as said line is now extended and laid
down through said block two, and on the south by a line parallel to W
street of the city of Washington and distant ninety feet north from the
south line of said W street, to the parties owning a good and unincum-
bered title in fee simple to lots numbered twenty-two to twenty-nine,
both inclusive, in block numbered five of the subdivision called Wood-
ley Park in the District of Columbia, containing about 103,500 square

FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, 1897-1899. 1835

feet of land, and adjoining the land of the United States embraced in
the Zoological Park, upon the conveyance by said parties of the said
lots to the United States: Provided, That said lots in said Woodley
Park, when so conveyed to the United States, as aforesaid, shall become
part of the said Zoological Park and shall be subject-to the inclusion
of so much of the same on said Cathedral avenue as may be necessary
for the purpose of opening the said avenue.

(Stat., XXX, 616.)

January 31, 1899—Senate.

Mr. James McMILian submitted an amendment intended to be pro-
posed by him to the sundry civil bill for an appropriation of $45,000
for grading, regulating, and curbing the street on the west border of
the Zoological Park, from Woodley road to Cathedral avenue.

Referred to Committee on the District of Columbia.

February 23, 1899—Senate.
Mr. James MoMi.ian reported favorably.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK—ESTIMATES.

December 6, 1897—House.
Estimates for 1899.

For continuing the construction of roads, walks, bridges, water sup-
ply, sewerage, and drainage, and for grading, planting, and otherwise
improving the grounds; erecting and repairing buildings and inclos-
ures; care, subsistence, purchase, and transportation of animals,
including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, and
general incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, $75,000.

Nore.—The appropriation for the current year is $55,000. An increase of $20,600
is requested for the year 1899, in order to provide for much-needed improvements
and additions to the park in several directions. Among these are the construction
of a new elephant house and a suitable building for public comfort, additional inclos-

ures for bears and sea lions, repairs to office building, the completion of the roadway
along Rock Creek, and the improvement of the walks throughout the park.

December 5, 1898—House.
Estimates for 1900.

For continuing the construction of roads, walks, bridges, water sup-
ply, sewerage, and drainage, and for grading, planting, and otherwise
improving the grounds; erecting and repairing buildings and inclos-
ures; care, subsistence, purchase, and transportation of animals,
including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, the pur-
chase of necessary books and periodicals, and for general incidental
expenses not otherwise provided for, $100,000.

Norr.—An additional sum of $10,000 above the current appropriation has been
increasingly needed for some years to replace the temporary buildings and inclosures

which were hurriedly erected at the time of the first occupation of the park and
which can not be economically repaired. The sum of $25,000 is also asked for the

1836 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

collection, transportation, and installation of animals from the Hawaiian Islands,
from Cuba and Porto Rico, and from other islands in actual possession. Of these it
is desired to form an exhibit which will now be of special interest and timeliness, as
well as of permanent importance.

NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK——APPROPRIATIONS.

June 4, 1897.
Sundry civil act for 1898.

For continuing the construction of roads, walks, bridges, water sup-
ply, sewerage and drainage; and for grading, planting, and otherwise
improving the grounds; erecting and repairing buildings and inclos-
ures; care, subsistence, purchase, and transportation of animals, in-
cluding salaries or compensation of all necessary employees and general
incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, $55,000; one-half of
which sum shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Colum-
bia and the other half from the Treasury of the United States; and of
the sum hereby appropriated $5,000 shall be used for continuing the
entrance into the Zoological Park from Woodley lane and opening
driveway into Zoological Park, from said entrance along the bank of
Rock Creek.

(Stat., XXX, 22.)

July 1, 1898.
Sundry civil act for 1899.

For continuing the construction of roads, walks, bridges, water sup-
ply, sewerage and drainage; and for grading, planting, and otherwise
improving the grounds; erecting and repairing buildings and inclos-
ures; care, subsistence, purchase, and transportation of animals, includ-
ing salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, the purchase
of necessary books and periodicals, and general incidental expenses
not otherwise provided for, $65,000; one-half of which sum shall be
paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia and the other half
from the Treasury of the United States; and of the sum hereby appro-
priated $5,000 shall be used for continuing the entrance into the
Zoological Park from Woodley lane, and opening driveway into
Zoological Park, from said entrance along the bank of Rock Creek.

(Stat., XXX, 609.)

March 3, 1899.
Sundry civil act for 1900.

For continuing the construction of roads, walks, bridges, water sup-
ply, sewerage and drainage; and for grading, planting, and otherwise
improving the grounds; erecting and repairing buildings and inclosures;
care, subsistence, purchase, and transportation of animals, including
salaries or compensation of all necessary employees; the purchase of
necessary books and periodicals, and general incidental expenses -not
otherwise provided for, $75,000; one-half of which sum shall be paid

FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, 1897-1899. 1837

from the revenues of the District of Columbia and the other half from
the Treasury of the United States; and of the sum hereby appro-
priated $5,000 shall be used for continuing the entrance into the Zoo-
logical Park from Woodley lane, and opening driveway into
Zoological Park, from said entrance along the bank of Rock Creek,
and $5,000 shall be expended in widening the Adams Mill road
entrance’ to the Zoological Park from the corner of Eighteenth street
and Columbia road, by acquiring by purchase or condemnation of
land sufficient to widen the same to a width of 100 feet, and such road,
so widened, shall form a parkway under the control of the Zoological
Park.
(Stat., XXX, 1086.)

DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

February 23, 1899—Senate.

The Vicr-Presipent (Mr. Garret A. Hopart) laid before the
Senate a letter of Mr. S. P. Laneiey, Secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution, transmitting the annual report of the National Society of
the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor.

REPORT OF SALARIES OF OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES REQUIRED.

March 3, 1899.
Sundry civil act for 1900.

For the fiscal year 1901, and annually thereafter, a report in detail,
shall be made to Congress of the salaries of all officers and employees
paid from appropriations under the Smithsonian Institution.

(Stat., XXX, 1085.)

ADDENDA.

THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1849-1851, SPECIAL SESSION, SENATE.
APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS.

By the Vice-President.
March 6, 1849—Senate.

James M. Mason was appointed by the Vice-President (Mr. Mi~tiarp
Fittmore) to fill the vacancy in the Board of Regents, vice Sidney
Breese, whose term had expired.

THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS, 1861-1863.
EXPOSITIONS.

London.
July 27, 1861.

Joint resolution.

Resolved, etc., That the President be, and he hereby is, authorized
to take such measures as shall to him seem best to facilitate a proper
representation of the industrial interests of the United States at the
exhibition of the industry of all nations to be holden at London in
the year 1862; and the sum of $2,000 is hereby appropriated for the
incidental expenses thereof.

(Stat., XII, 328.)

THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS, 1865-1867.
APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS.

By the Speaker.
December 21, 1865—House.

The SpeaKeER (Mr. SchuyLER CoLFAx) announced that he had
appointed as Regents of the Smithsonian Institution on the part of the
House from and after the 27th of December, 1865, James W. Patter-
son, of New Hampshire, John F. Farnsworth, of Illinois, and James

A. Garfield, of Ohio.
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CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. _ 1839

FORTIETH CONGRESS, 1867-1869.
APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS.

By the Vice-President.
March 21, 1867—Senate.

On motion of Mr. W. P. FressenpdEN it was ordered that the Presi-
dent pro tempore of the Senate appoint two members to fill vacancies
in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, occasioned
by the expiration of the terms of service of Lyman Trumbull and
Garret Davis. The President pro tempore (Mr. B. F. Wane) reap-
pointed Mr. Trumbull and Mr. Davis.

FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS, 1875-1877.
APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS.

By the Speaker.
December 14, 1875—House.

The Speaker (Mr. M. C. Kerr) announced that he had aeiionited
Hiester Clymer, of Pennsylvania, Benjamin H. Hill, of Georgia, and
George W. McCrary, of lowa, as Regents of the Smithsonian Insti-
tution.

REPORT OF SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.

April 13, 1876.—Senate.
Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for 1875, presented.
Mr. Hannipat HaMuin moved that extra copies be printed.
Referred to Committee on Printing.

April 20, 1876.—Senate.
Mr. Henry B. AnrHony, from Committee on Printing, reported a
concurrent resolution:

Resolved, etc., That 10,500 copies of the Report of the Smithsonian Institution for
the year 1875 be printed; 1,000 copies of which shall be for the use of the Senate,
2,000 copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and 7,500 copies for the use
of the Smithsonian: Provided, That the aggregate number of pages shall not exceed
450, and that there shall be no illustrations, except those furnished by the Smith-
sonian Institution.

Passed.
April 27, 1876.—House.

On motion by Mr. R. B. Vance, the Senate concurrent resolution of
April 20 was referred to Committee on Printing.

1840 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

May 24, 1876.—House.

Mr. L. W. Batiou, from Committee on Printing, reported Senate
resolution of April 20.

Passed.

February 16, 1877.—House.

Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for 1876, presented.

Mr. G. W. McCrary offered a resolution to print 10,500 extra copies.

Referred to Committee on Printing.

February 28, 1877.—House.

Mr. OtHo R. SineLeton, from Committee on Printing, reported a
concurrent resolution:

Resolved, That 10,500 copies of the Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the
year 1876 be printed; 1,000 copies of which shall be for the use of the Senate, 3,000
copies of which shall be for the use of the House of Representatives, and 6,500 for the
use of the Smithsonian Institution: Provided, That the aggregate number of pages

shall not exceed 500, and that there be no illustrations except those furnished by the
Smithsonian Institution. ;

Passed.
March 1, 1877.—Senate.

On motion by Mr. H. B. AntHony, the House resolution of Feb-
ruary 28 was concurred in.

—_

_FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS, 1885-1887.

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES.
March 3, 1887.
Legislative, executive and judicial act for 1888.

Patent Office: For purchase of books, and expenses of transporting
publications of patents issued by the Patent Office to foreign govern-
ments, $3,000.

(Stat. XXIV, 624.)

FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS, 1891-1893.
EXPOSITIONS.
Chicago Exposition.
March 3, 1893.

Naval service act for 1894, ete.

For the expenses of the International Rendezvous and Review,

including assembling and preparation of ships and such temporary

increase of the force of enlisted men and marines as may be required,
and such other necessary expenses as the Secretary of the Navy may
authorize, to be immediately available, $300,000, or so much thereof

OO Es

CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 1841

as may be necessary; and the number of persons who may at one time
_be enlisted into the Navy of the United States, including seamen, ordi-
nary seamen, landsmen, mechanics, firemen, and coal heavers, and
including 1,500 apprentices and boys, hereby authorized to be enlisted
annually, shall not exceed 9;000. And the Secretary of the Navy be,
and he is hereby, authorized, empowered, and directed to define and
establish suitable anchorage grounds in Hampton Roads and in New
York Harbor during the continuance of the naval rendezvous and
review to be held in pursuance of the provisions of section 8 of the
act of Congress approved April 25, 1890, creating the World’s Colum-
bian Exposition; and the Secretary of the Navy is hereby further
authorized to make such rules and regulations regarding the move-
ments of all vessels in the roadstead and harbor named as may be nec-
essary in order to insure the proper and orderly conduct of said naval
rendezvous and review and provide for the safety of the vessels par-
ticipating therein; and such rules and regulations when so issued and
published shall have the force and effect of law.
(Stat. X XVII, 730.)

FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, 1897-1899.
EXPOSITIONS.

Chicago Exposition.
July 19, 1897.
Deficiency act for 1897, ete.

For rental of building for the division of awards, Bureau of Engray-
ing and Printing, occupied by said Bureau in the execution of the
work of delivering the awards of the World’s Columbian Exposition,
at a rental of $60 per month, $720.

(Stat. XXX, 109).

To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury
on account of the appropriation ‘‘Synopsis of Department reports,
World’s Columbian Exposition,” $98.45.

For payment to N. E. Dawson, for services rendered the World’s
Columbian Commission, $500.

(Stat. XXX, 112).

Omaha Exposition.
July 1, 1898.
Indian act for 1899.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized
to cause to be assembled at the city of Omaha, in the State of Nebraska,
at such time and for such period as he may designate, between the first
days of June and November, anno Domini 1898, representatives of

H. Doe. 732——116

1842 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

different Indian tribes, as a part of the Trans-Mississippi and Inter-
national Exposition, to be held at the city of Omaha, in the State of
Nebraska, pursuant to an act of Congress entitled ‘‘An act to authorize
and encourage the holding of a Trans-Mississippi and International
Exposition at the city of Omaha, in the State of Nebraska, in the year
1898,” approved June 10, 1896, for the purpose of illustrating the past
and present conditions of the various Indian tribes of the United States,
and the progress made by education, and such other matters and things
as will fully illustrate Indian advancement in civilization, the details
of which shall be in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior.
And for the purpose of carrying into effect this provision the sum of
$40,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appro-
priated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated;
but the Secretary of the Interior is hereby prohibited from making,
or causing to be made, any expenditure, or creating any liability on
behalf of the United States in excess of the sum hereby appropriated.
(Stat. XXX, 594.)

Philadelphia Export Exposition, 1899.
December 21, 1898.

Be it enacted, ete., That there shall be held a national exposition of
American products and manufactures, suitable for export, at the city
of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, in the year 1899, under
the auspices of the Philadelphia Exposition Association; and that there
may be admitted to said exposition such articles not of American
manufacture and such other objects as may conduce to the interest of
the exposition and may be useful for comparison with American prod-
ucts and manufactures: Prowded, That the United States shall not be
liable for any of the expenses attending or incident to such an exposi-
tion, nor by reason of the same, further than hereinafter provided for.

Sec. 2. That all articles which shall be imported from foreign coun-
tries for the sole purpose of exhibition at said exposition, upon which
there shall be a tariff or customs duty, shall be admitted free of pay-
ment of duty, customs fees, or charges, under such regulations as the
Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe; but it shall be lawful at any
time during the exhibition to sell, for delivery at the close thereof, any
goods or property imported for and actually on exhibition in the exhi-
bition building, or on the grounds, subject to such regulation for the
security of the revenue and for the collection of import duties as the
Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe: Provided, That all such
articles when sold or withdrawn for consumption in the United States
shall be subject to the duty, if any, imposed upon such articles by the
revenue laws in force at the date of importation; and all penalties pre-
scribed by the law shall be applied and enforced against the persons
who may be guilty of any illegal sale or withdrawal.

CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 1843

Sec. 3. That for the purpose of enabling the collection in foreign
markets of samples of merchandise of the character in favor and
demand therein, of illustrating the manner in which merchandise for
such markets should be prepared and packed, together with necessary
business data concerning said samples, to be displayed at the said
exposition for the instruction and benefit of American manufacturers
and merchants, and thereby laying the foundation of a great system of
national commercial education, there is hereby appropriated, out of
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the board
of trustees of the Philadelphia Museums the sum of $50,000: Prowded,
That this sum shall be expended only for the purposes set forth in this
section, and the samples of merchandise so collected shall become the
property of said Philadelphia Museums. The Department of State is
hereby directed to cooperate in this work, through the consular serv-
ice of the United States, in such a manner as may be agreed upon by
conference between the Secretary of State and the trustees and officers
of the exposition association.

Sec. 4. That to aid in providing buildings necessary for the pur-
poses of the exposition (said buildings to be erected on lands set aside
by the city of Philadelphia for the board of trustees of the Philadel-
phia Museums, and after the close of the exposition to be available for
one or more of the various purposes of the Philadelphia Museums
corporation, as set forth in its charter) and for the purpose of collect-
ing, installing, and caring for such an exhibit by the United States
Government as may be found expedient and desirable, there is hereby
appropriated, out of any money not otherwise appropriated, to the
said Philadelphia Exposition Association the sum of $300,000: Pro-
vided, That no liability against the Government shall be incurred, and
no payments of money under this section shall be made, until the offi-
cers of said exposition shall have furnished the Secretary of the Treas-
ury proofs to his satisfaction that there have been obtained by said
board of trustees of the Philadelphia Museums and said Philadelphia
Exposition Association, in good faith, subscriptions, contributions,
donations, or appropriations, from all sources, for the purpose of said
exposition and the buildings to be used therefor, a sum aggregating
not less than an amount equal to the sum appropriated in this section.

Sec. 5. That the United States shall not in any manner, nor under
any circumstances, be liable for any of the acts, doings, proceedings,
or representations of said board of trustees of the Philadelphia Muse-
ums or the Philadelphia Exposition Association, its officers, agents,
servants, or employees, or any of them, or for service, salaries, labor,
or wages of said officers, agents, servants, or employees, or any of
them, or for any subscriptions to the capital stock, or for any certifi-
cates of stock, bonds, mortgages, or obligations of any kind issued by
said corporation, or for any debts, liabilities, or expenses of any kind

1844 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

whatever attending such corporation or accruing by reason of the
same, other than are in this act provided.

Sec. 6. That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to create
any liability of the United States, direct or indirect, for any debts
or obligations incurred, nor for any claim for aid or pecuniary assist-
ance from Congress or the Treasury of the United States in support
or liquidation of any debts or obligations created by said board of
trustees of the Philadelphia Museums or the Philadelphia Exposition
Association in excess of the sums herein appropriated.

(Stat., XXX, 768.)

March 1, 1899.
Joint resolution.

Resolved, etc., That the act of Congress approved February 26, 1885,
prohibiting the importation of foreigners under contract to perform
labor, and the acts of Congress prohibiting the coming of Chinese per-
sons into the United States, and the acts amendatory of these acts,
shall not be constrtied, nor shall anything therein operate to prevent,
hinder, or in anywise restrict any foreign exhibitor, representative,
or citizen of a foreign nation, or the holder who is a citizen of a for-
eign nation of any concession or privilege from the Philadelphia Expo-
sition Association of Pennsylvania from bringing into the United
States, under contract, such mechanics, artisans, agents, or other
employees, natives of their respective foreign countries, as they or any
of them may deem necessary for the purpose of making preparations
for installing or conducting their exhibits or of preparing or installing
or conducting any business authorized or permitted under or by virtue
of or pertaining to any concession or privilege which may have been
granted by the Philadelphia Exposition Association of Pennsylvania in
connection with such exposition: Provided, however, That no alien
shall by virtue of this act enter the United States under contract to
perform labor except by express permission, naming such alien, of the
Secretary of the Treasury; and any such alien who may remain in the
United States for more than three months after the close of the expo-
sition shall thereafter be subject to all the processes and penalties
applicable to aliens coming in violation of the alien contract-labor law
aforesaid.

(Stat., XXX, 1390.)

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Andrew Johnson
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Thomas A. Hendricks ._...-...-.. 1885

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Frederick T. Frelinghuysen 1881
Thomas F. Bayard 1885
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George Bancroft....----.--- [1845] 1846
won We Viason: — £2 « = SRREES 22: 1846
Watliam+BsPreston:=<+/2e-202 2:2 1849
William A. Graham ........-.---- 1850
JohnsEWenmedy 122-5 5..5-225 26 1852
James’. DOBDM <=/2-455-c Sock 1853
Isaac MNOUCBY f= ne es pens eon 1857
CIdeOn Welles onc 2s a2 2 tse eee 1861
Adolph Ey BOTIO. 2.0 22 22 saan s oe 1869

Walliamet’Sherman -.... 2222-25. 1869
William=W "Belknap: =22s2.2e5 3a. 1869
Alphorso Tait: 2 +2222 2452202 eee ee 1876
James Don Cameron ..........--- 1876
George 'W.MeCrary: -:+: eee 1877
Alexander Ramsey ..-.-..--------- 1879
Robert Tf Lincoln 2-:-.28 1881
William’ ©. Emdicott <= =-2°2e2 =e" 1885
Redfield Proctor 222525200 e eee 1889
Stephen B. Elkins... -:222.2seeeee 1891
Daniel’; Lamont... 22. ee eee 1893
RiussellMAG Alger... 6 See eae 1897
Bbhuthoote 2214222242. eee 1899

OF THE Navy.

George M. Robeson....----...-5. - 1869
Richard W. Thompson..-.....----- 1877
Nathan ‘Goff, Jr<:=25- =. 680 1881
William: Tiron. 223222 eee 1881
William: 4. Chandler .2.2-2.2222.- 1882
WV sre Win Gn yo en oe ee 1885
Benjamin F. Tracy 2222 2oeee saan 1889
Hilary A. Herbert .------- aes ee 1893
J Onn hone = shen eee eee 1897

PosTMASTERS-GENERAL.

Term commenced.

Cave Johnson .....-..----- [1845] 1846
Jacob Collamers.4<.~3-. SSI 1849
Nathan Krall; eee o_- 250 ck ae
Samuel D. Hubbard)... ....... 22.
JamessCampbellseesse soccccet eee
Warons\ eOrOWdl n= o- on. assem ce ae

DOSED MNELOliM Ase e sce a Vee ee eee 1859
Hiommmedibinges. 2.2 32 = 2 2s 1861
Montgomery Blair...........-.--- 1861
Walliam Dennison... s2aceu. te 1864
Alexander W. Randall.....--..-.-- 1866
Fotn A. J. Cresswelle. 2.4" =.-2. 25 1869
James. W: Marshall: --2- 2022.25. 1874
Marshall Sewelli22-s- 2-2 esce ses 1874

James: N.. Tyner:...-..-S38Us. = see 1876
David McK. _Key...-lseea -thag 1877
Horace Maynard .. «:-aeidesds-aee 1880
Thomas L. James ..--.-- targ-gaat 1881

Timothy O. Howe. -- 2<223--Be aus 1881

Walter @*Gresham.-22-25-- cece 1883
Franid Hatton 22-2: 2222-22 eeeeee 1884
Wralliaraal, sWiilasy 2: eee 1885
Don Mi: Dickinson., . - . ssa5- 2 1888
John Wanamaker -2:4....38- 22 2a- 1889
Wiulson:S.. Bissell ..<-22- s2eee seo 1893
William 1. Wilson ..22-2 2522-4564 1895
James A. ‘Gary\i.- 22s. 2 eee eee 1897
Charles Emory Smith. --..--..---- 1898

MEMBERS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, EX OFFICIO.

1849

ATToRNEYS-GENERAL.

Term commenced.

ie k. MaROn! 22... [1845] 1846
Mss UEOTO. =... ------.-22 1846
Lio he NT UTe sail appear See aeanaia 1848
fevyerdy Johnson ..---......-...-- 1849
John J. Crittenden ........--.-..-- 1850
Seem Gnening -.__.... 02 lis! 1853
deremiah’S. Black.........--.-.-. "1857
@awin M. Stanton .... 220). ...220. 1860
Geemard, bates... ... aezstell! 2.2 1861
Titian J. Coffey, ad interim .....-.- 1863
Memes SPEC 20> =~ 252... SEE 1864
Henry siunbery. 2.00.02 4.22.25. 1866
William: M: Evarts 22... ..-: 22... 1868

Term commenced.
Amos T. “Ackerman... - 2 2. 222. 1870
Gedrad it "Wiliams .5 see cee 1871
Edwards Pierrepont ...........-.- 1875
OMA Petes <2. oot = ae 1876
Charles Deyens: .<:=<.-.2b- Seek 1877

Weyne MeVenoh.. 2.0.02 220-2522 1881
Benjamin H. Brewster..........-- 1881
Augustus H. Garland ...... 22:2. 1885

William H., El. Miller. .:s3:52. 5%. 1889

Richer Winey 22.02.2622. 22252. 1893
Judson armon 2 =. 22.22... 1895
Josep Metionna 2 U2. l. SSeS 1897
JohopWeGwricrs aoe. Fos 2 1897

Mieonezer iv. loar: 22-222: eee Ss 1869

CHIEF JUSTICES OF THE UNITED STATES.
Worrison kh. Watte!..=.-=- =<.

Roger B. Taney ....-- [1836] 1846-1864

salmoniP) Chase .-...--..--- 1864-1873 | Melville W. Fuller ......_..- 1888-
CoMMISSIONERS OF THE PATENT OFFICE.

Term commenced. Term commenced.
Bimuynd Burke---. ...:.--- [1845] 1846 | Samuel T. Shugert (acting).....__. 1859
inomas) Pwbank ...- -- 2-2-2... LS4oe) WalliensD. Brshop. 2 ccc a5..26.0258 1859
11s Ah. 2 (sf0 he rr 16523) Philip-¥. ‘Thomas -. 5-25 ..- 424523 1860
Richard C. Weightman (acting) -..- 1853 | Samuel T. Shugert..............-- 1860
ifimaries Mason 2.2 so2: 222.2 82-1 téo5*|} David) P* Holloway? 222/20. 2.1 . 1861
Samuel T. Shugert (acting) -..---- 18a(el) DiomasiGtheakeryss4t sb22ee) os 1865
Oe hi poy |) Samuchis. Misher. 200.22 522554. 1869

COMMISSIONERS OF PATENTS.

[Title changed from ‘‘Commissioner of the Patent Office’? by act of July 8, 1870. Discontinued by
act of March 12, 1894.]

Term commenced, Term commenced.
Mortimer D.- Leggett... ..-2:-:--. 1871 | Benjamin Butterworth............ 1884
PeninieM. Phacher... 22. J. hss.-- 2. 1874 | Martin V. Montgomery........--- 1886
Peanere Fe uel 22 ses 2. eee sien 1875un) Benton J slalleoes. 9. sake 22-45 1888
PA eeR co. ia.seee Gs seks ee 18769) Charles); Mitchells. ....-.-.-.- 1890
Eraliert. fo. Panes. cs... 2.522se555 1879 | William E. Simonds. ....-.......-- 1893
‘Badger M. Marble... ....222..229222 1880

Mayors or Ciry oF WASHINGTON.

[Office abolished February 27, 1871. |
Term of office.

WVilitameWer Seaton: ar esso.ee rns fc Ae [Elected June, 1840] 1846-June, 1850
Wraltersbenox 222022 2-.22.2 Pts c. x5 te Se Pit Pee en A he: BERET June, 1850-June, 1852
Rae MMMM VRS hae 22 Sb a ekc an eee ak eee eee te June, 1852—June, 1854
Jip iieles HO WETEae ot see Se icivn cic cnn d COR aero oe ee OES June, 1854-June, 1856
eeem bya UNPReINeY 5. = eS on >. 4 SS. tee A It June, 1856-June, 1858"
etn seR RU eC erree Sts ne oe ee June, 1858-Aug. 24, 1861
Rpigvuan UV Ee Cet ee) AR OPIS L PERU TI ES Aug. 26, 1861-June, 1868
Puaaees Ssuwere Onin. Sree Se 27s Sate eek. June, 1868-June, 1870

TOM Cr MIE oe reek sp vale Said Goede Se aee eae ws June, 1870-June, 1871

1850 MEMBERS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, EX OFFICIO.

GOVERNORS OF THE DisTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

{Office abolished June 20, 1874.]
Term of office.

Benry D: Cooke ..-....:spe-pe. eee ae eee Feb. 28, 1871-Sept. 13, 1873
Alexander Ri Shepherd... ... s2-22cs2heee Saseeee See Sept. 13, 1873-June 20, 1874
SECRETARIES OF THE INTERIOR.

[By act of Congress of March 12, 1894.]

Term commenced. Term commenced.
Hoke Smith: 22. -5- ata? et 1893. |" Comelius N= Bliss:- 2-22e ee 1897
David -R:- -Krancis<52t2428 <5 82 et 1896 | Ethan. A.. Hitehcock _.-.. 222i 1899

SECRETARIES OF AGRICULTURE.
[By act of Congress March 12, 1894.]

J ererung Morton...5552-7222282- 1894. | James "Wilson <> 2S. -2525-=25 ee aeee 1897

Honorary MEMBERS, ELECTED BY THE ‘‘ ESTABLISHMENT.”’

[Discontinued by act of Congress March 12, 1894.]

When elected. When elected.
ieobert Hares: --.--.. 2. August 1, 1849 | Parker Cleveland .............-.. 1853
Benjamin Silliman .....- Do. Augustus B. Longstreet ........... 1857
Albert Gallatin -......-- Do. Columbus Delano, Secretary of the

Washington Irying...... Do. Interior 2... .<:..-.-2-.-sdegsesee 1872

REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.

The Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution consists of
fourteen! members, five of whom constitute a quorum. The Board
is composed of—

The Vice-President of the United States, the Chief Justice of the
United States, by virtue of and during continuance in office;

Three members of the Senate, appointed by the President of the
Senate for the time they hold, without reelection, their office as Senators;

Three members of the House of Representatives, appointed by the
Speaker biennially on the fourth Wednesday of December, to serve
until the fourth Wednesday in December the second year succeeding
their appointment;

Six members other than members of Congress, elected by joint reso-
lution of Congress for the term of six years, two of whom are to be
residents in the city of Washington, the other four from States, and no
two from the same State.

Vacancies in the board from the classes of Senators and members of
the House of Representatives are filled as in the case of vacancies in
committees of either House.

Vacancies in the class of the citizens of States and the city of Wash-
ington are filled by joint resolution of Congress.

LIST OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, ACCORDING TO MODE OF APPOINT-
MENT, FROM AUGUST 10, 1846, TO MARCH 3, 1899.

Vicr-PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATEs.

Term commenced. Term commenced.
George M. Dallas ...-.-.--- [1845] 1846 | Henry Wilson....---.:..--------- 1873
Mallard iRilimone. =. 2. =. sscss5 2 1849 | William A. Wheeler ............-- 1877
MEER Re IMA ois io ene e 1853 | Obester A. Ar§bur’ 5... 40.222 =. - 1881
John C. Breckinridge ............- 1857 | Thomas A. Hendricks. ........-.-.. 1885
Hannibal amlingasa ce Sos-s 1861. | dhevi BsMonton!. 96: sbsesed24 5422 1889
ATIGTEW JONNSON ee caste. ces et 3k 1865.| Adlai E. Stevenson ...-.0-.-.---..- 1893
Sohayler Colfax «22 focccee-2 1869. |-Garret A. Mobaré us seullg.). 0. 24 1897

'The mayor of Washington and later the governor of the District of Columbia were
Regents ex officio until these offices were abolished.

1851

1852

REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.

PRESIDENTS Pro TEMPORE OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE WHO ACTED AS REGENTS
Ex OFFIcio.

Term commenced.

Term commenced.

lafayette 8: Foster: :222222:222¢224 1865 | George F. Edmunds -----------..- 1883
Benjamim FS Wade Pov. =..25 3 oo2e= 1867) John Sherman: 22 2. eo eee 1885
Phomas Wi Perrycs 2: oo8. ee 1875) John J. Inealls: 3.5 see 1887
David’ Davina 202-2 eee 1881 | William P. Frye..........-------- 1896

CHIEF JUSTICES OF THE UNITED STATES.

Term commenced.

Term commenced.

Roser B. Taney 2 222 220 5e [1836] 1846 | Morrison R. Waite .--..-.--....-- 1874
Salmon sPC hase S5.35- eee 1864 | Samuel F. Miller (acting)..--....-. 1888
Nathan Clifford (acting) --.....-..-. 18732) MelvillesWieFuller - 222. 2453. 1888

Mayors OF THE City oF WASHINGTON.

Term commenced.

Wilham W. Seaton --.----- [1840] 1846
Walter Denox-st essa soe eee ee 1850
John W.. Maury S20 Sui est h eee 1852
JohneL. Mowers: 2). 2202 Fb. Sees 1854
William B. Magruder. .---.-.----- 1856

Term commenced.

James'G, Berret. 2222-22 - eee 1858
Richard “Wallach 222+. 222 Ue 1861
Sayles: Ji: Boweab.. ./ 1). .c2gs Se 1868
Matthew G. Emery..-..-....-.--- 1870

GOVERNORS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Term commenced.

RICE 2h. MOUs Sasv et ne neers 1871

Term commenced.

Alexander R. Shepherd.-..-.....-- 1873

SENATORS, APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE.

Term commenced.

George Evaps,.of Maine ..5....i<--.-i.-,--». BR SS 8 nS I ae 1846
Puaney Deke, OrsbUMMIS 225s. usa aac eee ee pep MEARE Bi i 1846
Isaac 8. Penuybacker, of Virginia ..> +2: .2-52-2..-2s 22225 oe 1846
ewis Cass,\of Michigan io Psc. 64 2203 es AU Se 49 oe eee 1847
JetersonyDayisz:ol, Muassissippl: - 2. $2505 . 44. ce=citi cence ease Se 1847, 1851
James) A. Pearce: of, Maryland" = 2222-62 asso ee eee 1847, 1856, 1861
Jamiep i, Mason, OF Vina: oo or ont pa pie te nee one eee eee ee 1849, 1851, 1857
hopert M: Charlton, of Georgia 2°. S252) 2h 2 A ee eee 1852
Stephen A. Douglas, of Tlimoiswivs 2 232 ols biieer! Laies vik Sethi 1854, 1860
yiian Tromibull, of Wiinoig 2.25 sans seas ence bene eee 1861, 1867
William PB: Fessenden;of, Maine: s<.0es¢j25202 -4-ageress eos eee ate 1861, 1865
Garret Davis, of Hoemtmak yjnapee - crs ADEE OF guts ns- ace e- -eeee se 1863, 1867
Hannibal’ Hamlin, of Maine:2.2: = 22 sh. aoe bo oo ee See eee eee 1870
John W. Stevenson, of: Kentucky #2! .22t2- sun semen oop seise fa. 55 seen 1872
Aaron.A, Sarcent, of California 22222. 3.2222 2.2 eee eee oe 1874
Robert": ‘Withers, of Virginia ....-.-..- .. Soa os eee eee 1877
Newton Booth, of California{'* 22 Stet LObri tb. s 22252222 Se 1879
George F: Hoar, ‘of Massachusetts2 22. . Sid: ..<222 steed. tec ce eee 1881
Samuel B.- Maxey, of Texas ./.. Sout SOA ccc ec eke ok ee 1881
Nathaniel .P> Hill/of Coloradeé.cawed?...tceb_..... 222. 2. ae 1881
George F.. Edmunds, of Vermont. iveJ.. UML .....--2.2-.2.--= shee 1883
Justin S..Monall of Vermontia_% latiA.: @a@F o.oo oe 1883, 1885, 1891, 1897
Shelby M_ Collom, of Mlinoilt .4. toscet ) WORE 2. ees ep Pease eee 1885, 1889, 1895
‘Randall “y--Gibson;:of Lowisianaen< ----se2-s> ee ee ee 1887, 1889
Georze Gray; of Delaware) 24 22039 You. 358! Jase see Te ees 1892, 1893
William Lindsay, of Kentucky /acieliscia 390% Rwitoueeedt ee: see eS ee 1899
Orville; Platt,.of Connecticut 2.5.2.2 sas onc ec eon eee eee ee 1899

REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 1853

REPRESENTATIVES, APPOINTED BY THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.

Term commenced.

Poe marerin el TaGany oc ook lla ae cake ated oe wc eee mee 1846
Pune sel meted, OF Alabama: >. 222 2505.20522 bsc.2 fea. e.- 1846, 1847, 1850
Patan PesOurI OL ING Ww YOrk..- 22-5. Nebel a a eae 1846
a EM SLT SCS GS 0 00 a gg DR 1847
Pree ielami. Of Diicniean 5222. 222.2. 222220. hee. l ee ne we ae 1847
Witihianet- Oaleock, of south Carolina. 222.22 22322220... 22 25 - 1850, 1852, 1853
fererantie Nee RIceh: OL ina@iang-.*. 222. etc. cc SUS ee eke 1850, 1852
Panersvercham, OleVermont ..- 222.6 lcscccc eke see ee ewe seca 1852, 1853, 1856
linn. Bnelish: Of Indiana - 22.2 0 Sass. 3852. 222 = 1853, 1856, 1857, 1860
ren tan sur MiNchiioain 22 2 2 ok ee ee Le ne 1853
2 ONAL ps gs Goa Fi (2 pag a fs ES 1856
Benue scanrom orOhio: 22222228222. 21 Set eee ek. 1856, 1857, 1860
nee rc nine TOL CreQrmle . 22... o.oo ee as oe os eee 1857, 1860
Sutlmnnyrtiere (Cholst ase. Case LW ea eer ees pee gS ea ae 1861

Ee oe a Sed a ey ae ee 1861, 1863
EON ace Vigik 21. + eee 1870, 1873, 1882, 1888
ieiaMermerson, of Pennsylvania :........2520222.5-$2255----.--------68 1861
Pero, Of Maryland --. 55. .-.55 25. ie be ML et aces 1863
eee eeatperson, of New Hlampshire .- 22. 2-228! . 20 SS. s- 5 ewe 1863, 1865
PimMeseAemaanticla, Of Ohio-. 2... -..<.<-.-<-.-cteee 1865, 1868, 1870, 1872, 1878, 1879
i oinmeenarmawyontih. Or MllMmois <= 2.2 = 52. =... 2 Ste. eo ces = ocean oe en 1865
MukereeL On, OL Vermont... -==2s226: sce $55) oe. Sass ho. o5- -asthace 1867, 1870
eee. Erin, ot,New York: < 225.2. 2.2.4 Pe bees Booth < cet yrs 23 1868
Bhenezcrskestioar. of Massachusétts ...........2. 24 22252 Gases M - Oe seca 1873
re azehion. OF WiSCORSID: <. ....-- .~-.S2dese4. 2c... aces kee f. 2 1873
Pere yiner,,ol) Pennsylvania .........-..-2o.s3e8.-c. 2+. bende 1875, 1878, 1879
Peeeermer AI Tol Geareia <2 2... ace. Sop iees Les Bell neces g 1875
ee eererary, Of lowas i: 02:2... 22. 4 - Seva ee Sot essa ee ts 1875
miPxsncetdt. stephens, Or Georias > 22). lo. SS PT cece 1878
DeteimiMseuortan Of ViTginia. 9.) oo. tol: Seales... eesti cece ee 1879
err. Deerint, OLJOW A. 2.2 ass. 54 25S athe talc an Sages aeons as 1882
RerEECEAV DO SU OU UNIGL om oe Se ce Ee ok a ok lee ge 1882
MalhamaWerb helps; of New,Jersey.-.- =... 2hsseeseseee. Jee acs 1884, 1886, 1888
Otho R. Singleton, of Mississippi ------------- ES Boe eee a oi, we ee ae 1884, 1886
Walltitmelis Walson- of Wiest) Viroinia -2.-2..5-$ 526.228. -2) ..2 525 220-2. 1884, 1886
Josepunvywneelerot Alabama. 2. 2.222 -<<.i280 1888, 1890, 1892, 1894, 1895, 1897
PenparmmebmiiorwOrin,of ODIO... - 2). -- Soe Sek. ee ee ee 1890
Henna. lodserot Massachusetts +... -..-¢2.52- Seasons pre ees 25 eae 5 1890, 1892
WalwamC,, Po Breckinridge, of Kentucky ....:2esoc-5-J2....-.-.---25 1892, 1894
eG pentehee ELLUL, sot UMinOIS se oo. oe oe os a ee eno 1893, 1894, 1895, 1897
Paveraoams |r on Penney lyamia.. . 0.5.2.2 50eeden Snes. -2 eos 1895, 1897

CiTIzENS FROM STATES, OTHER THAN MEMBERS OF CoNGRESS, ELECTED BY JOINT
RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS.
Term commenced,

Ruros Choste. of Massachusettes i4- 2-2 3: < oi.sc sc sc ccc east case 1846, 1848, 1854
Peed Hawley, OF NOW VOMkers S23! 2.2 oc. Ss sc sce een eee Oe 1846, 1848, 1854
Pichot imiso,.or Pennsyivamia. 22 22. -.. 2. sco. coweea-- ~~ 280 1846, 1850, 1857
Malini. Ereston OL soubl Carolitinet 2.55 22 fee Sk 1846
one beset person Berrien, ‘of Georpia -- 4)... 2 cio eon e SOLS. 1853
Corneune UO. Melon, OF NAassiOhUnebis <..5..525---25---0-----------20r. 1856, 1861

Geare t, badger, of Nori Varah... 0.0... .-0-.-5----.-.----iL255 1856, 1859

e

1854 REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.

CITIZENS FROM StraTEs, ETC.—Continued.

Term commenced.

William B: Astor,cof New, York): ....o: 222222 oso ee ae 1861

William L.. Dayton, of New Jersey .:. 2-20: . 2251 2..5 435-525 40 0 ene 1861
Theodore D. ‘Woolsey, of Connecticut — "2. _- _-¥--eaeer eee ee ee 1862, 1868
Louis Agassiz, of Massachusetts: .— 2-205 (e055 eee a ee ee 1863, 1869
John Maclean’ of New Jersey 22222. = 22. 2se8 eee pee 1868, 1874, 1879, 1885
Henry Coppée, of Pennsylvania----.-7-- 22-22-22) ee ee 1874, 1879, 1885, 1892
Asa Gray, of Massachusetisy. S22... 5e2 <n. cic +b oops ee ey 1874, 1879, 1885
James Dj Dana, of Connecticut. 22.25. <25 ce 2c. teeeee a ee eee 1874
Noah Porter, of Connecticut >... -..-.- 35 eeae=- 2 = ope eee eee 1878, 1884
James GB. Angell, of MiCiigat =... 22 See eee ge ee 1887, 1893, 1899
Andrew 0. White; of New York... o. 2-22 oe ee ee ee ee ee
Charles Deyens. of Massachusetts... 2 -.22-2-cc0-= -<..- 3 oeee 1890
Walliam.e. Johnston, of uouistama see somes ae oe se eee eee 1892, 1898
Wiliam L. Wilson, of West Virginia ..22.2n.2---26) doses cee ee ee 1896

CrrizENsS FROM WASHINGTON City, ELECTED By JorInT RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS.

Term commenced,

Alexander 2). Bache. 202222225 <2 sencan time a ees = oe ees 1846, 1853, 1859
JOSeDa. Ge. MOURN. <5. c2 2 cena oe ae aap Ss ae acer a eee 1846, 1850, 1857
Richart Delatictd! - oo 02 Slo old em aanaees ok So ee 1865
Brier Pathe 2.0. fo. oe nen g ae ee ee ee eee 1868, 1874, 1879
Wien Sherwin o. SA ee cece eee ee ee eee 1871, 1878
George Banerolb. 1.2... - 028s Sera eate a tosses ane nna ee 1874
James U.: Welling 203. 2 So i ee el re ee 1884, 1890
Montgomery ©. Meigg <2: 2222252222 o5292n55cs2neee eee eee een 1885
John B.-Henderson:: os. 2.05220. 22 AV ee a ee eee 1892, 1898
Gardiner'G. Hlubbard 22... =. s223s222-22 sate soso SOO see 1895
Alexander. Graham.Bell..- - . 5.52 foe se cose coe soo SU see ee 1898

List or REGENTS ACCORDING TO RESIDENCE.

Alabama: | District of Columbia—Continued.
Hilliard, H. W. Cooke, H. D.
King, W. R. Delafield, Richard.
Wheeler, Joseph. Emery, M. G.

California: Henderson, J. B.
Booth, Newton. Hubbard, G. G.
Sargent, A. A. Lenox, W.

Colorado: : Magruder, W. B.
Aull, WN. P- Maury, J. W.

Connecticut: Meigs, M. C.

ID ERs RD Parker, Peter.
Foster, L. 8. Seaton, W.W.
Platt, O. H. ; Shepherd, A. R.
Porter, Noah. Sherman, W. T.
Woolsey, T. D. Totten, J. G.

Delaware: Towers, J. T.
Gray, George. Wallach, Richard.

District of Columbia: Welling, J. C.
Bache, A. D. yeorgia:

Bancroft, George. Berrien, J. M. P.
Bell, A. G. Charlton, R. M.
Berret, J. G. Gartrell, L. J.

Bowen, S. J. Hill, B. H.

REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.

List or Recents AccorpING To REesipENCE—Continued.

Georgia—Continued.
Stephens, A. H.
Warner, Hiram.

Illinois:

Breese, Sidney.
Cullom, 8. M.
Davis, David.
Douglas, 8. A.
Farnsworth, J. F.
Fuller, M. W.
Ttt, R. R.
Stevenson, A. E.
Trumbull, Lyman.

Indiana:

Colfax, Schuyler.
English, W. H.
Fitch, G. N.
Hendricks, T. A.
Owen, R. D.

Iowa:

Deering, N. C.
McCrary, G. W.
Miller, S. F.

Kansas:

Ingalls, J. J.

Kentucky:
Breckinridge, J. C.
Breckinridge, W. C. P.
Davis, Garret.
Lindsay, William.
Stevenson, J. W.

Louisiana:

Gibson, R. L.
Johnston, W. P.
Maine:

Clifford, Nathan.
Evans, George.
Fessenden, W. P.
Frye, W. P.
Hamlin, Hannibal.
Maryland:
Davis, H. Winter.
Pearce, J. A.
Taney, R. B.
Massachusetts:
Agassiz, Louis.
Choate, Rufus.
Devens, Charles.
Felton, C. C.
Gray, Asa.
Hoar, E. R.
Hoar, George F.

Massachuse’ ts—Continued.

Lodge, H. C.
Wilson, Henry.
Michigan:
Angell, J. B.
Cass, Lewis.
Ferry, T. W.
McClelland, Robert.
Stuart, David.
Mississippi:
Davis, Jefferson.
Singleton, O. R.
“ew Hampshire:
Patterson, J. W.
New Jersey:
Dayton, W. L.
Hobart, G. A.
Maclean, John.
Phelps, W. W.
New York:
Arthur, C. A.
Astor, W. B.
Cox, S. S.
Fillmore, Millard.
Hawley, Gideon.
Hough, W. J.
Morton, L. P.
Pruyn, J. V. L.
Wheeler, W. A.
White, A. D.
North Carolina:
Badger, G. E.
Ohio:

Butterworth, Benjamin.

Chase, 8. P.

Cox, S. S.

Garfield, J. A.

Sherman, John.

Stanton, Benjamin.

Taylor, E. B.

Wade, B. F.

Waite, M. R.
Pennsylvania:

Adams, Jr., Robert.

Clymer, Hiester.

Coppée, Henry.

Dallas, George M.

McPherson, Edward.

Rush, Richard.
South Carolina:

Colcock, W. F.

Preston, W. C.

1855

1856 REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.

List or ReGents ACCORDING TO RESIDENCE—Continued.

Tennessee: Virginia:
Johnson, Andrew. Johnston, J. E.
Texas: Mason, J. M.
Maxey, S. B. Pennybacker, I. 8.
Vermont: Withers, R. E.
Edmunds, G. F. West Virginia:
Marsh, G. P. Wilson, W. L.
Meacham, James. Wisconsin:
Morrill, J. 8. Hazelton, G. W.
Poland, L. P.

OFFICERS OF THE INSTITUTION.

CHANCELLOR OF THE INSTITUTION.

The chancellor is the presiding officer of the Board of Regents. He
is elected by the board, and his tenure of office is unlimited.

Elected.

George M. Dallas, Vice-President of the United States ........-- September 8, 1846.
Millard Fillmore, Vice-President of the United States.........-.-- March 7, 1849.
Roger B. Taney, Chief Justice of the United States........-.-..- January 7, 1851.
Salmon P. Chase, Chief Justice of the United States.........-..-- January 9, 1865.
Nathan Clifford, Acting Chief Justice of the United States .....-- December 19, 1873.
Morrison R. Waite, Chief Justice of the United States ........-.-. April 27, 1874.
Samuel F. Miller, Acting Chief Justice of the United States ......March 27, 1888.
Melville W. Fuller, Chief Justice of the United States........-.- January 9, 1889.

SECRETARY OF THE INSTITUTION AND OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS.

The Secretary of the Institution’ is the secretary of the establishment.
He is also the secretary of the Board of Regents.

Elected.
Joseph Tlenry s. ...'2u,5..4<+ babe sees - oa Sa eee ees December 3, 1846.
Spencer I. an 23.02. oe RO Be cece ee ee May 17, 1878.
Samuel PP. iLangley . ...4 2. A, oo So een ee ee ie November 18, 1887.

1William J. Hough, of House of Representatives (temporary) elected September
8, 1846.

Page.
137.

509.
680.

680.
791.
856.
1031.

1333.

1594.
1595.

1632.
1670.
1698.
1792.
1794.
1829.
1829.
1831.
1834.

1837.

CORRIGENDA.

Twenty-seventh line from top, for ‘‘ James Henry Hungerford’? read Henry
James Hungerford.

Twenty-ninth line from top, for Stat., X, ‘‘532,’’ read 552.

Twenty-first line from top, for ‘ iaaedes civil act’’ read legislative, execu-
tive, and judicial act for 1869.

Twenty-fifth line from top, insert Joint Resolution.

Eleventh line from top, for ‘‘(No. 23)’’ read (No. 22).

Eighteenth line from top, for ‘‘ Naval service act for 1881”’ read for 1882.

After eighteenth line from top, insert lines 40 to 47 of page 1031 and lines 1 to
12 of page 1032.

Eighteenth line from top, to the thirty-eighth line ‘‘ National Zoological
Park appropriations, February 3, 1891,’’ should be transferred to page 1492.

Second line from bottom, for ‘‘June 13”’ read July 13.

Third line from top, after the word ‘‘ Exposition’’ add the words ‘‘be * * *
continued during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894.”

Twelfth line from top, for ‘‘ May 3”? read March 3.

Tenth line from top, insert Congressional Record.

Eighteenth line from top, after ‘‘coal and’”’ insert measuring.

Twenty-seventh line from top, insert the words concurrent resolution.

Twenty-third line from top, insert concurrent resolution.

Eighth line from top, insert Stat., XXX, 1012.

Sixth line from bottom, transfer from page 1831 lines 20 to 22.

Twentieth line from top, for ‘‘July 31”’ read January 31.

Thirty-first to forty-first lines from top, ee street,’’ transfer to page
1835, after line 18.

Twentieth line from top, after ‘‘officers,’’ insert and employees.

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INDEX.

[The sign plus (+) indicates more than one reference on a page. ]

: Page
Pale) eal tea ween ese coms Shera casen easter ae auras aches con acame WSnnnn'secnsanocenccnee 217
Absence, leaves of:
IND obey elle Sie SSP oe Se AN OS a aes eS sale Pa ea ee eee Sara a 1826
Granved fo sminnsonian employees, - 246 22. 2s soace Meee a aes tenes yee ep ew ewes 1825
SETS ASy HVE OE Sok Ly 8 eae A er ee ep pein ee AS er oe ees A Sa te er ne 1825
Academies:
BARA On OL ROS Ob SPECIMENS GO. 25. ocoe- wc cceces are oe moet eee ee aces aoe kee 743
Pree postage for, proposed --2..------2.-2-2.22--25.-2 Bee ae Souten Sawn aye aemnioaoe aoe ne sane 485
Account:
EMELINE NOMEAS = to nent a oe Oc ee Swen om lone Conk eee thy ene echoed eccadene 94, 95
Charges on Smithson packages shipped by Mr. Rush......-=...----.:-2.-.-....-------...- 95
Expenses of obtaining’ Smithson bequest: ....-..--.---. 1-2. .-.--=...-------.---~-..-. 108,104
IEeOsine MEU IbeG Sisles t. DEUmMmMOnGs-. sa. ot anata non = cosa os cant ecen a weno sckcccees 70
Riggs & Co. with Smithsonian Institution, sale of gold---.-. .......--.----------------.--- 116
RMHmCnAra> 2°OninOl WUMIbCO: lables ~o=__- ss. so noc ececen aoe toenne basen nen coco 48, 49, 98
PCO States anGrouate OL Arkansas, 22222 625052 32 ete ee 1760, 1761, 1786
Accountant-general, court of chancery, England, costs in Smithson suit__._-.......-.----.- 67,71
Account-books, duplicate, destroyed by fire at Smithsonian Institution-_____..._..__--_2_ 642
Cn UOT De OL STG SOMIAD = 2 Jo. canon oan swe pede hcnnascnveee ascces sacuadseeeoteccs 172, 1252
Accounts. (See Stocks. )
Ackerman, A. T., Attorney-General, member of the Establishment-__-__.-......---.-_-._..._- 1849
Reno Polish, pariamMent £OvVerning ANNUWIGICS <2 ..-8 ooo-sacnc+ connec qn-oc ace]. seoe css acancs 32
Acting Secretary, Smithsonian Institution, provision for -...--....-....------ xxii, 809, 810, 952, 953
Active operations of Smithsonian Institution---....--...--...--.--.--.------ 517,518, 555, 581, 582, 584
Acts and joint resolutions of Congress:
AIRC MOA ON Ol, LOOMED OV OOS 9. con a- semcwicte eas maacan mecmas ncasscuiumaca canoer Noee 1826
Acwne Secretary Smithsonian Institution. .-..— ~~ --<20s2<-<-200c--- cee ncneee ceeene 810, 952, 953
[Nets esos: OL. CONLSTESS, CISbEIDUbION OL co. pow umcase ocecceoenes octeec cscs eeccee 724
Aamerican rt istorical Association, INCOPporated .2-- -~.-ssc2c neccncaececas pa cenccecs accuse 1223
PRPS CA OME TOSS. Gist OWmON Oba. <2 5 none es ans panne soneneedede-acicasaereceate eases 480
Arkansas and United States, settlement between __......-..--...-.-.-----. 2-2-2 ee eee 1786
Armory building:
Appropriations for_-_--..-.... eee 599, 742, 743, 782, 783, 841, 842, 916+, 947, 948, 953, 1238, 1661
ConSTR ne MON OL, Lor Pusoriet MIlihia... == ses sem cet o< aoe Sm yeecice ee ee ee oe 599
Use by Fish Commission and National Museum .--.-.. --..2.--..2-- 2222-22-22 eee 1236
Arniy Manica! uiprary and Museum. buLGing <= o-2-0 aoe eee ce 938
Art, objects of, belonging to the United States, to be delivered to Smithsonian Institu-

HOD aes sa cec es esas keen ae a arene seni wacko eee manatees ose sages nwom nce xxiii, 433, 475, 770
Astrophysical Observatory, appropriations for ___._---..._..-_.- 1546, 1552+, 1677+, 1710, 1788+
Audubon’s “Birds” and ‘* Quadrupeds,” distribution to foreign governments -_..---.-- 603
BAGO Ge, SORIOn. AUTOM aio LOL- .-- ace acieat. qeasetemears «aechs--sujcnaneussce 1112, 1113
Badgcer,G: b.,expelled from board of Werents —o2 28 2 cn nce nu - ocemoebe-n on 632
BHP emNLLnots es Ap DEGODTAGlOU Ola. oo esas aae ontata cease Gece ase ts cnaswccensccawce sens 1104
Baird, S. F.:

Duties vemitsed' on Berlin prand prize for. --. ~ cscs ¢desceoe soe cas sp seecu- oecene 827

Wo ereceive Order.or painu Olaf. 222250 -.22t eh sc~sca secnc et coece SSeS ee ato Saal 789
Bessels, Emil:

LU TED TET ORE TET age Ray os! ST Sh 0 pul ae Re atta a ei lah a ed ee al oe 868

Prete RTD EDT POR Oly tate canis ee aaa eee eee enn en oo tceeaencasmes, WROD
PIOMI RPO ISTO. iS thin GLOl) Ole =. = seer soe ane een ear Cone reece oe 791
Books to be purchased for Departments to be specifically provided for -_-...---..----.. 1829
Buildings, public, not to be closed nor draped for funerais _._....__.....-...-.----------- 1632
Business, condition of, quarterly reports on, required -_-. ........-.-......---------------- 182
Apron spanese CONCCUIUM, DULCHANS OL cccsccncescee teen tordescecccccccacens coef ests 1291

1860 INDEX.

Acts and joint resolutions of Congress—Continued. Page.
Catalogue, International, Scientific Literature..........---- ------ ----2- -------- ---- ee ne 1806
Catalogue of Government Publications, distribution~-.----..--------.-------------------- 968
Collections of Government:

To be: deposited in National: Museum .s 523. . 232. oan eee ee eee 779
Wee of; by StUGONtS, GUC: assent e 1595
(See also Exploring Expedition; National Museum.)
Contracts for SUpplicsss-ccmee esa ea ae a le 1671
Copyrights to be sent—
Free of postage’ 2... -pesn-oews one ost Sanus ees Seer ee eee dee eens cee oe ee 501
To Department of Interior instead of Smithsonian Institution ---_......-.--.-------- 608
To' Smithsonian Institution: .202-6-22s.s.-s-2. 2s -s- cece a eee en ee eeea = eee e eee 434
Corcoran Art Gallery; incorporated:--- -.-. .. 2222220 ecase cones eee see een nee ee 684
Daughters of the American Revolution, incorporated. --....----- .------------------------- 1742
Declaration of Independence, commission to restore ---.-----------------. -------- -----00- 730
Distribution of duplicate sets of specimens ----.-.--.------------------------- 627, 743, 782, 783, 916
Documents:
DIStTUDUbION Ol .cssoc4osa6 So25- 6 pence meceee en cans aes eae et ee oon 503, 667, 680, 724, 791, 869, 968
Not to include works of Exploring Expedition --.-_--_.--. -.-.---.---------------- 608
Mor @xChanpe---.- 2 -<s.6 a. <n2 seen ees 220, 320, 434, 435, 467, 468, 480, 503, 627, 637, 667, 678, 680, 683
Printing and GistributionOl <--- =~ -s-<-2- ease secon awe ser aoe ae eee 962, 1042, 1695
(See also Exchanges. )
Espy, James P., appropriation for, as meteorologist .---....-.------------ 487+, 510, 511, 604, 608

Ethnology, Bureau of:
Appropriations for-.-- 863, 865, 870, 871+ , 932+, 981+, 1045+, 1542+, 1551+ , 1676+, 1709+, 1813+

Contributions to North American Ethnology, publication of-_.......-.--.-----.-.-... 818
Geographical and Geological Survey, ethnological material to be sent toSmithsonian
WMShbUbION |= =--20cl -ccecacses cassas aos west nee se -Gapee ee eee Ree ee err 818
[Erg Pyne) 80) hae Seem ee ee Spo ees epee re sac etn Bee eso esse 942, 943, 1008
Exchanges, International:
Appropriations = ~<.55---ascncseseisena= 603, 680, 681, 683+, 684, 692, 693+4-, 724+-, 731+, 800+, 855,

856+, 906+, 907+, 933+, 934+, 979+, 980+, 1146, 1148, 1149, 1497, 1499+,
1500+, 1549+, 1550+, 1674+, 1675+, 1707, 1708+, 1810+, 1811+, 1812+

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, appropriation for = <9. -- ne eee 1549
Joint Committee on Library to appoint agents to make, books to be free of duty,

and appropriation f0P <5 <225 jo eoe basen anc ae Boeke eee 466, 480+

TOPCAl OF BCU = 465 5-5 ecae oe sone an ene eee eee 487

Surplus documents and books to be exchanged by Departments for_----...-.------- 1697

Weights and measures, revolutionary archives, etc., to be distributed by --..--.... 467

Executive Departments, restriction of illustrations in reports of.....-.-.------ 1268, 1544, 1628
Expenditures, Secretary Smithsonian Institution to submit annual detailed state-

MOND Ols-a seen eee SPREE SSS CERES space Fee SS Sbs See assess 1267, 1562, 1572, 1692, 1694
Hixplofing xpedinon, WiIKOS ce ccn sa ora eden ea eeee eee een nee 219, 220+-, 239, 240+, 320,

321, 435+, 467+, 468+, 470+-, 487+, 505, 511+, 603+-, 607+, 608+, 611,
627, 636+, 637, 639, 662+, 663, 664, 674, 678, 686, 687, 692+, 693+, 694

Expositions:

TAMEWORD os oa — sacs ocsnc ho coses weaes esa ndt cate eee eee 1639
U9) Fn Fe SS ee Se see a Sat ee Eee 872, 1638, 1640+, 1642, 1751+
Barcelona: joatce-> aces oe seas areae cnee eee eee a oeme ee meee ae = aces oer 1114, 1648
BOP Be@D qq nan a anon e < oon nin ween em nw aw esas nn Sone nn om ewes eens newman wen on Cone oH nena e ee 1795
DESPUES 824
TOS GON oe we ee we ee ee 883
DES EUTS SS ea en ee 1119, 1754
Butiallo — =~ acess ~~ eras a Se cs eee kr le 1796, 1797
OHICREO. ose eectas Soseeewsnse saeco g=es 1506+, 1513+, 1584+, 1585+-, 1586+, 1587+, 1588+, 1590+,
1591+, 1592, 1594+ , 1595, 1636+, 1637, 1638+, 1746, 1747, 1748, 1840, 1841 +

Gy eerha het: |) Cele Os oe eee peta Sa SR ree eS ees eee sa estes 957, 1119, 1121, 1122+
IDGNVET fqn aces howe sen oo ere aee Seep s Se a ee ee eae le nea ae 872+
TEE pfs ee eee ees RE es See ee ee RSE Rr cate 35 SSA See eis Seite gece ot 668
MongGon -MISHCTICS -.-ca0 caasecuaqeneh ee ea see eens cee eae een ee eee eee eee eee 881, 883, 957
Industrial - 22... cccedonencecme cose ase ee Seen ne eee ae pe ee eee ee 1838
Tiowisvalle 2ecc eens = 22 sea oo cane dee avens enamese necde esse eee ae eee 957, 1514
Wadia a2 eos ccs os Cocke cosas coemc em oaaen eee cele cee ee a 1583, 1584+
Melbourne’ foe een nno=-s. cos seb a ceanaee nena ne ess coon oan oaeeees aera ee eee 823+, 1113
DETOUR Seer mm cma ee ee 1039, 1040
Nashville 2. < ioe eects tnckiecnten Steen epoeeeseses cone ee ceee sede ee ee eee 1748, 1751

New, Orleansse-s-sese-nen seen eae ccoes oe ean eames sonia a eeraeas 887, 948+, 953, 9554, 956+

INDEX. 1861

Acts and joint resolutions of Congress—Continued. Page.
Expositions—Continued.
PATIO We NIG Take oe oo roe ace Wc Sa cae wept wee buetue coumarin saeeleeus Maetew bane coe ee mere atentate 827, 828
(Overt ik Re SE See eee ne ee et Se eee 1751, 1789+, 1790, 1791+, 1841
Tee pai cee ooh SORE Sy an a ee ee 658+, 660+, 667, 792, 794, 1114, 1643+, 1792+-, 1794+-
Philadelphia Centennial ... ..---.-.----------- 687,694, 703+, 704+-, 743+, 745+, 824+, 887, 1595
TEU Yea (Oo Vg ene een ene, ere ee Ee ne Seen Oe See tt aoe ee 890
OM tee Jee oe ae = aa oa eae areata as kde s andar ss bens tee e 1842, 1844+
Sheaprand: wO0le>-: --. 2s -c- So ce ae ae tos eee ace ooer ann ears eee nee 827+
Fesesefil ETC ee a es ce a Se. ec See 16438
2) TOTS, Be Ee OS Es Ss ene ee eee ee eer eee 1514
UNIVE SU CISCO ie ce) Bases sae a toc ars eee ee ee ae a eae Sos ee he CoE ach Sao ee Sees 1635
RSVONOY ie aoe cee eee reba ene eaanne eee eee ee eee das ste ada a aeeens Jann sone enen ones 823
WREREaY a0 poe 2S eR ee ie Re 5 Se bn a EE eee eee 1639
“Tito ye Po eee eee ee a aE IS A eI eer t= 1802
WAU havi ot eee eat oes See 2 se SENT eee ee Oe ea eee eo ee eer 698, 699, 705
Fire protection, public buildings --....-------- ELGue Semis Besa e ths Park ete cadet). debt tate) 788
Franking privilege to Smithsonian Institution on publications marked * Smithsonian
Rix @ han pe 2) cleat aoe ers eer cateee we oa Un see a aw gene Hoan ee ew eine eeencos mecwa cess saneaiine arene 699
GO: POSH E Oe tere ese a= se elsls Soon aw cmc Seance ae sears eae ane e eas wee ssso 501, 699, 767, 818, 819, 961
Pur-seal investigation ._..-2 25-2 s22-26~ -enen co anon eon en = oer e aor ns oe eras anna en aeenneen 1766
Game preservation --.--- .-...- ------ == 1-22 oon nn enn nen enna een nee nnn ne ene nee eee 1826
Gifts, bequests, or devises to Smithsonian Institution to be held and disposed of ---.--- 1685
Gull, Hi. A., appropriation fOr ls 22 2 ce. cs. oasee oe ne ee oee coon aa = eam Soe ae ane enone 917
Glover entomological plates, purchase of -..-.--------------------------------------------- 908
- Glover museum, purchase of ---...------. ---- ------ ---- == 2000 $229 on eo nee enn ween == 663
AS peepee ears 1 Rss ets eae ae ee eee sass SAS aa ee ate eta eeaee Seease a adanssesa=s 1011
Grounds of Smithsonian Institution, improvement of --..-.-.---.------------ ------------ 484
Hall, C. F.:
Aippropriatiomtor | sessed sas ce e ee Se aces ane eee eae Saves aes eenennnsne ena ena aaa ence 728
Manuscripts of Polaris expedition, purchased of --------..-.-------------------------- 728
Hall, Mercy A., appropriation for -.-.---.-225.2s55--5--<2 22-55 ooo once eon - 2 = on en- so n=- -= 728
Henry, Joseph:
AIpCOPMIAIOMTOr NeIns Olin. oonietdses ea en nea eaeenessan nau ocbees cen estes ena anes 809, 1527
irr OTT OL StH Olt eee nee eee needa neon eran rem bore eA od See seen eaaee mae 692
PoLitalniol,; fOr memorial -VOUIM Cee ene a ss 2oo= eee Uaioe aoe anaeee == aes mene 821
PSUEEETROTO ere ie tle cacy ee oe oer os Lie ee oe aenee canna 823, 920, 962
ilastrations tor documents, regulation of =. 22-2. st 2-22 soe tenn aneenesesecnennseec-== 1544, 1628
indian spatispicsand history, publication Of.22— 3 -2s5 25-220 2c so 2 se- no aenae aac caeeecies--s- 731
Paprariogs PHDIepTOLOChION Ofic...atessas taste aot eee eee eee coon ed Saeeeet aasea cone saqslne = 810
Library of Congress:
PransiemoL Smithsonian library tOs-< 2542-223 2ssSes foes n as esew et feat wcenec ecensananece 661
Use of, granted to Regents of Smithsonian Institution ---...--.--.------------------- 730
Mail matter, no limit of weight of to Smithsonian Institution ---.-.--. eatery oe see 1746
Maiiseripts conmmlission COUStLUleG a2 «--2-- on see> eee es soos aa. = eon caw amas eee cane 1033
Meteorological observations, appropriation for---.-..-..------------------ 487+, 510, 511, 604, 608
Milisaryy A CAdemy; apDrOpriatiOM LOM ss 2455 ¢a=t5s Sessa es ee nee aes ewes een coen ean 145, 224
Money or other property may be received by Smithsonian Institution ......-----.------ 1685
National Museum:
Annual report on progress and condition of, required --.--..---....------------------ 944
Appropriations for (including those for Government collections) -...... .----.-------- 219,

220-+-, 289, 240-+-, 820, 821, 455+, 467+, 468+, 470+, 487+ , 505, 599, 603+, 607+-, 608+ , 611,
627, 636+, 639, 662+, 663, 674, 678, 686, 687, 693+, 694, 729+-, 730, 742+, 743+, 778, 782,
783+, 834, 841, 842+, 918, 915+, 916+, 917, 947, 948-+-, 1031+, 10824, 1288, 1257,
1258+, 1259, 1327+, 1581+, 1582+, 1661, 1668, 1669+, 1670, 1735, 1820, 1821+, 1822+

To pay for transportation by Quartermaster’s Department.---....-----.-------------- 944

To rent workshops and remove from Armory..-.-------------------------------------- 1668
Perkins copper implements collection, purchase of --...-.--.------------------------------ 1544
Polaris expedition, manuscripts of, and report (see also Bessels, Emil) ---.-------------- 728+
Powollsd.W survey: Of the Colorado:-2 22-2 Sen encs2 a saes a -ten coe - na'oo nose -- = 679, 686+ , 699+
Priibine an DING Ge cose aans oncussneesta cornea oeeed BES Ned SE te 728, 962, 1042, 1628, 1695
Regents of Smithsonian Institution, appointment of.........--..-.-.------------------ xxi, 429,

438, 464, 483, 486, 503, 602+, 604, 610, 630, 632, 658, 669, 670, 682, 717, 718, 784+,
820, 939+-, 972, 973, 1110, 1274, 1555, 1557, 1633, 1634+4-, 1788, 1778, 1779
Report of Smithsonian Institution to be submitted to Congress, in print ---.--.----- ---- 959
Reports of Executive Departments restricted to public business- ------------------------ 1268
Rock Creek Parkestapisnmient Ofe...2)ac schoo se ete e tree eee ~ haeed sccccs weceensaceuaurs 1303

1862 , INDEX.

Acts and joint resolutions of Congress—Continued. Page.
Salariesin Smithsonian Institution, annual report required of-_._-_..-...-.-------------- 1837
Shields’ Swords, DUPCHASC/OF 27 eo ene opener ae epe aoe been ee ee 1128
Siamese gifts to:

CsH Thomson!’ 20. Se) Ses _ 2 Wee a Dee oe oo eee neg oe Se ee 871
(United States hes Bie Ay et ee ap nae = aera ieee ase eee wetioen 2 aie RES 636
Smithson bequest-.--.--.--.------. Sep be pane e Mee Eee ee eere nD ana eee 119, 142, 144, 182, 221, 289, 665
ReSiIdUAaALY ~h-cn0ncee: potas serene Sao ene = ee ee ee ee a a ae eee 119, 666
Smithsomiam building 25" ae pease anes 693, 694, 729, 730, 788, 893+, 932, 981, 1278, 1547
Smithsonian Institution, organization and amendments.----.---.-------------- xxii-xxvi, 119,
429-434, 608, 640, 666, 689, 724-727, 767, 1685
Stanley, J. MM, Indian paintings = ooo 5-3 ose anor enPee eee ere e ae aes tee eee 686
State stocks, interest on, to be paid by sale of public lands-_-...-..-----.-----------.---- 319
Statutes'at luarre, distribution of. : o.oo oa ne eee anes ase eee ee eee 724, 1695
Straus, A. D., refund to, of expenses on Nicaraguan pottery --..--.---------------------- 1727
Strauss & Sons, L., duty refunded to, on Sévres vase. ---.--.--. .----. ---------<-5-25---- 948
Supplies, proposals and Contracts Tor -- 5 - -— ae 5 ease aa ere ee ee 1671
Surveys, scientific, to consider methods and expenses of. ...--.------.------------------- 810
Telegraph, free use of, to Smithsonian Institution---.....-.-.-.-..----- .----------------- 610
TT BOS OL eo Seee hae a a ten oe ete om ee ee eR ee eee Xxvii
Washington, George, relics of, purchased ..._-.0--- = nig =oenen one -e eee eee ee eee 782
Weights and measures, standard, distribution of -------.-..--------.--------.---------- 467, 843
West, W. H., appropriation to, for care of Smithson fund----.---.-..----.---------------- 680
Woodruff Scientific Expedition, aid granted to-.-...--......-. 2... 2.2 none ececs seeeen eoenas 789
Zoological Park, United States National:
Appropriations for----. ---- 1333, 1415, 1570, 1572+-, 1574, 1690, 1691, 1694+ , 1739+-, 1834, 1835, 1836+
stablshmentt OL... o.- <2 -c sce cneseeees.nereo ne Sesame ree eee eee 1218
Organization Of .. 2. .-..5---cs oencks damscecemeeedshe sees 5 SUN ee one nanan ee eee 1415
Report on expenditures, required ----:. .2.. 222-26 eeces cnom ero nee cawenen 1562, 1572, 1692, 1694
Zoological Society, Washington, incorporated ......-..----- .-.02.~---ssc5 sucenhosesseeeene= 685

Adams, A. F., clerk, National Museum: - = 3. 22ceacbssse5.o% dats suson o code eee eee ee eee 1598

Adams building. (See Geological Survey building.)

Adams, C. F., United States minister to Mingland...-- =... 2. --ac-02ceen cesses ase eee eee 114+

ARIS OC! Ree ooo Fo ce one oe a anaes ube s ce abua Pasa aee core eteee sawel ish seebi sees 1534

Adams. GE. POmarks Dy. oo... cles ocoe ese ee senor ececieneneeen=n = enka Seance eee eee 1297, 1475+

Adams, George, memorial Of -.-:-...--. -----2 on serc seocen <-Geid aes Ue aac eeee Beene eee ee 183

Adams, H.B.,corporator of American Historical Association.-...-......-..-.-------------- 1220, 1228

Adams, John, distribution of works of... .-<- cases: c=.s0s ut -daeer a4 askes meee es eee 480

Adams, Jd. Onn cnn sans one 134, 135+, 137, 185, 217, 2 2, 283-4, 337, 346, 360, 362, 404, 405+, 407, 408, 414, 421, 446
Appointed on Committee on Smithson bequest -.--..----.-----.---- 125, 146, 169, 182, 225, 242, 321
Bill motion, or resolution by --~...<2<00 wan enpeancces ac eeee eee sea eee ee 141,

146, 155, 170+, 182, 224, 235, 238, 241, 242, 319, 332, 392+-, 417, 418+, 419
Letter from, to C. Hughes..-...2 ssesectohns) eodenanid sees or cue aeons enon ons eee eee 207
Memorial of C. L. Fleischmann presented: Dy-: 22202 e sense eeo ct ep dewoe eee eee 146
Memorial of '‘C. S. Rafinesque presented Dy ..--.< sc. ccd menses esate semeeeen See eee wee eee 183
Petition.of B. Birdsall, presented. by .... <2. aac ns Seesaw se eee amok eee 2 ee 226
Plan of, for Smithsonian Institution----.....-..-- 170, 184, 226, 235, 268, 273, 282, 337, 392, 408, 419, 560
(Remarks Dy. <<---ousscedsscsph ceebieant hss 184, 319, 371, 396, 397, 398 +-, 399, 400, 401, 408, 409, 410, 418
RO DOLU DV ~~ rene ene eters awe w eae ae Het Renee eee nce eee 130, 184, 226, 268, 273

Adams, jr., Robert. <2... ---...<--. oa bawaws= dae oes eh astee enna SB eledewel sha oe sae 1i77
Repent, appointed = 2 <..- eel esc spans epee auel Gad- nae S sence tee Se a eeeeneee 1736, 1775, 1853
FRemarks by 2252) eee ss. onthe 22 ct Rk SRee Cee. Ree ae ode See 1736, 1737+, 1776+, 1777+

Addenda... 2. oe ee ees isa GG aS Cee Be a nn Be Le Be a oe ree ee 1838

Addison: Josephs =. c 4b. sce. 40. Hes RSS. ooh a Aas, eae EE bia oe eee ee eee eee 132

Addresses. (See Henry memorial services. )

Adjutant-General, order for transportation of specimens to National Museum ----..--..---- 828

AG@ler, CYTUS << --piicora ne ew en ec een sodan cee cetiamebtltan pees 2 4eanene eee ea eee te a 1806-++
Assistant curator, National Museum . /ossscessees enn neddeediee: oa eee se eee ee 1598

Administration of the Smithsonian Institution « 2220-225. 2s saan eestte ceases eaee eee eee 1689

Advertisement ®-: -<2< 2 ce2c + ene oes ws acce ceases edocs | pee eRe habe ete Sree iii
For illustrations, resolution to dispense with... -.2.....--<-.<--e0s..---~sst nae eee eee 929
For information as to Smithson heirs, etc.,in London and foreign papers ‘Las 25, 77+, 78, 79
For National Museums: $2. 2.252222 2s Soe Se Se A PE oe oe ee ee eee 1256
For proposals for supplies:<_ <5 ¢ 3226 2565, es hee. eee See oe ces ee ee 1671
For proposals to buy State stocks by Secretary of the Treasury --.-.-------------------- 251

Agassiz, owls... 2. 2222 tc ced od etl l ee at See oem beat Eee Bee eee ee 710, 716, 1161
Approval of Glover's entomological work --.-----_---------- puted = Gi gsee nett ees 814+, 815

Death Of ) 23 Jsccsace este ces as cana wae Sate Sac Sea oa oe eS oe ee eee 706+, 708, 717

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INDEX. 1863
Agassiz, Louis—Continued. Page.
Letter from, approving management of Smithsonian Institution _.................-... 555,584
LENEVECE a Fpyrh PVC (SIE AT | Brotaice rey) Pe Bante 9 4 eS fee ea ee OS 632, 669, 670+-, 1854
Tebg Oy a2 least ele 2 eo Staple ke oe Se a ES ne ee See 630, 631+ , 632, 712, 714
Hen RIOL sEInO PAP OnGO: HDPATIOS |= 2-4 Seep s et hole so ne: eres soe eal es asbsasckica eee estes 556
Agent, United States, in Smithson suit. (See Richard Rush.)
Agricultural colleges, sets of weights and measures for _....__.__.... -----.---------e-------- 843
Agricultural education, farm or school, proposed for Smithsonian Institution. -_..._...._..-. 146,
155, 183, 239, 241 , 266, 276, 277, 279, 324, 328, 329,330,338,560
Agricuitural/Society United States, petition by -.2.ss222.6 csece0 0-22. Veco ene leh 238
Agriculture: 5
Assistant Secretary of (Dabney), letter from, on National Herbarium. -__-.....-.-..-.... 1734
TPA ONE Oly a) Ake sas st kanes: bn ge Oe 660, 794, 813, 827, 907, 921, 949, 1115, 1118, 1120, 1132, 1289
PiLVUESe Oh HOOT OL ONAUCHORAS © on sanancrcca wclawn wwcecapsncneweace wos cee 949
Department of -____._. 702, 737, 738+, 747, 748, 751, 752, 756, 757, 771, 778, 815+, 835, 968, 976 +, 1226, 1231,
1311, 1390, 1575, 1647, 1649, 1651, 1661, 1677, 1711+, 1716, 1717+, 1721, 1728, 1725, 1731
collections of Government in, to be used by students -.--_..-...--...---- 1596
OTTOMIGIOPISE'OL (PEs GIOVET este ne ae ane aoe ae eee ee a Pen 812
entomology and ornithology, debate on Seaarp tiation 1:0 5 eee Eee 968
exhibits by. (See Expositions.)
HOEDATIUN UransLerrea 1rOMmeee sete see coos dee see et nee aae ee eceee 1732, 1733
illustrations for reports of, resolution relative to -_....--....------------ 929
National Museum building, erection of, recommended by-.--..--.--.. 761,762
plants lent by, for Henry statue ceremonies............-..-..-----.------ 922
POstHRSStADIONS LOM J. enon ceca fee eee ee ore eee ees eS “ 961
Salamesiorenipleycos, Of 2 Asia 55 2s sen sors te oh Le Le Te? NEO 945
Superintendent of National Experimental Gardens proposed on board
of managers on annual lecture course ...---....-.----------------------- 893
Ie RMOIEER i HOCOSSi by? Oli ats 3 Scorsese en So een a de iss SO ESI UI 148
Secretary of, member of the Establishment ----_--_---. -----.-.-...-----.------ 1682, 1684, 1689, 1850
proposed as member of establishment of sociological institution --.-.-._.- 1761
as regent for University of United States..........-.....-------- 1530
(See also Expositions. ) °

Aguilar. (See Larreategul.)
Air, investigation of, by Hodgkins fund_-_._--____....--....-. ATA PRES LS Re) Ce SEA TE 1690
Airy, G. B.:

Puree On ON ORSOTVALOTIOS 584 i) oe Se EOE Pe So 20 ee, ed

Pore PON OMG OUSOrVAGMONS* 2a". sa sts Sats BO. SAPS 3 ee Re es eee ae 198
Alabama Claims Commission, publications of, wanted for exchange ----.-._-....--------_--- 978
Alabama:

ap EiGH eee iii ae Bin one oe oS et ee TE it Shak EO A Ae 221

TUPLES SED 0 0s DE Ee SE ee en re eo i a fara ee Se ad Apt eee eee rear eee 1854
Alaska: ‘

RO narUTee Ne ies. ete arisen .9 ete rar wns 8 oie Ns te nl SM oe gs NPBA 2) 5? et SR A 986

inimonincsiotvintormation respocuing 2.2. e202 4 fa ee ae ee ee ee 986

REVGEGOnNy iy VIRCRGIM andy NOISOD:.. 252 2ssc6.c00 os aaseedcloute sancess. ct Ree eos 923, 924, 982-986

CNG ar CRM girs Fen rt eres were Sa Rt A ee ie eae Sane tn ER, Se 1388
PA parse 7 eeO x pOGiiOns sitet mest ee sh! Pen See Ue Ne oe Se ee eS 1180
Albert Memorial in London, duplicate of ‘‘America”’ given by, to United States......__.... 766
Alcoholic collections:

LOTS 0s Heh {ets ofa) 1s pete ee et ey eee ek Sa 945, 980, 1018, 1729, 1732

EIR ROO ENC LOT Aeris ts oF ho eh ae hs er ee 945, 1018
PATHE IG Haris Wie POIDAT RGD yHee $52 n) a ee ties hat UE ey Fe eS es 1765, 1766
PARECER IERIE N TELLIER ETT Piero aye) se eee eae oo sh SL Ae $e! ee GT 8 ell kee 920

BilLAnotionOr TesolubiOn Dyess nant ee cae bee eee tes a ee 2 le el esckel tle 908, 927
Alexander, B. S.:

Oniiiroproofine Smithsonian Institution: 22-22. -225 oh eee eee he 644, 646

Reportionifire-at: Smithsonian Institution :.2.2..~..< 22-c.2-. Fs ie ee ee 641
PART ESIC FUTAG ESN AR >on 7-27.32 93s SAUL SLT Ry SUE) POSSI) 4 RUPE AL) ity’ a te) 139

Mayor of, and citizen of, proposed as visitors to Smithsonian Institution ---..-.-- 206, 237, 276
Algarves. (See Portugal.)

Alger, R. A., Secretary of War, member of the Establishment _..............-..-.-.-----.--- . 1848
FUSE) Vila RCL Ry 0G | UR ee ae eee, oe, ae ae ee ee Se 381
Allegheny Arsenal..war trophies at. 222). ssc 2 ae soe oe ee eet eek sees oanee b- 1266
Allen, A. H., appointed on Board on Geographic Names ...... ......-.-.---------------------- 1557
Bon ail ais 3 oe ee he ps caw. cascew pono moe ee ee. 316, 317+

Billoo, Ol TESOlMHION De =. <= 4-5 =~ ~~~. = scoot e eee eee See ee necks SERS 238 S18
ISIN AES Yi esteneoatas ew ncke osecan nga ccna Savas tee oes seta atecuecatess MAINS 312-316

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Page.

Allison. W); Be. =< 2225-5502<d0 enants Sieg adn aesia caw aioe een eae = eenein See anise eee 1103+, 1121
TMystrher ito). eee. aceite ce ees Se ne oe Oe eee eA ee ee 1020, 1021+ , 1237, 1327, 1544, 1733, 1734
Motion. byiet ae6.osc22c)5 Scnon so saoe Sacto ss cceu ees aoa eee aee seas Rote nee ee mee ase 1098, 1460
RMOMArkKS bY p25. occ oc Se ase a ew ectan aoe mae ee en eae eee Oe ae ae ee 893, 982, 988, 1028,

1029+, 1030+, 1037, 1064, 1071+, 1072+-, 1098, 1099, 1147+, 1148, 1151, 1231, 1282, 1234, 1285, 1277+,
1317+, 1318+, 1825+, 1343+, 1409+, 1412, 1460+ 1461+, 1520, 1527, 1541, 1542+, 1546, 1726, 1732

Revort by. .-=- ses sea eee ee eee on a Ree 1104, 1231, 1236, 1277, 1278, 13818, 1325, 1592
Almanac, Nautical:

Smithsonian nautical, proposed q.. << -an2-5- oe aeSmen deo eee sae = oo ae ee 170, 238, 275

Superintendent Of... ..-=. 250-2 25 Sin2.02.86 soon oss eo eee eee ae ee 922
Alnwick Castle---... wha ved Basten e% tae etd ee sows Soe oO ee eons eee a Ser ee 132
Amendments to,Smithsonian act. of organization ...-<=--2 225. -25—--<--6-s5-- eo ea e oeeeeeee Xxii-

XxvVi, 119, 466, 608, 639, 640, 664, 666, 688, 689, 724, 767, 1685

“America,” allegorical representation of, given to United States .-_.-.....-----.------------ 766
America: ;

Discovery and early history of, books, etc., to be exhibited at Chicago -.....-.....---.-. 1585

Discovery of, celebration of four hundredth anniversary of, proposed-.-.-._--....------ 1033
Exposition to commemorate. (See Expositions.)
iWniversity: of, proposed = = --.-- 22-22. 2-2 Sceeee pie idaee SAE aco lest ee es es 1710
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, active operations of Smithsonian Institution
APDLrOVe DY «0s n-cnna0)-etea eee Seas kh ede eee anes ee ae ee 583
American Antiquarian Society)... 3-cn-Saaacsoss pees eerteeocbeene aasrioe tansene Bees ee Seba 712
American Association for the Advancement of Science.--.......-.-----.-------------------- 1221+
American flag, first made of American silk, presented to Senate by J. Neumann-.-___.-_---- 953
American Geographic Society «- 12. 5 <.66co- Soces = Seen ne eee Seen eee eee ee 795
American Historical Association:
Deposit in Smithsonian Institution of collections of_---....-...----------- aS ate ene 1221, 1224
UN GOPPGEAIONIOD «otc un onc aap acepas tt Goes aoa ak cone eee eae ee ee 1219+, 1220, 1228, 1529, 1535
IRGNOT WO reese A= ee kc ase. Seem ae eee ee eee ee 1534, 1537, 1624, 1625, 1687
1,500 copies for Association and Smithsonian Institution.__...-.....-..-...---- 1696
American Indians. (See Ethnology.)
American Institute of Homeopathy, resolution from---..--.......-.-------------.---.-------- 1043
(See also School of Research and Medicine. )
American Institute of Mining Engineers, transfer of collections from--_......-.--.... 945, 947, 1228
American Library Association, potition of. --..---. 5... -ce~ns.n4 nonenn saoeeweesees see- anaes 1807
American. Museum of Natural History, New York City... ..-..-..5---<-. 02 -nccn nn enee ees 1720
American Philosophical Society, memorial by, in favor of Smithsonian Institution -___-___- 554

American Products and Manufactures Exposition. (See Expositions, Philadelphia Export.)
American epuplics. 3.52 2-52. saccsen sens anes cece = ooewe xd Socese anes ne eee es ee eee
American Republics, Bureau of. (See Expositions. )

American Revolution, Daughters of. (See Daughters.)

American Revolution, Sons of. (See Sons.)

Amprican' Society ofsCivil Bmpineers ...-. 52+ sss .oo= obe cc cane eee sb anaue us ccneeaenee seen 1017
American trade in fish products resulting from Berlin fishery exhibit --..-._....-..... 2... 875
American University:
(IPODOSC G2 ose a oe Be eae sone es soda eee psttap ee joosecss Stet eee 1531-1533
Proposed connection of, with Smithsonian Institution...... | mainn Sia a ane A eee 1533
Americas, Three, proposed permanent exposition of, at Washington---.__._-.___.-..-_----- 1033
(AINOS, (Aly Bes 22 hac coe wosn ce od sana steee see aaa Sound oneweice manus ee eee re Nee ee a 1037
AmessJ. Giz POROMUDY <2... .-- 2c 5-8 so 45 seen eso ce cence oon scu ns nee seees a= See ae er 917
Axsasherst, College <220 2 2 2c. n oo ncn'ncac acoso r cnemcece sce Snes ar sees eee eee a eX
Anacostia statue of George Washington, proposed --....-.- ..-. .----~ ----00----<--2--2---s00n 1745+
Anderson, A. D., letter and memorial by, on permanent exposition at Washington. --.. 1033-1038
Anderson, C.E., chargé d'affaires of United States at Paris .....-...-..---.-.-----.2--cee---- 35
AMIGOTSON: ol; An nPOMIGIICS OY - 9.5 2p on cee eee oe ae en eee 1177+, 1299, 1382+, 1403, 1404
Anderson, J.H.;foreman.of laborers, 700. ~ <2. 2 ->ceesesaoee ee ee eee abate 1597
Andersonian Institute; Glascow.....20--.5. 2.2 - ok 9 <> ee a ope ae ee ees ties clam ec 154
Anfrey, Captain, French commissioner, Philadelphia exposition_--........-...--. ee ee ee:
PAM POU SD. ow ccd omistiee tits 3:6 ep otoen a Bete wie cere ot ee ere ee 1v77
IREGPOENT PANDOMLCO «= 22... oc 5 Ses cs Se ee 973, 1557, 1779, 1854
of: Smithsonian Institution: 42322 <6. 2e5 6 ce ee ee 1453
DEGDOHOG pos << 22a. Sees See ae eee ee ee ee 972, 1555, 1556, 1778+
Animals,“preservation ot, act for... 2.2. ost ee a ae eee eee perre 1826
Annals of Conervess:idistribution.of - 3... ee se a ee eee ee eee 480
Annals of Philosophy, Smithson's papers in _....<...-2-<.-accccescnacascoeceseses sees eeeee eee 336

Annals. (See also Astrophysical Observatory.)
Annapolis, Naval Academy. (See Naval Academy.)
Annual register of Bureau of Fine Arts. -s.20..2..052-ace2 2c pseeeeane cee enet eee eee 982, 1105, 1279

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‘ Page.

Annuities. (See Consols; Stocks.)

Annuity:

To John Fitall. (See Fitall.)
Madame dela Batut. (See La Butut.)

Anthony, H. B.: :
Bill, motion, or resolution_-_..-..-- 638, 689, 663, 664, 678, 679, 682, 690, 691, 794, 806, $20, 929, 1839, 1840
Sree ESO a 59 1 le ee ee eee ee ee ee 718, 719, 721, 831, 929
RPI a PE te SNe Doe Se ee eee law melee 683, 691, 718, 723, 806, 845, 849

Anthropology, annual increase in National Museum collections of -....-.....-.--.---------- 1314
(See also Ethnology.) i

Antillean Islands, ethnological research in, proposed_-.......----.---------------------------- 1812

Antiquities, Etruscan, Roman, Grecian, proposed purchase of ._.---..-.--.---.-------------.- 1257
Antwerp. (See Expositions. )

Apparatus destroyed by fire at Smithsonian Institution -.......-.........-----.---.-.-------- 642
Anpendix.to SNuLnsoniam report, valuelOf. --......---.. 2) eudoseh ote Beste lessees bee 478
Appointment of Regents. (See Regents.) ‘
Appropriations:

For National Museum, change of assignment proposed by Secretary Langley _-_-----__-. 1249
Smithsonian Institution bureaus debated _._---. --....-----....--. ------ 1601-1623, 1697, 1698
Smithsonian Institution, methods of payment of - .....-.-....-----.-- .----- .--------- 1485

not for benefit of Smithsonian Institution____.-.._..-..__- 623
only. from) Smiphsontiun disses. 222522 yse ae ors Sees 419
Penmanoent byy United States.Governmenturc-: .e5-t 225 2e ee sets SL eee se eee oie, 1687

(See also under special subjects.)
Aqueduct. (See District of Columbia.)

eer MLC ATI CON a fos see ae Sea SOS ee aie ete ne mean eee tee Me aoe. sla Se ELS 200, 446
PRs ENC ll ORGHTRCNOS LMNs che anc. -Sa5 42 onan in cnamo semaine ce cuss tana d in eee daa 858
(See also Ethnology.) :
Archer, T. C., opinion of Government exhibit at Philadelphia exposition -__-.-._--...------ 750
JANIE SEE TGS a EEE Oe OP EE ee RPS eee CEE ee ere re BE es mee ge 195
EMMIN ECA OA MITOLa ora Ss ssa sea tees ee Ses Ce SEU UES EL ELRIe oF ie? A a. ee 922
Estimate for basement for National Museum .--_-__-__-...----------..-------- 1236, 1237, 1238, 1321
Fire protection, report on, by--..-.-----.--- pid ERs as eel ere he hn ay REN Saree ATES 785, 1276
erber to,;on Geolopical Survey offices === <2... 225 s2:f2scehses Sees 2 ee ee ee 1023
Gnicommission tor Army Library and Museum). ..2-. 2222s. -2222s---0-5--<5=4.-22-36-s- 934, 938
on ventilation of Hall of House of Representatives ---.-----..--.-- 797, 798, 960
Priore Of SenaLe Toor LOM. 222222222 2225015<bs523 45-265 se ecb asad ese 950
Proposed erection of National Museum galleries by -------------- 1577, 1580, 1664, 1666, 1729, 1735
erection of new National Museum building by - ------------------ 1311, 1575, 1661, 1711
on commission for Geological Survey building-----------------..------ 1268, 1269, 1308
on commission for Military and Naval Museum._____.--.---....--.-.-..---.---- 1261
to direct fireproofing Smithsonian Institution building -_---.-. 1225,1275,1278, 1547+
Ais Ore DAnIROL Yis es Vaasa ee sk os Saas aoa a Sacco seas ose scepiscsext esa 1236, 1237, 1238, 1661
lend picture ‘‘ Recall of Columbus ” to Chicago exposition --.....--.---.--.------------ 1591
lend portraits of Chief Justices to Chicago exposition --_-.-_-.....-..--.--------------- 1595
Architect, Supervising, Treasury Department:
On Commission for fire protection of public buildings -----.__....-------.----- 785, 787, 788, 1276
Geolorical Survey building. oes see ee Ne) ee 1269
Momtopicnibearicneribicistn Of. eae ao see me ea roane mene cae sion wnsa ater eee 1424
Architects and practical builders:
Hird PLOPRHOM GOL; PROPOSCH = 5525552252 me ooze asd ae eee see see nace ws ceibonmeee eee 450

Proposed examination of Smithsonian Institution building by -------..----------------.. 450
Architects, landscape, F.L. Olmsted & Co., estimates for Zoo........-.-.-..-----------.----- 1490
Architectural plans for National Museum building not to be paid for __-._-------.---.-----. 778

Rac hibSruraLenmen Naw Olks Olsens an 4 22252 2s255 A582 sseeeemepete ec tesoeAtsenccnesoee tLe 1137
Arehivossrevolmionarystor OXChange: :-2-)=5222i52.222 shoe eee so A a
ANTACUDINUGSL TS Tie Testo rek ie tg Cal ey 972) ak 0) (ee a sea ane eee Pe tree = Ai te a iii

Arctic expeditions. (See Explorations. )
Argentine Republic:

Exhibits from, at Philadelphia exposition given to United States____ .-..--.--.----.----- 762

Peeploni one x peu mG WOLES LOM 22222.) 2ss2- acces tenes meee ee ee ee ae an te lens B21
Aristarchi, G. d’, Turkish commissioner, Philadelphia exposition__----.-.-.----------------- 765
SARE TESTI ee See een eases as eee SAS NTS SE ES ee ee ee ee eee ee a olc Sco een acd 376
IAIZOne exalt AY CHiCAPD CX POSTION 22 =-2225eu20 2 aU SAY eee ek oe 1584
Arkansas:

Account of. cwithithe United States: ..s222 S22.25 so. .scdecescc-secececel-22 4.2... 459,460, 1760, 1761

DNC KAS WDD ES Di eUnikl) sen ea Sahu te eh tie = 5 SS ee Br ee LS 1779, 1783, 1784

RES ES TSAI CIT Cosa Ser een ee ORB gy) ae Ee Se eae dacbia okie enaa anon 1781+, 1786, 1787

1866 INDEX.

Arkansas—Continued. Page.
(olford) PORUS 2-5. 2n ea eae nee ila eee ae ees nose Sadsen see SSeS SR eee 1783
Public lands an 228-0 eeeee cee, Se eee eee ee ee ee peed Bo Hyco 221, 1780+, 1781, 1786
Settlement of claims, Smithson fund, etc-:-------.- --.---------------- 1755-1761, 1775, 1779-1787
State stocks or bonds <5.2.--2) 322 seo a eee ee 109, 186, 215, 230, 235, 237, 243, 244, 245,

246, 249, 258, 260, 262, 270, 271, 274, 275, 331, 332, 350, 352, 392, 394, 397, 400, 402, 405, 406, 409-+-, 410,
412, 419, 420, 456, 459, 490, 492, 493, 494, 636, 646, 650, 652, 655, 1042, 1759, 1779, 1780, 1782, 1783, 1785

Swamp Wands Of 7 22. So ee ae eee 1780, 1782, 1785, 1786
Arlington Cemetery: y
Site in, for Astrophysical Observatory = 202252 222. 2S2830 kese Se oeaee Jone eeeee ~--- 1271, 1272
for Zoo park: GxXamiined 2 soo oe eee see Sa ee ae are ee 1154
Armor, collection of, given to Smithsonian Institution if fireproof building be fur-
PE TS| 172] NER RaR SS BAe Sea Dole eiaiet Seer <S Boo eeeel etc Jo 2eoRG ete EE ee eee 1224, 1225
Armory building:
Construction. of, for District militia 2222222420. - be asa Oe Se ee 599
Deposit of Government collections in --..---...------------ 773, 873, 1228, 1233, 1234, 1712, 1718, 1816
Fish Commission and National Museum to occupy ---------.------------ 953, 1235, 1236, 13820, 1661

Mitting up and. care of ......2-...--~-c--c2--sce~ns-e-nenee ace. 100, 040,741, 142, (45 Tone Beier
836, 838, 841, $42, 910, 912, 916-+, 945, 946, 947, 948, 953, 1231, 1236, 1237, 1238, 1310, 1311, 1581, 1661

Proposed wsel0f; for lectures 2. .-...-- =.=. ea sa Re ee eee 893
Statement by M. McDonald relative to use of, by Fish Commission ------...---.----. 1231-1233
Statement by A. G. Ordway relative to use of, by militia_-....----..-----.------ 1233-1235, 1310
Taxidermists, of, National ‘Museum-working ini S_oyoeh Flies ee none cose 1313, 1820
Transfer of National Museum collections from__-. ....-. ---.-..------------- 1811, 1313, 1581, 1668
Transter to. Fish ‘Commission. ..°>.---2<-s-- 2-.0s-c-en escent eee 1232, 1235, 1236, 1238, 1668
Use of, for National Museum ~-.5-2222°.2-2 <2 ee 953, 1234, 1236, 1310, 1820, 1661
Arms, American, exhibit Of - =. -oc206 cnnsecen cdcaecsnjeuen Sane cena ae agen en 1267.
Asmy, American... <0... 255. ae panne nines seen ep seos eee am At ee 879
Contributions from, for Military and. Naval Museum... _.......-.-------2.< --s20--+---25--- 1263
Necessity of experimental inquiries for: + .22 1.5 foi 222 J osc sce 150
(Officers) Of an a Be oe eee ae ore et eee aay Dae ee Ae na 921
as visitors to Smithsonian Institution, proposed -----_.--....-.--------- 206, 2387, 276
detail of. (See Expositions.)
Army Medical Department, fireproof building for -........--. . sue 5- pense te eee ee 929
Army Medical Library and ‘Museum: ----.. -2*--- 2.22) Sees eee ee pee 1168, 1308, 1376, 1401
ie hye reef) PS ee ee wan, bene cagsdene de 2368 See pee ee 929, 934-938
Collections of Government in, to .. used by students.--.-...--.-.------------------.------ 1596
Condition Of - coon 8 5 oe oe co cen conn oan hence gene aeunea saan owe ee oe eee eee ee 937
Could be accommodated in Smithsonian Institution ._..........--.... -..--.---------04--6- 936
Director of, proposed on board of managers on annual lecture course--.--..------.----- 893
Hstimate for moving femporary. building 26-221 22% fase enc ke A sede eee toe oe 1048, 1112
Geological Survey building proposed to be near--...--.-------..-.----- .---.-------------- 1268+
Proposed opening of, on Sundayiand at might.....- 43/25 & ceed eats oe Spee oe eee 829
Records ofes-# - oo = eo ian sasek bas ee Seen sie a Se aE eee Te
Removal of temporary wooden building of the National Museum for ---_-----. 1043, 1044, 1112
Arrears of business in departments, inquiry into --._-.-..------.-.---------.------------- 1699, 1700
Argenals; collections in: 2c.. 22.2. 3s20oec2 2. sca cc 5 apeeepeeer esa: eee eae ee ee 1259, 1266
Art commission, national, proposed = 222. -. ces goes pe es ee Seoseee eens joapiemte scons 1131, 11382
Art, Corcoran Gallery of. (See Corcoran.)
Art exhibition:
Proposed for Columbus memorial « --.2..- 322-2222 cecccn oc sees ef ece tee eee ee 1501
Proposed in’ Smithsonian Institution == 22 .<--5=-=¢2=-4-e5-- a5 => eee 982, 1105, 1279+
Art gallery, American, proposed for Washington <..-7 <2. ..s2he.08 5. sans scan eee eee 1035
Art gallery in Smithsonian Institution... 2.2 --b ee) = Sk ees. oe eee 328, 375, 432, 546
Art, resolution of inquiry why Smithsonian Institution had not complied with law respect-
imp objects Of... on. ooo. no ow oe eee be eae = See ce oo ee 47
Art School'and Museum, Philadelphia. --..2. 2-2-5. is225 saeco scta ses see = ee eee 1595

(See also Fine Arts, Bureau of.)
Arthur, C. A.:

President; letter'to, on Grant:relies . 2.2. <<... JGnted penn s Seok eee eee eee 967
member of the\ Establishment). icc. oo2ds wereee piel hee - See eee 1847

message from, on Hxchanges © - 2222 2ike 6-2: es See ee eee 895

on Grant relies: $22. (i0 save. eee ys eta ee eee 963

Proclamation, opening of New Orleans exposition _---..--.--.----..- -.------ 890
Vice-President, appointment of Regents by - ...--. -.-... --2--2-2-2--s-c0- -25--5-- 2-22 -- een 869
member of the Establishment. ._<: .- 22.5 2 tec5 Soe eee eee eee ee 1847

Regent ceo. era se ec coe en ete ee
Artists’ studio in Zoolopical Park, proposed 22-22 2-2 ...- 2-2 -<- -ac- naan nee bee eee 1831, 1832

INDEX. 1867

Arts, Bureau of Fine. (See Fine Arts.) Page.
Ashley, Wl: ehiet of wateh, National Museum . . 2... 222-22 ele seen dee tan naee oudee- 1598
Asper,J.F.:

Heuer to, on printing Smithsonian reports ._-...-.-.--2 2-26.20 Ll eee ce eeeeecn-=----- 683
FOND NEMONMIUEEE mere ee mSaa~ nc 22555" .c5o5bses S22. c2s sso eek hk Soe Daten eee cw eesere ns +682

AnpialuNpavOMent Or National MUSEUM ><. <<... 255ii. 22a ekki afl ee 1918, 1043

Aspinwall, Thomas, United States consul:
Account of expenses; Smithson bequest... :--.22:-22s2ssuc2c2ckcsscecc ct ecacceecccs LL. 94, 96, 97
eae Se SIP EEO: Dy == 5 sates > | ones Soed a so nu ene Se se eee eee Woes Suse tee oences Oe, 60s 9L, 02, 100
Aesistant pecrotary, sputhsonian Institution .. 2... 222-222-222 e ll oe ee ec 1060
LOO O LH TIOT aL VELSOUI —2 eu sae ot ee eee SEs i rar
GORE tHSOnInns LEDPary s22cs: Deore a oe IS eee ee et ee Se eee 567

(See also Baird; Goode; Jewett; Langley.)
Assistants in Smithsonian Institution, power of Secretary to appoint and remove ___ 587,589,726
(See also Employees. )
RNORITLIONMOL Lire. Underwriters, Topol of... -3222_. 9.0222 eee ee 1718
Astor, W. B., Regent:
PR ERAEEE Ct eemes, ape Sega eee ons Sree SESE Se oa Ss ee es ee once cee (6005+; 610; 669-F) 1854.

ERS NNCT URES Petes Sa ee Sess ko tckg Soetwa cass caseatassass SA ee eS 711, 712, 714
PS Er mPsa ECO e 6 55 sae s 2 Eek Sk) oY OS STORRS Pa ete ates A a ae ee 708, 717
BIS UECHMOY UVOVame:OLe2 Gaia Slosscssssnesshesses Pesneocescts 2 SEL AI ee aS 240
PON MOT LOA + Geis; “AID =< <2 .22525-0 See eee le ee RS ee’ 198, 208
BermeaietIR COV OI Oars 2.2 kao ~ = Seee aaa tneete nen ee wane ee ne ee anaes Cea oe eee eee 195, 196
Astronomical Observatory:
CURD ENTNE (enh ” GOSH GIES Ses eee eS EE OS 20 Den ee ae a Sey anlar Pte ren aS 206
Proposed application of Smithson fund for_______.....-__-._ 170,189, 194, 204, 206, 235, 268, 273, 359
Astronomical work by the United States Government ---.......---.-.---... .--.-.------------ 358
Baionomy. Smithsonian publications’ On: os 2.222 eto See fe ek. eee =e 547
Pear DOL VALOR Vie ao a9 55.2 Se oa oes Se a Se 2 ee et Le 8 eee 1545, 1679
Ame iA rOsGLu tion. tO Priltbeac = arrsaq ct es e PE eee ee al icy
MIEPLOOMM TONS es cost tect Soke n ertae tel 1545, 1546, 1552+, 1677+, 1698, 1710, 1788+, 1789
Aitcnns Ons usiiesdin., TOPONt ON 4-522: s-sscehersos sess eee ee SS 1699, 1700
BUREAUS ACUI VISIONS, POPOLb OMe. -5 2a20s chs 3 2 IS ek Pe 1699
“DEE PE (0) 2 oe oe eee ee ee eee icc dese es eee ees ee 1423
Himiployees, leaves of absence:of, reportion:«---.< - 222... 2-2-2522 -2 oe one cece ccna stones 1597, 1825
(istiiOE inal RO? 5 ptthes . settee aaa Ae sc cs A i BE 3 SY 1597
placedminderi civil Service). =~2225<¢ctsa.2-nees 227s Pseasbeteussees tease eS 1768
FISD PMPOS Oe eee os Seek cee oa ks, 1544, 1545, 1551+4-, 1676+, 1677, 1709, 1710, 1746, 1787+-, 1788
Expenditures for, reports on ___-. EE a pllce eeroet rI a 1559; 1672, 1673, 1746+-, 1818, 1814
EER OEOCUOM OL. 2:58 12205322 dna ced Adawe as owns Poe area erew es 22 p at PP essa dates 02h an 1667, 1669
Rae erCaRst AEN EN CNL; oe ots a et ged AAR ert BEL oi ee oe awu soos Sos oes alta eb oee 1677, 1710
TLE DAE De De ee ee ee ery oe re ee ne ee Oe ie ce Sees ee oe ee 127
Bite toer,in Arlington Cemetery: proposed... .<.. 252-25 sss ss se2 225 se sees 2522-2 IT, WIZ
REAOG EE ams DEOPOSAG 2.2% ate Sea ee oe ee Se reese senate ah) ate eee 1422
Sminnsonianinstitmtion tocontrol )t 22.2 ctU 22h .- =e -oa eee nn eee 2sn--25-4~ 1690, 1698
Work not in conflict with that of Naval Observatory ------- .--.---------- ------ ------+--< 1551
PS eORHSIT EM Eek Spe a, Fc Sie ee Das Sie ee ae) Te) et pe 485+, 506
Athens, Greece, University of, library of -.....- remy oles seer a fetta peat Las DR ee 555, 583
Atkins, J.D.C.:
MEIEB ERO MORPE CHAN COS =< 2-2-5 -Se-5 be ae Mee ees eee ee ee ee see ene SS eee 800
I PCETPDRDICLES G75 4 a= ae ae re ae Os Oe a ee _..---. $49, 850+, 865-+-, 909+
Pee aR are Pee S See ay Ait eS aaa oe ees es Same case cece aes se Be ae ee O_o See B95
Bill, motion, or resolution by .-.-..----.<-~--- aS le Me ape nasi A She ES 1293, 1450, 1460
ares ATER EEESSS BL TAI Fee MN aprons enn ss ere Re een hee 1384+, 1385, 1446, 1450+
ene apa alk ge eee os Se es Men pet pat ee ee ee ee 1294

Atkinson, S.58., clerk, Braiional Maseritix. 6 oe oe so eun 2c Sees. ovo is) es
Atlanta. (See Expositions.)
Attorney-general of England:

Allowed claim of United States for Smithson bequest-_-..._-..___-.....--_--.------------- 51
PO MCONLOL Hil Snip ngoHSHib .- 2. 22122 n5 seo mec cL ee ee eee 58, 68

RSet er rer mH ee) COUNTED bas f oc ras SP ee cre? ae eae DS ones 37
PAG ane etGHBON SUlb eee occu nc seen. cewn seen dete 7,14, 17, 18, 21, 25, 26, 41, 51, 56, 58, 68, 73, 92, 127

PM Dt Reyer loll MiLGG: SO bAtCH LA 2525.2). le ee ee es AB 438, 514, 92]
Member of the Establishment .._.._____..._---- 429, 445, 566, 724, 767, 1452, 1680, 1681, 1682, 1689, 1849
Opinion by, on Smithson bequest (Felix Grundy) .-.........-.-----.---------------------- 0+
POL LVGISONCOLIGUbIONS asses) 2 Sie, ee ee es ae 1251

Proposed as curator of American University-._-..----- eae Ue Ben Scale 1532

gdirectorionneational Institution: 2:2. 22es 0 SA eee alee Ae none cc cceeees 217

1868 ; - INDEX.

Attorney-General of United States—Continued. Page.
Propcsed as member of establishment for sociological mstitution ---_-.--------.-------- 1761
regent for University of United States._.222-22---- 2. --- sence eee eee 1530
trustee of Smithsonian. Imstitution2- =< sasc 6 2-2ee eee eee 172, 204, 215, 235, 278
on; commission.for Zoolopical Park, 2222-23. 2-2) a ene ee eee eee 1107
Services.of. for Zoological Park commission — =) 2) 2o226s6- eae ee ee 1339, 1341+
(See also Expositions. ) ‘
Aatboin, Mis 2c) Je once Scenes eee = Ss ches uc cee ees s Saree err ee 5
Auditor, Fifth, Treasury Department, account of Richard Rush --_-..-------..--------------- 48
Auditor, National Museum accounts, disbursing officer of Department of the Interior __-_- 1252
Auditor, State and other Departments, bonded officers under -__-_-...-_.--.------------------ 1700
Andits of Smithsonianinstitution accounts; . -- 222-2222 ese. Seas ee eee 1252, 1680
Audsly, G..A., work on Japan.2..-..2225.--2--2as:ss sete ee 333 See peta 990
Audubon’s ‘Birds of America” and ‘‘Quadrupeds of North America,” sent to foreign
governments S22. sake Sys as Se he ehelnecen Ldewck cece shes ech nemee bes ane eee 603
Austin, E. P., memorial by, for purchase of Glover’s entomological work----...-----.------ 817
Austin, ‘Sarah Uaylor-4 4 252 fess Sy eee Sete ee coe oe a one- 6 oe ee 344
Austria: :
Eixchange treaty not svatified by ..-..5---225-25-.50) -eeeseeetenaeee sa enoe ee 1703
Exhibits from, at Philadelphia Exposition given to United States-_____-....----.---_-.-- 762
Exploring Expedition works for -<: = << 296 <2)- == {2 25a) seen ns anlec eens Sees ieee 320
Austro-Hungarian minister, letter from, on Exchanges -----.---------.-------------- 1701, 1702, 1708
Automatic signal telegraph signals for fire protection ...---..-------.----2----0-----00 sens 785, 787
Avery, R:S.; bequest of £2 22222 S22 es eh eo Sinan See ee ca ce nena es == nee ee eee eee 121
Awards. (See Expositions.)
Bache; AW Disteteraieanw ol sacb Gah wccece acancnanosnwawadubese apse stesso see ee ees 74%]
Member of Board of Regents.<...._.-. 2-sssestecc dae ee Se eee 567
Executive Committee of Board of Regents... 226.252 22 cd eance stone cee 567
On committee on Smithson residuary bequest-.------------------------------------------- 114
Proposed as manager of Smithsonian Institution ---......-.----...-.----.---------- 305,318, 326
RSP PD tan OIIbOd Bier + Oks eee eee ee Soh ae ee eee aaa 438, 486+, 604+, 1854
Report on mormalschools by): 2:vs 5.22.36) 522205. 2 ee cee ee eee 345
Bache & Co., Semon, refund of duty to ____------.---.:--- 946,947, 1018, 1027, 1028, 1030, 1031, 1112, 1113
Bacon. Francis 020 ase ee ie ee eee oS eee eee es ae 1644
Badger, G. E.:
Eixpulsion’of, from Board of Regents. .-22 = 2. <5 2250-5 sess aes en ee ee 630, 631, 632
Motion Dy 2265 2 eee. wns Fok Se ee es ee ee ee ee 477,531, 534
Rerentwappointede. 9e2t. ssi set eat Ses 5h Sk Sok sas eee ade ee Pea 602+-, 604+, 1853
AEDES ea cS Shaye a en er pe Se) Set ert ee cenewn Re ees 528, 531, 533, 534-++
Baaleveved Wire ass eee aoe n aae eno win Soe ae ee Sle See Oe 1608, 1610, 1611, 1616, 1647
Tice che 4) ok gee ee Se we Oe SR ee 2, ee eee 1604+, 1605+-, 1606+-, 1609+-, 1612, 1646, 1740, 1741
Ae Y Sr CUs fee 2G Ses es eee OE POS, Ee sb os ba ee 1616
Bally irancis 2028 22 oc 6 os oo) 9-0 Soe DS aie ee ee ee ee ee 208, 209
Baird, Mary C. (widow of S. F. Baird), appropriation for -...--.2-+. 20-225 5--2es2-s0--<--2e8 1045,

1056, 1061, 1064, 1075, 1077, 1078, 1099, 1100, 1103, 1104, 1517, 1519, 1520
Baird, S. F.:

Armory allotted to Fish Commission by = <<220 225.235 $< 225) on- sn een cee ee 12382
Army Medical Library and Museum, on commission to build -_...._...-.---.------.----- 938
Assistant Secretary, Smithsonian Institution....._-.2...22..- 22-22-22 ncn conn ne Sees eee 106)
Building commission, National Museum, member of.-.....--.--------------------.-------- 834
(DSR EOF sal et ot foe Se neta Sd et get, Se ee ee ee og 1048, 1106
Heonomy of administration: of 2.222 .2ce8 2. A sea8 odes cess = Paces ecane ee sneae eens eee 1426
Hxpositiom work by 2. 2-5. 2..'. 22 Go eee bee 3 os ee ee eee 1057
aniliy OR eee ahs Ss AOE x se downs ave oe cache ence e aa aan Soe ee 1084
Fish Commission. (See Baird, services of.)
Kish Commissioner, appointment as..s...).--. =: 4.2s..c8ee eee 1056
Forest preservation, member of commission On. <... 225-2. .<--.-22 202 dst ee 907
History of origin and progress of Smithsonian Institution to be prepared by - ---------- iii
In relation to Acting Secretary of Smithsonian Institution .___.-......-...---.---_.----- 952
Army Medical Museum, removal of building from site._-_.._._.---._--.-- 1044

Bache. & Co.,'Semon, refund of. duty... .2234 222 eae eee 1028
Capron Japanese collection.................----- 989, 1111, 1280, 1282, 1285, 1289, 1290

documents, public, printing and distribution --.....-......-.... -.-.---- 917, 918
Ebhnology .::- oe tat ee ee se eee ee 859, 860, 861, 862
changes. 5.2.22 re ee Gee ees et 800, 855, 896, 897, 898, 899, 900, 974, 977, 979, 1062

expenditure of appropriations by Congress for Smithsonian Institution. 1485
explorations ...-.2-...<2ce0 «2 2chhepeedsl J ee -boe eee -
Expositions, Berlin Fishery... - 22203403 Scceds soe ee ee 874, 875

INDEX. 1869

Baird, S. F.—Continued. Page.
relation to Expositions, wondon Mishery .. 2. 22-222 eee see cde occ ccb cc te eeeka eee ceee 873
Philadelphia Centennial __----- 703, 729, 733, 746-+-, 750, 761, 883, 884, 886
fishiizip interests, promotor Offs 7222222 se soc > se Sea Psa Nee cea eeaee 880
[Everinecs bate cece etek Ne A hates bso ne IS ee AS 2 iS eee 919, 920, 921

National Museum, estimates and appropriations. (See National Mu-

seum. )

section of steam transportation---_......----.--.------ 1017
Nelson and Turner’s reports on Alaska, natural history, ete__------ 983, 984, 985
ornithological work, in Department of Agriculture, commended _______-- 969
of Nelson and’ furner ves tee eee 983, 984, 985
printing for Smithsonian Institution and National Museum. --..-------- 925, 927
TAilroAd to Nailonaly MuseUiesesns ~ so tee oka e Coneks Sotcceecacces lene sedlewue 835
Rerents,appolntmient Of, approved .2.:.2.. c2se2 coecee Soest ed west eo cece eee 820
testing machine for building material: ..-.<.2.-....-.-.2.---.2--222 5.22222 840

Letters from ___ 693, 729, 746, 755, 780, 781, 782, 800, 832, 835, 836, 837-+-, 838, 840, 855, 857, 860, 861, 862, 865,
883, 887, 892, 897, 900, 901, 905, 908, 910, 911, 913, 918, 919, 927, 931, 939, 946, 974, 977, 979, 980, 984,
985, 989, 1001, 1002, 1017, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1030, 1044, 1112, 1145

TL ZTE RES EE eae hl ep eae 859, 866, 898, 899, 905, 989, 1010, 1014
Monument to. (See Statue.)
National Museum, establishment, development, and care of, by-.------..------------ 1061, 1317
1H gC 612 yt 2 0) Hin Se in gap a eye ee ee Me Li Bet aoa oR ae Rai 1 (
PACIuC allroad SUrVeys, DUDLICAtIONS Of; DY2 se: cool a ccce elon sead ace seeesd woes ca Seeecoe es 1062
EprnOnHlTOminin@OnCGs Ol soscses soos ssveses coi wecees casdesaeenen ete adese ee cede e eos! 1057, 1058
Powell, J. W., appointed director of Bureau of Ethnology, by ----------..---.-.-----_.-- 1540
Prize, rand, from Berlin Fishery Exposition to. .2--22-2 222. i ice. ines ike 825, 826, 827
Rent of house of, used by Fish Commission, paid-_-_---_....--.--.---------.------ 1084, 1987, 1089
PEA enCe Orrtised Dy Bish COMMISSION sees e cou race con eee ete ene cee ane dee toan soe epee 1059
Dali Chiac. INOW erlian order of, conferred On =.2° ~.-22c2s2o-28 sete ae ee cc ccsu ee ee ee 788, 789
SORIA (DFE ol is olay encore tend ie aes inte ae ee Bata tein Each eel 1051, 1053, 1060, 1065, 1068
SEUroiminy, SIL ASONAM UNSblbUbIOM. «= 2x onceccaccaeasanudcesanocfencecuscaneeecseecce 1059, 1856
Seine HOOL. Privilege Ol, PrAanbed bOlessessa's Soe ss Sees aa oss cele eeu ea eee Skee oe seats eee 951
iemVICOsmTiDOle OLeer= -— She Seee b et ceue = Seca ce Seobe cease 826, 880, 1045-1105, 1333, 1517, 1519, 1520, 1679
PLO DT OPONOOs = s2a~ cescet cake else eesti ss see SSL tek 1075, 1076, 1104, 1105, 1332, 1338, 1557
Ventilation of Hall of House of Representatives, commissioner on.--...._---- 797, 798, 960, 961
Wonopicalsociesy, Washington, Corporator Of .5-.0-2.22-6-sss2sccen asso eee sce eee eeeee 685
Poe P ten MRT MOT TTC lor cs OOP AL Ke oes s coca se aes te ere ae aaa ae ea ee meee aoe 1597
Sater re MEY TULA TSE NY oe ae es ee ee ae ee oe CEES en So cteaoanae cake 1127, 1169
Pani rani AChine MAnAe OT OL ZOOUPATK. s.] 222 4 ase oe eos Soo cade waacccdeenescleoenee een. 1597
ES EEERERC Hee LO ITICL nse DY mee sae cee ne ae ree ah a eee ee cee ene nae es acacer esbasecetincscae 1124
iakormareus, on board on Geographic Names. <- 205022 <- 2 o2 ~2cnc -- cone duce ncce eee eee 1557
LE LLOTE, Tuy Vite 2) 2009 i dO ete See a ra eae Gs Meng re AR ay Se er ae Se eae ei 1840
Punenecone arn POuILION® Lr Olas a2. let eee eee ae ee Sones Sees Re eeee Guanes cece keene oes 1362
Serer ESET CLOT: Open cele Screens Seen ah aac e ae ene ee ees onan eee el eee eee 1535-+-, 1536
Incorporator American Historical Association. --..-22---.--.2.----.----.--..._---2---- 1220, 1223
MoTMOniaitiye LOL WwUsOUln DUNMGINe. 2-0 ~ .24en ne ean e aon emere Peon te eT eee 734
Proposed as manager of Smithsonian Institution--_--.-.._-.....-.--.-------------------- 305, 318
LRNS/E SLs CNaya Corvallis (0 eee 5 pss tele Se aA ne eee ane SS, Ye gen i an ee ee Me ay 718, 1854
PROUGHOO. 2785 a2 secs Sea eee ee ea aire eco ene oe want 717+
MERINO eee era a aoe oe een eee ae nae ae tee meek ors Suan dst aoe noel eee 784
Secretary of Navy, member of the Establishment. -_....__.........--..2------------------ 1848
Bank:
ENCE aL Ctr ISS ISSL Tp Jeet ae eter ee es CR ees Fete ee 250
ASTOR Ie ELIE Ol WLO Lae ree eee ee er net ee ee pe ed oe bee ee Co ae ar ree ee 255
Marimnproiatar Mechanics. of Michi fai sts) 20S he ye SS ros. Ul Ue ee 250 °
Heaaged CV tay Olea hdr pe LVL ety eee ne eee Srey etn ee he Sie CCNA nt ot ott ES 253, 257
Uilviccyaila Fao] 16 Wes Coy ie ea ieee opie RO Re wae to ca A a ea a ag 246, 247
MAREE AR ANG WHY OF lows Senso n sash tana. cab poe ae tesa wea eee Ene Rocks Sone dk cee eee 270
RVEEOUESTINC SWING WN OE Kees es Sa alets oa Ae hte Ot pS FS AE te SE hee re YEN ed ores re A TS 253
RFORP CUMDES REA Ny Ol OLite see. ste 250% oN Oe ae ee ae kre Sean ees} aa, Te BP 259
DUR EC May ey) AUER 0) chi oe a ela ae ee Re eet a OEE ee lig! Looe sai a OE ata he ae 251, 255+
ISPD bere Schene S SNe rp Oe a eas GE CE ERG SEAN 0 SN 5 Pat Sega Sey OM eee Sea 415
OFEMAL TIES TTT IS ic) oan apeiron ee eae aes hss eae nee Read a 250
RSTO CERN GWU MOT ne see tea a es a ane a ee pe SN 101, 108, 246, 247, 248
Arkansas Staterors neal’ Hstate:... 2.23 fe ee 230, 409, 410, 420, 1755, 1758, 1783
Commence NG we VOPiesse. sete ooo Ree eR LU eee eee 248

England, paid Mr. Rush the bequest in gold.-.....-.....-.--.---.-.----.------- 60, 93, 102, 104
SEOCH Ole ee er ee Beene ee ae Pee ine Ram ee AG 41 EI dS 60, 61, 62, 64, 103

1870 INDEX.

Bank—Continued. . =
Of Dlinols) «222222424935. qceeseses <= adn Sess eee Be ee eae ene eee 281, 232, 493
Indiana, Statess- a: 26s ond a5s fe ohens Ree cae ee eee ee 250-+-, 256, 258
Kentucky) nos ssescios.esstavesnooect eee anos ss ea ee 256
Metropolis, W ashineton res: 2 peeceer stan = oon a Se eae ee 246, 247, 248, 249
Michigan 2s ccsc ioc sbec ce ccease bese cece eebde le eeee nase aesaceen eee ee 250
Missouri, States. <2- 35.0 se ses 2s wap ae are ed ec en 258
United States =... 8.2 ssctwteecst coee ste San. Je ee eet Se as eee 257, 411
Wikeiniaa. . disse ne,t guns tas So pak ene se oe ee = Se ie eee 202
Planters',.of Mississippi «2k .cSs. 0 cee eee ee Re a es ae 250
Of "Pennessee 5: = by42sca1ss Syst Qantas ee 251
Banker of United Statesiat, London (M. de Rothschild) - <2. 35-2. sen coe oe eee 10
Bankers of Institution. (See Riggs & Co.)
Bankersiofidames Smvithson:..- 22. t ee ee ee oe 5
Bankhea diss). JH... remarks bie .s< <n 52-52. cess ree ec ee oe 157k
Banks, NeP 3463.22. < s2s2-8 pe ka ies Sak 1G eee ee ihe ae ee pee et ei he i ee 601, 1417+, 1445
Remarks: bye ¢ est as -5o2¢ 25205 -502)2- Ste. see ee Be A ee ee ee eee 801
Bannister, iW <0). ,jwatchman:) National Museum: - =... 2-5. 2.4. 6-82. ee eee 1600
Baptists established Columbian College in Washington_-_--_-----.--.------------.---.-------- 176,177
Ber eiy Gn SuOSS Sic 6 ae pe Soe eas fae abe Spisyd image ie er Sg ee 1563, 1566, 1692+-, 1739
Barber, ir., Hiram, eoporty Dy o.22-5~ 2-5 226s eects edie soe ao Bee ee 866
Barboles, Marquis de, invited to attend Chicago exposition.-_-_.____..----..-.-.--...-.------- 1590
Barbour, J. S., appointed on committee on University of United States___....-_.--.____.._. 1531
Barcelona, Spain. (See Expositions.) 3
Barcena, Mariano, Mexican commissioner, Philadelphia exposition... --.._.--.--...---._-.- 764
Barksdale. .Mithelbert, remarks by~ —..... 5.26 a eben fh eee Soh eee EE 986, 987, 1005 +
Barnard, D. D., appointed on committee on Smithson bequest ---_.--.-----..----. .----- .----- 182
Barnard, Henry:
Proposed. as Regent .- io s20<- = ssccacnc- co marccs sages sseee 5s aceaoncu ees = sees a oe ee 628, 629 +
Withdraws name for Regent and recommends Dr. Woolsey ---.-.------------------------ 630
Barntim, (Poe. oo oem oan Joao doesn wna sence Snases conde Seco eee ee 1196, 1427, 1432, 1616
Barron; K..A,,. bureat of Mthnology <2; .-...c-s.60=5<5 --snebe dee Susie een ee 1540
Barros) OS 0\NGrn=. = 3 = #2 -65d edesi co aves Saco cla deb con wen cebmemaese Sanee Ese Cee Bee 380
Barry, Redmond Victoria commissioner, Philadelphia exposition. .....----..---------.------ 767
Bartels, German commissioner, Philadelphia exposition---..._-..........---.---..--.- eat we 763
Bartlett. Franklin, report'by . -.2.<---c2-<>< so Siscn- 022 sos oe de see eee 1634
Basamontiito National Museum ©. 22-2202 0- 2 Se ace eee eee ---- 1286, 1237, 1288, 13812, 1321
Bates, Edward:
Attorney-General, member of the Establishment. ...--..-.-------------------------------- 1849
Secretary of War, member of the Establishment... .-.-....---.-- --- 20 = -s2---<2-<--00n5- 1848
Baves, lO, TOMarks DY. fss-2 nooks) cose ncn cn cate conanels ses - cee adepimeasse on eee ee 301
Battle plans proposed for military and naval museum..----_---.---.-----------.---------- 1259, 1264
Battle ships at Chicago exposition transferred to State of Illinois --.-_-.---.---.. -.---.------ 1636
Batut. (See La Batut.)
Baumhauer, E.H. von, Netherlands commissioner, Philadelphia exposition----......----.-- 764
Bavaria, Exploring Expedition works for. .-.. sccnencetaqescn-sp ota on8= ene an aera eee 320
Bayard, J.sA., report: by. .~= s--2-c<nn~ snc cncceeicebae bowen voeaqcsneses soto saed eee eee 540
Bayard, R. H.:
Appointed on committee on Smithson bequest---....-..-------.-------2---- ------ ----5----- 169
Remarks byicese-- = 5. -<= aqSg en oede a culs en peeked Sa Rb ee tat cloecn yee ea ae eae eee 179
Bayard, T. F.:
better from on Wiz Chanees - =. - .22.20 22 e8 oc — oe awe = Sone seen ea ene eee 1138, 1144, 1707
t0;0n EXCHANGES -.... - 0-522 cccsces Aa cee oes mca e ep enes See a 1138, 1145
Remarks by jo haoa a a = a ess ace ee ee le 851
es OlutiOn Dy asaa a ans ene ota sae pee ane eis ee ee oe 851
Secretary of State, member of the Establishment ...-.--.------.--------------------.---- 1847
Bayly, T. H.: ;
Mb tiOnsDY:< c.2< srw: Satan oom Sree ee BS oo ene Se ae 392
emarks Dy. <2- sca 2 <2 ici saat ees ceweas een eee ear Be ee 488, 536, 537
Bayne, f. Mi, motion: by. 2-222. . 2222.2 Joann ee dak masses 2 seek aoe pooner 1408
Beall, KK. D., clerk. Zoo Park - .- 222 <sachectucos.< eee an ote ose cae Sn eee ee eee 1597
Bean, B. A., assistant curator, National Museum... -<.2.~<25=---< -.-- -2--5---64s-55 ooo 1598
Beard; N..C.,,copyast, National Museum ....2. 22-2..-2cscnscsesosenccs-s poe Le eee 1598
Beatty, John, remarks by ---.-- | eevee nevedbienesatobol ane Sash eee ee Be oe en 691
‘Beaufort, Francigssese-es. - 2-2. - occas cette dl wae ee oie oo 151

Beaufort library, destroyed by Smithsonian fire ----. +... ---£-.,22----G-ses4-e-25- 8-25 pases ee
Bebb; Mi S:. herbartwmyiol..- 3 22< 220, ace Soeede chen su ceeebsesee <zese. Bee ee Gee eee

INDEX. 1871

Page.

pci) bie teh oe es 837, 1064, 1087, 1103+, 1152, 1168, 1169, 1170, 1175, 1176, 1209, 1288, 1376, 1877, 1569

PRE ieee eens a Jee Conde peeee kn wa ccs A sabe Ja ot 821, 1149, 1154

Remarks by=.2s) +s22e4 821, 830, 831, 832, 1056, 1061, 1081, 1083, 1084+-, 1085+, 1151, 1280-+-, 1231, 1283, 1234
Bere lee lae = ee inten ee eee tobe ets Js SLC uk ess olalLe de eee oneey 2a eek 260, 261, 262-++-
Bonn onaniperiain euloczy OL eroressor Baird): 2.2... 200.26. -~-on seesecuceauusesucle beeeee 826
Belgium:

Exchanges, convention or treaty with, for__..-.....-. -...-.....-.-------- 902, 978, 1139, 1701, 1705

Exhibits from, at Philadelphia exposition given to United States _._...___...-.-._.-.___- 762

HON hee peninipnuwonrks TONS 22.03)- 5-5 52s eee eee at en ET folie 320
Belknap, W. W., Secretary of War, member of the Establishment--__..__..__...--...-------- 1848
Bell, A. G.:

GSii) GPa. 8 8 ep Se a ae es ee Spe Ae a a a ee ae oe Se: ei Bey |’ 121,

Pars Hier ON Lets <=. =.=. eet sas eee eet So. peat! Soy sed hetleoce ee rselovinach 1778, 1854

Proposed isas-—.- - = ~-hsiaeete Site eed, Bee eolad ace ee tet au sussew lags 1775, 1776, 1777

ie Onn Terman Ke) Oy see see eee sa Sees es osseous See LUE es cee oS rh ee 412
PAE PIO MO apt occas an cecsesek abo masse nese soe eee cece eee, 1568, 1568; 1699, 693 N1780
Belpzhnoover, 1). H., remarks by..._ =.= ----..--..--.----=---snicscn8- 1646+, 1648, 1649+-, 1650+, 1651+, 1652+
Benedict, G. H., letter from, on printing for Bureau of Ethnology -_-.-.__--._--.--_.-.-.-... 1123
Benedict, J. E., assistant curator, National Museum..........---...--...----------22--------- 1598
Benét, S. V., on proposed Military and Naval Museum .--.-.-.:_-_-.-.-._--.-----.--------------- 1262
Benton, T. H.:

Appointed on committee on Smithson bequest --.-........---...---.-.-.------------------ 169

ETERS MN Y eee se eee eis te See 8S See Se, Peed Sereree oi eon tS o eolgore. 174, 175, 178
Bequest of James Smithson. (See Smithson bequest. )
Bequests and gifts made to the Smithsonian Institution ._____...._-.__.. 2222-22. eee eee 120, 121

Smithsonian Institution authorized to receive, hold, and dispose of _.-___..__....-.----. 1885
Bergen. (See Expositions. )
Bering Straits expedition, collections from Captains Ringgold and Rodgers____..__..._....__ 770
Berlin: :

PeeEANVOR DOV OTOUM. hiate 2 2 a en Ao te 2k Bes eh corenesy Saino, ew scgeeer 154
RU Rea eee ee mee) Season) eee ete Ae he ere es AR ee Bees 1721
NOMPORESSNESA ED Degg) rete Bra 8 ee Sa, oe NS em a baat een ee rena Ro he eran 1545
Ear tian See he et PR 8. oo J nib oa ew SSE LURE - 5 ce se ee ooo cee et ee 1178
LES PET: LL LLG Se 6 0) Heap eg Sr Sn oS ee ee Cy LET 597
LNB SARL NS a2 a CCS Ag BLES © el a ae Pa ae eee prety t ne ae 1264

(See also Expositions. )
Bermuda, exhibit of, at Philadelphia Exposition given to United States _...._............_.. 766

Bernays, R. C., conductor of music at unveiling of Henry Statue__.__.___...-_.... 22222. __- 922

Berres, Joseph, watchman, National Museum -.--..---.---.----------. -------.----- +22. - nee 1598
Berret, J. G.:

Appointed trustee, Corcoran Gallery of Art ....-.-<2---<--:0-n<--a0----25)s0sd bie See cnees 683

Mayor of Washington, member of the Establishment. .-_..-.-...--.._.-.-.---.------------ 1849

Repent .22,.sns-) Seescrtetib§e ho ott Re setae 2 ce oo eee 1852

Remy enon iicom,on Smithson bequest... 2222-22: ++ see--se0c-- 4-2 <5-¥st eee eee: 82

Berrien, J. MacP--..-- ee Se SE ae nae oe ei mpea tan DEU eve ek Ts Dee ees oy rere ete aes 553

Appointed on committee on Smithson bequest ..-.---.--22...---------2se eee eeeeee-------. PAL

ETE) EVE 2 TM le eM Pr SO a San PR OP Ap 602+-, 1853

LE ayer taydl OE Re oe Bs 88 gn a ee a MEP PORES Y 2 514

Opinion of, on management of the Smithsonian Institution _-__-_...._...-.._.---2 2-2-2... 514

erent. apnolnneds). = she ses ek eee eee ek EN Bee ed lt ed Jeune aece 486+, 1853

OL Smithsonian ins tibolone. cose. = aoa eae ee ae 2 hoe ee ee ges? Gye

TPN y eS pe 2S eB oe ee ee eae ee en ee eel Sa 318, 589

TESST TT | TAG NG CSSA ST ie Gd SEES aves) ee RY - Oe + 1597

Tseng, L1G 18 ae Se oe Se ee oe a a eee a oe 1069, 1089, 1094

‘Appointed toiattend Cincinnati‘exposition. -.---. = ..2-.-2c22..2-.-<-2----=----- eh soek 1121

PU DYER eareaa secre sects eee be sestedos othe ios SP biee wie scl ned boll 1779

WO RTNVaTE iy? 22,5 SS | SG ee oes ae ee ee eee ee ee west eters ae ae 1287

eee Vier Sas as ae aS Oe cits Meee acon: Puts te, te fal ouemete myhwat er! Nes ee see 0B Aes,
1065, 1087, 1099, 1285, 1286, 1287+, 1519, 1520-+-, 1528, 1525+, 1526+, 1527, 1569, 1755+, 1756+4-, 1757
Bessels, Emil:

Leable Vee; LOR SRE MS ee aes le ee ae SR oe Se ee a a oe 6 868
AO PEI ere OL ORS Ee ee ers hte bark Slee ees evel ie ee reo ace bo Lee etalk 867
Expenditures for report of, to be controlled by Smithsonian Institution ___.-.--.--.---- 866
Letter from, asking for appropriation for scientific report ___.......... -----. ---------- 865, 866

Orderediojexplore Alaskan waters 1206 51f 5. PE ee oer UU ee
to make report at Smithsonian Institution. -_.....-.... 2... ---- .-2-2. -- eee -- 867+

1872 - INDEX.

Bessels, Emil—Continued. Page.
iReimbtirsementiol crt! 052) 8s 52 Sea Ls Sos cetera een ieee sala to thenseea 866, 867, 868, 869
Report by, of scientific results of Arctic expedition.-_--......-.....----.-------.-------- 865, 866

Bethnal (Green ‘Musetim, London 22266202.) 531 Eee ee eo eee 1504

Bible, false story of purchase of, at extravagant price by Smithsonian Institution -..._._.- 446

Bibliography:

International Catalogue of Scientific Literature -__.......--.-..------.--..- 1769-1773, 1805-1807
Smithsonian publications On J2cc.2.0cseecs seu ee eee eee 548

Bielsky, Charles de, Russian commissioner, Philadelphia exposition. _____.....--.---_--._--- 764

Bien, Julius, bill of to. EmilBessels -2: ccc. sccecc cece see ee te Ie eee eee 868

Biennial Register, copies of each issue ordered for Smithsonian Institution---.....--...-.-. 791

Bigler, William, remarks by = 22222 -2=essesc2ssges6 3) sees ee oe ee eee ' 619

Billings, J. S.:

On commission on ventilation of House of Representatives_-_..----...---.-- 796, 797, 798, 799, 960
On International conference on Catalogue of scientific works ......_.-..----------.-- 1769, 1771

Binders in Government Printing Office, resolution of inquiry respecting --.--......-.._---- 1596

Bingo him Wee Hees te! so 3. cone Sawsnw Scessrd sewed Ceased eessuescamsadese uses ene eee 1616+, 1619
etter to; on Mxchanigesit 22224) cc ecusscns ceegeWcacos Sesacckce Sk SIE ee 1614
Motion. DY = o-s-22225<. 0s 22.2 Sh See a Oe ee ee ee ee 1613, 1615
Remarks Dy foe 2-25 oes Saec de Sate cece coe cae eee ee eee 1602, 1604, 1613+-, 1617, 1618, 1825

Bingham, K.'S:, remarks ‘by «= -.s.<22--<3++ --8 Sole See Se ee eee 626

Bird, . M. proposed ‘as'Regent -222-25. 222.2. 2220s ake se seen ee ean cenee =e eee eee 437

Birds, actirerulating shootingiol.._c6..2..2 2 a ee eS eee 1826, 1827

“Birds of America,’ Audubon’s, purchased and sent to foreign governments ____.---__..-- 603

Birdsall) B., petition of 222-2 ho a= dee eee JE JB22. BULL Leeda Se es 226

Bishop, W. D., commissioner of the Patent Office, member of the Establishment. .---..-..-- 1849

Bison, desirability of preserving 3 ...022-Lessieaide USES ee seks Le aS ee ee 1153

Bissell, W. S., Postmaster-General, member of the Establishment --_.........-..-.--....----- 1848

Black) J. CG: C.;remarks iby s2<) J: 5.cccie 253 Soon See ee ee ae 1644, 1645+, 1646

Black, J. S.:

Attorney-General, member of the Establishment--....-.-......-.------------------- eee ee 1849
Secretary of State, member of the Establishment. --.--..-...---.....----------- --ee0n--- 1847

Bisek burn, d0C:8) fev weeccw cel sheets cece See eoceee i Lee eel eee eee eee 1363, 1366, 1414
[emiarks, by = os>5ss22 2225522555222 sa eaceses eee 800, 832, 833-+-, 1865+, 1520+, 1522, 1525+, 1526+
ODOT: Cesena accent eeeen cies esse cher ut coum ne bnere wore UNE cube Sneet Ca Cees ae ae eer ee 832
Resolution by =: se. 2sh ae ese ces nes heeccs passe sends a etees USS ep Uh cae- etree eee ee 844+

Blackburn, W.H., keeper of animals, Zoo Park -:=-.<---=-.-22 22. ste ae eee see eee 1597

Blackford, HE. G., gift to National, Museums 222522225 Se Bee ee 1153

Black Hills, geology. of, reports :.022, 2.042. 255. Roe LS Be ee eee 792

Binekstone,; William. -. 2.0.2... -s0sk Sec cces. ceecceee AUDTEA: ee ae eee 138

Blaine, J.G.:

Secretary Of State « .cseeisen. cet occliceedccnd deh Pe eee eee eee 1512
letter from, on Madrid exposition’. -.-.5 2.02225. 2 se eee 1582

member of the Establishment -..........-..-.------------------- 1452, 1847+
Senator remarks by --2-..4~ 2-222 2s2<.20 sens enn sen ses ee BLO RS Ss le eoaees

Speaker, appointment of Regents by. --..2-.ctb os. ccc Coe es cee wes be ened ee sae eee 681, 705
remarks by.0-:<2--s--< wees ok ewe ee SALE HOLS eee 691, 715
Blain HOW (sssccs oe 2a22 os bose acap secs cecsas SSS SRR asd Leesa estes be eats nee eee ae haem 1362, 1414, 1531
ROMIAPER DY. 226 sepsis as <& ooacn anasd sccertc aan Meneaaeeees 1073+, 1091+, 1092+, 1099, 1104, 1302+, 1362
Blair, Montgomery, Postmaster-General, member of the Establishment. ----.---------.------ 1848
Blake, C. A.,memorial by, for purchase of Glover’s entomological work .....----..---------- 817
“Blake, steamer, sent to Chicago exposition zcc<s ci: a.s2. easton ence eee eee senee eee eee 1587
Bland, J. R.,memorial by -t<2 22. Jc. -2.seescecies Shee ee See tes Boece ee eee ee eee 1038
Bland, RiP occas woidecen ce bees weenie i's cwewn cb aees Sherk Se ELE eee 1472, 1473
WEGtION VS 22229 Sones Shia ahd hoch see Eee aantud-shetuei sees Seewehes eee ee 1450
Remarks yo! 2ssused onc ansacseciss cc ceecesds cess Se eee 1164, 1183, 1205, 1448, 1471+, 1626
Blind, books for the, proposed to be published by Smithsonian Institution -----..-....---.-- 418
Bigs A. MM. resoliution by... .--- 2.5 beh Se cchetcdaciwa Sebo pene aah eee ace ae Eee 828
Bliss, C. N., Secretary of Interior, member of the Establishment - -------.-------.----.---.--- 1850
BhissUNatnaniel > 253! 3f22 25025 2u.. cee SS Ae RE RE EE LE a eee 199, 209, 210
Blodget, Lorin:
(Claim Oh er See Saw nso wc de eae eee eee ee 558, 591
Dismissal of, by Secretary of Smithsonian Institution--.........-..------..------------- 588, 590
Blognt, JV Hise ees eee ee oe Sa has 781, 841, 1191, 1209, 1378-1381 +, 1886+, 1391, 1400, 1481, 1601
Remarks by -------- Re eS Oe $42, 861, 862+, 863+, 864, 865, 872+, 876, 880, 881+, 973, 1151,

1165, 1166+, 1177+, 1179+, 1180, 1181+, 1187, 1191, 1197+, 1199, 1200, 1352+, 1353, 1367, 1870+
Bhtum; E. L., appropriation for |... .-...5 eee) See RO a es ee 1644

INDEX. 1873

Board: ; Page.
Government Executive. (See Expositions. )
Light-House. (See Light-House. )
Of Finance. (See Expositions, Philadelphia.)
Geographic Names. (See Geographic Names.)
Lady Managers. (See Expositions, Chicago.)
Regents. (See Regents.)

Trade, Philadelphia, memorial by, for new National Museum building -..-.......___- 1317
Visitors to Smithsonian Institution proposed .............-.....-.-.. -----.s<<s6- 206, 237, 276
To examine public buildings and Smithsonian Institution proposed -....-.....---.-..--- 893
regulate contracts for supplies to Departments...:.-.-.+.-2 22.2. <2. -26 eee ene cece enone 1671
Boards of trade, memorial by, for exposition at Washington ___....-.....---.-.-------.------ 1039
rn PEI O net NOLOPY “so bas meaae ee se tee dee soo nee ncnsu S2sncccondlocsca- nena cenees 1540
EP cep SIMI SRE v a CER gS i oh ae ee i ae a Ss Se epee 1610+
eeatlecteetienn DUTY qOSTONA . 25.24 Aen een ee boc eee ec oe es posses tae nets LSA el 286
Boehmer, G. H.:
Colbie) UST TOR TCT a 1 2) ep A a ee cs re a Se 1597
enn ratvae RCRA NG OS! DV once. cle p sees ae eeaicoe seslMGnehs wicann Rane Jocencs aeccenosocaeseaniess 896
PelcreeN Onno SeH IM: js8seS- Cet ees 15 SoS eee ee Sache hees cet act vet chp seb tenn once nanos 1324, 1328
ENA aN NOL OOWN occ 2 msan ponies ~ Wein ncaee ens Soo ae ac Seine see Sane ecbeMan neon hee 342, 383
Pet LOeL Reno OL WICHAEO) FUUSN 28 22-5 Sic -coee nue cea dte lee econ beet eee em haan Ok one 10
Pane eE COD Vist. AtiONA MUSOU. C2 (packs 2 sop bat acces oa SaemeeP ede Bae oho teem emcee 4 1598
Bonded officer of Smithsonian Institution (W. W. Karr) ...... ---.00.-2- deesceeeenss Seeene tenn 1700
Bonds:
EP PLODTIALON tO: Wi.t.. Wiest ON CAreiOL: 222-5220 = Senso =a eeee = Sana eeade sae aseaeespanases 680
Belonging to Smithsonian Institution deposited in Treasury vault _..._-....--..----.-.- 1686
LUE GIST EASIT Ne DPE ERCTE SRA Gees oe eis Se ne Sh SS eae Sete eet este OO a nea 1700
State. (See Stocks.)
Books:
Copyright. (See Copyrights.)
iterate Ore WC ri ZOU s teat ee Sew ee 2 a Ne Sa Sc She ee eee ae ate Ga 1697
Pamphlets and periodicals for National Museum ._-.....__.__-_-----.------ 1815, 1819, 1821, 1822+-
Protection of,/in. libraries:in District:of Columbiac 225. <2.6. so cce ke wc ek wc bee cee ee 810

Purchase of, for Government to be specifically provided for__--....--....------..---.---. 1829
eR EPI AEROS EY fe Att ES Se SE CPO Oe aie shoe ae seo cariaseinensdemausane wc nessasecss. KRUINOD, Godod

Booth, Newton:

SEE OEE et AIOE Sy aks ataw Pato mi ee a Shoe wis ae a sam eau ere SSR O A ne oe eer hgh cian a 821
Tobi gbibhh, T[DjA Giese ee ee ee ee ee eee mepe meee es ee 24 Se ee oe 819, 1852
BEAR STO OU cee as Ss aan let op es tide sie mw wwe Gide oe anais nase Rene eueceeese 869
Borie, Adolph E., Secretary of Navy, member of the Establishment_--_......._...---------- 1848
Borland, Solon:
MUMERUMCOTIOT) amir. Ne eee WE cue IN BO le Ae a Nc ene oh 479+
Ly TEL DOVGS Tony ES 8 ae SU =e a ee pet ess 2 CE eaees epee sim oe ae 479, 480+
Iai (CIbtais hn ee eee ee. ks eee eee eek: Zoe L 151
Eee er reaism Ear kt COSU Ole eteret sf = 2208 5 aha a econ es ee ee SO eee 1489
Paonia lone, ducted trom, On need Of ZOO.ss. 52 s2s.¢2.02<2 cue aetaews sete eee yo ses eee aes 1169
Boston Public Library, memorial by, for aid to Catalogue of scientific literature_-_._...... 1807
Botanic Garden:
Proposed'for Smithsonian Institutidn......-=..--=-.----<--2 ---scee~enee-- 324, 325, 328, 329, 337, 338

NWESEIIO ObON) ga oe cece ae tee ee haere Se ets es oo hoe 982.1 08D) 168,365, 1975, 1300) 14638 172
collections in, tosbetiseduby Students )<..5-2 ~ neon ccacs-oe semen. < nas o+ sas enee= OOE

opening of, on Sunday and in evening proposed ..--- ......--.--------------- 1662
Botanist of Department of Agriculture also a curator in National Museum----.-....-....---- 1733
Botany:
PIHIHBRONsa Hy Oi Ded bLONM OMe - sees fon Pesos els oe ee re a ohne ene pe en ass aaeeN 548 -
Torrey volume of Exploring Expedition on, to be pled Se Ne on cng ae RoE aL Bae 692
(See also Herbarium. )
Boutell, H.S., presented resolution of John Crerar Library --..--.....-..-..----.-----. ------ 1801
Tey iti a. (COU oR sea ES RR ee ee ee A 2 tees Sears 1127, 1442
EOC EU RIKS DY) feee eee Oe ates aso Loe a eae nee eon ee Men. Sake Sere Soins seme enaee ot enes 1125+, 1126+

Boutwell, G. S., Secretary of the Treasury, member of the Establishment -.__..--..-..--.... 1848
Bowen, C. W.,corporator of American Historical Association -.-.......--..-.------------ 1220, 1224
Bowen,S. J.,mayor of Washington:
Rcnd RErerm Lb HO Sata MS RIBOD bp. = hse kon oo celee 2 ams oie ne en a ween saa cess 1849
EPCOT Leer ne ee ae a ere a arene, Sar SUPE Drs I ee acl sch anew oaee mets
Nee Reo COOLIO UD yee ee oa: tne a SSE EL See SE waco e net caeeee cece ese LOUBAE
Bowes, J.F., ae OY apa ee ee ee eee oa cae Se ee eee REDE coat awe aa

H. Doe. 732-——118

1874 ; INDEX.

Page.
Bowes, J. L., & Bros., wools from\...-22-22-s2.. ---2 - eee ee eee 766
Bowne, §.S8.,appointed on committee on Smithson bequest----..-.._-..-. ...----------------. 225
BOY; Lint V-s2s conc asieee knee oe ere eee ee 486, 489, 502, 506, 507, 535, 536, 537, 540+
Motion Dy 2-22 222 nan se cees 2a 8 2 cere nape eae eer ene nae ete ene ae ee 371, 422
Remarks by... - 2222. 2s2tcen ws eect ee ee eee ieee 2s 418
Boyd, Mr. ; charges of) in Smithson suit..:c29 242 ...< 268 eee eee 87
Boyle, John; messenger, National Museum)! 2922-225 5. i ee eee eee 1598
BoyDton,; HV ee eee ere eee ee ee eee ee ee eee ae oe ee ee 1453
Bradbury; J: W:, remarks by 2021 22. TEL ee eee ee eee 479
Bradley, James ------------------------ ------------ + += +++ ------ =< 020 2-222 eee eee 199+, 209+, 210
Bragg, Thomas:
Motion by (2222222202222 2Sebsecstcene 2 aoe as csa eons ses a osce= aoe ee eee ee ee 617
UVOMIAEES! DY se = 525 =eee omens Se een ee ae a ee ae ee 612, 617+
Brahe, Py Che cesses sscnens se anna ten anne eee r anes Seen asa nae eee aa ee eee - a 198
Brazil:
Convention or treaty by, for Exchanges peacasssostes sete etersscess a DOOR 978, 1104, 1701, 1705
Wmiperor Of 22 2: 2222222222222 222 SSekea ee: aes See eet ee sane eae eee © eee ee ee 1036
Exhibits from, at Philadelphia Exposition given to United States-.-.--_.-..--...___--.... 762
Exploring Expedition works for 2 ---2:--2s2sss=-2222=seesctac seer esse bese teen eee 321
Breckinridge, J. C., Vice-President:
‘Appointment of Regents by 2-22.22 -- 2. 2=-t>=- -=-oe ne aan ee eae eee ee 609+
- Member of the Establishment ~::--. =. 2205.25... -2.- 202d eS eS eee 1847
Regent ---- ------ ------ ----20 eecen n= 22-2225 ons nn nnn wn ne en oe 8 ene ne nn we en es eee 1851
RIGMBLES DY oo co an coos Se wna aces aS eae eee ee ata re ta se ee 605
Breckinridge, W.C.P 2-2------ --ceee cere 1171+-, 1176, 1188, 1207, 1208, 1210, 1382, 1388, 1398, 1899, 1436, 1439
Appointed to attend Cincinnati:exposition ----= -=-- <= -s2c2=-22t-2-=c- 9 eee eee
18) UU On pee pe esr er a I eo iy 1170
Dy hope lay y) § 6 Ale a ge ke SII IC SERS snot 1278
RELONb, APVOMTOD <- -- 222 25 So Rat eee wa sane connec s ccaan ene se ea ee eee 1553, 1633, 1853
Tener Ox itad oso. can sees sect eenenee anaes ose Sites sess eee SS eee 1633
IRGINaPEE DY coc see soe non mace cee oe ee eee ee eee ee 978, 1152+,

1180+, 1209, 1337, 1376+, 1386, 1396+, 1428+, 1429-+-, 1430, 1431+, 1433+, 1434, 1485+, 1448, 1493-++

Breese, Sidney:
NEOUIGND DY coe rn rae ae ae ae Bare re ee One ea a

Presented report of Smithsonian Institution .-....-.-..----.------..------- <2 -ssecbee eee 439
Regent, appointed <* 2-2-5 i 8s ease seo 8 2 Sass che cenaassas aes ease es ea ee ee ee eee eee 436, 1852
farm Oxpired : 2252) -2Sc2 2s asc ats sn os eos sists St sc Sooeas Fae eee 1838

Remarks py 2222 soo tea aia cats c cast cascs ees sus scs ce eticcceae a aeson ce ee Cone ne eee 436
Eerextbaril GOOree. settee sane caseen coe ett aee ene wenn teas Some ae eee 1563, 1566, 1692, 1693, 1739
Brelsford, W. H., watchman, National Museum'._----2_-.-- 2.2.5. <-5 ----. 25-2 enn eee ee 1598
Brengle, Francis, appointed on committee on Smithson bequest ----....--.-... -------.------ 242
SPO Gare, Claas Ol ae! peas Soe ae ae nee Renee ee et ae te 15+, 19, 20, 27+, 28, 29, 41, 42, 43, 144
Brower, Ff. Be oon see teens eco ice Utes ceecccocsc cose netratee. sete. See 960
Brewster, B. H., Attorney-General, member of the Establishment ---..--....---------------. 1849
Brewster, H.C. ; bill Dy o. 2222-2822 ois oee2 eases. Socace na ee roe See ees ae ee 1763
Brice, CoS soe cee case eae anos om eee ows ae ie ee ie te lee Se ee 1755
ESI ERS ge Une es ee er 788
Bright, J. al Silda See SEC SIRI IE Re crsisrocrnsie ae fot DA AU Oo nao eul
Bristow, B. H., Secretary of Treasury, member of the Establishment Vatiacct wens Se 1848
Bristow, P. H.,appointed on Board on Geographic Names ----.----.-. ------------------------ 1557
British Association for the Advancement of Science.--.---....----.-------.------------------ 1170
British Government (See also Great Britain) .22:-. 22-22 .22h 2222 22225. te 16, 131, 351, 1113
Houses of Parliament ;- - = .22i 225522 2% SS8 aee ee See ee oe 796
Minister; letter from, on Exchanges -- <+--<: -:-2-2:5--=--. = 222 ees

to be conferred with relative to Smithson’s residuary bequest-:-...------ 114

DUR UTE ee tees a co ce 3 Sere Cnr ean tee aetna 568, 569, 571, 593, 597, 1717, 1720, 1721
library Of: - 222 22-5522 ee ee eee ee ee eee eee 297, 597

BOCHOLATY ;, DOWOLS OL. os wn ese oe tao see he te ee A ee ee 570, 571

Brockett, Paul; messenger, National Museum: --- 222-22 2222 22s sane Soc n a toe 5s area ane eee 1598
Brodhead, Richard;motion by -/--72 0-2 S2o2o- <2 e neae eka s ee. eae eae hoo Beene Seleee ae eee 416, 506
Brooklyn, Prospect Park, cost of.---..---------------------- RT 2 SA ee 1184, 1489
Brosius, Marriott, remarks by ...:--------------c-==-= seid ba SAUCE Le Re eee eee 1768
Brown, A. Haid, National’ Maseuml © 22-* t= 2222 Sete eee oe ne ee a eel ae 1598
Brown, A. V., Postmaster-General, member of the Establishment ---------------------------- 1848
Brown; B.iG ooo ec aneee oigs nee = see ece © ean Sac ca es Sa aR EE a ae ne ae ee ore 1201

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INDEX. 1875
Page

PATON Me MATES DY. Jans aes anccns Soee en ew (eee eS 1 SUR ge ORs 1118
Browne, watchman National Musedm’:. 2) 222) oe. Jive eee tea aie a 1598
Brow. 5. Cc. registrar, Vational Museum —-.-=-....2-0) Le Le LT, Pos 1598
Ee PURLEY LUGO NGT Nao eee ea Oa re EOE OURAN ALARA LRM Yee Rie 560
BeOwiaWiluam account with) i Rush 2). 222 s5tls5_222'.ee iia se wen ce 25 sean ee PSS
Browne, J. M., opinion on proposed Military and Naval Museum . Ahi he SUES BN ED REO Te 1262
be QUEEN SS SS SSeS ao Se ee or ae eas eee ee a ee eT RE ELE LE | 920
Brugsch, E., Egyptian commissioner, Philadelphia Exposition __..._....-_....-.__..-.--_____. 763
Lee Si) S011 Va 09 Wi BIL) ole) See ee oo 379, 380

Brussels, Belgium, treaty at, for International Exchanges-- 978, 1139, 1147, 1492, 1495, 1496+-, 1701, 1707
(See also Expositions. )
Buchanan, James (of New Jersey, Representative):

BnINURIN gee ose ae yee am Cee em eee ee tes Scere mack Lue See nen ck cewac ducer ed OE 1501
ieee nL esU) Oye SER eee = ee 1205, 1213, 1214, 1216, 1294, 1295+ -, 1297, 1298, 1381, 1390+ , 1392+, 14824
Buchanan, James:
President, member of the Establishment .--...-...---.---- A edit ele aL sit 1847
Secretary of State, member of the Establishment----_--.-.......-...---... .--- 2-2-2 ------ 1847
Senator, appointed on committee on Smithson bequest----------. ----..---_--.2- eee. 169
TENS CC S514 0h Cae ee ae Ee, eee ee a ee 139, 302+, 307+, 311
Lo SEGUE OD) Tig aah S72 il 0 aaa er ees ee eye en ee Se ar al eee oy Sea A eRe | 2 E Pheer 25
MmarePRURE See ey = ce ss Soak ose heie inte essa bocce ose shace cen saskcasecenwdcs oo se 1427, 1432

Buffalo, N. Y. (See Expositions.)

Pe OR DEOSOr ytblOn: Of Uesirod) cote bo to tc Ee Et eh ee ee ATI
rene an Wash cme ee. 8 Ee See. See Ih CE EM, debe oe elds bade Ory soe ie 294
Building. (See Armory; Army Medical Library; Geological Survey; National Museum.)
Building commission of Smithsonian Institution:

OL PEVTEI SYS) } SSeS i ee a ee ea eae eh ee a Tes ee 567, 834
Ly SFA) BYNS Cite gee See ee ee PR SEN SORE oc Sn SOS 447
Balen torphotopraphy and taxidermy... --..---..<--ses--c-2e-c-s-20 ones foanno cess. 034 739-742

Building,Government. (See Expositions.)
Building, Smithsonian Institution:

ANpropriations.....-2.--=-22<<.--- 686, 687, 693-+- , 694, 728, 729, 730, 788, 893+, 932+, 981, 1278, 1547, 1548
PREMTOCia- ANG CONSGTUCKION 22522. «seceo=sisenssssesaae ss asnsvecesoalkees 430, 432, 433, 980, 1136, 1275
Bomm tes qt Board of Repents ssta25 fetus tito Mess til) ao oe ieee ie be 447, 567, 834
eR RCO SEI Chl ON sea pois nacctekc chasis = aauras jo aden sees 430, 431, 432, 673, 675, 676, 677, 1275
PRECIO LE ee are oe inn ei soca awe mae Room me as cee Rosmeaeeseeacel eet: eS eee 3 466
POE DEAE agen 2a. A a ee ee er kee RES se Ee 930+-, 931, 980+, 1274, 1547
EI ODON bh ON Sse oe Sek be secs ee eens SEES Le IS 4) BEIM} Sent te 9.9 Tesh 641-644
Fireproofing central and western portions of ..-. 644,930, 931, 980+, 981, 1275, 1276, 1277, 1278, 1547
eastern, portion: of: 2285225 02a .2e i te 644, 891, 892, 893, 930+, 931, 932+-, 1276, 1277
west wing or so-called ‘‘ Gothic hall” or ‘‘chapel” ---....-...--..22.--2---- 644,
1224, 1225+, 1274, 1275, 1276, 1277, 1278, 1547
EBON EOE CCLIONIOL std SRnes Lo. Ae ote Heth owe sthany sae 642, 686, 784, 785, 786, 788, 1276, 1667, 1669
Fitting up,and for cases in halls.-........---..--.------ eS fe eet mae asa aes oa eae 729, 730
LOTUCOUCECHIONS a4 cc < hoens acne SEL aea a Seneca wu teen cue ee ee 686, 687, 693+ , 694
WationaliNfusenm occupies: space in. 2< << st-cceLeeca cco nse ee cceccee ct SE UO 930, 1276
Oveningeion Sunday or night. -..-=-.5 tere Rees st) Reb eee Do Sete raiia| eyed sels 829, 1662
IBOMCE BE GQUOC HON i137 oma eens ce ee aw Se ee SI Bhs ees oes Sta eo eurns Gta Js A
POUTIAAP SION ere eek aces ee es clea sees coco settee i beaacathseedses 644, 930, 931, 1278, 1547+, 1559
PUL Oltne tease ae soo Seno eager oe. ate ea he eee meget eee AMEE, xxiv, 431, 432, 438, 489
RSME Gah OP es ees SEN NTS TE) ek 3 OMe dates ecr ate! sol wl aoip bye
Poa OBRO ADU Core S5.< pr ett et Cee ned ns deo ten = eet eee eso eee et 694, 730, 930
URED E ED VAC OVET RMON ArO itt hO@ie = =o Un ees pee ee ee tee etecer sn SU 892, 1276
Building stones, estimate for machine for testing _.--.._....._._.....------------------------e 840
Buildings—
On Srmiinusonian Reser vVabion.. sie. <2 nb. ee OT). ee ois 1043
Public, fire protection of. (See Fire protection.)
not to be closed or draped in mourning for funerals___-..._.-.. --..-------__- -_-- 1632
Bulletins, National Museum. (See National Museum.)
ed ARP SULT ee ec eS eo a eee Se ee eee eat Sh pe OES 294
PeiomMoOnterscharcenior topMr.Wmoshi-t 2-2. --cees se eee eee teen ese ete ee lll Le 97
PetencOr ils BAD iIbyOlm Rese Aa cent ok te eee ee Eien gees iaier Seep Eee beh ys oe Je EA eae 131
TET ehavrauel, TEL (Cp pats en ls bil foci 6h (eee eee ERE ies EES BAS eh Se = cae 800, 805

Bureau. (See American Republics; Gonstraction and Repairs; Education; Equipment
and Recruiting; Ethnology; Fine Arts; Navigation; Statistics.)

1876 - INDEX.

Bureaus: Page.
Government, publications of, for Exchanges ..:2 -2-2 ~ 222 525. cecan we see ne ee eee 680, 978
Term used in Cincinnati exposition act to apply to Agricultural Department, Smith-

sonian Institution, and Wish Commission =-<5----- <2-9s5-5see5 Sassen ee ee aes 1121

(See also under specific heads. )
Burke, Edmund:

Commissioner of Patent Office, member of the Establishment-----.--...-------------.--- 1849
Motion by. 25-0225 s250) ose soe ot ses eas oo 3S SES Seago e aeons scee = ge ee ee eae eee ee 319+
Resolution by .---.----- --<-5s---ses-shews see eset ee ee arte eke eee 319
Bir laws Co oe eee ee ee ee ee on re 1563, 1566, 1692, 1693, 1739
Burnes) iNG@eb 2552 -sek!. seit eek e ee ocala see ee eee ee ee ae ee ee 1103, 1104
Letter to,on National Museum appropriations: -.----<2. 2) -22------eeeaae eee 1019+, 1020
Burnett, H. C.:
DMO ORGY 22 on es ee ee 605, 606 +
Remanks ye. sseot eee ee ees Se ee ORS Fen ae Sn epee se ee ee 606+
Burnside, As Es remarks by <> 222- ~ <<< 2 sses 22 a2 ena an = eames ee ss, Son 787
Burnside. H. W., clerk, National Museum... --.....---2s-25s2ttesee 622.142. esee ee 1598
Burrows, J. C.:
137 HG oy A ees oe eee aes oR RR errs eee ae ne an oer = oy ae Sar acess et css 1740
RRS ER INICS IO Yio oe a a ne 927
Report by -<---- == <-<----- <--0n= m= ee p- ooo nos eon enn enn nee eon ass sees SSeS eee 1293
Butt Armistead 2. 2 onan an a on en ae et i we 338, 371, 394, 412
Business:
(Arrears, Of, ANQUIGY/SS LO Hn ons a5 nema eee me ie ee re eee (4 LL SOESQUSSE LS 1699
Condition of, quarterly reports on, required... 22. -- <<. - oe oe 1829
Public, Government publications restricted to---....---..----------------------------+--- 1268
Butler, A. P.: 7
GURY E EAST TRY Se = te term rm ec ee a ee 533
Report Dy. --s- 22-625 - anno en oa es n anan wee wn= Senne eC ee 540
Butler, B. F.:
Appointed on commission on ventilation of House of Representatives----.-...--...-..-- 799
Bill By. ce oosae on nn cane mare ween nnn wn een een eee ane = ae ee 784
Motion by ---.-- ~----- ------ ------ 22-222 2 enn won nnn wen ene wenn ane ene ene noe enn nee 706
Butler, M. C.:
Appointed on committee on University of United States---_.--....--.------------------- 1531
Remarks by ----.- ------------ ~--- + 2-2-0 oo nnn onan ooo wenn ee anne one nena anaes eee 1411, 1412
Birctlor.W.csb TOMALES DY 2. - - o-oo ce te a eo Se ere a a 1606, 1607
BriEte rv ORUNM EON J AEOUN oe ooo eae cos apenas eee 1395, 1898, 1399, 1425+-, 1444, 1452
Appointed to attend Cincinnati exposition -...------..-------- -------- -------2--24-----55 1121
Bill by-------------- ---- -------- --- 20-02-22 22 2 nnn on nn enn pone ene eae eevee eS e eee 907
Commissioner of Patents, member of the Establishment Se. gesbine i. ase os eee 1849
iaether.tO;.00 JuxChanpes -- logan sc 9- solo. tpn eee roe Plone alae eee ee eee 1493
Representative, Regent, appointed -- ------_- 2 eee an en ow ween n-ne 1272, 1453, 1853
PONTE EAIY SO on wot ot ian oa 1181, 1182, 1205, 1217, 1380+, 1381+,
1382+, 1383+, 1390, 1393+, 1396+, 1426+-, 1427, 1428, 1429+, 1434, 1435, 1450+, 1451
Byington, Samuel, memorial by ----.- ------ ----<--- 2-2-2 enna a wows ee ee 183
G@abinet, members.0f -.-... 2220.00.20. soe en onan eas ene = on 3 aon ese ae ae see 5 sae ee 589, 804, 921
(See also Establishment of Smithsonian Institution.)
GiBSAT oad once pos onawe nas neem nnoe bebe m enn emp eer ose eee nn sean le pee eran eee ae 446
Calhoun, J.C., remarks by. Beas Seon ee 138, 139, 140, 173, 176, 177, 221, 222, 228
GalliGnn Wii SResOUULION. OVE a - = oam a2 << 56 ee one See a ee ee 145
California Midwinter International Exposition. (See Expositions, San Francisco.)
G@alifornia, Recents Prone ano no anne rene ened ne eens ee a ei ee 1854
@all, OVaIKINSGN pee seeeee een a =e eacesednsensce haan ctosaeeis pale ena eae peee ates ee 1088, 1096
IBY See em a a pce ee ee 939, 942, 949, 981, 1105, 1279, 1547, 1735
RIGMAT ER OY: Seber ees a caw eens oe ero 939, 1070, 1094, 1095, 1097+, 1414, 1684+, 1773
Gallis, Mr. charges of, In|Smithson sult - n-ne ooo heey cone ree eet a 89
Cambreleng, C. C.:
Bill by jcc .o5 cee cece ee ao <3 oat eeeemme dean geeeae eas emn dee eee ap ees ae ae er eee 144
hetter to, on/(Sniithson bequest. -- 22-25 28 ee he eee oe ee eee ee 148+
Cambridge, England:
WDSEPVATOLY = a5 enna ann nn = Sree ee re ee a 212, 213
MOMUIVGESLG ys Oly soe one aan wn ae err ct a 209
Cameron, J.D:
Bilbyy tee eck se eer ete e oc nad cement Bape cect bomteesae> ace nee cee oe = Gaertn ae eee eee 1624

we

INDEX. 1877
Cameron, Simon: Page.
Ticriniipelit, [envi S95 ee eee eS Oe ee Re ee era 620, 622, 623+-, 624, 625+-, 626+, 627,
Secretary of War, member of the Establishment ---_....--...---------------------«-------- 1848
Campbell, Archibald, collections from northwest boundary survey. ---------..-------------- 771
Campbell, James, Postmaster-General, member of the Establishment. -------------.-.---- 566, 1848
Campbell, John, appointed on committee on Smithson bequest ---.-------------------.------ 182
Campbell, W. W., report by ...---2------- ---2-- -- 2202 enon a oon eo ee ee ene eee ee ate 435
Canada:
Eerie aoa LN GLUCES Olea seas sama es oe a seace as ance see e ees tenements Uae nee 1137, 1138
Exhibit of, at Philadelphia Exposition given to United States............---------------- 766
Exhibits from, for Cincinnati Exposition duty free -_-.-.-.---.-.-.-.------------ ---------- 1121
rrnOe Heron Gr GN GT eals Ole ey aS 5a ea rte is (tee ge a ence ce SEL SEES te OS
@anal Company, Chesapeake. and Ohiol=. <2. 222822222 n5 2 = cee e 8 sees | ee eee see 260
Canal stock:
pilSrarousuy rgd) Te ifegr yy Se eS BEC Eee en ee eee eae een 232, 283, 285, 260, 493
RGA tree mane ne ae eS a ta oe oe onle Weaen ss en shes Nemec oe ees 233, 234, 248, 245, 248, 249, 493
@anal, Washington, report of Regents on____- ~_.~---- -2<--2-2- 5-22-23 --2- 2-23 - eee oe eae 680
Lo padlien. dia MWe cet Sets cone Cte SESS OBR oe Be So ee ete er Eee ee Seen aie 920, 1396, 1501
Remarks by -------.------ ------ -----------+ ------ ------ 1885, 1886+, 1887+ , 1888, 1402, 1403, 1405, 1406
@anninge. GCOree = 2... - 2-52 2295 2-223 eee eak Pee eae koe Lene eee ie neds nade nies enemcennet een 285
MOEE EAA CSF ee eet oat ee Se ete INS 2 PTE Sons ie Pace cise tt Joho th Sosa 1168, 1371, 1878
J ShTtOya ON fo, ees = cee ne ee a eo ae eR ee ee le eye eek ee 909, 1278, 1401, 1448
einen yee ereen on Sere sete: Oise aos SSeS e toeeasscbeoncstouscktsscumeees 909+, 1159, 1160+, 1295,
1296+, 1849+, 1352+, 1353+, 1854+, 1355+, 1867+, 1369+, 1870+, 1878, 1384+, 1385, 1891+,
1393, 1394, 1397, 1899, 1400+, 1401+, 1402+, 1403+, 1405+, 1406, 1407, 1428, 1424+, 1425+,
1428+, 1429, 1430, 1431, 1435, 1436, 1488+, 14894-, 1444+, 1445+, 1446+, 1449+, 1450+, 1481+
Seer sy ee ely RET ret Pek ase at PRN Dedbee) 99. 34 1327, 1333, 1400, 1499, 1545
Canterbury:
PORN SET CPST ae 28 ee 2 we ee eae, oie Wee ele eens Sone ae nent eet eee acee wees eee 569, 570
enerorabiVver COUT OLS sas ==) sas kata nea ohn tos oan aaa ae Cee ue cee oe 13,16
Capitol, North O Street and South Washington Railway Company, proposed.-...--..---... 835
@apitol, United States --.- ..:-.=---- ---2-2 --------2+ --2242 22-25 22-625 ---- 796, 804, 1035, 1036, 1163, 1178
Architect of. (See Architect. )
SRO EH CONS een eas oa cee oh ea fete Son ce ens Sones ee eden ees cetlae ede Menemalas a aware acetals oe eo meee 1111
Decoration conferred on, by’ Emperor of Japans. 2. 2... 2222 4 Noes = sae 5 5 oo os seen 1280

Capron Japanese collection:
rralop ine Ole on ees rs et a a ee Pe 9901001
Purchase of, for National Museum -.-.-----. ..-.---------------- 988-1002, 1110-1112, 1279-1291, 1437

enor OMmexpenaiiirCs Lore ss) ete ssu == heen ae ee meee See Sees ener eae eee 1558
Bopmonevins Horace: reliel Of. eres. nce aoe faassen as Voeee en ecne waktem = meee 1001, 1282, 1287, 1290
Caravels, Spanish (‘‘ Pinta’’ and ‘‘ Nina’’):

Mo bereproduced for Chicago Exposition s+: : . 2520-552 o22 =2 = sec Sk ee ete encne sa anne anes 1585

Pbranntorred to. Columbian WMirsOUmN —2525c2>--- cS ee eee eee 1638

Care of collections of Exploring Expedition. (See Exploring Expedition; National
Museum.)

CRUE ES gh Gee aS ee eae Ne ce Rs eee 1687, 1786
MVPS TINNY hoe oo eee eee aa een be sick ct sash oaencsas a2 ease se lashaosssseceal sats Sse ea eee 827
Seman kest py Ses see ees es sce 973, 1188, 1151, 1152, 1165, 1166+-, 1170, 1182, 1199, 1200, 1208+-, 1209
Secretary of Treasury, member of the Establishment---..--------.--------.-.- ------------ 1848
Speaker; appointment of Regents by ----.-.--.--- -:-_--------<--=--=--=.--<----- 938, 970, 1109, 1110
(See also Speaker.)

Carlisle, J.M., appointed trustee of Corcoran Gallery of Art -..-.......---..------------------ 684

SPE OS TOOT TOS a ren RC SSO SE SS SS I oe eee en a Pa 835

Carpenter, B. D.,appointed appraiser of land for Zoo Seer e emer at cocws tae ot ao ckane eee ee 1340

Carpenter, M.H., President pro tempore of Senate:

Regent Rapeinted HON fg Ses eS oe ea OE Pg tee ee es mee SO OR a Pa Mo oe 705
NOIMAD EA DY cos == cect Sacre cs Leacee ecbearauanse vapeet cceesaee ncaa chreee cesses cscaze 706, 721, 856, 857--

Wart thsiAs Gr, TOSOlE iON by2-.~2i. ese res Lee ie ee te Ee Po re ALO see eit 1122

Case of United States against Drummond, executor of Smithson ____--------.. .------------- 13

WAsevemlie bury TOSOLUDION: DY -assce = Soa ee ele Stem a areal eaten Sp ne eke eh otek ooh ounee 1591

CHRO Ve eenea eee pee a Js Seb ce Dea es Seoacs See ee oe a ee et 2 SAE 1205, 1427, 145:
Report of fire protection COMMISSION 2.0. 2. .-65 .424 eeesassece casccsscce Seeees LL ol 785, 1276

on ventilation of House of Representatives_.......--..-.-----------.-------- 797, 798, 960

Masiloars Gi W ete so coces costes cubes coach Coess cca peeks lea aeeae eee ee vas cnca saeco en ean ee tes ee 908

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1878 INDEX.

Cass, Lewis: . Page.
RepentVappointed tas 5 Os enn oS e eee ans ey oer er eee eee a ee ee 437, 1852
resigned. a2 2205.50 eA ee Ce ee ee ee 463
Secretary of State, member of the Establishment.-_-.--..-.....-----. ..------------------- 1847
Castaignet, M., bill of, for services as attorney for La Batut.-_._.........---------- 15,19, 20, 27, 41
Gastanheda; PF. Lopez de... .-2.teesen. Seca sie a ese ee eee eee eee 380
Catalogue:
Deseriptive, of Capron Japanese. collection: .<.2¢ <. : 2 22-3. < eee eee eo ease ee 990-1001
International, of scientific iterature..-:--22---s6- co nnen eae ee ee ee 1769-1778, 1806, 1807
Of Government publications, copies of, distribution of .___---...-...--.------------------ 968
OfiGrant relies ..- 22. 222 ---ss-4n5=22-20 cee ee ee a eae oe eee 963-967
Gatehings, /T. C., bill bye: Sac ceeeek Sees ee ae ee ee 1832
Cate, W. H., temarks by. .2::2<-2-2.5-5255)c5-s62 5282 Sp seeeiein a 1607
Catlin, George, Indian gallery of paintings and collection----.-.-..-.--._--.- 435, 436, 1228, 1315, 1320
Canendish heniny <. 2-5 oc eee a eo ee eset enne cee ae bar ene een erat Oe ee ae 56, 335
Cayuga Island exposition. (See Expositions, Buffalo. ) :
G@ensus Bureagh . a2) et et ee ae Sk eee 2.03 as eeeSh Uk ce ice eee 1570
@ensus; ‘Tenth, publications of, wanted for exchange. --.-- 225) 6-8 ene es enon eee 978

Centennial celebration of the Constitution. (See Expositions, Washington.)
Centennial Exhibition. (See Expositions, Philadelphia. )
Centennial Exposition of Ohio Valley and Central States. (See Expositions, Cincinnati. )

CentraliPark Museum, New York...) 2 <<s5..25 36256 3<505 ooh seew ene 1716
@GantraliPark Newework.< 2.6 < Jon << ccacenaanneethnadaeeeaeee eee ene 1178, 1181, 1183, 1359, 1489
Cereal products of United States for Paris Exposition ---..----.---------- et: cee Ae eee 660
Certificates of Centennial stock, to be engraved and printed_-_-__..-.------. .---.-.----------- 704
Chain across the Hudson during American Revolution. -...-....-----------------. -+---- --.--- 1266.
Champlin ©; Hz captain of packet “‘ Mediator” ..--.----=--= =---25 552-2. < 5-255 -=-5 eee eee 98, 95, 97
Chancellor.of Smithsonian Institution: <2. c-cc. S2ses5 Saencawacenecees= 567, 589, 665, 726, 727, 921, 1856
Acting Secretary of Smithsonian Institution to be appointed by---.-.------------- 809, 810, 952
‘Action‘of Secretary in absence of ........2.-22..-3604 = 2nstacnneeocte sees 5-6 ee oe 1487
Appoints committee on Smithson's residuary legacy --..-------- .------------------------- 118
RstHOSIOh. 290 epeeee ihe oa Pes Se ee eters Kae xxii, xxiv, xxv, 431, 432
Milechionsiof 220 202. ss nde accent beck c a ose eetewic ere ee ee ee RI a
Interview. of, with Secretary of the Interior... -..:-.-.<-.=-..---.0--4--— = =--- see eee eee 1250
Joist Of< ..2 wsa.nuceee dss asnuek Lect ssceeshe. cole Bee ed oe ee eee 1856
Momorial by,{fo Congress «22. 2.0c pecs cones wer ee ceconcosbalecknes © SeieeEosee == eee 674, 675
Presiding officeriof Board of Regents. :.-+-...--22--5<-, sop-cneeene ences aan ee ee xxii, 431
Recommended increase of Smithson fund ......=--2: -<-sasssneeve a555i nee eee tee oe 117

(See also Chase, Dallas, Fuller, Taney, Waite.)
Chancery court. (See Court of chancery.)

Chandler, George, letter from, on Geological Survey -...-.----------------2- --ss-5-ccn dene noes 1539
@handler. Jeff; memorial by 2:-...... cscs vesscs -scsee chsh ween Sigeweste ls eb Jaca pene eee 1038
Chandler, J. R.:
Letter to,on Smithson funG <22s22 3: - soshb os wesdd ties ae aeee eeetde. 2 Bes eee eee 491
On committee on Smithson funds o2oec Soe cs. 5 sacks Soca see aoe eee ed ee 489, 499
Presented memorial of Regents on increase of fund-.----.--------------------------------- 488
Remarkaby ito 2. 2220 soccan- ese scsecectd eas nb sa bbagseesi aed eeeatns sea eee ee 488, 536
Report ibys 5 Ses on ee ee ee ne whee 5 508 hen ae ee eee 489
Resolution by ------ ---.----<< ----)---4-s5 sess oe sane anna Sanson bags sd Sates sane = eee 488, 489
CHand@lars Walt 22239822 Wo oo cnc nnn cnn cecegccseescdaencs ance et See Oe eee 922
Remarks Dy Js oe. 2 che Ries et HR ee Se eee 1102+
Secretary of Navy, member of the Establishment---...-----..--------------.--------.---- 1848
Chapel of Smithsonian Building, fireproofing of. 222 222.-2. <=2222ssse5 -2e45 225225 = 1224, 1225, 1275
Chapin, G. H.:
Appointed on committee on Smithson bequest -.-..--.-.------------ ---- 2-2-2. ----2- --00-- 125
MGtion py 22 ~~ aes we ann oe Ee Pec Aer ees ee ee ee 134+
IeHiA PER iy oro ee oe. rr ee ree ee 135, 1386
Chapin, Stephen, plan proposed for Smithsonian Institution, by---...-..-.-.----- ------------ 560
@haplain’ Sonate s< 22298 oo 2c. s eocads bape ES se ed ee eae ee ee > gi SOe
Chappell, A. H., appointed on committee on Smithson bequest ----.---.-.-------------------- 242
Chargé d’affaires of the United States at London.-_......--....-.-.-.--=--------.-- ee a a di
Charles; Duke of Somorset <<... :- --.-2. os22- 22085. 322-s sa e ee e 54
Gharlés ho 3s ee 2s ne oe ee ae ee ee eee 131, 198, 208
GWarles'®.of France? 22. <2... .. =~ = .-5 eo etwas aetnnn coe see ee eee 131
Charlton, R. M., Senator:
Repentlappointted ss 2-28 ooo oe een a eee ee ae ee 486, 1852

term Gxpiwed 22-2 =< 62 corse seer ete ac gohs thcktaccoditendtcdastue es Seeeeee = ae 502

INDEX. 1879

Charts: Page’

MOND DLINNOOs sar koa nase heed! one Seo Soe sétdeke Santa Camere eas cedue noe pee ee 400
Peon ex pedio1On, printing Ordered -- 2222. < 2. <cn- a2 oona se anon enna e- = ea see nee 321, 664
Chase, S. P.:
Chief Justice,Chancoellor of the Institutionse: 2.1 2252220 2022 226 cou laisse s oaks Fecbcbaces 1856
member of the Establishment) .22s206 tests ke whee sae _--- 1849
iG pe riiee sare See ee. Seed ioc borterce ods Owes tenets ict 5 eee 1852
DUVET So oa Ogre) 2 ote) he rg 118, 119, 665, 674, 675
Secretary of Treasury, member of the Establishment---_._--..---...----------.---------- 1847
Mnnboincora, battle ol, model of, proposed)... <<< --s0<s5<i56bencc occcnanacdeeWeuesep acs sses 1264
@hemical laboratory in Institution, authorized.-..-...-..---....--.---2-----<.---5 56208 Sees 432
Chemistry:
Aerienltural, importance and necessity of StU sales. siecle at A ws a2 hs hes -cee sed tclesee 149

Estimate for building for collections and laboratories ---.---.-.---.---..-----..---------- 94
RHMG RON, CO VOLO Sasa tees wie oe Senet EEE OE Nhs oot ches oe. setlist cee taped oeabs ets 55
Banipnsonian DUplca tine ON n.taeese. eet et. iat bee, posse deat ceddsene tf toy OAT

MHPnIn Ee SMiGhson's IAtIMACY With. 2... 222. .--56 2s SOs bewels teed aoe tepe Sh ae he ant cents 56
UES RInaTTBT TA meeps eek en yen sont a ek te A oe ie ts Sos ol bewkee ees eee eetck See 132
“CUM EN QUE) D) ae, Se eee aa eee a ee ee eee oe 132, 137
Chicago:
EE ee ee so rete BNI SEs eR ee Se ee et ee ee 1178, 1369
AE eens Ase Rel Na) AE Te OE ee es ede ar ee doc ews sab pemeds tees ettousdssaes 1471
(See also Columbian Museum; Expositions. )
Shickamanea tattle of: model of; proposed: —..5-2- 22-2 se o2ssn24 se scese aeca see eames eee = eutacst 1264
@hickasaw fund: invested in Arkansas stocks. ... ..-.. <2 -Lssjisitenes-t eee ee see as 1756, 1779

.(See also Arkansas. )
Chie clork Sniithsonian Institution. (W.J. Rhees) 2<-22 2-2-2 -2-<. -ecens <2 -sae eee be ey) gall

Executive details of ceremonies at Henry statue by -.-------------------- ---------------- 921
Letter from, on Government appropriations and National Museum ---.----------------- 1014
fesces of, wt. are ab omiithsonian Institution: ..-------s2Sss ees b ses snd Stag ten ckaoees 642
Chief justice of circuit court, United States, for District of Columbia, proposed as trustee
eee PAOLA ENS hi PEtION =a. a. foe so 5 i eS IE a ees eo ns Shee ee emer 235, 273
Chief justice of court of appeals, District of Columbia, proposed as—
Member of Smithsonian Institution Establishment -----.-.-..-.-.-------------------------- 1682
Regent of Smithsonian Institution ----.- a 5 a la ae en nl pe et oo 1683
Chief Justice, United States .-.-..-.---..-2--------- 553, 568, 589+, 709, 804, 921, 1388, 1433, 1681+, 1682+
ATErican University, proposed as.curator Of... --..-.--=22-2--5)-fd\-ge-eed aoe es <a 1532
Letter from Secretary Langley on objects of the Smithsonian Institution submitted
bysiLo EresigentiolyUmited states <2) 9525) eee An eas. tots ce echt wens ees 1680

Smithsonian Institution, member of Establishment of __....-...-.------------------------ XXi,
429, 445, 566, 724, 767, 1452, 1677, 1685, 1689, 1849

proposed as manager of ._-..-.----------------- 303, 306, 308, 323, 327, 388
DYODOREG AS trustee OL Geees ca = Sete eats tee wee 172, 204, 235, 273
Rerentiok 5 ae at A st xxi, 430, 447, 567, 725, 1452, 1678, 1689, 1852
suggests chief justice of court of appeals as Regent of ---- .--- 1683
Sociological Institution, proposed as Regent of .-..-.-.-----.------------------------------- 1762
University of United States, proposed as Regent for._--....----------- 1530, 1629, 1655, 1658, 1823
Chief Justices, United States:
Portraits ot, to be exhibited at: Chicaco’:...2. 2...s case vedteg Seton ee k- aeons = 1595
Regents.of Smithsonian Institution, list of 2.222 .--22 12222 5-e0we o5e-252--- 3 esene os awinea-s 1852
Chief of Engineers, U.S. A.:
And District Commissioners to control Rock Creek Park. ---...---.---------------------- 1307
Appointed on commission for/ Rock Creek Park 22 o-2nd2s5 sesctews sete seme sone menseense 1303
Histunates tor) Smithsonian erounds, byeetess-ecaneecth Set crews ok = Hands oete weep seg--ce-ne) LOOMS
Proposed on commission to erect Columbus statue-.__.._..------------------------------- 1307
Proposed to prepare plans for Military and Naval Museum -.--...------------------------ 1261
PEL ETO UNV LO DIO TY: se oe ae ae a ee I eS og nn qemasll ans 5 sib oe 144
Chile:
Pe cua n esi hpi OPOSOG 522552 Be see ae I a BR hohe Soni ans ne ene Spfe od-<r 1138
Exhibits from, at Philadelphia Exposition given to United States -----...--------------- 762
Bee IG rE eI DCOILION WONKS LOR = 2356! Sess 2a ee ere ores alin heremenss 321
United States Naval Astronomical Expedition to, collections from -...----...----------- 776
China:
Exhibits from, at Philadelphia Exposition given to United States -....--...------------- 762
“Bootile ies Tiyy ahaa ety fo 2 do) ee eee ee oe ee Ce a Oe ee eee 321
Suprnnye dj. tA een ye Nie: eee ee ee ee ee a Es 1183, 1500
(CHENG T ETO d ofS ee ee ee en ene ee a ee 391, 392, 398

FRayii cigs ities DET tae cok 2 oe a ee Re ee! Ee Oe ee eer 390

1880 | | INDEX.

Page.
Chipman, N. P.;.--22-222.2scsen2e2ee soe cneesvaleestas on ccesccaneacssna-eeasae see eee 1371, 1378
Choate, Rufus.-...225-..:-25.s56-325 2.222 descdejcacicas Jan RED SE eee oe ee 308,
309, 315, 317+, 339, 342, 376 +, 514, 515+, 517, 518, 519, 522, 525, 536, 553, 557, 560, 574, 575, 581, 583
Appointed on Committee on Smithson bequest ..-.....--.--. --..---.---.----.----------- 225, 241
Investigation by Congress of charges made by ----.----.-------------.------------.. ---- 535, 538
Letter from, to Congress on management of Smithsonian Institution ------.---.---..--- 511
Motion iy it 255s 2eceos ten csnsas Sete aes sio Be scjon-caisesagaeeee 241, 280, 296, 297, 298+, 305, 318
Regent; appointed. .:-232-.30--c-cs- 2 eee ee eee 438, 463, 464, 502, 508+, 1853
TOsigned » 5 <cs-sed_.gesedoscetcawess ha Seer, oe Te 511, 512, 535, 536, 538, 540, 602
Romarks: byis2n2. 02 caceseng ee co es ee 280, 296, 297, 298, 299, 302, 307, 318+
Christophersen, W. C., Norwegian commissioner, Philadelphia exposition ..-.--.-.-..-.---- 764
Chromos of Indian paintings, Stanley’s, admitted free of duty..-..-.---.-----.-------------. 686
Church and Stephenson, lumber for Zoological Park --....-.----------.--- 1563, 1566, 1693, 1694, 1739
Church choir choral societies, music by, at Henry statue ceremonies-.--....---------------.- 922
Church, New York Avenue Presbyterian, funeral of Joseph Henry at ---.-----.------------ 802
Churches in New England, hymn used in-----.-....--..--.---------. oe Uo) & ee ee ee 1055
CiCOTO Mee AE 3 os sees ee ee Ss ee ee a ee i ne rene 1196
Cincinnati:
Vinson ea oe es es en Se oon kee eee eee 2a 1720
WOO Ris 8 eB 8 gw zee So saes ghee See ehs~ ee bo Bee ee eee 1471
(See also Expositions. )
(Cimeinriaiie ~ See ane ase) oan awl ee ene on ee ee en eee te yoga 156
Circular—
As'to the objects of the Institution: 2.24202 222.5222 S052 25 SIR eh. eee ee
By Department of State for best plan to dispose ot Smithson bequest...--.--.--. .--.--- 146, 186

Citizens of States—
Proposed as managers of Smithsonian Institution-................---.---.-.-------- 303,323, 389

as Regents for University of United States-.-........-..-.-..---------------.+--- 1530

Regents of Smithsonian Institution. ............-.--.------------- xxi, 430, 447, 725, 1453, 1678, 1853
Citizens of Washington—

Proposed as visitors of Smithsonian Institution..-.........-....-------------------- 206, 237, 276

Regents of Smithsonian Institution | .2.2 2202 22.025. 22 doe2 52 2b Rese. ess xxi, 480, 1453, 1854

City Hall, purchase of, proposed for Smithsonian Institution --......-...-..------------------ 438

Civil service:
President Cleveland's order to place employees of Smithsonian bureaus under... 1767-1769

Senate commission iOn:=.. 22 «42s ects secon UL OAR Ee eee eee 1242
Claflin William 02 Stipes) toe ds a Be Ss, 222 SOR oe ee Se eee 1037
Claimant for Smithson estate. (See La Batut.)

Claimants tor-estate.of Smithsone-- 223 bs 2 eh Dt Set RR eee 25, 65
Claims commission, American and Foreign ----......- wae woth ne etaweosns ees) Ree 92

iPablications of; wanted: for Exchanges, $2. 33250205 2 Detee ee. oo 5s cee eee 978
Claims Gourt Of 26.225 js2e Jo Sess ss ase Ee a Se te ee
Claims on estate of Smithson, ao vortisoments fore... <..-st see 25
Clardiy,, MaTe sbilliiy caste ee ee a eS es ee ee na aoe eee 1124
Clark;A. H: editor, National: Museum 2s2se22 <2 RR eee ee 1598
Clark. ASW resolution by: 2.ceec 20222 25s SIS ee ee ee 637, 638, 639
Clark Daniels: ie oi oon Soon he ao cnka conn cba stemenne see mac sean ate eee ee eee eee 657
Clark, Edward, Architect of Capitol:

Aid furnished by, for Henry statue ceremonies..-...2... 22--2..- 2522222 56a o2- so aces nee nes 922

Estimate by, for basement for National Museum..----......--......----------------------- 1321

Letter to,;on floor space for Geological Strvey2:.- 222522272. 228202 2eS ae eee 1023

Report ‘on fire protection commission)==2222 2-288 5 222 ee Lie a eee 785, 1276

on ventilation of House of Representatives .-........-----.-------------+--- 797, 798, 960

(See also Architect of Capitol.)

Clark; Mrs:; in account with T. Aspinwall 22222. & 2712. 2.22. 225-52 Bee nLaete ot eee ni
Clarke & Co., Thomas, solicitors of Charles Drummond.....-------------..-------------=----- 57

(See also Clarke, Fynmore and Fladgate; Fladgate, Clarke, and Finch.)

Clarke, F. W., honorary curator of National Museum ....-.-..------.--..-------- .----=-+----+ 1136
Clarke; Fynmore: and Pladpate £22225 95 eae ee ea eee 25, 88, 126, 127, 128, 184.

Appointed solicitors for Mr. Rush:<:):222 222-22. 22225-5250 Seen ae an eee ee ee ll

Bill:‘of/in. Smithson‘suit.2-. . 022. Se a ee Se ee eee 148

Letters, etc., from, relative to Smithson bequest ------- 7, 10, 11, 29, 31, 33, 38, 44, 45, 59, 61, 66, 68, 9%

Oaths of se sssne seis. heii ee a ee Se ee Cee 80, 92

Payment to) ost eecccs 25225 sos cote soseaaes ta esasae sesso sae eee bane seater ee 49, 72+, 73, 75, 86

Clarke,J. P.,;govertior of Arkansas: :.<2..5ccescsc02 cece cacassenca wench soeaidaaounes Saweoulewieee 1786

INDEX. 1881

Page
Clarke, Thomas:
Tryst Wag ea ec acta airmen no mace nin = oe a oie aS Sam weitere 58, 70

Ret He INOTURETMN ET ECTS Ieee asthe. 2 Sed ccs weed tea ae BE Space em wince aaa aeons ae ie 92
Classified service—

Horetsahiontt li asenMsPLODOSCG =. .5. 2 - 2 cnccetd pean oc ec nace eesti ape eee Sno ge 1238, 1289, 1241

Of employees of Smithsonian Institution bureaus - --..-.----.-------.------. -------------- 1768
arte Osean TNS LOSING Os este a a nme oy nade en AS es te eee 182
Clay, Henry:

TELE TST) CEE SH ReTs MO ee ee ee ae ee Ee ae AC Tere er err 183

Remsarks PY:.o-.-+:-«.+--<-« 2 a apie SR SP eR NE Reet TEE eee een et 223
Clayton, J.M.:

(lea nOnaEL TT GO PROSOLCTIONU Looe schon ens a ee ee ene ap wi aah oe = oo 435, 534

TE SVPTITARURSC | Diya AS ee re Saco. ee ee ae ee ee eee nner 138, 435, 436, 534

Secretary of State, member of the Establishment-.-......----.-------.----.----.--------- 1847
Cleayeland, Parker, honorary member of the Establishment ---._. --------.--------------- 567, 1850
TUBES TG. TERS) Se 2 ee ae oa ee oo eS ee ree ea eee ie 1058
““Nagghares hy, J (0! .< See Se OSS CS ee ee es ae ae ee ae ee eee eee 1176, 1208+-

TEND nisd lon 2 ee renee emer e 1177+, 1189+, 1191, 1194, 1195, 1196, 1200,

1208+, 1204, 1205+, 1206+, 1207+, 1215, 1216+, 1217+, 1870, 1391+, 1392+, 1395-+, 1894, 1402,
1469, 1470+, 1471+, 1472+, 1473+, 1474, 1475+, 1476, 1477+, 1478+, 1479+, 1481+, 1482+, 1483

Clerical staff of National Museum, schedule of ..--.....--.---.-. ---- ------ «-----e20:0505 Boeeee 1241
Clerk employed for select committee of House of Representatives on Smithsonian Insti-

Seen oe: aR ae Sen ae Or a ee ee ne ee moneer 592

in Treasury Department in charge of Smithson fund, compensation for -.-.-..------- 492

_ (See also Disbursing clerk.)
Clerk of the House:
Deposit with, of reports of Philadelphia centennial -..-..-..--.--.------------------------ 888
To distribute works of Hamilton and Adams. ...2---<-- -s---- -<-c:tsnc-5--- Ree eee 480
Deena OH Tt TOn Ss Sheam DOA. | 2 ou. = aot es nn oe, Soe ct aaa cape wees a = eee 1017
Cleveland, Grover, President of the United States:
Letter from, placing Smithsonian bureaus under civil service -_-..-..--.---.------------ 1/67
ME eri tie lus ie DS IMON bl <—ocnnann once ee eens ome Qe Se Satake aapidantaw teen aaah 1847+
META Porerom On Holds, batbleswor da. 2=srect Anes nes eae sae eae ee eee eee Le
erocentedioreis to NablOn ale MUSEUM tent 28 Pc onan cae saa yocagi = 2 + ee ELOOD

Proclamation by, of Brussels treaty for exchanges -...-. .----------- ------------------ 1144, 1707
Clifford, Nathan: ;
Attorney-General, member of the Establishment --.....--.------------ -----+ -----. - ------ 1849
Chief Justice (acting), Chancellor of Institution ..2.-......--------- ea etree MEN e ES 1856
er GN tic. - sok once iad Sa ee ef ees doo ee ee ee 1852
Balinanretien eas POMAPKG DV. 3.2 sees oes cae ae eek ga te Mee ae eine one aa pin 536+, 537
BNR SESAETIME TSENG ifs 22, SRE ns Siac Oe elias i oo ee i Se Cee ea es ca 345
Clover, Richardson, appointed on Board on Geographic Names..----.------------------------ 1557
Cluss, Adolf, estimate for marble floor for National Museum -.-----..------------ ------------ 830
Clymer, Hiester:
Mamorial pys tot Museen bWding 23 cccs: 5b once ens - aso bee Ay sowee the t= cae pes See 734
MO PUen [oy 2 2 2) SN ne eae See ee mers arr 738, 802, 803, 804, 823
REP Ona MOMILCG = S25 esas 2 te een en ee OE ee ees ee 783, 819, 1839, 1853
etn KSIDY Ao on oct ooo obe coon scea nw cent acs aWee eee eee her aa ee 735, 736+, 738,803+-, 805
Coal: ‘
Bilitorepilate Wwelehing Of sees pets 6 sbolne See ep MSs Ae os oI eg aS Sundaes lean 1698, 1699
Deficiency estimate for National, Museums - ss: foca2s)s se heso ses eee - ne sonnet ont eer manne 1020
Shon OL MISCOVELY Of ook gs seen cae oe faa sae eee a ieee Sao eee phe ee 152
THERECLION OL LOI p00> Sac oa a eer ae Se eo aseae eka! oot ee Moe tL weed eats 1693, 1694
Vaults and sidewalk for National Museum, covering for _._._...----------------------- 945, 948
@oactand Geodetic Survey a. .22 «=e eer ted oie See Bo Sse se ears beeen years 922, 1358, 1615
Berlintisnery Pyhtbi prizes wOecerot Ace fea Phe Aerie eee soe ost ocie= cape tisane nase 826
Board. on.Geographic: Names, representative Of2s-4-442e8<sh a2-.5-4---005-5200-5-52-62006 1557
Collections of, to be deposited in National Museum_.___-._.._.....__--------------------- 779

TISEd. Dy. AtUd enpe te ceee exter cee erage es. 5 azo cool ot ane verss- ee) 1686
Bran kine privilore MT Oposed LOR. 5. -kscassner a tee eee wees eee tee nosh ae nec ztee B00

Ireenise pmteleprap hires AawreeGles wou coset autctan neste ee. paste ese 8 sano ade 611
DUIRTRAION GLa nOnUs Oe. Ave rots So hea sono Mer oe bc does anda eee 929
NSTIODALDATICSUnT ey sito, DO IMAGO: Dykes weet! oats: Ree tt dt pe dee mesee 1107
CET CELE tay b EPO) ets LT ee ES RA Pe eee ae ES ee em aeer 240
CEST TEy SUE ay NES Mae OOS id I EOE A OTE OSS. | ene Spry ee 1042

Popucations of, wanted Lor Mxchanwes yc. fas 43shboet tata tweaks cence aaaae eae walaean sewer 978

1882 INDEX.

Coast and Geodetic Survey—Continued. Page.
Superintendent of, proposed on board of managers on annual lecture course ___.-._._.. 895
Zoo:park surveys to! be made by. -e ee ee ee eee 1171, 1172, 1219, 1384

Coates, Mary Ann, mother of Henry James Hungerford, alias Madame de la Batut__-_-____- 19

Cobb, Howell:

Appointment of Regents bys. crn. esses seat es SO ee 483
Remarks ‘bys 22-6 222502 hs Sos tS ep LS ARRAN SOLA UE eS PRO Ce 478
Report of Smithsonian Institution presented by -.......--..---.-------------- ----------- 478
Resolution by 3.0). eae oe eee calender 393
Secretary of the Treasury, member of the Establishment -____.___-_.._--...-.--.-------- 1847
Should be W. R-.:King.(March 1, i851) 22222 ts oc So ee eee

Cobb; I.) Rsiremarksiby 4 2: esse fee. ees. Ss eee Se eee 832+-

Cobb;"W:.R: Wis remarks byj22 2 20-2 5 ae see ee ee eee 502

Cockrell hi Mioe-cs cet, Up aecaeue, live, Pi Sco oe Beale tia lay Sao 6 poy Sc er 1103, 1483
Bi by ees: ek oa ee RS AE. Gas ah ge Ee 1225, 1808
Rema resi ye 2ec8 32s Bisa Se ER aL). eb. Se Ps A 942+-, 943. 952+-, 957, 958+,

1278, 1277, 1282, 1311 +, 1325, 1343, 1411+, 1412+, 1413, 1459, 1534, 1536, 1538, 1560, 1575, 1627, 1687
eport by, se ee al el reed

Coffee; paper’ by Smithson on making ----- +22: s2-.s2522.s552e=s522se2 sateen 2 336
Coffey, T. J., Attorney-General ad interim, member of the Establishment. __-___.-.._-._---- 1849
Coffroth) ASE: remarks by’. 2.2 0.7 0.be ee ee OE eee es ee eee 850
Cogswell, ‘William _____-..____- tack Joes eit 242 A ee Pee See 1400+, 1606, 1607, 1609
Motion by 22 2oie es St Oni ek RE OD See ee 1608, 1613
Remarks by -:--.:<-..- 1380+, 1381+, 1383, 1403, 1578, 1601 +-, 1602+-, 1603+-, 1605+-, 1608+, 1613+, 1623
Coin:
Payment of interest on Smithson fund in, debated ___...._....-.-------------------------- 645 _
Smithson bequest: received ins. +. -.2 222 se. -2scenic foo 2-222 cnseds ee = nes ees ee 93, 94, 117
ColeockW..F., appointed Regentife-222 2 ea 8 eee a eee eee 483, 486, 1853
Cole, Cornelius; remarks by!) so22.ss224 :25 20s Se Ee ee eee 693, 694
Colfax, Sehuylers: 3 tans... 285 setleste san sbes edt Setec casas ee ee et ee
Representative, Regent, appointed. .--_-. 228 3.-- SAU Bs eee eee 628, 1853
remarks: by. {032 22) 2. Teg ee eee ee 634+ , 635+
Speaker; appointment of Regents by ---2 =: :-.< <2--cacscee0=-L SURE eb De a es
Vice-President, appointment of Regents by - --------------.---2- ---- -s2--- --20 eo 2-22 tee0 681, 699
letter to, on resignation of Delafield as Regent---.._.......---.-------.-. 681
member of the Establishment: <-2:.s 4.8202. 22426 ee ee 1847
Repent... 2. - sisi sn anda second spans Sok eke pean ee eee er 1851
Collamer, Jacob: c
Motion bya. thst 2 oat coches hes De EL ees) oe) eee 629
Postmaster-General, member of the Establishment-_-...........-.-----------.------------ 1848
Remarks hy j22: 3 Soe Rs es ee ee 630+, 640, 647, 655
Reporhip yes Sie os a See bac dedcde dias eseeeqness edasace eh aeea Ssass eee eee 629
Collection of living animals in National Museum......._.....---..-----------------------=---- 1243
Collections:

Care of. (See Exploring Expedition; National Museum, Preservation of collections.)
Colonial Dames, National Society, proposed deposit of, in National Museum.-__........_ 1764

Copperimplements.o. 225s 2s 2S ee ee 1543, 1544, 1558, 1600, 1601
Distribution of; discussed). - - 2.22.0 s-ssasccetss ee ces oes cassie sees ee ee 615, 617
Exhibition space in National Museum for _--...- sabS5c06 Sadeadeescce sas ae25o eee 1315
Government, all to be deposited in National Museum --_--_..-.---...-----.----.------.---- 779
Historical, transfer from Patent Office to National Museum-.--_-.--....--.----.---------- 1009

Memorial of Regents for completion of hall in Smithsonian Institution and increase of
appropriationsawWfor: s<-.2- s2..22ccssss2estel soescas hese encsas cheeses Ho. eee Pa ene et one oe
Transfer of, from Philadelphia to Washington, advocated.-....------..-.---.------------ 752
Use: of; bysstudentajete:=. -..... 2S SUS ee A Se Fee ee eee
Smithsonian Institution, act of organization, relative to -._.....-..........-----.-------- 1012
statement of Secretary Langley on extent of __..-.._--.-.---. 1826

to be kept in Patent Officez#{225. 22 442.02 ee eee 240
to be placed:in-avi ke Lae de cee A eee
* transferred from Patent Office to__....-_--..---- 470-477, 505, 607, 622

Smithsonian Miscellaneous. (See Miscellaneous.)
(See also Exploring Expedition; National Museum, Preservation of collections. )

Collector of customs, New York, personal effects of Smithson delivered to.-......-.-.---.- 104
Collectors of specimens, disposition of acquisitions by -----..---------. ----.----- ---------- -. 1185
Collegeof New. Jersey, Princeton 22.2.2 2222 see onc eecsccenes chacenraas -naaeeceeenee 140, 804, 805, 922
Colleges: :
Agricultural, to receive standard weights and measures ---.---..---.---. ---------------- 843
Kree:postage for, proposed’ ....-.. 02.3520 ote nnd coecee Se eee See ao ee 485

Specimens to be distributed to ..2. 2... 22.2. . 2.2 2 -2o on ad hese one so snen oeee ee ae me eS

INDEX. 1883

Colonial Dames of America: Page.
National Society of, bill to incorporate --.-..-...------.---------------. 1628, 1624, 1763, 1764-1766
memorial against incorporation of _____..-..--._.-.------------- 1764,1765

propesed deposit of archives and collections of, in National

AVITEENS ELIT) se On ook Seca ane 2 Selec ween SEE ee eee 1764
MOCIGLVOL- DEUStOMHCOLPOPAlO /os-5 2c 25 2522 225-22 ects Rise UR 1560+, 1561, 1764-1766
memorial by, against incorporation of National Society ----.------------- 1764, 1765

Colonies of Great Britain, exhibit of, at Philadelphia Exposition given to United States... 765
SareIOHE EL ODEN tin Olt sass eee eS = ee 5 oe Foe coe a a Sk SEE Loess cece eecese DBDE
Colorado River of the West, Powell’s exploration and survey -------.--------------- 679, 686+, 699
eee erent apree Elise een pee es ae 2 2. OSS 2 ose Seas sanneds saanes BURP GEA 1121, 1288
Columbian Commission, World’s. (See Expositions, Chicago. )

Exposition, World’s. (See Expositions, Chicago. )

De Gl P doliae authorised’. 5.20 ohs ces 2 pete ael tile llxichLe. lie sacs! BB

Columbian Historical Exposition, Madrid. (See ic positions: )
Sra WENGE THO II CREO: saas ee cone - koa aan Scar ak Scene esc eeek web ee acne eS Sb eEuS 1721
ETL LOE ROCIO GUL Yrs -oo- o> s+ aise vo saa eee suet Reet aL BL uts2e coteb ah es 1636
TROTHMCHICALO OX POSITION = 22 2s. 22- 2 seasameeeee Loe est eee Se 1638
polmmnpinnvOniversity, washington City 2. 2=.2-225 -2.0-5 222 cULUee een sce Soak eee aes 1584
Mea eMnTt OTSEGO DNELY sc oes = ae coe los 22 Seek 2d Sect cece wens ot dew tee cena eee e228 383,088; 1636
Garaveisiot, Chicago OX POBILION ~2 2.) ~ seen 2o2- ean tee massac ek ane mown een Senne 1585, 1638
Decendants of, asked to lend relics to Chicago exposition ---.--...-..---------------------- 1586
invited to. attend Chicago exposition)... ...<. =. ===... See et -S 1590

FIR ONG POSOM cee eee sees IE eS PE SIR A RR ak outs. 22-8 OL
Proposed celebration of four hundredth anniversary of discovery of America by-- 1033, 1531
Recall of, Heaton’s picture lent to Chicago exposition -.......-.---.------------.--------. 1591

BimbaetGL it Washington, proposed e4-ce-. & ssockalseen cee borne cone tenes pcensadUascece 1038, 1807
Colwell, J. C., disbursing officer, Madrid exposition---..--.--.-----.---------------- =o eee 1584
Capi, Witenes G Gea ofoyr ee ae See ae ee een er ee eee 1460
Commander Islands, investigations of fur seals on -..------------------------------- ---------- 1766
Commission:

Army Modicalihibrary and Museum: 22. 2- 222 2o< 2 asccew cocnee suo soe s noma nn en seek nae ee= 934, 938

Pe AN GTICAIM ANG OTOP Ile we oo oo oee fe cece tect ea weno eese eee eee cet wen twencuaabnen 978

Weclaration.of Independence, restoration of ---..-.-------2---s2Jesei Jeo dace seca sae 730

Fire protection for Smithsonian Institution --........-.-.-.------------------------- 785, 788, 1276

GRCSUNDLORCE VMUOW a2 o oto esos a nate sere ences sae n eteseea soe polnamenenoes eaten arnise=====—= 907

cpInmicalistinvery, Mill) dingye) fess ao Seek eee a sede wcee Jone SE St SES Sei P acne none essen 1268

“gisjiites [i Riniieins) oa aie BS = Pee one et ee oe ea ee ee 1057

MNES PESEDETERLINGEEL TER tote eee eS SO RL A SL EE LL a LO ee La os -- 45,47

ACRES MISUO PICA) > - ae eteaee cevocrs mee ae seca: Seas nace ele U aaeee Succi sees = 1082, 1033

annie yee Navel MIRO UI eS. Sees eee teen ene cu cee cee Seea ete ease Jenene ee eeeae == 1260

Erie A eee ne ee Ree te Set lhe PLY oi ML ee Est 2 a= 5 1131, 1132

NaHouED Musoum, electric lichting of 2 [2p232 2s 2 Sa Sa a ek EL -f ee 1574

DOE KPO ORICIONEY Ec + See cee oe! ees SSeS Sb) ey. Et eee! . eet n= oe 828

Organization of Government Departments.---.-.-..-.---.----.--------------- 1670, 1698, 1699, 1700

TObbL SIPEG) cae es be ee ES A ee en anes oe ee ee 1552, 1688

Paris exposition, 1867--..--....-.---- See A SE es Sy ie he Semen oI Ge Ben De AY 2 667

EMR PO Ree ac ee ee Se ee NE 2S a Ee I Le anne 1106, 1303

ACEC WEEN Kop een Ame Se A BE Ss Boh e 1149, 1171, 1218, 1334, 1338, 1339, 1340, 13847, 1351, 1834

Commissioner. (See Education; Fish Commission; Labor; Patent Office; Patents; Pen-
sions; Public buildings. )
Commissioners of District of Sobanibin: (See District of Columbia. )

|i Seer, siitesi lave: SLOLETGy 71s i See 2 ST ee Renee se as ine ere ee ee ee ee eS ee aS ne 921, 978
Committees, Congressional:
wisi yg ELC Cie ES Soe Se oe ne ae CORT ee See ees Bet ye yee 183, 241, 276, 816, 817, 907, 968
RRA TUAT IEE RO Bere See ete ches ea see ian oe ia een ES oe et ema ata 671, 672, 674,

693, 713, 731, 780, 781, 805, 806, 807, 811, 818, 832, 837, 840, 841, 845, 859, 861, 866, 893, 898, 899, 979,
980, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1027, 1029, 1030, 1041, 1042, 1046, 1056, 1060, 1065, 1068, 1070,1071,
1078, 1081, 1082, 1084, 1093, 1105, 1108, 1109, 1111, 1112, 1146, 1148, 1151, 1154, 1160, 1171, 1199, 1225,
1231, 1235, 1236, 1237, 1242, 1248, 1250, 1254, 1257, 1268, 1277, 1278, 1291, 1308, 1310, 1316, 1320, 1323,
1325, 1327, 1328, 1333, 1338, 1343, 1348, 1349, 1352, 1353, 1354, 1366, 1378, 1384, 1395, 1396, 1399, 1422,
1423. 1428, 1435, 1455, 1459, 1474, 1475, 1498, 1499, 1513, 1519, 1520, 1543, 1545, 1547, 1559, 1565, 1566,
1568, 1569, 1572, 1592, 1601, 1607, 1613, 1619, 1620, 1622, 1623, 1644, 1649, 1664, 1668, 1672, 1673, 1674,
1677, 1690, 1691, 1694, 1707, 1721, 1727, 1734, 1735, 1746, 1755, 1772, 1807, 1811, 1814, 1826, 1834, 1835

Centennial of the Constitution, and the Discovery of America---.......--------------- 1037, 1118
Rota eses vile et eee ee Skee or 8 me ee, 6c 5 ono en mosses das tame 1600
(Slanmines: ofe 2 2 8 ee wae canton ae eR ad = so cot e AEE ey ck 238, 866, 1027, 1030, 1031, 1075
WAIN CCI seo oe eo ey ah hc SA eric a me cael desea eee 789

1884 ' INDEX.

Committees, Congressional—Continued. Page.
Contingent expenses. 2. 32 23282 3 35 ee a ee ae ee 1041, 1791
District of Columbia ---..----_-- 439, 607, 680, 944, 1040, 1041, 1106, 1109, 1151, 1160, 1182, 1187, 1192, 1199

1216, 1292, 1801, 1839, 1342, 1843, 1895, 1474, 1479, 1561, 1633, 1738, 1808, 1829, 1831, 1833, 1834, 1835
Hducationiand labor --3- 4. 5 eae ene 706, 707, 708, 715, 894, 939, 949, 1048, 1623, 1711. 1763, 1837
Executive Departments; laws organizing =< 2222. 25 sees 2225 4 Sees eee ee 1671

methods of conducting business in__.---....__.-._..----..------ 1183

Expendituresin Interior Department! sta ee ee 2 a se 1328, 1416, 1442
Treasury Department —.42-.)-s24osee8 1416, 1446, 1447, 1450, 1452, 1454, 1460, 1488
Expendittres:on Public, Buildings22: 2s. 25) ete eS ee ee ee eee 1321
Expositions, Chicago,Columbiane. 2-25.29 -25-5 ae ee ee eee 1501, 1507, 1584
Cincinnati 2.2. 4 ees sen sie ee ee ee 1120, 1888
International 2.4 cssesid.) soaeel teers Meee a ee ee 1791
Philadelphia Centennial. -.2--- 2.22.2 2.2.22... SEs 746

Finance __. 143, 144, 221, 222, 471, 482, 484, 612, 613, 615, 627, 648, 790, 791, 827, 843, 1029, 1514, 1518, 1519, 1520
HSHO PIGS 53. Ro= oe ee ee good seaReeense ceca cack eees ue een LaLa 1029
Foreign Affairs (House of Representatives) ---.-----.---.---- 788, 824, 855, 872, 875, 1145, 1493, 1557

Foreign Relations (United States Senate)-...-_.__.-..--...-------- 1033, 1116, 1117, 1118, 1145, 1773
Henry statue; unveiling ceremonies .... 25426. <=... SOLE teed asia ee Se eee ee ee Oe

Anidian AaB: 3. 5A ee 52k Ev ace on 2a es Le ee ee 221, 647
Jadiciary se 2.-- 222 125, 411, 531, 532, 533, 534, 535, 536, 540, 619, 620, 1030, 1222, 1600, 1681, 1683, 1740, 1741
Lands, Public. (See Public Lands.)

library (of \Coneress))s2.2252s..255. See ee ee 216, 217, 220, 225, 226, 238, 240, 241, 266, 276,

280, 303, 305, 306, 307, 308, 310, 31), 312, 320, 435,463,466, 467, 503, 504, 505, 511, 628, 629, 630, 631, 637,
660, 661, 664, 666, 667, 680, 692, 707,717,730, 799, 810, 823, 829, 854, 902, 903, 905, 918, 938, 952, 953, 967,
972, 973, 974, 975, 976, 977, 979, 982, 988, 989, 1001, 1002, 1009, 1010, 1012, 1030, 1032, 1033, 1041, 1105,
1106, 1110, 1111, 1128, 1131, 1132, 1133, 1136, 1138, 1147, 1219, 1220, 1222, 1223, 1225, 1273, 1274, 1279,
1280, 1282, 1289, 1290, 1309, 1328, 1829, 1330, 1331, 1853, 1500, 1501, 1519, 1528, 1529, 1533, 1534, 1537,
1538, 1539, 1552, 1553, 1554, 1558, 1556, 1557, 1559, 1560, 1561, 1574, 1591, 1624, 1632, 1633, 1634, 1655,
1661, 1688, 1710, 1711, 1737, 1740, 1745, 1755, 1763, 1764, 1765, 1775, 1776, 1777, 1778, 1805, 1807, 1814

(Military sAtiairs 2222-2. 2 ose Soe en eee cae t ee cence ee aeons 1029, 1124, 1125, 1129, 1259, 1261, 1307
Waval Aviairs, eet cisco cannes snctaia wants ou oe nn Pe eee nes eee 358, 795, 871, 1029, 1044
Patents 2. de 75 oo es 2 See Toe os Sods e en wenn eo eeet cans SERRE eee eae eee 930
Post-Offices and-Post-Roads:. <.o2 5220.22.52. Shee es hse eee 500, 1635, 1746
Printing. ..:..- 478, 479, 480, 485, 505, 506, 507, 605, 606, 607, 637, 638, 639, 663, 664, 678, 679, 682, 683, 689, 690,

691, 692, 718, 722, 723, 792,794,799, 805, 806, 811, 820, 843, 844, 845, 849, 850, 851, 883, 884, 885, 909, 918,
923, 924, 926, 928, 929, 940, 941, 942, 943, 957, 959, 982, 983, 984, 987, 988, 1002, 1003, 1005, 1006, 1007,
1008, 1123, 1124, 1129, 1130, 1131, 1138, 1225, 1291, 1292, 1534, 1537, 1546, 1557, 1558, 1559, 1560, 1624,
1625, 1626, 1627, 1628, 1644, 1647, 1651, 1652, 1653, 1671, 1687, 1747, 1787, 1814, 1825, 1839+, 1840+
Public Buildings. and. Grounds. <2. 22222 23 5-s225 ase ano t saecce Jose 477, 641, 651, 731, 732, 734,
735, 736, 737, 738, 747, 769, 770, 775, 776, 778, 780, 785,787, 798, 821, 828, 829, 833, 884, 895, 929, 934, 937,
938, 1014, 1080, 1104, 1105, 1108, 1151, 1154, 1170, 1171, 1174, 1209, 1210, 1224, 1225, 1226, 1280, 1231,
1268, 1269, 1271, 1275, 1277, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1311, 1313, 1314, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1333, 1335,
1339, 1341, 1344, 1347, 1348, 1349, 1374, 1459, 1575, 1661, 1662, 1711, 1712, 1721, 1744, 1829, 1832, 1834

Ppl Wands: S200 2s c2 es cased ee Fa nee eee eee 600, 823, 1293, 1299, 1779, 1780, 1781, 1782
Rifles: :2 sss BAe See SAS a SS See eee 444, 949, 1132, 1600
Smithson DeGuesh =-s.0. + .ee ee eee ae eee eee ee ee eee 125, 130, 134, 136, 146
155, 163, 169, 170, 171, 182, 184, 204, 225, 226, 238, 242, 268, 321, 322, 427, 443, 444, 451, 460, 488, 491, 543
Smithsonian “lnstitution (proposed)?! veil... 2... ceeeencliseneens eens cr ead= 308, 323, 443-463, 1600
Smithsonian Institution; acting secretary ‘of- 22-2022. 2o_4- 29bhes scene oe ee 809
Smithsonian inyestivation 2222. 222222 eS a ee eee 536, 540, 557, 574
University. of the United States \2 41 22 3920 Ses 2 ee he ee 1630, 1631, 1658, 1711, 1825
Ventilation of the Hall of the House of Representatives ___...--..----.---. --.- 796, 797, 959, 961
Ways and Meanst ese. 2052252. Sih eee cen ecaeaece= 143, 144, 220, 331, 395, 504, 505, 508, 805, 1740, 1801
Compromise by Board of Regents as to appropriations --------..-.-----.------------ 512,519, 575, 579
Regents, annulled sc ic2t a ease ee eo at oh sh eee ee 594

(COMPLON, BANTIOS: serene tose = == om eer tee re ele ea ele wera at ee ee lec = 1215
Remarks by 2 coe 2 Le ee PEE Se et ae eee ere 1216+
Report Dy ta. - see ae aks So tb eee knee epee 6 recente Sees ene em team eee tee ie tere 1633
Comptroller of Currency, to establish bank at Chicago exposition -.-..-...------------------ 1585
Comptroller of Treasury, First, decisions of -....-----..--------. ------ 1350, 1484, 1564, 1566, 1693, 1694
Confederate government, favored by G. E. Badger --.-.---.----.-------------------------------- 632
Conor, Ondy foccese ee cree aca ee = soca Sees Seen a ee See Oa dae ae ie tal ae a ee ed 921
Bill Dy to veces tence cer nats | bs T2tNs Saad ae aera ee Ce oa ra a re me we eee ee 811, 823
Remarks by 2222 s2¢iee 22-2. SSS ee ea i ee ee eee 829, 951
Congress of nations, geographical, at Paris ------.-..-.---.------------------------------------ 896
Congress, United States, Acts and Resolves of, distribution -.---...---.-.---.--------.------- 724

Congress, United States, committees of. (See Committees.)

INDEX. 1885

Congress, United States, Library of. (See Library.) Page.
Congress, United States, proceedings of, extracts from—
Twenty-fourth, December 7, 1835, to March'3, 1887.-... ....--.-..-..-------5-----------<--- 125
Twenty-fitth, september 4, 1837, to March 3, 1839........-.- .4.----22.25e-ee ee: ence eees-s | 148
iwvenhvesixtwecember., lou, tO Marché, 1841... ... +... 2-0 ~2- maccecns soeeneemenes 182
wenhv-ceventn May ol, lotto Waren .3,.1843 -c--tcct enc Soe n ete e ec ewues oer ceen eee 220
Twenty-eighth, December 4, 1843, to March 3, 1845 -_..........----------------------------- 241
Twenty-ninth, December 1, 1845, to March 3, 1847 .--.----._.-.-~----. --~--- -------2-------- B21
ihintiepn Mecamper 6. 1547, to March3; 1849... 2222 2 oe oo e eee eae e eee ees 443
Mhirty-est, December's, 1849, to March @, 1851: .--.2- = 220-522-226. 02.eses2525- teeee aos -2e 468
Special session, Senate, March 6; 1849-22 22- 2222-2. i s2 ols 2o lo et tl olee ee. 1838
ihirty-second, December 1, 1851, to March's, 1858 .... ---.-. ---.- 22222 ee ee eco e c aoe 484
hinty-third. December, 1853, to Marché; 18602... 62.2. 2 S22 ed Le as FE 488
iinrhy-tourth, Wecember 3, 1855, to March'3, 1807 ..-=-~--..2- 2-22. Ves toni toes wo eeee 599
Mhiniveotch,Wecempber sr, 1851, to March's; 18b02=_ 22-2. 2222s borat foe 25) el en 604
Thirty-sixth, December 5, 1859, to March 2, 1861_..--.---- JBL ER ee eee eae et 609
ihurhy seventh, uly 4.1001, to March 3, 1863-22-22 222 oe ee eee eee eee n 627, 1838
Thirty-eighth, December 7, 1863, to March 3, 1865. -.-.....-...-1---.----------.- ------ ------ 638
Thirty-ninth, December 4, 1865, to March 3, 1867 .-...--...----.------------------------- 658, 1838
Hangorievanchid.dso;. toMarch 3; 1860 2: <-25. 252.02 esaeeass eaee onan o- ese econ cane 667, 1839
Horivetrepeiarch 4 1869:\to March'd, [61h 222-5 22- sees soo ae o2 ae Bonen eon hanno ees 681
ery second, March 4-187) torMarch 3, 18/3=~)--2=5\.2 = -soewee - ee en enean— on neceea veneooe- 688
Forty-third, December 1, 1873, to March 3, 1875. _....------- Rook ee Rech coe ee ee teen See 700
Porty-courth. December: 6, 1875, tomMareh 3, 187% --~.2=~---= 22-5 =_-2h 225 --5 2-22 2-8. 730, 1839
PEE ineOCLO GPa, Loni sbOUN aren 'S: AS(Oucn. 2 nae tec e Secon comenn Uee res cn eso e sees 768
Rorpyesiebh March i5,19s9, bo Marcha, 188222222.) -2n< eno = oewre om eee eee eee 819
Forty-seventh, December 5, 1881, to March 3, 1883.-...-..---.----------------.-----.------- 869
Horty-oighth,, December 3, 1883; to March 3, 1885 -_-2--~.---- <= --2= s-2-225--225 2 2.2.- << it 930
Honig-nipseecemper 1, 10s0, 00 March 3,)188% 2222-22 22222) SSSeae ele.) en 970, 1840
Hifgounpecember 5, 1887. to Marchyd, 1889-22. -5< stolen ee Seen So ese cease me ece 1045
Patpyeiess. December 2, 1889, to) March's, 1891e ion. sean oa canes wee oo nen oon ene een 1272
Kithy-second. December 7, 1891, to March 3, 1893.-.-.- --/-.- 2.22. 22-2 256-2. Lo. - 1547, 1840
Pin hrs Aweust?, 1995; to:March'd, 3895 oo oe ococ- 2 tne concen came n a wenn es cen eeee ene 1632
Fifty-fourth, December 2, 1895, to March 3, 1897 .--.--- See eae eat Sere oe ore ne ee eee 1700
Rithy-ntbh., March15,1897, to: March’3, 18995 -<: =. 22-226. skes oesha eee -s5 == oes 1775, 1841, 1842, 1844.
Seer Mo OTe CHGS Ge eo) tee ore = eee etna a iusaie cee ae soln on oat a oe sae ene ek iii, 918
ie reoOn clone COUG © =2 255 sas 8 ral raks 2 sess ssscbes selec te cane ne tenbeceaee aan ces eaes iii, 791, 918, 1670
Extras to be ordered by heads of Departments... ..-.-.--...--------------.---------------- 1696
pmryernomorianlmrinted il ):2_+ bss: 2-8 seces as oot seat tetiseee te suctisc ace cece tee moe 805
One copy of all issues for Smithsonian Institution and one for National Museum.-.-..-.. 1696
Rite ii pe OSCOOMTeCINAPKS DY 2 -.ci cone soe lts eonae seca cones e cn ae Cone ede eee connec tee canes eecas 732
GRtecricht wi OlCOLS LPOM oe iin suet oe yen sn gst a nee onan Sues Secu cease enon eeecoenes soe 1854
Conrad, C. M., Secretary of War, member of the Establishment--.-....-..-----.-------------- 1848
Consols, English— :
ecient Slat or Mite Evi Gh ss ose 02 fb See 2 Ls eei 24 De Oe Jt ee eens 60, 62, 64, 93
Reserved for annunity to Madame de La Batut -_-..-----.----.------_-2--.-------+--- 2-628 60
Constitution of United States—
ASiioMmemnorany Valcom Msn OCU VOlccclcaunncemocee- de ees aaa nces tees Sees Hee ea me oo ee 18
Proposed centennial celebration of, at Washington--_--..-.-.--..----i.-_------------------ 1033
Constitutionality of receiving Smithson bequest---.-.--..---------------------- 313, 334, 350, 355, 391
Construction and Repairs, United Statés Navy, Bureau of ___-._--.--..-. ---------------.---- 1259
Consul, United States—
EROTIC Om Lr piise: 9 own tuese . hoeke soe ee ee ee, ee hs Lob oie to oeeewene 106
Manucaibovoiloer Ol AlilmaAls fOl.ZO0s s2 2-22. Seeee aa en oe eee ee on oon cee eee eee 1155
reel te een een aan eee a acho ec wo eeS eos Sues eet oe a hoc bee sae cosa phones 27
COBTEMT Sa DRO 9 5c2 tale che iene ee Ee Nee eee re eee eee ae es ee TES ts a eke vii
Contracts by Smithsonian Institution for supplies ---..--..---------------------. ---- 1670, 1671, 1672
Contributions to Ethnology. (See Ethnology.)
Contributions to Knowledge, Smithsonian, account of ---.-.._-__----- 546, 556, 557, 582, 585, 925, 1689
Conpraversy BOUL onl thsonianelnstitubion oe soeies ~- 2 ee Se ek ets eb 2228 550
Convent of La Rabida, transfer of part of exhibit in, from Chicago exposition.--....-.--.--- 1638

Convention between nations for Exchanges. (See Exchanges.)

ree REPRO TOT y.Lee eke arenes Stee s alee e tree he Serene meen SEE te see 828

Cooke, H. D.:
AWnomied teustee, Corcoram Gallery of Art. . 2.52222. 22is2 bescs2 ob =--s-56--200 5-2-2 Ske. 8 684
Governor of District of Columbia, member of the Establishment ---.--..-..--.-----.--.- 1850
IPO Onis sense en are seeem en res «2. £0 ees 1852

Cooper, Edward

1886 INDEX.
Page.
Cooper, Thomas, plan of, for Smithsonian Institution -.............-..-..---------- 337, 360, 362, 390
QGopenhagen Wibrary.-..:.--=--2-- .---- 52: -2ae Sass See ee ee ee ee 286
@opernicus | 2224 -2ss5 2 ss ea = BE a ee ae ne er Sree 198
Coppée, Henry:
Character Of ..:-562--.-.6-S2.censss oan Seen s: -- See fe Sree eee a eee 715
Death (ofse2e5 <2! tes os vO 3s ae ae eee See ER eS Se ee 1736 +, 1737, 1738
Regent; appointed ....2----2~- a) sen ces sno staan Ree ee 717, 820, 972, 1555, 1854
of Smithsonian Institution. - wacin enon 5- Sees oS toese Benes + See och eather see ee ee
DEQDOSCG Bee oea a ae ee cas eee ee eee 708, 715, 716, 820, 970, 1553, 1555
Copper implements, Perkins’ collection, purchase of_..-.------------.------ 1548, 1544, 1588, 1600, 1601
Copyright books, maps, ete.:
Act repealed requiring them to be sent to Smithsonian Institution ---.....-...--.--.--.- 608 |
Free of postage 2 22-se52-. 2 an testes Os See soe Me a ee ee ee 501
To be deposited with Librarian of Congress 3-2... 2-2<2ss-5 --223--= 56 -sescuss sonseeceew sees 434
of Smithsonian Institution s.W--5 <<. 3-2-2 «4 -oeee ase 422, 434
To. be under control of Interior Department 22. --5: =~ -.36 5--4ieeee + sees == oee e 608
Copyright not taken of Smithsonian publications - .-...--.-...----.- -----5+-------22---2sscees 549
Copyright of report of Philadelphia Centennial Commission to be assigned to Public
IPBINGGY, = beet woe cc aever eae geese sone heme eh Se ee ee 824
Corals and coral islands, plates of Exploring Expedition on, granted to J. D. Dana ---.---. 692
Goreoran and Riggs, Washineton..------....._--- oe ese eee ee 261, 262, 263, 264, 265
Corcoran Gallery, of Arti... 2-23. <22 <=. <<. ane te ee eee 805, 922, 1035, 1162
Incorporation Of -—. o.- Seneca Ss ceiee Save oa + eee ~ aoe ae ee ee ee ee oe ee 684, 685
Corcoran, W. W.:
Bids:of Statestocks by. ..2.2:2cssssschescams ease s Sages Jo ope eeeeo So eee oe ee 260
Foundation of Gallery of Art by.< sc. <-:s-2esis. See sen cee sa ees anes eee eee eee 684
Letter to,.on stocks=:..._ ..-- 25.222 -swesnteeb 52 8a -seee ose s- Se oe ee 260
Offer of, for sale of Arkansas bonds to Secretary of Treasury accepted ----.-. ---.---.-- 258
Cornell, Carrie, copyist, National Museum. ..- -2--- ae2- s245-qes8- 22-8 ese ee 1598
Corporation, Smithsonian Institution as one, discussed -----...--.----- 391, 586, 800, 801, 856, 857, 1485
Corporations, law of, to act by agents .--- -.. 222652 -22 decease nese ee co8 see cen seece -Sececee eee 1486
Correspondence relative to bequest of Smithson -.-.-..-...---.--.--. -----------< --------=----5 7
Correspondents of Smithsonian Institution - .. 2222. 2- -oces 22-02 see dons aeeeauie ants = eee 1679
Gorrigend ts = 2235 -<ceseces aon seen rece wae aes one anos aos ae ebe seee onset a sone ee 1857
Corwin, Thomas:
Appointed on committee on Smithson bequest ----..... .---..----------------------5+--- 182, 427
Secretary of Treasury, member of the Establishment ---... ..-..-.--..------------------- 1847
Q@osts in Smithson suites: -<.<- 652 poee a aaen- So sen see abe ae seca ae a aee ane eee 58, 68, 72, 104
Cotton Centennial Exposition. (See Expositions, New Orleans.) .

Cotton Planters’ Association. (See Expositions, New Orleans.)

Cotton States and International Exposition. (See Expositions, Atlanta.)

Counsel, English, in Smithson suit, opinion of, by Mr. Rush..-.-...-.-...---.-------------.-- 66

Court of chancery, English:
Award decreed by, in Smithson sult ..-...- 222. 2 ----. occ. - eee eed 25, 26, 52, 56, 109, 185
Gost of Smithson suit in-.....0-.-.. .-.+ -2.- <seqedt onan ooh oneeas eke 65 een see ee 67,72
Delays incident to _...2...-.. «22-2 ..2 3222-5 2222 sce sce oes oon sess sae es OO UE a yee eo OR
Proposed return of Smithson bequest to. -.---2-- = snenen ossnBE Sonnac ws aes eee ee

Smithson’s property placed under management of. .--.-.--..----------------- -------------- 5
Suit by Bed.Hungerford in. .. -..2 —- sonsja= sess east feria Seon em lor ae ee
of United: States 1m .. .... <2. ie cape meses ses SE hd ae Se eh see 44, 128, 178, 334
Gcurt of masteriofthevwolls.in' Enoland «2.22. .222c2-0 -+easc- 2 seen sone eee eee cp fewest ees 20
Court of the vice-chancellor in England ...... . =... 222 ~se<ce- <-<- soctyme de = a os Pe ee 20
Court prerogative)of Canterbury --.-- .=--- 2222 2<~ 2-65 see ee oe ee pe eo 13,16
Court, Supreme:
District of Columbia, to decide on lands for national park-----.-.-.---...----.-.------- 1107, 1108
United States, reports of decisions of, for France...--..+-------2- ----- +22 --2- se---= onan 434
Court, United States circuit and district, reports of decisions of, for France-----.------- ..-- 434
Courts, J.C., letter to, on National Museum expenditures .-....-.-.-.---.-. ------ ------ ------ 1025
Gonsin, Victor....-5<- 5-02 -2-- ~~. --ceacaoc~ seeds ssa son meester ee ee eee eee 344
Coutinho, Dr. J. M. Da Silva, Brazilian commissioner, Philadelphia exposition -.--.-.--. .----- 762
Cova, Leon de la, Venezuelan commissioner, Philadelphia @xposition...<2-<2---cs5:e:5 aaa 767
Cavyert. J Wice Dl Dye soso22- -- 20. - aoe Sap sont sea ae ie Se ree ee seh ee ee 1632, 1654, 1661
Cowan. <J-, IOByOr Of WONGON « .. 224 6-s.2205.0e2een = Se ee eae Se re ee 94

01) ot an: eee Sa tk ee ines ae ee Speen pe Sa OTS SEL
Motion or Seana py ...-.. .----- -----.---------- 629, 682, 687, 638, 640, 716+-, 829, 1129+, 1181, 1132
Regent, appointed s-- = <- = <5 22 soak eons oe ee eee ce cone OCs Oelhg A On Oe
Remarks by - ---- 632, 635+, 636+, 640, 645, 714+ , 805, 876, 894, 919, 1050+, 1052, 1110, 1127, 1180+, 1697+

INDEX. 1887

Page.
EW Ave CHOn ClO ik, NAbIONSE WEGSOUIN oe ee ee ete nee teen en nae eee ea done 1598
OTT a oh Cin SNP ccc eh See eRe SE ee tee Ea Se ee eee ya ey ne eee emer 184
RECT aN ea Geis i geree serie wee Sinn Waco wn so ew ney wee eins ena e ceennte oe eeeie heer oan amene nna 1309, 1574
Coie? ih MWe nM S/T on 2 SESS ae oD 8 See ee ee eee 217
Crawford, G. W., Secretary of War, member of the Establishment-.---.---------------------- 1848
Cresson, E. T., memorial by, for purchase of Glover’s entomological work---..-.-..--------. 817
Cresswell, J. A: J., Postmaster-General, member of the Establishment----...--..------------ 1848
(Sie NS yg ER BYE DEA LENE I es Seni eee 1794
Rene He SNORKOY foes ae ewan ann conn naan ganas so=-, LOD, 1D0T; 1559, 1628, 1633, 1653, 1671, 1672, 1685

PERL NOH MOPS EP ER USIDY 20 =< = oe aan eek meena fon a eam aos cae ae enasaneaee 1632+
Crittenden, J.J.:

Attorney-General, member of the Establishment---_.-.-...---.--.------------------------ 1849

(Chek inky Beeek Cotes So eee See eee se CoS oS SE GE see ne eine ae 298, 299, 301

DAES ELT IES eee a eee ee eee ennai ean Boras onnner aansiviconae 178, 297 +-, 437, 632
EEN ASCO ILOr DU reat OL MUNNOLO RY = 22 - oa n= <a woe ee w= oe ne ene ce mee neae 1540
Sa Cs ee ae eee in os oe noe an ase ene i eS oon eee ee ee 381
Crowley & Gardner, solicitors of Mr..De La Batut...-..----...-.-..--...-----.------------------ 91
CrowmoLmneiand. party tO SMIcCnsONn sult... - == 5-2-3 ono 5 ncn once nnn een ee mann anne 7,21, 127
Crustacea, Dana’s volumes on, to be sent to Government of Great Britain. ----.-..--.---..-. 678
PAPER EITM ALES TOl COUCCIIONS IM 92-5 ceca. concen acces san we ccam Semen oneres sm aase eorancion= 1820, 1836

(See also Expositions, Toledo.)

OA FLj B eS TEI TD ad Bose] o) US 0 a es il ae RISE pies a eS es Sa er i eee eee 1680

Culin, Stewart, appointed secretary to commissioners at Madrid exposition---.--.---------- 1584

mrmme one Mt > SOuCIbOr for JOHN Nihal os. «=n. 2-2 sao—- Sanna omens mone aa nee ao caw anne 77, 78, 81, 91
Cullom,S. M.:

ihe) SULTTE) Gi SRE OTE) 0 a ee re 1272, 1291, 1633, 1681

ES SLi Lg DVT) CTI ie. 6 ea ee ee ee 970, 1272, 1736, 1852

SU SMmIDNISGUENPEMsShi bt iON cise oe ena ce mance eM ace ns een adn eece cclapeenceen 1453

iemsarks PY. -22-:--------2-- 1069, 1071+-, 1077, 1078, 1083, 1272, 1273+-, 1282, 1857, 1859, 1412, 1413+ , 1721
OLA SIN SREREV GER UNG) piesa ee Re eS Sart pa CE ee See eee ee eee eee 1777

TESLL UNG) = set sascha i eae ce ad i ee SR ee eee ee eres 1559, 1829

ibs S8€08 TS 3)-] CNS Sa RR Seeeee ee dsee tenascin ens 1554, 1555-+-, 1556, 1557

[EA EAG (OTH FO] OF ape a oA am an re an Sore Seno neem coe 1556, 1560, 1591
ROM eeRT oe Nhl Of ON EUSC UY a some cna ca cm aneene = 20sec eae ne See eee sen ees ade ance naw ceeees 1241, 1598

Honorary. aso ofticers of Geological Survey -----.:--2s----2------222- - 22-25 --22 en own e anes 1136

IMVOTINAD POM OTe Soe Se ER rem ease mn eee aceran sere aia ene | See ee ees 1257

Eureer number needed... .-----.-.- .....----=-< Cede Ee: Sa ee es a a ea Se Ot ite 1663

Ree ERCEC CIOS ee oe ete nee ert ee ae ee ie eS ire hn Aen cee Hea as ede ome 1600
Mpettye vise le Or imh SInibNSON BUTbH =a a. ane 8 one one n a e e me ae an ne ene lee eae wee 84
SERIE en ee one ce orn Pale nai see Gees ewe SS setae bcteeckedas setae uanee see 95,96, 97
Currency, fractional, plates of, proposed delivery of, to Smithsonian Institution .-...._-_- 790, 791
Rinne mivirn DFODOSDOTaS CPONG. --- = aa. cen 2 <n ece <2 oa iocenea n= eaten een em coc ome aemensaenss sae
CS TUE, ate, CG ESS ee I tei Pa gS a ep Ean YA ar ope ee ae 920
Mtn eremiiane Giron OF HtHNOLOLY .2-.a:.--2-55-2-= 22: 25-2 see se anne s Boon cee enice hos BDO
Prise TODODWMONY, .oc ot satan noo ocaes oo beea seen a= se ec cnaseet neko te ane tans See tae 1826
Curtis, W. E.:

Assistant to commissioner at Madrid exposition ....--_---.--. ---.------..---------------- 1584

Letter from, on deposit of Smithsonian securities in Treasury vaults-...----.-----.----- 1686

on National Museum appropriation ------ .--------------------- See Re SORE 1667
Cushing, Caleb:

Attorney-General, member of the Establishment ----.--.--...---..--2---------.------ 566, 1849
nats Cubes tor NatiONa WhGsOUMY = 22200220250 neds secnes ween ee ties le 1323, 13824, 1827, 1576, 1577
Cutcheon, B. M.:

PHENO OOTY co cncs ocean = sa enoen, «aoe Coe ae k ne see Seen se a anno mdash ap eee ccna bene 1307

TPoe AES TESE) 18 i a ee Ro Ss a a ee eee 1125, 1127, 1419, 1420, 1421+4 , 1422+
COSEL UE © TEs br 0't Ey a) Fiky 8 ea ea ali a RG ee eR ap a peed eae a ei ge 555
Wabnays GW... letver from, on National Herbarium --)--2 2222-22. 2-2-2. 2 ann ono ese nne 1734
Dakota exhibit, Chicago, proposed to show Red River cart -----.-.-.------------------------- 1591

Dal Were wadoriry curator in National Museume> -._--2 22-0 oe. 2<5- oe ws tenn e--o-, 1186
Dallas, G. M., Vice-president:

PMjarelPinsu lies asaya Ole LRe ey Slsy ah ASE 0 le Mae er se ate EE Pe ai o,f a a ee 436, 437+, 609
MEUM CNAR aE MTSE LIUOIOR eee one aac a8 oe cena Renn. Conan. anbcac oa sagan ap la 1856
Manner GOMmueinnapUSMINONte 2265 252 cess so nan naan ee Seek nee eb ae ste kk on anon ae 1847
Onipowemol SecrebarvaLOMISIMIss ASSistants . 2-6. 24-2262 ese s ene as DOO
IRAE NT 6s open we oe: eal ae ee a ne epee a2 oe eae eee 1851

SAG: Ey IO OMSOS HOW PA LGrOxPOUINION.=-2225-5----52 ssoseS ane O See as a aa eeea enh cacuednns sane | KODE

1888 INDEX.

Page,
Dana, J. D.:
Exploring Expedition plates granted to, for work on corals~..-..------.-----.-----.----- 692
works by, Sent to.Great Britain’: 25-2225 -5 eon ee eee 678
Regent, appointed ---....--------.--- ------------ ---- += 5-22 = ne en oo nnn ee enn ee eeee 717, 1854
FER OTS OC secs wn a ee ee ee 706, 707, 708, 711, 713
MOSIQNGG. 2. 2o- oan ae oa cic ane peng ee aie er oe ee 783, 784+-
Danfelt, C. J., Swedish commissioner, Philadelphia exposition ------------.------------------ 765
Daniel, J. W co2228 ees nso a nates Sa ene nod = nee ars aera oem nnn eee ee 1288
Remarks Dyce ccet ee so nace eyecare eames eee ane ee Rae ag Me eee 1741
Dassi, Joseph, Italian commissioner, Philadelphia exposition-_-_---.------------------------- 763
Daubenton, [ui J. M < 21222 2-2 noe 2 a on one Seren on nn ba rene woes es enasieesern a5 eaae Saqenp seas 294
Daughters of the American Revolution:
Account Of = -.-:.-- ----- ---- - 2-52 coon nn ne nae n woe tne ene re ners nana con waa nen nnn n veneer en 1740, 1744
Deposit of collections of, in Smithsonian Institution -...-...-.---.-------------------- 1740, 1743
Hirst annual TeporviOl 220. ---- ones eee eee meena sete ee ee a cee ee eee ee 1837
Incorporation of --.--..------- ---------------- -------------- +--+ ---- +------- -=--=- 1600, 1740+-, 1742
Momorialall for 22: Soo esac cis see ee ee em gore ee ee 1744, 1745
Davenport, S., South Australian commissioner, Philadelphia exposition ---.--------..------ 766
Davidson, R. H. M.:
ISTO yas Sa tre = ce wore ee i 1111, 1220
Report by 22) ced. oie i iise oa av ono w hoes oa noes epee nae sane cee ne ee 1220
Davis, C. H., Indorses Howgate expedition. - on oe ena 795
Dyer yas Ola ee a a oe an oem eee ee ee 1288, 1414
Davis, David:
THOHEOT EO nee se ones ccc atcet occ cata scneeec coe cees ps oadtabe seen ae Eae eee eee ee 869+
President pro tempore Senate; Regent ..- ~~. - 65 <= <2, < women cent Hance eep ere pean cea ee 1852
HeMabics ie sees oe wom oe eee aw eee eee nee ee eee aan ne eee
esoluin cn Dye ce-t eck OS Soa Pe a a ee eo ee ee eee enon eaters 792+, 811+
Davis, Garret:
Appointed on committee on Smithson’s residuary legacy --------.---.--.--------+------- 118
TBTe ar shya) we pe es eS Re a es Re nee et enemy Oe See senso ns 699
STG, EDOM GE etre ene a arate alae ae rs nel aren ene 628, 1839, 1852

Remarks by-..- -------.-- ----45 ----+- -------- === = 20 -o ee cere nec ene ene cee cee cece cece sees 656
Davis, G. R., director-general, Chicago exposition, compensation for, report, etc..--..--.-.. 1747
Davis, H.G.:

PG GER CO aaa aan aoe pea a ena ee aa as wee pale tera eee ee eee eee 840, 841, 898

Remarks byt 22 setees 22.22 bse ce ae ieee wobec naan aaa oee ne aah On ee ee eee

Report) Dy scces sen .ce- oon o own cae ocemee beeen ese eee pen cene ens eaves esc An Meena sunajowasee 845
Davis, H. W.:

Appointed on committee on Smithson’s residuary logaty ic... <ss<c0 aa 5-4s scones wee ees 114

IPVVSapel ey oyelayls (rey heey Mens Sheer Se Seen ae = se aon ores emt t= oe Seer oma EET
Dsyis, J.C, B, letter from, on Exchanges: <5-22---.5-2--- seco con note ee eens aee ness eae e eee
Davis, Jefferson:

Appointed on committee on Smithson bequest -...-.-----.-.---.------ ------ ------e- 0-22-25 321
Motion or resolution by---------------------------------- +--+. -----+------ 419, 420, 463+, 465, 478+
ReEPent, ap DOINCe ts ooo. s- a eae ane Renee nao n= eee ee ere ee rere ea 463, 482, 1852
PPHIpTIOd. 22-63 53332265) ates 8 oe no ee ran eee ee 486
POMIMNVGLPPO oo: 2c. hes cS OS Se ee ee oe ee ae ee es 482

Remarks by ----- S ~ Sope Sk POS anal heat bs hea ce 369, 370, 411, 464, 470, 471, 472, 474, 476, 478, 479+
Secretary of War, member of the Establishment-. ---.-..-.-------- .--------------+5- 566, 1848
Davis, John, Acting Secretary of State, letter to, on Exchanges-.-...-----..----------------- 902
Davis, John, Representative, Kansas, remarks by_---- ----<< <2. o 5 op noc ne ee ees 1648
Dayis, John, Senator, Massachusetts, remarks by--+--.--- 3a pene eee eee 140+
Dayis; J: W.,'Speaker, House of Representatives <---.-. 2-2-9 -2-2-5 oa 5 eoeee eee eee 332, 371, 393
Appointmentiol Regents by; - +25. sso0iesnos eben aetaclea sae e dees oan ee ane e eee 438
SO) Maplaleecye| chia he BR. So ee ae ee OT ae oe oO yee eer a eater nse f= 149, 569, 593+
Dawegs CW = ee, Sic ice ee Se ae ee eee 1563, 1566, 1692, 1694, 1739
Daren Ma ee eS os 3 bt Soe ea a ea epee es 1081, 1084, 1361, 1483
Bil motion or resolution Dy - 2-22 eee oe wee eee ee ee 686, 776, 787, 843
Remarks by -.--....---------.--.---- 790, 1078, 1079, 1083+ , 1283+-, 1284, 1330, 1331+, 1366, 1413, 1458+
Dawson, N.E., services aon to World?s:Columbian (Commission. 265... n-ne eee 1841
Day, W.R.,Secretary of State, member of the Establishment----...........-.....------.-.---- 1847
Dayton, 7A. O soso eee bee ceo ee aree sean ceeseenees sae 217
Dayton; W.1, Repentvyappointed -::\52-=2: =." 2th oes 2 ee eee 609, 610, 1854
Deacon, Mr., storage of Smithson’s effects with -..--....---------- 67, 68, 69, 78, 79+, 80+, 82, 91, 92, 93

Death of Government officials not to be marked by closing or draping of public buildings. 1632
Debates. (See under special subjects.)

INDEX. 1889

Page
Ip giesyenisyes Toyelem si at a2) clove] 2h/ See = ee ees sae SS a ee 276
Me Bernste wien Loss omithsonian fire! :. os. 25... 262-222 setts heebl eee ee e e 643
De Caindry, W. A., examination of report of executive board, Philadelphia exposition...... 885
MeelaratiOn OL LNOSPEUUOUCO-. ca.6 cnt ct one secsen soos onan onn ao sene Sane eeee sto 344, 687, 694, 703, 935
MOTKMIRH ONO MOsShOROIOricinale cot) 22 68 222 sate cet selon Loess thal oe Sen 730
Decoration:
ie paneseycontorred oni torace| Capron __...2 22-2. -- = Bese ox oe = Hobe aoe pee cannon ence 1281
Norwegian Order of St. Olaf. (See Baird,S.F.; Henry, Joseph.)
Decree of chancery court in favor of United States. (See Court of chancery.)
ommomiraush, Grant TOUCSs. 9222... - 22 252.2. oot 2c eee Sadtuaes stad sponse sceetee ie eit 963
Deering, N.C.:
UP fe 20h DY GTEC CTY le a a ee eee ee 870, 1853
PERIIMIECICN Upto ond nk. as ee tee ae noe Sac Mase opat ls aa vene tase sane eae 928 +
Detreess)..:, letter to, on documents for Exchanges ..-. .222..-2--22t sscees-s-ese--2 5220222 976+
De la Batut. (See La Batut.)
Delafield, Richard:
fs pve tui PU YES TROHE | See ee Se oe eee SE oe ee Se ae AN a eae 657, 658+, 1854
REC Meee oh can won a sbee a cocicts ane ae eos Sn acte oe on naes US ea eewe en 681+, 682+
MiMlne rT nnOn MLN. aGuOrney, SOrVICOS Of =. --2-0 25-6 s2-- ssn saen soe Seenansias ste eel Dee 15, 19, 20, 27, 41
Delano, Columbus, Secretary of Interior, honorary member of the Establishment- -------.-- 1850
EPI TE EEROLL AT Ee EE OLI ce Sc acess Skee es SEES ee et AI lobe sess foes Eid ool, e184
Democratic national convention, proposed use of National Museum building LOT. tRees 828
Sdn PSIG IPQ. Sa eee I ee ee oe ee a ee 166
eens rie hx plorin eH xpedition WOrks for... 223.2. 2:55.02 2 csees sso sees ees senses eect sue 320
Dennison, William, Postmaster-General, member of the Establishment-------.--.--.--.-.._- 1848
Denver. (See Expositions.)
Departments, Government. (See Exchanges; Documents; Executive Departments.)
Deposit of Smithsonian securities in Treasury vaults- .....--..-.--..--.------------------ 1685-1687
Maposiioriog of puplie documents; bill for. 22222-2326 (iS esas Stee os ose ee nse 918
eLives Go:,) oll of charges of,,in Smithson suitjsie: oe 222 Sag ho een eee ke 74
Derby sotaven, bill of charges of, in Smithson swit:---.2. -220 2-222. esc seeb esse oes Beene 74,91
Deby LA CSS SS Oe ee ee Or ne Re a ae 660
Mpmoncenay Mi. i: clerk, National Museumets sie. -<- 322s. es cecee oc tsec cee es eco: oe oak 1598
BEsmontitrd:.watcnman, National Museum 2 25.222 soe se noe nee ent ea ee 8 9B
PII Er Vata ee = o's a at Saws aa ce Meek So acd eee a eset eee Sagas 881
EEN GLIGIY Ne fae a Osh shoes ce ceme tae aeet ta ubdes on besen us eee eee a eta Muses 824.
Devens, Charles:
Attorney-General, member of the Establishment. --...-.-.--..-----.---------- ------------ 1849
RE RL DONEC ee te a2 santana caer Seana Jaa sac Josens aces SB see eee, See See ee 1274, 1854
Pech eEG apVOMbMON Gass. Sasa-s2tos eset eeeet Oat seen Sa le sos Gee ee ~ 1274
FERRO. 22 3d See aoe he Sees Bhs) ad ae ye Sogo 8 penton od. 127
(DS ep Seles COA Cd OC a Sa, Se ends Oe See ote 1563, 1566, 1692, 1693, 1739
Dewey, George, letter from, on services of Joseph Henry to Light-House Board -.-.-____- 807, 809

aT faa CeeaeaE RUE Ce ere a as Oy cee ITS OED See Se et So ee oe Boe oe i ae, IRIR
Hettentovon nundine tor Geological Survey= o--<=-=-<2..- bees ee sn ee se ee es 7

ReIM RR By oes eee -t Seek ee 1206, 1207 +, 1208, 1210+, 1211+, 1214+, 1215+, 1216, 1218, 1335, 1337
RODORIDYiaease em ee ea eae eee et atae away cae Saee ne shu ae eeeee sol 1174, 1269, 1275, 1308, 1347
Dickinson, Don M., Postmaster-General, member of the Establishment -_.....-.............. 1848
BERIT Es Se AO LOSON Led Pe uLbiON. secon a2 oe wa alee ee sees Seekers Steves Seated ee eS 428

Dickinson, Henry James, alias Henry James Hungerford. (See Hungerford, Henry James. )
Dickinson, Henry Louis:

Seorbeobhnysinyories pow evat verte jo Kew bial 512400] a ei a eae a a a ec ere es 113
INBEALOIOGTNOTILOOND Ve mini hsOM — ed = ase hock ~ ee oils oc RE eee 55
JAMcr PIiibHson exOCuUOT Ol ss: So. se) bee i he et SG ek ee seed ceed 34
Pcie cco phier Ofseritt OSOle ese a knee S55 2s 8 a ere ee ce, Boe vn US Soe 5
PPrappriyeor, inherited. by his son, H..J. Hungerford | .2- .es28 sae seni ae 8 eer 8 keeles 6
VAM STE oo 2 nq ge oe a Gees eet Se i See ee Aa eee SE ee 19, 31, 32, 34,35
(See also Hungerford, Henry James.)
Hipes Cc aneiesson oar National Mise ui sass Soascrd at 3s Seeds Se a Seenic oon ose bee e 5 1598
Diggs, M.S., clerk, Ra roe SOUR ene ee as oa a he oe ele sii yt a yt.) TOS
Dimmock, George, memorial by, for purchase of Glover’ s entomological work ins nee eons Spal 817
Ae DLC Een PISO Ue rOMI RTO IDV. aso os bs eed ot bee AO So one un ee awh eweietne 1004+,
1006, 1539, 1556, 1604, 1605, 1628, 1671, 1737+, 1776+-, 1777+, 1781, 1782+-
Dinwiddie, William, Bureau of Ethnology.-.--.--.--..-. ee A et edt Cd 1540
Diplomas. (See Expositions.)
Uipeelotsatey mic (Cloraish ey ew oe ek OR 2 ce Se pe A ee ee oe eee oe ee rn ae ae ee Ee PS 7 |

HS Doe -732——- 119

1890 INDEX.

Disbursement of appropriations by Congress: Page.
For National Museum in charge of Smithsonian Institution -_..........-__- 1248, 1249, 1253, 1257
Us .Made by Smithsonian Institution and refunded by Department of Interior previous
to IBID ie sche 2.2 LE SE ns ee eee ee 1013, 1249, 1252
Made direct by Department of Interior from 1873 to 1888 _.-...-.....-.-__- 1018, 1014+, 1252
For Smithsonian Institution bureaus, to be by disbursing clerk of Smithsonian Institu-
tion 2-2. Ses ote Se ae ee a es eee eee = hosst ent ans Scetes Benes See 1253
Disbursements, Smithsonian, to be:certified tog. ----2 - 4-5. ss-- ees See eee xxv, 431
Disbursing agent, clerk, or officer:
Department of Interior, National Museum accounts paid by --:_-.-----.------ 1014+ , 1249, 1252
Geological: Survey = 22a ree eee oe een 1269, 1808
Smithsonian Institution, bond of W. W: Karr =-22-2-2-2-- o--es ee 1484, 1700
; Zoological Park appropriations paid by ---.......-..-- 1357, 1415, 1443
Treasury Department, appropriation for T. J; Hobbs-c<---- - .2- cs-c- see eee 915
Disbursing officers, Government; bond of <2 £2 26 222e 5. tse Bee eee ee 1700
Distribution—
Of Smithsonian reports, account of 2... 227220 scks ee eee eee ne eee 924

Of specimens. (See National Museum duplicate specimens.)
District of Columbia: ;
Aqueduct and water supply -.....-------------------- 1187, 1188, 1189, 1192, 1198, 1204, 1391, 1892, 1469

Attorney for: s22i02 222 25S tLe he SL ee Ra ce = ee ee 1341
Benefits to land owners, bill to prevent assessment for..--....-----.------ .--------------- 1808
Commissioners "of 2-22 tose ei ce a Ba See ee ee ee 921
fireproofing Smithsonian Institution building, letter on, to --..______ 892

report on, by ----.-- 892, 893

President of, report of Zoological Park Commission by ---...__-. 1342, 1343

site for Washington exposition to be selected by_-_-_.... 1038

Rock Creek Park, controliof, by 2-22-2252 2225 12-22 ea eee 1307

status of, as officers of the United States <- ---:-2s-222....-22--2.2.222 800

Woodley Park, estimate for, by 22:£-J.-. ciascesiecet sa cee- oo

Zoo railway, report against, by 22.24 2022-5 td ee eee 1561

Goniivas: the local legislature for: <--.2< -<fSesseee isi See cae 5s sees eee ee 133, 187, 396
treats generously. _ 2222. -< 3222-3 tate Sacks oso css eewtcods 2a eee 1480

Courts, expenses Of 2.6 226s -ewies oon Shei cases eds aed San eee ee 1393
DGG OF ceence tee eee eee ee a elem oe ne ee ee a ane 1188, 1189, 1384
Entitled to representation .-.-.-..<- << 62s anno 5 coc p ee erence eenes eee oa eee See eee 1386
Exponditures or, 1800-1871 -: ... 22k os ces co rio Se ateeese cone Go sta ae ee ae 1371
TEXPONSOS OF ooo sen ooo ces ween ss casas ea oa a Sees Oe ee a ee a 1479
Fire department, recommendation by, for fire plugs for Smithsonian Institution -.--_. 1667
Government and officers of <2... c2csccc2 ct os 5 secede a seen wee ee eee 1670, 1671
Government Of 5-~.- 5 -- 2s see ete = eee easier ec acne HE anes Cassa ene ee Oe on ee 1397
in copartnership with United States Government ---. 1190, 1191, 1366, 1369, 1371

military feature Of: . 2 -.22..-5-ngecc 5 5~ ends Shs a sbcsenses See Pe 1)

not in the residents _§-)<i.s.c2c5..- bo eas ho eee

Governor of, member of the Establishment.-.-.--.........----.-----..----- 724, 725, 767, 1677, 1850
onice of, abolished <...c5 ee eee eee 1680, 1681, 1682, 1684, 1685, 1851

Regent ex officio of Smithsonian Institution.-.......-..-.---.-- 689, 725, 1851, 1852
Incorporation. .Of 2--~- ~ .52 cae cae se awer on ae wee ro aoa ae ee Se ee
of colleges in 223222402 eae. Pe ta eee tee ae cee n ae eee ae ate \evenn eae see 174

Militia of, account Of ... 222 5... 2825 2 eca Seoett Soon ee Soen ceee es beeen see ne ee ee
armory building for:t: 2 -oSSSoS Seas ek eae ee eee 599, 1233, 1310

proposed use of National Museum building by, March, 1881-_--.....--.--..-...- 829
Obligations of, to the United States -~....... 22. .22- 2220 Ri test eee wee ee 1189
People of, no rights of citizenship <<. .-.. [2.25222 .-45 cscctaeeea senses 2 oenee ee asen See 1462
Power of Government to found institution or university in--..........---.-------- 128, 1389, 141
Preservation of game in, act for 2:2. -)5 Sco ce etese aden w once ecosde ensuee deste ee eee eee 1826
Proposed loan from ‘Government to’. 252-305-228 5. 228-- 5. secs ecss oe Foe eeee == see 1294
Repents from: -222-- ==... ..dsacenean et entwose aera ae cnoe Coe ene seca na see eae 1854
Rock Creek Park expenses, one-half to be paid by -.-.........-------. ------ --0- ewoscu ence 1307
map to be filed in records Of) =. ces 22 ees eee ee sevewe 1303

Smithson bequest not made to 2. sscrc25 ssal ccsene pecs ses eee e sees ae aes vanseeeee 1i7
Supreme court of, to decide on lands for national park---.--...-..------.--------- 1107, 1108, 1304
Taxation in: icc. .2-2s- <.- ccccnusdcnwabchenuse cubes Cane snece eas Che aoe eee -- 1370, 1464, 1465
United States to be regarded AS PAarels patric Of 22 ovtes 25-22 oe eee e---- 129,187, 188, 141

Zoological Park, establishment in. (See Zoological Park.)
(See also Committee on the District of Columbia. )
Divinity school not to be established in Smithsonian Institution ..-..---.-.------------------ 417

INDEX. 1891

Dix J. A.: Page.
Appointed on committee on Smithson bequest -.-....-..-------.-2. 22-22. --- ee eee eee eee 427
PER ON CEGs NER OM Als sees Jc caos5 2-552 205k de saeua as shuaea iene see aesacconcestinsens wetns 427
Peay i |ENy Seek Set ee Ae ee oe ee ae eee ee dhe | N52 5S EASE TY ee oe ee 427
Secretary of Treasury, member of the Establishment. --.....-----:.--.-------------.----- 1847

Dixon, James:

PRSETUTEE SUES cist a aid aed oo ee oe I and eo an Bote went tose Sane nacanea nae 628+ , 629-+, 630+
IE RTE Wie totaal sree aa ee eas vee Sa Sain aaa to oer eee ck on ene nes ae eee 628

Uiffond, ISS) eee See ee ee a eee ee Ee aor Seen eee ey See Bees oy 1288

Dobbin, J. C., Secretary of Navy, member of the Establishment -...... .-..-..-.--------- 566, 1848

Dock Company, St. Catherine’s, charges to Mr. Rush on Smithson money -..---....-------- 96

Dockery, A. M
SE eae aa aaa t am gee Mae San gee se oe ie Se ee ese tS 1670, 1698
Letter from, on condition of business in Executive Departments.-.....-.....-.-.......- 1699
fanberiLO. if LOltON LO Neotel MORO 896 2 reson wee a san a2 ose weeleedaaleceato 1698, 1700
Remarks by -~---- Beate aoe asd 1008, 1004, 1355, 1867 +-, 1594, 1896+ , 1897+4-, 1425, 1428+, 1482+, 1646

Documentary history of Smithsonian aaa, DUINGIN Ole ee a ee eee eK ce ii, 850

Documents, Government:

Gompilation of laws relative to, proposed ..- . - 2... = .-- 223 -o gan So stta ea. cesses eos 917,918
oo ST) el i)s noo BELL SE Ee Eee ene pee ee Sa Bre See ee eee enor 501, 608
Destroyed by fire at Smithsonian Institution. ---...-....-----. --------- 222-2 eee ee ees eens 643
UR ETETMEREN END ENC) bones Sis ne woh oh ioc een a hr an ES ee re a te eRe tL Ee 220,

434, 467, 487, 503, 608, 666, 667, 680+, 724, 791 +-, 869, 918, 968, 1225, 1635, 1670, 1695, 1697
Exchanges. (See Exchanges, international, documents.)

Franking privilege for Smithsonian Institution --....-......-....-.-.---...---------- xxvi, 500,
4 501, 699, 767, 768, 815, 819, 901+-, 1746
HGRERCILE DOA LOPE CUAN EOS tari ait tan wale eam to dane etna s Bcaewiee cas ane See 699, 961, 1635
Library of Congress. (See Library of Congress, documents. )
PinwoL mot lLurnished. for Pxchanres... 252. 5.02 sop lo tones Sed has oak metenk ses e ce! 977
Orivinal, not to be removed from Washington ._._..-..---_.--.--.-- -2--2) 2222. sees ee 1122
Prinbinmand distttoubing, law tor. — Ja bee. 25 aah nese eee eat se che Sees eh oI. 2. eek 1695
Printing of, costing more than $500 to be by concurrent resolution ----...-..------------ 1123
IN VeESbIS ATION INGO = socks oe coaeen sotens sage Swoon eee eae ences Se Se Bt
Relative to origin and history of Smithsonian Institution--_-----...--..-.-------------.-- li, 769
Reports of Executive Departments, restrictions relative to--....-..--..-..-.-------- 268, 1544
(St Lone So eG 1)0)S 60s Wie ee ee ee eee sea i Sys Sar ee Tes Oe ar _ 918
Smithsonian Institution to receive copies of—
PLAT iigtee solved Ol; CONE CSSac sen ccdsee soon 22 a ceo sea Se SRS 724
Bread SETS ROOT RS set ne east Se a Pad eee Nate Sos os ne a so ae eee) 480
aniemean) Historical ASSOcIablon TOpOrh.: self. 2822) ue nee (ee eee See =-5 -5- 1696
ESPADA TC OM ROSS so te ac Mee oie wate Ge ee ata sean Se en ae aa nse uc te ames 480
USGT DEE TEE eae] yey ee SS ee ee eae ae ema Toe meee T9L, 1696
Catalogue, Descriptive, of Government Publications.-....-----..----.----------.----- 968
(BA CTOAMONGL HOCOLG sos. 2: aeee ne sos noses ae eae SEE Tee El a oeehe sees a 791, 1696
Documents relative to Smithsonian Institution .:--.---...--..-------.-----+.----------- ii, 769
RAO VOOM TT NU MOUS (UO in a ona oa a ewan at tae el a cena a oP OE a ere ce 811
Report of Bureau of. (See Ethnology.)
Pecploriicy Bex podldOnWORWS ciq.s0 cease soln ice comin ewe eee e nts ae wasa eee ee 469, 470, 687
Geological and geographical reports of the Territories _--_...-.-..-.-..---.---.---.-- 791
Grey or CEMeRt HO) la Cks HIS. nase soca ae atin sacs. onan ee Soham needed Maken ou ot cat ae Sk 792
ISR ERT UU OER NORE: hae oan ere oa ace er ioe oe oe Sted oe ta rie Satan nee co ee teen S 480
ghee) (EUG ee ye feite) On eat ae Se ee OR a aE 792
EUR ARGIOTT Cy aid Soles ae Sa ss Si eee Be ans ee ee ae SE Ss ee NSE ae de 2 eee 503
Dire yy Otek th SOBSION so as seis oa 5t/se a edb ees eeiteee es lee iice ceetk 791
(OE ECDIN LE 2 5 (Sy Peron Df otk Pere USC) Ee EN ‘791, 1696
CONG SEE CEN EPSUG LEAT EE dS SY Een Pe Sea ee te gen ina. a A Dene SR eee ee Lee 487
TERIAG 2 2-2 nclice cod See Bee Se ee ee 0 791, 1225, 1670, 1695

‘Report of National Museum. (See National Museum report.)
of Smithsonian Institution. (See Report, annual, of Smithsonian Institution.)

Revined Stanners ana stip plOMOnts! = tos. cos lsses aa cess Sees so kee ke ebebeese 791, 869

SLES GUE TELST FO S200 Oo ee ee erie: Soe en aa ee 791

PR CRURE Lerten RIED oct otto aa cot ona we eo us wees Osa ao od Cee eaeaas bosons co awe 724, 791, 1695

SUL THTMEPERCE: OER TI iad AS] a7 ne eee ee LT cs ei 2 Bae ee ee ee 791
Superintendent of, distribution by, of National Museum bulletins and proceedings,

IBM DONG Ret <2 Sosa ho meee a OE Oo Baad ons be ane samen eee 1814

distribution to designated depositories by......--.-.------..- Rissse2° 1695

Documents. (See aiso Exchanges, International.)

1892 INDEX.

Page.
Dodge,A\C: motion DY. ~<- 45s a- awe east a te ee ee eS eee 487
Dodge, C. R., indorses Glover's entomological work _. ~... --.-.-- ----222ce5-acoecc-oeenee 816, 817
Dolan, J. J., watchman, National Museum 72222: 2p cen oe ean ee 1598
Dolland,,George, instrument maker. o.2%5<22-2222-t=2_ 6: eee ee ee eee 212
Dolph, J. N.:
Appointed on Committee on University of United States_......-...---.--.-----.--...---- 1531
Remerks DY) n= as oe ee re we ere ee eer 11164, 1117, 1118+
Resolution, Dy o-s52=c22020 2S = ea ee a ee noe eek ee a eee asia een ee 1041, 1116
Donations to Smithsonian Institution, act to authorize receipt of-....-------.-.-_--------.---- 1685
Donnan, W. G.:
Remarks MD. = 22sec woo 8 eae eae ae a ae ae a eee eee ee 722+, 723+
IFS efor MY Oh eee ee Sn 39 5 ees Se Be ae oe SS oo ee eas SSeS Sn 722
Resolution (bY .22..<~ 22 sete ae Se cae ates alae ce Beane ee ee es 723
Doolittle, W. H., remarks by ---------- --- Beinn nese een cece eee Stee 6 ae se 1648
Dorsey, :G. Wel: jhemarks iby 2222: 53-5 =. Vile aoc et kt SS iitec. ~- 285 - ee en eee 1126
Dorsey, J. O.,. bureau of Wihnology =. 2 .0-- -2-2-- 28-- eo we oe oe 1540
Douglas, S. A.: B
Bill. motion or resolution Dy; .--.- a= an ee ee ee ee ae ee 422+, 601, 609+
(CLOTH SEY 0) eV a Pe gen = ee Ree mee SOE wee ae ere ne oe 5 Se Sette 514, 553
FUGP QUE UDO OUN TCO sa oan a rn 5027609, 1852
of Smithsonian Institution: —* =. = 236.c eee = es ee ee 567
Ted even eel gl fesif] Oe) ey Se SR Be ee ee oe ee ee eae ea er ete oe yale 524, 527+, 531, 622, 623
Douglass, J. W., report of Zoo Park commission --.... Sips v Sesh. ite See ee 4 eee eet 1337, 1342
Doulton, Messrs. :
Group /of “America ftom)... 2-22 9 on oe ee anne ee gaa dlo neon eee wea ee ee eee 766
Vases, tiles, and mosaics from —2 253-2 202-22 che saasc se seteee ee 766
D’Oultremont, Count, Belgian commissioner, Philadelphia exposition. ---...----...--------- 762

Drawings for Government reports to relate to public business_-...-_ _-----...-.-.-.--.. 1268, 1544
Drummond, Charles:

Claims'of De la Batut considered by... 2-. 2.25. 2-22 .--2 28 Shet -oa ee eee See ee 30,31
Costs’ of, In Smithson suit. s.cxess sc eehe se 35 ee ees Rees Se ee 58, 73, 74
Will of. Smithson proved by -< 2.---.- =. 22 seen Sos Pero ee ee eee ee 11,13

Drummond, Charles, v. Hungerford, H. J., suit of ..-...---.-...--.. 7,12, 13,34, 57, 58, 59, 66, 70, 72, 76
Drummond, Charles, v. President United States, parties in Smithson suit..----.-..-.--.-... 20,
21, 23, 25, 26, 32, 38, 56, 57, 70, 71, 72, 92

Drummond, Messrs oor on <—ee nn oe a e 81,92
Bankers of Smithson. ..22<=-- =. o.:<- 3225-5. a aeeee newer nooo] ee eee Se iF}
Counselappeared Jor . 222.2525 ban gt ap ene eee enor er ewes eae ee a1

of, allowed claim. of United States -...22<.t 2.2 55 see See eee 51

iixecutors;0Ol SOUENSOR is 2-020 s-=stee eee ae cen ee oe eae ee 5,126, 127, 180
Dublin (Observatory, ... =~. - 2 -s-s2ses=n0 sees atten ee oe eee eee et oe eee ee 212
Park onocti csc pcmck cacous uct ue manage ses Coe See at we ee Re eee

Duell, R. H., Commissioner of Patents, member of the Establishment---.........-....------ 1849
Duke of Cambrides . 05. - .2- see 5s. ut ae ee cine eae ee Ae eee ea ne 569
Duke. of, Northumberland ... 02-5522 .ats2 5 gens as anos one 131, 218, 335+, 496, 550, 656, 1186
Father of James Smithson. .-.-=. -< 5 eieuss2 3-5. coe-b ees Stee en sae a ee ee 54, 55
Dike of Somersots~ == 2—3-=.- -~5 =o ieeece Gaetan eee = ewan ane A a 54, 496, 550
Duke of Veragua, invited to Chicago Exposition! 221. -2-ss.22- oe honor cae 1586, 1590

Dunbam, R.W.. remarks by ---.- <2 --< 22-.as-5 2225555 be oe aoc cue EL ee ee ee ee ee
Dunn; Poindexter... 2.2... 2-4 2k ono seta ae see anne eac oes 2 eee een eee ee eee
Remarks Dyes- a= aoe =~. = sae ec asee eee eee 1048+, 1049+ , 1050+ -, 1051, 1052, 1056, 1180+, 1216
Report. Dy n2= secea section a oss S5 cet ese eee ete omen pee esascem Sy aaa he ae oe ae eee ee rrrD
Dunne, Peter, watchman, National Museum.<-_..-.. ------22<.-2505--5-onseeee ae eae
Dunnell, M. H.:

Ball DY, coda o ces ee mete nc os wcpope Boece eee S Seer aee eee Se eee ae ee oe eoe
iPvoreet Wilds )] 0 ae ee = tee Rie ea te eee cae 845+, 846, 847, 848, 849, 850-++
Duplicates— 4
In: Library of Congress, exchange of, authorized): 2-22 55222222 25225 Beh ee es eee 220
In National Museum. (See National Museum, duplicate specimens. )
Burborrow, A.C. resoltttion. by... -zesccasece cules coo cenceee te see serene, See a eee 1662
Duties, customs, for National Museum supplies: .::-..-----~-=--=-<- ---=--espees= ase as 1323, 1324, 1827
Duty free on all.Government and State exchanges-......-.------.-222€ s<c2s)- f2--e)= =e see eeen eee 466
(See also Expositions. )
Dyer, M.:C., clerk, National Museum 2... 2.2. 2..-2-.-cs-ces+- 52) = Baeeote == 5 ee ee ee 1598
Dying Gladiator, statue.of, lost in Smithsonian fires: 3.2405. 22226252 eboe -a- 5 Poon 643
Dyson, BR. H. G.) lettertrom, on educational bills 25s ee eee aa ee eee 1362

Harl of Bllosmerey 22. see oe ps jas 5 2s hoc w ope sees toe seca nes coe ees eee ee eee eae ee 570

ee

INDEX. 1893
Page.
BPEEON A FeLOU Macnee esc = eet eer Somatic a= Sa Gre ace e Sau eaL tere Come ese oe eee acta t meeconees 703, 746
STOR NVM NV ee LOMAT RS) Dra cent nanos EASE oh OB es ole sdk bess eete eae cce ceeen aeoees rene 840
TED cli PSUS PaaS Oe ye ee Bp en a a eRe 1563, 1566, 1692, 1693, 1739
Ecclesiastical States, Exploring Expedition works for.-_.....---..---.-------.---------------- 320
Ecuador, Government of, Exploring Expedition works for ._.._.....--.----------------.----- 468
Eden, J. R.: ,
RHC Na Vis eee ered eer ee seeks SoU eet hs sol ee A lessees eee ees 775, 788
SEPA LUGS eee en ee eee wen acer on nace eee sen pane sone ewan ea ees cease eee 792,811
PaB LE ene OPO SOLVBNOR Yeo ase cesar ae os) Gane nnn vies see ue Voces esacks Sedu seeeNaebeos seeues 212
Piipigienicis Guy 222. ee et os ccc e ee 952, 1060), 1064+-, 1085+, 1087 +, 1089, 1101, 1102, 1172, 1174+, 1569
Appointed on Committee on University of United States_-...--....--....-.-.-----.------ 1531
eer ECS EaNHA OOF Dore a sess eee ee erie ce eat ean ee ule ee eaw/ dees ensue cone 825, 1045, 1106, 1530
Menor to, Ony berlin prize:to ETOLessor maird — 222.5 220022248 obi leee see oe ee 827
btn TE Say Revs sTone Snip Colts) caso ape ee eee = li ee i a eee 1056, L082
Pred ent. pro compore Senate, RGPONbs 2.22 .--. 222 ~ccsdnseossce-s oo oot wih ales as ed 1852
Enea renicis py ga eens nee Se as ot Sea el hes 2h ies Seek Sosa enki ze 778, 784, 822, 825, 835,853,
919+, 938, 941, 942, 949+, 953, 957, 967, 970, 971-+-, 1010+, 1046, 1056, 1060, 1061+, 1100, 1107+,
1108, 1109, 1171, 1172+, 1173+-, 12214-, 1222+4-, 1223, 1277+, 1288, 13825-+-, 1358, 1369, 1536, 1542
Sonatinmeneon ts lp pOmeeG 22.5.5. 2 ako ose eae ae oe eee Sees conn cuneate oe see eek 869, 1852
declined: appointment=_<-=---- ===! =2.22--4. ees Wie Bh hte 2 869, 870
Education, agricultural, application of Smithson bequest to promote. (See Smithson
bequest. )
Education, Bureau of:
Collections of Government in, to be used by students--......----..-------.--.-------2---. 1596
RPE Ra peet een oe Soke Re maa oe eee aed: vaenes eneethony. biog eNaeees Bae 1147
* - Foreign exhibits at Philadelphia Exposition given to -___---...-...----..!------------- 751, 752
Education, Commissioner of:
Privileges of floor of House of Representatives proposed for .___..-_---------.---------- 11382
Proposed as member of board of managers of annual lecture course_-_--_--.-.-__------- 893
member of Establishment for sociological institution-----..__._-__.._--_-- 1761

regent of University of United States -......_-.----.-.-.------ 1629, 1655, 1658, 1828
Education, Department of: ‘
Connection of wath American University: 3.<-. 822255232 2 ee eed. . See 1588
iEnposed Lor Smithsonian; Institution: s-- 2-2 <252- 2.222225 8-2 -o un -nne so booe -paeae Gaebes-teacuy| 7408
Education—

Friends of, memorial by, for establishment of Smithsonian Institution .__.__..____------ 428
NpinO byech Ol SMmiIbhsons DEQUERL = - sto2-5 eee 2232622) Boe ee a ee 189, 191, 192, 193
Offa Batut’s children elaimed'from Smithson estate) =-- 22. -22--4 .. 222 lake 2oeb-2 ke OSL
Promoted by Smithsonian Institution ___. .-.-__--.--.-- Pe pe ke PE ee, 5 Re eae 1170
Hdgvationa! convention, Tlinois, memorial by. /524 222-232 oA ee ee cece desk ey “509
Edwards, W. H., letter from, approving Glover’s work .....-..-----..-.--- ------------+----- 816
Egypt, exhibits from, at Philadelphia Exposition given to United States _____.___.--...__-- 763
Paginas! (Cleverka nie Gitot cle She ey een eee ee te Ceo ot RO SU NOE pe aie cL eee aE Ree rm eG 801

Electric telegraph. (See Telegraph. )

Electrical Exposition. (See Expositions, Philadelphia. )

Electrical service. (See National Museum, heating and lighting.)

Elkins, Stephen B., Secretary of War, member of the Establishment ____.._...-----.....-... 1848

LDN) Thy Ge as 2k io) NRE eee: en eS ee Dene np OO anes ae eT wk ee gee [re Pores peaterye he Pi 1037
RGrE am Ma Dy cases fae ator cs oe ca ae se ee tee oN Ree Oe Spee wie ee ee ats A eR oe 87
LOPE Marere a TS 6 | bie. a I rg eGR ey pee nae ee ee ee Sa AS ERT MS Le ACN pene S Bw Orne OWN Spa Pet Ree 1012
PERT Dr 2 See a SR DRE a ie AE Rares os Cs BID 5 a ae ho EPS 238, 239

EM BESon Hhiste, RESO IMODI DY = ceeetees ne Soe oes wee ee se, SE oe SES AGG
Emery, M. G., mayor of Washington:

WMemiboronunor tis ta Omansiente setae el Se. 5 Soe Tepes Be SE LSS Oy bel Ze Ce 1849
See paer ea ene eek eee i eee I ea ey Selle 0 Le ee 1852
Employees, Government:
MEmORIGHH DREHCOTACL Totty] te ot ith eee) Ee oo es ed ee 1826
[LESS GU, SURV REL GRO Tet pce coe eS Les eae ae re RL lg CT 5s 3 pS, Oe Oe he OO ec 1596
in Astrophysical Observatory, Exchanges, National Museum,and Zoological
TERT ep Be she Be es SARIN IS 28 Ee pe a a 2 Ec os oe 1597-1600
IPrCpenenta Lor paying Oxira amount tO 2 <2 2-2 2.- soe eet we ok eee dee eeee 1075, 1080
Employees in charge of Government collections in Patent Office retained by Smithsonian
Inept sala ra, se 2 SE el a Oo LS, | A ae Aer eer ELIE Eat 1014
of Library of Congress for Smithsonian Institution._.....-....-----------------. 662
Imereasen. estima ees an~ 22245. necpapeenaesceceee 945
Employees of Smithsonian Institution bureaus, civil service extended to_..-..-.----.--- 1767-1769

duties of, under civil service .......... 1767-1769

1894 INDEX.

Page
Employees of Smithsonian Institution bureaus, leaves of absence of ---.--..-. -------- safer 1825
salaries of... =. 25255 Rese eee 433, 726, 1030, 1837
DrOVIided TOM o26 -.seates See are e ee eee Xxiii, 433
TOMOVALOl. P69. Foe eee te eeeeeeeE ee XxXiii, 433,563 -
Employees. (See also Ethnology; Exchanges; Geological Survey; National Museum.)
Endicott, W.C.,Secretary of War:
Letters to and from,on Astrophysical Observatory -.---.--...-.-.------------ v---+----- 1271, 1272
Member:of-the Bstablishment -~--22.--s220-seecvcseeadso dase cae asso eee Soe ee wees 1848
Engineer commissioner, Distriet of Columbia... ....2-5-- so sss0se-5---2 25 eee eee 1303, 1453
Engineer Corps, United States Army ---.-.--------.--.--- 644, 797, 798, 826, 907, 1043, 1301, 1453, 1501, 1557
Engineer in charge of public buildings and grounds to select site for Washington exposi-
SiON eS So wacko saere le keke ee ae E Sse lee Soe ane SSS Ee ee 1038
Engineers, Chief of. (See Chief.)
England:
Américan Minister 0.2. o2c52 2 o22ccssecden was. wots fees ese ete re ep nee soe eee 514
Crown of, joined in lawsuit for Smithson bequest -........-------------=-----222-cee-seees tf
Exchange treaty. not ratified by 22.25 2282 Sot os ee es es gaan ee eee oes 1147, 1703
King of, George TEL £95 22 24 tos Sas aA Ce ee Ce Ae ee ce 131
Fiaws Of, on DOCUCStS2 =~... 22-22 con eee teense se cctee bees ore ne ane eeeeeee ees Ee eane eee eee 14
Population and wealth of, increased'.-..2-.- 2. 2-20 2.ce See eee ane neen on te cee 37
Pine lish W Me. So 2 ee ee Os See _. See: 2B Eee Scere ene 592
Member of Board. of Reprents. .....~- 52. -----2 -~-- foc no eos eae ae oe oe 567
of Building Commission of Smithsonian Institution ----.....-...---..----------. 567
MOOR DY = <2! uc eccans casscincln Sacthes Sober n eo aoe ae eee Seen ameee 503, 506, 507, 536+ , 537, 600, 605
Regent, AYPOMbed =. 222.542 sc52 hens danke a ccawelacemocse eee sua ease ee eee 502, 601, 604, 609, 1853
(ROMARPES PY 2ocsac0. co: cc cswae Woges Se Oe Cae ee. eee eee 503, 507+, 536, 537, 5#4
Englishmen, political sympathies Of -...-- ~.---Soehdensseaa-mea-oe aoe cas eee ee en eee! 55
Eneraying and Printing, Bureau of 2.22 ~ 222222 22toe se. 2sa eee 835, 908, 1132, 1639, 1671+, 1747, 1748
(See also Expositions. ) :
Engravings:
For Government reports to relate to public business --.-.-.....---.------------------ 1268, 1544
Marsh collection of, saved from fire at Smithsonian Institution.-.....---..------.--- $a iG
Smithsonian collection of, transferred to Library of Congress _-..-..---.--------------.. 677
Binloey; BoA 2 i wevcact ss tenccc cape pases meeeeas ne secant eee ee eee 1427, 1438, 1460, 1487
Motion or resolution by -.c-~~ 2. wnccece 5. wenn ood ae ees Wet She eee Se eee aa eee 1416+, 1455
Remarks by 22.2 ee eee ite! 1215, 1416+, 1417+, 1418+, 1419+, 14204, 1421+, 1422+,
1423+, 1442+, 1443, 14444, 1445+, 14464, 1447+, 1448+, 1449+, 1450+, 14514-, 14554, 1601+
Entomological collection, operas of; proposed, statistics of. 6-22. sored 2 cee saeeeeeneee 1547
Entomological Commission:
Miustrations for reports of. ..-2...% ..-.inge+ ene dees acoses homed ooo ee ee ene ee ee 929
Memorial ‘by, for purchase of Glover plates?-2) 2.2 eit Gos se ste ee een eae ee 817
Entomological Plates. (See Glover.)
Entomology, debate'on appropriation for «22... 2a eee bee ee 968-976
Equipment and Recruiting, United States Navy, Bureau of -_-.....-..---..-------------- 1259, 1262
Escheats, doctrine of 22... - 2.2. sooo. ek a, Se ek a eS ee eee 21, 22
Espy, J. P.:
Meteorolopical services of! 22.4.2. 25 iL oe Re eee eee 487 +, 507-511, 604, 608
Printing Teportiol, .- <a 2 Se case Sep beens secon eee einen ee se Se ee 603
Essays, prizes for, proposed for Smithsonian Institution -_.-...--.--.------------------ ---000 389
Establishment of Smithsonian Institution:
Meetings Of f2e-e-e ences. sno ce looes ceee rep een ee enka eee re eee eee eee XXiii, 433, 434, 1678
Members of ------ S55 = ies Xxi, 429, 566, 567, 724, 725, 767, 1452, 1677, 1680, 1681, 1685, 1689, 1847

Estimates to be sent direct from Smithsonian Institution to Secretary of ‘the Treasury .... 1250

Estimates. (See also Army Medical Museum; Catalogue, International, of Scientific Lit-
erature; Ethnology, Bureau of; Exchanges, International; Fish Commission; Geological
Survey; National Museum; Astrophysical Observatory; Smithsonian Building; Zoolog-
ical Park. ) :

Ethnology, Bureau of:

Aippropristions.2.2se-2-.- = oe SURES Se Re re ret Fae ee ee oe 818, 841,-859-
865, 870+, 871, 932+ , 981+, 1045+, 1540, 1541, 1542+, 1551+, 1616+, 1676+, 1697, 17094-, 1813+

Arrears of business in; report OD aces ssecc- cou see ee See ede Se nee a ree 1699, 1700
Bulletins ort 3°) Roe 2th... S eee A ee ee repre ae 909, 1002, 1003-1008, 1122, 1123
Collections of, in National Maseue: oes asin arenes oe as ae AE ree - 1228, 1320
to bemsed by students .2 2: cei 2s. Aeon eS See Se eee 1596
Disbursements for py Smithsonian Institution see 2 oon eae beeeee eee eee 1250, 1690
Employees of, appointed by secretary of Smithsonian Institution ---..-...---.---------- 1540

lenves of Bbsencé’Of 2.2.58... ok fe ncca on ccentocs op ccucemecbanmeneeee Sane 1825

INDEX. 1895

Page.
Ethnology, Bureau of—Continued.
BL Oye Oe Ol hls tates erie es ere ene en onme win sienna assem pew SS ab siwne on ann mass Sade mos en dee 1540
RAIRIORIO EEN ES ee cig t ake oe Sock Sok aoe aw iecealeadeeeas tn bessoedaeee see O80
MMR OrctI Ser wlio pes fa sete a cl a. Ss ao wcwe deheennosaceae gunna be Gabeeeeae 1768
Metablishment of, wigviry and roport ON: .~ << 6s an nono ene seoeehs acuten oasajeces 1539, 1540, 1541
PESTER ERE ESIC Eee earn oe anes mance a Soca caes Spee heaps =anaeedaaeeee 818,

857, 858, 859, 870-+-, 932+, 981+-, 1045+, 1541+, 1551+, 1675+, 1676, 1709+, 1812+, 1813
Exhibits by. (See Expositions.)

Expenditures of, detailed report-.---.--- XXV, 1267, 1268, 13828+-, 1558, 1559, 1672, 1673, 1746, 1813, 1814
BS IES ETIC OT IM WIODMILOL ~ccse oo nsode oso one = <ase,ay Jase S08 che sean sin Sancoi ace =saspexte= 1620
Lo SGD Oe eS ae SR Soe ESS See ODS ee Eee ee ee er ee eee ae eae 1618
DAPI OTA SG aye oe 1Ys Neh ta ol ha a an ee ee 1699
Reports, printing of--..----- 844, 908, 909, 940-943, 1027, 1124, 1546, 1559, 1560, 1617, 1626, 1644-1654, 1695
Salaries. (See Employees.)
Smithsonian Institution to have charge of-..........-.22-------225. seee- eee eee 811, 818, 1690, 1698
Title of, changed to Bureau of American Ethnology -----.--.------------ ---:-------------- 709
Seems eer Co Si bAsOnianl UNAM bho. 88 So.. 6 oso Sie ch ee cal ete ewelnemen eine anaes chew aes 811, 818
Ethnology, Contributions to North American:
IBC EE LOT MU CHAN SOS S525 22-6 6 set nn) een anne Seba seks casas waasea ce csamecce 977
emue NPE eh ee en wien os on ak Sse oe-senaecerese se nce> O11, 818; 848, 844, 862, 908, 977, 978, 1621
Monn Giom ye SOnbisonian) pu bUCAbIONS ON). ~~ 3e-<-02 5 --0--n-6.-2--ne5--- sans = eee e se ceen essences 547
Etruscan antiquities, bill for purchase of .-.--.-.....----------.---- Beetle any Seas pn ey it ae 1257
TOS) Ss 1S Guo G Soe ee ee 1288

Evans, George:
ECMO MLL HIOMN AD Vacs oop nese cs aoa waco owe os erat ay oe Se so owen eed oleemens o wanes woe ssesQaessen aoe

LOD EERE, CCITT | ence ae ee ee, eo See ee ae ee ae 436, 1852
RTE meee en eee OE Se ee eA ee es A ee UE ee. 437

Dhan EE 1 ce pi SES Stolen oS eae See SABES RP pa: Feds DP Sear 5 os nese Bence eee 222, 437
Holo) LEY cSt a ccecaoee aaSece ee ae seme: Bond btcn Suse ear Mes encodes pees eee ee 222
POSE PCPS VU Ce Re reese rs Sa ee a ee ee 903, 905 +-, 960, 1102, 1228+-, 1282, 1530
Attorney-General, member Giuthe sbista blishmemn ta. 8 seep oo oa ae nee 1849
el ge ee, ie ee, a Pe tees SS soos 2 asta ate apenas = oo a-e--=.-) 1080, 1222, 1290
Peni, POM. OH KCRAN PCS 2-352 4s Sac no ~ sees oe toes ass aon ee Scans Sess ae sete aes 854, 898, 899
PPO ER OnAN MOS >. 22.8 Shas ahes SA ee tee eae ee cee ee, cae 897

RaRreR eR epee tees eye, a De ee eae sh Soe as acta ee eee LONG, Lamen aoe
TEs h \isce 2s Seen ee ea ae a es a eee 111i, 1128, 1222, 1290, 1528, 1529
Secretary of State, member of the Establishment ---..-....-..-.-.----.---------.--------- 1847

Po ost ESE TONS UG LS ih ee ce ge Se oe eae = er eee es een ee ee 583
Secretary of State, momber of the Establishment ---.-..----..---.-------.---------------- 1847
Ewbank, Thomas, Commissioner of the Patent Office, member of the Establishment----.-. 1849

Ewing, E. H.:
SUM TTR ee Reet fe Set oe 2 2S) SS cent sel sks? 2 ee ete = StS Snes Seek cc oy AOL

BBIMAR SYD, + = 2 te scse sos este cscs ese ecssss4-t es -- LE es Cea in ah eee noe ao Deen Meas annas™ 407
Ewing, Thomas:

Sheva POM k= ot ese 2225-8 BS ne a 6 2 ech ee eke eet eee 265+

Bug ia yeh] tyr 22 SNR E ee eee Be oe oe a ie eee ea a NT 224, 482

Sia terocks. bids for, asked and accepted byt ts .-< 5 aes eset es eae sae se gsmidnce 263, 265
Exchanges, International:

Apecouniand Nistory’ Of = 226.2. 22e2 Sota -ace see Se oeses 499, 546, 843, 895-905, 914, 925, 1147, 1494, 1614

Adawismoein. WOES) OF. GIstriDU tion Of, DY <-.-==-04---- sen -oa5n = a -roo snc nctacemess aoa PAOD

INET Se GIT TGA (0S ep ee ee ee a ee 466, 1809

Annals of Congress, distribution of, by ------- ae TEL ENR rn og i sh Oe 480

DEO BRM LIOHE MOR 2 a0 et eames wat aeons Sat apaaha eal etonhs santa l-\seens ain wins ea seaee 434,

467, 480, 487,603, 680+, 681, 683+-, 684, 692, 693+ , 724+, 731+-, 799,860, 855, 856 +-,903. 904,
906+, 907, 933+-, 934+, 979-+-, 980+, 1146, 1147, 1148, 1149+, 1497, 1498, 1499+, 1500+,
1549+, 1550+, 1618+, 1614, 16744, 1675+, 1707, 1708+, 1810+, 1811+, 1812+, 1840

AAEM DESMeCSS 1M DULCAD Of 208.220 2-5 nes ebeesdarais ace tern =- 555-2 n= sen qnens 1699, 1700
Audubon’s ‘‘ Birds” and ‘“ Quadrupeds,”’ distribution of, by---....----.--.--.------------ 603
Brussels convention or treaty for ---.--.------ 978, 1139-1144, 1492, 1493, 1548, 1673+ , 1674, 1701. 1704
Buresm-of.. proposed, message of President, 6tCe... 2 =... 20 22s 24a ee sees ens en----=- 895-905
HNaPGW? 3.5 ESS tae Se a ee ee ee ey ae en ae ee 1137, 1138
NUE. ne ceed cae ee eee ee oe ee a IND UE)
Conminonromnneitesdim Dunes Ofe-~ . << = sore sek oe erecta n nae niocee nen > secee'snmsas 1699
Deficit for, advanced by Smithsonian Institution - Hite eee eer ee lt.
Discrepancy between sendings by MWnited States Govanaant and poet A Hh from for-

eifye Tayslayne 2 ey Sake oe ee ee emerge eg 7
Documents, 60 copies of, provided for... .-..-.---.------.--...--++-- 220, 666, 667, 680+, 1695, 1697

1896 INDEX.

Exchanges, International—Continued. Page.

Documents, legislation required to secure. -2-- 52-3 -22Ssen Sse een et en eos es 974-978, 1144, 1145
of Government Departments and bureaus wanted for-_--_-.-----.-------..-- 977

proposed to secure for foreign governments. .. -. -----.---------. ------ ---+-- 1492

sets of, proposed for 2222328225 22262546224: SSS eee eee 791, 1635

Duty remitted on booksfor National and State governmentsand National Institute__ 466, 467
Employees o£: 222.232 252oh2 aces hole th eshte ee ete fesse tesr ether ckas cease nee oe ee 1024, 1597
dropped fromilack of funds. aes oo = eee eee 4 ee. See 1549
leavesofabsenice Of - 125222.5 2. -s86 ssssnc25) 5 soe eee oa eee Oe ee eee 1825

list’ of; in 1892) 0.0 ot. eb eR cn eee eee 1597

placed. under civil: Sservice:-- -<-io%< ence s5ee ase ee eee 1768

Salaries Of 222 33s2ccsds5 ost eadegacd Sate sceb oat ates eeee eee 1024, 1148

Wstima tes: for csi sisttee as ora he ee see ee eee nee 855+-, 899, 905-+-, 906, 933+, 978+, 979, 1022,
1145, 1146, 1492, 1493+, 1496+, 1497+, 1548+, 1549, 1673+, 1674, 1700, 1701—1707, 1809+, 1810
Expenditures for, report On--- .. 25-25. fesse cae et ete ce sand ee ee XXV,

1024, 1147, 1267, 1268, 13828+-. 1498, 1558, 1559, 1672, 1673, 1746, 1813, 1814
Exploring expedition works-forss.<4 2225-0 02 22 Se a Se ee Once aT

Fast freight for, desired ic 22252552 ss. 52-2225 5 Soe ces Se eee SO eee 1147, 1810
Horeign governments adopting system’ of_..- .2222225 222 £5.52 2--0 Se ee eee 897
rnin a 2 Salen Beals a ase eae See eee eee nee eee ee eee Oe ee 434, 854, 855
Hreefreight pranted for, f2:2s20c62 2: 22.2.2 2ntbes! = 28 Se tets Saetee ee eee 1147, 1548+, 1673, 1674
Bree postage LOM —- 2-2-2. 25.2 see. eee et te nes Fee ee ee 699, 961, 1635
Geological Survey. ....------------ 1148, 1149, 1499, 1500, 1549, 1550, 1674, 1675, 1708, 1810+, 1811, 1812+
Great Britain: . 142 sq dss titei coe se ceseeleewe eee See eee eee te 114
Hamilton’s works; distribution of, by =.-!--=--2+.-- 2-22 4 2 ee eee 480
Inspection of European libraries by Mr. Spofford...:..+---2-4-<s2---- 1 ta_ =e eee
Jefterson’s works, distributioniof, by ~.-<.s-s2025 =. 54 Soe eo ee ee 503
Laws and statutes of United States, distribution of, by .-.-------------.------ ..-------- 434, 467

Library Committee of Congress, to make___..._.--.-..------------------ 220, 466, 467, 480, 487, 667
Library of Congress?:.. 22.122 seb 222522 28 sch sec aes PS cb se Se tea awe ss se sea es Seen eee
681, 683+, 684, 692, 693+, 724+, 731+, 800, 851-854, pee ces 903, 906, 907, 933,
934, 979, 980, 1146, 1149, 1497, 1500, 1549, 1550, 1674, 1675, 1707, 17068, 1810, 1811

benefited bywc-es— <-> e-8- 666, 667, 673, 843, 853, 90] , 924, 925, 931, 974, 1022, 1148
Memoranda respecting... --2 24222 - ee sca8is Juco eee es Sata se Sad ces Se nee Cae eee 974
National Museum, bulletins and proceedings for---.----..-----------.---------.------ 1728, 1730

Naval Observatory..2.-- 2-2-2 -2o.¢ 2.202 24722552 e2ecctet ean catee case ade oes ok ae eC ee
906, 907, 933, 934, 978, 979, 980, 1146, 1149, 1497, 1500, 1549, 1550, 1674, 1675, 1707, 1708+-, 1810, 1811

Offices’ Of Sa. ie o22bb so catek sees oe cde Jo ee et
Paris Conpresays.. J22- 352 oo eet sasce en cccct aba Sates een ict eee ades ste 897
Patent. ORs... 25.08 ce fase... keene ze ne eee 933,
934, 979, 1146, 1149, 1497, 1500, 1549, 1550, 1674, 1675, 1707, 1708+-, 1810, 1811+, 1840

Revolutionary archives, distribution of, by. -.~---2-------2 =2¢--0 =. Soe2255. 5d. eee

Smithsonian Institution, agent of United States for -----.-------- 667, 902, 903, 905, 974, 1147, 1494
in chargeiof <.<..=-+--2-2. 2c. -s--2--=--2~. 667, 931, 1147, 1679 6SORIEoS

reimbursement to, for :-22-- 2 2-4-- 420 52.5- sceeee 799, 800, 1022, 1493-1496

Spofford, A. R., proposed visit of, to Europe to promote- - Jog ecdb secu soe ee ee eee
Statistics Gf 2224. 5.2..-2< -sces Acs ees oe BE Se lees ses cock sae See oot eee 1024
Supreme!Court) decisions, distribution of, by. - 2-222 222--2-2-2 25-- eee Ae ee eee 434
Transportation charge for, of 5:cents a pound -.-2-. -- 222.2 s- foe n-nsel eo bee eee eee 855
Vattemiare, Alexander, agent for Hrance: 2: 2522s 2eess s28. 2355 50.4 oe soe ee eee ee 467
War Doepartinienbe> -2t-..2.2nchepted- tint sts he Se ee ae oe ee 855,
856+, 904, 906, 907, 933, 934, 979, 980, 1149+, 1499, 1500, 1550+, 1674, 1675, 1708, 1810, 1811, 1812

Weights and measures, set of, for Prance-2-2-. 25-5 ee eee 467

Executive Board from Government Departments. (See Expositions, Philadelphia. )
Executive Committee of Board of Regents. (See Regents.)
Executive Departments:

ATTresrs'of DUSINEOSS IN... ... - 2.3 lu esos ee nte cease = oS eet ee me eee Cee ee 1699
Buildings of, not to be draped or closed for funerals .-__...--------------.--- ------.-------- 1632
Congressional Record to be examined by and extras ordered for __-.-. .----------------- 1696
Contracts of, bill for regulation of - 2-22-22 2 he ee ce ee ee ee 1670
Documents, five copies of bills and resolutions for --.....-.--------------- ---------------- 1696
Employees, additional, for Sunday opening of museums.----------.---.------------------ 1014

employment and pay of 225 22 2222-5 cee ee a ee eee Se 909
Eixchatige of surplus'documents by, authorized -22-2.2 -. 220222. eee eee 1697
EX Changes) DY c-> eee o-oo Se oe eee ee oe ee 974, 976, 978, 1147
Heads of, members of Smithsonian Institution Establishment-___.__._....-....------ xxi, 1677,

1680, 1681, 1682, 1683, 1685, 1847
Illustrations in reports of, to be restricted. --....-.....-----.---------------- 1268, 1544, 1628, 1629

INDEX. 1897

Executive Departments—Continued. Page.
MatmAnLomron Not, Limited im: weight: 2.2. 2222hkk See ose dh Ue oo ee EE 1746
OMIM CRETE MO Gan Dsn Of). -c255-\--5cnesce ci h~ccew sochebasdouecce ooo See os ay O10
Rane PTI OL) 9 foes 282 2) WS SAE oes. tes det Web eee concede doen ose. TE8 7961

Public printing for, only matter authorized by law or necessary for public business... 728,

; 962, 1042, 1268, 1628, 1695, 1696, 1697

[POO ae TAT Aeie one Go selrls ta) oes & ee ee a en ee eae ere Eee <2 974-978

ReporisoLcowelate,to public business, only... ...0---s-220-.4---s.e Ae eb. ieee 1268, 1544

RR PETE APIELY Ve ee IE oi ore ea SS baa a a aly oe wee Mase Je moe eee a ae ee 1323

Zoo collections to be acquired by aetna ces ao aes Se ee eae eee ee "1416
(See also Expositions. )

DET GDSG WTA SNC) bet rr eS A eee RIN mS Mery |) 315"

Exhibition, annual art, proposed in Suiithsorian. Institution -........--...-..=.. 982, 1105, 1106, 1279
Exhibition of collections. (See National Museum estimates and appropriations. )
Exhibitions. (See Expositions. )
Expeditions. (See Explorations.)
Expenditures—
Of Smithsonian Institution bureaus, detailed statement Nitta nn se es sete a hl xxv, 1025,
1254, 1255, 1256, 1267, 1268, 1828, 1558, 1559, 1562, 1572, 1672, 1673, 1692. 1694, 1746, 1813, 1814
Of Smithsonian Institution not under the control of Congress _..-.-.-_..-.-----.--.----. 1029
Experiments:
ACMGHnEs, proposed from: Smithson fund. ...5-<222-2-2-- --. Sh n4 foe-- uh eae te | 298
ifspinysical science, proposed, from Smithson fund) --- 2-22. s2--seencce eee nee eee an eeee-- "146
Exploration. (See Powell, J. W.; Woodruff, J. O.)
Explorations, Arctic (see also Bessels; Greely; Hall; Howgate; Polaris)_......-. ____.....- 814
RnerretaZ PE MeGIbION,. WiILKOS 3. cas--ceos sscners a cead ~th wo dsosee eee ceuseecnwee AOU 062 OBI 1712
Account of discoveries by, to be prepared and aivaishesis ap eg Ps A iet o328e Ae et 1240-5820
NOU ETAOS LOL = CHRO) Ofgs oe ra tae ee Sts as Sa SEE ee ted eine DegpeeahS “OT9.
220-+-, 239, 240, 241, 320, 321, 435+ , 467+, 468+, 470, 487, 508, 504, 505, 511, 603+, 607+,
608, 611-627, 633-636, 637, 639, 643, 662+, 663, 670-678, 686, 687, 693+-, 694, 760, 770

Biisya pile ohn hors Korde Meee Sy ere SORER an, A Ue eee Sas oe ee ney ie yrs keene 611, 612, 624
removed from basement of Patent Office to upper rooms... ___.--.-_.--_. 1012
transfer or, to\Commiussioner of Patents. ==.) 2) 22-2. e222 225 sos ee 505, 511

to Smithsonian Institution from Patent Office (See Patent
Office collections. )
Greenhouse, appropriation fOr... = Sool sue osat sosece ences See satan = Sees eee RO AEB ART
palamesvappropriations for’. .~2--.:2-\.--2i.5 2-2 240, 320, 321, 435+, 467-4, 468+, 470, 505, 511, 608, 627
Specimens of. (See Collections.)
Exploring Expedition works:

Charts of, preparation and publication of __..-.--.. ......---.-_-- 240, 241, 320, 321, 435-+-, 467, 468+
“CISTI GSC (0 ea ee ee See eee at eee rey irae Soe | abbas eerie, Pe 24, 626
Despre by fire-toibe replaced=:-.2 2.5.28. os ae a A ee ea 511, 603
[DEST BL Oren (ot Ean Oe ee ae ee ene 20, 321, 435, 467, 468, 469, 470, 608, 627, 637, 678
Maps of. (See Charts.)
ipatee IMCL G LOW COIOll Ole ee seeel bat— 2. 3 See hn Eos 2 hind AG se ee 469, 470
preparaon andspublication:of, .. 52-2) - ee oss. Sees oe ee ee, Slee 2)
Plates, etc., destroyed by fire: at Philadelphia ._.. .............-.--2.22 02-1 ----2-2-e See 5115608)
to be put in order and transferred to public building or Smithsonian
Institution, and yolume 23 completed’ _..:- 2... --2. =. 222. elc ice eee cece 637
turned over to Smithsonian Institution for a new edition of Wilkes’ Nar-
PAG LViCls Soe ee ree ea een Bas ee Sey Oe ee Coie oy le aa 469, 470
ISS: Of; fbO iiss amas Sate ee ae ee Te Ss ke Os esas 692
to Navy Department for printing charts_.-....-..-...-..--2.---..:.-. 664
Publication of _-.....-...-..--.---- 240,320, 321, 435+, 467, 468+, 469, 470, 487+, 505, 511, 608, 637, 692 +
Smithsonian Institution to receive plates and engravings for new edition of________-- 469, 470
TO MOCCELVEISOD Ola meet on eee ee aen 2 on ene ee ae 637

Export exposition. (See Expositions, Philadelphia, 1899.)

Expositions and exhibitions:
PRD RDS ONL a ood) sponta ioe so eet tLe eee > BSD
Atlanta, Ga.—

TEASE. 2 Oe oe ane a RE EE Re rie RR = Ss ee ee aR os pa ee ae 872
[ESS gill ee ee ee eae HS, SmI ee Se SS an ee 1638, 1640, 1641, 1642, 1751
EREERTECALCSEESSRE PY EOSULT Dts | Sy eect ew Sy oc o!t <a es oa ee Rote es UE ges 1114, 1644
Sea MET ESTARIUSL OTR SAMO SOP es Se eh sc ae ee eee fit aay iii

BeriinwGermanys 1880). 2. 25. e222 se - ; . 824, 825, 826, 827, 873, ‘875, 947, 1057, 1502, 1505
IESE eae ety riita Lees eee cage ae, Bs yk cence sb desteee at Lee OBSTET
LES Sea sesear sem SoU Don ANTM Ose ee se ee os nae bnaaweuceiabee 1119, 1754

1898 INDEX.

Expositions and exhibitions—Continued. Page.
Buffalo; or Cayuga Island; New Work, 190h< ss.cs.ccecse ase tie ee tenta ne eee 1796-1801
Chieago, Tll., 1802: 22. .824.2- seek 2d cated sacs Seas cee ta ee 1034, 1501-1513,

1579, 1580, 1584-1595, 1636-1639, 1641, 1643, 1663, 1719, 1746, 1747, 1748, 1840, 1841+
Cincinnati, Ohio—
S84 2a VEL RS. Cees eee ae See ee ees 946, 947, 957, 1027, 1028, 1113
; SSS Seeeete tek Sood. 2c i eee 1116, 1117, 1119, 1120, 1121, 1122, 1153, 1266, 1502, 1503, 1505, 1579
‘Denver, Colo., 188251883 2526-26 se ee a nen see eee eet eee ee 872
Havre, Branco, 1868) 22-62- ees aeteeee 1s Sweets Wee debe alia an puguee aaa ee ee 668, 669
London, England—
1862... 2... Selene aan Jo eS) cee oe ep ee 1838
1 (1, a ee OA Ae oN ARE Super anens Pe Mew Seaepeg | Oe te aS * A 872-883, 947, 957, 1057, 1502, 1505, 1579
Louisville, Ky, 1884 _..........--..-.-----.------------ 890,891, 946, 947, 957, 1027, 1028, 1113, 1508, 1514
Madrid; Spain }892 oo ses ee SS eee een eee 1582, 1583, 1584, 1727
Marietta, Ohio, 1888. (See Cincinnati, 1888. ) :
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia—
| TSTOAIGED eS oee eae Ne a FS Ss hs eo eeeeeee sa 823
SSS ocak, See ies ain n SER ea Se oe ee eee ae ee ioe tee eee eet 1113, 1114
Mexied; Mexico ison 22 se cee ee a le eee ee one ee eee ee 1034
Minneapolis, Minn., 1906... 222202522 2222425 eee A eee eee ee ----- 1039, 1040, 1505
Wastivalioy Tenn musta. oes 2. ato ko ee ae aoe ence ee ee 1748-1751
New Orleans, La.—
SG 4st eure Pee es cnoe sescn, donee eget tea ee 887, 888, 889, 890, 946, 947, 953, 954, 955, 956
I NSS OBB neh ac ca aman eae nian 1018, 1027, 1028, 1035, 1044, 1057, 1112, 1113, 1265, 1503, 1505, 1579
New York, N. Y.—
TWSSS io SMW ooo sbe eben we Je cesses oe a y ee io i ee 827, 828
Gas Apparatus and Appliances; 18972... : sie. yest ees 2 ee eee
Permanent International, proposed -.-.. ....---------------------=-+ -5 255-225 sacene 1739, 1740
OmBha Nebr 1808 Ss. ..4 . d.ssadestes ete Ae es a et 1751-1754, 1789-1791, 1841, 1842
Paris, France—
102 a a a es a as aS ee aS oes 658, 659, 660, 667, 668, 669
STS cache ok Pee oe ee ee Soe s Seo ee ee eee 792, 793, 794
1889 °2 so cores Beet et Ri ee a ee
OOO) 3 eo n-th Se dels lettre ee Sha) ate. ee ee ee Bee eee ees 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795
Philadelphia, Pa.— :
@entennial, 1876222 2c cock ce ch ek eee nner bas Santis pee eee Se 687,

688, 694-698, 700, 705, 728, 732, 733, 740-767, 768, 771-775, 776, 780, 794, 795, 824, 836, 839, 841,
842, 873, 883-887, 903, 911, 916, 917, 947, 1057, 1062, 1233, 1265, 1310, 1502, 1505, 1579, 1595, 1716

Wlectrical, 1888, 1884. -- ..< co cba eek ew hn tooo eae ete ena - see ee 890
Hixport/HO00) 2. AS. eo ee th eet ec nwo Sede S EE Ue a Ue ee 1842, 1843, 1844+
Permanent International, 1877-22... suo 2556 oes at ete eet ee = ee
Sheepiand Wool ds8s0\_ 22. Ustesseeseks. eo ooo a ee ee ee tee Bt 827+
Portland, Oreg., 1894- - he ed 8 a ae we Fen cel bh PLoS eee
St. Lois, Mo., 1890 22. 2k. fons es an ee a a eS ee ee ee
San Francisco, Cal., 1894. Bee Snot at aeeb ltt cette he eS eek Se Se See earneneees
Sydney, New South Wales, 1879-1880... Lanidals tau CAR SE Ree Re Ase 823+
Tacomas, Wash., 1804-55) 00. sod woes LR Be en ee ee ee eee
Toledo; Ohies 1002 or 1900 22... 2 a, ee a eee 1801-1805
Vietina, Amatnia, 168s ccc ee cd oe Be ae Sane ee ee 698, 699, 705
Washington D.(O MBB). oo sie ee a ee 1033-1039, 1113
Expositions:
‘Executive Departments,”’ exhibits or representation by,
ANtWOPD 25 ose eugene A a, Ee ah Sh See ee eee 1639
MA Blamta - p ooo eveeihioes 0d 0 heat Sede a he eee de es sil, 1642, 1751
Buftale bh Cole ere 2 s5 tes ek, Fd bee ya he ee SLE aaa oe oe 1798, 1799, 1800
CHACARO AOS Onsen = ce arevasn oi tase ade cate ee een ee eee 1510-1513, 1587, 1592
“(Cincinnsh j2ssseeee nk f. 2k eee 957, 1116, 1117, 1120, 1121, 1122
Honisville 5. .204-0. 22. e -h ee S ae e ee ee 891, 957
Madrid Genie ceo ako uc oe ae ea eee 1583, 1584
MmMNeSAPOA Lowe! Sal Bees o elo Sa aoe ee eee ee ee ee eee 1040
Nash ville Asses sane 5 ee eae B contesane cassalcrs aes 1748-1751
IN Gy oceans Uses. ced saree oe a tere ea POE REP eee ee a 955, 956
New: York—Permanent exhibition = =-226s2426=2e 2222 sede 2 scocse ee eee 1739, 1740
i Onn 5s ee en. 25 a a ee ee ee 1752, 1753
SEP APIS Cee aS Se eens oie coe. ce ue ce ere ee eee tere eee 1116, 1117, 1118, 1793, 1794
> (Philadelphia etess-cecescce wo sece 702, 703, 704, 705 746, 747, 748, 756, 757, 883, 884, 885, 886, 887, 1265
NoledOseccc. Siew davertants Wile sowed ddawn ateeoeadane ic hipcduws beaeseWaeeasepeeee eens 1802, 1803, 1805

INDEX. 1899

Expositions—Continued. (Jn addition to references under ** Executive Departments ”’.) ven
Agriculture, Department of—
JSHESEN NT oo tee cone State Bho B36 SS 0S RE Se eee Baoan Beer en Sean cor ees einer e eer sae 872
NORRIE ee Oe ata od Sones os oacces tena ces danwo cee sicen ns acorns daneenaeen 1504, 1593
ROEM LORE Pe ean oot ne Some nad siaceen aclbeaworcnucacnSeescaeeean 957, 1120, 1121, 1122
ER AR Pe et le Sl ae acta ne ite sw omane ona cde cannes oe esa cone pee see nnees 957
Wage (GSAS, Cae EES eee a ee emcees Ea, So 955, 956
[RTT Weed eh See 660, 794, 1115, 1118, 1793, 1794, 1795
TETSU gle fo itt ;?, BOOS o> ee er 702, 708, 704, 746, 747, 748, 751, 752, 756, 757, 761, 771, 827
VW EEG ID Oke 2 oe ee a a eee maEe ees 1035
American Republics, Bureau of —
Sree eM ete eee nawe teens tote Sonia naltuan 0 banka senna soe seas Laas seen ew deme eee 1798, 1799
LUSTER 2 ee BON SS ae ore eS ee ae ee ee eee 1802, 1803, 1805
Botanic Garden—
{VSI EAI) hone ee ey UR 8 Oe A eS ee eee ae See ae 1035
Congressional committee—
(OTVErT 1G 2 ee ee aia. es = See ee SS Be cada nee eens nak acdes sade an sans a eee 1120
Engraving and Printing, Bureau of—
RA RRM ee eda an nada Mem nls he don dey h scien Spee mn as ee ee apinn aaee aeacee wane se 1841
Ethnology, Bureau of—
RRR an ee ee tS, Se Re ee Noes ace Bere eae ate etie sete eae ae 1504, 1505
Ran Pes RB Sea So Se en oe oe oe ee tede Jad saan ou ace ee Sundae ena aea aan see Sie
Fish Commission—
Beirne Soaks eer Neo ets Ne ne ee ORE AA a ee 1640, 1641, 1642, 1751
eRe SES pee oS Ceo ee eee ee eee te ae oe eae ae enene Sane akan ened 1795, 1796
Pepe DETREI ee eee oy ae ace eee ee GO OAD; SEOs GLO) 415 100 tol 02, Lee
“SO PILESD LEG 5 cosa: Sl SRS SOs gS ae pe aE pa er eee 1798, 1799
CNET <5. Oe es ye ees eet eer se eee yee 1505, 1506, 1510-1513, 1587, 1592
MEU CsP LIRR eae on er ee Sn ee nee, ISN tees ee no aga aenae eens 1120, 1121, 1122
TL taTAUG ayia Le A eat eR i a I a ae Se ne RN De 872-883, 957, 1057, 1502, 1505
REREEETECISCE LL coe See re ee See tt ee ee ete ee ore oS ieee oe ees 1748-1750
ERT CG LAGS 9 TES pM Sa mae ie Ee ee I a ar Eg | NS Saar et a Lg eee ee ne Mee Ha! OS (8
Rib ECR eres ere ees oh ee i ee Me ee Saas ns cena ect eas Fanta 1752, 1753
i TE TALIS pet ait pat lec c Ei Ae ee tis A es A ee nN OL 1118, 1793, 1794.
Philadelphia, .--~---=2 <= 22s ~ =. -= 703, 704, 728, 747, 748, 749, 750, 752, 756, 757, 761, 171, 772, 1057, 1062

RNa en ee et Oe ee ee enn aoa eee see een. aL ee LOE
Geological Survey— 2

LETS EGG lope ik PS ee Nip a aye el a ae I oe RE ye eg sa tant eed laa (47!

CN THR D2 aie Se eee no alg gn Ss Be A eile A ms le ane a eae co ee 1116, 1117

1 STE (SI paeetalah a a Rie ar ee ae ale ein ae Speihpie Eel 4 Se EG NE ARIE rig RS © apt 8 1116, 1117, 1118
Hydrographic Office—

Berlin. 2 5. YR SEO i Spe eee Set a ee cI ir RN Oe, ie Se 826

CLLEGE DS. cork SAE Va ae op Ol ag ag ae eee ot ieee pies eae 1636
Indian Affairs, Bureau or Office of— .

OLLIE YEO oegee Spee te Se eared ales a ea ee ibe e AUN ena Sapna 5 angie) etapa See 1594, 1748

TEL TE TIGL STGER: 2 aie Ao Se eid ape eo oe i Sr per a nc thea Cacia ae Mae paps Eee 756, 757, 761, 771, 772
Interior Department—

OE ETI he Aon ee Se elge (Ee Se NE IR aE A aE Do ag STO, a eS 2 ee 1586, 1594

Cincmnati. 2... =~ 5... BS ee SS ee ee PE ee RL pane one oe aoe 1120

og ERS Bp RIE Ed BR 2a cei ah th. 955

LEP 23k 2 Eek NE a Oe a eS Aen es Rees SE CN a Ren AN 1841, 1842+

TEA TH Stc.ce cis i EE Eee oe Fee ees hee se eine Say, TRL ah oar Sed an mS ERIE DOI STUN C2,

Philadelphia -_...--5--2--- {thE ee ee oes 703, 704, 746, 747, 748, 751, 752, 756, 757, 761

DIGS RR IES LOT a ene an ene sees Soya ee eee intone e acs oe aa Uae cag cdhn oe oeeaaueee 1113
Justice, Department of—

USOC DEADAT UT a Sete i cee eee eS ee Ce ee! oe i i a ne Se 1120

TOTES {OTH | EZTV EUS ae sg a BP a A I ere a Se reo A 955

ETT ate 5 ee ee ee eh SEA SE = Se Sees Ea a ee 1118

Washington -_.... ee eee an oe See aa fee aoe a Se BS ee Se ee 1035
Labor, Department of—

NUOEDNE: 5 wars a hn 5 saps sp EE ea Se a fe 1798, 1799

LETTE clans 5 Sects Dist Fee nea Rg oa yd ATA a a 1118

AWE DD. 222 SRE See a aa reseed ee 1802, 1803, 1805
Library of Congress —

Chicago.._.-_. Pee ree ee nee GN STI et SSE a cn eh ee 1584, 1585
Life-Saving Service— y

OLIN eT EG» ceeineie cael fe ae a a el aeRO 1586

1900 INDEX.

Expositions—Continued. Page.
National Museum—
Atlanta ae) 03-2. ccoteticlie demctemceset setecs saan see ce tee ee eee oe 1640, 1641, 1642, 1751
BOrg@enis so. 52 eR eae oa ae ee a ae ee ees 1795, 1796
Berlin gens toll Soh SRS Ee eee eee renee eee 824, 825, 873, 875, 947, 1057, 1502, 1505
Buffalo. 22122 ch.cc5 betes tea eee hee ace ce oe eee eee - 1798, 1799
@hicago! 5-2) eee ee 1501-1505, 1510-1518, 1579, 1580, 1584, 1587, 1591, 1592, 1668, 1719
Oincinnati’ -=22- = aero 946, 947, 1027, 1028, 1113, 1116, 1117, 1120, 1122, 1153, 1502, 1508, 1505, 1579
OnE OM a eee es OE oe ee Soe ee eee ee 874, 882, 883, 947, 1505, 1579
EGUISVIIIS Sates =e eae ese ee ee ee Se ee 891, 946, 947, 1027, 1028, 1118, 1503
Madrid 32 2o5 225 oe ae Se ee ene one ee 1583, 1584
Minneapolis’: = sss 22-2225 62 33 aso ae ee a ee re ee 1505
Neatshiville 2s socket ts feeb AL SSe hes Oat ee ee Eee eee oe 1748-1750
New Ornleanss223. 2-22. 946, 947, 948, 955, 1018, 1020, 1027, 1028, 1044, 1112, 1118, 1503, 1505, 1579
WNewo Yorke 26 Jase ee oe re eee ees a! ons oie oe ee eee eee 1739, 1740. 1754 _
Omaha Pe er ee ia se ate nae oo ae ee ee a 1752, 1753
Pras ase te os PN a Re 1116, 1117, 1118
Philadelphia- <2. - 22 2=-) Mees 2-282 Lk STS TO Be TSO Ga ele eemipere
745, 747, 748, 749, 750, 751, 752, 755, 756, 757, 759, 760, 761, 766, 768, 771, 772, 776, 780, 836, 839, 841,
842, 883, 884, 885, 886, 887, 903, 910, 911, 913, 916, 917, 947, 1057, 1062, 1233, 1810, 1502, 1505, 1579, 1716
NGL OO: 1 ee eat ese ee eS os tes Ree eS oS ree 1802, 1803, 1805
Washington sD Goss oo8 Soe eee mares ee ae eee ee 1035, 1037, 1113
Navy Department—
CNICAR Os beeNi a br sn eee ess renee Re ses oe ee 1585, 1586, 1636, 1638, 1840, 1841 +
Gineinnatiss 222 2 ce Be OO Steen tec ccat den oa ae oa ae eee ee 1120, 1121
AV TRS. ee Se a a ae eee a eS 668

IPRS Seen os ee conn oes a ee ee ee 1118

PT elit ee. 2 AC A ES ee en eee ees 703, 704, 746, 747, 748, 751, 756, 757
Post-Office Department—

CHICA oc. 2 kes Sess eat Ee ee ee en a

Cincinnatine- 6.2 hce es ae ee ee eee nee

Philadelphia: 2.002. 22.0. vocs scones keen ee. 0 OG,
Smithsonian Institution—

JASE TAIN Dcre eee = Nee ae oes ee DS 2 SS, ee ee Se a eee Se eee 1640, 1641, 1642, 1751
Buttes see se eckee cole eat ak ee ee ree
CHICA Oly 4 os see eee Sat enoeees _. 1501-1505, 1510-1513, 1579, 1580, 1584+ -, 1587, 1591, 1592, 1719
@inmempnatie 32. oe ee ae AE EE 2 OR ee koe ot Pee 957, 1116, 1117, 1120, 1121, 1122, 1153
MOTTE VAL epee ot on Le ee ee ee a iia fo ee eee 957
NGNNGTIG (on ett eS ae ee ee ae eee es ae oe es Coe 1748-1750
New Orléans 5b: 2-2. een eee a i eee eens ees 2a 955
NW -e ORK ee oct = ALS Sed ee ee See eee 1739, 1740, 1754
Omahat (220. 2) 2h ee ee ck ee oe ST he eS ec ee e ee e
Paria ei): Jeooocee eo Bt ed oe eee oe ie eet = ROU oa
Philadelphia) $4 cco se hh ee See ee ee ee

708, 704, 732, 733, 745-752, 755, 756, 757, 759, 760, 761, 771, 772, 776, 780, 873, 883, 886, 887
Moledo! ts Pate oe ec catcdnas Dae Ate See es a ee ee ae ee ee
PSS GON ee a oo Se a a ew ne te i a a ea 1035

State Department—

Barcdlona: | 220 fe eite a <osc= fscens kd obeed oe RES ee Ee ae eee een
Bergen... 2!2c cease fas fa 2 = Sts Ee ae re rte
Berlin 22icc¢ bese Sho 2 i. oi onc SESS eRe Lee es Se eee 824, 825

Chicago! 15025 ee bois. een Eee Se ee SO oe ee
GinGinnatits:. 22.0. eek ee SCE ee ee 1120
Miondon. 162. 6c 2h eel koe ae. Ake Re a a eee
TaOuUIsvallel= 5-572 sS80.i llc See ea eee Se ee Ven ae Soe ee eee eee eee 891
Wind ids 22 Jo 4 coon co cece coca: paso bagaee ee Sea sk Sees bean eee Stes seek ae ae 1582, 1583, 1584
Mel bone 2 ees bose oss SSL k Ee SESS RS ge ae we ce Pe ee ee ee
New Orlesrig oso. ee 5 eS er re
Paris 0 a5 SERED een Sk bk Sk eae a a ee eS Se
Philadelphia *222252..----- 222-222 2en22 Seoces Sees eae eee ee ee CD eine te
Sydney .i0/ See en ee
Wiennay 0 ac eeeeeten! eens » ded le 3) ones eOS tal Se Deere eee cee eee UC
WashingtonsD) Ci - 8 en aee e

INDEX. 1901

Expositions—Continued. Page.
Treasury Department—

DIAPER Eee see aan nae eel nea scscade acct kues ccaduccace Zeeace eR seseEccss 1640, 1641, 1642, 1751
[BONES LT cen ete a eae ce ear ea SR ra a ea EE 1644

Erni tonMnnpee peemran nest Sei See: ote ssc ssoe cede ll See SAS 1797, 1798, 1799, 1800
CLEOT 20) 6 ees Se eee 1509, 1585-1589, 1593, 1594, 1638, 1746, 1747, 1748, 1841
GTITCTEAN Du le ee nee e ess aoe ss = anion Snook ct bees chose ctaeesse ce cee SAE ee a See 1120, 1121
Raita! terpenes ee ee elie peewee Kee en at Le SL Re a eee 891
MVaTrer One = = een eee ce ctl is tea etc See sin te oece eae Boe endosteal s ane anee eee 1040
RMninnthi meer nee ees 8 ee co 5s onecss cat Choe es Ae ee Sh

ER WaCRMIOMNT Se sees swe oa Ss so Seca lan cee se eee re eae Sete ae To aoe cake 889, 955, 956
MRDHPETI eae eee = ne eeu we esha: Sos cesee chee S eee Pte cats cans Soe eee ee 1753, 1754, 1790, 1791

ea TeI ees eto RF St eS eS ne ei ee eee, eas 1118, 1793, 1795
Philadelphia ---. -- rE Ser ere 697, 703, 704, 745, 746, 747, 748, 756, 757, 1842+, 1843, 1844+
PEGISTEWAYG ap hg pooh FN ll RE EEE AG ey Pe eS A Oe ee, 2 eee eee ae 1643

Nat mInATiCIS@O Mass. f nen .sneecece ee a nee se ect eck eapences eacccewestl ek sede get bees 1635
WRCHEl cee Bee ence oe an cede ee cet aslo cece dt Suect ett tse sededs See ie eo 8OS, 180
RWWistetln NN GOH oe ote Gon Matos een ook 22U Sek I 2 cee eak ee See SUL ke 1035

War Department—

TAHT rite tee ine Sa Sak te as Cas eee o same easea teen a aaa a aaeae ey soo eee ees a alee 1587
(CAUSE ES th reer eae, > ee ae gee eh he ees Bois Sees Eee eS 1120, 1121
OREERI I CREO eee ACO Soi nes chet ls bene ole ee wan setee shed se ee ee PRLS seas «41583

= RL OUENOR ET ERTS Se reas ot Sees SS Us Mies Be Soe Sen Sek eles Lets ee eee ee 955
EPA eee yt ee eee an este Saree ee ged Shee ce oe Sees oe we ee _ 118
Peitacelp nia os teen Seen ness el eaas toss fesse tes cedsdowee ee 702, 704, 746, 747, 748, 756, 757, 761
Seely ee rete ee Ee ke ic rete os Senet eee ae cee on eRe 1803
Wieistinebon 2-20 ccc cnsces ee cece eens Se Cea SEE Lea es es Ss Le sa 1035
Neri eET AUNTS TIeCH ETE Ul See en eee eee se ee etek cack e Sete bene s Se ee RE ES 1153

Fabra, F. L., Spanish commissioner, Philadelphia exposition --.--..-----.----..------.-------- 1
Faculté des Lettres et Sciences, proposed application of Smithson fund for like institution. ~ 300
Fairchild, C. S.:

PRIEST OSE ore oe ae oes a San Sas He eed Se Saas Neacsa aostsscuee “1042, 1145, 1248

Te ears Fee ee ie eee pte NS. A ASE Sk ye Cr et eT a a Le a A ee 2 ly oe 1020, 1146

° Secretary of Treasury, member of the Establishment. --.--.--.-.--..--------------------- 1848
Fairfax Theological Seminary, library of Bishop Johns taken from, lost in Smithsonian

Ei Eee re OR in See Re SUE 2 Fe en at Se eee A oe ER, td a EEN 643

Falconer, Mr., consul at Leghorn, certifies to death of H. J. Hungorioud St A es ee Pes 82

PETE MMV INCH AG hi a see cre 5 oe ee See ee CO ee , ee ee eo Bee Dee 4G
Farm, experimental, proposed for Smithsonian Institution- ---..-.-..-.-----------------+----- 338
HEB Orin isk. auppOMmMlbved CL Ont. -oe=-— aoa.e> leon) S cece. SO eee ees Losat Se ee 1838, 1853

RIEHL e eR Mena Rene Soba tis ace hes a tecke ected oene oder esckeetoccss ce geese sel cunedet IRE ee 1539
AVIAN VON aeons rare deci aetna ae asco toate anew oa tee ae eo SA RUSE oy See 985
ERE SEP LERS DNS och ser Ne = a a No) octane a otis Som couraged cubed ole ewan Sees Goede 985+-
Teepe in bine east. CoS Tihs 5 ees Sb LO re sade eee LR SUE eet UIE ke 984

Re Tt en Greg SUCUETLO Oli ses seeae one nic Se oan CSE K Cocca e ceca cans VecSe es ecu see ek eet ee 1538

UPUESOES LUE) ES eeIee Oh Se ONE a See ee ees Se eee we ot ALS OE GR ta es Fake SAE 1414

Serer ie anes Len erent ors eee Se ere i a SES ecg a Re eat Send SOREN ee ae AN Oe oe bd Leek 654

PERC EANRES TsO) srehle te 2 Nee st Sch ee Sena oS SR othe De ee i ee Oe Se 1288
IeImnarks DY .2-6<2-2.5~- Seo ae ee eee ae aie Be ene ae ee oot TREE) Dae 14135

LVS); Gi Aten PE See See eee er Eee tes er ene pemee be tee SpE SS ace ee ee ee eee ee 339, 340

Felton, C.C.:

ICAL Ih Leer eae et he cine ere sec aSeava wat ccu os Sco ee eater Sh i ru oe 28 628, 629, 630
RTS Beet OTT Ree ee ee eee Fe Re ea eS SEI ee i ew solos tions othe ofl Tont aot 554, 582
GE RIt a ROMUDCU se SSS a8 ae Sk ool ok atu Se ees lone S83 Seer 2. sd 602, 609, 610, 1853

LES Ey Ce TNI AT KS) Veen aay eee te Sad ee Re ks, one eo eens oe wee es 1052+-

Hereusonel, 5, assistant fish Commissioners: 225 08 5. ae acess se he Sogo wel eed 1052+

Horna ico SCE Vall LONE dl ELUNPOTEOY oi cocci cmea pce loeb ee waders sesh Senco et eee 81

Ferry, T. W.:

NecHatP LOT WIIG Hi LEG Pe ste os Re ek Bete na AG Eee Me Wee 735
EMESIUcHIL PEO LOMPOLG, SOUALC, MRO PONG /-...22 2. Waser ae ows Sane eee oaks Soke an Senses 1852
Edin ial tye) de Cee a eR ee oe ee ee ee 731, 737, 802, 806
Fessenden, W.P.:
DERES=a tie ener eee aero (eee) eg Ta ah scare eeu i ae 1 BY 9. 2 BI
Mancritorerocolitiornibypee n= ones ote es eee 28 Seed. Jud eee. 638, 679, 1889
PEC oe eyayarhey et lee ae Awe oe ee ae ee Se Se Y cy oe SERS ORIG telisoe
Remarks by -......---- 611+, 6124-, 613+, 614+,615+, 616+, 617, 619, 621 +, 62 24+, 626, 628, 629, 665, 666

Secretary of Treasury, member of the Establishment ..-............--------------------- 1848

1902 INDEX.

Page.
MicklingOwMB cSee 2th sh sans ass ce Sceses as esse eSsess a Hon p= eae kl ene Re aane oe eae ee ere eee! 406
Remarks Va) 2 nsw acess ena ewes we ease toed eee eae eae Oe al ee ee 403+, 404
Field Columbian Museum. (See Columbian Museum.)
FieldiG? W..pwatehman, National) Museum . 2.2 =. --ceecen eee enn see ee ee ee eee 1598
Fillmore, Millard:
Bill} motion; or; resolution. by =.22c. 25. . Peso oe ee ee 220, 221, 225
President, member of the Establishmeént:. .2- 2... 22-4 aes case ee ee See 1847
Wice-President,;, appointment of Regents by: = --2--.--.- 2--.-- ===. 3.22. ee ee 1888
Chancellor of theiInstitution?._.... =. 222 36s-2. ~~~ one ee eee 1856
member.of the Establishment... -<2..-<- <a2eea ec <0 coe on ne = eee 1847
Rerent si2ee~ socct nat eo dhoeee ee oe ee See eee ee oe ee ee ae 1851
Finance board. (See Expositions, Philadelphia.)
Finch. (See Fladgate, Clarke & Finch.) a
Fine Arts, Bureau of, proposed in Smithsonian Institution -......------ 949, 981, 982, 1105, 1106, 1279
Firearms, exhibit of, proposed _..:--5-32-- 2. -- doen enes ess eo eose nescence ses see eee ee 1265
Hire, danger of, to'collections..- -.25 -2o2.ss ech dese vecesatcedeseas Seats 945, 980, 1018, 1718, 1729, 17382
Fire department of District of Columbia, examination of Smithsonian Institution ------..- 1667
Fire inspectors, board of, report on examination of Smithsonian Institution ---..---..--... 892
Fire:
Library of Congress, destroyed works of Exploring Expedition ---.--.....--.---.--.----. 511
Patent OMee fos. 56.5 ccecccecends ceosdin Sa sbwe dese ppeastassess epee Sees eee ses eee 786
Philadelphia, destroyed plates, etc., of Exploring Expedition-.-........-.--..---.------ 511,603 _
Fire plugs and hose, estimate and appropriation for_.-....--...-.------------------------- 1667, 1669
Fireproofing Smithsonian building ---..-...-..---------- 644, 680, 693, $91, 892, 893, 1224, 1274-1278, 1547
Fire protection— ;
For Government collections in Smithsonian Institution --.--.-.--..------ 784-788, 1276, 1667, 1669
Por public buildings: 2...-~=.-25secc0ca- 2-25. 5onen ee cee sae See ee ees Se
For Smithsonian Tasiintion: examination Obs tush YS eee eee Ses 785-787, 893
. expense tofsicen doce: b Aes sore? ee ee Se ee 786, 787
proposed, and estimates POPS 6: S28 Se eee 784-788, 1667

recommendations for. -.--.-..--------------------- 780,781, 785, 786
Message of President of the United States, R. B. Hayes, on.--.-..---..--------.---.-----. 785

Fire signal, automatic telegraph, proposed <24:254<2223 2222-3s-ses ee one See ae ae 785, 787
Fire, Smithsonian Institmbioniecs .22<les. #de5 = 200 osha) ee oe eee 641, 656, 892
Investigation of and reporton by Senate committee ---_..--.----.-----2-------+------- 641-644
Losses sustained “at. cee see ell. 0S ee Bhs a ee eee eee 642, 643, 686
Report of special commitiee,of Regents on. <.2.2,..-tss¢c2st2---22---8--42 =e ee ee
Underwriters, report of. ase eset da dos eee Se ees we Stone Soe teenie ee 1718
First Comptroller, United States Treasury:
IDGCISIONS) DWire cut oot nate eer asad neh one ene e aan eee 1350, 1484, 1564, 1566, 1693, 1694
Reportiofon the: Zoological Park. 2. - 2... -tecs bese woses oaebe bese soe banat eee ee ee ee 1484
ISIS CONTMIAAION = 22. 25S cee ns ween eas een oo ae pede ree ee ae reba eases eee 922, 936, 1615, 1718
seek a building, fitting up and care of collectionsiit- 2... ...--2. =2<4---- 0-5-2 oe 838,

916, 945, 946, 1232, 1233, 1234, 1235, 1236, 1237, 1238, 1311, 1581+, 1661, 1718
transfer of, ET NR SRE ET 1235

(1S0..0L DY <h<ceancoseeeeeb eres neeeee Be eee ee ener eer eee _ 12344-, 1236, 1310+

Bulletins for 1883-84, statistics of, cost, numiber, ete-..--..--- 22-6 ----eg-se- ree See eee 1023
Collections from; to National Museum. 225-2 oeacen ee oe ee eke eee eee 1228, 1820, 1717
‘ of, to bessed by studetits qccccs <ncnedie geen eno ee pepeae eee eee eee 1596
Contracts bygifor supplies... <s2.2. Ws ee Panes wee hones <a SE eee eee eee 1670, 1671
Duplicate specimens of, for distribution. .._.. ---25 ce <cedee2- ooo eee anes eee 910, 916+
Exchanges, payment fOr ---~<-!ocecemasoedn acu webushaaeset barcapecees ee =o2— eee ae een
Exhibit: in National Museum. to be increased) 222. -2..- os 25eenncpesceese= aes eee 882
Growth 08 oc scemeee aso en one ok, See ipacectenpe sal <a ee eRt eas se Roe Se ae ee 1079
Not controlled by Senate Committee on Fisheries -_--.-.--.------------------------------ 1029
Organization of;idebated ..2.2-..o226el.202-s5—5- eda s 6 = Sees Se ee oe ee 1046

Printivig Pon esos ce slows oc ee os BS ee SO ee 2 A Se ee ee
Property of, care Of_..-2=-------2--0 2-22ec20 cee stone z2a2 oe scaeedaees B42, 916j94b 946 94 User lage

Publications of, wanted for Exchanges .....-..-.-<ds:esaue- 228 geeeaetsushese- eae eee 978
Ren broth Os MOP: a oo 5 2 ou Soe es ee ee re 1099+, 1231, 1235, 12386
Reports for 1880, 1881, and 1882, statistics of cost, number, etc -.--.-.---- -------------------- 1023
Review of work ot, py Goode - -- 2222222 oon sean eree eee ee .- 1063

(See also Expositions. )

Fish Commissioner:
Appointment of, laws mespecting. ~.2. 2.252500 hab. S682 Soa ee ee ce re 1056
Armory building, statement relative to, by McDonald __-. -------------,--------.- 1231, 1287, 1505
Assistant, salary.of{ottcoe 2 Ae. sk <2 Fo Bhan nee cee Se near e rere ee ee 1052

INDEX. 1908

Page.

Fish Commissioner—Continued.

Goode, G.B., appointed, by President Cleveland ---.............--. .2...------------2-- 1049, 1106

arrs aI CREO DOHA ARTO DIO Soo - far oS = 2 n-e Deca a ome case owas nenecnes aneaewleeaees 882

(See also Baird, S. F.)
EARS IEE: SRN GL TR ee re lo nie Sar ne Soca e meted Lemenavemetnranccccues .. 782,897,898, 903

Secretary of State, member of the Establishment-.-.............. 2-2... -----------2----=--e , 1847
Fish industry of Alaska:

UES SLU 2 sence: 2 Ren PSS a a yap 986

Th PPPS NLT) GURU LNG, oe a a ea ae Ree ener he, gee he 711152
RE Ee OE ee ei coe om ae a A ns cease ut as Shea e dannGeacsae wecaceeeeee 1037
Fisher, S. S., Commissioner of the Patent Office, member of the Establishment_........____- 1849
peas COTRMCUONS ene ee see Seema ra SAA ee candace saan Senedd wavs sean dgeaeseas 1167
Fitall, Elizabeth, executrix of John Fitall, annuity to ---.---.-.-.---...-------- 5, 6, 58, 67, 70, 77, 1264
Fitall, John, servant of Smithson: :

US EGAN Lee aac koh eee SSMS A SS eee eee eee ee es 5, 6, 65, 104

eS SS SE! oye cee ce SD See ae ge eee 76,77

OAS ER nee ee ee om a a aS mio amin nos L ne cena dae ang nse deon penn o-= Oh) 20) Gd, BO, Oly Oh
Fitch, G.N.:

HEEL) a TIME SIO A Gia 0) 0 See ee SO ee ee 600, 606

ETM ETUC ETA ieee = aa) ko ee eel, Rene nae een ease Saatwangainmncels 483, 486, 1853

era MERGES Le tee fe mee a ces a SL ie ee ain oN eMac ae On Gaetuarconeaancetensaasees 408
Fladgate, Clarke & Finch:

meutver trom, on residuary bequest.of Smithson .-....- <2. --.-.- 2-22. i end. none s enee nee 112
Power of attorney from President United States to collect Smithson residuary be-
a ee eee a een Wee Nas 3 a= Si erence Snead - 118, 114+, 115
ReniinanylOpAacy, Of Smithson, TecbLVeG 1POM.....222 2285.5 o2-n-a saan eens eke Scene an. ee LLG
Fladgate, W. M., solicitor for Mr. Rush------ Pe ES ee ae ae eS ee ae 11, 72, 78, 75, 88, 92
(See also Clarke, Fynmore & Fladgate; Fladgate, Clarke & Finch.)
Flag, Neumann’s American silk, preservation of_.-...-......-------------------- 953, 1041, 1042, 1132
ReEECCa MEO WRC OS NAGE OL ota beeen ean e ence esi os oS soe oe ee ween yee 1266
CPUS TEP E Sak, Ti 0 hee VR oie EN SS eee aoe ee OE eae ee 198, 199, 208+, 209, 210+
aE aera UT THOT OPIN D Vince <2 aon 2th ona = oes sae eo ae shasta ob aad aa he 146, 155
MIEN EL, UL DY coon on nena a Fee Re i Re aR eee eae Hn re Cn ee 1826
Pe beer i (BLG yo) la Ae pe SR a A EI Ee ee ye as ne eee ee ae ee ES a

Floor of House of Representatives:

Privilege of, asked for by Secretary Smithsonian Institution ................-..-.-.2..-- 1132

Used for memorial services of Joseph Henry --_-._...-....---..---.---.------ si ay oem eee 803
Floor of Senate, privilege of, granted to Secretary Smithsonian Institution . 949, 950, 951, 952, 1132
Floors, marble, tile, granolithic, for National Museum -..----...--.---------- 830, 832, 834, 1324, 1328
Florence, T. B.:

LAT UROIE, DAP Soe So DS eae MR AOR 2" ARIE Se ne ey ne oe toe es 539

Us SEE RLSS/ 1b iy a SS Pee Se ee ree eed pS a aa 502
Mlorida, works of Exploring: Expedition sent t0-.--.--~----5¢---ee)-cnnt-cpnenstecceecseet--.-. 485
LE PES SSCL, Bee TRESS ETT IIA) 03 Fes i SiO AR eS USSF TS rare CS RR aL OO es On Cm 1587
Floyd, J. B., Secretary of War, member of the Establishment. -........-.-..--.---.----.----- 1848
Fliigel, Felix, foreign agent of Smithsonian Institution at Leipsic............---.-.-------__- 1768
Fog signals, by Professor Henry------ Be AE SA oe ere eae Rae eal ea ce sees ep es ee 808
Folger, C. J.: ..

LSEHIGie HE 2 SEL ee SS Rees cere ee eee Se ee See ae Sie ea a eee oe tere etal) 1278") (3°

Secretary of Treasury, member of the Establishment _._..............--....--.---------- 1848
ibaa learstieees Pe UE SRUT ICO es Sree eee oe, ne ee aa oe ee Aten ae gS pe oe ane ace eer 937

Hood Pesources, increase of, by Professor Baird. 2.0.2: ..2222.------ o-ecne -ncee cae ceee nen enccne, 1047
Foot, Solomon: .
GUE LING CIN Gas ci eRe 8 a RR A OD ee ne Ca I

Report. oy, On ure ab Smithsonian Institution. -.. ¢. 2. sso2 cbe.t. ook eeoabenepnwecacmencacen . G4

UE, ESGUTITIOEE | OR 2 ae see ae CO San oR SE er ogep ees She Ran PER oe eae en 644, 657 -
Foote, H. S.:

LATBTEVETE NO? 2, yee Se De ee ee A al me ee Rene ES, Eile Sewing 404

indie, MLS Oi ae 5 ORS a ce no 474
Riese Rae EMBER CSV Ea ae aie odie id oo crea Caney ac Mice nawtete cae nUk eae ccacalausamecctandmeion, JSOL
VHGA Dil, Aue See ek 0G 'S)] 9) a See eR a ree 1152+-, 1160, 1161+
Force; Peter; mayor of Washington, memorial by......=--..--.--..2--.----- -220-- eeceene- eee 182
Ford, M. H., appointed to attend Cincinnati exposition.............-.--.--------------------- 1121
Ford, P. L., paper by, for American Historical Association. ................--.----.---------- 1534
Horcipmiacentsof smitnsonian Institution. .....--1.-. .=--s-cse-. 2200 0--ae acca cndences sone 1768

HOt Pl Omir apIOM GialGanbib Wi ONeas~ o> oso o- aaa4 sec cod aesiels ceca -eecuccesccdeuesccs scuer ose! DOE

1904 INDEX.

Foreign exhibits, Philadelphia Centennial: Page.
Hstimate for removal of, to National Museum 2=: -9_ 2-22-20 one aoe eee ea eee TAL
Praised by President United States 2-.-2222 225.2 to eo Se ee ae TED
Presented to United States’ s2 2 ssc ec =a ree see eae eee eee 735, 741, 746, 751, 761-767
To be received, packed, transported, stored, and preserved ---- .--------- .--------------- 743

Foreien gifts to United States, consideration of --__. ---.-. .----- ---- ----<--2---- -------50----- 129

Foreign governments:
Invited to expositions. (See Expositions. )
Permanent buildings for, at Washington, proposed -.-_...---..-----------------..--2---- 1035
(See also Exchanges. )

Foreign laborersadmitted. (See Expositions.)

Horesh preservation, Comm {SSION fOr, PROPOSCU. === -- <= sens ese on een a ee 907
HOPTIOY.,, Wie el sonnei ee oe ne 1104, 1160+
MOMOUMDY Stsen! oot Ga tee nee es cae ae oe nt Seng ea a ee ee 1103
Romarke Dy 22... en ccen ee nee oe eee nna seer e am aeas 1103, 1152, 1158, 1161+, 1164, 11654 , 1170
PROP ON bi ype ee ae eee ee ee 1103
Forsyth, John, Secretary of State:
Metier Tron eee eee eens eee cone ean eee nee een eae eee 9+, 15, 41, 48, 100, 108, 143+
TO! ern rr esas aes eae eee Secs steam ee er ee ee 8,10, 15, 16, 18,19,
20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 31, 34, 36, 39, 40+, 41, 42, 43, 46, 48, 49, 50+-, 52, 59, 61, 64, 93, 100+, 101, 102, 103
HorpiPickens, war tropnies ab. - 22-5. o22- she nese senee noes eee ee ae ee eee a 1266
Foster, Charles:
Wether LPOMe on 282 sccceo 208 oman ee on ae eee Smee See etree Ric ee cl 1565
Secretary of Treasury, member of the Establishment ------_-.--------------------------- 1848
Hoster, EH. El. Pebtibion PreSONten Dy 2-.-ssc2-a— - <2 cae cea a eee near ee ae 200
Foster, H. A.:
WiOtOm Dycen- n> cok. Son Ne chess eae e meee epee me 318

AROVIERIES (DY con - oe coe een ae ee ae a eS re eee ae
Foster, J. W., Secretary of State, member of the Establishment ----...--..------------------ 1847
Foster, L. F. S.:

President pro tempore Senate, Regent- ---..-----.----------- ---- -<-- -==< -2== «= -- <2 20 ae 1852

TSG = eae che sia © Bees ew eee er ae ee nee eee SS ae ae 619, 660+
Foundry., national, necessity of..:-..- ---- .-2- 2-2-2 oo n= a5 5 wenn ser oon = en oe eee 150
Hountain. Mi. :, ‘Copyist, Exchanges: 2225 22-2 - - 2 ee steee eee ee ee ee 1597
Fox, E. W., memorial by... 2222-822 bea Sse Sao ee enen ees ane oe 1038
Fractional currency. delivery of plates of, to Smithsonian Institution, proposed -------- 790, 791
Fraley, Frederick, memorial by ---------------- ---------------- ---- ------------ ---- ------------ 1317
France:

‘ATmpricar MinIaver tO _----- ss 2} ao cee ae conn en eka a See ne ees ee eee ee ee ee ee 514

Chamber of Deputies of, exchange with, proposed---.------------------ Beep ety, = 854

Exhibits‘from, at Philadelphia exposition given to United States -----. -----~------------ 763

Government of, Exchange treaty not ratified by---------.-------- ------ .------------- 1147, 1708

BKCHENPES With ree en ee ee ee ee 434, 854

Exploring Expedition Works for)... s0e-5 noone ee ene eee eee 820

publication of voyage of the ‘“‘Astrolabe”-......-.----- .-----.----------- 240

weights and measures, United States, set of, furnished to ----.--.------ 467
(See also Expositions. )

WAN Ob op to aes See sm ee ee sr er a he oe 131
Francis, D. R., Secretary of Interior, member of the Establishment ppp ee San 2s. 1850
Frank, Aupustite, mobiod Dy -- 20-225 ooo ho ioe ee eee mr 658
Pranks. Ae eee een oe ee eee eee rne Stee act a Renee See ee Dea
Frankford Arsenal, war trophies at_.... 2. --.---2.2-..-- - 22 <- gece connec nee ne cee eee ee ene 1266
Franking privilege. (See Free postage.)

Franklin® Benjamin. ¢ocee.- 2 62 ooo ee oo ee ee eae a eee ee lt 549, 1032

Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, electrical exposition by ------ .----------------------------- 890
Wranklin. J.B. POmarks, DY .-<-sc2. pe seen w eee me ae ee Soe en ee ee 538+

Franklin Park, Boston, cost of. -_-.-2 22-222 2-2 22s eee ee cee Seer 2 1489
Free freight:
Hormlrxchanges. 2 = )6 5085 = Ske ee ee eee ee 1147, 1548+, 1673, 1764
Ormcollochions: ) 2 2s {Po 2.22. eS re ee ee ee 873

Free postage:
For Smithsonian Institution._______-..__---- ---- x xvi, 485,500, 501, 699, 767, 768, 818, 819, 961+-, 1746
ON COPY PE HbSs. esos ee ee cee Se eee re eee er ae a 501
On docninentss eee eee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee
Free telegraph service for Smithsonian Institution --. --.----.------------- ------ ------------ 610, 611
Freedman’s Hospital 7220 2 a = oe nn ee mone ee noes oo pene ee ee nee eee eae 1592, 1476

INDEX. 1905

Freight— : Page.
Fast, desired for Exchanges...................-.. Rasesiesee aa aa dome apane Nese teem 1147, 1810
On gold of Smithson fund --.-...--..--- NE EOE aan Pet NE lle BE Oe igs 102
Frelinghuysen, F. T.: ;
Re ea ACen mae Crd POM = ee seas ook asso = wo eo scba oooh Soren ee 1281
See ere ROLE CUR OON§ Stites ee oes ook Se ci ws ww eon et ances eeu eee 906
UID) oo on ne tee ee Jee he ae ee nee Se aE 900, 902+-
LeU ENGL TATE CS [REN GSTS ISTIC 0 a ee Soe ee eA are aE OL 890
IN EGG ES Veena OS Ree Oe ee eee ea ee eae eS 720+-, 721
SSMU LN re Seite ogee SESS ok Se pee Ci a A St ae a Re al Beate. AL 896
Becretary of State, member of the Establishment. ._-.....--....-.-- 2210-2 1847
Mer ohh SiG) aos Si SR. ete Sel ae Sg oe oD Fae a genes A Si pe ei teed Icey ee Ls 1732
CPE ES Sis GNC ES aR oa papa aa re ee a ere a ee PRA Le i,
French attorneys in Smithson suit (Castaignet and Delagrange) -____._________- 15, 19, 20, 27, 41, 48
French Claims Commission, publications of, wanted for exchange. --....___.__...-...-.-.-_-- 978
Hanmer ean ni torss losses by, 2b @HICAPO! o22-<-5 socees- a. ocese ee edeu sao eco eee eae eh oe 1637
French 5 percents, property of Henry James Hungerford....-_-..-.. --..-.--..---.----.-.--- 6
Heencn ne volmtion, smithsons sympathy with--2¢.2-. i. 5.2022 ee 55
(POS ke Ay, Cy CSTE, GL DG (0) DE fey a eg Sen 1597
French, Richard, appointed on committee on Smithson bequest----.----------___..----._.--- 242
Fritsch, Emil, marble tiles for National Museum, furnishecl by-._--.-..-..---.-.------------. 834
Frye, W.P.:
Pein onE LO, LOMEDOTO SONAte; NOSCNE <-- an se enon a aeee eee seece assem sces ea--cansesnene 1852
Rene Eee CRU eee pee en ee lage | ie ee Cee Me he las 949, 1299, 1300, 1302, 1303
PER ae ra Ee ee cee ee er on ee aes o ota wees sd Satan ee oe So seen ows Soeee nae soe 1492
UY OS) TIES TOTELS 0 ral (0) Fel pep eS eee a en re So Se ke a ee ne a ae 1698, 1699

(See also National Museum, heating, etc.)
Fuller, M. W., Chief Justice:

Pet aatcerurore une US ult OlON toe 2. tone os ee sees eeeene nae = eaten ce eer cosa cen eee 1856
MGT TEES CFLS OFLC Yo} LAS) ala eS) a re pe ees ane a SO i a 1452, 1849
eo ate sOMGU MUStUChMON Gs ~.0% = sa-as wat das aces eset wens eeecce aceon ceeent pose 1452, 1852
(See also Chief Justice.)
Prmmaminmavelt. sream poatr: Clofmont.’ - 2022-5 222-2225 oo S2— sod ob ase nw bewaerlanaetoance aes 549, 1017
Fund,Smithson. (See Smithson, James, bequest of.)
metre SOCOM HONEY). jo c-222e soci So nis ben Se tans oe so tae mae Seek Saam oD enna eo eee en 802
ere EROS TOM See So eee eaten ee oe mee Don et oe | oc eee ee 1766
Fynmore, T.G.:
One STLELNSON SEU AI COs tee aston na ty sol ee rs ete ae ee) Seu ee oe 58+, 70

OHTA Ee eS eT Berd Ba SI a a age eg Ba = i get a ENE OE Nr IS ar 212,
(See also Clarke, Fynmore & Fladgate. )

Gade, Gerhard, Norwegian assistant commissioner, Philadelphia exposition__-..__.._..-..- 764
Gage, L. J.,Secretary of the Treasury, member of the Establishment_-._._-.-__...__........ 1848
ahr a Ac CODY ISh, Navional Museum i2s2-- 2222-20 ao Bas ee ee ens ee Be 1598
re toregeecle rk pNabIONALM USO 2. 39.. t de oo 2. foro poses ah ewde ateeas Boe eee secs 1598
Gallatin, Albert, honorary member of the Establishment __.... _.-..-...---.-.--------+---.-- 1850
Galleries in National Museum. (See National Museum building. )
CrietuiOuwe nrc, COUCOMAT, IN COPDOLADION: OF. -- 2). e oer a aot pte eee a oe as Bonen ee 684
Gallinger, J. H.:
FETT) (eS em ee oe oe ee Sa Ree cd DT eel ee 1635, 1801, 1833
PSUDOtE CORON SE LIStS, SUMOLOckN AO Or 62 ano ne ee ns Oe ES. pas Ss es a 1832
CSUINUSUEY CUE T8921 OO) ae eee eS et Se ee ee ee heh eS oS 1831
(EeCa RSME DV elem te ae ee ee eet ne eyes Bae Noon See eee eee INO Liah, L900, 17 19, Laoled cae a Set
IS NEDRISY clin IR ect Ses Rare eh ei = ae eae 9 PIE. ESR, Sey ere Se agate ee, WO MEE Paros 05 1833
SHV GALOn AD LOUTAuOn OP NAl DOL -ca0.s 5502429 — a Back in ee ec 26 20 os oce tk S-nnese 1467, 1468
CONSPIRE, Sy CER Son] OF Tl EM eae TO Ce Lee Et Latte” ee ee ae eet pee a 209
LOSES ETS TEAS (Gp 28 Ea Bas at es En RA UR EL Gey 5A ee ioe a ee ee 854
Ren ORS (Gin Hes ONTO DRY meer ins Skee Se be Wee tC a ee eos oe cr ccecna scan 85d
Sir ere OL Of 2 — somes so a eee eae te ns ee lates cme ak 1826
Gannett, Henry, appointed on Board on Geographic Names..--....-._. -----.------------------ 1557
Gana ainers watobinan.|Nabtondl MMUSCUIG:..-5 0. -os- soon peace ok eae ey eee encase ace - 1598
(Sem STE Ta TPT anise Seas Seep oe Cea a eee ee a eee ee po ee ee a ee 477
(See also Jardin des Plantes.)
(ami nor Vue cise Orton Dalia Satih 222 9 oe as ooo ee ee oe cl act eneens 89, 81, 82

(See also Crowley & Gardner.)

ei ERIE ie J fo EN. BS aha en Ee er rea ie 8 noe UN = Se
SEL Eb eT !SS) Doe FE He USW a Dy sdk) @ OO Sy Bg ami AS tC a Me 805
Appointed by Regents on committee relative to Smithson’s residuary bequest----____- 118

He Doe. 752 120

1906 INDEX.

Garfield, J. A. Continued. Page.
Inauguration of, as\President United States_--2--.---.-- {225 2" 2S oe eee 1324
Motionior-resolition DY.leo-2 asso === eae eee eee eee 663, 664, 669, 672, 674, 678, 698, 707+, 784
President United States, member of the Establishment -----.--..-.---------------------- 1847
Ropent appointed 2-22: vest sen ooo ae ee ee eee ee eee 669, 681, 783, 819, 1838, 1853
Remarks by 2.225 2 oeoen 2 See hee ecea es a2 sa eee 674, 675, 681, 690, 706+-, 800+

Garland, A. H.: :
Attorney-General, member of the Establishment. .-..-------------------- ---------------- 1849
Resolution ny ee 255 SB ee ee ee er ae re 823

Garland, James, appointed on committee on Smithson bequest ---------------- ~--- 125, 146, 169, 182

Garland, Rice, appointed on committee on Smithson bequest ------..---.---. ----.--.-------- 125

Garlick, Theodore, artificial propagation of, fish by —---.-~ <ecce's-e2 pane oo eee ee

Gartrell, L. J., appointed Regent WAG RER IA AERP B A» cg Fee ss WC 604, 609, 1853

Gary, J. A., Postmaster-General, member of the Establishment-----.----..---------.------ prime ||

Gas apparatus and appliances, proposed exhibition of, in New York --..-.-----.----.----..- 1754

Gas fixtures. (See National Museum, heating and lighting.)

Gas for National Museum,special estimate for ..__- 2-22. 2 ee ee oe oe 1020

Gatschot, AWS., Bureau of Ethnology. ---- 2. — 22 econ wn nae asec eae eee ieee 1540

Gazette. Patent OMcCe "= .-.-2. 26226 = 5-s255 2b ee eer ee eee 1005

Seba 0c, ERS, TUNES ps sac a 1758

Geare, R. I., chief of correspondence, National Museum..--..._--..-..--..-.-------.----------- 1698

Sa onarnl sArTMStrone.” DVIP.. 222250 sess oa canes co secte ep wee enee ae ee eee rr 1044

Genoa:

Death and*hurial of James'Smithson in =.= 22 nn ee 13, 26
Government of, requested to lend relics of Columbus to Chicago exposition -__..-....-- 1586

Geographic Names, Board on:

Orranization and OMcers Ol) 22---secene aa - eat se ee eee hoe ae ee oe 1557, 1558
RepOrnbiOls 22s a2 <, 55-2 nos eee nei cala wns Pee eee = ae ome pte ee a ee 1557
Smithsonian, Institution represented ON. 2. <<. snnnnncnen-- ono- <se cease we eee 1557

Geographical and geological survey of Rocky Mountain region:

Archives, etc., of, to be sent to Smithsonian Institution ---.....-...--..----------------- 818, 862
BRODOLIG Ol f252 eae oa ow oo aobeo mera scared ese a tee ee ee ee te 792

Geographical and geological survey of the Territories, reports Of = 4 Ser See eee 791

Georraphical COnsrers, Paris) 2 ~~ 2soresuae en oc acte eee oa se eee eee 896, 897, 898

Geopraphy, Smithsonian publications on —2.-.- --- oc. - 2- = nsec ee eee ee ane ee 548

Geological and geographical survey. (See Geographical.)
Geological collections, Government, resolution of Regents for appropriation to enlarge

National Museum for exbibit of ...... 522-2. ---~sme deen oewengeee se ae eee ee 895
Geological collections of Land Office transferred to Smithsonian Institution. ---....-.... 693, 1013 —
Geological Survey, United States-._.--....-----.-------- 1005, 1028, 1024, 1044, 1117, 1118, 1615, 1716, 1717

IATTOTY UBOG. DY c--sccs ace nae ooh apace ms ece~s Levene ee nene ne oo eae ae eee nee ee eee eee eee 1233

Board on Geographic Names, representative on---......---.------2--0-- <20- 22 teen ennee 1557

SUID = oe ee ne ce <= eee ee ee ee ee ae eee ae eee 895, 944, 1021, 1268-1271, 1308, 1309

consent of Regents required for site for 22. 22 -- 5 oe an eee ee

report of House Committee on Publie Buildings and Grounds in favor of __--- 1269

temporary, for New Orleans exposition =~ -2~ ---- <2- 2202S Seee ee eee 1112

Collections from, to Smithsonian Institution --.---..-.....------ 2222-2 22222 oes 1133, 1228, 1320

in, to be used by students 22 25522025 22220 See ee eee 1596

method of transferring material from, to National Museum.-----_._.-.------ 1135

to be deposited in National, Museum -_-_ = 222.2 as- oo eS ae 779

Connection of, with American University --.--- .----.--------------- (io Se eee 1533

Cooperation with National Wuseum *2 22 253255225 sae aoc cons ee ee ee 1136

Director Of. - 2 ccscccre: ---~- ence enon ee sa aete a ome onsen eae a een aa eee 922

letter from, on building for Survey 22 2-: -2222 s<2222222222252s2222¢-e eee 1270

planiof, building to bemade'by 22-22. 222225-- 22-2202. £2 eee 1308

Powell, J. W., appointed 22222 22 20252 oe os ee 1540

proposed as curator of American University ---- 5--.--=<-2-: -===-2.c-ese= eee 1532

on board of managers, on annual lecture course ------.----------------- --.s-s 893

on commission for Geological Survey building -------.-..----.-.--.-------- 1268, 1269

statement by, of space used by, in National Museum. ---...-....--.------ 1023, 1024

survey of 200 Park by eee 1151, 1154, 1171, 1172, 1219, 1334, 1335, 1336

Hmploy6es of, instructions to: 2 2222222250222 ee a ene ae eee ae ee 1133
Exchanges of. (See Exchanges, International.)

Inquiry relative to. =2- 22-21 5.520 LISS eek see Se ee eae tek eee Ee nee ne ee 1539

Labels used by 22. -- 22 =~ =~ 22 eee ten ee eee eee ee ee Oe ee 1133, 1134

Loeated in’ Washington and nine other cities = 222-22. -< soe ees bao eee eee eee 1308

Museum system of. - woe cnn 2 SOLS Te eens eee eer et

National Park, surveys WFor: ing 2 — EE Oe Oe SE Os Ee ee een 1107

hi A ee

INDEX. 1907

Geological Survey, United States—Continued. Page.
>) Mibsoiryn fie soy ee ee eee oes et aoe Sak Se eR Ne Se ee ane enone 1042+
Papluestions ol wanted for exchanee *: 622222 225-206 sso se0e 3s oeee conn Lessee cn enbs boomee sone 977
Report rom oMburent OF MUNNOLORY s.c0.. = 2225 2222 fence ro en — oe oe one oe eee neeeen 1540
am foor space occupied by Offices - = 25 22:2 2525-425 2564. 24-5 S02 dete eee onsen 1022
Rnneeli melee MUsOUT tacd) DY s«sscmess-2o—2cn> <2 -2o> on co oe ee meen scenes eae seaee 1028, 1024
Speeimens, examination and disposition of, by .-.-. --..---.-----. ---.-----. --------.------- 1185
PE TEROUSIS POT TSC) Ola. ates a5 22a noo Sos os) Ss ses tewes 2522 sil sc aldo ag 912
Rog) Pari eemtbrse ie 68. cada. == 2325=-<'2--- sas-a--~~--- 1151, 1154, 1171, 1172, 1219, 1334, 1335, 1336
(See also Expositions; Geographical and Geological Survey.)
Geology:
Estimate for building for collections and laboratories ---------.-....---. --.---------.---- 944

increase of National Museum collections of--_.__.-...-....-...--.---...-.-. 1819
Geology of British America, collection, at Philadelphia Exposition given to United States. 766

Geology of North America, estimate by Professor Baird for research in----..-..--.....------ 839
orf de S Ube eee ccece sen see oe ee er Se ee SO Se eee Oe 1414
Rea ERPRTIR SS EN en a ee ce nse meee aeons wee 1084, 1090+-, 1092 +-, 1097, 1286, 1756+
Reger nN ee ae ae eS Gas Ses Saad on eee ee eee one san teee aa wate Sawa ees ent emenes 131, 209
ERM pr ee eee ee eee = Oe oe os nn te aac somas a ansnsnes se Sout eee eee deb eee ee ann 139
Mayor of, and citizen of, proposed as visitors to Smithsonian Institution -_-_--_- 206, 237, 276
Georgetown College, District of Columbia-.-----.-----.-- SERRE S ge sanee so eee SUELS SSIES 177, 181, 192
peor HONOR osnlMsabed) VAINC 2.52. -2—. = = oa ase ees we ee weenie wene ea eenaaa 647
(See also State stocks.)
Oy Edin Ea fed TEPER CTA ie yt ova ee Oe Spe OEE arte eer oe Aaa ee eee ae ee 1854, 1855
CR ha tie Mr peo 8 eS Oe re eae SARE ten Ae oe en eae aa 877

Central Union, memorial by, for opening National Museum on Sunday--..-.------ 1814

UTC es 1a Fae eee oe eae ean s cee ar ee ee eee cnt cee a2 Sk OSaS cob eee 827

(See also Germany, Emperor of.)

Language, professorships in, proposed for Smithsonian Institution -__-.--_..-.---- 169
Germania Minnerchor, music by, at Henry statue services -----.-----.-.--.-------- Seat a a 922
Germany:

Crown Prince of, protector of Berlin Fishery Exposition. --....---------------------.---. 826
Emperor of, prize given by, at Berlin Fishery Exposition ---..-..-..---.----------- 825, 826, 82
fpMbaneartrenty nottatiioediDys = -.2 2... s2esees ek soe n de o-oo enone cee aaa eee 1147, 1703
Exhibits from, at Philadelphia Exposition given to United States ..........---.----.---- 763
Peau e DACiIC.OL, MNGGEL Of, prOpOsed.s.- 5555222 vss sc ase se eee eean- eee aon eee eee 1264
ear LS Mere nON iW scas Saco s- oo oas scans onaae son cmae hee Sone ae te es eo Sepes eS orees 540
i lelheiny TE GSE 0 eee See eee ee eee eae ens Pes pee Ce ree Oe eee ..-. 287,339, 341, 381, 1196
MARR VERO OEN EB hepa yea ets On Sd ar ee es See a LE ener ts Pt oe E e e S 920
Appointed on Select Committee on University of the United States --...._....---..---.. 1531
PeIEOR TER CHR eens 8 = oe ea eae oa ae ns eae ans SOS ae Se Se Meee 1553
WMrmmnmm OF TeSOlNiiGG) DY —=- 42-- = ecneee = eee aa een see Se aaieet aweree Jaeee 1553, 1555, 1625
Cheb ila a7 oferta 20s | rn a ae ee, een Mees See a= ert ie eae ee 1109, 1272, 1852
CUS MtLHsOnian. InSite won. «9-252. sesso lecse awe ceashn eee do sen keene sane 1453
LSETRS WCE | OL ES ee ee Ea ep aie Eek eee oe Be eee ees eee 1362, 1413
Gifts to Smithsonian Institution --........-----------2--2 LN LY So Beatin a oh See 120,121
Act to authorize Smithsonian Institution to receive, hold, and dispose of -----.--..-.--. 1685
Gilports Davies, jetver OF smithson: os ese Bo ILS Se Roe fe. See area es i eee ne 55
Geran Wet Ho SHOLION BY o5 7 ono ea ee sk ee Sas ea Pen PE DIO IE 4 oS pae eee 414, 418
Ses Dera hp OTONrIAniOUiL Ol 540.2. ses tad ose oe ees eto meet alan a Ws eet enn ama e nes 917
CE pd (0) BC rer teree 9 gt HIN) Oh gern ee ee eS Oe re Se eee a oF pat ee Pe 1038
Gailiese sent Colleetions front Chuo Dy-ss-- -2.-, se oceans aeage eats secon oe ene Jenene eee 70
“EPP UB 10) se Gober tee ee rete eee ee ee ai Ate SEED cet ce Looe 2s CE eee ene cee 217
ROR RSE TCT EMe TD EES CEN UL NNE Mt neta er Stn eet er Oe a SIR IIS sd he 314, 333, 345, 352
CHOI ENG ASHE] 01012 1 en ee Om Sgt ee ere OR ee nas Re Spee a ae ee ae eee ee 352
Gladiator, Dying, statue of, destroyed in Smithsonian Institution fire__-----_-.------.---.-- 643
Glasgow:
dSsid lei aitalen Pred a ey eres eee) eee ye SE ee EE eee ae ret eee ees ee ee 154
Meéetine of British Association at----.. -:-. =.=: 3.-----£: -22-2-- SAE, 2A SEM UE So Net (7/5.
Glass for National Museum, duty on. (See Bache & Co.)
Globe, newspaper (Washington), advertisement in, relative to State stocks_--..--..-..._... 251
(See also Congressional Globe. )
EE eS pert Ol” cpt Sele ee ee ea I Sie lL ee pe. eS Se og ee 1487
CG derstand | Be yo Cer ER oa] ok ge ae eA ea Ppa ae lt al = eee Ae eee Bm 1125
Glover Growienn ) WuNseum: DUrCHABG OL =) cosa oe een te ee eats wns wew sn connaeeneeee 663
Glover, Townend:
Entomological plates and manuscript by, purchase of _....-.--.--.--.---------- 812-817, 907, 908
stored in Smithsonian Institution --.....--.-. 908

1908 . INDEX.

Glover, Townend—Continued. : Page.
Entomol] ogical work by,approval! Of 5.2222 $2. 23 a<2sn2e- 6 - ns neesan eee oa ae eee 814-817 -
Mruits, casts of made by'..---2.02.--2<-s6 seas eas ne oeees pees gee ee eee ee ee ee 816
Insects, copper plates) of, by=-=-3-22-si<.2-e8 23555228 eee oe ot ee coe a 816

dvawings Of by =~. 2<22--craneca2o\- <oeenche: ants Sepe area ee ee ee ee 816
Services of, to museum of Agricultural Department. ..--..----.-----------------.------ 815, 816

Goff, Nathan, jr., Secretary of Navy, member of the Establishment. -_--:-.---.----.-.-.---- 1848

Goggin, W.Ls, motion by s2es25 2852255 Sei See oe Re ce ee 451

Gold:

From Smithson bequest, deposited in Philadelphia Mint-- 61, 64, 65, 97, 100+, 101, 107, 108, 109, 185

TOCOIV CO oss 2 ie = ee Pa eo oes 93, 94, 117
Payment of interest on’ Smithson fund in --:... ./.+-.-----4+--22--.6-5----) ees 645, 648, 651, 653
Premium on, received for Smithson’s residuary legacy ---------------.------ ee oe 116+
Sale of, by Riggs & Co., for Smithsonian Institution --.-.-----.------ ------/2---<.24-<0-4-.- 116

Goldsborough, GC. W.. Memorials bycos-n=3s bless Se sgt 5 a Sb ae eb ee 183

Geldsmith.J. S. sclesk, National Museums. 2s-. 5-22. <0 2 . 8 a eee ee 1598

Goode, + Gaibro wan See eS See oe omen cheerese 874, 1050, 1053+-, 1054, 1086, 1111, 1212
Appointed commissioner to Madrid exposition... -.--.----2 --<--- --- 5.0. 3 _=-5 wa2one ean ee

Mish Commissioner? ..6.-<°> 255. 25-2 8e 55 Seanad gegen ie eee reed 1049, 1106
History of Smithsonian: Institution edited by'.-3.-W52 2. s=- bose -o- eae Seco eee ee ee tee ee iii
information from,;on National Museum... 222.2 eee = eee ee 1712
Pretiiiergsn OMeas eta ee ca aa ae no eee ee eee 825, 827, 988, 989, 1010, 1254, 1543, 1732, 1733
Eabratry of, purchase Of. 22-23 ooo. 20 22 aoe n one cence eas se eae ee en 1817, 1822
Notification. by, to: Civil Service Commission. ......8-.<-<0 «nesn65-—sn455535h=e" -eeeees 1767
Plan and estimates for Chicago exposition by -5-.2-42--..5<4 5<2-4222-45 .22-5- eee 1592
Recommendation for purchase of Capron Japanese collection---._- -.-.-----.--------- 989,1280
Review.oc work of Fish Commission. by,....-.: 42-25 -sasiasanceee *ogues seu eee 10.3
Visitsiof; to: Thomas G. Hodgkins... .... 2220.65 ten abe ee ee ee ee 120

Gordon, Samuel, motion by ics 2 elves soe sed. Sees eb se hee eee 423

Gorham GC. memorial by.222: 2222-22-28 Soeees Se ee ee ee 1038

Gorman, AGP: Seo02. Se oc, Basen Se ees aie ee see en beers a ane ee pe aoe eae an ee eee 1033, 1036, 1455
Motion/and resolution. by . <...- <=. .siesssss- sane 3s sand Sako sae ee ee 1033+, 1459
Reéniaras Dyixen ese oe ee ee. aes 1037, 1080, 1292+-, 1300+, 1801, 1457 +4-, 1458+, 1459+-, 1542
RUG IED WY Sena re rrr a ep ee 1653, 1672

Gothic chapel or hall. (See Smithsonian building.)

Gott, John, statue of Dying Gladiator by, destroyed in Smithsonian Institution fire --.__. 643

Gottingen, University, library of! at-- ei et ee ee 286, 376, 377,379

Government Printing Office. (See Public Printer.)

Government Publications, Descriptive Catalogue of, distribution of ._....-.-.-.-.-----.---.-- 968

Government, United States:
Collections made by. (See Collections. )

Powers of, to enter sphere of literature and science .-.....-.-..-------- .--- «++ ---- eee 565
Service:to, by the Smithsonian Institution —-...< <2. - oecccnn--o-ca cence Pesce iii, 674, 677, 1611
Smithsonian Institution ‘‘not a Department of” (Jefferson Davis) ----.------.----------- 47)
“not an establishment of (Professor Baird) --..-....-..-----. 106)
“not. an institwtion.of 7 WB. Allison) -a-se64-- ae eee 1028
Work of, report'con- methods Ofé. 32525005522 esd eke Beat Sanne EN os ee ae 1133

Governor, District of Columbia. (See District of Columbia. )
Governors Island, armory, war trophies at... 22. 22.25. 2-26 523-32 eo eon. See ee eke eee
Governors of States:

Memorial by, for Washington exposition ---.-...------------ See ee eee Le eee 1039
Proposed appointment of board for Washington exposition--.-.-..---...------------------ 1038
To:cooperate with Vienna exposition = .-. <<---5 so. -55 onnce- a5 Snes eee = 5 ~ Sele eee 698
Grable, John, petitioniof:.....2: s 22242 seas: So oe eseeee nsec canes os ease nee 558
Graham, James,motion by. 2 -- = <2 esecet Sed Se accas cas Pe ee encase at og aay Oe
Graham, W. A., Secretary of Navy, member of the Establishment ---...-.--.--- .----.----- 1848
Grange, Nationaliand: Virginia, memorial Dy. 2-2 -.s-s8 2526 oo5s aoa nee ot esc en cneen i ane eee lu 9
GCipsgneers> sheer reese ae oor ea eee eee Some dase h -Soek Beek cate aa aici Pet 1091
Grant, Julia Dent, gift of Grant relics by -------- rite Setesd So gone cence cee - 962-968, 1009-10}1
Grant, U. S..-222.02 22. c25.25- 22) teceds Hage Soe ees = OO TB; 968 4. | Ora, GS LT Cheetos
President, member. of the Establishment. - 32 2.2. jcosa sens Soc 2a donee eee oes ee 1847
proclamation by, relative to Philadelphia Centennial Exposition -.-----.---- 700

Schedule of swords, medals, paintings, bronzes, portraits, commissions, etc., of, pre-
sented to United States Governmont- 2.2. .- -2ce 25 -cs— sarees - eo ae enone 952, 963-967, 1011

Secretary of War adinterim, member of the Establishment----.---.---...--.-----------. 1848
Gravity Railroad. (See Railroad, Mount Pleasant.)

Giay A sais tte 2c 3 eet icads soc) eon se eee sea See Saae Se 5 ew eee ten ee eee 583
Addressiat Henny momorial .... 42222. 028 setae s- ods See ae ee oe eee 805
Death OF 22s s35~ Saas Sanaa ae ooo oe esis eee eee eee See Ree ee eee el eee ee 1110

INDEX. 1909

Gray, Asa—Continued. Page.
Memoriae Dy, Lor National Museum) building’ 22: 222. 22 222s2sessseses fe 2522 2 ASE 734
POR OUUMAD POLIO Mera ae ssc soe odo ow congas ede setae Sesser dadees sades ate 717, 820, 972, 1854

PT OUGSOULIies se eece sees. seuue A) AE Me ie okies ee so ecucse Cheiee 706, 707, 710, 714, 820, 970

REPU ENGR R TOO oars oes ys St eyo 2d ase Sb og ease So aU Sada as osas sna bss 2d ide SES Jae 1726
SOT TE I one LL os Se UE US Ea ee oe ee eee ee eee Geer ELL! Ske ate Luk: 1725
FRR itrel Ge) POLLO nat Atte so Se eee coe en eee Pao Seen keene s Soo s cots wee coat eee ees 1553, 1632, 1852

resigned. -2. 2.7 Se ee See ee ce Re See See ae ee Ree Se oe 1775

POVEUPE APT TG Si) OR Pie SE Sse yk el em eae Se ee ek ae Se RETR Yee) (75)
Tenby BY Taney he es eee OE ee ees ee ee eee pe tk Fah enh ee ee AOee te eee eee rie ee he yf: At (1)
Exchanges from of public documents Pe PE Pree ate See ES leg MSP RAR eres toe ee Bs 852
Exhibit of, at Philadelphia Exposition given to United States_--....._.-.__.--- 2.222. 765
EOIN Hx POCinNOn: WOrss TOM= 25. wot knee eee she ee nd cee ee see Foe PSI 2 BRO ETS
Institutions in, receiving Smithsonian publications and specimens.____ _._._-........... 114

International conference on scientific literature promoted by .-.-..._-...--.-..--..---_-- 1771
Invitation of, to Fisheries Exhibition accepted by United States ._..___.____ 2.222. __- 881
PRECH OV CETTOLALTVGMO OLOEOM).°25<s-sssascs=4 225 scs- sass ode rca eaesaq sac ahesanndacseese ieee 400
(See also British Government. )
SRT UE Shart sy OPibish Steamer. 2. eee: 232 so Led seek si yee si MU eel eee te ot 93, 94
Grecian antiquities, purchase of, proposed ------ ents nse Se Sat sa cee shea amas een cbe eet tae e ee 1257
ISteece sie lOLino EX pOdiblOn WORKS TOPs 22255-25522 2 2222223282522 5seescc55 lene ose oe eee 320
RereseSUEy EPOUMCC ERS Raa ria ta cae owe nie Sons ase ae See see ts So eacd coe ease ese eee Ee TO]
MERIT AMICI NES.) OSCE N09 CES REE ae eee ee ROSNER yhoo ie EA Sake NOLO a er pe mn Benen 1265
STUER, LE) Uh ah to i he aie ERAS a RG Ree ee Ay AR SI Lael RA Ahh ele an ae Ae ep ae 960
Proposed National Museum building to be erected under direction of __-__-_-_____- 1711, 1725
RC DEXG Hy). Omar KS ys +2 2a =<has on ptsefee oe cise Ss odeeee Acessaeeencs ones ceo eee 1370, 1445+
Greenhouse of Exploring Expedition, appropriation for -.-...-.-----.-----. ---.-------- 320, 468, 487
SS TR PRO OS SIV AOL Y = eee Sano Soe ae os cae hla came euee oeSauet ends een eee 198, 207, 208, 337, 1545
Gresham, W. Q.:
Postmaster-General, member of the Establishment. --_-.-.-----. ..-----------------.------ 1848
_Secretary of State, member of the Establishment. -___.........-------.- ----2.----- serene 1847
Secretary of Treasury, member of the Establishment __._.._-..-. .-----------------..----- 1848
ite Gs By LD et See I i Ee TE eee yt ae peep Rg ep Se ge are AO ait Sl esl hn 538
Bat RV eth Wy OF KS (OM dapae= > a0. > SAS ee eee ht ae eae ee eee ees. tee PM ae ee eee 990, 1001
Griggs, J. W., Attorney-General, member of the Establishment--_.._-..__-_.--_---. -..-__-..- 1849
Grimes, J. W., remarks by .---------------.----.------ 612+, 614+, 615+, 618, 624, 646+, 648+ , 651+, 654
‘SAAS RERUN EAS SA 9 A ae ae yan drt NA URRL ie iit Apc Pee it RR 921
MUR RSEE EES ALSKES Ded Seen No was eae are NI Ree Resse a RoR ones BAERS A RE Oe. og as Seen eene 893
BannsvetoreaO tee TepOrin Dy -.<ts (sees sp aeree. ei ens esos 2 cis oe castes Soe BO aoe ee eee 1801
Grounds known as the “ Mall,’’ proposed as site for Smithsonian Institution -____..._____-- 219
Grounds:
PuplicKach molahiverto watchmen and police\_-.!-.-252--s2eccsenc oes cote. ode wee wane eee 742
Washineton's plan Tor improvement Of- .. 2) ee.) 2 sen eenane see oe eee 369
ENMSOM aM Lp DLOpriwlOng fOr ea: ses ss he astlo. as5s5 ess soeet eee een ee eee Uses fence eee ARgol
COVECTIOD ACI Ogensrees £4 cannes suse ae ies ahs bee Pann sean Sheet eek oe eee 1043
eshmabes for Jess: sl2c8 = fasts 70) be See sepa LA) Li es jail op CE ba he | ht tk oe 1043
Hee PLUS Or sOS GMA Les LOi 252. cet) hee | ke eete three en ae ee BAe eee 1667
onry ShtoleuOube OPECUGG: [iti a. caer acme teen Se ie sore hone seen 823
injury to, by National Museum employees: __-.2-_-._2-- 2222222 LAL 1043
‘Deny OLA ee ee 5a a Oe ee Le eee eee sk ere th ee ee 1227
proposed as site for museum in permanent exposition_.-..........__-_-__- 1085
RSPOULesbLOLOULOTSO CL OS 522 Se anes se aee Ree seteseere ee ts Rat vee 937
Grout, W.M.:
AVES ACTED Vee ee eee ee eRe eRe en Aan. Sse ee SP hO ASC’ SELELE TY I PY fan ot S388 2) 42 eee 1293
Wa OMI N BOR eA ONIN oly Syl lalad ole Elid AEE Beles Aid Ee ee Mai Relea Miele Bia fe 25: 1292
raw. o7iopesker, appombneny Of ROPeNtS Dy tals. a.22 2 fet oo hit sea et si sees eo ee gag
Grundy, Felix, Attorney-General United States, opinion hy, on Garithson EU Ce ee eee 110
\CAERIS eins ULES Ge aks Ree nad Sh SE Al Ee ae eR atin tensity a6) SERNA See ee eh eee Re A 300
irene Nuin) (oS Junyo LE AEE |S eke art bape EE UE Ce Pe ee deh eee Eee he ae eet ade 643
Guthrie, James:
Report oyon history and state of Smithson funds -o2- 62224-22222 seco tosses 489, 491
Secretary of Treasury, member of the Establishment_..................-.-.--.-------- 566, 1847
Guyer, Edward, Swiss commissioner, Philadelphia exposition _......-...._--.-.-----.-------- 765
Habel, Simeon, bequest of, to Smithsonian Institution --....-.__.._._. ...--.------.----------- 121
Habersham, R. W., appointed on committee on Smithson bequest__.-..-----.-.-.-----.------ 225
Hagen, Herman, approved T. Glover’s entomological work __--.._-.....----------- 814, 815, 816, 817
TENE Te DB Fl fepal Er bhd ORG Lek ee ete yn Lie ea Mie ES CRE i ah bce gs” hank Bp Ree Rn Ral ans: al ale 1710

Haiti Claims Commission, publications of, wanted for exchange _____.-.--.---.--.----------- 978

1910 INDEX.

Page.
Hale, Wurene 222222 82 =e see 2 ee aoe se ee Se ee ee te ee 1103++
Bill Spy; st 28 Se oe cad neces eee ee ee ee ii
Remarks iby St oe oe se recesses 1029+, 1060, 1061, 1283, 1284+, 1288, 1331+-, 1567, 1568+, 1569+-
Report by 222 -2s2 28 ons desekeckce Snvend eee ae setee eee eee ee ere ee
Hale. JP remarks by: oss. 2 eee ee a eee 609+, 611, 612, 613, 617 +, 618, 624, 626+-, 649, 657
Halifax Commission, facts on fisheries furnished to, by Professor Baird ....---.---.-------- 1057
Hall, B. J., Commissioner of Patents, member of the Establishment --.---.---------.-------- 1849
Hall: C. E::
Purchase of manuscripts of Arctic exploration of ---...--.---------------=---------------- 728
Scientific results of explorations Of. =~ 22 ~<a ee ee eee 865, 866
(See also Polaris expedition. )
Hall J. C., appointed trustee, Corcoran Gallery of Art --_-2.-2. 222. =-. 2-22 25-2 e eee 684
Hall, Mercy Ann, widow of Capt. C. F. Hall, appropriation for. --_..-_-----.------------------ 728
Hall, N. K., Postmaster-General, member of the Establishment ---- --.---..------------------ 1848
Hall of House, ventilation of. (See Ventilation.)
EVID SUAS eee ee oi ro ee ee Pee ee Se ee ee ee 1648
(Piallam, Henry Se oe ee oe a a ee oa ae Oe re ee 287, 339, 341
Hallo. J: A.- Bureau of Mbhnolory =< .2--5 22 2653 22-28 een. = ane ae eee ane ee ee eee 1540
Hallie, Orphan House of <2 1-22 22-23-22 22S a ne eee ee eee eee 344
Halleck. Hibz-Greene.2_ 2 225 5225-6. oo ease ee a oe ee eee ee eee 132
Ta ibleniay iano havi ycts Uae ee ee eet See Re Seer Ne es ae SS SES SSSae Sasso so 199, 208, 2094-
Hallock, William: ‘Astrophysical Observatory - -=---> 5=------*=--------- sme eee ee ee 1597
Hamilton; Alexander, distribution of works 0f2--2=- -2=--_-==-2. -S2~S- Sen a ee ee 480
Hamilton, Eliza, copies of Hamilton’s works for. <2:-.=----2.2-=¢--0 == -2285 es heen ae 480
Hamilton ames. bequest Of 22002. 05:05 We. soe een een eae eee eee ee ee 120, 121
Hamlin, C. S., letter from, on road’ into Zoo Parka: .225<.--. 52.3 222203 oo tece Soe e aoe Oe
Hamlin, Hannibal: :
Address at Henry memorial ---------- “he ude coe Sah oe ek caer ee Se 804
Bill, motion, or resolution by_- 417,682, 688, 690, 717, 718, 721, 783+-, 784, 799, 806, 809, 820, 845, 848, 1839
Memorial by, for National Museum building -22.525- 222-5515 seek ae nese = See 734
ReMnrES Dy f20c20 sen... ose. Se eer 412, 413, 628, 689, 717, 719, 721, 783, 784, 809, 820, 848, 854
RGD OM DIY Se ee a ee a a ee arte wre eee ee are eet 478, 485, 809
Senator, Rerent, appointed =~. .2- =~. =. ate = = cee ote eee ee 681, 1852
Tesipned 22. Se ne ap dcp cei he eda ees eee ee ieee 819
Vice-President, appointment of Regents by --.-+--*-. -----2------ Sei ee 628, 630
; meniber of ‘the Establishment :.-<-2.. 2-<-22.-5--)- 5-4 ee eee 1847 *
RerentsJ2..2 5 2-tyete 2 eek cee ee
Hammond. J: D:; resolution! by -=225. 22. 222222222 8 Soi ant oe eon ee eee ee eee 428
Hammond, J. L., Chinese commissioner, Philadelphia exposition -----..---.------------------ 762
Hampton Roads naval review for Chicago exposition --.....---.-.------ ------------------ 1508, 1841
Hampton, Wade, rOmarks Dy 22.22) oo noe ae <a eee emia ee pe ea ore eee 1288
Hannegan, E. A., appointed on committee on Smithson bequest ----------------------------- 125
Hansbrourh, HW. Oo 2222.02 5 se ese a ee oe ete rn eee ee ee “1778
Remarks Dy s26.s-- =25 520 en => se oeee oe cee oe ee eee Se ce oe er eee 1765+, 1766+-
Hardinzham, C., charges of, on Smithson bullion? --22 2222-2) ee see ee ee 97
Hardy, John: report by 22-05. 2. sss2--so2eon eee Coby Sees Ow oS tee ee ee 959
Hare, Robert: ;
Apparatus of, destroyed in Smithsonian fire: . ...--6 2-2. 2h se ce oe eed as eae eerie eae 642
Honorary member of Smithsonian Institution--.-.....---...---. -------------------.---- 567, 1850
Hare, SuaS, T6EMAaArKS DY 22. .52-~o.0 seer eee ee ekoeen ees oe pee eee een re eee 1124
Hatlian, James PepOre DY ~~~ <...c =. soon oem sxe cis aie a me ee 680
Harmer) AU Coes oc osce aoacce oncasees snne Sewer en sao eee Sepa er ae eas meee tee tee ee ee ee 1777
RES UU L BO yee sec ae a cm am sm cr ne 1807
Harmon, Judson, Attorney-General, member of the Establishment ---.-----.--------------- 1849
PR ATIVIOGIUS ooo ace no aw Som See ee te ce a oe a 376
15 Eoipy git yl € a male are ae Ee PDE Deco: AONE aS de sees SAO ee «er a 1088, 1092, 1094, 1295, 1551, 1690
AV OUON DY Secs on aon ae eam S = aa= So ee a ere ie ee 949
PLGMET ES DY ono etes cues ~~ 06 ao eae ee eee eee 1065, 1069, 1071+, 1072+, 1073+, 1076, 1079,
1084, 1085, 1095, 1096+, 1097, 1273+, 1282, 1301, 1302+, 1829, 1330, 1358+-, 1463, 1464+, 1465, 1691
PREPOPE DY cone nace nc ono <= ce ee a re ae 1109
BSE ar crt ir] Jen! RO a fal a Oa a SS 5 ee NS) ee eee fe 8 oes Soa tees e 862
Harrison, Benjamin, President United States--...-..-----=---------- ---- -<----.-ss-<5 === =<---- 1745
Establishes Board'on Geopraphic Names --.-- ~~. 22 - <-asen nen ee ae ae 1557
Member of the Establishment .....---.-----s---2 anne ceca se cses Bee ee a Se
Message to Congress with report of Board on Geographic Names ---.---------- ee eae 1557

Proclamation for Chicago exposition. -..--.-..--+-.----6-2<-2<4 se2-25--2eee sb see ase eee
Harrison, Caroline cot ...-<=--.- 5--4-.56 asc= eco ose eee eee ee 1745

INDEX. 1911

Page.

Harvard Ul veraity. CAmMOPGRe. WASH) ---o.oc- oc 0ca> cpacce ceuscswocsccusuccavcustece 582, 583, 584, 602

Memoranpy,.or purchase of Glover plates: _. o-. 25.22.26 ocesceucecaecaessoauneenascseece 817
PEST Spauareiey 1D Ais Grier es Une 30) ol a so ee ey ga ee IR DOs a ae pe eee ER ee 1322
ELT ah, ONS bet a ied a te nr er i a EN Ser eee sae ee 1206

Vos Bren? Wid eoh 0) ae el ea Pe yale ee a 1124, 1177, 1178, 1199, 1201+, 1202, 1211, 1214, 1217, 1218, 1856+, 1426
Hatton, Frank, Postmaster-General, member of the Establishment __...-.._...-.-.----...--. 1848
ernie Cee DOMIGh KH) DVS so-peae pate con oe aaenas foc cenoes ewcane Sasnceccance 503, 507+, 508+, 509+, 510
eee GHN ERT VASO STDECHONCOUS Da. nc. cane ome c alan 2ancncGase cohol acescknlekecensecacwnaee 763
Havre International Maritime Exhibition. (See Expositions.)
Hawaii, exhibits from, given to United States at Philadelphia Exposition .-..........--.---- 763

(See also Expositions, Toledo.)
Hawaiian Islands:
Estimate for collections in ---.-..-..-- eee Raa a se sae ho at nace tes pane swe mneeAa anne 1820, 1836
Pian Ooch rESeaY Chi DVODOSEG Mis ess. colon nanan sissy nnceceachccmtentecsssacescusseeaneesa 1OLe
Hawes, G. W.:
Vest aL eral WEG LT ere een eee ne tees oo ania onl wn cena naan weno cesad soe ea cokk ces GOO OAO

Testing machine for building materials required by.-....--...---.-----..----------------- 840

Pa Sa lS DUE TT: wa eee Se a eens a Ran At a og i ee ae eee 553

CS ALSIP RDP CPRLOTITY CET | Seagal i Ba a ee ap 438, 463, 464, 502, 503+ 1853

GUPENLUBSOMIAN THBUIbIMULOM oon = ances oe cane toon Seales col aaane neces noua aos) O61; 1800

IRE aEs R97) WR STa Ee ee a Bh i ele sess ee ee sran ip ORY a AE ey oper ea A ie ee 609, 610

aE Se Pete eenerent ye <9. Wee on Soe oad SY ee es see oe poet ee esto ed Sant fod coe oe 921, 1534

TEL MY o- acat eon oi Slate es aie Lees sae ee A ted ce as OS AE ee ts 1560

Remarks by ..--.----- 833, 923+, 942+ , 953, 957, 958+ , 982, 983, 984+, 987, 1102, 1362, 1535, 1536+, 1687+

UNE REE LSS ae = Sere ei i eR a ee ay ty ee Po a 941+, 982,983, 987, 1291, 1625

Hay, John:

Letter from, on Catalogue of scientific literature............------ --..--------------+-e--- 1806

Secretary of State, member of the Establishment. -...........-----.---.---.-------.------ 1847

Cen a\es COL OC LIONS TNOMMD = = 24 oor). 5 sanas Dees en sean en ete ee ess Ore ee 771

Pavoc vl approved Howeute expedition 22-02-2252 ss 22s es ee ee sce 195

Hayes, J.L., report on sheep husbandry -...-..-...----------- et oa ap oaks Ke ca Ae PETE SS SN old 827

TEER ePOTIORGT [Vio soe ne eae es ee ners. Lean eee SOS see Me eee) eta ee 849, 850
Hayes, BR. B.:

LLLP TE, | OR: etal De ANE Ps hh tee he iter aoctsbeal ae Se BESS te dean ne pl de = a et EER 2 oe 661

ESA MGT eda oe es Se ee eae = ieee eee eee ae ot eee deesGeee soe kee 1009

letter to, on necessity of National Museum building .-..---.-..--...--.-.---..- 769

THEA HOT OL Chey MS tle Ny sc see eae oncrches wae on cnse eo aaaw a aqalas ocancanes 1847

messareron tite PrOLCCHONN ia paolsaa cee cos cus eee era ae ee eo ae eo cctee tee eee 785

on new Library of Coneress! building. 22. 221) 2 ee ee eee 842

on report of Philadelphia Centennial Commission -----..-._--------- 794

recommending appropriation for National Museum building -.---..-- 769

TEsonitiom, alled Of approval Dyes 2-2 encanta ee ete pean a cose cece Cobos wseacecce 806

LSURYEP TATE UDA) poate = AS ee age al ll Alpe A ate ey 5 RP ey tks am Se 661

Det VV eA DOM LOG Le RGNG ~ s-. 6215-55 552425,. 250 wa rad bes Ease te cke wo Stan Pee ade wansen 705, 1853
Hazen, W. B.:

Letter to, on Nelson and Turner’s report on Alaska __.---..-..... .-.-.----. =-----e2---=-- 984

Proposed on commission for forest preservation --.. 2. -2.-.. 2222-22. s----2--2-2- cence 907

rpaleys (aes DOLPLraG OL Cui Zot DY: = 2. cence csae poche eee eae et oe ET ee 643

Heap, G. H., Tunis commissioner, Philadelphia exposition --.-..............-------------------- 765

(ese Piddh J GUL spas THE TU UN Re GOS ee oer mane eer eae ee cia eee mam ALS Jibs) DEY.
1199, 1200, 1486+, 1437+, 1438, 1471+, 1472, 1473, 1474+, 1475+, 1476, 1477, 1478+1479+, 1482+
Heating and lighting. (See National Museum, heating. )

Heaton, A. G., picture by, of ‘‘ Recall of Columbus,” lent to Chicago exposition-....-.....-.- 1591
Hector, James, commissioner of New Zealand, Philadelphia exposition __..........---------- 766
Heirs of Joseph Henry. (See Henry, Joseph).
Heirs of Smithson, return of bequest to, proposed and rejected__...-.....-..--.-------- .--- 350, 419
LESTER AGC ede ae 00D 05 Pare a era ast oe Ln SO ee ine a a SO 1710, 1805
PII llels Oia ssonic2e-ss. a 4chotctenc seeceseucen Le re re 1194, 1195, 1198, 1204, 1217+, 1293, 1294, 13895
PMO OL POSOL LION Dy? <saucete seo eae ae eae eee ee es te 1106, 1109, 1212, 1595
POMEROY See Scan s's ee wes acme bass. saree 1182+, 1183, 1184, 1185, 1186+, 1188+, 1189, 1196+, 1200+,
1201+, 1202, 1205, 1206+-, 1207, 1212+, 1213+, 1214+, 1215+, 1295+, 1296+, 1297+, 1298+, 1299+-
Ley epace bi, [Oi pe Segre Smeg Seg es SST Be RE Se ese ee 1109, 1294
PESIES CET GRE Ties 1D “Te ye, ke a TE So a aa i he oe ete Se alte, ALO oo 1158, 1170, 1204, 1498, 1740
Remarks by. --.----.-- 1167+, 1177+, 1178+, 1179+, 1180+, 1181+, 1182, 1200, 1202, 1203, 1206, 1207, 1698
Henderson, J. B.:
SPen Gr aAInOINEGi ys 284.s0e saa. Don So 2a te ee te ee ES) ds ole c a ad 1555, 1778, 1854

proposed -.._-. oh ee eee ake Se tans oy Oe er a 1555, 1776, 1777

1912 INDEX.

Page.
Hendricks, T. A.:
Senator. remarks by: 2c. .- <2 2220-2 3 oe cn cone on Se ee ee ee a ee 651+-, 661
Vice-President, appointment of Regents by-... .---_--- -~-s5 = 2) = nee ree een ee ee 970
member ofthe Establishment. ~~ 2-2. 2-5 oc 25-2. = cos Bo eee eee ae 1847
Regentins esc needed aceks seyse cee pee ins ant ce Eee ae 1851
Hengelmiiller, Austrian minister, letter from, on Exchanges--.-_.-.---------------------- 1702, 1703
Henn,Bernbart, bill by... 2. -.. 2... eo en aan = Cannes ap meee ae oo eas Se ee ee ee 485
Henry, Caroline, appropriation asked for® 2222-2 Se. .-2- oeccsn. Soe- ee ee ee 1517
(See also Joseph Henry, daughters of.)
Henry, Helen L., appropriationiasked fore... a... 2-5 on nee eee ee ee % ee es 1517
(See also Joseph Henry, daughters of. )
Henry, Joseph:
Arkansas bonds, statement by, relative to_-.---: .—...° 2222. seen ee ae eee 652
Bessels: Himul, report of, relation tOs. 2. 2.2. see a ee ae ate oe ee 866, 867
Blodget, Lorin, Telatlons tO ace csc sees ane he ee oe ce ee ace ee ae 558, 559 °
Building committee of Regents Smithsonian Institution, member of .-...--.-.:--..---_- 567
Catalogue of philosophical memoirs proposed by.----- ---------------- ------ -------- we 1770
OHAYSELOT OL Mie ona aoe See ae ce see oes ae ca ee a ee oe ee 446, 520, 671
DATCnGerS OL AP PrODEIAbON LOM = / 2-2 en noes oe oe eee eee Seeder eee ae 805-809, 1527
relief of, PropOSsed 22-3 -23--2 42655 soe ee meee ee eee ene ee 837, 1514
reporton expoudibures fOr. 2 - - cana eae eee eee feck Gag ee ee 1558
Tyeath Ot es co Se ee ey eR Tan ST eee eC i OTe a a
xpositions, Philadelphia Centennial <2 2-25-02. on cer cece cas see eee one 746, 755, 761
Family of. (See Daughters of.)
Mires atismithson ai lOss0S DY =. <occ «con. \aae cen aceacenecece et cae cee on eee 643
report On; DY 22-3 220-05 sosepe be pen eee nese ees ce 644
Fireproofing Smithsonian Institution building_-2. - 2.2 =-_ =<. 5 ee ene eee 786
Hrankine privilere tO. 2.525 <2. Doce canes eee ooh eee ee eee eee 500
oneral of... -.=.—-= ~~. «5-00.62 200 soos penne ee ncas oanens Ronee eee Se eee
HIGITA OL ADOTOPliahiOn LOM. > 5 ones nes sooo pena ae oe ee 806-809, 1514, 1527, 1558
Howfate expedition. commended by. =:.-------- -2e = =a ethene eee eee ee ee 796
Jewett, C..O., TElATIONS tO 2225.25 once eseane ens oe onan aut wea coeds ap OOOO On
Light-House Board, services of._._--..-------- 806, “807, 808, “809, 1063, 1086, 1087, 1100, 1514, 1518, 1519
Memorial by, to Congress, National Museum appropriations to be increased -__._-____- 671,

674, 675, 1018, 1252
to add Smithson’s residuary legacy to the fund and allow
increase toa million dollars: --22-..-<5-.o.-h--20,-- se neee on Obe
Memorial exercises, publication of volume .-.....----. ---.---------. ------------ 801-806, 820, 821

National Museum appropriations .-26 2) od ao) Sos cisoea ee Sapeaee aa Seen 1013, 1252, 1254
hays h fo hh av Rees eee Sees SaeE s Be Se Wee i eee 735, 752, 753, 754, 768, 769

Portrait Of. £ormemonaliy OU. 6) 2205 4255 sence neo et gn cies ee a pS yes 806, $20, 821
for the Smithsonian Institution ---.-- 2 act act a ede eete ee ee eee 823

Regents, expulsion of Badger, letter relative to, from ---.-...--.--------=-----.-----. --- 680
Reports of, extracts from <=... i nn2 bo he weee eee ane secon a seuetorm ee dan 2 ieee Spe oe
Printing Of |... 2.2. ae0 ac swan ewnges Semese - oe cay sesso ee scene See 682, 683

(See also Secretary of Smithsonian Institution. )
Residence in Smithsonian building’ oq. .-.< .cpecee capes een pede 6 oe easiest ies eee

Saint Olaf, Royal Norwegian Order of, conferred on---....----------- .----. ----+--------- 692
Scientific: work Of). in oo ccc apap bere wes pete ate oe ap ee tee ot ea ee Se
Services of, to the United States Government ....-...--..-..-------------.---- 806-809, 1514, 1518
Smithsonian Institution, account) of, by i 2222) = 02222. ee ont eS Lae eee eee ee 583, 644

policy and management of, by .. ------.----------.-- 543, 553, 557, 1678
Smithson’s residuary bequest, action relative to .--..-..-.---.------.-.- 112,118, 114, 115, 117,119

Speeches'and papers Of. 2. -sccjpqonselvet Rot Se Ee Beet Shape ee eee eae aoe 808
Statue:of, appropriation for (o.2. 225-222 cc - denn ee ee aa ee eee 823, 962
PPOPOSPG ooe--~ ~ = oe - Slot tees Sea ee eae tee eee ee ee eee 821-823
PELCPLCG LO = ss 5.00 coe cna kanes co See een eee acess Sen eee ee 1137
Tineke Ol bi. Sas 5 set bce ee ee ee a ee ee 918-922, 962
Ventilation of Hall of House of Representatives, report on -----.--.--.- pe eS 796, 797, 798, 960

Wioodrufiiexpedition, approval of). 2023.5 #434. ---.--05~ menos ok ee esec a=, oes ae eee
(See also Exchanges; Exploring expedition; Expositions; Investigation of Smithsonian
Institution; Meteorology; National Museum; Publications; Secretary of Smithsonian

Institution. )
Henry, Mary A.:
Appropriation |ASKGG UO? =; = = .casne cate senate nen oe soe Some ie Ge sa ee oe 1517
Kettemirom, toJonn Shernian ; 2... oho an cence oouee lance Ceaee eee eee ae ee ee eee 1517
Statement by, of services of Professor Heur y- wu sleien ad catlian Seat ees Bee ee eee eS eens

(See also Joseph Henry, daughters of.)

INDEX. 19138

Page.
Seer sean EAC TNS Ne ean he eo iri ede Jos eos cocoa wes ta sccsic es ta ncaecocee ey ~ 55.3 1536
Sees nama Me) ET SUSE ee a see sac cne aves ante pepe estan oups soak eae 54
SEReea ate UR TIE Pome reg tE eRe yE Gee Sx ee oe oes aa cbc Sebo ceume dqanemetuem anes menecane 1536
ener CNV EtOH. OF MiG OlORY. 2. noc eee kag | Sowa a on eee en een ten perta ene aoe 1540
OE LVRLSTRSTRL. VUES: Sy erent Sh Oa ae eR ee teen aera, Neyo oe, Rete 1697+, 1698+
Herbarium, National:
RMA GORE TEnGem LET stat votes, mre ceeie o.oo yee Joey 25 Se aie Re te moas 1731, 1782, 1738

Transfer of, from Department of Agriculture to Smithsonian Institution .. .--.--.---. 1716
Herbarium of M. S. Bebb, estimates for purchase of...--.----------- ----+-----------=-----=-- 1817

CELLU STR TEE QIN ee SS 2 a a ae eres ee eer 1159, 1160, 1169, 1170, 1206, 1211, 1435
CRA BIECUE bad 36S] ON gy ies OE ee 8 Se So SED 973, 1184, 1186, 1208, 1431+
Secretary of Navy, member of the Establishment ....--!..--..----.-----. ---------------- 1848

errr erste rie Est POPeer Oia ics | Dis aoe eo Se ee SE LS Se Poe ages becemese 1124

ven tecealtes hGEah) cae eka amas a8 ag RT ye RS 28 be ee oat ee bp enon ot be EO LOU RROU

EEeoslote Met tOmGrtLy RiP MEA LHTO S22 5 os os 520 sees Pompe seeds eRe foe eeepc dens nd otde 82, 83, 84

Hewitt, A. S.:

Appointed on commission on ventilation of Hall of House of Representatives ---------- 798
etter'to, on appropriations for National Museum... ..-...-..----- s<-.2 ~2----<5-0+ =-<:-- 750
LE BYETEDC ISS) [oats See oe 2 ae SE ee ean ors Se ee a ee ee oe one 782

ewiniel elas WE ureatol Mt NRO 2c. ces onan an Sane ee ee eae ene = eee 1540

evescie. (Oh ES SA I os a tae ee ge eS See eS Ce pa ee 286

Peirestacticl weemAeearenOonbiD yer sa 8. 6s ee ace a tone we ee a bt nati eee home ds a ae 1130

UE COTES. ENOL LIV0T aye Bee Se Ae per 2a pe ane en 1293, 1414

RG Matoals of) bah. repornb.Ohess 2222 <<24 25 Gees == 35 SF eclaee a Senseo eens Se ee ee 792

Hill, B. H.:

Mermnoriahbye tor National Museum: building) -2222ss. 222... 225 aS cena ene ens ees = gone 734
MOAT EAPPOMLOM 2 22-02. S52 ee) 25. =e Sree art EN ok ee eee eel ee ae ake eee se 1839, 1853

Perna Ce AUR G TREN Ves iO aes ele 3 RSS ae Se es ots ee eee se 1298+, 1389

evr, 10° (Ege sGSsiai otis topes leh ee See eee oe cc gape gE oe ee 1%5

ET). dl, (ERS URS ae at as eo) er LS oe Se eee. Sele me es ere 785, 1276

Hall, N. P.:

Cee EMT TIO UN Eee er tse Lact ee et emery Gen MEN ee Bee eed ab eee 869, 1852
HOnMUGx ire peste fa Ane a Sele oe ee ey lee ee oe) os et ee 970
ARES SSET GROIN NEN ees 5 EI neta ray rh ee Ye ah nee elon ee el Ea an en Se

Ta Fil ine ie’o Ca Ba Se x as he MA aha Rs alts Rag NE aR a aie Beer ONE i A cs | RE a AOE BS Kee et 478
ESB OMUILOU eee ae mee Nae eh the en Gee I ce eee nee wena a 438, 463, 483, 1853
RRENIOI RNIN eet ee Se Ce 443+ , 444, 448, 449, 450, 453+, 454, 456, 459, 460, 465, 477

Ene aOnt.. stenormapne»>r LI XChaANfes . 02°50 020000... 2 cere Senn ene t eee wes ance nee eemee em aabe 1597

nmin Ss .Oscare til National MUSeCUIM: "22.5 2) 4222220 S2ee sn cssee ase sewn Seon nas eaer ese ena 1598

Hirobumi, Ito, letter from, on decoration for General Capron -._------------ ---------------- 1281

CSTD scereseite., Teter abaya (2 WATE ha el yer et ee Oh lee epee pe re a ee 876, 918, 926+, 927

Historical Association, American. (See American Historical Association.)
Historical documents to be exhibited at Marietta exposition -------..----.--.---------------- 1120

ERRLoniCalLmMAnnSCripts, COMMISSION tOeOxaIMmiINne o-oo. asso oe oon eee nan spam ae 1032, 1033
Historical monuments should be preserved in the United States_--.....-.--.---------.------ 857
clistorical relics, Grant. (See Grant, U.S.)
PUREEIC NS OLY NR TION Al se cae a ee eek en eae come oe aan ee eae eran aaa dunes Sete 1632, 1661
History, Indian statistics and. (See Indian statistics. )
Pippen Oe LOCSEn ahold PX CHARGES ©. = 236 feo van wi. lee oe Neha reed ep caw ans acy ae ae 896, 504
History of Smithsonian Institution:
BCERENe Ni areor EUR nI Ne Ole. oe! oe Aon an ie Oe de ee pe eo ee a cd Ae cl et eee 1i, 850
Hirsi halt century Of -.....-..-<-- ad Sige ye a cll nc smear, tel aia tet la ee Ma at > iii, 54
Legislative and documentary—
Part 1, Will of Smithson, correspondence, etc., relative to the bequest-----. -------- 3
Part 2, Legislation relative to the establishment of the Institution, 1835-1847____ .__. 123

Part 3, Legislation relative to the Institution and its dependencies, 1847-1899........ 441
Part 4, Members of the Establishment, Board of Regents, List of Officers. .--.--.... 1847
History of Smithson’s bequest, suit by United States to obtain. (See Smithson bequest.)
Hitchcock, E. A., Secretary of Interior, member of the Establishment ----.....-.-.--------. 1850
Hitchcock, H.R., Hawaiian commissioner, Philadelphia exposition ............---.---------- 763
Hito, Mutsu, decoration and diploma for General Capron __.._...----..-.----.----.---------. 1282
PROD E aT GC eae a see a eee eee sera as Names epee oe cese 1682, 1633, 1736, 1775, 1853
RTE SIC Coase tee oe ee a een an ee OSES 280 25S SS NE core. aon eeeeel Ooee
dgecrater cl so2] oy Tebae RS Oe I at CSE Les Se EA eee an Gist Calif!
Hoar, E. R.:
Attorney-General, member of the Establishment_--_..-.-.-..--.----------.. -------------- 1849
SPORE CAD PORULOUe see ears hae ote enone cies a Cl isae es Seese estas osc 5 cc3 beassca eee sone 705, 1853
SEUESITER IPSN ee eee ee = are ee | Se te oe PO ok 6 ce dchine suas cunt eaowe suaae 723+

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Page.

Hoar) GN Sse 3202 oak as ees a aE SSS ee Ne A A ene ae ee 921, 1102, 1282, 1534
Bill, motion, or resolution by=~ 2-222 ere.ee eee ee ee eee eee 723,
730, 928, 952, 1032, 1038, 11138, 1131, 1219, 1527, 1632
Regent; appomved Y.ol2s2L25625 Fsoce ccs ct hes See sen eae eee ee ee ee ee ee 819, 1852
TERIGNCG: < 28ho5.ciclsecssscetese eee eases ecsst eee eee eee 869

Remarks! by: 2 20.0's 040 el) Re ee a 708, 711,

712, 716, 829, 857+, 919, 920, 1030+, 1073, 1076, 1107, 1108, 1116, 1117, 1118, 1172+, 1178+, 1174,
1221+, 1222, 1223, 1239+, 1285, 1286, 1460+, 1461, 1464+, 1465+1520, 1536, 1687, 1725+, 1773
Hobart, G. A.:

FROMIATES ty 2 oo See er ae a sgl ee 1775, 1814, 1832, 1837
Vice-President, appointment'of Regents by -==-- =<-::: <2... -2-<e--seneecccson los see eee 1775
member of the Establishment =-2252- 522-22 Reo oie a eee 1847

egenbe. 22 Se sok ease kel os eons tee ccs.ceeead eee See eee eee 1851

Hobbs, T. J., appropriations for National Museum building disbursed by ------__---___-- 839, 915
Hodge, A. A., prayer by, at Henry statue services..-..---.--...--2-2-22---- -coen= hose woo 921, 922
Hodge, H.W, Bureaniof ithnology ts = 2. 2.32 22252 ee eee 1540
Hodges, S. H., Commissioner of the Patent Office, member of the Hants Sas . ee 1849
Hodgkins, T. G., PALE WY eens SSS SES ee ee 120, 121, 1688, 1690
Hoffman? W..J-; bureau of Ethnology == 2.22 222225255 22S ess ease ee ee
Holabird. Ss: .B., Quartermaster-General . 3255225 3s255 2 eee a ee RES hone 1267

Holford bonds. (See Arkansas.)
Holland. (Sce Netherlands.)

Hollins, Minton ‘and, {isles and anosaics from... ::222.222:.-5 52222222 see eee eee 766
Holloway, D. P., Commissioner of the Patent Office, member of the Establishment -_-...-- 1849
Holm; Theodors,\aid, ‘National Museum .....-<. ..<-2.5-.25--cesc spe ee ee 1598
TOLMAN. Ws jotoces.. 22 - SS. CRS ee Se ee ses er oe ee eee 1060, 1353+, 1604, 1607

RMeMBaERS yess asl l ar, bs sl bcoe See ee ee ee ee 633,

634, 635+, 636+, 645, 722+ , 723, 926, 927+, 1177, 1299+, 1349+, 1352, 1855, 1356,1367+-, 1556,
1572, 1573+-, 1574, 1601+ , 1602, 1603, 1608, 1609+ , 1610+, 1615, 1619+, 1620+, 1621+, 1622+, 1623
Holmead:'C. 'H. watchman ‘National: Museum --:-.2-- 22-3252 oe Soe Sen eee 1598
Holmes; W.H.; Borean of Ethnology 2. 2-- 2.201 22ce os cace Sete se seen eces ce eee 1540
Holt, Joseph:
Commissioner of the Patent Office, member of the Establishment-----...-......-...-.-- 1849

Postmaster-General, member of the Establishment---... -..--..----.-----.--.---------.-- 1848

Secretary of War, member of the Establishment---.---...--.-..-----.-----.----- ---------- 1848
Holt Mansion. (See Zoological Park.)

Holt, Orrin, appointed on committee on Smithson bequest --.-.---...-----.-----------.---- 146, 169

Homeopathy, American Institute Of {.- 2 i5 22.22 < wes ace econ ecence ebeces paca Seeeee eee 1043

Honorary members:

Of Smithsonian Institution: Establishment. 2.. 2.222. 3522. J2e- = eee se eee eee Xxiii,

429, 433, 445, 567, 589, 725, 767, 1485, 1677, 1681, 1682, 1850

discontinuance Of «= --2.--a24 cnn e eee 1682, 1685

Proposed for sociological institution ---....--..-.----.-- wen gd Sits aos sas enwek essa ee 1761

Hooe Building. (See Geological Survey Building.)
Hooker, C. H., remarks by _---- .-=. ---- 22-5 neene Se ccmsennces=sccueesieeces. O02; 1019) 1 6e0s-2 lod emis

Hooper, Saninel, motion by 22 2 22ecects ete eee ee sec eee eee 717
Hoover, J. .,; watchman, National’ Museam 2. <.-..-. 2. veende kee ee ee eee 1598
Hopkins Aad. Pemarks iby. =. < Jeon cuneate 1052+-, 1184, 1194, 1203, 1210+ , 1297+, 1369+, 1398, 1737
Hoping, (GW, motion ‘by; - ... -. 2-0 es eee cee wen ee eee eee eee eee ee 412, 420, 421

Hopkins, J. H.:
Letter to, on National Museum building). -2.. .-- 22.22. oscccs te sace aces ac oe ee at eee ee ee

Report by 2222.22: socy.... 2242. 2 Le ee ee ee 746
Horan, H., Bureau of lunilogy eet BSUS a es oe ee eee 1540
Horan, Gemcy, superintendent of buildings, National Museum --..._-----.---.-------------- 1598
Horan, J. H.; watchman, National Museum... 252 uecnas ou Ses n eke ween eoneee ene 1598
Hornaday, W. T.:

Estimate by;o1 costiot land for proposed! Z00--225.cn-22<- 22-2 a2 5 cocee ones nnea seers 1167

Plan'by, forestablishment of Woo. <- --2..2- cs eueese eee actsontons seat o ae) eee ee 1154

(21S C| wei att Sd ans ee Se eae em ee Se etl oe Aire Sin hy gh RE eS eo 1158, 1170, 1202,1390
Horticulturist of Exploring Expedition, salary of .__.......-_-_----------------- 320, 321, 435, 467, 468
Hospitals:

Estabushment iol; proposed - 22. <.s2-<50 to ee ee ee ee 940 ©

SG OORIISIT IS eee enna eS cn onan k oat ce eee en oe ee a 1392, 1476

Garhiele oe eee oe nee os so ans ake Se cee ee One Cee ee 1392, 1477

In city of Washington,appropriations for... .-.- ce -so< saeas ea sded ea deoe nee ee eee 1477

Insane; Government. wvisiters Of. ..--< 2-2) sce eee ee oe ae eee 922

Brovidenes 22.22 saa ee 255 3525 caeset ok Chee oes ee nas ee ee eee 1392, 1477

Rte

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Page

Hough, Walter:
SASrES oe OP EMU DEN Fist DVRSILIS Tae opin ie Se cain Sand ene cane pan anon eon a ate gale wa cnaeniam cea s mt caee 1598
JSG STL STL UE Grate UD hg a%6 21.0 (0) 0 a ne ee ae ema aes eee epee 5 1584
Hough, W.J --..--- DOSES ot er I crt ee See Sh oe Ey BS Pee 413, 462, 526
$2711 031 ees ee ah eee ae SRR x) OR aah i Ris Meh Re een: MARE as Ie OS: gat a 412, 421, 422, 423
TP eg Deb eda Peppa ear he 2 MSE a a RE are a fe Se mr Se pees mn ne 438, 1853
TISEYAMI NCNM rie ee a hee nn a alae oe Gay et ena Se ete 463
Seeretary of Institution (temporary) ..-<2---2s-<4--.2S-4c2t55.5- sca cnecns Sa tT he 1856
Ey OFT TG) et RE a a + Sed ae See ee ESE ee Dee ER CRE RE rte IES none Hm 1357

House of Representatives:
Floor of, open for memorial services of Professor Henry --.-.----.-----.------------------ 808

privilege of, asked for Secretary of Smithsonian Institution ---.-.--.------.---- 1132
Four members of, proposed as trustees of Smithsonian Institution -_____-- 172, 178, 175, 180, 204
al Ofes VEEL LO heer ne ee es ie Ne ees nore sedate he oma yaresuass 796-799, 959-961
G@incersiot ab unyoume OF Henry statue6) ) 6.2 Ue deo ths Ue Se bem see canue 922
Three members of, proposed as managers of Smithsonian Institution ._..--.... ---- 303, 309, 323
(See also Congress, proceedings of.) C
Houston, G.s.
Appointed on committee on Smithson bequest -------.---.---.------ -------------------- 225, 242
WGI: TO ce a RS ee a ile oe Ree Cer e ee ene oH metre 321, 464
Remarks by --..-- eh Ree er eden faa coal aie reece Amie Be oe eh Se ot ee 505
Peeve Ase PORGIETION D7 22s 52 on wn eae se a ees A ae fae open ee 1136
Howard, B. CG, FISET URS NRCS LO Visco eer we Oe re ie ee ach att Se oe I ee at 135
Howe, G.H., eee ial by, for purchase of Glover’s entomological Boe Bays Sheen tae a 817
Howe, T. O.:
Postmaster-General, member of the Establishment -..------------------------------------ 1848
Senator, bill-amotion, or resolution by-2-—~-2---._-- <= -5 4 Se kena es ated tenes 660, 661-+-, 717, 799
RTE TEA TIES Ve ees en ee a a nas See et ee ote ee eemonnee nas owerenes 660+
SES PICHIEUES Vis eee hie ca ee aciee oa aS pana 2 ee a ee a Rees Cae eee eraser 660, 717
Pane Weg Aa Cie) OX PEO GION Ole. - ao: a sueaa see ose alee oom maa = ee ebomane 795, 796
Howison, H. L., appointed on Board on Geographic Names..-....--.-------------------------- 1557

Hoyt, J. W.:
Interview with Professor Agassiz relative to Glover’s entomological work --.....-----. 815

Memorial by, for University of United States, printing of-----..-------.-------------- -- 1825+
Tenn nets Eg DO Re) oo) a eer Sea Seater a ers aS aoe ae See 238
Hubbard, G. G.:

USE TLE aT irate ps Ret ME a I ae sa ae es EU ii ae ae ee eee 1776, 1777, 1778

HSeerR ATTEN TU LAG 2 aio 8 a oa ot hh an ain aistee ae oS ab WE ee eo See Ie SES 1634, 1854

Tay to) gros (ef |e a a ee Sa ene ee eens oe PERE ne Mee SS ee nary ee 1634
PaMbn Ger ELOnry MOON: DY, 22 3a 3 oh eos ee ee ON tet ee eI
Hubbard, S. D., Postmaster-General, member of the Establishment ---------.--.-------.---- 1848
Hudson, W. L.:

A DCT ee oe SER ae eee eee Sen ee ee Sine erie) ieee an furs eee 468

WORKS Of beploring Hx peqitionm 21 VGN: tOe ...5 22. — <2---se2e a - a2 oo- een es eee an 321
Eee Inte les TM OULOM) DV stems aoe <a oc wae ade non nome te Seba oos = hen Saas 543-544
Hughes, Christopher, letter to, on Greenwich Observatory --.-.--------- ----+------------------ 207
AMER CLES Mer eles Aee VOU = 928 oe oes ee fon Ro ok es en ee peamiga as aaa ao 555, 597, 598, 1161
LETTE ID Cia Be Sa I te Sa es er ee ee oe | ie eee ee eee 381, 593
Humes, T. W., proposed as Regent SO a a ee a a a cad Si es ear a 708+, 716
are re wa El, lars PTOSOMIbION, DYt fase s-feesin te ye ee on pec ca aes cess Sern We me Ab aan Somes amen 924, 926
Hungary, Ee TLL Die eS GOs a ae Oe ale Be oa aie Seen coer Bes 1701, 1702, 1703
TESTE Gera. TUTE OT eS Oe ee RS Se ee Pee e Ae ae ee Sear Oa "5
LET recy vara sere ico hep Se a ten Se lS eee comes See Eee eae ne ee ee 5, 54, 55, 335
Hungerford, Henry James (alias Eunice de la Batut, and alias Henri de la Batut)------.--- 24

25+, 30+, 31, 32, 33, 34, 51+, 53

PESO WRE Shia pa uy PS ieee eo) CO Be Ie ee ee eee 5, 6, 126, 1387

Buried at a Dominican convent at Pisa, Italy, June 5, 1835 -...---.---------- .------------- 81

SUSU AD ALR DMs CASTAIONGUL son ee aa ccs = eae wae ae Seca ec mee hehe cee ce ewed eases 15, 19+, 20

Bicee Hii meee eee ee een eas BS ee oe eek 7,12, 13, 38, 51, 57, 63, 66, 67, 77, 127

Natural son of Henry Louis Dickinson, half-brother of Smithson, and Mrs. Mary A.

(Conpess supenw Aros: Madame: Oe It, BAtWG 0-0-2 -6)-2eone esnse ame nese ament Bose me olen cnas 12,19

Neverninr riod avg Nad TiC COUGren Qn 2 Sense ee ec eaieiene eo secas/dnapcacacesanouoes 13, 57

Maceiven personal properuy, Of SMItHSOIM: - s5- 8 so ca ewe eho npn we on nette 92

OMIA eR OUibOEe 12 CANC Oly TAI TIA Ol. 52 6 oe Sn on oas wn eoaa wen seca cee ne 6
[2 rRSy ST a ed RRA EET (gee Se Se eR ee Le ee eh eee ear nn Peter ee 5
Hunperiord t Drummond, suit Ofs. 2. acne. onc yas5 cess oi ced cenn oe 7, 12, 13, 57, 58, 59, 66, 70, 72, 76, 126

PRN THe TOle LOMAU EMD US scot a a ean ae os o anges meyer e eae anne waa ou~ aecaccsauwawdacsioatees 415

1916 INDEX.

Hunt, W. H., Secretary of Navy, member of the Establishment-_...........--.-..---.-------- 1848
Hunter,Alexander,.petition by, 22-25. 2:.: 25 -cdtacce sss pee seca one ce oe Soe eee ee ee a)
Hunter, R. M. T.:

Appointed on committee on Smithson bequest ---...----------------------2------- -------- 225
Letter to, on, State stocks. .cs2-522:.ce.ct ease cite eta at ae ee: eee ee eee ee eee 215
Remarks by = «2 22134 sab dsaaS esac cesses bass see te eee en sath ee sees ee eee 484+, 504, 613+, 614+, 616
Report by: . <i 22. ches 2 23s e Ese s See ee Ss Hey eee ae ee hee ee eee 484
Hunter, W. H., appointed on committee cn Smithson bequest -----._-----.---------------- 146, 169
Hunterian. Museum, London. «- 222<2ss22-2a22sa2e0 ne sess ethan se set ate sean seee ens - eee 815, 816
Huntington, J. W.:
Motion by’: = =<2s$54s4 2e2e252 2220 SRS ee ee ee ee 280
Remarks-by .2-. 22. 20/10) )ionk cos 2 oe Listes, Dine Tea Se) er ee oe 318
Hunton, Eppa, reportiby ee ee ee eee Se ee Ee ee eee ee eee 1658
Hurlbert,’€; L., copyist, National Mhaseumiss=22 248-22: {2-ss2-2ees eee ee eee 1598
iFLuSsey,-vir,, charges of, im Smithson sailtes-- = 22<ce+ ee Ee eee 89
Hutchins; Stilsonsmemoriaibys> (ee eee St SE Sa) SO ee 1038
Huxley, T. H., commends United States Fish Commission --_------------------ 1054, 1063, 1086, 1712
Hyde, Anthony, appointed trustee, Corcoran Gallery of Art -_..---.-.--..-----------..----- 684
Hydrographic Office:
HX CHANG OS OL269=5..s552520245 2225228 a2s5 cet oees cond SESS SRS ee Aenean ee ene ee 1147
PRIN bine Por 42535 s- Bases son cce: sesh oss ses noses Ue ree een eee nes ate eeos a ae A 1042
Represented on Board'on Geographic Names.-.:---:.22222522222:¢-55. 20 eee 1557
(See also Expositions.)
Hydrography, Wilkes’ volume on, to be completed and published .__.._.-_.-.-____.-_--..--_- 692
ileritimacy: complicationof:. 22222228 -. -scedencacccbaceen scan ent eee oee Mee ee 20
Mleszitimate children, legality of bequest tos eines Ue eee 18, 22
“Htinois!facsimile:of battle ship) =s22s25222 sce k se ene ce ee el eee ee 1636
Tlinois:
Poublielandsinyactirelative to: 25522572. 25 sic ste Sees ee eee 221
Regen is ivomeless toes es ae 2 eee a ed eek ob a BE a ee eee 1855
State educational convention, memorial by ------ -- het shasmeceseesocacce went e tenes een 599
State ot, purchase/of Shields’ sword Dy .....- 22 -5--sace. heme eee ene eee 1129
Stock caria] eee ee ee eS. eee es os eee oan eee Oe eee 232, 233, 235, 260, 493
inbernal improvement: Ws eek ce A ee ete eee 229, 231, 232, 233, 285, 493

State /.22 2-22. 2282 ect oe SSA At Pe PIB 2R 4; 228; 21S ae, ey eoane te aeeeaee
247, 249, 257, 260, 261, 263, 270, 271, 274, 275, 331, 332, 352, 392, 394, 398, 419, 420, 491, 492, 493, 494
Illustrations:

Restriction of, in documents to relate to public business _--.--- 1042, 1268, 1544, 1628, 1629, 1696+
pinipisonian Anndal Mepory qoo8 12! ease eset basse cae ote oe Soe nee ee 679, 683, 689, 690, 691, 929
Indusuration of President'Garileld:s:s322ecsn dss hae eee ae ee eee 829, 1324
UNG xtra sees Ss ashlee cane a ane Dee Ee See ee te eee ec oe nee ee 1859

Indian Affairs:
Bureau of. (See Expositions. )

COMTMIASION Or Of. 45) bere ca! 5 ase ees ee ee Ae Oe ee ie eee ee 731, 1182
Statistical: atlas of; by OC. CG. Roy.eet 2.525235: 5252254553 S225 See on ee eee eee
Indian collection of Dr. Roland Steiner, purchase of, proposed. -.....-..-.-------------------- 1826
Indian \GalleryaCatlin, purchase ior, Proposed s 2.2524 222.55: 5 Pea eee ee eee 435

Indian paintings. (See Catlin, George, and Stanley, J. M.)

Indian portraits and curiosities of War Department deposited in Patent Office____......... 1011
Indian portraits by Charles King destroyed in Smithsonian fire____._..__....--.-..-.-------- 643
Indian relics. (See Steiner.)

Indian statistics and history, to be collected under Secretary of Interior, to be submitted

to Regents of Smithsonian Institution and published on their approval-----.. --.-..---.-- 731
Indian tribes, statement of investigations relative to .--.._...---.---.-..---------------scese- 857
“Indiana,” facsimile of battle ship. 2. 12--ihso coe ke ete eee eee 1636
Indiana:

Member from First Congressional district of, proposed on commission for Owenstatue_. 1553

Pabliedands inact relative: to 222252 5 esse eee ee 221
INGREMUSTPONT. fone So Loca Sas See eG eae re ae ee ee ae oe 1855
SPAT DUC Ko anes aatn tee cies oe ool ene eee ee Se eee ee eee ae eae 251, 254, 256, 258, 259, 260, 647, 651
Inciane Nor oieamericnn = 34! 5522 5205. eh ese es) ee Se a eee ee ee ee 1007
Archives and collection of, transferred to Smithsonian Institution -__.........--.--.---- 818

Exhibition of. (See Expositions, Omaha, Toledo. )

Researchesamong. (See Ethnology, Bureau of.)
Indians; paymentiotimperest toe rs) S52 sels ee Se ee eee 647, 648, 649, 654
Industrial and educational exposition of the Northwest. (See Expositions, Minneapolis. )

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INDEX. 1917

Page.

Industrial exposition. (See Expositions, Cincinnati, London.)

a ae LSI ee a aes ey 5 eee Care me aac sea chs eee coe ae aot ecteee be to bebeconasaweeweswase 1182, 1293
MGR THOUMOLIDY teeausb Sete a adsea we saen ance duces ect ccuse seae pee cuLeee 950, 1040, 1041, 1106, 1292
Letter to, on classified National. Museum service.-.--...-:-.222..2---- 2-20 -2-2-2 eee nee eee 1144

OPO RORAN HOS. scck~ - ene Boe saa Le St AEE 1138, 1240
President pro tempore Senate, appointment of Regents by.-.-.-.-.---.-.-..------------- 1101
GBORD. Sec crac s cee eee oe EE SOP CEES Coca eee 1852

BGPP K GID) aes ce oSeen = os ces Sesaumdoscaes--4 938 +-, 950+-, 952, 971+, L067, 1071-+-, 1084+, 1099, 1102,

1104, 1107, 1108+, 1109, 1110+-, 1116+, 1118+, 1119, 1124, 1148, 1172+-, 1178+, 1174, 1221, 1222+-,
1223+, 1224, 1239, 1299+-, 138004-, 1301, 1802+, 1803, 1408, 1409+, 1410+, 1412+-, 1531, 1556

BED DORUIDM Sere est meee ek aren ears oon anes ante tee Sut neal am ak ea ween s Cane aadascne cc anccseeescce 1041
Ingersoll, C. J.:

Appointed on committee on Smithson bequest -.....--..---.---------- 62-6 2 ene. eee 225

MeTiorinl Of. Mush, Presented bys sa soto eees osteo os ees cace sees LOL 2s 22S 26

AVEO) eee ted oe sean epoca tesa annan oucees panen beeen canpeowas se dead ssaceesels oe. Soebloues 444

Rees eet Ree Ueeeee e oe a oe tet eee s a Sade SIS Sea a Asa Rees BAe oe ek 444, 448
ieeersollere Ger motion Or Tesolution: Dy! cada. eo cotsso soe c ee ect ce eee set eeeest tence eeu eee 679, 683
Ingersoll, J. R.:

BUR CT Tear N Varese ee ae Sn See CR Ui cceeee Aegean ate wn ene eecc coats sauces 371, 416+

LESSEN ci ee Oe ae es ae ae ee een ee ees ee ey ae tee Sere eee Bee 351, 352, 353
TAnBOILanLAOLetates. Lope Regente:..-<-:.siie5 bl. Pose ee Fee es SIE cook cscne xxi, 430
PREC s Hada byeMAStert 1) CHANCERY = oss 2 ete a aie seein oe ete enn cin wie a 24
fassets. collection ol, proposed purchase: of.-22-2.-222osb22 bee se oe Pe ee eel case 1547

(See also Glover entomological plates. )
maprute and Institution, remarks as'to name: 22. .222./2 5222.22.22 22S 712,919
Institution of learning, proposed for Smithsonian Institution -----...--.-..-----.----.------- 188

Institution, Smithsonian, members of (or ‘‘The Establishment.’’) (See Establishment of
Smithsonian Institution. )
MarmtitnrOtry SOCIOlOICAL JOY ODOSeUmse ssn letaule fa eset Sea eee a aaa ei eed! oo 22a 6d

Institutions of learning, act to distribute duplicates'to - --+.25222:-..---25-22- 2-1... -2---.<--- 782
MRR TAIN KOLB Roe ase chee eee eee lak ee cn Seco E ee See ee ee ee ee ot ee Vs 212
Instruments:
PSE OTIICH MCE oe ote ae ERC aa Etat caw ct BIS ES Loe Ne ats URS dee ctr eh 211, 213
erty TO) SPIE AS OL ae eee ere nae Set Meee Se NS eee cecaee oh occu seen see 65,98
Insurance:
PEC OME CLIONSUVeLy) COSY eco tee oe re re LE EE Ei: SEAL. Fen Pes tS Tun Ae ew 1718
Smibhson cold and personaliproperty.2cs. 28k 22. eae eee SS Bee he ees 97, 106
Hisnvery great, on Wational Museum :shedsses. fist g222sh 22s 88 Leese. Lo ccs e eon accancs eee 1732
Interest:

On Smithsonian fund. (See Smithson bequest.)
On State stocks. (See State stocks. )

Tiree ONAruMment Ob s-2 2h 20. 2c een teehee alee Sr Melek 568, 615, 656, 747, 748, 756, 757,
788, 858, 901 +, 910+, 912, 917+, 925, 1011, 1019, 1113, 1118, 1250+-, 1649, 1651, 1662
Chief clerk of, letter to, on National Museum postage..-----.----.-------------------- ---- 837
Clerkin, tor special service: appropriation or soe 225. e eee ee See ee ee 1080
Collections by, to be deposited in National Museum ______-___-_---.-.-----_-------------- 779
PFOMUSME VEY S UNGOLr iy 4. Ne os ccs sas Se Leet ae ee he eet et re See 77
Government, appropriation tor care: of esas ee. ee a eee 1013+
MORErACIS Ys LOr SUpPPIIES <6 eee seme eee ieee ee See PU 2 ote Sel ng Mats 1670
Canyrentsil Charge Ob<-~ 2.4 ase eee es tae ee 2 a a a ees es 592 SSE we Ae 608
Declaration of Independence, to defray cost of restoring original____-....-----.--...--.. 730
Disbursing officer, paid National Museum accounts-.--..._...-.--.------------ 1014+, 1249, 1252
Estimates sent to Congress through, for Smithsonian Institution and National Mu-
RLITER ote te aa of sce Ia Seas Sateen 2 a eae 739+, 779+, 835, 836, 837, 838, 910, 911, 945, 1013, 1249
Hixchanoerd UnGer, Appropriabloneror 4-suuss tee eo tee be ee bet ee ei see 904, 905
Exploring Expedition, act to place care of collections of, under____.---_...-------------- dll
Gitte cram King of Sism ito be depositedtins 22220 2h eles Tape es ek Pees BAe es 636
National Museum, appointments or expenditures for, not under ____-_-_._-.-_-- Amnetas 1252
appropriations disbursed: byis22 oe yao este es See eek2 1013, 1249, 1252
appropriations, disbursement of, transferred to Smithsonian Insti-
DU bIOM PON. = 2822025 esas ses Se see ree 1248, 1249, 1253
Branivenonian Institations relaonsswath s.ccls Settee ekel eet e ae te eee e Seat Bee 1252
Surveys under, to be considered by National Academy of Sciences .__._--. ---. ------ ---- 811
(See also Executive Departments; Expositions; National Museum; Secretary of
Interior.)

Interior, First Assistant Secretary of, proposed on commission for Geological Survey
jageed lia OMe, es cae Oe SS oS SE Oe Set ieee oO SE pe ae ike 2 eS A 0 ee en rie eR 1268

1918 INDEX.

Page.
Interior, Secretary of --_ 568,574,589, 612, 621, 623, 633, 647, 835, 921, 945+, 1009, 1013+-, 1038, 1250+, 1340+,
1671+, 1672, 1677, 1684+, 1757, 1759, 1780, 1781+, 1782; 1785, 1786, 1787, 1834, 1850

Arkansas debt; action. of, to settle 2... . 22.5 35.56 249 sabes scans ee ee 1760

Attorney-General, opinion piven fo) 2. 222252 eee eee ee meee enone eee eee ese eeen at 1251

Collections, care of, provided for, as contingent expenses of-.---.---.-------- .----.------ 1252

estimates for preservation of,sent through --..-.---.-.-----.------.--------- 1013

renewed appropriabionsifior = 22--5 -32 55 ot ees = eee ae ee ee eee ee 1252

Columbus ‘memorial, proposed!on commission ‘for -_-27- =<... <2-- 5622-2 ssn se = eee 1501

Declaration of Independence, on commission to restore original -.-.---------.----------- 730

Ethnology, Bureau of, information concerning, to be furnished by ------------- ---------- 1539

reportion, by»J..W. Powell, to.--. 222-2. 20t= Se -4s5, sehen ane eeeee eee 1540

transfer of, to Smithsonian Institution, to be approved by---.... 818

Exchanges, letter on,from |... 222. -..----<< eases besek Satess= ease oe Sees See poe ee eee 902

Fire protection of Smithsonian Institution, estimate for--..--.---------.----------------- 786

Grounds of Smithsonian Institution, estimate for -...-.---.------------------------------- 484
Indian statistics and history, to be collected and referred by, to regents of Smithsonian

Institution ..- 2 222-ec westece costes tccs cosaneperene cee en eee cree ene nee a> eee eee eee 731

Land Office Museum, transfer of, to Smithsonian Institution, by -..--------------------- 1013+

Lectures, to select members of board on -.-.----------------------- Le en Saas ee 893

etter from, on ethnology 2. -se- 22-222 jee ek sew tes ees eee a 818, 15389

on National Museum. appropriations 20... -.-=22esasee- eee eee eee 1250

on/Zoolopical Parle’: 22s. cco b ise once nn ae dae ee eee eee ree ae ea 1339

¢o,0n Geolopical Survey-<---<) -.2+.2\-<-2--<i5-sasee ee eee See ee ee 1153

on National Museum appropriations --..-.--..-----------------.----- 836, 837, 838, 1013

National Museum, estimates for, no longer made by ----.---------------------------------- 1248

sent through----.----- 739+, 779+, 835, 836, 837, 838, 910, 911, 945, 1249

National Park, proposed on commission for-.---.-----..------ ------------------------------ 107

Patent Office, removal of Government collections from, desired by.----.-.--------.-. 471,1251

use of, by Interior Department recommended by -------------------------- 476

use of hall of, requested by 2st Seess See ak ee eee 1013-++-

Powell’s survey, not to be directed by --.--......-.---. -..--..<----- ~------- 2-5) Ue soe eaans 686

Ko ibe directed By so. ks wesc 23 sock eseces eee Se ee ee 686

Smithsonian Institution Establishment, member of ---.-.---..------ ------------------ 1689, 1850

proposed as member of --..-.----.---------- 1682, 1684

Sociological institution, proposed as member of establishment of--------..-------------- 1761

University of United States, proposed as regent for --.....-.------------------------------ 1530

Zoological Park, directed to inform Senate on appraisement of land for... ..-.---.---.-- 1339

Anal report:-6f commission on 22:2. =. 2Jeuee See ee ees 1342, 1343

istter from, relative tO o.ccoos6c~ses5es-~ see sen eee ee ee 1339

on. conmimunsion fors=. 0.25. ceeeee et eS 1150, 1151, 1171, 1218, 1340, 1347, 1351

report of commission Lor! <-2-- ~ -- 2... eee een eee 1337, 1338, 1339

(See also Expositions; Interior Department.)
Internal Improvement Stock. (See Illinois stock.)
International Catalogue of Scientific Literature. (See Catalogue.)
Tnternational commission at the city of New York. (See Expositions, New York.)
International conference. (See Catalogue, international. )
International xchange Alliance | foci2t Seeee: . ne hes See Se
International Exchanges. (See Exchanges.)
International exhibition of arts, ete. (See Expositions, New York.)
International exhibition of fish, fisheries, ete. (See Expositions. )
International exhibitions. (See Expositions. )
International expositions. (See Expositions. )
International Fisheries Exposition. (See Expositions, Bergen, Berlin, and London.)
International Geographical Congress- -.---.------------ ------ ----+- ---- ------ --------- «_ 896,897, 898
International Industrial Exposition. (See Expositions, Paris.)
International Maritime Exhibition. (See Expositions, Havre.)

International naval rendezvous and review, New York------------------------------ 1508, 1585, 1840

International Permanent Exhibition. (See Expositions, Philadelphia. )

International Permanent Exhibition Company, New York, proposed ------------- oie ae 1739

International seal investigation, resolution for-.-.-....---------------------- ------ -------------- 1766

Interstate Gommerce Commissioners ..-).--- ---- 22-200 e=-> = ---8e oe a0 oe eS a= en os wanes 1182
Contracts by. forisupplies. + -2_. 2. 6c2-52 22 tee heehee ee seen eee 1670, 1671

Interstate Fair. (See Expositions, Tacoma.)

Interview between Chief Justice Waite, Secretary of Interior Vilas, and Secretary Smith-
sonian Institution Guangley --.-.--.---.-- ~----- ------ === 25-55 nan so none wenn awe cee 1250

Inventions, models of American, exhibit of, proposed --.--.----------------------------------- 1113

INDEX. 1919

: Page
APIO Ee htt ROA Le ae eae arash Soe Boke wa ctewe pkeca ananae See aucnevoncat= ssacaada nes le 1766
Investigation of Smithsonian Institution by Congress ._........-.-----.----.--------------- 511-599
Report from House select committee on, by C. W. Upham ...........--...-......------ 557-574
d by. Witteisand ‘Taylor 2c. 2422 eee 574-591
fron Senate Judiciary Committee On. <2. 2h oc econ ook oe B25 22> s dane -deseg=- 540-543
Investigations by Joseph Henry for Light-House Board. (See Henry.)
Dy Smithsonian Institntion) account Of =-..2222-s-s2---2sd- - 30-522 co era oaks 1689
Se EEPOT ES LP OM ae ete eae Meas one seme 3a Sa Soon Ca cwaaienseas saps ute beremacdes See aee 1855
Ireland, exhibit of, at Philadelphia Exposition given to United States .___...______- tt Seed 765
imum. CODY ISL, NabiOnal MUSGUIN-- -- .--csi 62. - ~~ a0 conn oSanese hace eedcan ookhwje ecu’ 1598
Si LL, VG La 2] 8) Dp Scie 5 A SS es Se a eee ee eS ee ee Dao 339
Honorary member of the Establishment._.....---=-.--------- ---20- se -cee ease none enenne 567, 1850
Italy:
Convention or treaty by, for Exchanges: ..<-..-.-.-.---2----22-ca2 cosets neo ene 978, 1140, 1701, 1705
Exhibits from, at Philadelphia Exposition given to United States__...._._-..2.2--2 22... 763
ise ene ee ale eee ati ale nee anna eae oe 9 hn dea Oe Ses inna s= We oan cose see eeeen 1036
Sates PON aM NSS oo 2 dalor ncaa ennen/sconaeGeasd= vodt~s = 2Se cde and odo n co esas ace tbencks 605
PHURcOne Anan we resinenh, U2IbOG MURALS) © -.4 22s co skasn oc se cle ncwss ovendoueceecctass Soi elcces BIA
ASILES eFC ON A ONES OUTIL oo se cae as nan eo nen ceca ceace lo Sonee ee wase(e deen es sesasebee, 1009
Message from, on bequest of Smithson BO TE oe EE EE” ee Bee on 125
CSIC NE: ke acon, Sa et eon OER: Sa Soe Pe i eee Sa a ee ne eee See 1285, 1525
Jacob, Edward: :
Pe Herre I IN TLNSON SUG, 2 nae peo Senet ae Ae we Geers sean sta ces ss.) SUL2e. 7
Counsel of United States in Smithson bequest suit -.........--.--.-------------------- 15, 16, 72
ene eee ClOT kN AtIONAL MUSOUIN: occ oe ye os a bea ek eee oe hase See ct cabo ins 1598

SMOREP AN TOIMAL EA DY os ceh oo ee oe te a Fe
James, T. L., Postmaster-General, member of the Establishment. --

eS ot ee ae ie eee PE Le
Beast ce ees 2. acta BAS

Japan:
Collections from United States expedition to, by Commodore Perry -_._--_-..._-_.--. 770, 1009
PERTH ELA OS Leen een oe 8 cause ot eat Ree one a seer ee ete ata bee hits tie rely 1001+
Emperor of, Order of the Rising Sun conferred by,on Horace Capron.-_...._.-.____- 1280, 1281
Exhibits of, at Philadelphia Exposition given to United States _..._-_.._-_....-_2 222. _-- 763
nical yt OraCoiGapr Ones 25 ae Soe epee a ee re ge Be nd Seiten 1111, 1280

Japanese collection. (See Capron.)

MEPMnOeS, ElATLOSN Arise == ar 3 Ors So eh De eg 294, 300, 555, 560, 1162, 1489, 1831

Proposed application of Smithsen fund for like institution _.__.....__.__-
Jefferson, Thomas, President United States:
tstue Iie NN hlONALAMUBOUIN. 25220555 sacs ann pesos oe cytes cote ee

BE nVICON OiiuO) CHLIMGIO INGCODONOGNCO he a= fs Me eto en ee ee 153
“SUDATID GES 2 pee eee oe ae 3h fae eee es eee a a ei NE pr Sn te a a 139, 174
iret Reittis LOPE CONAN SDS eee ae fee ey, Seta ew ee ted 2 ain ak eee ne ct eee 503

LO STE ONO At ISbU DION: << o2s0a— ba tees pe ere a8 ma a beeen) etclek coats Sa sbere ota 503

SSCEREER SR Baa oe Sos eet oe oaatas Sa awe So ew cea SE Ae a Eee eek eae ee Regs 960
ESI REE Sa SCE YR lars ee aaa BG ow pe hy ses Sr et a ea a Sa Sts spe eS 961
Jeffreys, J. G., gift of fossil shells to Smithsonian Institution._.....2.........-.--.--.--- 228, 1320
PUR SENG EERE SMES ated ECT NERS Mpa a I sera hal Ns, ee Ean Om cia rad IPN a hrs hela shoe Seid Soe es 1808+

Jenkins, T. A., representative of Navy Department, Philadelphia Centennial Exposition. 703,746
Jenkins, Timothy, appointed on Committee on Smithson Bequest ___--.._.-_.-.------.-----. 321

Jewell, Marshall, Postmaster-General, member of the Establishment___... .__...___.2.-_____ 1848
Jewett, C. C.:

Assistant secretary, Smithsonian Institution ............-2..22 22.2222 wel eee eee ene eee 567

ee L OIE LL NOTICES Ofer es oo eee ae ce eto See eee ee Rt ee 599)

feat SEAT LN IAG ATEN LU Oy Olesen en tee a) es ns ae es enpmey 552

OhiCCe Ta NGE OF MMO MOIE SS sank ae aia so Sa ae ee a Ee an oo ho cay eee 5383

LRREEE VOR G2 (a oe epee IRs PAL? SERN Se eee LE Oe a od et, Ce ee 588, 590+-, Sy:

“Jobnn Bull” locomotive, gift of; to National Museum..-.: 22 22.2.0 -.-02 6) ---- 1-2. =. 2.2 ---e 1017

John Crerar Library, resolution by,in favor of Catalogue of Scientific Literature ________- 1807

Johns, John, library of, destroyed in Smithsonian fire __....-_.._.......--..------------------ 643

SILENTLY Wine 2 2. = Se ee Sx EMRE OEE the ee SS EAE SARE rk Oot bs ae 402, 452

President, member of ihe Hstablishutentis: 92525 See! Seabees na a 1847

Representative, bill, motion, or resolution by-__._-_-.---.---...-------- 401, 412, 415, 450, 451+, 464

remarks by ---..- pee ee eee 401, 410, 411, 448, 449, 450, 451, 453+, 454+, 464

Vice-President, member of the Establishment. ...-.. ...........--------- --.--------------- 1847

1? Pees2) 0 ite ee Me ne ees Oe See EE RR ET ee eee ne eee - 1851

Johnson, Cave, Postmaster-General, member of the Establishment--_._....--..-..---_---.-- 1848

1920 INDEX.

Johnson, R. W.: Page.
Remarks Dy 20 a ee ae aE Ss Pe SSS hy 0 rete See ence eae 459+, 506, 605
Report Dy 3222-52 See I a ee ee eS ee een ee ee 505
Resolution by a25.22 22. eS EL AE aie oe beecn ses Sema atoeee ae pee 600, 605

Johnson, Thomas; petition Py st. oF is oe sao sss en wee are soe ee eee eee S02 e280

Jonnson; V.B;estimateiand appropriation Loni: sse..- 2 2on- see ee eee oe eee ae eeee aan 1693, 1694

Johnson, W. ‘C.smemorialipreseited! bytes cae nec oe eee ee ee Se ee 225

Johnson, W. R.:

Memoir’ on Smithson by wees a a SO Ses S532 20S eee 336
Momorialiby fic s22 Stee eee aes ec a Soc rew cee ce ened an Cn rr eee rane ee ere 144, 146

Johnston; 2 B:,appointed “Regents 2 S222 2s ae a as See oe nae seen aos eae a eee 819, 1853

Johnston, W. P.:

Regent, appointed 2222 22) 2S lsas see sada Ss See sok soc enc aes sae eee eee 1555, 1778, 1854
PrOpOsed 4s 523ide2 ces adouselee ct See ae cede bee ee ee 1274+, 1553, 1555, 1776, 1777

Joint resolutions. (See Acts and joint resolutions. )

Jones, Frank,on commission on yentilation of House of Representatives ----.-.-....-...._- 799

SORES, (Ge iWeer Sages Senta e aa aes sane en ee ae ane ee aera oor. Dao solo. ae ee 355, 392
MVIOGIOTND Ya coe seo ee Re SO 319, 333, 349, 353, 419+, 500, 506, 605, 607
Rerianiks Dyce nent oe eee ee eee eee 334, 350, 351, 370, 415, 488, 500, 501, 504, 505, 537, 605+-, 607

Jones, J. K.:

PROMLATRS NOY Se sea eens eae al nec aa en oe ne ee 1174
Resolution by -2e2222etee = 222 ee ee en ee 1123, 1124

Jones, J.P: report by asi.2.t 0252 fete cece onsen a see se ee oe ee 1041

Jones, J. W.; letter te, on investment of Smithson fund 22 22-- 22) = se -se= e eeeeee 242

Jones; Besborty 2-222 Miss sol 0S re oak elas soe tase re os eante soe cae os See eee

Jones, Thomas; instrumont maker 222.22. o.2.255.2520\Soso eso oan - aeons cee ee ee 212

Journals of Regents of Smithsonian Institution, printing of-_----------.------. .--.-_-.-... iii, 850

Journalsof Senate'and ‘House, examination Of- 2 2---2 ooo sw ees oo enn oe oe eee vi

Judges:

Supremeicourt, Districtiof Columbia. --22s- 2<-- ss sa0 soneee sone a ee 921
Writed Statesconrts sooo 22 of sesso eee asia woccaw sonnets a ee Oa 921

Juaicial establishments in Mueland --—* ook seo wee ae wane SE ee oe ae 37

Judiciary Committee, Senate, report on Smithsonian investigation---..----..--.--..---.---- 540

Judiciary square proposed as site for Smithsonian Institution -_--.--.-...--.----.----- 2 ...- 439

Juhlin, D. C.,Swedish commissioner, Philadelphia Exposition .-...-.-.--------. -.-...-------- 765

Juilly, Henry Honori, Smithson’s bequest to. (See Sailly.)

JUTUS ee aca Poets sende s cce ce sep eee dae hee eo sb eee Ronee oa eee ap eee eee 165

Justice, Chief. (See Chief Justice.)

JUSLICG, DepartmentiGh.. ..22-222-2ss caes Cote neces oss Seaneee cead <a ee ena ree 1080, 1035
(See also Executive Departments; Expositions. )

Justices, associate, of Supreme Court, United States -_..........-..-.---.---------225 wees ee- 921

ansas. ROGens LrOtm ses es lek ee eee one oe a See on ee ee a ee 1855

Karr, W. W.:

Disbursing clerk, National Museum -.-........------.-.---- OS oe. eo oa ee 1598
Disbursing officer, Smithsonian Institution, bond of --..------------------------------ 1484, 1700

Masson dk Acs ee crete pacece we sees see dsinss nina saawme cans cnadenvesoun na ge Sem eae ae ee 920

Remarks by -2ioc- bce Fo esate tes cute. in mee at ee eae aoe oe ae 87

Keate, Lumley Hungerford, brother of mother of Smithson ----.-...----.-----. .------------- 5
Keifer, J. W.:
Detter tO ose te on Son S no en a ww ote a niclnw ease ee Peers teas SORES pe aaa ieee Se eee eS Re a

MOGION Dy somes eae onan. os ewes oS oe oe ee eet pepe oe ee ee ee See 863

PLOMATKS DY sce aoe aw Se sank onan nea seer eee sess beaeereecene 863, 864, 865, 872, 917, 919, 920, 926 +, 927

Speaker, appointment of Regents by .°---2 co. 2 :---26 5-23 nono seesaw ee 870
KOlMAG. IMs, MORONINY, site con» oo oon co een Sanaa eee ee eee eens yet ae 169.
Keitt, Avi POMmarks DY 262-- 2-0-0 nw oes or meepheseo~ oe eee ene ee co ee See ee 605
ROLIB YW. soe ote eee ae accor ne ae ee ae ee Sn ee ees ee 710

UD yee ate ee ee ere en ww ee ee a ee a a ee ee ee 893
Kellogg, S. W.:

TOMATO WW co ede no kane cS a tac coco eat eee wae eee eee Seen eee ee 706+

GSOLMGMON (DY a> aces sos05~ = 25 2 Se hee een Bonne one See ee ee 706
Kei y eAuhned erie eeerter ne oo... Se teem Rp ee oe 264
Sy SATO fed Ba ete Cai bet 2 5 ee a a ee SU Le SS Pape lao AS eee ee estas 2 1628
Kennedy, J. C., appointed trustee Corcoran Art Gallery... ..-..----<-.--).-------s.-e0\----==-- 684
Kennedy, J.P.:

Appointed on Committee on Smithson Bequest _..--.-.------..----. --------- --e2---n+-+~ 146, 169

Secretary of Navy, member of the Establishment -.........----- ---- ----2.e--ac----n -5---5 1848

Kentucky: Page.
POET US EPO Poste go tals Suc sania as siaw sus caw ene esos ac naa saiewendoowwcanauleaud MaeueeancueneeeeTts 1855
Sinte-Arsiculbural Society, DOUIbIOM OL .....-asecacccuesheus cesweabncecacucl sec see Looueee 183
RiGee AIRMAN ee ea te cen a fae Sac s san uccs Seas conan cenbaw cobes chosen bose tates 256. 262, 263

RESET Les Sein FUSE EE es ene rts Pues wate eta can acing = cpm eo awed dol ee Seen eat ceo eOR eee ene 198, 361

Kerr, Daniel: .

RVRONEN DViaale heere ces oitin see cena ana enc heen Sbiceuss SES em eerste ott) eee ee *. 1290
LECSt ee WT Tdo 2] 0h ee ee 6 ee ee ee ee - ee Ree oe ae 1165+4-. 1297+, 1421+-, 1422, 1487, 1451+4-, 1472

Pee OUN NOM ar KSC ss sme snot act ueke cmkaveaduees tek oe eo U Sout eee ccccecde 538+

Kerr, M.C., Speaker:

PMEnOlanMenuiOon MEP Ones DVin--— 2.c.vs-ste-= pan od wae emg n te asanesce ie eanens vee siek ae one ene 1839
Momoninihon neronts presented .DYy~ --- <=... ee tee eee band cabin dusue seed bees sek wee 73L

Key, D. McK., Postmaster-General, member of the Establishment----_-....-.--...-------..-- 1848

idder<d.iH., bequest of, to Smithsonian Institution. .+.--. .2..-5 .2---- 2 22. Soi e8sseencs pe nee 121

MOMACEC TTS ETO SIO UIO LIA DV oe ae te one eee te ere cfOeuren «cco cal Sanas ae seeneee cae 1038

LE ERSr ee COL SEEG Teper t ch Lect ah ee ei A ES Se A Se es Se eee a 1129, 1220+, 1539

Peery Weel clon Na GlOna! MUSRUIN <8. cs-coce< cn sans = SSeS Seca sE Use set eed ete eee 1598

King, Charles, Indian portraits by, destroyed in Smithsonian fire_--........---.-----------..- 6428

ERE PERCE TICS CL) Var eer he ai Senn a io ean ee a Penns Ree anwis oes tan vasa aeeewon ues 368, 369

Pn PsGr Seva LCINAn INabhOne! WLOSSUIN.-...- cos seenans oS cee ee bas Uses. SaceaNeelen ten saeen 1598

King, Henry, proposed as manager of Smithsonian Institution -.-.........----------.------ 305, 318

King, Horatio, Postmaster-General, member of the Establishment ---.--.....-.....---------.- 1848

Petra en aE OSOUEGION: DY = <cac pedo cena nn Sento pk meh ee ne inew ewe oo aceaem Poe oe StL SN OUU SSS 844

Rese eMC Ke SILOS, Wire secession a aan tee eee eC RCo ee we Acina conan a atauaesacs Vos oeeee 23

King of England:

George III ---..- -- fae rece es SE ee EU Ee On ek SN EE ee, Se Se aSee eS ae 131, 209
eee CH AT COIR OMIUME E22 aos. ars Oto teers eg Sane te ee Senet oe ae aos ones Sete: 1055

SEL Gye Treva Na Gd CID. CA Re ee ee eee ee aes oe Bet vee, ieee 131
SUED B IN Peet ae Se eo wa cod sae eile WLS nosom nonstate See be cece Soe Sk Ee 23

een EUS bON, TOMALES Dyan ak cos ose wine ana niaoee een emer ee me eee MELE Sebel eee See 624

King, W.R., President of Senate:

PESTS KNORELU EIR Fb OF ERO OR DOO ce oe aie Soa) ne ene nen ay een nn oo ga O ERE SESE T OR, 482
Report of Smithsonian Institution presented by ---....-- .-.sssco-tes onces censen ncn sceee 478+
Mae SILUBLEMILC. OU HOW OlLACOnp. (March 1, J8bl)sseee s-2e eu eee ceeee ae aoe se J coca eeee 47.
Wice-President, memberor the Bstablishment: 25.0.3 2 sese ee ee a a 1847
UO MBI b eer 2 attra nape ta Ais ae Re sas See ews She el ee 1851

RR OMRIE OUTISG leer ane ars Aare seamen Teac ae ewe aE oe eae eee aa ese ote ee ee eS 21

Kirkwood, 8. J.: ;

MeTEGTSLCONT. Olly HS ONAN Scr ours at Pace Se oI en od oe anne onan = =e abeaw noe Ss 902
to; oniappropriations for National Museum 2:5... 5225.0 ee4-sa. t s2eSel os eee ke 910

Kirtland, J. P., proposed as manager of Smithsonian Institution-----_-.........-.-.-.--.-.. 305, 318

Klingle road. (See Zoological Park, boundaries, etc.)

Pee COTE UN es ODLGLOUADY, 25 sap conta a natoue eset sectm a Secs cow anmusnece’: Cause Seeeed eae eeees 280

RIE ACU) eects = iees Aho Bs a arene soc Seda steer’ Casale ote ce adobe ves scees 1091

eis OlgeVLRIAS == 242052 6 ones sarees cook Se ae aa ane ndeeee See aeae Hoos bee wat sthee inns omen 1740

RENTS Lone eae Aes Ree RS cy APRS, SEAS I Ls Ook SR ae RE whe eee ees cece es 920
Iya RS 7 Ee a ee a ee ee ee eS eee eee ee ee ee eee Ee fo 3 801
LENE Sra LF AUT Tal Che eae ele ee ae RE ne RAE Dye a CA Oe ESM EL a eye PR feo 843

Bnowled?o,. increase. and diffusion) ofsss220 2 4.4. 25- sees esses st oe S 446, 497, 562, 581, 582, 1689

(See also Smithson, Will of.)
Knowledge, Smithsonian contributions to. (See Contributions.)

ration wVWweay enw aLcHiman.: GOOLOPICAl Bark. -.-- Pees cea Ba ee oe en te ook Obs ee eee ee 1597
PMP RAULEOO., COUECHIONS PrESONLEG. DY sc... - acum osetecasorne eve ae Meee bs oSeoLES os Set ohne 763
iurielsinnds. investigations of tir seals ont: Aescs nee eee Se ste eee ee) tee 1766
J Ey S127 85) eral |] oh ee ER ae oes Shae ie 262 ae rr ae 1655, 1711

La Batut, Baron Eunice de, alias Henry James Hungerford, and alias Henri de la Batut.
(See Hungerford, H. J.)
La Batut, Mary Ann de:
Claim oL,on Smithson fund:and annwityabo 2255-22 - seats seen oe Seat ote maewee se kees nace 12,
19, 20, 21, 24, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35+4-, 36, 38, 39, 40, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50,
51, 52, 53, 57, 58, 60+, 63, 65, 67+, 68, 70, 71, 72, 77, 78, 79, 81, 104, 112+, 118, 114, 664
WORLD O becomes 4 fas ca neot onaursS sa Soto CRC eee els a eee Seek SOL BT e seas 112+, 118
Meatsang ue neOOOre Cer Conternnce: wilh sasss sons ocee secoeee cae ttt cee we cue see aseeesaS on 79, 80
(See also La Batut, Mary Ann de.)
Labor, Commissioner of:
Proposed as member of establishment of sociological institution. -....-.--..-------------- L761
Norprepare Oxbipio tor Paris Pe pOSllOM. <2... .20= sence seecses ocx dee coe voce wneaus wececwne 1118

He Woe: Faz ital

1922 INDEX.

Labor, Department of: Page.
Contracts forsupplies -.-.-- 225 <n2-n24oeec enn ele pos eRe ee ee ee 1670, 1671
Report from, on leavesiof absence 2--------- 61 ieee ee eae ee ee ee 1825
(See also Expositions. )

Laboratories needed for Geological Sirvey. =--2-c2-22224-coo eens ena ene eee eee 1270

Laboratory:

Astrophysical. (See Astrophysical Observatory.)

Chemical, proposed for: Smithsonian Institution. -—-- 222-222 ae een ne ane ee ees ‘ 338
provided for, in act of organization of Smithsonian Institution. --.-...-.. -_- 432

Natural history... 2522.22 63 220 2 oaks pee eee cane ae ree ee es ee eee rE

Smithson’s lif@:in - 2 6.42265 5- aha ee eee eee oe 390

luaborers, performing clerical or higher duty.__-.<--..---— -222eobatac2 2 ee 1596, 1597

Tua ‘Brosse, Guy de... 2... 2-22 eA ee ee ee See eae ee ee ee eee

Wig Gry a > HY. TOURS BY oe ae ne ee ee 1779, 1781+-1782+

Ladrone Islands:
Collections from, proposed: =—- 220 - nn on manele more = eae See ee Se

Ethnological research in, proposed © ----5-.-.. -.-.<...5-neae es Se ee ee ee 1812

Lady managers, board of. (See Expositions, Chicago. )
fmatayetbend OUAteseacc cae doe anatase el eee si oleate rl ee ee 1975
Memorial: Commission. _—_-=--~.-.-- - 2-2-0. Se er ee ee te ee
monument in Paris. ...:225-0.8-208+ 3 seseet ee oe ee ee eee ee 1795

Laflin, A. H.:

Motion or resolution by - vie nb cawen ce cece ee nase gee eenies co eul ceases aa ete meee tegen
RO DORE DY ae ee ae ee a wim ae ee nr a 664, 679+, 683
awernjelm, PCr: s-i--s..2 mes an2 =~ on Sno n a eee ep ee eae Se Ree ae nee ee ee ee 151
Lamont, D. S., Secretary of War, member of the Establishment-----.-_--- eae a 1848

Land Office:
(GOMMISSIONGT Of <5. 52 — a a 5 sy ie ye re ee a
Geological collections from, transfer of ...--- --2-.----5 (2-35 ene ooo enn a= oem OS OO da LUD
Owen's geological report dor... 222 2cnamecne omen e ase eee ee ee notes 487
Rulings of, on Arkansas lands-.... . 2... . 2.425 22-22 bccn e soe en he eee nee ee
Land Office Museum:

Gollected by Joseph §. Wilson. «=... =5..2-6 eb stmeates Some ps atte eee ee 811, 823
Transter of, to Smithsonian Institution 2-222 222522. -2=s ne eces ee oe, See 811, 1013
Land Office surveys, to be considered by National Academy of Sciences -.-..-..---.-.-.---- 811
Lands, public, proceeds of sale of, in States, to be retained by United States for interest in
AECATS' ON PURLG SLOCKS 5 5 sancac-55 soe aceeesSec) eS Seeqes eon ee ee 221, 246, 319
Landscape belonging to Smithson’ -.°2.5. 022 -.-2..ccsnes acakeceeee paaadeeeeeneee= ee ee 99
TREC, 3s Wo aot etal a ce ce mete dak aren atieacembmnl a tEnaAn ieee sees eee Sen ee re 647

Langdale, Lord, master of the rolls, hearing by, of case of United States for Smithson

OWUEST .....- 522.5 - cca eens a Sh Lhe Shea Meee we eee dslon one Eee ee ee eee 20
Langley, S. P.:

NSCLUCES LOM, 3505 udee Slow conse seas eee hols Co ae Rea Cae ee ee 1064, 1085, 1132, 1145, 1146,
1175, 1227, 1229, 1240, 1243, 1248, 1250, 1268, 1271, 1277, 1814, 1320, 15238, 1524, 1827, 1828, 1334, 1341,
1342, 1345, 1348, 1488, 1490, 1493, 1496, 1499, 1505, 1545, 1556, 1558, 1559, 1565, 1566, 1572, 1597, 1602,
1614, 1667, 1672, 1673, 1680, 1686, 1691, 1699, 1700, 1704, 1727, 1746, 1775, 1815, 1814, 1831, 1832, 1837
iether 60 <5 Sassen am spec ae ae eg a me Se am

Osan atienes on Mount Whitney ae Lona nicid canhs Sanmamee owe one Seees Sagan Sos ee ee re 923
Privilege of floor of House of Representatives proposed for.._...--.-------------------- 1182
Regents, appointment of, recommended by ---------.-- ----2- ------- -25 ~-2sescceccesae- 1556, 1777

Relative to—
American Historical Association report -.....---..------------.------.-- 1584, 1587, 1624, 1687
Artists’ studio in'Zoo Park .: 0.02202... 2 5 2 Bi Se
Astrophysical observatory, establishment of -.....---------.------i--+---------.------ 156
list: of employees = --2 . <.. <2 5-< soe 5 = cn ee
Site OF bni fi is.es ete oe ls ae ee ee

Baird; Sh, public Services Of 2o2 0-2-2 -- Aenaee noe eons aoe ee ee 1064, 1085, 1086
Bell; A..G., gift of, for resear@hes..2_2. 2-2. -2-<4<2- Jo2 ces 2o ee cee nee
Business, condition. of, report.on) - 2..-. co saee-eeseesee teat eee ase ae ae ee ee 1700
Catalogue: of scientific literatare. Jos 322.06 2s ee en ee ee eee 1769, 1770, 1778
Civil'Reryiee 2s 272 2+. 8 ae en re oe 1767
Daughters of the American Revolution, report of -..--.-.. .-.--------------- --------=- 1837
Employees, list of, under Smithsonian Institution... .--.--------..---.--------------- 1597
Hxchanges, Labernational ..-- 5-2 eee weceee eee 1145, 1146, 1147, 1493, 1496, 1499, 1614, 1701, 1704

list of employees - <=... -.2.+----24c 25-35 Sere 1597
Expenditures, report on, for bureaus under Smithsonian Institution ----.-.---.---- 1268,

1328+, 1558, 1559, 1672, 1673, 1746, 1813, 1814

Exposition; Chicago: 2. 2.0 -2.-<.6 toe Saceaswesice oo woes een es eee ee ee

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INDEX. 1923

Langley, S. P.—Continued, Page.
Relative to—Continued.

PIGHC ye OFOD Ny ROL VICOs Olessensamo a tee ee GG ee 2s yee i at i tee, 1086

ICM RCEE Se Oh e VISM Gre Secale cae aoe os ie es oe a a Sl sae on oe ee 120

National Museum, appropriations, assignment of ---.-..---..-.----.--------...--.--.- 1250

reasons for increase of -___.....--.-- 1253, 1327, 1602, 1667

building, reasons for new ---.-.--.---.----- 1227, 1220, 1314, 1320, 1324, 1712

Classified service, proposed eesc.. choc. asset ccs. Sees 1240, 1241

CONGIUION Of, DUSINGSS Ml. ee Sac eRe ania Wasa no oaj= agi eee eee ae 1700

SIDPIOV OUR IN St Olutes nas vase aecen a ae ones ant, o oe ote ae 1598, 1600

PUG ANE PS COON eae Seek a eee as See eae dea oe 1699

TIStORy Olas ee ate thee aes set ee et Se es 1249

LISTIOL livin animals = Ss) ses S yes iee Ss ee Os Ses eens eae 243

postage stamps and cards desired for -.--.-.-------.-----.-.--.--- 1248

sheds, danger of fire from, report on <---=2~ 2.25... 0.1--usseeee 1718

WitarafiAn COlSChiOn Oly DObLEL Vice = = sso oss -- ae seen eee see Poh cbeot ae ee 1727

SpedilnMarelghiaaawdhy Grain yd sa20) eae eee ee ee ee ee eS, 54,55

UTR TO bigest eta oe hs SEER Ona were a ae ae es Gennes cote Scat oA 55

Ponthsonian pullding, fireproohn ge! 7220 soos 1. ou. shoe se) ees pede eon hes aes 1277

PnSiinepiory. OD JOOhS Ol =e Ss aoa. ek eae e ee ee ac nae ena oe aes, LLOSUY LORS

securities in Treasury vaults, deposit of .----. apna SUE SS ES PG See rata 1686

(See also Secretary of Smithsonian Institution.)
Zoological Park, appropriations, explained --.....-....--. 1345, 1460, 1490, 1565, 1566, 1572, 1691

SETECAETUS SOUL CLG) EM ele poy Se ee ae eI te sors OER IO ee 1831, 1832
MOU POs =a es or eee eee ee ee eae) SASS re WE 1831, 1833
COMMISSION EO DOINb Ole eee oes oe ae seen Soe eS 1354, 1341, 1342
Omipleyecsdinys sees Laas. sete et ee ye eet te 8 ited 1597
expenditures: 20.55) sone es 1418, 1438, 1451, 1452, 1484, 1485, 1488
manacoment.of. 44). eit eae ae eee ee 1427, 1482, 1435, 1454, 1488
NGGERETU YA TORS. 65 pee oho eS Re ee See rag ser ey Le tera 1175
OVEATIZAIGN Ss so_ eesae aoe, Soe ee 1334, 1337, 1338, 1339, 1342, 1343, 1348
preservation of disappearing animals i ETS S eee, Bae at a Ree ees 1211
TOROS AME eee sae ee sere at SOREN oe ee ial T Gees Sea 1691

Languages:
Ancient, professorship of, not to be in Smithsonian Institution______..--_-.___...-_____.- 417
Roto American, pipliosraphy OL, Dy Eillingy 699! seo jad soe <5 ne on en coe een cee 977
ELAS PLNET CONV De sca css SRE ae ee et et pe oe ns es eee cee 1110
PRPUPSEE ESD ULL MUS ee ere ed oor aks eee sore oP a Oe IE Roe Dee eg ges tS wg eee 1563, 1566, 1692, 1693, 1739
PME COP OIG OL 2.6 aia seater Lee eet UR EL AUT, oe ae pee 1638
Larreategul y Aguilar, Don Cristobal de, iasited to attend Chicago Exposition. --_.-_-__--. 1590
Maianie st clork. National Museum - 5: 22255-2653 scae eae oan oem SoS ere eae ane cascans ee See 1598
Pee POLLS: TO ANNTIILICS 2522255255 e ssn lStacc socaee seated PAA eed Sen cee 30, 32
aw oll LoSOllnDons:O£ Congress have force ofe. f2225 <se.ie-cl S268 ee ee | nk ene aes 784.
Law school, not to be established in Smithsonian Institution. ---...--..-.--.-.- 222222222 417
Laws governing Executive Departments, status of .___-....----.--------------+-----.----- 1698, 1699

Laws of the United States:
PIE Nroparavlon and distribution’ Of us 2soss2<yec- nc veeuceeerses He Settee esas ES OIE

ODUM LO OS CHAN PO Secs eaeson eae essen ee ke SPEER cane oun oe we Oop a Oot os als cae 467

Copies of, proposed to be given to Smithsonian Inetibasion SPE Ree St ee ck Shakes 791
Lea, Isaac:

Bequest of shells to Smithsonian Institution. .....-. 2.22 212-2. 225-22 ese ee eee 1228, 1820

STURDY Oliv = fan oa aere saat se Fo See wien a Caen cote Rien ieee eee ook. 3s Leyden bee 1022

Puces tye Cem Ol: ILA TOLOPY va ae ne hae oc ae soo eae ate Me eee ita e wan wenn cae ko. oe OS
Leaves of absence:

Statement of Smithsonian Institution relating to ..-...-........-.-s-._---..----.--2.22---- 182
May [O75 OW a iy of Vonng ova" wis Seah pen ie ey na ae re | ON TRS eRe Paces ees 1825, 1826
Le Conte, J. L., memorial by, for purchase of Glover’s entomological work--_.__.-.....-_-- 817
PeBeuGles NAUSLCN shlOnd lL USOUMi ses so) toes N elie ee ee teen eS kd 1817, 1822
room, Smithsonian Institution, used for charitable objects __--._---_-...--.--.--..- 620
rooms:in Smithsonian Institution, authorizedi:c<- 22 cess cet see ele ee 432
Lectures of Smithsonian Institution:
PW ULE COI toes ee eee na LS ae RRM AN le AF Ta 243 620
Annualeourse in National Museum, proposed _---.-<- 2-22-2252 -2----- 3. ote eb aeeee ose oe 893, 894
RO rsiga eateeean Ce Eek ge Soe he en eo ee eee et tee ee cic awe boos SL ee B47
Proposed in Smithsonian Institution, 2-22. --- 2252-2. cs caaceouced 298, 330, 338, 417, 418, 421+, 466
Legacy of Smithson, residuary. (See Smithson bequest, residuary. )
Beraiou OL U) Mipse States wo LiONGON: >.) 1s. sBsese tesa. ae Seems hn ner bey Were 8

Leggett, M. D., Commissioner of Patents, member of the Establishment -.._........---.---- 1849

1924 - INDEX.

Leghorn, Italy: Page.
Advertisementsiin, by Mr. Rush 2-2-2 22222. cae we ea ae oe = See eet 25
Official certificate from, of death of Hungerford —__---.--- S32 26 ee ee ween 82
Legislation: -
General, not to be proposed as amendments to appropriation bills-_-_-.---.-.-----...----- 1173
Relative to the establishment of Smithsonian Institution, 1835-1847 ___-......-.---.--.-.. 123
Institution and its dependencies, 1847-1899 -_._-._.--..-.--.---~---.---...- 441
Lehigh University. (See South Bethlehem.)
Tbterfed sel Be | on seen ee ee ee ee eee ee Ean ate eae RSE Se eect 138
ERGIMATS Yoon ee ec a ea ae a a 137, 141
PRG WOrb: DYjra scoot eek Se ee a a 125
Leipsic, Felix Fliigel, foreign agent of Smithsonian Institution at ---.-----.------------------ 1768
Lenox, Walter, mayor of Washington:
Member of the Establishments 2-922 eee. Sas ae eae aoe eee ee a 1849
Regent o.oo 2-2 oe seen eases sans Shed wins Seale mean = Se bie aan ase aas= 3 ween b seas a eee 1852
Lesquereux, Leo, proposed as Regent .-.--- -.--------..- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ==+-+----- 707
Wester: Peel oc een ee eee ee aa oan a een nO ese ae eee 1613
MGVETTIOL.. Ue Wena ss sec tae Sera to ate oe we ee ar ome ea ae eg ae 709
Lewis, Benjamin, certifies to bill of costs in Smithson swit-~---------- ------------------------ 68, 71
Lewis, D. H.:
Appointed on committee on Smithsonian Institution --------.--------------------------- 182, 427
Motion by -.--- dae See Soe n wen os nee ewe Sacto ete eee ian Reece pe a= aa ena ae os eee 427
Lewis family collection of Washington relics, transferred to National Museum. _----._--- 82, 1009 i
Mexit etn, ba bule ios tems sce oo enla maanm e ~eatwacent Sh. Sees ale. oe eee 1381 |
Rabbey, Harry, potition presented by. - 2-.-- 2--2 22.0 axn-n- so eee een woe 1018 §
Tibravianiot CONETOSS:.-<.-<-..-2-t-c-- acee—=sonsseee=s heen = Wes See 305, 390, 918, 922, 968+, 975, 976
Assistants, two to be employed by, for Smithsonian Institution deposit--.--..---------- 662
Books, etc., to be exhibited at Chicago Exposition by ..---..--.-. -------~--------------- ---- 1584
Columbus memorial, proposed on commission for-----.----- ------------------------------- 1501 ‘
Copyniphts, to be recel ved Dy) 2-2-e - 52522 = eee earn ae ee eee 434 ’
Declaration of Independence, appointed on commission to restore originals @-22- +. sees 730 F
Documents, laws.relative to; (compiled by 222225 22-2 =~ S2 2-2 ooa-nece ane wane enn Pe 917,918
Exchanges, Congressional Printer to deliver public documents for -.......----..-------- 680 :
Proposed Visit of, tO Hurope TON eno et eclae we mie ae eee 851 j
Exploring Expedition works for -_-- ..--...- 0-2 -22 --.- <2 +2 = 95 =~ 02 onan sore cosa wenn nee 240 :
to. be distributed (oy =. 2-2 22-2 ses ese con eeeeemeeeee 468, 637, 678
to be preserved by, for distribution-----.--....-...---.--.- 321
Library Smithsonian Institution, report on, by--....------ ------ ------ s-seeeceeee--------- 1710
Manuscripts commission, appointed On) 22--- 2c 2c<2<nede- enone ones nar = 4aee eee ceeels Se eeeee eat ‘
Visit Of. to HUrope, proposed 2. s.nsc obec Janes eaece os =e eae ee ee eee eee eee ceoesweeueee 851
Libraries ?
Distribution. o£ documents: tO. aoc suse noses ooccescasteo nena eee aes aoe ae ee eee eee 1670
reports, Smithsonian Institution and National Museum to----.._--.-..- 924
European, visit.of A. R. Spofford to; proposed __-_-t----- ---2--- 225 =52-=-=- = iae- ee 851
Exploring Expedition works, distribution of, to. (See Exploring Expedition.)
OPGIGN 28 < soso nase o chee con ann ec ne ence monn wece See dese eendeneelnr = =e 5 ee eee =e 341, 342
RCCOUNE OF... (oe oe ao owe ea eee Cee ha nee ae ee oe 376, 377
Protection of public..........--2--2- --- 2. 22-22 coo one oo cons cancesnannne caseennasnes eesena snes 810
Public, in United States, Smithsonian report on---....--.--------.-------------------. ---- 478
State and Territ-rial, National Museum bulletins and proceedings for, proposed ---.--- 1814
Library, Army Medical. (See Army Medical.)
Library Association, American, petition of ....... ....2- .--2. 2202-25 en-=ann- 6-222 ~ eons ee 1807
Library:
Beaufort, destroyed in Smithsonian fire. .-_ 222... 2 oo 2ee= oan enna enn Soe eee ee
Bodleian, Oxford University, England 22.2. 2220s 202s eas ae see eden eee eee 597
Boston bublicspetmtion Of ... 2c os 66 acess Sac oe utio name sane. qoas ee Seen eee 1807
Chicago, John Crerar, resolution in favor of Catalogue of Scientific Literature ..... .. 1807+
Goode. Gu BrOwh=- ~---~,..--- shanties eee eee iene ema ne Se eee 1817, 1822
Importance and usefulness of a great --.....----------------- bende decasct ceases beeee horas 286
Johns, Bishop John, destroyed in Smithsonian fire --.........---ssssee<ooc c= cone wanna =- 643
INA ORAL hs 8 ere ee fos am pes oe en ee ee 297, 1152, 1537, 1690

(RCGOUN OL sa ete say- cc wie acon San pemne aie eee e reine oe eae wae eae ee 376, 379, 380
Books tprotectionjonian.. _....-. o-oo eas eta ee eee 810
Building for, message of President Hayes relative to -.---.---------.--.------ ------ --- 842, 843

PLOPOsed. - os 22... -- 525 8k se SS oe ee a

National Museum. (See National Museum.)
MAbrary, OL \CONGTESSE 26 2- a5 o-oo sacaeqen es mown ee eee 289, 296, 297, 340, 499, 852, 853, 854, 975+, 1388
Burning Of 2502.52. 8 seee sss bs de ee ee Sere - eee oe eee ietheceet sate eee 511

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Library of Congress—Continued. Page.
MONVEIRtS LOL, POC OL NOStARS jac -ona.< oo eo ea oaey cet Sec cisedacenpecnehemanace eee ee 501
PIO MEOn LAMA THO RIZCUNEOD Go oes) ec pac seen wt een een eens can uiedow vie once deve ca 220, 484, 467, 680
Duplicates and documents in, may be exchanged ___...._....__....-----..-.---. - 220,489, 467, 680
Hxchanges|for benefit of -.2.<5.-.-..<<-<2. 222.2200. 666, 667, 673, 853, 901, 924, 925, 931, 974, 1022, 1148

(See also Exchanges, International.)
Exploring Expedition, acts relative to. (See Exploring Expedition.)

Government of, Smithsonian Institution model for__-...__.... -----.-----..---------- 1773, 1774
Regents Smithsonian Institution resident in Washington, to have use of _.___._-.__.--- 730
Smithsonian deposit, to have two assistants im __.....-.._._.-----.-.---.--.----------- ae 56S
WRU OO ics ate Sr: nen a roc Cmte esi mea chm isthe a ete ee 677, 1710
Smithsonian Institution, through its Secretary, to have use of___....-.-..--.-..--------- 662
SPH MOOnIAN trary. trankler GO > <socs 5 ose cn cele fa sas Soe eee ops aoe a on OR OOe
Pana van Hip ht ONeniIne OF. PrOTOROUL oo. spe one ascoceed ea nee eee eee 829
Superintendent of, to construct National Museum galleries____._........-._.__- 1781, 1821, 1822
Unexpended balance of $2,500 transferred from Exchanges to___.--...-....--.-..-------- 683
PAD OM yn VeEstIPators and SUUGONtS — = 5... 22-see- eos I ea ees co, 1596
Py BROCIOlOPICA INATITMTION, Proposed ooos.22 feels .ee- loess STM ee 1763
Library:
Public, proposed application of Smithson fund for__._---.----.._--- 286, 311, 338, 375, 418, 421,572
SGM MARIS see cat ao) sues acan eas ctom coe ce enene se as ne ee ne eee teow ence cee 286
Library, Smithsonian:
Jab ED OYTUTIT OE oe nena SS 5 ee pe oe OE BN a lee Sea arg es 8 eee 594, 925, 931, 1679, 1690
yal brarian One On PLONS <.22c- 2 serena eae ee tee oe ane ise 1710
eRS AR PeNol Ol Lmiy ATi CELT OO OL a hea oa coe eae Meee See eee ae ee Meee tN wae eee 567
CILTEN LAL S| eS ase] 07 12.01, 1 ee ne a pe A QU peer ae epg ee nS 434
Expenditures, proposed for-._-_----------.--- Be ate ae eo a ees eee ae a Seine 298, 305
LINDY SPACEY ENG TE nc B) eeeeT ya wh ao e218 LR ne ee Ree a ee RMR eat MF epee a Ae eal eae) ea a ee XXiii, 432, 434
Not to be removed from Library of Congress except on reimbursement by Smithson-
PafiMuISitiniioOn Lox PINGING ANG \CATOs 2. <= - ea - = ee See ee aean = acene oeaccaoe~ Xxiv, 662
PPOs GIs reSiOn ONimewarn ect cou loons aha be een” Leh Gere tee ee ee 376
Public'to' have access to, in’ Library of Congress 222222222222 222-2320 .222k tee xxiv, 661, 662
RGrorred uo, in. message'of President Hayes © 22.) 2.2202. 622 bn occ eee eee See une 843
Requirements by Congress of appropriations for_..-.._....-..-..-..------------ -----.---- 563
Secyetary of Smithsonian Institution the librarian of _--..._.-..-...-_--.---._--- Xxiii, 433, 589
Pererama TP CLOC Lette LOI Ole see teen aes ek ae Se oe AT NY ene ene ence 677
peranster OL. to Waiprary OL CONPTOSS._=.-= .. 022 Sacse2 none ne cee wane XXili, xxiv, 660, 661, 662, 673
UUUUESP DIY © aed Ue ae ie Sh Tea oe sie nae tees at See ae aaa 4 TR ented tae 5238
Library:
Smithson’s, saved from fire at Smithsonian Institution. ....._...-........--..-----.------ 642
TTA ELE T DS SS SS SAP ny A epee Pee le Poeen cere 286
OV ELS UMS PDT NETS Tipe Bh ae Sal wap Rap a oe a ae rae ae el thas) Sa a Rm Jenene as 296
UTE mMESERSRY CT ee thee ee nae ey 2 oe a ee eee See Oe eee Sanne ahs 357
hite-Saving Service, building for, Omaha exposition... .--..-=-=---2-2-5----s- -<fss--0---- once 1791
ME aa yan Soation at. Chicaro exposition: .-2- 2 2 oun. ein cece sete acne 1586
TLE Prie ESD UE TOL peg aes aA rg a eS ey SS RE ee Re ea ete a 805, 1601
Representative of, on Board on Geographic Names ._-_..-......-..----.-.------------+--- 1557
Semuce on dosepn Henry t0\<2-- 2. -s.5-25-sa0 5 oe nee aes see 806-809, 1063, 1086, 1087, 1100, 1574+
Light-house keepers, bird circulars sent to, by Smithsonian Institution___._-.....--..- .----- 969
SOUL TVEs Deo] prope eSrs}\s Wik 0] bye ys} 2 peed eee ela ae ae SOREN oy ON SR fa go ol 399, 400
Lighting, National Museum. (See National Museum, heating and lighting.)
Piehiminew ur at-NOUsEs Protected FOU) 2-225. ..50 os. ocatees co cen doepacic coco cen ceie onan bomen 808
Eincoiny-sipraham, President’ United’ States <...--< .-- tcc cee sees eee nn wee we ok eee 1525
JT RTPA STaTR DTCC OS bg gest BS LIN) SPR ce yg ee ea ope EL lO Te eri ae hae AM og! 1/3) (%)
Mera pete CentOS MON bers ota an sees 2 aes a een ee ae mee i eeu hes 1847
Power of attorney from, to collect Smithson’s residuary bequest __..._.......--..------- 115
USE HEMES IC ere ane ea es ee Aw eee ee te rey oe te eee te ee ee eee 1538
Lincoln, R. T., Secretary of War, member of the Establishment. __..._--... -_---.- pa REA 1848
Lindsay, Melville, estimate and appropriation for_-__..-.....-..... ..-......-.------------ 1564, 1572
LingGeaynwilliam. epont, appointed: = \=.c5222 soo lens nd operon tees a nee owuees epee 1775, 1852
PURE ipsa ere (SHON DO bis os sansa 2a hs Se ee See Ra Poe seco cence a 228
Linn, L. F.:
TET) cass Si ay pd Bee A Se ap ok Ree, Se le lena et cee Gai 2 Fe Ca ne ae |;
UPAR HED YET? oo ne aN aR eS AAR ak RR a rE h/t Te Ee ORE Ne a
inriciifenivrs sd NAvIONAL MUSOU <. s2eo0 y= l2nc> ee Me Se ee en toe ace 1598
List of collections from foreign governments at Philadelphia Exposition given to United
SE URE Se iS I RE Tes ag ICR i i a 2 I 762
BER OMEIN DIGU. COM sac ame ata me one a inciae Maa Pee e Foe. DEN ren Somme eee aes opp mdlelwenoenane 1596, 1597

1926 INDEX.
Page
Lists of Collections. (See Capron collections; Grant relics; Living animals.
Little and Brown’s edition of Laws of United States for Exchanges__._______.----.-.-------- 467
iittle, A. Ro sceke a a ceean ase cote pas seal sense nee casa ene oop aaa ae er ee 1037
Lattle,, disd:..DULDY «2a 2 a aoe me ee ey ee oe ke ee oe oe oe 1560
Living animals: :
Estimate for. care Of (<2. ene eee ee ae ee ee ee 1248, 1322
Jist.ot, in National Museum: 2-.-...- -cs< 28 a: ea te 1242
Eawaneston. Dis 5 < cace emcee ie ae race pe eee a eee ee ee 1609
Remarks DY £ 206-0 o-see Cocos es obac Seee el Co ee ee ee 1609
Lockwood, G. M.. letter to, on National Museum estimates -2 2-22-22. ee
Locomotives, presented to ‘National Mnsetim.-_.-- 20 ee eee ee ee 1017
Lodge, H. C.:
Bill, motion; or TesolgsiOn Oy <2.0— 5. cp cece aaa Sees ok eee eee EE er ene eee 1763, 1787, 1825
Regent, appointed =<. = oo oe os ce ce eek es ee een ae
of Sputnsonian IMnstiinbion 0 4. Se ee a ee 1453
POSONGH Coo. occ ete a chee ese nose nS eae ER ee ee Or 1632
TREMSTEKE DY: cay se cent naes on eee oe See oc en aoe eR ee 1273, 1603-+-, 1611
Logan, J. A.: :
RG MATES DY ne o.-inep e sn mw oa see eo ee ee ee a ee 829, 919
eESOMIbIOR WY cacs2ccccene2-2sao<nt ee metas Se pe een ee eee nO ee 940
London: :
Advertisoment in newspapers of, by Mr. Rush --2 2-22 -2-oe sn eeeeee ae eee 25
BEL RANGTOCNONLUNOUNL ... 55-260 cance ae tea me Se ole ee ere 1504
Collezeiol PRY SICIBNS Joc. San 32 a8 Soe wees oe oe 569
Gazette, AC VGrwsement IN, .ccscec.5 ace ses ree ae ae ae ere eee 26, 77+, 78+, 79+
Heraid Van verwsement ii. on -tacseoc a= ean se ee eee ne ee nee 25, 77+, 78+, 79+
(BUEII DET TATL NUS OUIN «onc we ee ee a 815,816
Industrial Exposition. (See Expositions, London, 1862.)
International Conference on Catalogue of Scientific Literature ______-__- 1769, 1771, 1772, 1806+
lL PN hl a Np 9 ESE i ps RG ro > Se Ne op AEN yn 1162, 1178, 1193,1489
RROVSIEA CROGINY: =o on 2 oe ce ee ern pee eg ee ae ee ee 569
Astronomical Society -- 2. —-<-2<o- es eee teens oe eee ee 209

TASTE bION, «~~ -.2 Soo ~ Sons see eo ase e ee nome ee ae ee ee
(See also Royal Society.)
Society of Amtiquaries- —.- 1... 02.06 cons neo conn penne soe g ee awnl ene aeeee anes LL ee
OL ASS oes anan ne en avictnee oan namely oecioe abe eae ee ee

Standard. ag veruisementy in... on. acne ene nee eee ee 25, 77+, 78+, 79+
TAGS. AC VOrLIsement IN 2-2 22.5 o nan oes ee ee ee 25, 77+, 78+, 79+
United States chare6 d'afiairesiat <. 92 2.203. 2 oo ee ee ee eee 7,8

JOPatON Bh... a oses. ace dec ons ole chekewens coos ep Sete es See eee ee ee Vv
William Wesley, foreign agent of Smithsonian Institution Rb ooo eet 1768

ONY Se yan ee AE he we am A TEES SS a Se I etn
Long, J. D., Secretary of Navy, member of the Establishment. .--_-...--..---.-------.-.--.--- 1848
Taonetellow, H.W = 2 -ssecco- ne cc eecee Sec im eae at ee 583
Longstreet, A. B., honorary member of the Establishment---.-........-.----------~----------- 1850
Looniis, Hlias, approves Howgate expedition 20 20--- 2-2-1 ele ee ee
Lords, House of, appeal can be taken to, from court of chancery. .--- .--.----------.--------- 45,47
Lorillard collection of antiquities to Smithsonian Institution ._.._...-.---------.------------ 1228
Loring, G. B.:

Appointed on commission on ventilation of House of Representatives---.-..-----.------ 799

Memorial By: - 2-2 pace «noccn 2 owe acne eas gee ee ee 1038

Proposed on commission for forest preservation. _._-_..----2----- es en ee 907
Losses by fire at Smithsonian Institution ...22. 22222... 2. 22 oo Se eece cee ee
LOais BOuUrpono ss osc eno 1 econ eee wee a ee te ee Se 55
Toots MUU eee ER Ie SA ASE ge ee 294
BiQUIS DROW 2 Sas sere Soe a tan om a ce ee ee ee Ee 294
Louisiana: s

Public lands in, act relative ‘to. ...- 202-2222. oon oon Sak oes ee ee

Regents from s
WGALO SLOG «cone. el SE Ee ee ee a ee 252
Louisville Exposition. (See Expositions.)
Lucas, F. A.:

Appointed by President on fur seal investigation -..-... ---.-.---.-----2------~----------- 1766
Assistant curator, National Museum 5.22325..5... Se eee .-- 1598
Lucas, William, appointed on Smithson bequest committee - 2 oda a seco SoS sweater ea
Luce, 8. B., appointed Commissioner to Madrid Exposition. ..-.....-.-..---..------.---------- 1584
lucias, R. I. von; at Berlin Fisheries Exhibition /222-02 22252 eo ee eee 826

INDEX. 1927

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PEEURIC PUMICE LETT See nee ne enteeees Les eer ne nar Sree se ee ors ee rs Fee
Breer eEsleeRISIO TITEL ELT yao nee seca ae ea ee en ee ee ee oe eet eee
Lyford,S.C.:
Appointed chairman of Philadelphia Centennial board ----.--....----.------.------ ------ 746
Memorial by, on reports of Executive Departments at Philadelphia Centennial Expo-
SLURS. bey. face ea Sk hehe DAR Fe ern epee ea mey ee bape anions enaeaua muah Eas ee sue es fa: |

War Department representative at Philadelphia Exposition ----.-..-.-.--..------------ 702, 746
Pee DOL Romane ns Vie wenn eee ee ae cee an = aoe e een eee sakes Soecn a a acca ude se ceesoeee 936
McAdoo, William:

EM aadle seb RA GS tees il na a cee me ae ne Ae ae rae ee gt ail 4 1528

erie, Topi 2 Sas AcleeGS aye Se = UR pele vate ralph cat eee maitre tera fa A ae 1203, 1299, 1478+-, 1479+-
SIRO ERNE RV Ufo TFEALAT ATUICDEN YD Yess ete ree teri ae te 1807 +
REE NCS VON Cort ch eae ee ee os Se oe ae one e ee a ees aoe a eae nese tenten oe een ee 922
PRICE APAC Urea ol Hil Oloey Sess ee ee eee conan: = Seon nn te con neo ones enas ete 1540
McChesney, J. D., disbursing agent, Bureau of Ethnology ----..--------.--------------------- 1540
rican Harring Mare. Memorial DY {2-.0ss--.+lc=5-~cesen 22 on ee Sn pees bene n tease Sa nonewee 765
McClelland, Robert:

RPGC RHiNta DHOIRLEG se see S25 aot Sedan ae toann cece dne Sen sea aaeece ces = canpuewapace sass 463, 1853

See eiete ist gee ee eee ene = eee ee eens RUE Sie Soe aac deneae 395, 452
Ju OTS at eeo | Te ay Whar CUE big a Ble ee fe ped or ae a a a ee 419
VRS THIS eee ieee Oley eee Pe Se at Se ees eect 1810) 13684-; 1369; 1385; 1400; 1482, "1488

PGnLGry eOnrA PMOL y, DULG! ats Shik Seen ee EEE ee ee eee eee Sr asend so shae eon ee 1310

PESIHELD RRM y ee ene ee ee ee Lees 1355, 1367, 1370, 1373, 1874+ , 1879, 1380, 1384, 1885+, 1388+-,

1390, 1394, 1396, 1897+, 1400+, 1401+, 1402+, 1403+-, 1404+, 1405-+-, 1437+-, 1470, 1480, 1481
+ DSTI) Np So eee eB ge ae ee a ae aR See Bt Hg enna ba ee pe pee 1310

McCosh, James, prayer by, at Henry memorial services -....--.-------.------------------.--- 804
McCrary, G. W.:
Mamoriathy tor Nablional Widsemin DUnlOIn ge 25. oo eee an ane ser ee eee ne ees eas enone ee 734
Regent, appointed ey ee ee Ea eee eee oe ee Bae ce tawe Sto.) 100) Load
EES REPL TCOLUM Ty ee ae a er ae ee ee arte a Be eae ene Soke n sone ceeaeecadentaee LOL

Secretary of War, member of the Establishment Bt Pn RES CIES § ate Dae FP Ae 9 SIRO 1848
Wee reriteyritas tis. FOMATES DY aon sse so os aos ae Sot eeee eae ans 1401 +, 1402, 1404, 1405+, 1406
MeCulloch, Bie:

isecter to, on National, Maseum appropriations: =.= -2--==2252-2--252222- -2--=--- 22-5-5---- 946

Secretary of Treasury, member of the Establishment ----.--.--------.-------- --------- 1848+
McDonald, C. F.,representative of Post-Office Department at Philadelphia Exposition_._ 708,746

Sy CLO LEFT TG 2.5 PAST Da 0 1 2 le a Se Pa eee aa ea 789
RUMERTIFRIVIPONE LESH fete ee eet ne Seen een See oe ae eth deere Sank sean tote acc enna tees 1103
Fish Commissioner, letter from, on use of Armory ---------------------.------------- 1287, 1505
statement by, relative to Armory building -------.-.-.-.----.-.----- 1231
McDougall, J. A.:
SRC LTESEINT Syne oeeet, Sete e SE rs eben Ue Sa se Suse ES tye barge di anciee 631
Rape Nico hie soe gp me eee ee ee Oe ee ee ee Ae ee a 21 Re A ede R Eaton ee Soins Ranney 631+
McGuire, J.C.:
Appointed trustee, Corcoran Gallery of Art-......---. .-----.----- Ee ee A= area's!
Statue of ‘‘ Dying Gladiator” owned by, destroyed’t in Smithsonian bie eee Ss Segre eg aie ta 643
eT Ieee ER SIMO UIOLL Den Soe ts te eo re Rr ae nS Ses ne ct 460
Menem wioMiteraport by: 22h sete an So Le ea os ied. LSS 1625
BUN cs sang ee ere Vi mene re 8 TE OS A ee ry Ate a acted Sone sad ee et wae Ad aoe nn SaaS ae ase RODD
LUG BCR si] 6 nie © salen Sei a Ie ae SE Ed SR SEALER ST SARA Mes ea at oh Re Ale
McKenna, Joseph, Attorney-General, member of the Establishment . BE Ree AE peta 8 ae) 1S!)
McKennan, T.M.T., appointed on committee on Smithson bequest --------.----------------- 125
Wcmen igi Ac Teninr is Dyk see eee ae See ee Bee ee epee eA eT 1 a eee
McKinley, William, President United States, member of the Establishment ---------------- 1847
RURNIeLITE ie lor AP Peni ay ke 0 an ta Ae 5 PO a 7 Cento ee Sk ond sen se cacetue kes 859

AG Mint eet stro e828 tot Se as ORs 5 SSD SEP SSS esas oe ee ote ek ORs
Balorresvlition DY -.5-22e soe esa oc eee eae ee ee eee ees-- 1500, 1595, 1829, 1831, 1833, 1835

PEELE Sat EAE fos bac ru FSA Re ea ne Gad eae een ee eset Sacces ste teed 1778

RE CIIE tase meee eee 8 ee ae en oe + Ae eee oo ae eee kt tee acti IDOL, 1Ook, Lodo
TVRHIPRE LEN CMESCSEL EOS tits 2 53 04 = 5 20h 5 Re ote SR SoS aes eae awe esas ow eee 1196, 1203, ri

ReRERI Resi uae a nea? Ses 8 Kae SA i528 obs 2522485 aie RSS Ses gL SSRI Ss: Le 1126+, 1127

1166+4-, 1184, 1185+, 1195+, 1849+, 1353-+-, 1357, 1387-4, 1539, 1553, 1554+, 1573-4, 1606-4, 17 aE
McPherson, Edward:

Moniomicmrcnclunion py cttese eset Ob! Jee Renee acldneebeace tenor aula cuegeacannee 629+, 638
PROSE ETO LICH te te ELE See! Axe Oh Se tee SPER = See Oe etasene aden oan acta waren 628, 1853
PPO TRERICR I ee Serie Deen ES ER Ces cet ete asl onns Soe c ante eaeeceeaee 629, 632

ERE ROELALI go ae See Cae eee Ce AER) oe UE on Soceee cube ec mensss dacs caphne y= soso meamas 637

1928 INDEX.

Page.
McPherson, J. R.:
Bill [by Ses seee sa Se Se wee ae ee 1279, 1559
Remarks bY = 2.225 oscaseeeess-—- eee seee ess = oes eeeeaee =e seca Beene eee 1409+, 1413, 1414
MeRae, i Clase ies. 2 = eh ase te sas a2 ee en te ar ee 1781
BGM Wye tic ass soc ek cc a ee ee eg 1779
Remarks Dyes sec a a e 1782
McVeagh, Wayne, Attorney-General, member of the Establishment ---------.-----.---..--- 1849
Macalester, ©y$°ssccs asec o5 ke se cuee eee eee eee ae se ee ee oo a 261, 262, 263
MacDonald, J:iL., remarks by = ..2-55-2-22 = os2so35 seen Ses -ee aaa eae ee 1124
Mace, Daniel:
MOtiOny WVateosase2 = 3-527.22 2 tee ee ee eee seheitd eset oaleadead eee 500
PRG INAS DY oan a ats mee ee oe er a 500+, 501+
Macfarland,-Alice, copyist, National Museum... <.- = <2. 50-22 sage ee eee eee 1598
Machine for testing building materials, etc., estimate for ---.--..-.---------------------.---- 840
Macie, Elizabeth Hungerford Keate, mother of Smithson -....-..---.------.-.--.----------- 54,385
Macie. FaMCSes--oecus a ose et eee eaten Soe ne enaan co Shee ee See ee 54
Macie, James Lewis, original name of James Smithson - -_-.-....-----------..---------------- 55
Mackay, Angus, Queensland Commissioner, Philadelphia Exposition ----- ti koe 766
Mackimposh. Samos 2-28 <2. conan o nee ocean eo aa een ow anes e eee 285
Maclean, JORN UA... nnc os ctea seesaw pecs Soes nee n pane aaa ene oe ene no eee eee 712
WeshiOl =s<5 ands. ip tat caaeaeess acaadoseushaas seene de ae eieesses -etece eee ee eee 972, 973
Repent appointed -. .ocscse cosa eo- bea Shes foaea a5 5 ee eee eee 669+-, 717, 820, 972, 1854
DROPOSGW a= Sec. < Seeas Soe ee obser ee eee eee aoe eee oe en es 706, 707, 708, 820, 970
Maclure, Willian nc. occ cece bbe n wacene & eaestencceedees Sees eee eee ee Se ee ee
Madison Barracks, war. trophies at. .:.--..2.-06s3s-5scen= oe pece aon asen coca asain eae eee ae 1266
Madison County, .N..¥ =, momorial of citizens Of on. <5 nese seinen see = Se 427
Madrid. (See Expositions.)
Maffei, Marquis; Exchange treaty by .2.-<<-2--sssecite 05 =e oan cnn eewigneees naan Se ee eee 1143
Magruder, W. B., Mayor of Washington:
Memiberiof.the Establishment... 22. -.2..-.--. 3.2.02 snscosc sees cossses -obews 55o lees 1849
ROP OM fae Spee oe oa sn emo nee ees eee eee SSRs pee ee seme nen a dee oe oe ae 1852
MESON Gp Wi eles N ee ee es eee ee ee ee ree ee 921
Mail matter of Smithsonian Institution, not limited in weight ---...---..------...----.- xxvi, 1746
(See also Free postage.)
Maine:
Rerents TOM 6 a2 oon oss eh oman sar ewan sol teeeeepnaaett eas pao Jae 1855
State Stockh sees ss eee ecco. nase acnep eae eer eee eee 255, 257
Malheiro, M. Lourengo, Portuguese industrial commissioner, Philadelphia exposition ---_-- 764
Mall, The:
improvement of proposed, 4-82. aka wicece ee a5 cooai daar ee ate 303, 484+-
Proposed as site for Smithsonian Institution -.--..._..---...---.-------- 219, 266, 276, 324, 328, 4389
for Washington exposition ---..--.__.- aoa or Se a 2 eee, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037
Mallery,; Garrick, Bureau of Ethnology: .ose22 > << Renal see paces ne ce nen a oe 1540
Malone, F'. H., icopyist, National Museum 2.2... 22.255. 222 2526. oe ce eee eee ee 1599
Managers, Board of, proposed for Smithsonian Institution ---..__..-.-_........-..----. 266,276,388
Manderson: Oss oo: coe eee ocean cseuceit oe bee Ss oc ee Cee See ee eek rg gee ee 1121
Letter to, on printing for Bureau of Ethnology--------. Gents. oS ot ogckie cee oon ae 1123
Romarks Dyis3 x. -28 ses. oo seek ies Se es ee ee ee 1008,
1089, 1098, 1124, 1292+, 13829, 1830+, 1331, 1414, 1527+, 1534+, 1537, 1542, 1546, 1560+, 1627+
Report by. > 2-2 eens. aco sees 943+, 1007, 1123, 1124, 1131, 1292, 1534, 1546, 1558+-, 1559, 1624, 1627
Resolution by .....2-.2-....- "ye ivetiinGh bose SLRIIE wad tats anna ee oer ore ee 982, 983
Mann; Abijah; jr.,.remarks by... ~22 222. 35 Sse ses eee nce re ee eda ee eee 135
Mann, B. P., memorial by, for purchase of Glover’s entomological work ---..-..--...-.------ 817
Mann, Horace, letter from,.on normal schools)..- 2. -.-< sen oe see o so ae eee 345
Mann. J, Tespltton DY =~ - ~ = --- 52 - oo eee oe OP oa ee 1807
Mant. Vien, MOMOral hy. ~~. <<.cas2 senas cee eee Scale ee ee 1455
Manning, Daniel:
Letter to, on National Museum appropriations..........-----.-----=------.---------<= 1044, 1112
Secretary of Treasury, member of the Establishment. _............---.---.---.---.---.-- 1848
VMarirmine Vian el. TEMaArks DY - <=. -2-..25.0-5 oscses ee ee een ee ee 841, 842
Marae ere ee ee rt cg On wa eek ee ee ee ieee Se ee ee 1125
Bil oriesolation, bys. 2s.3- v2si-. case. cee eee oe See ee ee ee 1124, 1128
Remarks bivts cea S. bc caer ak pee eee a oe 1124, 1127, 1128 +, 1129
Manual labor feature, proposed for Smithsonian Institution_-...........----.---------------- 450
Manuscripts: commissionhistorical 22-<2. $eescect eee ee eee 1032, 1033
Manuseripts left byjpmuitnsonc =. 22-52% oe a ee XXiii, 65, 433

Map of the United States, showing homes of linguistic families.__..___....-----._--.-------- 858

INDEX. 1929

Page.
Maps of Exploring Expedition, to be published ...-.--.------ 2.22, 2-22. -neees conn enn ecnee ones 320
Mans, restriction of, in Government reports. .....-.... ---.2- osece -. 2 ee sa eke 1268, 1544, 1696-+-
Marble, E. M., Commissioner of Patents, member of the Establishment.-......--...-..--.-. 1849
Menharve eve copyish, National Museum. =_... 1. --<iss.<.0-c.-<52-scyee Hous aBsoeoee ees ees 1599
Marcard, Magnus, director Berlin Fisheries Exhibition ._....-_.....-....-..22--.-.-.-------- 826
RpErIat EAN KO) MH PAN CIS enc Sse fees ccc oanisac ganic Sates chy sep cesaakuesd abode sat een eed 217
Marcy, W. L.:
Secretary of State, member of the Establishment ..... ......-...--.--.--------------- 566, 1847
Secretary of War, member of the Establishment--..._.........-__...--2.2----------------- 1848
ManemB nen ty yar. war trophies ati. 2h. 22S. sk eee eh ee ct ws cco eeeke 1266
Marietta Exposition. (See Expositions, Cincinnati.)
Marietta, historical documents and exhibits to be sent to exposition*at.....--.--..---..--_-- 1120
Marine Band, music by, at Henry statue services. .22.. 2-2-2. 25-222 22205 oases dec leeeceneee 922
Pans ettts OTS Rae oars a ara spats ata eer amg Koes oka Re ancemeeas shale aed Bemis Be, 1636
SUR PREP ETAL INCA PRUAOeN oea waie w ee ertr ae o eae . S S. 922
Marinovitch, J., exchange treaty by------------- Silene aici ions detieeem sal aS see eee he 1143
ERED UNTER Y AC ashe aan esate Suse aie eae Sec Ones oes sea eee 446
Market space, Seventh and Ninth streets, Pennsylvania avenue and B street NW.., pro-
PBC asa CO Or COUT t DUlGIn Et coc ssc tL Sees a ock 2 Secu aaa Abaca ew beeees ble 438
MprEOePE TANGCIS. =.= 2 <seccccn soe Tishetiba aac Cis amb eeee Hee opis arenes se ee kiss teste 217
Marron wtnoMas copvish, Iwvational, Museumb.cs Jee oe abe ea cues cee A heeds 1599
Din IMS iy Bia 12a es ee eS ee 387 +, 390, 397, 461, 526
Appointed on committee on Smithson bequest........----+-..----2-------2---2-2e- -oeeee ee 321
MOUeCHOMOL GHEE AVIAN CS) Dyiccelo sess. 25.8 IS eee ee EE BOS eet oy a BAe 643
Seyi CEE Ve one Siete Le, Slot othe Aree ee pec tert el eth 371, 421+
LESRGTev Pins (2 agave) sal els Ie ye ae ee A oe Ee ORY Sec pe st een 8 ge ee ee ee a 463, 1853
Serta Vey een eee me? ee Se ey ee Qaseeue a coe 371+, 376, 458
Wernhaly Uaited. States; and officers of court 222. {ac cose rn bch ec ctdeenen dale. 922
Marshall, J. W., Postmaster-General, member of the Establishment.-_-_...__....--....------- 1848
Maryland Academy of Sciences, memorial by, for purchase of Glover’s plates._____.....__- 817
Were Ce OP Pitt fe OM. wae. son eee tienen con cbechiesedon suse cuweteennende stele ee 1855
RUMEN CETIC WING Vie ee See ears oe ots 2 on See enti Ge echoes ne aige ate 199, 209+, 210+
Mason, Charles, Commissioner of Patent Office, member of the Establishment .-_.-.__._- 566, 1849
eepiNer ieee ee os oe SS Oe ea ae coe bt ocean te ee. eS 514, 525, 553, 567
MIGuONOT EGR OLLMONND Yi o-oo eas Se ona Se ee cca hence esac SEE ee ee 465, 480, 601, 602, 606
PS Erent, Cy ay over behets BRU aA hed ee ane ee ee ae Se ee Ree eee ee 482, 601, 1838, 1852
USES RSID peer toate hee on can Se aecea ew aeanme cn UU Se Soe SE te Seat 520, 527+, 602+, 621, 624, 625+
Mason, J. Y.:
Attorney-General, member of the Establishment.-_...._....-.-..-2---.-----.-------------- 1849
Secretary of Navy, member of the Establishment.____..............----------------.----- 1848
Mason, O. T.:
Apointed-.on: Board on Geographic Names. ...2-2<<. cece cosa cnwacceces on seeneeess beeeed 1557
Curator nN aiiOnaly MUSOU sq scat face os sea Se eeeed cuas Leta coud Soewadeebcce ms RUDE 1599
WP DOING FEY Ser hee Se ae a ee ee ORE SUR Bee fae Nec see Te 1740
PMHRSACHUSSLiS.” sacisimile of battleship... 22. 2222-205 ccenec -u-o ose eee 1636
Massachusetts:
Pepi ClaLONS Ol. sa nee PCR e ee Cee ee koe ca ee eee es a ee an ae 276
ROP OH ES ROM Sean ae ee cen soak rd oe satel es oases a eos ca oe eee 1855
Rie DONG Seo eee = ee ar oe) Onis «oe ee ee Se A ee 256, 263+, 264+, 265
MENLot GCN aniCe CASSOCIAbION, WaAshinetOns wesaos + liscsesssessasas cath eebeckt kee 1017
Master of the Rolls, England, decision and opinion of ...._.-..--._-.---22----- e-.---e----- ee 22,52
Mathematics, omithsonian publications On) 22 s2co.2- 5. s2ssesicssecn sls encc esol dec ele eee 547
Matthews, A. C., letter from, on appropriations for Zoo..._.-..-.---.-.----.------------- 1351, 1487
Maule, George, solicitor of Attorney-General, payment to___....-.-..------------------------ 58
Maury, J. W.:
Mayor ot Washington, member of the Establishment......__.... ...... .--.--:------------ 1849
GP Ont ea se cee re RID See SEN AP! vig dea alt bo Sh A 1852
IP ETEBTEREL UL EI ee os as RU er I Gena has Oe ey Apatite Oe Wh LoLO pela see < 183
NOTES TURe TeVE Ea eo EE RR EA eee ke 2 eset eieiele 358, 510
LEER) [Sin 18! pee aa ea eR ON aee Oed VITG eS Mee Ay ee tee ene a er 1109
Sra Resee MLS CIELLED ETE nat = Sear ee =e oe a Lie YS poi als iit lt Bp eis 869, 1852
ever raret serve Sr oie ee a Shee ae lS i A me Ee eal bere bee OE 971
ESS et LENE Uae =e Seen ae wees RR Sf ar CRS a un dah ietheb eee Ober
A Ppa peed S Ver ec pala ge Oe SEN Se OTe Page Ss a 709, 710, 713, 714, 715
MG HUEOFCCRGLINON Dis see ee Tee ee De Peal 707, 716+, 717
Postmaster-General, member of the Establishment_...............-------.--------------- 1848

LVEEOT OWS APLAR oe copys ON atte ee an oy ee ee eR Oe 2 ee 675, 708, 712+-, 716

19380 INDEX.

Mayor. (See Alexandria; Georgetown; Washington.) j Page.
Mayors of cities, memorial by, for Washington exposition.--.. NG. . ids Laci ee ne ees 1039
Mays Parliamentary ud Wesn1ic occa woeros a eeesen ues Soe eae See a eke ee ma ae 1479
Meschainy James. cick cot ER SE) eS Se 524, 536, 540, 544, 567, 585, 586, 587, 588, 599
Motion or resolution by .--.---------- wee eewaneene lah e ee a eS eee 536, 539
Recent: appointed scwece ase cee esc et ee ee eee eee 486, 502. 601, 1853
declined. appointment. «2 -2.ossstt.e ssa sso dae esas area coe See eee a eee ee 601
Remarks by ies. 2b bee od A Re ee ee 486, 502+-, 536-+-, 537, 592
Measures and weights:
Standard set of,/for French Governments. 4 ot eee ee ee eee eee 467
for Smithsonian Jnstitwtion ss esse ee ee oe eee 843
Mechanical arts, exhibition of, proposed in Washington ..........-.....----.----------------- 1501
Mechanics’ (Master), Association; "Washingtons&. -2. 2202. 25228 Bee eee 1017
Mechanics’ Institute, fair of, at Smithsonian Institution, in 1854 ___............-.-..--..----- 642
Medal;.of Orderof: Saint Olaf.22 222 sek So a ee a sk ee eee 788,789
Medal provided for, in will of James Hamilton .-_-...---.-----.------ sete bis Sheet baa 120
Medals. (See Expositions.)
“Mediator,” New York, packet, Smithson gold brought from London in_-_-_------- 93, 94, 95, 97, 100
Medical:colléges, remarks omnes 24: Se Bee ee ee eee 935
Medical Department, United States Navy, favors Military and Naval Museum ------------- 1262
Medical school, not to be established in Smithsonian Institution_+_....___.___.... .----..----- 417
Medical schools, allopathic, homeopathic, eclectic, to be represented in university, pro-
POSOU seen ee see e ee cee heen So ouseceene eecbmeitees SEREe CoE bene eee ee 940
Medicine and surgery:
Bureauof, United States Navy in<:.2~.s.co s2ecenecesc occas aa seene OL ee eee 1259
Remarks on, (by: Pheodore .syman 35. -2 Jsesck oe Specs Le eee Pee eee 936
Medicizie; schooliof research and, proposed! 225 226.2-52. Sass Sod oases oS oe a ee ees
WNTVOTSIEVAOL 25. 2- aos sos Ree ee ee ee 939, 940
MeIPS SIMD Anse = Ss ee es Le ah eee ee 9714+, 972+, 1205, 1453, 1723
Meathvot sen £23 Stes. Se See Ree SIE Ss See eee eee poh ous eh ne ea see 1555+
Plano, for National Miseumct s-S2225 25 es Se as See cee 782, 734, 735, 737-+-, 738, 769, 774
Repentappointed . «2225-02. sana sacc scans ssncwen snes wana Wascess Ja = dace ese Renee eea mene ena
PTONOSCGE coe os ase ae ec a tne sates Jenin de oe ane =a 970, 1558
Meéissoriend.. Ds..eacsee es es LR ae te RL Se 2 ee eee 1161
Melbourne Exposition. (See Expositions.)
Meénioir, of Smithson, by: Wi. R.. Johnson. -.. J .0cceuesa sce seenge secs ene ee eee 336
Memorial by— '
AgriculturaliSociety,of'the United States .....s00ccesedwe cace sidonco acess eee ene eee 239
American Library Association-:...ce20 22 oe eee ee eee “229, 2323 1807
iAmibrican Philosophical Society ...5...- 2282. ee ee eee eee 554
Boston Pablic Dibrary \22<s...<.5026-.—2.2seeesie es ee ee eee eee 1807
Catlin, Georges... 3. cscs Se Gb a a ei ee eee 435
Colonial Dames ,< .2uiq si 2a3sh Sec enc A ee Ss es eee eee 1764
Hntfomolopists:.1ctst~ a8. 5.8 seek ere hat eesti beeen. eee wee Sif
Mieischmann: (Gy lre on cok So ee oe eeeces aa be ee eee 146, 155, 560
German Contral Union 2222. 22s oe ee Se ee ee ee eee 1814.
Hoyt) D2 Wipe acini connec oernnt So Be ren i eaews iwe sea aud setae ae ane ee 1825+
Dilinois;Rducational|Con ven tion: <= 2eSs~ 8 aoe sae ee i ee eee 599
oD) GTSON HWE eis eka ctnm moe o Acti es art ee arin de 146
Matin, Mi eet et oe? ee cbeeta date ata d SE Se ee ee eee 1455
Massachusetts; citizens Gf..... coaches a aon ae Se SS eee 1632
National Academy of Science. - - 20: 2.2 nats wie at ee ee ee ee eee 752
National Institwtiones. 23 a. - a=. ns ccncne,woesan cw sce Ste See oe Se eee ee 607
New iWork, citizens,of Madison County -. 222-2 ee oS eee eee 427
Ornitholopical Wnione2...2-: 2.4 Se ee ee a eee eee 969
PhiladelphiawBoard ol Trade... o2-<c2 cn eae ee eee eee eee 1317
Rafinesqne, Cabo An kk. nw ooo cece aE a ee 183
Regents of Smithsonian Institution for—
Amendment to act of organization of Smithsonian Institution. ....--.....----------- 664
Appropriation to fireproof east wing Smithsonian building---...--..---..--.-------- 891
Increase of appropriations for National Museum -.......--..-..-.-.-.----.--------- 672,675
increase ofsSmibhson find ...2--0- Ss. occa eee eee eee 118, 119, 482, 488, 494, 495
Nationalivinserm building .....222.<cot see Se eee oe ee ee ee 731, 732, 768
Printing reporisiq 3222526. 2st an Poe oea enc ee meee ee eee ee 1129
Receiving resid uary, lecacy into Treasurys oie. bose ec dae ccs ope eee eee 118,119
Rush; Richard) sso as os hoc ee te a eee ee ee ee 226, 238

Superintendents of schools, ete._-..._-- Joe bd bel eee cue ole Sebel epee Coe entre One cree 428

INDEX. 1931
Memorial by—Continued. Page.
Washington—
ROLUERETISIO tee oe a eee tt OR sre esc ee els Qe ay 0po: JOS aie oe.
Pare OTMG Lee ae ear eon cots Sasa cas eke necens aden uncles = mae 182
(See also Petition.)
Msn rial GOluMmpUs: PrOPOSOG.s..s22-6c7cs =. sce sesane Se eeee aba keene s -o= seu et nee 1033, 1501, 1531
Menagerie. (See Zoological Park.)
Mendenhall, T.C., appointed on Board on Geographic Names.-.---.------.----.-------+------ 1557
MES RECTUM EER SPH Y seca. aoe oc cine ona aetna Sade ee wac ie see en aise aoe e <n le seea ease aaah eee 1834
Settles Nes S yee ena oe noc. alamo oa a oe = oe Soke cee see ee ececomans ed Dee eee es 1738, 1745
Meredith, W. M., Secretary of Treasury, member of the Establishment---.-... .----.---------- 1847
ey ET Cre Obl GION Ob. oo = 2 a2 san cc esone nea Oe ane aE Ue Sea eed. ee ee 241
Mornin b.. Curator National Museum. -.--20 0 -on8 po seed hos ashen. een ee 1599
Message from President United States:
PAR UN On Ae een acne ae eas ceed ene prone bee ites sl dy lelt ors oh elo Ae 962
IOV OIANG CHEOMOT) 22 os oa ones Soe ca nae e saube cb asuaa saeSues pee ey Soe ae 23 bs rue 2 Ree ee 1044
PEIN Te OO Mtl eae ee ke as ae ee Seale on nec ouacdid usc ee eees Cua eeeauelneeeee 1557
PRUD AICTE LESS LR ag ies HS en Feet eeC ee eee eee ganas eee ae soe 785, 794, 842
Sree Wipe as oi ease es ge DSL ea tee Pees ie a Satis Boadats Usuae che setens cei dato 125
BUR TED STEERER EPPA TIC) DES eet ane nn EN ee ese tats S2eb os socom eee oeee se 658
EUV ace Cee ee Sarasa Bae ae ae the Up eee eed Bes Be ee se elses eee 400, 438
LMG ASW Va LT SE I gap eae ee ew ny Ev CTE SI Re RE ee Bd 225, 241
Manmedben Latha =2h-n ancusfee ee tee ne ey este eh Shek ela wet kos) sao bees coca dca eee 145, 146
Metallurgy, estimate for building for collections and laboratories for_--_..-..-----.-..------ 944
Meteorological instruments destroyed in Smithsonian fire_--..--..--------.----------------- 643
Meteorological journals procured by Smithsonian Institution - ---- ee Pd oS ee 510

Meteorological observations under Secretary of Navy -.--.--.----------------------- 487+, 604, 608
‘Meteorological observers in Alaska, Nelson and Turner. ------.------------------------------ 984

Meteorological publications of Smithsonian Institution ------..----.- .----------- .----------- 547
Meteor olonical report by: de ESPYiee-i-o ose eee eee ae See heehee sie 603
Meteorological work at Smithsonian Institution -:-..:...-----.-.....22:2.---2---------------. 509
Winns O1OD ICAL WOT OlMMOriiN Ds lOGPObs - = ics scadoceetn s Seen pe eso He Ss ae 558, 591
Meteorological work of J.P. Espy:

ean eM te ee etn cn ee ne i Se a a aa Bieter ee 507, 508, 509

Samicesion and appropriations LOm = o2-s 6 sana 22-22 se sea aan See ee a= anes 487, 507, 511, 604, 608
Methods of Government work, report on_-_-.-.---.---------------- CE SURELY Dee sel eee ee 1133-1136
TIGER POULTON Vesey p20 GHUPOia =< see.+ See see es Se oko eee eee cn wc ee 1362
Mexican Boundary Survey:

POMC CHIONSEPOM sot cs sonic oo se eect ete eee te oe oe ee oe cts wa dda ore 770

Reponmnion. prepared by Protessor Bards. o 22. 25 .<25sc6-cnssen essa laa ceckneecagn eee 1061
Mexico:

Exhibits from, at Philadelphia Exposition given to United States_______........--...__.- 764

Exploring Expedition works for___._..---..-
Relics of war with. ..:c<ssu2.---<2-
(See also Expositions, Cincinnati. )

SEs Ae aap fo ease > = a ig 1 ee ORL

SSE S ee Ee SA eS OG

Michigan:

EI raTNOS EE Ss = 5 oS es eens i A et oe eer se) Leet A ee ee 221
RSE EGR ROD ne et oe aera ae eee le ee ee hs ee 1855
Brae DONS OR SLOCKS=._- = 22 ao secon eee eeweus 109, 186, 215, 224, 230, 232, 233, 235, 243, 245, 246,
247, 249, 252, 260, 263, 270, 271, 274, 275, 331, 332, 352, 392, 394, 395-+-, 398, 400, 410, 491, 492, 493, 494
BRCrOSCOpys oMmiibnsonian publications ON. _-4.c.--. + face eee ene nat woaka oun SS ae os ee 548
Migerka, Francis, Austrian commissioner, Philadelphia Exposition _____. ...-...--.--.-___-. 762
Miltary Academy, United States; West Point_......---- 22st 22s) .-20 hese. ok 109, 185, 369
CPERUM ECR GHADO OTOL CILEy ATCO. = 22. 2 leo a0 desaes eemego ot oeG sabes oa - seen cl ou ccuo ee 467
Provisionin act. tor, to invest Smithson fund.--.-. ....-2-22026--. 2.202229 Olas 145, 269, 398
racy eet Ns 0 (ase, pr aeee aNeRRS Aad: or Fe 220, 222, 224
PROMI IOE A EVA ULOPIION A Wes eee sane a cos = Saar nan sah ss acco ss Se wh cela cd bout eeee 1266
AU TALS EEE SIGE eT age GUC OE Co tee ee ne en OY PORTER ee Sep eee 1259-1267, 1307
Militar prisoners, Arkansas claim for care Of. _.....-..-------o<..<ss0-2--L eee seek fet aL 1760
LOWE are TD. me gee eS OE eal See Sent Seen ergs pe SUNT, 1 AIEEE Sia Oy ee YS ee gO 953
Pedr cara Pe OEIC yee ee eS ee ee a an 1621

Miller, S. F., Chief Justice (acting):
Cea ncoloromromitnsomian iN shibnelon 2-0-2--s2-040 a ceceseGeeosce cass venlocksousauseeess-- 1856
RePonie pS miLoSOniailnsithy GON... =.= 22.5 .0n2 <osec SER es 0 ORE ee as 1852
Miller, Warner, remarks by-.------ Se ee er ee et ee tt) 968
Miller, W. H. H., Attorney-General, member of the Establishment .-__._._..---__..._-..- 1452, 1849

19382 INDEX.

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Milliken, S, Tae seseasoed-skt Soe soak SAE ee eek ot Se eee ee ee 1320
Letter to, on fireproofing Smithsonian buiiding ----.__-------.---.-----------.-.----- = 1277, 1819
ReMAaTEKA Ysa -02 aoe Seen eames ae eae eee een 1418+-, 1419, 1420+ , 1428+, 1472, 1476
Report Dy, secsessssecosoeh-o 55.2 enon op teecnesee Sahecsiotes aeebas sear ao ee ene ane 1318
Mills (RQ) ese cesce i guess cents seesieestacesssoske souls uEnseen a: eee ee ae 1197
Remarks by 22s: 8 ea eee No cee oe Se eae ee ee 738, 849, 850+, 936, 973+, 985, 1190, 1207
Millis 3. Et. statue:of Washington byt2ss B= poesia 8 Se ee eee ee eee 1745
Miliion “Son Tis sos oc tess ae oo on ange rene ae oe oh are 287, 339, 349, 381, 383
Milwaukee Musemm. 22.5 262 sonst odode sbewrek ted Shes Bee See een 2 coe rie ee
Minteleff,:.Cosmos, Bureau! of Hthnolopy: a-c-3ss-cesa7e. eee eee eee 1541
Mirdeleft, Victor, Bureau of Ethnology 2.222 etssscesc8 = oe eee 1541
Mineralogy: ‘
Collection of Land Office, transferred to Smithsonian Institution___.__...._-__...__..___. 10138
Collections and laboratories, estimate for building for-_-. ...-.._..-.____---.-.-..---_---- 944
Research: in. proposed by: G.uWelawiesieses-- =~ © sh Sen ete nae eee 839, 840
Minerals—
iBeloneine fo Smithson ses ae oo a ae = er eee xxiii, 65, 98, 433
Collection of, resolution of Regents for appropriation to enlarge National Museum for
OID Ol Soo ss asc once Sos SS ee re 895

Standard.collection. of, estimate: for procuring 22... 52 =~ ss. es conc eer ers ee ee ee
Mining Engineers, American Institute of, collection of, transferred to National Museum. 947, 1320
Minister of United States in France, letter to, on Exchanges-.-_.--__.....-._.----.-.-.-..--.-. 855
Minneapolis Industrial Exposition. (See Expositions.)

Minnesota, Exploring Expedition Narrative sent to ....._....-...--..-----.----_------------- 468
Mint, United States, Philadelphia:
Director of, proposed on board of managers on lecture course ._....._-.------------------ 893
to approve design for Columbian half dollars and souvenir quarters for
Chicaro Tixposition 2c) telse sce eS ee eee 1588, 1593
prepare medals for expositions. (See Expositions.)
prescribe design for Lafayette dollar __.._.-.-.....-.-.--21-.-22---- 22... 1795
Smithson’s'roldideposited) In. =. cnnc<nsen ec cos Saciew owen 61, 64, 65, 97, 100, 101, 107, 108, 109, 185
Minton & Hollins, tiles and mosaics given to United States by _-. ----..-.--_..--..--.----... 766
*“Miscellancons collections,” Smithsonian =.=: 25:26. 1S senna conn secon ee ee ee 146
ACEOUN TOL oul 5 thos n nh Ae ais ep Re ew on Se cae een te 925, 1689
Henry memorial published) ine {+ 2025 ..-05.54-1c5 ee conde c-bss Cone ee eee eee 806
Mississippi:
Pulblic land nines. 2252 = esos Mashed eed een cece ne wade cae Oe ee 221
Resents trom oo ls cate Eee ea bia ae hoe oe ee 1855
State socks = 2. S25 37s Vas oe oe ae a eee ee eee 251, 255, 258
Missouri:
Publiclamas gis 3325.6... vetstee Seetn Ch se Stee Soak ee ak ee eee 221
State Stocks abe hoo eed e ee ens ne ceeic. bene none ee an ae Ae eee 258, 259
Mitchell, C. E., Commissioner of Patents, member of the Establishment __....-_-_------ 1452, 1849
Mitchell: J:J33,, remarks by ....2..25. <sss-nacencsasace = coe See ee 1458
Mobile; harboriof; appropriation for 2-02.35 2: oes ek eee ee ee 1468
Models, working, of American inventions, exhibit of, proposed___.......-.....-.------------ 1113
Monroe, James: 7
Wicthion soyeesess SoS. se RR iS SS SRE ah ee ne ee ee 214, 215
Remarksiby 12252). 205. 228. J 8 BL ee ae ee eee eee 713, 714+, 715, 716+
Report by 2-2 505.5524 ses Soa eo ee nn aes cea ee ee ee eee
Montgomery, M. V., Commissioner of Patents, member of the Establishment -_-----..------- 1849
Montis, EB. /C.; copyast) National Museum. ..-. soso. oe ee eee 1599
Monument:
BairdyS i. proposed a. i... - .s2o codes en eee ee ee eae 1075, 1076
JRCKSOD WAN GTO WEE ee oe bon oo Sac Cee ee cane ne ee ee ee 1525
iin co) ny, APRS BA I ease, = no ain sales nom aad ea a os oe ee 1525+
Naval proposed removal of. -.2:ctsschsssco toon ca woso esses eee 1307
Washineton(Georpe)<: --. 22 oS ee eee 835, 909, 1035+, 1036, 1380
to be opened on Sunday and in evening, proposed --_-_-._-...---- 1662

(See also Statue.)
Monument lot, site on, proposed for memorial hall of Daughters of the American Revolu-

GION 6s sateen Oe em bene ee an eens cee ee reed a ee ee ee ee 1745
Mooney; James, Bureau of Ethnology: _. 23-520. 55 15 a oe eee
Moor; Jonss2 3<08 25 eee oe cone as Pek ee ae os ee 208
Moore;\G: C;, messenger, National Museum t)23s1_ fel eel oer ene eee 1599
Moreau, Chevalier ___-.- I ia NS oi asc avon SCE EO Oe 1143
Morehead, 'J.T.; remarksiby sic. 3.2 o2cse see ee 302

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Morgan, D. N., letter from, on deposit of Smithson bonds in Treasury vault .....-.._.---.- 1687
TIE REeLT enE TIE) Wetec Ree ee he a ee eee Nd ene idee Ba teen ne SEE oon FE OOO
Rca Rercra levee eco ee wear ee te ee | Re ee OA ek to eet laces ee 1119
TEENS DITA USE} oi ate Baath Sa Re SO a OE ey eg 972, 1118 +-, 1462, 1468+-, 1464+-, 1467-+-, 1468

ay eT EEIOR Ee wee a, et ee er Mee eS 8 Sey i eka e Ry 2 ee Rie 858
USCIS Sg ISI Aci eel ae i Se Ae ee ae re ees Sent eaten ee ee 952, 1178, 1176, 1453, 1726

Bill, motion, or resolution by -..--..----..--.--------- 736,775, 776+, 821, 939, 970, 972, 986, 987, 1009,
1104, 1106, 1110, 1151, 1170+, 12244, 1225, 1226, 1231, 1274, 1275+-, 1277, 1291, 1807+, 1811, 1316,
1317, 1320, 1332, 1459, 1553, 1555, 1557, 1575+4-, 1626, 1633, 1634, 1661, 1671, 1681, 1711, 1721, 1737

RRM iereeee eee. sano ote AE Tea Se Jak aS a ae suerte tens orl da eg ae te ii

LL SHED NI. ood ass SU ae ee See EE oT tear Geet p Br 1009, 1227, 1229, 1311, 1313
POP Rt ATOMIC 2 oo eee eiaee shoe reese abe 28S I i BAYT es, 870, 970, 1553, 1775, 1852
[3 Syae1 ah dS | oy Gh ot eeee be ee Seepectee ees 634+4-, 734+, 737+, 776, 778, 821, 822+, 834+, 937, 949,

950+, 951, 971+-, 1104, 1105, 1108, 1110+, 1172+-, 1174, 1224, 1229, 1230+-, 1311, 1316, 1317+, vee
1333+, 1344+, 1357+, 1358+-, 1867+, 1408+, 1411, 1412, 1418+, 1414, 1568, 1633, 1721+-, 172:
SCDOT yomee ss einer er Smee SE Po es soe bok enn seen HBG VOL 8272 880, OnenllOse ie
1224, 1226, 1231+-, 1275, 1277, 1311, 1316, 1318, 1320, 1335, 1344, 1400, 1408+-, 1459, 1575, 1711+-, 1712
Morrill, L. M.:

ERO TITERS SLI see ees Se VEO AT 2 wie DPT ES Saad feat ob o Ee Sede 718, 719+-, 720+, 721

Secretary of Treasury, member of the Establishment -.---.--.-..--.-------------------:-- 1848
Morris, Augustus, commissioner of New South Wales, Philadelphia Exposition .__..._-__._- 7
Morris, J. G., memorial by, for purchase of Glover’s entomological work__-..-....-.-.---_-- 817
MOETIS, VL. Heayproposed aguherent. = 5 Sik elise Be mene see eek eee eA eo ou ese 1634
SURES PeRsOn UEC IW ers ee SI enor er kk) OE ee a ere a ep me as oh op 1483
Ni SLHi Gh LOD. ae eee ieee RP Ree A AR Re Ee Spoke En ee ke Beery rere an one ee ena oe eee ge 1391
BPPROMAr EAD Ys. <== ett ieee "Tye f Sasa hae ER 2 ea ree eee weeps 2 ek 1379, 1426

PRGHOP DY anon Soca twee ccna nas oe Ota: tier ae ape ean de Sean teh Ho Hol oe ka 7.
MGV E, LTD iets Sapeceeee, 5S BOS 9652 ee ee MOREE Mie ehcet ee ee L: Ch TS See TT Tae py eee ol ec Rte, Re ee oe 390+

(Srill | 25) 52 eee Fe anos Seer eet esac See heres ern eee eee cease ae 388

SEER ye oo ar iano ws anes oo a RE as eS oy Srey Se sed dy 387, 461
Morse, S.F.B.:

ENSUED 2) 0 10) ies OO poet: ORE Ree Sn eee emer eer Peo eee ons Or oe ee Cee Renee eee mE 709

Memorial exercises of. Seo a mee ce ee Rae oe cin a ra eiessom ae tic SAO EEE rc Re am ce See a IRI
Morton, J. S., Secretary of Agriculture, member of the Establishment iinpe haa be o-here emer 1850
Morton, L. P.:

Member of House of Representatives; report by-...-. o).--- 0-2-2 2222. 222e- ee eee nee 824

Vice-President of the United States__..........---..-- 13839, 1843, 1452+, 1519, 1555, 1570, 1575, 1624
appointment of Regents by -----------..--...-.. 1272, 1553

LETTS Bi ao ee Te Se a 1512, 1519, 1537, 1597

member of the Establishment..._.......-.-.----..!- 1847

IRC SOU trees eee ee ee eee eee ee eee ee 1851

TOMES DY lesen a aE See eee ees 1287,

1292, 1330, 1344, 1357, 1408, 1458, 1483, 1537, 1553, 1567

METESOR Veg ln Cle. CUSCOV CY NEGO! Diy see aoe oe ees one ee eee oe oe, ees 1080
NLS NN Cat Minh oe eerste re ee ee Le 2 et ae RE Re eee G10 Gee albeges
Remarks by Dee Sacco te paen sat RUE tea eee See ees an eee elo 1616, 1617+, 1621, 1622+, 1628
Mounds and mound builders, investigations of /-+-. 24... ¢- <2. -bedece sc-s <- Sonos wcncee ee 868; 865
NUN GVEW TREE, LE gOS Ek SS — Mo no bi Se Doh anne Larsen naa a ae FOE 1563, 1566, 1692, 1694, 1739

Mount Pleasant and Zoo Gravity Railroad. (See Railroad.)
Mount Whitney, report on observations at, by S. P. Langley____.....-... .--.....--
Mourning, public buildings not to be draped in___-..__---- SE = ee Paes ate 4 a ee Se 1632
HGH Zr Kay Lieto = oo seh ae Cee cet oes ree ee eae en en ae Pee REGS spi w
Rinnich howalliibrsairy cs oScsies Leeer = aoe oe coe ee Sart ae ae seem eeacs ath Peete e922 SA ee 286
PFE eC UAE UCOke 7 tele ea eas Sihatay satiety hat Lea Ee Poe Me ho Se a, SN RRO ee CORP e Eee ee Peep vi
Museum:

AEMBTICaN, Proposed.tor WashiNne bone ease aek aise Ss So ee 1035

Army Medical. (See Army.)

Bethnal Green. (See Bethnal Green.)

British. (See British Museum.)

Columbian. (See Columbian Manca )

WOMMMEMTA, DrOPOSOd s.usne5 6 face sean os Sone eee «ean a eh fe ee ee 1113
Land Office scientific, collected by Joseph S. Wilson and transferred to Smithsonian

PAS GLUT GOR neta ee oe ee ee SS Se ae ee ee eee aT Ne ole cce Jone 811, $23
Millitaryiaee NAVAL, DrOPOSCG 2-2ss5 sa. arn pao cscs eee ee TSN 2.. cscs 12H 287 1807
VENA SLICER ee RN ee Nee Sen Se et Ae ene be Pee ey ee ae 1720
NIIROM Gl ci CLOT ANY, mere naee 2 le ot ee NM ees fee NS. oS Jang cee eee 1264

National, United States. (See National Museum.)

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Of Comparative Zoology, Cambridgek 4: = 22225 Bee ks See ee ee eee ee ee ee 814,815
Pittsbires sof 2 ees Seo nee is es SE i srs son Se ee 1720

Museums:

Foreign; procure American ‘collections. 2222-2. Sevees soe eee ee eee 1731
In Washington, use of collections in, for students and others ._-. ---_.------------------.- 1596
to be:-granted for lectures..-: .-=.-- eae oe es ee
National) in foreign Countries «2212.52.52. Ges. Fos tes ooo as Se eee 770
National, of the United States, Sunday opening of, See ioe). Stor Beh et pee 1014

Philadelphia; trasteesiof. 22. 2222).-5 5. SE Se ee ee. PE eee ees San eee eee ered
Mythology, Powell’s researches in____-_-.-. ----------- 5 oe Sa es sa oh ae es Se ES

Nashville: battle-of,modellof, proposed sc. 2 <2... os oeee eee te eee ese oe a See 1264
(See also Expositions. )

National Academy of ScienGes: 2. sot Ss - 2 ee ede ee bbe de eee = 657, 795+-, 796, 805, 921, 1535
Appeal by; for National: Museumvbuilding)s. 22.2222. b 2252 2h es eee ee eee 752, 753, 755, 757
Collections of, from Philadelphia Exposition, resolution relative to transfer to Wash-

impton'* ceces sac el Ot eas pasos soe sos 52 sitee vans poe Sea wastes CS eee ee 752
Henrys services tos) sf. te. et «Ses oes ee ee oe ok Se 808
President of, proposed as regent of University of United States ......-.-.---.-..---.--- 1823
Sciontifie surveys to be considered by:--+-<.s- <222.5 ss oe se oes ae oa a ee 810

National Armory. (See Armory building.)

National ‘art commissions proposed sso. 2..525..3 . ah. ee, Se eee 1131, 1182

National cabinet of curiosities in Patent Office: :_-....2. 222222202222 <n cae cake 432, 1012, 1713

National Cotton Planters’ Association of America. (See Expositions, New Orleans.)

National Hdnceational Association: 222225 S.sessaecsen naa se son co hee Seow ces ee cae eee 856
President of, proposed as regent of University of United States. -._..-..----.-----.-----. 1828

National Electric Light Association, resolution of, relative to Henry heirs ----_----------.- 1519

National Historical Society, incorporation of, proposed---..-.------ Perea Rc ee os ae eee 1632, 1661

National, improper use of, as title. __-..--...-..-.---.--.--- sd tS aad Seas Se 314

Wational Instita tenses: sc seas 28s 228. SeeSe ase aees sc aes ee ee pace Oe aeeees 295, 334, 400, 471
Books, by exchange for, duty free! ..osss25s-42 Shoes as ce eee ase oe ee 467
Collections of, deposit of, in Smithsonian Institution, proposed-_---.--.--.--.------------ 416

removed from: Patent OMe. 225.26 see soc nee on nn eee eee 1013

Dissolution Ol 2S eSs 2 See ase Caen os ose seen eae ae wows Hot tecl teak ae See 640
{mportance and character of22 Gis aF oo Se ae chelsea ee oma ee tee eee 316
IMCOPPORAM ON Ob-2 aor acts ike osha see carne sense base ea ase Se ee eee 1012
Smithsonian Institution, connection with, proposed ---.---..--------.------ 216, 219, 307, 312, 416
control of, by... debated .-... 2e-cis <a eee 307, 309-316

two managers of, to be members of, proposed --_---.~---.------- 303,

305, 306, 307, 323, 326, 827, 389

two Regents of, to be members of ._.... --.---.-.. -22-2-55--55 430, 567

repealed. ................. 639,640

National Institute of Branca s< cc. 52-0205 snanstee fees Se eee ee aie on See eee eae eee ee 200

National Institution for the promotion of science ----.- NE 3 BE te oe hae gs Ce 216+, 1011+, 1012
WWOCOUNEIOR Setar s coens aoa seen acaekt os aub sca c ese ek ene ee eee eee eet Pee ot 1251
incorporation, proposed :\ 222. 225.50} css esc ecs cena e see e cae = eras be a oe 217
Memorial by, for appropriation to preserve collections of-----.--.---..-----------.------ 607
Specimens, etc., of, to become property of United States in case of dissolution ieee 218

National Intelligencer... 2. . 2c 26-2256 cased sees cn acas senses aeaeee wee ab aaa eno See

National Medical Museum... —.-<=-0Sieoee SoS) Seas. Ree ee Se ee a eee 936

National Mining and Industrial Exposition. (See Expositions, Denver.) ;

National Museum.of Germany ® -. 2 <Ssccnn dao Soon eres ts Sande > see ee Been ae ole ee 1264

National Museum, United States:

Accounts of, stated in reports of executive committee of Smithsonian Institution ~--~-_- 1254
Administrationjeconomy of. ...2. 5-2. <s2sc<2 cra snseneseae nd ss een a ee 1240
Alcoholic collections, estimates for building for .-.:.-.-- -2-------- 222-25 222 s455-) se =e
American Historical Association, deposit of collections in ---.-.-.----.----.-------.-- 1221, 1224
American Mining Engineers, Philadelphia, transfer of collections of-.---------.------ 945, 947
Anatomy, comparative, collections, statistics of... 2022.5 2-26 525250) Se neon eee
Animal products, collections, statistics of = =26-<<-.2-cne-20 oe eee See ela eee ee 1229
Antiquities, Etruscan, Roman, and Grecian, purchase, proposed .-...-.--------------- -.----- 1257
Apparatus, collections, statistics of:-22: +. -U.32~ sSe- sees - Sa ee on St eee eee 1229
Aipproprigtionsee oss. 0 s2) 2. al ee er eee 219, 220, 633, 639, 729+-, 730,

742+ , 743+, 780, 782, 783+, 840, 841, 842+, 913, 914, 915, 916, 917, 947, 948+, 1022-1032,
1249-1259, 1325, 1326, 1327, 1328, 1581, 1582+, 1601, 1668-1670, 1752-1735, 1820-1823
Ge bateel s.r atteee as sean 8 ee eee es 840, 841, 842, 1601, 1732, 1735
history: Of. <2 <225-ssncecas soldi ae cdes peaceaeaaee sae eee ee ae en ea
language of, to be chased, po dstusedecc ace 2.) Sete Brae eee

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National Museum, United States—Continued. Page.
Appropriations, memorial by Board of Regents, Smithsonian Institution, for increase

title Joo ek Bese 8 ee ee OE eee ae eee Eficaa ces shedarte 672, 675

no liabilities to be made in excess of ,.-..------------------- Saas ee 1750

Ahonld peanadedirocwly: hOy conc ans cece we eck een ee abewocnee ceo Oe
Acchreblonyacollectious. Sta tiShiCs Of = -.-5----22.22.i3) == woo = eee ee ep wea een nnn OO
Armory building. (See Armory building.)

METER Gl) NUANEAS In ePeNONiiON. <.<c- <5 sen cee Oe oe Be eee a ok See eee MOS LOO

Arinand indusinmies: collections, Statistics Of. =:-.--- =... =~ 425 nena ca seces Meine n Sennen 1229
Assistant Secretary of Smithsonian Institution, in charge of. ----..--...-.------.-----.-- 567

ateanniand.collections.stabistics: Of-==.2-- 2 css nics on seein nee aeeseeesaee
PhinGIne ODEO LAUIONS 2 ON a. = 222s eic = Sone eae ooo ee wee ae “1669, 167 0, WW 5) » 1821, 1822+

character of) to be improved: 3222.2 2-2: ee 2 52) 8c). c oo Pee
estimates for «025 <<52 52526 Be ee 836, 838, 910, 912, 945, 1578, 1662, 1665, 1727, 1817, 1820
Px POUdIbUTOSs: TEPOMb OMe ae ae a ee ween LOO hI S04 "1818, 1814+
Pirasjand: bird eres: collections, statistics of=_-25 4-2-2. oo. ooo. 2 2 eee rane 1228, 1229
Hope puUrcHase ot ap prONriaplonyLOrare t= jer e ee onc neta e n= eenat beans 1821, 1822-+
Lowbaspeciically: provided fotm=t- 28.225 ocean ante neem ee 1829
BHA In Pe achimorerecvigniOl (1819) 2 asees-s.2n = a5 ee ee Be etm town ead se soo secs ree 778
basemore fom: eet Ae yeaa ie ie AR ca ae EBS 1236, 1237, 1288, 1312, 1321
electrical apparatus for. (See National Museum, heating.)
erection of, disbursement of appropriations for ---.-.-.--------.------------- 839, 915
PAI MOT VEG OMOTMIIOT Utes eee oe tee oy wok aeeS 1375

proposed, bills for -_-.-.....----------. 736, 737+, 738, 769, 770-775, 776-778

recommended by Agricultural Department ---..-.----.-------.--- 761
[Selly LEST ool SEEN. bok ie SERV SE eee ae mneeemplerete Sema 17°
PeTORIC ON ta Elves te pee. See Reha a leas 769
Joseph, Hemi y Aas = tt te oars So saes Soha 768- 769
House Committee on Public Buildings and
Ground sixes oes oan eens wpecds sens 770
SYEE age ec, OA eld cool Weer Lats aie 731, 732-734, 895
required for Government collections from Philadelphia Centen-
POPES es oc eae LE ee ei ee) See Arial ae ao Sane 768-778

muder airechion Of RePONts 252 = oon soo et eee tons cee een COLA IAD
floors for, marble, tile, granolithic, and slate -..._._---_ 830,831,882, 833, 8834, 1824, 1528
galleries, ADPLOPTIAtLONS LOT se a en ea ae on a aoe sae eee 1735, 1821, 1822
C@StiMAbCS LOM. ecene ane nae ee 1577, 1580, 1664, 1666, 1729, 1731, 1814, 1817
expenditures, BETO bi OM oe ei a ie fe ee ne Bae LO MLO eta
gas fixtures. (See National Museum, heating.)
heating. (See National Museum, heating.)

Mee bare rn k=: <7 ee eee 8 BE Me ee ee Seale aae bh do atgoce 1817, 1822
EODsITS AP prOpriahlOns LOT 222s. S-= ase ee ee a ae np wen 1669, 1735, 18214-, 1822
CSSINATOS Ge eee asec esd cence Renee 782, 1666, 1728, 1731, 1816, 1819
BepOndigiees, MOPORt ON). 2 as. ne Se cee eee oie 1746-+-, 1813, 1814+-
ROWE VAD OLODIMIANIOUL OF oaeea Ben soe kh aes el gaan ene wee OM ee
estimates for’ ---<-=.-...---- Ss ok ee eo See OC OE

sidewalk, appropriation for paving * south and east fr ONS). ewe ceet is eee 948
estimate for covering over coal vaults. ------.----.---

OR DAVIN PAWESbHL One St ws en on ae ee eae eee 1018
SAG iat CS St eee cy an, = ae ne a eS aR a ere Sera 759, 778
SU YL SERS SB ete 5, SG ee en i eS See oe eee pe 1817, 1822
use of, for Democratic convention and Washington Light Infantry, pro-

TYO\S(o/0 gm ee ARN Res ONE Es Se Se, eS ey Se a 828, 82k
RSTERTIU EY RO) gmt ayy foto RT Oye) ire’ ey: Il MeN eerie ee ete aap a ee a Op Sei er gS ea 1817, 1822
Building, mounting and photographing specimens. ------.----.------------------------- 739-742
Building, new, additional, proposed ----..--.----.-------- 1226-1231, 1311-1320, 1575, 1661, 1711-1726
PRDIMNAPES LOR se eco ns ee acs 944, 1021, 1280, 1321, 1822
memorial by Philadelphia Board of Trade, for_-... 1317

necessity for, statement by G. B. Goode--.----- 1712-172
by S. P. Langley --...- 1311-1316
Bees SUONSSO Ge hols 2 ~ sae need a8 ee pies ene cana aerate sone 944, 945, 1018, 1667, 1668, 1718
Pe Tribe lays ay eo) 0 eon rene ee a ae ee eS ee 1043, 1316, 1816
LEVTNT EPL) Tey ater eto) popes oe i Ae RS AEE SEE 8 Ocak ot eae ee Se Sane er 925
appropriations for -...---.-.---- 1258, 1259, 1327, 1328, 1581, 1582, 1669, 1670, 1735, 1821, 1822
edition-of 500 forpublic libraries. proposed.:-— 9-2-2... -- =~ 22 een n cee sewn 1814
EON REN TO TMONS) Dina Tit (NN sa tee eee ee ls ean Se 1735

estimates for __._.... 779,837,838, 1248, 1322, 1323, 1575, 1578, 1662, 1665, 1727, 1730, 1817, 1820
UR SR UTE Rey dh 2. See Se a Be aes aa 1815

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National Museum, United States—Continued. Page.
Bulletins, larger edition’ of; desired. *--- = -22- ass 222 eee eee eee 1578, 1662, 1728, 1730
HO’ PUG QOCUMONUS ----=-ha-— eee = eee ea eee Seeaoe Scene = 1662, 1665

special appropriation desired fore 2- os 22a e ee e ee ee ee eee

Bureaus and divisions, report on condition of business in.-_-_--.--.---.---.---------- .-..-- 1699

Capron Japanese collection. (See Capron.)
Cases. (See National Museum, furniture and fixtures.)

Catlin gallery Indian paintings; statistics of |. 2222. -22. 22252 See ee ete oe
Chemical products; collections; statistiesof mes 2 222 saan a ee eee ee ee 1229
Classified service of officers and employees-----.---------------.-------~----- 1238-1242, 1254-1257
Coins, medals, 6tc., collections; statisticsio£ 22<. 222 -<- = 758s at sea eee ee ee 1229
Collections, aleoholic)estimates for buildime fore. 225-22 sees see eee ee ne Oe 1018
Classification\of *28202\2 2s sats onksere. See SS eee xxiii, 433
foverument, all, to be'deposited in_-...2- 22.2. -.-5-4 = eee eee 779
HIStORYCOL ae Sees ee a oe eee eee 1011-1014
increase of, from Expositions <--2....----.. -.<.22 J=--<-=<25--e80-.- (00-762,1228) 1520
in Patent Office, etc., transfer of, to Smithsonian Institution---...-.-.-----. 432,

433, 603, 607, 670, 1013
purchase of. (See Capron; Glover; Perkins; Steiner; Washington.)

relation tocs22s cbt 22252 22s bese te ee eee: See eee eee 1011
storage building for 2222.2 o2 Se ee ee eee 944, 945, 1667, 1668, 1718
use of, in Washington, by students and others.----..----.--.------------- 1595, 1596

Colonial Dames, deposit of collections of. (See Colonial Dames.)

Congressional Record, copies of,for. (See Congressional Record.)

Daughters of the American Revolution, deposit of collections of. (See Daughters. )
Disbursements for, by Smithsonian Institution and refunded by Department of the

Interior previous to 1873 - > does ae wec testes cea cs cee gl Oleh ea res

direct by Department of the Interior, AST3=88'5.-. 3 =2-.-se 1013, 1014+, 1252

direct by Smithsonian Institution --.-.-------------. ---.---- 1248, 1249, 1253

Distribution of duplicate specimens... < 252. °°. 22 eo. se ee xxiii, 433, 611,

612, 615, 617 +-, 624+, 627, 693, 740, 743, 753, 779, 782, 783, 910, 911, 916+, 945, 102]
Duplicates. (See Distribution of.)

Duties, customs, éstimates and appropriation for .<:2c. s-22-/25s2 one eee eee 13238, 1324, 1327
Hducational Tanctions Of 2. oie oo oe eee nnn oe ree ee ee eee 1152, 1170
Higgs, bird, collections, ‘statistics of .2-.-. .22. <2. 22k see 82 ee ee 1229
Employees, additional, to keep building open on Sunday, proposed --..-.-.---.----.----- 1014
appointment and ‘pay of 2: .-22 222.28 -22.22 22. 2. 0 I

civil service applied toc 42322. = =) ee 1768
Classificationiof 2202250 saree Sa ces ee cana cae eee eee a eaeees See 1238-1242, 1254-1257

GeDBtO OD. 225. sone acs sce nn en cece dens eases case sesen eee ae eee ae ee 909

inadequate Torceiof Gets. Sai ed Sosa a ses Se eee 1323, 1326, 1731, 1815

less in number than in Executive Departments---....-...--.--.------ 945, 1029, 1728

histiof; wa8022 ht a et I oe ee ee

mechanics, scheduls ‘of ts 2 22is2- 222 ate ere ee eee eee 1239, 1241, 1242

report on; and leaves of :absence'of.: --.. 2 ee ee eee 1825

BARRIOS OL <n oe eects wen eee eee ee ee 945, 1238-1242, 1254-1257

for 1882.25 2 a ee ee

for. 1886022253222 eat oe a ee ee 1025, 1026

increase of, estimate for 2.22) 3-225. 2s. Se nend a= aos see een

Enlargement of, into a continental museum, proposed.----...-.-..-.-----------------------. 1113
Ristimatess-2- ee. oe ee ee 694, 728, 729, 739+, 740+, 741, 742, 779+, 780, 781, 782, 835, 836, 837, 838,

839, 840, 910, 911, 912, 913, 914, 944, 945+-, 946+, 947, 1018+, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1247+, 1248+,
1249, 1321, 1522 +-, 1823, 1324+-, 1575, 1576, 1577+, 1578+, 1579, 1580+, 1581+-, 1661, 1662, 1663, 1664,
1665+-, 1666, 1667, 1668, 1727, 1728, 1729, 1730, 1731, 1732, 1814, 1815, 1816, 1817, 1818+, 1819, 1820

Ethnology, collections, statistics of ......:...2..--2- 2-0 .-22 wo enn o-oo ee ee eae ee
Nyening opening of.) = 212 See Se ee ire Soe ee 829, 1309, 1574, 1662
lixchanges, increase of collections by 22222256 oe 22 che sen ke one Seen ee Xxiii, 433
Executive Department, National Museum not a part of any ----.---.-. .-.--------------- 910
Hxhibition Space. in... 5. 2 2<. Sessa ee eee one eee oe ee 913, 1315
Hxpenditures of, detailed account of, for 1868 ......-22< -2<2---3+--5.2-s2 ses eee ee 675

detailed statement of, required annually -......-....--.----.------- xxv, 1267
examined by executive committee, Smithsonian Institution, quar-

terly . ..0.-.20 ee ee SS SS ee eee 1254

report on... 22n 22 ca a ee ee eee 1025,

1254, 1255, 1256, 1268, 1328+, 1558, 1559, 1672, 1673+, 1746+, 1813, 1814+

should be on ‘a general ‘system: ..=- --2- 2 2. See eee 1401

Explorations in Porto Rico, Cuba, ctc., estimate for’) *_ 2.2225. ee - See eee 1820

Expositions, estimate for preparation and installation of duplicate specimens by---. 945, 1021

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Expositions, temporary building erected for ----....-..------------------------------- 1044, 1112
(See also Expositions, National Museum.) ,
Fire, building and collections in danger from..........-.-. . 000 2-206 en-e ann a----- === 980
RETR ReMi bese ates tee Sen Pe nO Cn neenen sue e wed fusne eeaees Aan plasmon sme 1276, 1667, 1669
Mun OommisHioner, appointed LLOMi ween wo- 2+ se ce Use ake sae caeeee wees ee en eed Seeeee = LUD
Fishery, permanent exhibit to be perfected --.-----.:.-......-.---++-------------+--------- 882
PROS eOLLOCMIONA Ate bINbICS OL equate conn ene oe ceeee ee wabeck ween me neaeees ee anaes 1229
Hinisy COMOCHIONS, SituISUICS OL2-coce 6 pee tee soe eee uel ae ete ea a a Se ae ere ane 1229
ned IS ACOMGO GION Ey Htaulstl GS OF m cones sa nen eeneet ne cb eweutew ees cee kecwnneas ah nee he eee .--- 1229
Furniture, fixtures, cases, etc., appropriations for _--- -..--.- 22-00 escece o 5-220 -- enn nne one 603,
611, 612, 627, 841+, 842, 913, 915, 916, 947, 948, 1031, 1032, 1258,
1259, 1325, 1327, 1328, 1581, 1582, 1668, 1669, 1735, 1820, 1821, 1822
Omiployeds-sSecea cd Ae Sk ee a ea ae 1242, 1257
CStIMBLES LOM ase ose ate eas eee ee 740,
741, 835, 838, 910, 911, 912, 945, 946, 1018, 1019, 1021, 1041, 1247,
1248, 1249, 13822, 1823, 1576, 1579, 1663, 1666, 1729, 1730, 1814, 1818
expenditures) report One 222.-- 222-222-222 Soe.. ose 1025, 1254,
1255, 1256, 1268, 1328+-, 1558, 1559, 1672, 1673+-, 1746+, 1813, 1814+
Game protection, permit from executive curator, proposed---...------------------------ 1826
Geological Survey, building of, proposed to be near..--..---.---- -.---------------------- 1268+
COOPELAWON) WARS tae seat ae ee eee eee ae oon a ne eein comes we een cnoene 1136
method of work in and transfer of material ---------..---------- 1133-1135
OfACErs: OF, CSUIMISLGS LOT sees ee Cee nn come saan wees esoacescasseseccnn 944
whoiare honorary Curators AN q. o.ae6 <anecn connnwossnnsanca 1136
Property. Ol, Lranslerved hoes settee ee ahs once see ene enon ae 1133
use by oLsMusenm building 26s ssters. sos. oa sees nen cae 1024, 1270
Geulory, collections, statighles Of 2. 2~saaces = 23s ee wen oases ee wo eseek nw sek eeu sno e ecce 1229
Raver COMection, DULCHANG Ob ns. hese ee nee one ee eee ane heme ee ears ene onan mnes 663
Goode, G.B., library of, appropriation for purchase of ---.-----.-----------------.------- 1822
Ostimate for Purchase Of «2-222 )-2 seeks aac Se eee soenen ws05 1817
eovernment, United States, relation bo (se ses cee eee ee ee ec eee Bee Sone seseeees 1014
Grant relics. (See Grant.)
ICRC ENNCH oe oes ge a8 ee eres OS ee Meee caeaa Seen sa See saeco eee aie ce ackcewcenee 1313
Heating, lighting, electrical, telegraphic and telephonic service,
appropriations for-----.- 694, 730, 841, 842, 916+ , 947, 948, 1028, 1031+, 1032, 1257, 1258+, 1827, 1828,
1581, 1582+, 1602, 1668, 1669+, 1735, 1820, 1821+-, 1822
BlSctric Het Plant. =< sais aeerd Se wee ete eae eee eae ee 836, 841, 1309, 1574, 1577
BNI DIOY.GeS s2o6 1s Sasso kane Se ee en See 1242, 1248, 1257, 1598
PShIMNAvOs LOM ceack= Soot ee eoe 836, 837, 838, 840, 910, 912, 930, 945, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1247, 1248,

1249, 1322, 1324, 1577, 1579, 1580, 1602, 1663, 1664, 1665, 1666, 1728, 1730, 1815, 1818
expenditures, report on_-- 1025, 1254, 1256, 1268, 1328+, 1558, 1559, 1672, 1673+-, 1746+-, 1813, 1814+

BY AEGTAT GC OAS LUNES) o> - 322 en foes ase ena ne oes pee eae eee eee ek Se ene gaenree eh 841
emo ariianl oN wblOna ll; CAreOLs DY -wecs= shoe ee oe aes ate See aw aeedeonenebebanee. 732, 1733
InCOnICHlmeles, COLECLIONS. StAbIStICS OL: oe oe sa ieee dee a Secon cance etree eae Seno onemee 1229
IEEISHOTNU OLED cee oe oe 8 Sarak na don soe oa xeese a sk oeuab acts co osc and see eeceeteweeee 1249, 1313, 1679, 1713
Mimstesbions and. drawines Loris --<'-3 sacawe BL Le SS 1815, 1819, 1820, 1821, 1822
gine ES COMOCLIONS BEATIN LICHIOLSt + 0 oe soe accent tet as ete toniooe Reb eeeseueew cuus Ses Jacenens 1229
Keeper of, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution .--...-...-~--.. xxiii, 433, 589, 1014, 1252
PabOrapoOry. OL Natural HIStOryiaste=+ Settee ee ee eS oe oS EE 741, 944
hectires injemnual proposed. -. 1522. a2ewcse doesent See Se seo. ee oe 893
Library of Congress, committee, proposed reference to, of matters relating to ---..---- 1030
PARUIOLeMmPNOy GSN 2ctes 3. Ce ete ee eas en ie oe ee Cee Os eee 1598
Aen Op y ;COLEGLIONS: SLA LES GLCS: Ola wae ae ois Sees Soe ee eee 1229
eiyiicopn arial 2 2225 pee sees eestor te Sok soe anes ele te ene od ee 1155, 1163

list of, in National Museum in 1888-89. ._.... .-.....-----...-...------. 1242-1247
tHe, COUOChIONS: StabIsuiCdl Olean] = -— Fees et ee eee ae eee Sere Thats te eee 1229
Marine invertebrates; collections, statistics Of 22ers co cec, was wan wnannn, LZ
Materia medica, collections, statistics of --.--- cas chint = Pe SE ee ee ee ee ee ee 1229
EPH COMOCEION As Noe nIStICS! Obes ane eee ea ake a ee Se a ete 229
Wiehe ab tecgerea elevate ie unizptes Wert St een Bee | so a 1229
MISGHOCHIOIAGLO VOLINNOUD NY Ol izepeuccee. ace se eee en aoe Bee see a aon anne en nckjwonene 1133-1136
Minerie collections, statistics Of~ .c<.2 2. octane tae wore Oe n a wos aka sewn acd ae ewtewes eee
Mat REST Co USCLIONSs Sta tINbICH Ob oso ecee ee ee a an Se ea cweees een sceecdiccee 1228, 1229
MOY AOL eChOLs, SLAbISGICA OLE sensei coe eae setae a Sebo eee ee eace concoth ante SI SSL Eee 1229
Musical instruments, collections, statistics of. 2:25 <2. -cs2cs0case-ses-520 252s al enwkceeacnne 1229
Naval-architecture; collections, statistics Of 256 225522 2<essscesco2- au eos TE 1229

H. Doe. 732——122

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de fifed hey o]oseu0 eb o | HEE SEE EO yp ee ss * $29, 1809, 1574, 1662
Oils'and gums, collections, statistics (of, . ==. 29) 25222 525s See cee ee = eee 1229
Ores, collections, statistics of ... 5.<..-s-2=s:-= Stes = Nae eee ee Pee eee eee 1229
Osteology; collections, statistics of -... = .¢ ~---=\c2222 ten cok eee ee eee es 1229
Paints and dyes, collections, statistics of ----------..----- ------ ------- _ a ee 1229,
Palsontology, collections, statisties of _.----. 2282s. 2=hac- see cena eee eat ee ee 1229
Photography, building for... = 2.5 es ech ee ence cen ee eae ee ene ee 739, 742
Plants, fossil:and recent, collections, statisticsior. .---.25---{dasseee eee eee eee 1229
Popular approval of . .0-- < o.2<<052220stes ceeece cone peer ee ee Se 1168
Postage, appropriations for---. 729+, 742, 1258, 1259, 1327, 1328, 1581, 1582, 1668, 1669, 1735, 1821, 1822+-
estimates for + 4-22 265..5 5. 2 Be Se oe a 729,
779, 836, 837, 838, 910, 912, 945, 1248, 1324, 1577, 1578, 1664, 1666, 1729, 1731, 1817, 1820
expenditures, report on--....------------ ---- 1328, 1558, 1559, 1672, 1673+-, 1746+-, 1813, 1814
Pottery, American aboriginal, collections, statistics of---...-----.------------------- ss 1229
modern, collections, statisties:of 2. ....5.2-- 222-2. s=<5 s545--5-n550 2254-5 eee 1229
Nicaracdan: presented toc! 262 shes, sh22. secs eR ee ees --. 1726, 1727
Preservation of collections, appropriations for -.-219, 220, 239, 467, 468, 470, 471, 503, 504, 505, 603+-,
607 +, 611, 627, 633, 6364-, 639, 662+-, 663, 670, 674, 678, 686, 687, 693+-,

694, 729+, 742, 743, 782, 783, 841, 842, 916+-, 947, 948, 1031+, 1032, 1257,
1258, + 1325, 1327, 1828, 1581, 1582-+-, 1668, 1669+-, 1735, 1820, 1821, 1822
employees, salaries for, analysis ..----.-...------------------ 1256

estimates — pwabetcte Be heise to: bee ae As 728,

739, 740, 779, 781, 836, 838, 839, 910, 912, 945, 1013, 1018, 1021, 1247, 1248,

1249, 1322, 1324, 1576, 1578, 1580, 1662, 1665, 1666, 1728, 1730, 1815, 1818
expenditures, reporbion sic) Ase ses eee eee eae 1025, 1026,
1254, 1255, 1256, 1268, 1328+, 1558, 1559, 1672, 1673+-, 1746+, 1813, 1814+4-

Printing, appropriations for ---.-- ---- 1258, 1259, 1327, 1328, 1581, 1582, 1669, 1670, 1735, 1821, 1822, 1823
estimates for ~ 2 c.s pees Jeb ee eee eee a eee 779, 836, 838, 910,
912, 945, 1022, 1248, 1249, 1250, 1253, 1323, 1324, 1575, 1578, 1662, 1665, 1727, 1730, 1814, 1817, 1820
eosaditur es, Teport on... ta-esseeses 1328, 1558, 1559, 1672, 1673+, 1746+, 1818, 1814+

Printing report of. (See National Museum, Report, annual.) :
Proceedings; account Of-..... -=-5<-~ 5 was noe ewe was oo Se ee ee 925, 1662, 1665

appropriations for--__-- 1258, 1259, 13827, 1328, 1575, 1581, 1582, 1669, 1670, 1735, 1821, 1822
editions Of ....2te2.-2 aie. dnc bes Jie be ecee eeep eee Eee ee 1662, 1665, 1735, 1814
estimates for 2220 250. 22d. uoshd ie [20 tes eee eee 779,
837, 838, 1248, 1249, 13823, 1575, 1578, 1662, 1665, 1727, 1728, 1730, 1817, 1820
Purchase of specimens for (no appropriation witil 1875) ....---- -------------------------- 771
(Included in Preservation of collections from 1875.
Railroad: street bo, 5. 2-225. 222: 22S ais Se ee ose ose e Sapo pea ee eee 835
Reid battle sword and medal, proposed deposit of, in..-....-----:-.-.-------------------- 1830
Rent of workshops, etc., appropriations--_-----.----.--... ----------- 1668, 1669+, 1735, 1821+4-, 1822
OSHIMALCS =: vu dcun so oe ten aae esas Je Re 1667, 1729, 1731, 1816, 1819
expenditures, report on... ... .<2d -4.- <ef oe 2-22 1673, 1746+, 1813, 1814+
(See also Workshops. )

Reor@anization Of ._..-~ .~ 2.4 .<uia os c5c cece sseaa snes eae eae eee 910
Report; annual, submitted, and printing of 3: ...........~-. -323. 6520s eee ee ee 959+,

987, 988, 1129, 1131+, 129] +, 1292, 1625+, 1628, 16724-
(See also Report, annual, of Smithsonian Institution.)
Report on expenditures. (See National Museum, ne,

OUPEmUEress Of... _ _._.. ese oe ns See onsen o = see = bes Seba cena se See ee
Reports on researches and explorations proposed by 8. R, Bair a Sdiceds ae eee besenee 924

Reptiles,’eolleetions, statistics of ...°.., ..--.262-- 24-2 sessese. eeeses ee es Soe eee
Salaries. (See Employees.)

Secretary of Institution to be keeper of -.--.----------.----------------- Xxili, 433, 589, 1014, 1252
Shields swords, deposit of, in. .... <2 208) ofp cate eee ae ee . "1125. 1126, 1128, 1129
Smithsonian Institution, administr ation by, of eo whesen lca gatteileta: ashe AO err
building oceupiediby ais..:225.d.22 ped bos - soe eae ee ee Oe

Provision in, fOl 2-2-3242. ae eee Xxili, 432

cost ‘tO, Of: 02 22e8 ed ooo oe ee nee ee ee 677

in charge of disbursements of---...------ Jenkthe oe eee 1248

plan by, for... ssc. ses ct ee eee See ee eee 338, 375

report, 2,000 copies of, for .....: 22sbo0 be. 1696

secretary of, to be keeper of --.--.------------ X xiii, 433,589, 1014, 1252

Specimens in, building for mounting and photographing of ------_.-----.------ 739, 740, T41, 742
Neen Derol---..----22222. 02-2. bee eee eee 1229, 1314-1316, 1714, 1715, 1720

Storage building s=-—)—— ----- = ona 2 acme eden eee eee 944, 945, 1018, 1667, 1668, 1718

Storage, list of Specimens In-- ..- --. 22... ens son new aes bee See

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Rea ee ees Sea ee ne eee Ca Safa a ho wa Rn een sae eee eS 1726, 1727
VSR TISS al wpa 10701 QB a ag Ee ey or rr re SE er eye ae 948
Rte sr unOTGSiNT Es Ola te Coudce mats ace scum sancnacd<cus Ganasesmaenunes act 829, 944, 1014, 1574, 1662, 1814
Tannin idachine tor building stones, metals; etc., fOr. -. 2-2. 22-26-2222 se--nswnencnececae 840
Semen CUMAGIIONE, BOMbISUICS OL oo oco 25 eno. ones a a os pce coat one ate aes hae enee 1229
Title (National Museum): used in acts March 3, 1875, and July 31, 1876, and after__...___- 416,

729, 734, 736, 737, 742, 769, 776, 778, 1014

Transfer and arrangement of collections in._.....--.....---------.---.-.---- 743, 842, 916, 917, 947

(See also Armory; Expositions; Patent Office.)

Transportation by Quartermaster’s Department _-___-...-.\..-. ---. ---.--¢-----2<ce0-5--- 828, 944
GE Gun bhi Gm OUNNOLOR VA ACl bOn soe saat n ee dees mothe can ces onan eeue wees 948

BEGHON.OL. PaulblON OL PHUITOROS [OM ..2-0-.¢ce osc ct = conn cows ce eee ek eaten 1014-1018

hnetOL Dy SUUOON LS Il. DIsorich OF COMM DIae 00 .ecec occu s pees oa nad Sone eee ace 1595, 1596
“TEE ERTS Me ag Tg wSE] STW eat aah Sata lh ERE a coh Sen Age ee ee Se, Aen er 504, 1526, 1713, 1722
RPL eRINOnN eI CLCOse Of SaItEION PrOPOSOU =.= co ccss <cc.od sesso Ge nse bonnie Gosden cen ewes 1735
Rea OCS Te RTE OLCIVIE Ci LS eee ae ine tana ere ne are n= ae ae Ghia sD ee 1600

Willows, American, collection of, estimates for purchase of-___. -_...--.-.-----.---.------ 1817
Workshops, construction of, on Smithsonian grounds- --.-.--.----------.------------------ 1043
AEEULOOL DEES LOR OS tIMIAtOiLOL = seen antes a oeem ames ance sacceacn wend 1816

APACE Ted UITCO LOM. sesen nese. eae tsa Saeee ta aces ond aoe Sa Scape nates 1316

(See also Rent of.)
National Naval Observatory. (See Observatory.)
National Park. (See Park.)
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. (See Daughters.)

Wa ibivig) (UMSHGISSRy 2 2ec Be ee eee ee So oe ay Ses 137, 139, 141, 167, 203, 815
(See also University of United States.)
Natural history, investigations in Porto Rico, Cuba, etc., estimate for ----..---.------------ 1820

(See also National Museum.)
Nautical Almanac:

TES fet ee eet er es ee a om Se er i Se oe ne a oo oe ae ES reas, Aa eue 359
ema PERTTI TIL OT) OSOR pate see a2 eo se en tie es ee re See a a aoe aaa” ers Boe 238, 273
BRP ENC SSSR TOSS ae ec eo gE eer gine awe, dane anes Sane mw etang 359
COATT TERE MC 1 ae EE ee NE i oe Se ee So eee Sete, 1147
Mave kendomy. United states, Annapolis, Md. 2. fo0 WW cece ee nace nan Soe eae ete een 1636
BES NOmIT os EOUNEU LOT W OL BS :t Olne =o cten aoe mg years eign ones oon ee ene ae 627
oaporh ou GOUECHONS IN. — <-2- 8. 2ic os oats cancae een = Ae scenn sigs Sonne sens anes hana season cues 1259
War trophies at__.--.-..-- DE EASES Ho SABE eae Be AE a See De ae RE RE 1266+
Naval Home, Philadelphia, war trophies at-.-__-.-.-.-----. ---- Be eee aa snake scenes coe ee 1266
Lyceum, Brooklyn, Exploring Expedition works for __.._.-_..-----..----.------------ 821
Museum. (See Military and Naval.)

Rendezvous and review for Chicago Exposition in New York Harbor-_...--- 1508, 1585, 1841
ROE RCE IOUS LIN ha oe ae gs = Sa ae e a a hee Yeas, Se came aR eS NSO IE gee 1259

Naval Observatory, National. (See Observatory. )
Mageahion- UWmnNiLecistates Navy, (bureaw Of o2< <2. 225620 2 ole es oe oie cosas e ee 1259, 1262
IO et NRE AA a eee en aco ss ene ms a Sa tain me ee ee a ee ee 879
Marckci OC os periumenbal INGUITIGS LOR. — 222 Ses soem Jo hssoe ete Anne dno Ap an ooo 150
Ran GD AE TION Op a= Aspe nena vice oem one 359, 747, 748, 751, 756, 757, 904, 921, de 1264, 1330, 1331, 1636
Pnresie OL TOpOLE Ol. COUCCHONS Wee. oan os fo nee eee = Smee 0 Scape cot ana eae wadeee 1259
GI BEAOES 0) fOr SUD DUCS 2-2 — oon naan oe. eee eee ae ae Se oe Ie A Sects 1670, 1671
Exploring Expedition plates, to be used by, for supply of charts. _-_.._-.-----.---------- 664
Pye ratioic OimGG, DEiMbINe Tol Ao noo on ee een ene ee io taco dente Baan eee 1042

TODAS 280 57 OIE et oS EIR SS PR Ne GE DS Ee ig RR i eso Sen a ee ene nT EEE a Wh re!
Meteorological work by Espy. (See Espy.)
Military and Naval Museum, contributions to,from .--_.--..-_.......-L...---..2.----.--
PEROT OCU eos cece nea rtme ae 2 se Son a PS ee 1261
(See also Executive Departments; Expositions; Secretary of the Navy.)
Navy, Officers of:
Detail of. (See Expositions.)

Pirintoved in, National Maseaits - 8s. 22 sae coe~ 3 eee ben Saeed ahaa e oon -n= soso ean ono 1325
Two proposed as visitors to Smithsonian Institution.....-...-.-------.-------------- 206, 237, 276
RUE SOP ROLEE NS Ole ars on acs oops eam sea Soe ene neces 867 +-, 921, 922, 1011 +-, 1265+, 1266, 1267, 1680, 1681, 1682
Bessels, Emil appropriation for, expended by_..-..---2 ---2 ===. 22 bei c-1-sccacens22.--- 866
directed by, to make report of Polaris Expedition. .-....-..-.---.--------- 867

Collaciions 1m Gice OL APDEODTIAHON LOM... Wsa.< one canon Seana eaten ean ba oes cca ae 219, 1259

te] U0) rl FL 17 ges oa ile op SIDR madi es Sp tae mle as, Rn eS ld 1259

GLH DE ECHO TLO DOsLYANSLOLeOG DY). .- 5. ote.) scores Bec temwep enna. s~ sacs com aenee, hay LOOO
statis, proposed'on committee to erect... <-..6 2 cna ccc ene e cee nee wen en eee 1307

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Navy, Secretary of—Continued.

Espy, J. P., meteorological services of, under direction of --.. 487+, 507, 508, 509, 510, 511, 604, 608

Exploring Expedition, maps of, to be published by ---.-.-----.---- 122-25 ~~ 2-3 eee 320
Hall, Mercy Ann, claim of, to be settled by, ---22 2-2 eee a eee 728
Howegate. Expedition; indorsed by <2--2. <22-22 2222 222. Se poe seca nee ee 795
Letter from, on: sale. of stocks. <-.-. 2 se: 22h eho eee ee ee
Letter to,on. Espy'simeteorological work —_<-2- ois.<. ----seecna een eee ee eae ee eee 507
on saleof Stocks 2.22. 22.25 ioe set oe eae eee eee ee 259
Military and Naval Museum, opinionvof, byes. sees ae a ee 1261
proposedias director of 2-2 -- 25. -- 22 tens cee eee 1260, 1261
National Institution, proposed as director of___-_------- Se ee ee ote ste. ease Se eae 217
Polaris Expedition, illustrations of, to be printed by ----------------2---2s-- so5e- 22 22a ee 728
Smithsonian Institution, member of Establishment of -..--.- 429, 445, 566, 724, 767, 1452, 1689, 1848
proposed as trustee Of 2-2. -22oesss2e sone cease eee 204, 215, 285, 278
tojapprove site for building of —--<2 22. <2) eee 431
Sociological Institution, proposed as member of Establishment of -__.---.------.---------- 1761
University of the United States, proposed as regent of .....-.----.------------------------ 1530
Woodruff Scientific Expedition, steamship for, to be approved by ---------------.-------.- 789
(See also Expositions; Navy Department.)
Navy-yards:
Wollections 4122) --s22205 26022. 5 n 2. peta cee = Rone See = Re ee ee eee 1259
Conimandants Of. 262s ee ens ae aesn eee sea ee ee re 1259
Neali Hii ek sss sanea: Se ee ea eae ee ie ee esi ene Saks ee ce etree 1205+
Nelson, E. W.:
Collectionsfor National Museum.._--- 5 --- nd cn en oo ceee eames See es ea sno aa 984
IRGODOTL ONCAIASKS '.. 25... 263 sons eee renee ee eee eee See a 923, 924, 982+-, 983, 984, 985, 986
IN GISON RMGGG 2 ona oe enn So Sein ets ow ee es oe ee ge eS ee ee ee a - 1162, 1169
FROMATER OG Soon so a soos ack ee seeee eae 1151+, 11524, 1156, 1157-+-, 1158+-, 1165+, 1166-+-, 1169, 1217
Nephew of James Smithson, bequest to ..._ 2. _—~ <2 a anene caer nese d wena ee eee 5,6
Netherlands:
Exhibits from, at Philadelphia Exposition given to United States ---.--.__.----.-..-..-. 764
Exploring Pxpedition works for: .. 22..-- 220202. ooo2-2c ogee aoe en eee ee 320
Nettleton, A. B., Acting Secretary of the Treasury, letter to, on Zoological Park_-___-_. 1484, 1487
Neumann, Joseph, preservation of silk flag presented by-----.---.-------------- 953, 1041, 1042, 1182
Nevins, Townsend & Co., New York .----- --2.- 225.255 S228 oe eee, ee en ee 263, 264, 265+
New. Enpland churches, hymn used'in, quoted --.-.--- 72-52 - 8 = eo ee cee ee oo Ore 1055
New Granada, Exploring Expedition works for ---. .--...- 5-222 2-52+<--sean enon nee e eee 821
New Hampshire, Rerent 1r0Mm 5... . 2) oa. << 20 tenon caer ee ee owaaee eee ~ ee 1855
ING Weld). ., POMETKS DY... 3. co. 5 on sees oser eager ns See monn e eee ae ee ee er 846+
INOW OPS Vv, ROPCNUS LPOM . 9226 oe oe nan een ene Senter eee ee 1855

New Orleans. (See Expositions.) :

New South Wales, celebration of centenary of founding. (See Expositions, Melbourne.)

New York:
Gantral (Park oo. 2 so ccseansgdosessanesasWacs sae sageuseees qctete ples n ae eee 1181, 1183, 1369, 1489
Clty Stocks sos 5. 2. a oe oe eee ec en comes has aE Ce Rn Oe ee See 263
Exposition of gas apparatus. (See Expositions.)
Harbor, naval review for Chicago exposition. -_.......-.-.--. --..-.-------------- 1508, 1585, 1841

Legislature, action of, for Buifalo exposition ~_..-.-..--...---.-.casssee-=-- 45 1797
Permanent international exhibition company proposed..--..-.-..--------------.-------.---- 1739
Public:schoal society - - ...... = 233) hess 1 es oon sca daae Want eee eee en ee 366
Regents trom. _..2- 2... ------stessce an oo bee atone Gee se anes anaes eee ae 1855
State aid to American Museum of Natural History, New York--_-___...--_-- ..---_-____--. 1720
State StOGHS eo. Soe. = 353 occa ccem nese oe ee a ite oe ee eee 254, 263, 264+, 265+
Steuben County, petition. of citizens of. 2262-2 <2. o cannon conn cee eane eae hee 280
eB tl] oy = Yep ea a ae Ee Rear Ay RE Cet eR ee Ee EE So 617
New Zealand, exhibit at Philadelphia exposition given to United States ---...-...-.--...... 766
New bold) (George: -- 35 2.2.28 .- 222s cece nee eee eews Cee oe enka Raabe ae eee a eee 101
Newcomb, Simon: 4
Delegate to International Conference on Catalogue of Scientific Literature_-_--..._...-. 1771
Report of, on Catalogue of Scientific Literature.--....-.--- le oaels See ae =e ee ee 1769
Newhall, Was. clerk. National Musetim.2:------5-ees-esonssss sees ees eee 1599
Newton, 's8ae@ ie oscnc aa<-2- ---- 2n2 5 ne ane seewas saaanae sense ees anes oan eee ee ee 198, 208
Niagara Falls. (See Expositions, Buffalo.)
Nicaragua:
Consul-generalof, letter from, on pottery -_-..-)-)--4-2-25 --2- ese =e 1727
Incorporation jof canal company In). 2. -5...22 522 ol ee ee 1222

President of, eittot pottery from .. 2. -2052222. 3 eee bot nee eee 1727

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Nicaraguan pottery presented to National Museum ....---. ...2-. 022-0. 222.2. -.-22--222 = 22-n- 1726
LEVELS IED. TETCPW wes Wy OE oS US ee a eC ee ee eee hea Piet tert at ean a ae 200
Nichols, M. H.:
PRGMARES) DY se sae arta ensoasene BE eireictr ate ease erie Ue SR Pa ee 605
Fees RSI ADR en Pet ee i 5 2 eG Sg 8 ce a = RO SS EL ae 2S ene pa ie) ee Se 605
Nicholsky, Captain, Russian assistant commissioner, Philadelphia exposition .___._..._-_-- 764
Niles, J. M.:
WOGRH CEE, 0. ae ne SS oe SO ee Tay OS gl) ees Ce Oe Ee Uae eee Semone CSE Rn Ia. tonsa e 302
Ler PUG Oh tee een Rene ae ee eet bled Re ae eee tye BEE OD SE OLE es SET e Meee ae 177, 301
SRRFETAMRATIATURNR GAT AMO ls 0/5. oo: oo SIE ULES | rath oe Pek Shoe DS ed Esser a 1585, 1638
Per irieM Clone NgiOnal MUSOU — of 22-225 oon anda ence cod noon peta tpasmadusnpntnuee saexie bak 1599
Noble, J. W., Secretary of the Interior:
REA ESST OLY GE” CLEA) ate eee | ee Ske = ee rete ee Sy Fes Chae he Pena ee 38d 13389
enor bh OF OO arix OM MISSION joes. Seon owe emeceleanase macced oaebs 1337, 1338, 1342, 1343
TRAST yeh rinyaliay eal oT 0 [aT CON Gee eee Ree Se oe SS EN SU ces Ree at eee Me eee eae | 1539
Err rE Ver O.Watl CEO DIIGS uhie ss See een ee ee os eae malo nano oe new etecee nee 1266
Normal branch for Smithsonian Institution, proposed---.-...--.---------..------------------- 344
school in Smithsonian Institution, proposed --...........----.~----- 325, 330, 344, 365, 411, 417
HEIOGIS GEPENTRODG sss ee se tase as a= ae Ba eee eters aaa SST EN Fee eh 345
Bchoolsia: Massachusetts and New) Mork. ---2.-<2-02). S822 5 2 Sc 345, 346
INGLES. MOses, TOMBrks by i. 22s225 4c leks 2h ek ey Mabry ee iret yeh Me 480+
North American Ethnology, title changed to American Ethnology -------.---.---------.---- 1709
(See also Ethnology, Bureau of.)
Herp PAMPTICAT EO VIOW, OX tEACES LPO. 5... canon mG sastunsawcmd se oeoweuee ba daacwch Bette US 288, 289
Martie American Trust and banking Company... 22000 22sose-0~ beak Lee ee ee bee eee ale
IREHMGAr GLIA MRO ON GRTOIMN = los- 4 os Ae Sl ee Sk ee Set eee wecer cs eS 1855
North, Central, and South American exposition. (See Expositions, New Orleans.)
REE RESE DO OmnI DLL AblODICROO 42. ct Soa ea hs es SRS Cty eS 1591
North polar expedition. (See Bessels, Emil.)
MESSE nie pe nlRNG Ke Ob- sok cos ce Le Se eh ae Bs a de La 5, 54, 131, 132, 496, 497, 1136

Northwest Territory, centennial exposition of, at Cincinnati. (See Expositions, Cincin-
nati, Toledo.)

Northwestern boundary survey, A. Campbell’s collections from -_-........_-..---------_---- V7
Norway, exhibits from, at Philadelphia exposition given to United States ...... _.....-.___- 764
Norwegian Order of St. Olaf, conferred on—

SUD), [32 ifs |. oe ae Re eee ae ce cere ese etek ees nes ere MOE eet ns pth See eee RE eee 789

BRON EPHOTIOD I Ge oo oo ass os ntl So acca ai Sots Seu ola e eee eee ee, Me 692
Rip RE RC Nene ees). ee tae oe TL cae eee Te See Soo pe Ue Se eae Sede Se 261, 262, 263, 264
LO USTAD De DAI ep eee eae ae eereng= Biers et ns Lee et a OP es a ER eee PER CE 380
Danke, \Wa G4 32 oa She Se een eee ees) Sy 0g hehe ie See eer esate Mena gees Se Rar OE ee en Ae eel e 1182

DES PISS CRISS ee = So soe ma ee Se oe ee IS = Se SE FP EOE R Es 10402 1 2A IR
Object of Smithsonian Institution, ‘“‘increase and diffusion of knowledge”’ ---..--.....--.-- 446,

497, 498, 562, 581, 582, 1689
Objects of the Smithsonian Institution: ‘

Ciecwlarinysmibhsonian Unstitmtion <<<. 222 Jossaes cass eeo aaa eee eee St eee ade 1688-1690

HoLoMmoL Secrataryemaneley, Oss 2202) se Mee el oe Ae Se oe ee 1677-1680

Vesey aLories, astronomical: account Oli isoc2ci. Cost oo eee eee eee ces ete 199, 212

SRG ATOM PAN DEO OMNIC tee 25 crater he ae ee se ge gs Oe 399, 400

Establishment of, proposed for Smithsonian Institution -___-_...........--...------------ 170,

178, 189, 194, 204, 205, 206, 236, 237, 268, 272, 273, 359

Ghia Le OLiCOSb OL ..75255sc25552-Gncs sen a eae oe eee bee oe See be Se Ses SS 206-215

HTP ERAN O ACV AN LARS OL SS hess jcc eats oe eae eee eee ae ee eee nae ees se Steet 195, 360

Observatory:

Astrophysical. (See Astrophysical.)

aes ts Gl een hee Ne ae See ane aE iors oo aaniatcla oie haw nk ender at Sawer w we amt SIRE 2 MPS SE A 1545

Rea eS EROTIC Ee) Ae ee ot ore eet OE see ES Do cn ercratrn 198, 207, 208, 337, 1545

National Naval._.........---- 337, 358, 359, 795, 922, 1035+, 1147, 1164, 1263, 1545+, 1631, 1657, 1660, 1824

astronomer at, proposed on board of managers on annual lecture
COUTRG ARE Re S ESCH Or INE 22 St Sis eae ieee eh Tyce a at) eo 893

collections of Government in, to be used by students___-._.-.-..--...--- 1596
exchanges of, appropriations for. (See Exchanges, International.)

superintendent of, proposed as curator of American University -------. 1532

telerraphy tree use: Of, Piven to oateese ee ee ee See eal 2. eee ee 611

(PAT Ia ae eo eee bards Seek Aisa Lp hatha Re ee es soc ee OAS 1545
iC Grint ee. POSOME GIOTE Dye cee eet oie oa ere os ain each Papen ale SLU le ceo tenes 850
OE Wien aULMeR ATMOS MNVOOISVEROM fc is st i 8 | Ne ee eae nn cena cnneucieuneeeee 766

Sa MUSIe te OOM OY. saa ey ee Les ee ear ied ie eee gn TS oe ushers i eee 1208

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Officers and committees of Smithsonian Institution-.---....-...---..---------------------- .--- 567

Officers of Smithsonian Institution:

THISt OE 6h es sae cd Sere aa gee ee 1856
Not, public officers 2-22 2.2 een a eee =e 801
Poweroft Secretary to appointand removes =.=. 2228 |= eee se ee 563
(See also Employees. )

Official Gazette, Patent Office. (See Exchanges, International, Patent Office.)

Official Register, copies of, given to Smithsonian Institution ----.---...---.---.-------------- 1696

Ogden, H. G., appointed on Board on Geographic Names-------------------------------------- 1557

Ogle, Charles, member of committee on Smithson bequest--------.-------------------.- 146, 169, 182

Ohio:

Canal Stock 2.25.5 es.s22e2es 5 ae a eh a ne oe 264
Centennial and Northwest Territory Exposition. (See Expositions, Toledo.)
Contennialiom pany, = << 2 ee es ro a 1802
Huron County.,.petition by citizens of __.__- .-2. 2232 -- ee ee 280
IPublic tangs. u- . = no cose 22S a Be he ea Se 221
Regents tram. oo san oe ela ee a ee re 1855
Statestockstor Ponds =~ 2.4.0. 2- ~~ 2 2 See re eee ee eee 224, 233, 284,
235, 243, 245, 246, 248, 249, 260, 262, 263, 2644, 265, 270, 271, 274, 275, 331, 352, 398, 491, 492+, 493, 494

@Oils/experiments by Joseph Henry on.---...- 22a 2. abies Rose en 808, 1514

Oldendorff, Ernesto, Argentine commissioner, Philadelphia Exposition .--.......----.------ 762

@lds; EB. remarks) by, -42=2 3 22222 se. ee Sa ere le 500

Olmsted, F. L., & Co.: :
Hetimatesiof, for Zoo Park... 2. =<. <<h2o5cee252 een Beets Seen ene 1489, 1490
Recommend purchase of land for Zoo Park —.- Jicsesse2s-ses Sco sae eee 1833

Olney, Richard:

Attorney-General, member of the Establishment - -_.........--.-------------------------- 1849
Letter from. on Pxchanges-.-.. -..--2-5-.--cise0e.n5 sae ia eee Pee oe eee 1702
Letters from and to, on International Catalogue of Scientific Literature-_--.......+ 1770, 1772
Secretary of State, member of the Establishment-.--.-....--.------ ------ ---.-------------- 1847

Omaha. (See Expositions.)

"Neill, @haxles:. = <<-2.022 02 ic cece SSacce cu nae wanen baer te nceh Sone nee Re a 1178
Bill by 2222 ase ~ SG nana cae os RT SS Se A wo aS aRe e e 1531
Memorial, presented: by /s-4c0)s--. S322 2 Coed ee Ee ak ee ee 1317
ReDOLE DY. <8. sec nee = Be eee 2 eae ee see A ees 1111, 1274, 1289+-, 1519, 15380, 1538

Opening of National Museum, etc., on Sunday and in evening .-.----.---------- 829, 1809, 1574, 1662

Operations of the Smithsonian Institution....<.. -—---. o-oo eae a 599

Opinions. (See Attorney-General; Comptroller of Treasury; Treasury Department. )

Opinions of counsel in England on Smithson bequest. (See Smithson bequest. )

Orange Free State, exhibits from, at Philadelphia Exposition given to United States...... 764
Order of Saint Olaf, Royal Norwegian, conferred on—

S. B. Baird... -2<..o0d.55 eee ke Pe eee bee eter! oo ei ae ee eee 789

Oso AEnIY tS. ots = oe Sa Sao eee ec ewe Meena AO eee ene ee 692
Order of the Rising Sun, conferred on Horace Capron ..-2<22-2-- 22s! 2222223 eee ee eee 1280
@rdnuance and Hydrography, Bureats Of. ~ 2 -cinann asin inlet onde eae an eet 358, 1259
Ordnance, Chief of, United States Army, favors Military and Naval Museum, -.. -.-.------ 1262
Ordway, A. G., statement of, relative to Armory.........-5< Jonnie sso ates ea wee 1233, 1310
Ordway, .N, [A] G., memorial by. ...-.----- .-<06- 25 snnensnuss <=hanee eee eee ee 1038
‘tOreron,”” battle ship, fac simile.of . a.) 722 2 aia es eee coe Aan ta neta tan ee 1636
Oregon:

Exploring Expedition Narrative presented. to..-_......--2...-.5---.< --.<2 ==-=-eses = eee 468

Resolution to annul treaty respecting... -.. - == <= nae -os an eet oot ee ee 400
Organization, Smithsonian Institution-___.----- XxXi-xxvi, 316, 419, 428, 429-434, 445, 466, 495, 581, 608,

639, 640, 664, 665, 666, 668, 688, 689, 724-727, 767, 1187, 1485, 1677, 1678, 1680, 1681, 1683, 1685, 1688-1690

Bills prOpOseG LOM anne a2-8n-= one spear eee eee 204, 219, 235, 266, 273, 276, 322, 327, 388, 428

DGDSIGES OR ee bosacs os na nines ec eseanac eee eee or ee ee ee 280, 303, 332

(See also Smithsonian Institution, Analysis of act and Organization of, amendments. )
Ornithological Union circulars, distributed by Smithsonian Institution --..-----.--------- 968, 969
Ornithology, debate on appropriation for,in Department of Agriculture------.----.------ 968, 969
Orr, J. L.:

Appointmentiof Regents by =~ 2. -csec.- -1sseceds eeetes Geers. ae See ee eee 604

Remarks iyyeesses sees c-=25-4--54 Sake out ate Seesace: 3 tee ee eee 605, 607
Otsego County, N. ..petition of citizens of..222 -eaeese -e. ask cooks eee eee 428
Outerbridge, A. A., Bermuda commissioner, Philadelphia Exposition --.-..--.--.-------------- 766

Outhwaite, J. H.,remarks by
Owen, D.D.:
Report of, on geology, 100 copies for Smithsomian Institution _._..----.------------------- 487
Report of, to be distributed ~~... 02.25 .s2 fs scone Sect donee neee ea ee ee en 487

NS Ns) oe ae) hoa 2 1428, 1424+-, 1425+, 1432+, 1434, 1440, 1450

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Owen, R.D-_........ ------5.--- -----~----~-2--------- 352+, 358, 357, 372, 376+, 399, 406, 412, 414, 1538, 1688
Appointed on committee on Smithson bequest --.-.---.----...--.-----------. ------ ----- SL
Bill, motion, or resolution by---..-.-----.--...-..------ 319,321+-, 322, 333, 371, 392, 394, 416+, 417, 427
Chairman of executive committee (not of Board of Regents) -----..-----.-.-.-.---------- 1688
Regent, appointed -...--.----..----.- BS etd ee ee ariel eas SD ee Oa = ee 438, 1853
PAEEIRG SSE Cig See ee ramet as eon ra ee eee tia Sms ec Sus a acacia wee em ee eeeeee 463

Remarks by .-.-------.--------------.- 319,322, 333, 334, 344, 368, 369, 390, 403, 404, 405, 410, 411, 418, 415
URAL G2 2 RS Se ee a a ee ea a ee WEEE ese ee 322
Services of, in establishing the Smithsonian Institution -.._.._.....--..-...-.------ 1137 +-, 1688
imine Of HONGDOSAGL 205% vn <n cece ee Sed eee 1136, 1137, 1537-1539, 1552, 1553, 1688, 1710+-, 1805

oe PGi Teg MET esi LOTS epee aS app se oak eM os ee Ce pe Ah ae eee eee Sey Ls nse oe 286
SRBC RO) SES mes ee es Se EER Sey - 2 RSS OS SS Tecra t ame sae abeec eee cane See 212
mena ERIM Thy Pei eed 2 BO I eh SEI cee Ee saw oe ee ee 55, 209+, 301

- Packer University, South Bethlehem, Pa----......-.-----.------ C iniee na weleseetereeoniseeaes core) | LAD
Paddock, A. S.:

LESTE TES S00 4 es oto ee ig cere ne ee at te IO Bae nee Ee he ae TEP 790+, 1288
LS SSCL TLRVa a Cy eee 2 Ee se Mee Bares or Se eee yee A entre 1 es ene See ae So ae ae ie est 790
ateee MLN PILLAR ccc tse Oka. oi: De SE Iga ae ae See aes | HS ahs CM PS eine eee 789

Paine, H. E., Commissioner of Patents, member of the Establishment_.-.........-.-..-.-... 1849
Paintings, Indian. (See Catlin; Stanley.)

EAlcontolopy, omithsonian pr blicationsions-os5- 2-26) east oat ss25 2-2 Loos eees oo se nee e ecco en 548
peithaten is UNM ho SS Ss ae Ce ee Sep ne ge Seen OL gy Toa oe ee pen ee ee Seen Seay ee 1133
MEMO LE LOTIE LOM aoe teem setae eee, Seated oe arate ae SAU tose. ee JOR oo sece 747, 1748
UP CSG RST) 0) A ee PS OE ce bys ce aE ee tae ee atk. Boss ERIS 1132
Pampuiets, tor National Museum library -..: 2222 ese Ree Bet I eI Se cece con's 1815, 1821, 1822

Pan-American Exposition. (See Expositions, Buffalo.)
Pan-American Exposition Company. (See Expositions, Buffalo.)

Paris:
ROME INORG US Heys ME) EUS si. oa seek hlne se eenora use eS thea clesencs oosace secs 25
PPE CONS ILM AG ccs vaetn os soe ee ne Sk EL Oe a pe hey pce a so Le 7
MIMISEER ADS. ASS Se) ee ie ae DTC 2). 30. Db b .). ewy cl RRA ODE
Maplin pen Chiat COMOG HIGHS INE ects e AE haces etd cea hice u eee ase Pk eS ae 435

Sonvention ob sii onvmxchanees, ..'. =..225- 2 Soe eee ee. 2286: 25 905)9065985) 1494
Geographical conference for Exchanges ......< ~~<- -==--2-< ~~ sete 2 eo) ee eee eee te nen 896,897, 1147

Bern des Pint hessssaces acc. sce eee SR ee es 294, 300, 555, 560, 1162, 1489, 1831
AVS aSLYty eee y Se ees ae dhe korn oe. JER SEs OSS PUR 857, 1721
Oi aaN ALCny pee nso Ot Ct Os oe Rae Daan dates ce tena Beams antes aos 3 eee See 1545
[EUV SS) ih a ee See oe Ea nay ean See! Let eae P ee Me DESOOS OME 4 AAR atc 1h | 1193
Polviechnic school and! SchooliotMines ss 76 50.3 28s Re aie os ers es see 154
easy enea trl MOTEL TS Vier see bE OE re ete ie ae eh ae seh Sd eS ON eed ee ee 286
a EE ore in re Cees ek oe tok & Sioied de SR ERE Okt Pee Lekee A SS REPRE oR 1567
(See also Expositions. )

Park:
(BLTELI Dy oo oe eee SS eee ee eRe Pe Jae cine hse ater esha Saye seco MPR TORS EE per, ¢ I 1178
Meer McLee DTG Win QIRs ere 5 pe es tee le. eo on Ue erence 1178, 1181, 1183, 13869, 1489
RULE Cher ces as Ue ee een St LENE. ee es EOL Le Slice 1178, 1369
Roa ure eat ee ear Aa PE eras siete Sey eee 0. Se, NSS Se eee er coe alae 1178
COE Er vee) a Feitr ea pv EV Pes ifn gue SNe ey oe = ene a A eee ee ee ee ee ere 700
reat eS On EON suet e= leet eee en SOs SEE are RES 6 os ces cc lawn chen ses eeee 1489
ESAS een ne seca n Ags Se eet Pee RE PRS FS Fe gree ela ee Ese else nea dise aaa anes one 1178
FELT] Sic (a )y 6) 9) EUR B OE Soke BOE AS DE Se ee ee ee ee ee 700, 1184, 1193, 13869
“Pilseveteres ep olo) td hy ee ene ee, Ree ee ee Os, ee ts ere eae eRe Sf 8 1489
LEN EDE SEN Heh LEO) 50 0) ¢tepeee ee pail eR we ona CATT fa Se SPS Es De Me SAE sh pec Ce Dees eel ee ee 1162, 1489
Rock Creek. (See Rock Creek.)
TSIZHdT. 1 Ditel 9 a eh (31 (0 ere a elit feet Se ee See NO Reaver me OL Mey |e = 2 ts = 01) Fa ee ER ae ESTE Og 1178
Smithsonian. (See Grounds, Smithsonian.)
Par SONG MAY roe oa, Sa ere ene cee ee SUED Oe RR ER STW BN A aL 1178
WViSt ERLE SE} 22 Te ce soles oe See eee peed eee kees eee RO Sa) oes SO 2040 1178
Watestirt ree 9 Ssi6 ho sees yes eed ek Se i es BU reso octane DES LU 1178
HIM TON Oiby os: ot Sotee = Seca ee eee eee eee og a See 1036, 1178, 1212
(See also Rock Creek Park; Zoological Park.)
Wellowstoner: 2.552724 28=aicsapcessetelse1 tee seas 1151, 1168, 1365+, 1396, 1573, 1609
Zoological. (See Zoological.)

Parker & Co., New York, letter from, on investment of Smithson fund -__..-.-.-.----.----. 254

PaRken eee lor ks Ix CHAN COS its sc-2 Abo y asst s sods OU PE oe eo
PHMCOE WI GAr« POMATKS DYsee oe ke et es LE cee eee eee eo ee
PAR KOr i mul wHOMOPIA Li yas = tee. Le he os eh. eee. ua ened awewacteeee 1088

1944 INDEX.

Page
Parker; Petersssoesk soa Sak Se Se ee ee ae ee eeo oe eee ee ee 712
Member of building committee of Smithsonian Tastitrakion Suscs ee eens oe ee eee 834
Memorial*by, for National Museum. building, -.--4-—~-. 2 eae ee eee 734
Regent, appointed 2.22. 222.222 asee-h See ee We eee 669+, 717, 820, 1854
proposed 2.202 22S ses es see ee cee ee 706, 707, 708, 820
Tesioned 2 i222 2. = 2.22. eee Wed aoe eh ce Bee eae eee ee 939
Parkhurst’ d. HS engineers National Museums 22. S. 2 aes ee eee eee 1599
Parks, public, cost Of ooze ih above! Se Shh oS ee es ee Se cede eee 1489
Parliament, act of, governing payments to annuitants.-...-...-.. .-.--------- ---26--2-2e-eoe 32
Parliamentary documents, exchange ‘of; 21-2420... ea oe en oss eee 1548+-
Parrett, W. F.:
Motion by. <2 2csce ces aS anes sea eeeden Sab Senses ee eee 1539
Remarks: by. 2s22).2 25 cobs oes SALA LE eo oe ne ee es ee
Parris, Joseph, letter from, on fire protection of Smithsonian Institution -_-..____.----.---- 1667 -
Pasco, Saniuel; remarks py 22-2 22522555 eo ae Be ree ee eee 1414, 1766
Patent@iices Ae =: 2 sees eee 276, 278, 325, 356, 556, 583, 613, 614, 615, 624, 733, 814, 976, 1013, 1809
Act of organization of Smithsonian Institution, relative to, amended---...--..---.------- 767
Building, Smithsonian Institution, to form wing of ._...-.--....------------------. 481, 482, 1012
Chief examiner, proposed on board of managers on annual lecture course -_-----.------ 893
@ollections i Government; in.<2 022 22-2. eee eee eS 240, 511, 677, 720, 930, 1013, 1251
to be used by investigators and students-------_-------------. 1596
Gollectionsor ;wiuseumMn, ‘transfer ota = 2 o-oo eens 445, 470, 471, 472, 478,
475, 504, 505, 511, 603, 607, 615, 621, 622, 623, 624, 670, 673, 760, 930, 1009, 1011, 1012, 1013+, 1251
Commissioner of (See also Patents, Commissioner of) _-..... =---<.,------ .----2 J-cseeeeesee 1677
member of the Establishment ...- .+.... ..---. 22-2. s2<2---=-- 429, 445, 724, 1849
proposed as member of establishment of Sociological Institution. .. 1761
site of buildings of Institution to be approved by -----..--.-.---------- 431
title changed to Commissioner of Patents as member of the Estab-
lishmiont 2c sonics tee Pe a ee ee 767, 1849
Declaration of Independence, original in, to be restored----.--.-.-----..----.-----.------ 730
Employees in charge of Government collections, transfer from --_-_--.. .-..--------.------ 1014
Hnlargementiof, proposed .......s<s0csencsadeanencenesssese sass ee RR eeee ee eee 8 476)
Exchanges. (See Exchanges, International.)
Mire tert 2 2c esas ie sce nonce diem censeunig wae oe ERED oes AOR eee 786, 788
Historical collections, transfer of, to National Museum ..........--..--..--1-------------- 1009
National Museum originally under chargeiof .2-: 23... ..$ see sadn a eceneeeecnc ee ee 760
Official Gazettes -. Jo cess et Se So ek ns sees gacag SaceeaScoeeeeeen een ee 1005, 1497
Publications'of, wanted for Hxchanges=-....-= =...225.2 28 .cccnneecece wa Sep See
IRSPOPbOL - 25 So ws pate ae heated eee a Se ee eee 976
Smithsonian Institution building to be a wing)of- -<-.2-<--..2 2. - 22s Je eases 431, 482, 1012
Splendid Wealieiin ool. Sane eee eS. a eRe oe oe ce See ee 1012

Visitors'to;120,000 annually --~..2- 2-2 unssenenke aw nesceand vn nukass ease pose eee
Patent'rights; protected ‘at Chicago Exposition. ~<-. -.-- 2820. von onc woe weue eon onk ues eee eo

Patents; building for working models; proposed .- ees. -ncns< ce ee ee 1035, 1037
Patents; Conipiissionor ofsiss acs 2 ke seetien a oe 566, 589, 921, 1012, 1132, 1452, 1680, 1681, 1682+, 1684
Collections of Exploring Expedition, care of, by, proposed_...........-...---------------- 505
transfer of, from Patent Office desired by ---.---- 1251

GON os ee 470-477, 511, 607-622, 1013+

to Smithsonian Institution, opinion of
Attorney-General on .......-....---- 1251
to Smithsonian Institution requested
DY oes oieos on ss soo ee 930
Commission for fire protection of public buildings, member of-_-____-.__-.._---..--- 785, 787, 788
Substituted for Commissioner of the Patent Office as member of the Establishment- . 767,1849
(See also Patent Office, Commissioner of.)

Pattersonvel. Wc snccccas . 5-02 - -- 32 oectans mena coe ee ee ae 667
Appointed on committee of Regents on Smithson residuary bequest -_-----.--..-..-.--- 118
Bil motion or-rosolution:, by 2=sacsen eens seca ee eee See ee eee 115, 119, 660, 663, 665
Ree Slt ap POMMLOO es ahs ssi oi. = ee ee tS ee eee 657, 1538, 1853

Panldine sak. pecretary of the Navy... oo) 5 os- sec epeats eo eeea ene ee eee 217, 1011+
Letterdrom:jonySbateistocks. <.-22. 6. << sacleat eh pee a ee ee eet 260

fo onanyvestment of Smithson bequest....4<--- --.-.---. abe eel eee 259

Pavement, asphalt, west side of National Museum, estimate for__..__........------.--------- 1018

south andjeastfrontsiof sNational, Muscume. 22 2 oot sese ese. o) eee eee 948

IPayne,'S: hs, remarks Mayes - 3. S5 52 eb onns sce cae pens cele ac eet oe ee re 1777

Payson by, Bis. oese pen eale noosa coc oes ea nab ee cre eae nee et ee re a 1393, 1402
Bill by 52 2s sa ee Sen 2st = Se Ee ee, See ei 2 ee 1293, 1294

ee

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Page.

Peabody, George, granted to Smithsonian Institution 4 per cent interest on deposit of
LOAD YS A DIS (GV av Biya BING TS SR oe I eR a SS eS DR ESE NS 2a 115, 116+
Peabody, George, & Co., Smithson’s residuary legacy deposited with ............-.---- 114, 115, 116
““Peacock,”’ United States sloop, accounts of Lieutenant Hudson of-._._.--..-..---.---------- 46g
emcee WAMnOruLatt Olav asbIne tO DY .--.s-coccesnooce2 =p ana cosa secs omacenyacsunonaecnereasem Ose
Pearce, D. J., appointed o1 committee on Smithson boqaent:. Fe ot ee ene ee ee a
Tete, SES sno, Tk le el pe ae eS pepe eae ae ee es aa eee ee ee ee 525, 553, 619

UDisEn lh (Dee ae ee ee ee a ee Se ee ee eee eee aer see Mires!
Executive committee of Board of Regents, haermber Git tate Ae ee eh ee ee ee

Motion or resolution by----.---------- 465, 479, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486+, 502-4, 505, 506, 600, 604, 609, 610
SE EE HES Op OLS SL 210 RS, ee Sere en eee ea air a Se erm sy ene Oiler) t) tae,
Cir siar inn e(forairez ra RI haley Barry ate ys les ae ae ee ee as, ee eel ee eee Soe RE ee Se se 567
iP ere TSB (ENE ONT uefa eee ey TR ee ea eB a ep a ee ee en ae eS eal O58 ee Fh 2 3 609
Remarks by ....-------- 296, 297, 471, 473, 480, 504+, 505, 512, 524, 534+ , 612+, 613, 614+, 615, 616, 619, 623
erat IM OAT ATONILENT CS DV cee occ eee eee is 2 Oe a ee. oe Oe ee ae OO rte
Peirce, Benjamin, letter from, on management of Smithsonian Institution eee ne Bao 556, 583+
SPRERESTIESETE LT EIOMS EEL YICUS 3 ere eee nen ee eee ee eee ee oe eee ere ope Se ee es 51,81+, 82
PURER RE OS ION. ono case ee cae po oad Se nie esos hence See eee wos eo eee es 72, 73, 75, 86, 87, 88, 89, 91
Opinion of, as counsel of United States for Smithson bequest---.--.-----.---.---- 15, 16,21, 51,52
BReistined as COUNSOL in Smithson Suites o> esse ee eee Se kk ok doa cee 21, 36, 72
FPonalty for private use of franks on mail matter... ..2.22625--25 Js---04--- seen lee -n ee basen 768
Preeti CASO) hi OND Wiseecea= mee eee cae Soe een eee nas aw cee ocd Seeds can 1600
Pennington, William, appointment of Regents by ....-.--..------.-----------.----.--+--++---.- 609
Pennsylvania:
RCP OMME SIO L Sra Goce, Sen oats oa oe a CREE eRe mene aaah Gea SS Em eNE coined in ewn 688
ShPaEenimiand SCHOO! Of INdiIstrial Anton... 58cts sons cee oe eee Se aes cwk een 1595
IRGRONTS TOM, ...=.==2-2-.nonenso=ss- Bee eweS Se eee oe ae ee eee in tees Sa ee 1855
Rens CM LENO Bol tere rae rare er semua cet ps RG ke ay ae Oe ee oe ee ence we Shue Senet see 262+
Pennybacker, I.S.:
LONGUE co 6 oe SEE Reg Bg NR RE YO) es ieee A Sees Ss eo BEA ee oo ee rae 436, 437
UPS yESBUai gy eZ OOUTAN 1 (6 ee aR ey Sal een ee! Bree ee gn is 5 ee pe 436, 1852
BeruoMOTice arcnicee cure. OL, DUI GINO Ohseas, Soir. ghee sce = tay alee eto ee Seen tee a eae 936, 972
ita tnmC TANTS SION OI OL = 513.5 Ac 5 Fae hoa Sena oe se oe ene eae ake oa were one - se ce See al ipey
are DOLotny. DOQUOsh LO) OmMithRon. PY. .+-~ 252 22-5 6%— ee oe ane ee eee eos ecacan Sebo ees uadee 55
Percy, Elizabeth:
KnastOl Simon SO sa iOUNOl o- a. sae a uba ee eek aoe oes ee esos Ree ee eee 54
IOC SEU SM SIC NSOR aa oon An eee et a me of arate cao & tee de Seen aaa ee oe 54
CPi G0 EDICT AEA ie pe eae 8 ee ee 8 Oe en ree es eee ee ae ee ae eee 131, 132, 133, 137, 497
Percy, Lord, half brother of Smithson, at battle of Lexington --_--...--.-..-----.-----.------ 1381
Pomadicnis Lor Nations) Museum. lipnary.--... 20.. 2-2-7552 2225 leoekseo. oko cet ee 1815, 1821, 1822
Sac NELOT Halo uLOM DY os > es eas. so ose tas eee eee sere eee dene Sac oe See eae cone eee see 544
IPSCRIDS his: Wi.y OL DY ss. -.cssss--5- + re re eae Oe ea a ee es eee eee ee 1561
Perkins, F.S., prehistoric copper implements collection, purchase of ----- 1543, 1544, 1558, 1600, 1601
Perkins, G. D.:
ESTED eee See a eee ree Seat Sere Pee ee ee eo Sey et Pe ee 1814
IERESER ISRO E) Opies ein ee eens oe Pe 8 See See es Se ee ene 2 St eee 1726

Permanent International Exhibition. (See Expositions, New York, Philadelphia. )
nero sheain clerk, National MUSOU: - 15. soos cos bare Set ae esta ne cas Spe enon wn aaa IOGS

Perry, M.S., gift of Japanese collection to United States through._-_-...-..----. 770, 989, 1009, 1802
Teeetita TP TO) 2 2S 2 ele aR AE A ah Oe Se OR PN Bey SP le iy Stay eave oe er pe ere Beet fF 960
Personal effects of Smithson. (See Smithson, James.)
Peru:
Exhibits from, at Philadelphia Exposition given to United States -_....-.-....----.----- 764
PEiominest x PE ULUION WOPKS LOR == 08s on. cane an a ee eee as i oo See oon aa
TRE LTIS LEC) (6 Ea OE Oe ee ee ee ee ee Se eee eae ey eee eee As eeeny see 434
TPaiPetes) [SB RVR G09) lige 8) 0) eee ae SORE Pee ne YO a Tea ar a ee ae 1470, 1472, 1473
Petition of—
Parirosah. fOr application.Of PmMisnsSOnN TUNG, S2s.5 52. .< soecee cote ccc cence cnoncnte cee 226
Townend Glover, to purchase entomological plates -.....-...-....---.-------------------- 812
Thomas Johnson and others, to establish Smithsonian Institution _.___....---..------.-- 280
Kentucky Agricultural Society, for agricultural school or college in Smithsonian
ea ARRON c= a ae po a eel aS ee ee ee hee one oa - an ca verbiempine apace 183
N. V. Knickerbocker and others, to establish Smithsonian Institution -.-....---.--..--- 280
Horatio Merriam. Ol Smithson Ded West=-s2< <2 22. - 2222-26 Seaee ees - <2 a cdvn Sanna wocdae 241
Railway officials, for section of steam transportation in National Museum-.---..-..---- 1014,
1015, 1018
Washington, citizens of, for Centennial Celebration of Constitution -_-.....--..------.-- 1033

(See also Memorial.)

1946 INDEX.

Page.
Pettibone; “ANH JU. 220222 Cee ce ee Ss eee ee 920
Pettigrew; BiB) sss isos 2 ide ak ae ee ee ae ae a 1414
Resolution | by 22 ioe oa ee ee ee ea ae eee ooo
Pettit, John,'report. by = +..=<2+02 22. eee SelsaviceLte pes BER eee eee 540

Phelan, James:

Bill by’ 2s.222es cates ek lose cwaddes elle SRE Se Se Ree ns ne ee

Remarks by 2222322281252 22 0 es hs Sa ie Baek ee ee
Phelps; JoS:, remarks! by 2222 ss425 28sec. nese bese se ge sa eee See he da es ee ee
Phelps, 'S.:S.; remarks by .23. 42275522215 ee ee ae
Phelps, W. W.: J 3

Bi yess 222542 leo aa sce staat toh oe See eae eee 2 Oe SE ee 1225

Regent) appointed os2-22.22.22- Soc seen cess So tes Sasa oe a5 eR eee ee ee EERE 1 CULT Oenleset
Philadelphia:

Board of Trade, memorial by, for new National Museum building ---- -_..-------------. 1317

Centennial Exposition. (See Expositions.)

Electrical Exposition. (See Expositions. )

Export Exposition. (See Expositions. )

Exposition ASsociabtion “= 2.223 == 2225.50 Fo 555 SOS eae 5 2 oe Sete ces ES vase re ee ee

Fairmount Park, as site for Centennial Exposition 22222 22-2. Steet = ae ee 700
Fire in, destroyed works and plates of Exploring Expedition --___._...--..---..----.-.-- 511, 603
Franklin Institute electrical’exposition -:-- = S522 yee bee eee ee 890
Medical colleges in-----.--- syddedee does seed cece eSes Fe ecng Se ee ee
Mint, United Giates! azeatee of talssan oo os See eh ee a BLO ee neice

Smithson money deposited Dts fo enteowee at eee ene 101, 107, 108, 109, 185

(See also Expositions. )

Museums, ‘trustees of .---23. 2.03 secs Soe Eas be ey Se a a Re eee eae

Parks ims. -22 228i see Soe hee ee ee ae Bees TO ey eee

Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art to receive unclaimed money from

Philadelphia Centennial board of finance. 1... 2221-2 <. 2222-25-56 osenes se oonnaee sneer

Permanent international exhibition. (See Expositions. )

OOto ae eae aya ~ave ae oa ch 33 2 Nass Se 2k ere
Philharmonic Sicny music ic by. ak Henry y statue services?: ui. gb .92- Ske Sa ee eee
Philippine Islands:

Colléétions from; estimate for *- 4-2 ssss23 sacs 2 eee ee eee 1820, 1836

Ethnological research in, proposed __--.-._-_- Ses tec/acacad Soacee Rasa ce det lees en

Exhibit from, at Philadelphia given to United ‘States - a dW bods aocasheb seeeh eee a enor

(See also Expositions, Toledo.) :

Phillips, Ellen Emlen,and others, memorial by, from Colonial Dames --.-...--..-.------------ 1765

Philology:
Powell’s'researches in- + 4.28 aos, ee oc LE ee 858
Smithsonian publications ons 2:52). 2:sss5 42 ss es eee eee eee 548

“Philosophical transactions” of Royal Society .2 222-2. en sc. as Soe eee eee
‘“Phosnix,” John Stevens 2/3 se So Lae ee a ee
Photographic views of Philadelphia Exposition to be omitted from published report.... 885,887

Physical science, memorial by W.R. Johnson for application of Smithson fund to---...---- 146
Physics:

Smithsonian publications on’ 222925 222 2 ek Sa as ee ee 547

Wilkes’ volume on, to be completed and published ---.-....--.-------------------...------- 692
Physiolory, Smithsonian publications’ om 2222-2 .tt aie. ee eee eet eee eee nee coe eee ee ee 548
Pickler 7A. SROMIALKS Dy: . << 225: 2524222552555 o oa bees eee ase een eereane 1605, 1611, 1626+-, 1648
Picture gallery, destroyed in Smithsonian fire 2-2.0-2.2 22625 Soo 2- eae te eee eee 643
Pierce, Franklin, President of the United States:

Member ot the mstablishment \ 200052 22 sige ee eda cece cae ee eee 566, 1847

Presiding oficer of the’ Establishment --.--2<<22.aeccs .neees bee baa eee oe ee 567
Pierrepont, Edwards, Attorney-General, member of the Establishment _.. --.-------------- 1849
Pilling, J. W., chief clerk; Bureau of Bthnolopy 2222.2 <: -. sockaencesasen-oes coe eee 977, 1540
SPIN)? SPATIBO CAPAV Ol... 2. 5c occas eee ham oe ee nero eee ere ee ee 1585, 1638
Pisa, Italy:

Heo. Eungerford, death and burial in S2stes he eee eee ee 12,13, 25+, 51, 57, 76,77, 81

RoyaltHotel ime-c t=: .-. 2 0. LIE SE Oe ee eee 57
Pittsbure itasenmit 2... ae ee en ee ee eee 1720
Plants, American; collection of,in National Museum: -+ 2222.2... 62225 2.225.s222.- eee 1732
Plates:

Entomological. (See Glover.)

Of Exploring Expedition.’ -._____. Le a 488, OS BOR T6Sr bu, oe

Of fractional currency, pr cpa preservation of,in Smithsonian Institution ---..-.-.- 790, 791
Pistons £62 oe Soe ewan | 2 raise set cOQLE el: ea diving! Sa es a

INDEX. 1947

Page.
Platt, O. H.:
BG ot PESOLION IDV se = 2 nn eos seo aes egy ann lee cal Sana seat ee 1268, 1559, 1778
JELSE cya rats) aay Coy rte) Ue eh Beek Ree ee is Se Sie a ee eR ae a eS ee ee re 1775, 1852
IRCIMAU RSW sae neon coca ner rccanewteee 1277, 1282, 1382 1541, 1542, 1683+-, 1684, 1725, 1755, 1756, 1757
TRG Ta Le] Lah ces ae rs al Air hy Se a SO eas eer ee ee eas ee ese Lael 1683
Pleasanton, Stephen, Fifth Auditor, Treasury Department:
EMOTE Cae LA ISSN RY VEST tues PL = fl a aaa ar era ae ap rapes Alp eee ae PRR ee RCI ayo oe 108 .
letter to John Forsyth on Smithson bequest: <2: 2. <2... 2-22 52 50 seen essen oe a= =e 48
Nyaa Cs eerecOl MolON Dy ms oea=s ooo eae oon oe is So ae eo So ee eS oe See eee 177
CP innit Th [eee ore oe ee Be Ent ne on See Ses ee 950, 1288, 1483
ER OL eee es ee oe nn Steno po ete Sanae cae iaes cae nto a eRe eels eae 949, 1331, 1332
[AYES DEPW ELEGY Dp gael SR pa ay Sa Pace yt ee ty ee TR PTE RNS EE ROE = 923,
: 949-+-, 9834-, 984, 1174, 1332, 1859, 1413, 1455, 1456, 1457+, 1458, 1459, 1483+-, 1534, 1535-+-
TRIN DRED Eh MYA Ioire ree 2 OR a ee Se Oe ee eee = em er 9k Se 212
Poe) M,.chier marshal at unveiling of Henry statue ......2.--.- -_---. 2. 2 essnssp- someon 921
UDR LE ce eR Ste IO OE Ome eee ar ey Sp ea 217, 1009. 1011+
Bree PES Ge Rete ber eee Soe ee ere A th See ee ee oe ek See Mes en ait Poe ean Ses Seg 672
Mstroan or PeSOlntiONnt hy; sai eee boss sen be ses cok see ao utes Jeena anos 670, 682, 689, 690+-, 691 4-
NePeERttappOlmLodr.. 2-606 2 25.28 SW eo, cue. cence peeps See pe otto weno ae 667, 669, 681, 1853
ESeTRUIPLISC HSU oe ee Lae tee, SL ee ecto. Miner, 670, 671+, 672, 691+
PMlanminie ATCC OX PCCIblON)..-. 0. -- =< s.2sdbwe- dene ape ey aa nce oe 728 + , 865, 866, 867, 868, 869
(See also Bessels, E.,and Hall, C.F.)
Police, Metropolitan:
PP PETOR Cig esse 2 es Ak ON Fe stag BE es 2a iets oa Webs aee 742
Superintendent of, to issue permit for shooting game------..----.------------------------- 1827
ROUC VOL SInIGHsOnian INAtIbUbiON ~~ - .... <i... 4-ss-5 aseeve eases 511-599, 676, 1176, 1337, 1379, 1383, 1678
Pikes. Eresicent.member of the Mstablishment= 9-2-5 se2e 5 ee. < oo = el coe 1847
Polk, erastan aE ay I ee es A ee Se Ee Pre os rer eae ee ee 613+,
614+, 617+-, 619+, 623, 624+- , 626 4-
Pe. EW. ESSN SOr, LOOs. soa22 2225 So22 25 ae ead eae ee aha see Ste oa awe eo 1597
NIE MEI OR TG HL Dye ete ees we ee A San = ROE Se rt eee ol. 2 eee 462
rene, Clone BE CNan ren a s2c as ecn cas soa eean Caseee aaa s cae Dossueaeasee = ne hag ses ada- 1597
Polack... watchman, Nablonal IM USCUM: 2.00 .- +2 shomecen ewes Sete aloe oe cae oe ee 1599
TETRA AT lee] (C0 a i eS Se eR a tC ae ORS ree Pete Se ae ae Py ES 199, 209
Poole, W.F.,corporator of American Historical Association ---...-..----------------- ---- 1220, 1223
sPorpoise,”’ United States brig, Ringgold expeditiomin -.-.:-.2.222)22---2-4--225-04-5 =. 2425+ 467
Peto Hous, brance; 2d Verbisements in, by Mr Rush: ©. ---<..-52)_. cee Soe bese ke 25
Eonar. 1). approves How rabo Gx podimOn=> 20-52 225. 5 = feces 2 eee aoe ae 795
Porter, Noah:
Henry statue services, oration: by=-:-.=.----.--.---+2-ss.2.4--4- Sy ae ee ate ee eee 921, 922
ENON fee OUl Lets seen son een ees cot ae Som a= oes ee eee yee ade ees 784, 939, 1854
PITOD ONO ae naa as wo oe amma e ee re ee aortas St a a pelea Rees ee ee ae 783
ECAC EEL CACT ene OE eee aE eS eae on ede ea a ee 1273+, 1274+-, 1553, 1555
Portland, Oreg. (See Expositions. )
BaELOied, Gstiinate tor collecnions-in =) 228 2 6 iene Sane ca anaes eee 1820, 1836
(See also Expositions, Toledo. )
Portrait of Joseph Henry, for memorial volume .-._-.-.-----.------------ ------ os eh 806+, 820, 82
proposed for the Smithsonian Institution -__-._--_--------------- 823
Eortrait.of Smithson, saved. from. Smithsonian fire= 222.04. .---..252 --- 22-22 ce noe eon nce eee 642
Aeenee TLS DOLOREINE GO ST DUSOM. | 2255 cone ea See ee Mae eee = obo kat can lacelsosamems 99
of Chief Justices of the United States, to be lent to Chicago Exposition ---- .----- 1595
of Washington and Guizot, saved from Smithsonian fire ---..---.---- act a 643
Portugel and the Algarves:
Vow enhiOMOl Om Wm XCUANDOR 222) tos a een eee Neem oo. Joe 978, 1140, 1701, 1705
Exhibits from, at Philadelphia Exposition given to United States _._-_._-...--..-------. 764
pepioning tis DCGIblON WOLKE LOM soscssoesuese se oces cee eae we cade n ons eeseno ke ae Coe 320
cca mmenS eT LIRR Ve Se cee eee ee en eee Ue oS a ne hn a a ok 1308
Post, Washington:
Account in, of Order of Rising Sun, conferred on Horace Capron..---.---.-.---.------- 1280-1282
Pena et Pest O11, OCI OP ICH Al ki niente) teen eee Sa eee, 5c a5 we noeeeee = 1443, 1452
Postage:
Hreap- ton Smithsonian (Institution, ...0-. 2-900 ek eine caneke co ee 485, 500, 699, 767, 818, 819, 961

Sognsonian mail maiber not limited in weight 22 --- 2 oe ceeee. ~~ n6 = weds cee tmealdena ye LIAO
(See also National Museum, postage. )

ME OUUMIEReTenOnRlos. sues AL et ee Se: 921, 1672, 1680, 1681, 1682
Nawonal Institution, proposedas director of ..---.---:--. 222226... i .-2- nabdonie nena pean 217

Smithsonian Institution Establishment, member of .-..-.-.- 429, 445,566, 724, 767, 1452, 1689, 1848

1948 INDEX.

Page.
Postmaster-General—Continued.
Smithsonian Institution, proposed as trustee of ......-.-.-...-------.---------------- 215, 235, 273
Sociological institution, proposed as member of establishment of -__.----.------.-------- 1761
University of United States, proposed as regent for -.-..----.---------------------------- 1530
(See also Expositions, Post-Office Department. )
Postmaster-General; Assistant..-.=-.-22 29S) soe Se. eee 1671
» Post-Ofice Department ...223-. 9s 2-3 ee Ste oat RS Ree ere ae 141, 747, 748, 756, 757
Board,on Geographie Names, representative OH: 22° --2. S2sck. 222s eke e oot wo ee eee 1557
Contracts by; tor supplies: . 2. . 22s. see nce ee eee eee eck ae es eeeee Lee 1670
Statutes relating toi... so ence Se evi pencena Se sees aces = eee eee tees ne eee eee 699
(See also Expositions. )
Post-office to be established at Chicago Exposition .. -.--.--~ 2. -cee-- 3 een enna ee 1585
Posts, military, collections in 2.2222 = 22-5222 -.c- 22 este ae Sheed ce ne ens = ee ee ee 1259
Potomac Flats:
TMproyvement! Of 2.23.0 ae ete ae een ae nese e ena Sk See eee 1035, 1192
Proposed ag site TOP 200)... 2 ee ane ee a ee ee er 1154, 1166, 1181
Potter, E. D., appointed on select committee on Smithson bequest------.---.----------------- 242
Potter, E. N., president of Union College, approves Howgate expedition .___.-..-----.------ 795
Potter, Henry; account with Smithson bequest._......-- --- sowce~ sane een ee ene 97
Potter. Ov. remarks by .24.--- 22s sseeo- 522 oak ee a ee ee eee 934
Pottery from Nicaragua presented to National Museum ---....-...---.---.---.-.-------- 1726, 1727
PoOwelldsaW aadhes cee ose aes ese ane eee 857, 858, 860+, 861, 862, 977, 1003, 1541+, 1542, 1619, 1620, 1622, 1623
Collections from, to National Museum ~ =... ....2 302) 2-2 aces eee ee ee ae W71+
Ethnological researches by, recommended by Secretary of Interior to be under Smith-
sonian: Institution 2.20. 225 » 22255222 SR ee ee eee a eee a ee re 818
Ethnology; Bureau) of, appointed Director of —.. 25. so. seees oe ee re ee 1540
connection: With 222s ee Sa cae ane eee ones 1539, 1540
cost of. report Of; 52222 =252254-4525.cncessooeees eee enciecan eee 1027
Exploration and’ survey of Colorado of the West .....-...-._ ..-<22----.~--25<=---- 679, 686, 699+
Geological Survey, appointed Diréctor Of =. ss-. 2225-22226 - soe fone oe ene
Indian'tribes; investigation of, by 22-25 sosso2s 22 ees tceen wo wceb ences ee eee nee eee eee 857
TiGGiOn EVOMN. =5 = ooo ce = 2s, ose See ec cea ose ea ae ee 858, 1022, 1023, 1133, 1271
Publications of, wanted for Exchanges -.:. 222-2222 22- 25st scses voces sasce eee ssse eee eee 97
Power of attorney given by President, United States—
To Fladgate, Clarke, and Finch, to collect Smithson bequest.---.-------------------- 118, 114, 115
To Richard Rush, for Smithson ‘bequest <2 722) U.c2 Jens soto =e - soesee eee see eee 9, 14, 41, 48, 56
Power, T; C., resolution DY... ~2-5 so02 gene oon = ce odo ea Se nase oes Se ee eee See ed cen ee 1539
Pratt. T. Ge remarks Dy 25.2... 22285 onan ae Soe eee ee ee ee ee oe ee 504+
Prayer by James McCosh at Henry statue services. --....-----.-------------- cena 804
IPTEIACGS. “tess 2S Accs aos cesses accel sao ccapes itch ooo os aon Sentence oae ee ako eee eee Vv

Preparators of National Museum, list of... 2c sco, cons sete s oe cee eee eas ee eee
Preservation of collections. (See National Museum.)

TOPOS evo ore sock LCE AL Ost ea ein eee aba oe abe eee See ces ee es 907

game in District of Columbia, act relative to --.--.---..--------------------- 1826

President of Senate .--....---.----- Sev cdesi ete totes bees amcucy Aten Cae ee eens Sea ee eer 532
Cincinnati Exposition, committee to visit and report, appointment by ---.-------.------ 1120
Smithsonian Institution, proposed appointment of managers of, by --------------.------ 323
Regents. list of; appointed DY 2. 2022 - sc see - acne = neces a cenceeeeeee 1852

three to be: appointed ‘by: 22... 2.222. see xxi, 480, 725

trustee of, PrOPOsed ws ss6se50 oon wakeew ee sees wens ae eee ee eee 235, 273

Washington Exposition, board for proposed, appointment by .-.-.-------.--------------- 1038

(See aiso Vice-President of United States. )
President of the Senate pro tempore:

At ChiIgOn DMs esac hee on ects Sapenlsins adon es enee ne eeheees en Bobs Fe 1S ae ee 506
Brightah 0D coach an aw S204 <1 sk ce ee Eee eee ee 505, 511, 601
Carpenter; MUM S=. 2<ss...----- asl estes acdsctem Sass aa see saeco eee e ene ea ee eee 705
Cullom, Ss Mies os nce. oe pee Seen oe a eS acwee Wane pees CERES Soe eee eee 1721, 1725
DavAs Da VAG <i eee cane coca cnc eta cte Saacon Weanes Meee nee oe ee 920, 929, 1852
Mesunds; Gs Wyse e 572 ob ee pL Sr as 938 +, 949, 950+, 952+, 953, 957, 958, 967, 971+-, 1852
RBPRY DOW cana eeeans 6-0 os 5 Sane eee ea eee ER Eon ee eee eer ee 731, 802, 806, 1852
MOSEBT Wir. UN. sete aan we =o ance ee co tee aeRO EN er 660, 1852
rye, Wis Pat seers 2. - 22 tsa 2t5dd coset. cone aes eee eee at oes eee 1299, 1302, 1303, 1852
Gallinger diz Hisssseeoe os ~ -~ 25 ssc eses eee eRe eee Oe ee ee ee 1779
Impalas sije:-ape enemas - = - aaa eee 1064, 1067, 1071+, 1084+, 1099, 1100+, 1230, 1531, 1536+, 1852
Mand erson: Ohare |. ee ee ee ee eee 1089, 1099+, 1527+, 1542+, 1546
Sherman: J ohnaasestee- = = 2c oe eee 982, 983+, 987 +, 988, 1008, 1010+, 1041, 1043, 1044, 1852

Wreade; 33) Boe See. so ce re ee ee ee ee eee 1839, 1852

INDEX. 1949

Page.

President of United States. 10,11+-, 16,17, 18, 21,31, 38, 52,53, 54, 115, 119,127-+-, 128, 129, 130, 135, 186+, 141,
142, 144, 155, 173+-, 177, 184, 185+, 186+, 187, 188, 205+, 206+, 216 +, 219, 227+, 236, 237+, 239, 269,

275, 276+, 306, 317, 336, 399, 408, 489-+-, 445, 489, 490, 507, 559, 560+-, 587, 588, 610, 658, 659, 687, 688,

697, 698+, 700, 702, 703, 709, 744, 746, 752, 755, 792, 793+, 794, 795, 801, 804, 806+, 828, 882, 884, 888+,

921, 953, 954, 955, 962, 963, 967, 1036+, 1037, 1038, 1050, 1055, 1056, 1080, 1115, 1120, 1121+, 1122,

1139, 1304+, 1340+, 1341, 1342, 1347, 1352, 1878, 1888, 1454, 1485, 1501, 1507+, 1508, 1509, 1510, 1512,

1513, 1529, 1582, 1583+-, 1586, 1587, 1590+, 1592, 1614+-, 1615, 1629, 1631, 1636, 1637, 1640, 1657, 1658,

1681+, 1682, 1683, 1686, 1745, 1749, 1752, 1753, 1792+-, 1793, 1799, 1803, 1804, 1824, 1825, 1838, 1847

Pitas DOsLPOI ene OL iain 2 2.2. panes Sacer = pase Sao eens Scat ane Seen a ae gee ee eee 636
from National Academy of Sciences on transfer of Government collections
from Philadelphia Exposition .-.--. ....---------- Baek Sete (oe ee 752
from Secretary of Smithsonian Institution-.-.-...-.-.---.------1-.. ---------- 768, 1677
PNT Oo rea ee a eae namin eatte snes aaa Seance woedeaieeas an eoeree 1773
Moniarial co, py vheodore, De iba Batats=- msc: ooo soncsecaccat erase cee aseee cates eeeee 32
IMGSSRUG Ofer e cst ee2 ene ---- 125, 145, 146, 225, 241, 400, 438, 769, 785, 794, 842, 885, 895, 962, 1044, 1057+
Name of, not introduced in lawsuits in United States -..._.....---.----.-.---.----------- 22
MBOG UI SUM GS et eh an ee oh oo as sete tad Se cera ei cn oaeteee eee eee aoe 22
Order by, forbidding removal of Government exhibits from Philadelphia until action
PY VaRONSEE ES RON B yi ee heen eee aes oe od eis ame eee ane oer RA een oa aa aennans nec tense SS 753

POPUPaLi OF. PLODOSCG PaLeryOl. . 020 0- sadn as o\nasatasen= sense one see eecea a deen asco euce, LOBD
Power of attorney, to collect Smithson’s bequest, given by, to Richard Rush ___ 9,14, 41, 43,56
to collect Smithson’s residuary bequest, given by, to Fladgate,

Wlarke,angtMineh 82. cee sion cane fee misen ae csn Saha c ke wanes 118, 114, 115
Proclamation! Of, 2- sess ee so east cnese occas bese neeeceet aetna 700, 889, 967, 978, 1139, 1511, 1704
RGIAGLYy.C TOVAMOErICan UNLV OLSLLY ©. 25-2 ouse. co cee secaem aes anne eee nee neo el ene memenn. 1532
PAPMOr DUMGINS. ooda.. a5 oon pe ene ee aaea eee caee sateen cae ses ebenen ccc: cool! 599
Board on'Geoeraphic Names! 2 iss5 -cesce sean sana eee ee eat eee awee sae hopes 1557
business, quarterly reports on condition of ---.-----------.---------..-------- 1829
CTV AIBOINVI CO res ae ee re ce ae eee race eee eet eee ae aetna es oe ea 1767, 1768
Wolumbus memorials =.= sco. sooo no tea seen e rene Trae eee on aas tose a seeeeee 1501
Fish Commissioner, appointment of -------_.--.-----.------.--- 1046, 1051, 1065, 1106
lectures, proposed course in National Museum ---.----------..--.-.-..------ 894
MTT elroy, UCN chy LeU SOUINN sce ae ee eee eee eee leek ee ee 1260

National Park. (See Rock Creek Park.)
Rock! Creek: Park oases as sees oe rentals se ee ie aoe eteaeeeeteee 1107+, 1303, 1807
ROalINVOSbiPablon ooo see esto eee sas oes nen aoe en ee eos tee ssa ae eees Sa etee 1766
SHIeIds'S SWOLAS ise ane se cee cons same Seaver eae cee cee ere aee ee ees sete 1126
Smithson bequest----. 8, 9, 13, 14, 20, 23, 25, 26, 41, 43, 56, 109, 113, 114, 115, 142, 143, 144, 145
Simithson,s und teaser eee ce peek coe, eae tec ee eee ee eee 145,171,172
SinithsoniansMistaplishimonte s<- cece a ae eee ce a= ser eee ee eee ROC
Xxili, 429, 434, 566, 567, 724, 726, 767, 1452, 1677, 1678, 1685, 1689
Smithsonian Instipution sss sese= ae eens eae cee e eee ee 173, 175, 180, 388, 431
Sociolopicalinshitimblons— es see wee aes cane ee ee ene eee a 1761
Sbabe) DONGAMRGLOSD ON! <2 =- 28s o. Sa ese oe ek See ee Se 332, 392, 419
University of Resesrch-and Medicine, 225-3552 22-j<2255 sasese = 2s oe 939, 940
University of the United States -_.._...-----..-- 1530, 1629, 1655, 1656, 1658, 1659, 1823
ZOOlomieal bain kis Sa 2 A ES PU ees ee Se 1150, 1172, 1219

(See also Expositions. )

President of United States v. Drummond, account of ._--...-......--.--------------------- 70, 71, 72
parties in Smithson suit -.---.-..-.2.....22 22 53, 73, 92

Presidents of fifteen American republics

Preston, W. B., Secretary of Navy, member of the Establishment ___-.-.---.-_....--_._..._. 1848

PROAUOWUO Ws Clos cece ston so tase son cats booms ntasla aaa soeeaae aoe eee Oe LL 137, 140, 306, 307
Appointed on committee on Smithson bequest ..------....-..-.----.----..-2------------ 169, 225
Bal MOvOn. OF TESOLUUION: DY 22s32=2..-5-s0e Soe sadccscs ceado bene as sees SenL LY 136, 217, 225, 226, 238, 466
EA CHUs AD DOINLOO) 222.45 sasaeoesksce sotee Soames See eee he ene BSS Oh SE ANE Be 438, 1853
SE MOTES ERIN SS OY oe enact AIO VIE ag Sone Been ae eee Se 136, 138, 141+, 168, 221

Eaiiitor Istanos, INVeEstication Of LUD Seals ON =~. --22522<22.5250 ese Senne oa ab ew oe thoes eane 1766

Price OUrrent, MOHGOM | MELCHNUMG:<s2cseu scaces aesasa cose ecdla cues aeces co ccls Looetee et eee 62

PCM era rarii T OMarice DV ao 5 er eas oten es ce oes saan ke auaas 6 cae e eee se os acecsscen ee ee 803+

Erica LO NOL DY sae. 22342 22250282) 8s iss esses ts ater ssa sea see nena cscs scans ulaaeeeee 690, 691, 692

Primace onshipment of goldiof: Smithson fund, 522.5. = 5222cccsesaton cna stss senses ceeve- sp eoee 102

Privicmward, sng wine Newer voOnkic: 2.fo22 208) see yee 28) yee: Soa aes ona

Princeron OOnege iW RLVErslvy,) -<22.62225 22-5526 .200 so one oe eee os eos ee 140, 804, 805, 922

Pcie een avin MOON yess Hoe oes tee os eee ye eee eee. > LL ee 538

Printer bu Ol Coneressional oes ns... oe eee. ESS oe Se | ss oo eR ee 680,

724, 824, 851, 852, 922, 929+-, 975, 976, 977 +, 1123, 1182, 1492, 1558, 1627, 1670, 1671+, 1814

1950 INDEX.

Printer, Public or Congressional—Continued. Faee
Decision of, as to editions of Proceedings and Bulletins. ....-------.--.--- ---------------- Lit
Delaysiof, in publication of reports <= 22-22 oe eae eee ee oi a ear 1025, 1130
Documents by, for Exchanges, not furnished by 222-2222 - 2. seas ee eee 974

proposed resolution;to supply-s-.. 22-222 os---si2e2-o- Yeo 1144

required ito furnish. 3 US eee ee 975

laws relative torprinting ae. )22ee0e eae aoe eee eee eee eee 1695, 1696
Postalteculations fore 2-22 22222 ~~ sea eee ete a eee ole eee oe 961

Public business, to print for Departments only matter authorized by law or necessary. 962
Report of Smithsonian Institution, as soon as received from Secretary, to be printed

1 ee eee oe Here Seer iee eh Mer eens eeea n= sana sess epee Saeco se 1022
Restriction‘asto printing by 2220 s2c 0s hoe Be ee ee ee eee 1696
Printers, resolution of inguiry respecting ---- 2.2220 --. (Laas ee eee oe eee 1596
Printing and binding, public .-.....------------- 728, 962, 1042, 1043, 1625, 1628, 1629, 1670, 1695, 1696, 1697
Printing and engraving, public, estimates for, of Bureaus to be made separately and in
Gebel a en a ee ee IS a ee 1042
Printing Plessis OF Die arb Ol. een ae oe eee ee ee 340
Printing, public, documents costing more than $500 require concurrent resolution- ---.---- 1123
Executive Departments, reports, of, illustrations in, to be restricted _... 1544
restricted to public business-_---.-_. 1268

to be furnished Congressional
Printer by November 1, and third
Monday of November-----_---.-.-- 724
expenditures for, to be made pro rata quarterly -.-----.------------------- 1042
National Museum. (See National Museum, printing.)
proposed legislation! LOT 2.. .2 ose. sae she Ween nn ee eee en

rerulation of Government Teports =o se aan seen ee ee ee eee 962
Smithsonian Institution, statement in regard to, by S. F. Baird_--........ 1022
Smithsonian Institution, scientific tracts and treatises, proposed for--------.---- 338

(See also Report, Smithsonian Institution.)
Private property destroyed in Smithsonian fire_.--.-.---------------------------------------- 643
Privilege of floor of the House of Representatives. .....---.----------------------=--------.--. 1132
Of the Senate sone. - 0. at eee eee een ee eee ee 949-952, 1132

Prize, Berlin Fishery. (See Baird, S. F.)
Prizes for essays:
Proposed for Smithsonian Institution -.....-----..--... ---- ~~ 2-2 nnn e one en wn === = 226, 389
Rejected by Smithsonian Institution —.- 2 2 2-2 ooseee <ontae = ee eee oe ee
Proceedings, National Museum. (See National Museum, Proceedings. )
Proclamation by—

President Arthur, on opening New Orleans Exposition - ----------------------~.---------- 890

President: Cleveland, on Exchanges. 2.204 2:5 2 --..<-2 2222 snsncs see os oboe asene O10 BO yo

President Grant, on Philadelphia Centennial Exposition -------.---------.---------------- 700

President Harrison, relative to Chicago Exposition ----_.------- -.------------------------ 1511
Proctor, Redfield:

Bi py ooo ete ooo on ese et Se rs pe ae oe ee ee ee 1629

Secretary of War, member of the Establishment ..----------------------------------- 1452, 1848
Programme of organization of Smithsonian Institution --__---..------------------------.---- 583

Property:

Act to authorize Smithsonian Institution to receive, hold, and dispose of -----.----.-..- 1685

Laws for protection of, applied to Smithsonian Institution- ---------.-------------------- 27
Proposals—

By Secretary of the Treasury for offers of State stocks---------.------------------------- 251

For supplies for Departments --_.—----2 2 22 ose wn nine Sone wane eens = enn ese em sees 1671
Prospect Park, Brooklyn, cost of -~.---- .----2 seslecse. She saee ee ee eee se ae = en ee 1184, 1489
Protection of public libraries < --:-..2025 5 202-22 pee ew a ene eee 810
Provisions and Clothing, Bureau of. United States Navy ------------------------------------- 1259
Prussia, Exploring Expedition works for..-.....-.-..---:-------------- ------------~--=<--=---- 320
Pruyn, J. V. L.:

erent, APPOMUd «. =~. - 2.5. 3.c-s ose tne soe ane eae nen ane eens Ree ee ieee eee 669, 1853

Romans Dy a. sche eee 3 5. on5 oe sae eS oa ee oe ee ee 671, 672

Resolution’ by:s2-t8222.... ~--25 2c co Sea SS eee ome ame ae i te 679
Publie puildings 2-222="---=-..- wwnebabace nds secu she de eet eee BL as eee see eee 922

Commissioner of, provision by, for District courts --..-..------.--------.------ ------------ 439

report on fire protections. -_-- 22225-11228 < eocsene ase ae ee ene ee 1276

Not to be draped in mourning nor closed for funerals ----.-. .--------- ---------- ---------- 1632

Public opinion as to Government exhibit at Philadelphia Exposition --.....----.---.-------- 749

Publie Printer. (See Printer, Public.)

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Publication of essays, etc., by Smithsonian Institution, rejected by Smithsonian Institu-
MOM AoW Ker ene wae ose enn ae nee aan ete eek on. Se Ee Rees ei eee 422

of essays, pamphlets, magazines, brief works, etc., proposed for Smithsonian
PIECE meas pace sa ew aden) Sea eh case sae ucc aoCbas cob tas a oe ee eee eee 326

of Indian statistics and history collected by Secretary of Interior to be ap-
proved by Regents Smithsonian Institution -_--..-........--.--..-.------.. T3l

of library for diffusion of useful knowledge, proposed --....--..-..-----.-..---- 418
Publications, Government:
Descriptive Catalogue of, copies for Smithsonian FRSiLUUbION. och occ cus cee ee 968
PeEsOLOG tO HDG DUSINOSS «oo 21. acu -nn oe eoUead os ssut us sole coos st ewdseucus a5 os. coeee sees 1268
Publications, Smithsonian:
PROT OL eta aae sc oc coe s seat up Cee Con a aeadse ates dee Bea ba elaatl a cob eme Rees 546, 598, 925, 1689, 1822

SOPIENGIRGUS seen rae Hoe soo enee os ct nen tha etcmcsanca cask obo deete uss dodo cceet cut o26k ae ee
nat hOr nope ens soen Mbeki sea = Cee papain eon Were ohoe dare educa ceeuatun ns buns Ste eos eee

Te tslay ob ots) 2.0 UE pi SER ae cog ese te Se SP ey ager epee eee ere cepee pee eae We einer ye Eee PME ee Tye | 330
(See also Contributions; Miscellaneous Collections; Reports of Smithsonian Institu-
tion.)
[PEE 5) eS a a ae ee Pee en vee aa bon awesecinwsane tue Seay Loe
Puritans, charter given, ‘to worship God and catch fish Br ree Je er tee ree Te Ae Ot Se eae 1055
Puryear, R. C.:
Appointed on committee to investigate Smithsonian Institution_-...--....--..--._------ 540
Declined to sign report of committee on Smithsonian Institution.---..__...-..2.2222. 557,574
DEST REPRPYERRVS eet er Set Sh a ee eres eresese CR har Pe ISM AEA en ae ae Restless wate Se 428

Quadricentennial Exposition. (See Expositions, Chicago. )
“ Quadrupeds of North America,’? Audubon’s, 100 copies sent to foreign governments_..-_ 603

Quarterly report on condition of business required.-_......-.-.-----------------.------------.- 1829
Quartermaster-General, United States Army .......-..-.- 2222-2 2-0 ual oon. 2 tees 2. ee 922, 1267
EianoL Arineton Cemetery 10) O1Ce Of 22 2-2 aos soon da ae web ese ate Seen e Sees eos 1272
Quartermaster’s Department, United States Army—
To forward articles for National Museum------- Sea R TICES a inane ad ale dswe nt SOE 828

Transportation by, of National Museum property to be paid by Museum______..---.... 944
Quay, M. S.:

Niermistinl presented) pyr t2:22cies 8 ok sae Oe ee ee lee Se es 1764

RESTROOM LAN Se 2 Se othe Sea ate we a eS o See age et een aa neon Cee a Ounce mete ees 1288, 1765, 1766+

SERS PIESIglig OY] eee ee netee Se wee eee nem SUS sae a ena shew al hon Sate = ate chee See 1552
Porat. waHbehiman, Navona Musetin< 2-220 5 ino solo eee cues ues oe eS ees 1599
Queen Victoria, chancery suit, Smithson bequest, in first year of reign of____-. __._.._____- 56
Queensland exhibit at Philadelphia Exposition given to United States -_._________________.. 766
CL EUGENE DY, fe (UN eS oa SERS sea 8 i ee oe eg eee ee ee ee er =e oe 446
Quigg, L. E.:

LIne iind 1122 197 Nas oan ee ale ee eee RE oat ee 1740+, 1741+, 1764+, 1778

TRV E [Cit Dis heen Saree gee cee eee aS ee oS oe es I Cie Sepa nL BE 1740, 1755, 1764, 1777
[SV TvELEM HED. OM CMDREY alee oon as oe Sa ede NS Seer ee LSS eae cS ree ms ee 212
aU ead esha ay E OTOL Tey Le ty Vice see Oe eee LB ee SST Oe en eee te aes EES 185
Railroad:

Alabama Great Southern and others, petition from, for transportation section in
UCRITO HA NES OUIED: Sh hoe opt eens oe ais Se ee en eee eee ee a eee) 3 SSE eis ee AEA,

Joel Dark inicwer a eX olel Sey eta 11 cS eee eeepc ae eee ae eae ee: See Sie ES SL: rE 1581, 1664
Bose One He ODIO! es - 2. ape Batons sh Se ee ee Ue ee, peek 7 ed, 1497) 1549: 1a T Bes.
Ba litiean(ay ecycrhi CW eTU Wena) OR geet ae me Saar. pee See ET” OE A Sa ne ir kaa 1237
US TT LeRe Veta dae ota g Seca Si Os Seed a ie a EES ST ae faa Se I (1 by
Capitol North :O Street:andSouth: Washinetone 24ii issue gerd: J eels 2s ule ls 835
COreviy7il 412; eid Cbs Mperare Ae fei be Cea oR ULE pie Aa ale! Gia UNO | Sa ek 1524, 1497, 1664
Giichen Antu OUihwEStOnmwes=, secs ssc ssa cosa m eee i eee Ae lean eee
Chirseo,i.0Ck, sland and Paciniceesesssoeat fot: es Spee: ee Me OR os 1497, 1499
APES ERTIOE OU DIACS ER = sae See ne ae elas Oa. ee ee SoM oe Soba concen sack acess 230
LES VEV IG 2 ch ee ee ee ie ee a ee ee See ee ye BA ee ee eee eee 1781
Manni IGasaAnh ANG AOOGPAVIVs Gime ou ec sasse sot ceeh Sank eee eee ee oe es 1738
Pacmemnt yOys; COllochions LVOM. 2-592) o-oes.c cokes San cena ae eas os oe a eset 770

WOrk Lory Dy so. ARIvOee esas eat cee et ee eee: 2) ES 1061, 1062
LEVEE CTI Ai kD 7 lee ae ale Se ee ee a ree RE Fy LE ie ee es 2 ..-- 1017, 1822
IEGIREIAR SS aah a Oe eieels Spe SE RO eee eee: len ar eee SS moe eh p95 (
RUD SAGs 7 G0 ON Seer (a ee ee a eee: ea nes fo coe 1664
(OU S re hil: Cs Ce I a i a eee eee ks ie oe eee ae 2AT, 1664
Sireat,, to simuensoman Institution, Proposed: __. 5 22. 0. < clpa sees ee. os VL Sie. RSE | BBD
ISETORE A OOLA Orn sas oe Ake seen ee? ak oy EP pone dot eC ee 93 Load A oe 1561

(pe eteye ul 22s 0 vey eee Seat oie ee Ae a ees eee te Rp eS Dt! . Eee a 948, 1248, 1497

1952 INDEX.

Railroad—Continued. . Page.
West Shore, bondsiof, Hodgkins fund ‘invested in_<2. 2-223 2222 Sos ot eee ce eee seen 121
Winchester and Potomac? Viroinias 42-228 2. ane see eee eee eee ee 256

Railroads:

Gommiissioner of Sf e en a aera a eats a ae 1132
Pree freight by; OM COMeGhiOm ss as eae ae ee a eee 873
Officers of, petition by, for transportation section in National Museum-_----.-........-.- 1014

Railway. (See Railroad.)

Ramsey, Alexander: '

Remarks by. 23:25 <2 -2-2 d= - 2 oR ee ee ee I ee 721
Secretary of War, member of the Establishment ---....-....------------------------------ 1848

Randall, A. W., Postmaster-General, member of the Establishment -._------.-----..--.------ 1848

Randall, Benjamin, appointed on committee on Smithson bequest ---------.---------~--------- 225

jPrmmata WOE Seal be oe eee eer ene a ees SAS Ree epee mine Hee ees SESS See Scans 804, 1006, 1061+, 1206
IMoGbion Dyjce see 2% aise sk ao gs a re ca, ee seh tn ee 1236
RRO TD BS yet a a a a ee 690, 716+, 775,

801, 803, 805, 846+, 847+, 926+, 985+, 986+, 1003+, 1004+, 1005+, 1006+, 1007+-, 1177+, 1179+,
1188+, 1196+, 1199+, 1200+, 1207+, 1208+, 1209, 1212+, 1218+, 1214+, 1215, 1216, 1217, 1236

Report by ---..----------: ------2----- 220-2222 = ooo seen | Sa enn wenn n ene ann wenn ones 1022, 1242
Speaker, appointment of Regents by == -2-<-=5 2+ --2-35- 23 soa ee ee 783, 819
letters bOl- 2: esse eee eon eS oe ee eee 806, 818, 832, 854, 857, 931, 980, 1242, 1250, 1254
(See also Speaker.)
Randall, S68 c.. 222 ---0 2c. 2. sea ie Sars ates bas ea Seam alte er i ag te 428
sr SOs Mee Vic QD ORLY, sass eam tm cs mre mae a a 849
Rathbun, George:
Mo tGloni yee ee ae Sc Se ae met at eae eg a 419
Remarks by ---..----- -.-------- - <<< 2-2 --- = 25 22 258 oe ens ann ss enn nana enna aismesaens 401,411
Rathbun, M.J..clerk; National Museum: =) 20203222 2 S228 een res oe eee eee ee 1599
Raven. (See Derby and Raven.)
Rawlins, J. A.,Secretary of War, member of the Establishment---------------.-------------- 1848
Reagan, ol. Hisocs-- 2-2 samen so o~ wo ree a eee eran o sen eee nee em tin een eh ee a 1087, 1095, 1286

Remarks by =... 222-5 32.2 22.l dectecSece ett ee pelos ook el 848 108708 OSE Okara
1091+, 1092+, 1099, 1100+, 1146, 1147, 1148+, 1461+-, 1463+, 1464+, 1465+, 1466, 1467+, 1468+
Rebellion against the United States, expulsion of G. E. Badger from Board of Regents on

SURE pr se er i ce oe 630
Recelver-ceneral at New. York .- ... -—-- -- Soo ea eg ee 246
“Red (Jacket, Trial of,” painting of: 2... -..---.oa. 7. 2cee eee) aoee ena ape eee ee 1500
Bed Ikiver'cart of Dakota). 22: bseeat 55 ee . Eee aes teen ee ee eee 1591
TREE) LEAS Ss We oe ee en te eee eget Oe Peis Sih SS td Searches oe A eee 262, 263
TEES 5b. UNG) Bye = Se ee Re ee Ree eo et ee, Omer Se one ore 1328, 1333, 1400, 1606, 1616, 1741, 1746+, 1770

Remarks by... 1278+, 1294, 1349, 1483, 1539, 1603+-, 1604, 1606, 1607+, 1608, 1737, 1764, 1776, 1777+, 1778+
Speaker, appointment of Regents by . ....-.---.- ----2. oo - e one eo on eee eee 1272, 1736

(See also Speaker.)
Regents of the Smithsonian Institution:

Acting Secretary Smithsonian Institution, bill for, recommended by ------.--.---------- 952
Advice and instruction to be given by the ‘‘ Establishment” to ---.------..---------- Xxiili, 483
American Historical Association, connection with -......--.-.------------ ---.-.---.-- 1221, 1224
Appointmentiol, agreed TpOniDyic osc --> te = ee eesd tea ee aes ae we ee i eee 706, 784, 819

by joint resolution: <2. 2.25clens> -cecen = 525 phone aan eee eee xxii, 430,

431, 438, 463, 464, 483, 486, 502, 503, 601, 602+, 604, 609, 610, 628-633, 657, 658,

669+, 670, 681, 705, 706-718, 725, 783, 784+, 820, 938, 939+ , 970, 971, 972, 973, 1110,

1272, 1278, 1274, 1553-1557, 1633, 1634+, 1736, 1737, 1738, 1775-1779, 1851, 1853

by President of the Senate (Vice-President) --.-.-.-.---. ---.--.--. ------ KX1,
430, 486+, 487+, 463, 482, 486, 502, 601+, 609-+-, 627, 628, 657, 681, 699, 705, 783,

819+, 869+, 870, 970+, 1109, 1272, 1553+, 1632, 1736, 1775+, 1838, 1839, 1851, 1852

by Speaker of House of Representatives..-.-.--..----..---.----------- XXi,
430, 488, 463, 483, 486, 502, 601+, 604, 609, 628, 657, 667, 669, 681, 705, 783, 819, 820,

870, 938, 970, 1109, 1110, 1272, 1553, 1632+, 1633, 1736, 1775, 1838, 1839, 1851, 1853

referred to Committee on the Library of Congress--------------------- 463
Appropriations;to be apportioned by-------.--------25_- = Se 2ee = sone nse an ee
Assistants appointed by the Secretary to be approved by --.---------------. ---- xxiii, 433, 1014
Authority of Congress to direct ...2.2 <56-20 ssssee seat ese aan e eee se eae none aa ee 1239
ATID OPIZEM Sea co sone Swe seo e ee e xxi, 430
Badger, Gii:, resolution to expel, by <2-2 =<. 25-3 ss cae 5S ws eceaien ae eee eee 630, 632
Baird statue; tomake contract for; proposed: --. 0-22. - 2 ne soe dee nine eee 1105
Building committee:to be:appointed. by... 2 22e2 Sse SE ae eee ee 432
Building, Smithsonian Institution, to be erected by ----------.------------ ------ --2-0- ---- 431

Business of the Institution to be conducted by----.---- -.----2-- o-wenc- secon ease Neues xxi, 480

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Regents of the Smithsonian Institution—Continued. Page.
SLE GI WLS ene S Soe ee ea ee ene Le Se Pie ae eer nee ene Berne eee 712
Citizens from States (inhabitants of) acting agi. s:.-.- 22 22 cheek ek 2s eects vaeaecascens 1853

from: Weahineton city (residents) acting as 22228 jv eiers est Ado uk acess 1854
Civil officers of Government, discussion on status of__.....-.......----------.------ 437, 800, 801
SCRA OD SE oie oxo eee oe oe Sane aia an semen am naa othe area et ee ics at eee eee ee aE
Carmpromiseiby.ion plan of operations. .....- 20 se btee.siuese eS. do sceteedd eet ce 512, 575, 579
Daughters of American Revolution, relations with.-..........----..---..-.----------- 1740, 1743
LO SPU TE Esta AES Peg ee Oe ee a a ee de xxi, xxii, xxiii, xxv, 431, 432, 433
Employees appointed by Secretary, to be classified by -.......---.-. .----------------- xxiii, 433

toxsbavconfirmed) by 2 ie: see sate Se ee oe ae eee ee
Pra vaAnees, POSOLMiON ON, DY: - 2-.2septee es Sane het ee eee Sh a ee aos
Executive Committee of, accounts of Smithsonian Institution examined quarterly by

1014, 1254, 1680

action of, relative to Zoo Park approved Ly Regents -..-- 1443, 1488

GUMES OL aaet ert ae coe See ee Dee ke xxv, 431, 432

ClOCTIONIOL Saeats a8 ies os ete 3 Soe a ae ee XEN, Gol aor LOTS

Henry memorial services, announcement by. ------.---------- 804

THOTINETS Of. a=, ey ee Sek tains: SSE es eee 567

National Museum accounts examined quarterly by ------ eee pe G3,

given in report of.:._..--...-...-. 1254

report of, on Smithson’s residuary legacy-------.-.----------. 116

Smithsonian accounts audited by -----.-------------------. 1014, 1680

Washington Canal teport ON: DY... 62-5. cc45 0 sac ccal eee 680

ZOOlOPica Parks TeENOrnOur Veena ases eae on cae ees eee es 1443

ixecniive.Dapartments, headsof. otto be. 2-3 sas eee ence nn et asst cee A ATY
: noUto Have Jurisdiction Over ---. .----. = -22- anos eee 1417
Mizpatomithsonian Institution, 7.eport.on, Dy...-2-25sd-e2s <--e <= o- sere en =decncke Se se 641

iimaprooune Smithsonian puldine=. 2-9-2 2). 2.25 ots ae eee eaters seecee ceeces, SOL) 127551278
Geological Survey building site to be approved by ..---..-.-..-+.--- s22-d2-ce---cec------- 895

Government collections transferred from Patent Office with approval of ___....---- 1013, 1251
Henry, Joseph, memorial volume of, to be furnished by-- ----. .--.-..-.--.-------------- 805
statue of toi becoutractedstor bytosete-stentaoseccck <a be a ee 828
UnVeUine OL, ALLGHOOC Dy ses tseher oes a= co eee ae eee cee Se 921
invitation by, to Congress to attend_.__...-..... 918
History of Smithsonian Institution, to be prepared, ordered by.--..------------------.-- iii
PAINS PUNO ACCEL UY DY Geers ret aoe F te eare = a estan sre oa aye eee eee ee
Indian statistics and history, report on, to be examined by ---..------..------------------- 731
Inhabitants of States. (See Citizens.)
itperestion Smithson fund. disposal of: by. 2-24-2450 320 2282. =~ 222 tb eeeeA-see xxiii, xxv, 434
dewent,©.C-.removal of, approved by. .-: 2242 2-3-5 ssescn ean -ese-- eee eee 591
Pibranyob Conrress, use lol, sranved tol..." 2.2 Be ee ee ed one ee 730
Library, Smithsonian. transferred to Library of Congress, with approval of --_--.._-.... 661
IniGrnecordine Gp @Osidenence t=. a0 see eae! en tenes nee Soest ot een on eee ee 1854
WRITTEN Oe eos Pa ee te OE a ee ees xxii, 431, 725, 1022, 1426+
BB GRCTHMONUIN — 28 22 ae Secs oe ce See ES eo wns eae ae we ssaeles xxii, 431
torbetannounced iby letter to 4226 2. 1b. Lass See nce a. Se eaone KRMASL
Moerer Ol Boardior ters s. Sea at as oe el mele Ly Be Face eaion 3 xxi, 430, 567, 1452, 1453, 1689, 1851
Memorials of, to Congress-_-__....--.-.---- 118,119, 482, 488, 494, 495, 664, 672, 675, 731, 732, 768, 891, 1129
Methodof payment of appropriations Dy, e234. Sse asec na = Sanne see <s> seca cen nse 1485
MPN AM CHATACLOD Obes sa. acne ea te eee poe eae a ee Eee 5 ase ia «eS 709, 712

National Institute members to be members of Board of i Ae Se Baa eprerren eee neat. = Ca)
Mepewled etm. se.) Count sa ts oe OD

National Museum appropriations, increase of, recommended by .---.-------------------- 672, 675
DGGE aSkediOrn DY: 6+ s see eee tone ene ee roa = Si oe socee 731, 732, 768

plans toibe approvedubyieesese sene- = ~=-- =--= .~-4-- --c===, 178, 944, 1681

disbursements, change of method of, authorized by ---._.------.--.---- 1250

geological and mineral exhibit, enlargement of, recommended by---. 895
marble floor for recommended byiekstes2 2. os oes. aw ccteeccds ces | 882

ROOTES OL oe a oo ac aa = = Oe i te sc Se eee 2s ee ee i xxii, 431
Presidents:p. t:, United States|/Senateiacting\asg!2 2-02. 4-2). - -eaef- 202: --<-L-----2---55 - 252 1852
PEepeeeained:O%. tO DO TCCOTdEGs 2. en nace a sent = aaenenee ene cos tae Spee Peo xxii, 433
Removal of assistants by Secretary, resolution approving power of -..-------------.---- 589
Bepornre. conpress tobe made by, annually .. 22. nasa gasce-gceeee oe keene oche sees xxv, 431, 727
(See also Report, annual, of Smithsonian Institution.)

Representatives actingiass 222) =<. 25-264 foes Seeks secant gates ood ak See aes 1853

Residents of the city of Washington. (See Citizens.)

Bo Doe. 7352 123

1954 INDEX.

Regents of the Smithsonian Institution—Continued. Page.
Rock Creek Park, cooperation with. ~~ <-.-- = 2-2-2. 228 6 oo ee ee ee 1106
Salaries of Secretary and assistants to be allowed by -.---------------- --- ---- ------ xxiii, 433
Secretary of, to be Secretary of the Establishment-----_.------------ .----------------- xxii, 431
Senators acting as. ..-2- <.-<25: <saascs Aton aac Rie er ee ee
Site for building to be.selected: bys. 22¢- 2 secon eas a 431
Smithson fund, increase of, recommended by ----.-------- ---------------- 118, 119, 482, 488, 494, 495

residuary logacy.acblon. oy Lo lsae eae ese ee eee ee eee ee 112-119, 666
Smithsonian Institution, act of organization, amendment to, recommended by...-.--.. 664
Sociological institution, proposed as members of... -.----.---- ------------------ +--------- 1762
Supervision of, by committee of Congress, debated _-_.. -.------------------ ------ 443, 444, 451, 460
University of the United States, proposed as trustees of _-_-...---.-.------ -------------- 1654
Vacancies in Board of; method of filling -----.._----_--.222-2-2-3--2-= 55s ase xxii, 430, 431, 1851
Washington canal, report on) by<----.:----2 2-2 --— essen on sone enn meee = aa es 680
Zoological Park, action relative to, reported by Secretary of the Treasury ---.--------- 1484

authority of Secretary to act for, resolution by--------~------------- 1448, 1488
expenditures, report on, to be made by ------------------- -------------- 1416
increased ‘appropriations asked for; by. 52-225) - =~ 52-0 eee ee 1572
placed by Congress under_--._.— 225 once = ee eee 1343, 1415

Regents of the University of the United States, incorporation proposed -------.-.------ 1629, 1655

Regents Park, London..---------~---------.------- ------------------------ ----++-- +--+ ------- 1162, 1489

Registration of mail matter for Departments without fOr 2 Reo s 45sec. ee eee 961

Reid, J. W.:

Remarks bys ---s2<-cncsccse i cosh ween bade ee See US, LOOT 000-1. LOCO ran inin
Report by ..---2----a- --.2-2 -o2-= 222 oo os ren nb ooo nee ene teens cone anew none ween neeeen 1002
ESOSOINLIONN DV eric face oo ato e ees aoe ee eee Be a ee se SA cs 1002+

Reid, S. C.:

Battle sword of, offered to Government... _--.. 2.2... --.5 2. -2 <2 <2 2 -ss ene- aan se 1044, 1328-1332
Gold medal proposed for son Ol. ~~. 2. - <2: .2- so 2 oes e cn ee eee eee Ree ee 1328, 1330+

Reilly.d. 8:,resolution by, - 2-22.25 hen cen re oe ee ee ee 1584

Reis, M. Jayme Batalho, Portuguese agricultural commissioner, Philadeiphia exposition -.. 764

Rencher, Abraham, resolution by |.-.-2./- 22.26.20 = 222~ Se cone SGRee ee eee pee ee ee 144

Rent free of Smithsonian Institution building used by Government -----.------
of §.F.Baird’s house. (See Baird,S.F.)
of workshops and storerooms. (See National Museum, workshops. )
Repeal, right of, reserved to Congress for any part of act of organization of Smithsonian

TNETSUTRIS 1 () 1 et ees See seep LE ON AE Se Pobre SO eee ma eeremrs 3-2 s22 22 2822 scce ruse xxvi, 434
Report, annual:
Of Board of Regents to Congress directed ~--...-.---- --2.-- --2225 -- osm snaen- os neneewes BEV, 40)

Of Bureau of Ethnology. (See Ethnology.)

Of National Museum. (See National Museum.)

Of Smithsonian Institution, account of ~ -.2....2... 206 so. geet cae eee eee eee 1022, 1689
and National Museum, 7,000 copies for Smithsonian Institu-

tion, 2,000 of which for National Museum ..-.-...--..-.----.- 1696
distribution) Of). .W es2-- casas co subess Sosa = oe 682, 924
‘igEirations Lor <s=2.-2 nies =. ps eee Ree 679, 683, 689, 690, 691, 929

letter from Joseph Henry, asking for larger edition of .-_ 682, 683

memorial to Congress by Regents, relative to printing of-_ 1129
printed in same manner as annual reports of heads of de-

partments, for submission in print to Congress-.--_...--..- 959

printing Of; 2... J. Svcs aan chat sass cece ee 439, 464, 465+, 477—

480, 485+, 505, 506+-, 507, 600+-, 604, 605, 606, 607, 610+-, 637 4-, 638+,

639, 663+-, 664, 678+, 679+, 682, 683, 689, 690+, 691, 692, 718, 722,

723+, 799+, 845+, 848, 849, 850, 851, 924-929, 957-959-+-, 986, 987, 988,

1129, 1130, 1131+, 1291+4-, 1292, 1625+-, 1625, 1672+, 1695, 1696, 1839

resolution to print annually 16,000 copies, proposed _--.-+-_-- 986, 987

AY MaAtlersG: esis Scene ee “We 4.

statistics of cost, number, etc., for 1882 and 1883___...._-.--. 1023

to be. stereoty padiivsersk i 2.0. Sass Soe cece ee 638

Report, annual, on expenditures of Suathsonan Institution bureaus. -....--..-.-------- xxv, 1025,

1254, 1255, 1256, 1267, 1268, 1828, 1558, 1559, 1562, 1572, 1672, 1673, 1692, 1694, 1746, 1813, 1814

Report on-Henry stanne.-... = =< <<< s=-ees ster ae ce se Lose eae ee see ee ae ac: 5, 2 eee 921
Reports of committees, statistics of Board of Regents of Smithsonian Institution, edited by

Wehaidi StHCGHy.. <<. .52 3 on scerels ca scuca donee tee ane eee ts Se ee iii

of departments, Chicago exposition 202.2. Sis oets 2 See Se
of heads of Executive Departments and bureaus to be restricted to public busi-

TROSS se ee eee ee we ie i oD a so ser ee ne 962, 1268
quarterly, by Secretary of Smithsonian Institution, on condition of business,

required

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INDEX. 1955
Representatives, House of: Page.
Hall of. (See Ventilation.)
Members of, present at unveiling of Henry statue __...............--.--.--.-------------- 92.
proposed as managers of Smithsonian Institution--_--......-.-..------~--- 327, 389
Regents of Smithsonian Institution _._.-..-_--.--- xxi, 430, 447, 1453, 1678, 1689, 1853
BeeBanon alld MOCICINe, SChOOL Of, Proposed’ = -. <= -2-5-=2-242-2<sas2-2c22.5/0s2a5. Seen 1043
HIV OTHE Ole eae soa tn oon ee ee ten ane ae ee eee ae 939, 940
Research:
Begnent OL. cs Kidder ana err of A.'G: Bell for: 2-2. : 25252 2-20 Ao. soe seasaeesechaeese 121
Ra nOn ed ir Smite SORIaM LASh FOOD «~- once <n conas; sande aomenn -iesacasan Sascee 2oee seeee 330
PMeERNVAOt OFiminial DrOVOSOG. 22" otek faa s2. oc an aoe no be scene n ot nce e che oe 9A
Be RSONES LITO GR GCE OL = 20 <2 a 7s cnn, en ene eet oe et, nee eae Led eo ne Sees ee 549
Reservation, Smithsonian. (See Grounds, Smithsonian. )
Residents of the city of Washington to be Regents. .-.... .-..------------ -------+-+--------- xxi, 430
Residuary bequest of Smithson. (See Smithson bequest.)
iesionation of Rutus Choate as:Rerent--....= <--> «=---25---sc2-2ec---26 511, 512, 535, 536, 588, 540, 602
Resolutions by the Board of Regents of Smithsonian Institution:
Ja\fBY SUES PTE H OY ASAE ay aera) eee Ne eae ee eee ee es Ree ee ae ee ae 519
Compromise’as to plan of operations .<.-=. .--=-+ 2.-<25 +a--=55 2-2 eea2 ese nnce soso ee tee ee 575, 579
Exchanges, reimbursement to Smithsonian Institution for----..-..-.-------.------------ 1493
Pe WweNteaGr | EMO: Of vDDTOVCGt sccm a se ao aa oe oes e nonce eae amen cb ae vntesens 591
Newion al Nemsenin «bul Gin Wasked: fOr. 54-2 dtenneacas anos oon Koes ve ates oe cc cilececee 731
disbursements, chanreiof method of-.--2~<<. 22.22 eee te es 1250
enlargement of geological exhibit of, reeommended --_-__---___.____-. 895
Ser eM Lea OO LOL sae: so ta nanos Ja Se een i oe kann o ace eee 832
Secretary of Smithsonian Institution, power of, to remove assistants ------------ ».-----. 589
SS PninoOm tana. PEsIGUaATy, DOQUOS=— == --.5-- 62.5 <2. 2 cess cee cce eee e de aeeele 113, 114, 115, 118
POR OM MERCH SOU cs nace eae ea ne Pen me ene aa as ener ee Sa, ala hee 118, 482
Pet Dnoniane DUlGine rir eprooun ey ots 2-2 os Vado saute Wess sees oe cees eaeese 891
Zaolorical Park. appropriahons asked for 2. .--22)t2.2-2 oe ees Soe eee wee e ew nena sees Soense 1572
Secretary of Smithsonian Institution authorized to act for_-___.... 1448, 1488
Resolutions by the House of Representatives:
Clerk of committee to investigate Smithsonian Institution, payment to __.._..--..--..- 592
Documents, commission to compile laws relative to- -.-...-.--------.--------+---+-eseee--- 917
PN VOSLIP AON Of Mela y Inn prin tI S.o3 so. oe en ne aah See earn eee eee 1130
Exposition, Philadelphia Centennial, report of executive board __-._..-.-.----.._--____- 883
Smithson bequest, Committee on---....---..------. -----+--------+- tanspeencksunnsnanee toes 225
President to transmit documents relative to ___-...---.--..-------- 144, 145
PPR OuE LN ith y ES hI OMG Oli coe foe ee te See ee Roos Nano ew aera 144, 488, 489, 499
Secretary, Gf Ereasury tO POpOry OW 9 ce lhe eee was aaa chouee eee 241
SrankyneeGron eval heres mye | itove be bees irs tee eneene heed eae nem eee Seal a ae med i coe eee ene A yee 641
investigation of, and resignation of Mr. Choate __...--....-..- 536
TOPOTt Printine' Oh. sas ot ee eee ere eee a eee 7 ees se 465,
478, 506, 507, 600+, 606, 607, 610-4, 637, 638, 639, 663, 664, 679
select committee on, proposed ....2. 2-222. 222 ceclen ee Leto 1600
Resolutions by the Senate:
Centennial celebration of the Constitution. _.....-....-...0.----. ---- 2-5-2022 elle lees 1033
Wermmenss Cistribation Of 2. asks sek awas dons cce= ee ea tee 28 Whe ees Ase se. 487

ees EOE) OC IETS LOT a seg aoe sn eee ey ee Be. Sse eT ie SNe ST GEG
Ren aneSOL Bed ten stl. Ole eee en een ee eee Sek ke Jee Mee Reis he es 2 Veet 8Oe

TMOMOnIA SOL VicCost ee ete esate mires at See ee APES Seber se ee Ae 802

ONDE O be ees oa ee ot ee cs <n ee ee ee ee 823

Regents, vacancy in Board of, to be filled by the President of the Senate.___.___- 486, 502, 657
STeUN Osa S iit LON, fT OG Ss apa corr ee raid al eat ca eu So sone hace Oe, GLE
MEPOMi, PRUNE Ole aetna oe eens Lone ene eee 439, 465-+-,

478+, 479+, 480, 485+, 505, 506, 600-+-, 605, 607,

610+, 637, 638+, 639+, 663, 664, 678, 679, 682

ApoLoricalbPark., appraisoment of land for. -.< 22-222 -<aacc ceevwaceers s=25 2555 2cceesteoeu) 1889
Resolutions, concurrent, by Senate and House:

Clerkitioicommittes.on Smithson bequest 222.2222 22 - at. acetone Se dee Sono eS e land elle 170
Documents relative to the origin and history of the Smithsonian Institution, 1835-1899,

HD lod, racial so Bt eT SS eee cae Ne hie Oe Ree a ee. ee ee ea Pee eee ee: ii

Enno varEnrent or. pein tin Oullebing Of--s2--2~.2 2256 2o0--.vesee--s4-te- 2. ooee Late nee 1123

DELLE TOOTS OL J=-toe feat eee a 844+, 1124, 1546, 1560, 1653

Contributionsto. printing Of $s22255..2622- 522522252. 54822. 222<+s2secebenee 811, 843, 844

HepOSUON, Paris. TEPOLLs OF COMMISSIONONS. <--- 2. 2-<= s2- 2-22 Aes - 2 2 a sen es 794, 1792, 1794

Georrapiic names. toporiiot 0ard ON) 22.0 22-22-3222 S20... eaten ee a 8
Geological and geographical survey of Territories report----...--..-..----.------..---. 791,792

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Page
Resolutions, concurrent, by Senate and House—Continued. ‘
Henry memorial exercises) 22: - 22. 2a ee ee eee eee eee ee ee eee ee 802
PIinting Of 2-3. Se esac o aee oo eee ee oe eee ee 806
Smithson bequest, joint’ commiutteeion £22555 22-inch ke
Smithsonian Teport...-<...5---2ss-s-n ees eee do eee ee eee 683, 689, 690+, 691-+-, 692,

718, 7224+, 723+, 799+, 845, 851, 928+, 959-4, 987, 988, 1131, 1291, 1292, 1625, 1628, 1672, 1839, 1840+-
Zoolorical, Park Commission Teport —- se =-- se ses esa ce ee ne ee
Resolutions, joint, Senate and House. (See Acts and Joint Resolutions.)
Revised Statutes:

Act of organization of Smithsonian Institution and amendments. -.-...--.._-- xxi, 724, 767, 1685
New edition, copies ordered for Smithsonian Institution---....-......----.-------.------ 791
Supplement of, copies for Smithsonian Institution -.--..---.-------------------.---------- 869

Revolution, American. (See Daughters of; Sons of.)
Revolution, French... -. 223-2 --< oo ect odeeecec Sekt cee eci- ee = po eee ne ee 384
Revolutionary archives: for’exchange -:.. 22. . -1-<- 3-22 gece oe een on re eee ee 467
trophies, armory building for.-- -- 2222 secs te ee en a eee 599

(See also Military and Naval Museum.)
tery sur yi Big UN aya a mm an ee ea

Reynolds, Hl. Wi, Bareai Of EG NNOLOp yo ase =m ee eg ee 1541

Rhees, W. J.:
Chief clerk, Smithsonian Institution = _--.- <2 2-2 sone 2 eane ee eee iii, 1014
Clerk National Wise tri noo. ere we le 1599
Direction by, of details at Henry statue service’. - 2 -.-—- o oa. ee eee ww enn eee 921
Documents relative to origin and history of Smithsonian Institution, by -----.--.--- i, iii, v, vi
Journalsof Regents, statistics, ete. by: 2-~.-2- oe ae re ete oe oe een iii
HBO Per OMaArCNIVeS: =<) on sac en wear a aa eae iii

Letter from, on relation between United States Government and National Museum... 1014
oss at Smithsonian fire... 2 ~~. <2 2 =< - 2. Sone noe ee ren ee ee ee lee
Rb Sbt Bee nace woes cece eon ces Son naw ene s oo nce one em eee ae ee al

SERS TER TSEC 9) ae ae Re alg me maa a 458, 479+
‘Rice, Hei TOMAPKS DY 22-2522. 25 soo 20s sence s wo nan 3 Rogge aoe ee ee ee ap ae ee 619, 624
RCS: Jewel MMLL DY 25. 228 sese desea a a eee ee nan Rede date See ne ae ee ee’ 645
Rice, W. W., TeMmarks by -..-25- 225 52-6— = ae ae cata dans n ai aees pees eee 879+ —
I Soy Ce] s¥: 5 L=(0 16 Oe Je © eee ie en panic een nes Beaman Hil oT SSS ye aE ane se Sisto 2s Pesos aeccs 1357

Motion or fesolution: DY. 2onc.c~.a-c0s stone. bone a st eae ee 1558, 1559, 1644, 1652, 1671

REMAN KS yA eee 1130+, 1626+, 1628+, 1644, 1645+, 1646+, 1650+, 1651+, 1652+-, 1653+, 1670

Report by = 2.2.2. - = 2.6 coh sco foe 2 wine ncn ewnae ce teeen ae awen sae neem dileeg DS) LOE Meee Looe meas
Richardson, W. A.:

Remarks DY cpncs> <nc-n0- see nnn Seewese- aes aacseten) dich aoeeoe ees Sap eee eee eee 631
Secretary ot Treasury, member of the Establishment --.......-..-------.----------------- 1848
Re LTO ee ne re es i re eee ee a I ee ee 294
Ridgeway, Robert, curator, National Museum — 222 os oss scien ewe aoa eee nee e eee ee 1599

Riggs & Co.:
Account.of Smithson fund... --2ee-seemeen cece ee mera Sees Soen ie cece aoe ete een eee

Sale of sold by, for Smithsonian Institution’... -.- 225-2- = 2 =~ - 222 eas eee ee 116
Riggs, G. W., appointed trustee Corcoran Gallery of Art Same ene ee lm ole ae ae ee 684
Bile y;, Ca Vi oe ee a a I a ao wn es ee 969, 1315

Collection ‘of insects in National Museum -..--- 2-2 .-22- 2-5 = gone ene ee 1228, 1314, 1220

Memorial by, for purchase of Glover’s entomological work. -.---.------------------- aweeew 817

Riley, C. W., Orange Free State commissioner, Philadelphia exposition. .-..---...-.-----.-. 764
Ringgold, Cadwallader:

Collection: Trom Bering Straits... 5-.5-- 2.45.4. oe wath Gale toate pie eo tree ae ee 770
RET a DA YELOR 2 eewe 90 0) Sees Seren een ee Ste ee eye a 467
Work of Exploring Expedition given to. ~~. 2c. -225/52. aps seep ana ee nares len eee 321
Rising Sun, Order/of, conferred on Horace Capron: 225. 2202. oe. 2 one ocean aoe eee 1280
Rives, G. L., letter from, on Cincinnati and Paris expositions ---...--.....--.---.-. ---------- 1116
Rives, W. C.:
Appointed on committee on Smithson bequest.--_-.--. ---. .--- 2-5 2-22 2 oan een ene one ae 169
Remarks: DY 222 cncee= = -- - 2 = foe ee ene wee ne taal ee 299
Rivier.Aiphonse, Hxehange.treaty DY (22.522 << s cannes So wees Seman Sees eee ee 1143
RO DOING. A SNOT oar oc sole oo oo oan oe pee ne ne oe es a ee 168, 173, 182, 282, 283, 308
Appointed on committee on Smithson bequest -...-.. ---. .----- ---+---. -2-2---------- ----- 169
Bill motion/or resolanon DY -.- 2-00 -- 5 oe. nos wos ee eee ee eee 163, 169, 171, 181
UOWIAIES DY) Sessa et = ~~ a ss re Nm 163
Roberti M2 oes ee. - 2a - eins sconce cen Same on eer Spine ie ae ee 1453
Roberts, 1. Hoi resolution DY .-.2-!-2.s2.2.2--> «sea = an eee eee ee eee 689

Robertson. Willits. -t4cee: --—--- --e oscar soe ee ee eee Pieper eecieeeees seegetee sy seeceste 381

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Page.
SRNR ESIC nha ee ee RS oot as a Sa Poo Joes sae ee ea cule sa oawaetee esstee tea e cee 920
Secretary of Navy, member of the Establishment -.-.--.--.--..---.---------- ------------ 1848
RSH ETT OA PUPORS es oan e se wt eh Ce wnoccbsentenSecres esses chee dsns echeelecssecl wee 1032
Rock Creek: ,
TREC orev oj hs ee Ss ee OS Oe eee eee ee eee ee ee ee em eee eee 1186, 1187
INabional Park. 922224: 2.\..<2 1176, 1177, 1178, 1179, 1180, 1293, 1303+, 1807, 1888, 1437+, 1453, 1807, 1808
establishment. Olid) ce cnw cocci enbensehoe bobecace 1040, 1041, 1106, 1109, 1292-1307
HenkisiandeArsennl= war trophies at. 62 css0 248 cao ewi-n a Dooce Sharad Sea ew a ee ecca eens ease LO6
EO OnU AO MulneLion OL 22S Sy 2022 Fc ewe ake oe cen eo ease sone necuas comeeeee 1153
nmckye Mountain recion, survey Of, reports... .<--22 455, Sos oh ee ee see td ese cee eneeee 1792
Honeors.Jonn, collections from Bering Strait. .2..<--.22. 4 sic. 2 -. s24 ot e252 ee hecee sas 77
Ua Byte gig 3 IGT Con ose COA lee Se aR oes he a ee 1278, 1431, 1434, 1438, 1444
VE CT CTT ane noe hae te RO anh errs cement sal ec ah ceeiodlenae dace esene 1278, 1433 +
REPINVET RR UDY Soe aos hoe) Seek eae wh bce 1425-++, 1426+, 1427+, 1482, 1483, 1434+, 1435+4-, 1489-+-, 1469
Rogers, W. B., address by, at Henry (NIG INOTaa bes ss eta Fo oo Se bo Seat ct ee ee ee UD
eee em en eenG TO Gnas eee ae onl te aera tame eemecanseniodas aon wslonsee Sae~aecoeen=ne 940, 943
TP yG ri). GLEE EN PO) eae ae ea Ie are a aT EL)
Root, Elihu, Secretary of War, member of the Establishment Jets ooo re BE eee 4, 1848
Rosecrans, W.S., bill by- --------- bits dd OSes oe oars ease tneweu aniasS Gen acaeceeee tab sce on a 934, 944
Hosenbusceh, Carrie, copyist, National Museum. - 2222-2 2222.02-22-ce eee cee nent s-- se e-= 1599
Rossini Society, music by, at Henry statue services- --.-- ee Se aanchecinced soso nee soe eee meses 922
PIES SOAMKOrS) TOspAy ERICHANG IRUSH 295 ce oncseaedoe ssotec atone eee ee tea het senciseow tees 10
inppasebid. MM. panker or United States'<!222 j 2222 s2t-8 cs. s225- cecece toes osce sees =the lasses 36, 63
oe GtOn a rOMmark Sry sess sees cae ere Sean een see cS ete ee eceb acca tae senses soceee esse batees 489
ESRC ey ened erie a ae eae herrea es tn ae ee iireaioe ae Sante Uawes Coveus Gaoscdwaccaue stones 1179
(Ru Syore Ta rie oo eee te ee ee ee ae ea ees ee ee ee ee ae 1041, 1106
Tevangeill sbwouta lereriigs J yosa Ve oa oo yee ee ee, See See ae Bae Eee eee ee ee eee nae 569
uence TLiirAl SC HOOUOLM AV ALIA S25. Sa. csn!s Worse aeseeinin Sone nese teenage een esse cae so 163
Pian SorOnOMmICd WSOC hy. AuONGONS: 2202S -sa 525s fase ata emanate anew ee eae Soe eesesaoaeneee 209
ee VRE LEON ONG ON sass 022s secu saat Sarten stone see naa eben as Dese oe cen Sona a sascee 154
oval ociety, WuONdOnis.6u3 sesso eo nee eee ds 55, 208, 209+, 335, 569, 578, 584, 596, 597, 1770, 1771, 1772
innemorsciontificipublicavlons: + 22. > oes 2 2ee Ss Ses ee ak ae 1807
erence Ol. TelMily.e) tO! publCanlOns =. <52--- loss ees seta sees be soa sae ose eneaaeoeadaen shen 585
ineiised, tO spubush aypaper Dy SMithson'...-. :.-. <6 -]6es20 cere Sees ncedes Soot ener nccan 556, 566
Request by, for conference on Catalogue of scientific literature -.........--------------- 1769
DITBNON THIOL DOIIOL. cao eees shane e Seas es 2 Se cethioncc se eecs oseLnse wen bones chute Soden ceeees 56
onipinally leftifortuneito: -222=2<- =< san eese = shoe ah sone Seon eae See ee oS OU OO
Nera TONS Ole aera) Oey eee ee Ase eee he ee Shas be nS Se eee em eae tee 336
ayce,G@.c..abias of Indian aftairs by ¢22 2225 552-22 -Sea-se=2s28-- Solel Sic See aed 871
Ruijiro, Naito, letter from, on Capron’s services in Japan. -.--.---.--------- See See 1281
Buen ECHO SED TORS Se ee a, oS ae, Scie aoiains Os oe Sa eiaeeiars Seaaleeeiee ncaa 429, 444, 949, 1173, 1445
Rae Ech ova is (ee a ene eee Se eae oa cea eee Sa eae eT 178, 269, 334, 335+, 337, 514, 553, 664
PCeUEDE sO Les eee Ne ree) et ee hs ee See Luau 10, 49, 67, 70, 94, 95, 98, 148, 289
Agent of United States to prosecute claim for bequest - .--- -.--- v, 9, 14, 142, 144, 182, 185, 239, 1377
Annuity left by, in England. (See Mary Ann de La Batut.)
erative 00 | UUs Saetee acess Bete nes a eco ee wee tes Se Lee ps as ks ewan eeeeeen t cet eee sence bate 10
Building committee, Smithsonian Institution, member of --.-.. -..--.------------.------- 567

Chancery, court of, decree to pay Smithson bequest to....-...---.----------------------.- 59,67
statement of the Snithson'casevin: 20922) 22 a 2 se Snes 13

SHUNT ALON ell OW. CO UO) ac oo onians aos so soe a sonia nie siaeo cine eatin sas tnigntoe a hee oe ee ee 10, 289
GasisiOL Ssuib tom Smithson DEGMest) 2.2222 ea a ee Se ee 72-92

Hin Cea NG eee ere a ne Si eeed ie EE ES PE Py Des ate Oe 3 2 ee ee 609, 610
MEETS SEPT ee Se, see eaten seat et Deets 2 Pe ees ae de 10, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 24,
26, 27, 28, 31, 33, 34, 36, 39, 40+, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 49. 504, 52, 59, 61, 64, 93, 100+, 101, 102, 103

(fies saree Ss Heda ss oes ae fee Fc os 2 9,10, 15, 29, 31, 33, 38, 41, 48, 44, 64, 66, 68, 92, 100
Moamonialiby, Tor compensations: 2. 2222.22 348. eee easel cess Shee coe ce iene 57+, 226, 238
Opinion by, favorable, of counsel engaged in Smithson suit..-.--.--.-.-----.------------ 66

of Smithsonian policy-and management:.-2-2-2-.2-20-.-.----sheee 225 b eck 514
Bint atatorsSrmiphsonian | InSbhid tlOMece se cakes Mocca Soe kee leee eens ene soe ees sabe 560
ES ELE ELD OT UU Ney eto a eo ona Re a 9, 14, 41, 43, 56
Tage Pile Srey eropbayeraie ke ke Se SP Re ee ee eee 438, 483+, 602, 1853

Hosen SHSoMane in sho blOM! se. 6 o8—) secas pees eee eee gs een ait en cee ceo eeeet | MOON,
ESRIOMIOIENDOCKED YS sucean peeeen lens - Ocak = teins can buseneerecte a ltpes ---s ana on scene een 62, 64
Pit peDeMt OF StOCK CravslorrodsuO soe 22 Sh 2a se see ek ee asc so eee Was ome nn cer cosseneeeeenen 70

Ent EHO ULOT yD Viseone mee Lace oe et ean ee Sere Sa Seine ene uate Dea ve a ewe esau cee See eee 505

Russells CA, bill or resolutioniby =<. -222 sek 222k es eee cake nee acne cee cen en nees, LABOMZOINTS29; 1546
MSR Fil ROSOLLUIOLD Woecoon esata beet msc an camaee Solus 5 ae weee soon tan be eens Seems 507

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Russia, Czar of; preservation:-of animals Dy. 92 .- co een en Soe ee eee eee e eee ee 1153
Russia, Government of:

Exhibits from; eiven to National Museum--2 2 eo 22-0 ea ee eee ee {sates seas 764, 1019

Exploring Expedition works tors ~-- 32 Se. 2 52 ee ee ee a
Riyans (THomas oo soe os ee eee ee ae ee ee 1104

Letter to; on printing | Simithsonian reports. soe ee te ee eee ee eee 1023

fremarks Joy. '- Seat Sen ee ee ek eel oe ee a ee ee 1103
St2Catherine Dock Company, charces to Mr RuSHy.-c2 2-22 eee eee 96
“St; 'George’s in the Mast’ Chapels. 225 Jos s2 os See ee oe T7
St. Louis. (See Expositions. )
St. Louis, parkexpenditures for | 22. 2222s oe oe ese a ree ee ee ee 1184
St. Olaf, Royal Norwegian Order of, conferred on §. F. Baird.._..-._-..-...--..----------- 788, 789

on Joseph Henry -_-__- aot somoaseos hae pees 692

St: Petersburg; Royal Wibrary 2452326220 ee No ee ee eee eee 286
Sackville-West, bh. 'S: . 2-325 cee eo toe oe eee ine eae oe ee ae 1188
Safs/Deposit Company —----=--5..-. s2-ose Genes s 2 ooo te ee ee ee
Sailly, Henry Honore, servant of Smithson, bequest to._....-.--... --<-2- --se-2c--- 2-5 eennee 5
Salaries:

AMERY BIS OF 25 som cenea ees to em cele oe ope ee ne ee ee oe 1256
lye Discussion: Of 2 22 2 o25 cee no es 2 Sede so aa ee ee 634

Mshimnabe TOY AneTease Of - -- >. 222s 2 Soke bee ee ee ee ee 945

HEhnolory, Bureat of —..- 5 - ao ek ee ete ee oe 870

Hixchangoes:; International —. .-.....-22- 220552225 se ee ee ees 1024, 1148

National Museum employees ...._...-----..---.------.----- 914, 945, 1025, 1026, 1238-1242, 1254-1257
Of Smithsonian Institution officers:and employees to be reported in detail annually... 1837

officers not paid by Congress. 2:2 --2)-- 22-2... eee 1030

Secretary and assistants to be fixed by Board of Regents_. xxiii,

- 433, 726

Salisbury,. Marquis of; exchange of documents <_ 2522.2. <2 ene 2 ee ee ee 11388
Samoa, exhibits from> for National Muserm -2 2.282002 2 ee ee 1019
Sanborn, Mr., relative to Glover’s entomological work -_.-_-....-...---- -----. -2--------------- 814
Sandford, H. B., British commissioner at Philadelphia Exposition ---.--..---...-------------- 765

Sandwich Islands, Exploring Expedition works for.... ----....-.-.=--.-----.---:-s----.<-==- sel
(See also Hawaii.)
San Francisco. (See Expositions. )

San Francesco Museum -- 3. <2. 0 0225554. ccbeases seeene enceea s ceede Seen ee ee ee 1720
SantvAnna, Baronide, Exchange treaty by .---:2.2.2-.2) Schoo eae ee bee eee eee 1148
Sante, Mauris.” spanish Caravel —. 22. 0<.5~.-<-oct-soncesec- noone eee eee eee 1638
*Saranac,”’ Bessels’ exploration on, and losses -_.--.-.~<2e7-.c ee ee
Sardinia, Exploring Expedition works fOr. 2+ ~ccecsa- ac 5- oe Cede sanes saas Se aes ee ee 820
Sargent, A. A.:

Letter to, onjfireproofing Smithsonian building .:-2.:-=2.22 22-22... =22 oa eee 786

Memorial‘ by,for National Museum building - .: 2.20 22-- ~~ 6625 sen one ee oe ae
Motion ior resolution, DY 22222... 3. Soe ee a ee a
Regent, appointed ...-.222.2t-getb ect a ee ee eae |. oe ene ae ae ee 705, 1852

termexpired .. ~~. 03.225 (eles eee a ee ee

Remarks byissc 22s. .-022 ks. -. Re eee ee eee 734, 735, 738

Saulsbury, Eli, remarks by <2... <2 et ee 8 ee eee 921, 1108

Saunders, C..A.; assistant, astrophysical observatory .< .-2-- 2o-sse- ae ea eee 1597
Saunders, William:

Letter from; on National Museum. building .2... =... -Sseeeg-8 eee eee 762

Representative of Department of Agriculture, Philadelphia Exposition ---------.--.- 708, T46

Sawyer, F. M., representative of Treasury Department, Philadelphia Exposition. .-.--.---. 746
Sawyer, Philetus:

IBUN bys ee oe bn te AL eR eS Ro ee 1543, 1600

Remarks) by: 2-cvelas-- ---- s- +2 -acoen dake Senwes seers ae cose wee ee a 1288
Sawyer, William:

Motion. DY... .-2scaunn~ sce. 0 oan oc an0s gate Ree ae Be Eee eee 367

IRGMATES DV i saceece ons ~~ -2 2 sds ee eed ono ee eee ae wana ewisas vance 351, 367, 369
Say Oi. eee... nee aes eae ee Die 34 ee ee es 1400, 1622, 1644

Bemmunksibyat see oe ae 1404+, 1617, 1618+, 1620+, 1621+, 1653+, 1697+, 1698-++

Report. by, 2-40 seeeee~- - =~... Saws oe ee ceeeoes a een eee ee ee 1400, 1668, 1674, 1676, 1677, 1694

Resolution Dy f2ecenee.- - - 2-2 2525 abeane wo scec nae | oe oe cee eee ee eon oe omnis ee 1754
Scales, A. M.:

Remarks. Dy ce-5seetee- ~~ ano no cae ccece ence eeede noon ence Seen eee ee eee - 959

Reportbiby <i. so Seen. - ae woes ocean ee

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Schedule of—
National Museum’ appropriations from.1873 to 1879... ..._ . ....-- .n-- niaes---s0-r--2-5--5-05 780
PERE SHOES Ori Oil OCS So aoa a Sean eo s ese aigink ba, Seep dada eee ted aoe sk tb ak 98
Swords and medals, paintings, bronzes, etc.,of General Grant.-_...-.--..-------------- 963-967
Pare ML RRELISI CRO TIOI 0 Vert eee ene oe ee es Se oe ee ak eee ee 1014

Schley, W.S.:
PREC EMAC TOMES eee oe te we a SoS om atct coe a hema wiaiile Sei sa si tanna ol nv aaneia em emeee 1266
Opinion on proposed Military and Naval Museum....-.-....---..------..----------------- 1262
Schofield, J. McA., Secretary of War, member of the Eatabiiahinent eee ee eee 1848
School of research om medicine, in connection with Smithsonian Institution, proposed... 1043
Mniemcrnivhicc thd not to be applied: tOs22-22-22-.... .-- 2 aa<<<-.o2-s Jones des eee eee 203

(See also Education.)

Renee Tard YT OA e= eee or Se ei Soe ian nia Seb Saecinn ne md sees wince dawncyaacese Oe hemns 1534
PRCT Eden OU OTs a os a at Bean dame iene ote ta aan Son pea et ene me nsis na ueanveskuante 20U.
Schumann, F., report by, on ventilation of House of Representatives .............-....-2. 797,798

Schurz, Carl, Secretary of Interior: :
Estimate by, on fire protection of Smithsonian Institution. ._--.........-.----.---------. 786
Letter from, reeommending Powell’s ethnology to Le under Smithsonian Institution. 818

toon NationaloMusedm- appropriations: s--= 2-2-2. 2322 2n55 Ge nnos 2-25 836, 837, 838
Scientific: corps of Exploring Expedition, pay for... --~.-.--22---- + --- 6. - 2-255 oe sone ese -- =e 467+
Scientific employees in National Museum, list of ...----..-..-.--.----.----------- 1241, 1598, 1599, 1600
Sreninceimstibations, tree: postage, proposed: fors2 2422-02 522.55- .------2.- 205-2 - 25-2 enee 485
Scientific investigators, use of Government collections for_--_...---..--------.--------------- 1596
Scientific literature, International Catalogue of --.._....--------------------.--- 1769-1773, 1805-1807
Scientific organizations, members of, at unveiling of Henry statue-------.------------------ 922
Scientific staff, National Museum:
iieroATeottnM Gly On aia phy Oles: = o=55 250 Sak oe eee owe dae eet a sane ate Gene 1576
ROU ira rn irecyieeegee ee oe ne eR dd ce ee ed | RE en eh eat a he ee ee et 1700
Sciontiticsuryveys,.methods of, to be considered. . 2. 25-+ 2-2. -e.s-cceicseeaSe seco 252 eeesee 810, 811
(SI AG SRY MTD men Voy rte) oi ON ee eagle eRe are ne Sole Se ae a ey a a ae ae 1208
smader N. -., clerk National Museum <j: 2.420008. Ss.sghbe. 5s Bidet seems owen seven ences 1599
Scudder, S. H., memorial by, for purchase of Glover's entomological work - -_-- ------~----- 817
Sculptor for Owen statue to be selected by commission- ....---.------ ------------------------ 1553
Seals, fur, investigation of, in North Pacific _-.-.--..-.---- SE Pe) Sak Se a re A eee 1766
Seaton, William W.:
Mayor of Washington, member of the Establishment-------. ----.----.------------------ 1849
TRG Ti yO Seg rete ls ee eR as Se eee, spe 1852
Bireasurenot Smithsonian: Dnstitubioles. S222. soe te ee ad eet ake seeteeeee on 567
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution:
AS GRE Teo cio 18 705 Ne Se ee ee ee ae ae ee ee nee Pe xxii, 809, 810, 952, 953
aber terete Meh E Vi LIC Gls 9 te © ees ov ta Wee le re foo, Geo i ye a be 589, 590

American Historical Association report to be sent to Congress by- 1220, 1221, 1224, 1624, 1625, 1687
Amoneaniniversity, proposed, as,curator Ofzs .t =2--.9-Sesene eee Gel eas Seco ey_ 25 cease) P1bde

‘Appoininont.OL assistants Vested In). 2. sateccsce oo acne ea deca caccsa spooesauee d= xX xili, 433, 563, 1014
Armory building, care of, by. (See National Museum, Armory.)
Army Medical Library and Museum, on commrission for_-_._-.-.----.--.-----------..---- 934, 938
RESINS Ene ee erie ae ce ae ee oe ee pe ea nee amen teen 567+, 1060
(See also Baird; Goode; Jewett; Langley.)
MEseapiyeicalOpservatoryillCharee Of Mt a4 25. gab Soo ea See oem enh aes Ee ee soes 1698
etme ery ee COLO CUE I ween ree Sree hemos =o, So ae fk he So ea aieean ope ed se danen soggy BOO
Business, condition of, in Smithsonian bureaus, report on, by----------.----------------- 1700
Capron Japanese collection. (See Capron.)
Catalogue of scientific literature, preparation of'.-..--.------.-.------------ 1769, 1770, 1773, 1806
Colonial Dames, report of, to be made to, proposed --_.........-.---.-.---------------- 1561, 1764
Columbus memorial, proposed on commission for --..-.--.---------------------------- 1307, 1501
Daughters of American Revolution report, to be sent to Congress by ----.--------.---.-- 1740,
1742, 1743, 1744, 183
Declaration of Independence, on commission to restore original --_.._-------.--.---.---- Te
iiemuicsalot ©) 'C) Jewett anda. Blodeet by joie eee 6b tee se eeemilene onedon cet gec eeeene 588
Documents, public, on commission to compile laws relative to -__.....----.------------ 917,918

PS) iled RAED Soy Web et Wo) eas SO ee Oe ee See eee nero | Sameer oct.
Xxili, xxiv, xxv, 431, 482, 433, 434, 520, 563,571, 587, 726, 727, 1485, 1486, 1680, 1689

RCCL ORE VetEe DP OnGS Sei Sak eae. LOS SE San Sane Seay eas Beste eo teeeeer--- oa nate xxii, 431, 725, 1678
Electric-light plant, commission on, to be appointed by.--....--.---.-.--------. ------------ 1309
Bray CONMCINNS TOD AGIOTMOL. 225 SEUSS | doar nan a cas « ata ous Sea epee ons «Evateen eee oeeieease 1238

Establishment of the Smithsonian Institution, Secretary of-.....__....-.-.-.--.. xxii, 481, 1678
‘ Ethnology, Bureau of, in charge of._.... -.... --..- Pauses 818, 859, 864, 865, 871, 932, 981, 1698

1960 INDEX.

Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution—Continued. Page.
Exchanges, International, under charge of .--_---- 853, 854, 896, 933, 1144, 1492, 1493, 1494, 1698, 1701
Expenditures, annual report on, by-.----- 1025, 1026, 1267, 1268, 1328, 1558, 1559, 1672, 1673, 1813, 1814
Fine Arts, Bureau of, management of, by, proposed --.....----------------------- 981, 1105, 1106
Fire, losses by, at Smithsonian Inctitution.- 2-2) --- ~~ ee ene eee eee 642
Fire protection, proposed on! commission fOr = 2.222225 22 -- sn aseen ceeneseeeene Eeeeee 785, 787, 788
Fish Commissioner. (See Baird, S.F.)

Forest preservation; proposed on' commission fOr ]2- 22225 22 eesee ee enna sense eee 907
Pranking privilege:to-: +. i.:.2.225-22 2e 2S ences sere o eee ob ako eo een eee eae ae eee 500
Game preservation, rules for, to be pres soribed byl eS...) ae eee 1827
Government officer, status‘of, discussed”: :-: 5-2 tet eS ee ee eee 1067
Henry, Joseph, elected i225 5222682 2c Sabo arse ean ee ee ae Re eee 1856
History of Smithsonian Institution: .-.-- ----.2 22222. --2 22s essen ae ee ose ee ee iii
Hough, W. d:; elected = <222. 225822222222 3-222 Sate ce cane Seen ne nee 2 cen eee eee 1856
House of Representatives, privilege of floor proposed for.-.-..._...-.----------------.---- 1132
Keeperiot National: Museumts- 22. asaec2- esa a ee eee ee eee eee xX xiii, 433, 589, 1014, 1252
Langley; \S:. P:. electedi- 2: 2. = 2S ose se ee ee eee eee ee os ee Se a= 1856
Lectures, proposed as president of board on.-.-._.--..------------ ------------------- ae 894
On bOard -_ 2 3-2: 222s S30 Pe ee Se ee 893

Letters from and to. (See Baird, S.F.; Henry, Joseph; Langley, S.P.)
Librarian, Smithsonian Institution, duty as-.--.....-...--------.------- XxXiii, 433, 589, 1252, 1689
TOS i OR eee eaters oan oe eae sees se ae ee a Bee are eee Staite con cece eae ee eee eee 1856
Manuscripts, historical; on commission for 222-2. 222022 eee eee cee eee 1033
Mentoriais DY, tO) CONLTCSS -9- S8ee = = nen cae o en nee ee ae eee eee 119, 481, 488, 489, 674, 675, 769
National Museum under control of. 22-222 oe re ee eee 1249, 1257
vouchers approved by 2... - 2-2 205 2 Se aes oe ec

(See also Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Keeper.)

Owen statue, proposed on-commission for < 22252222222 Soe see fon eee ee eae eee Eee
Powell, J. W.,appointed as Director of Bureau of Ethnology by --.----.-------.----------- 1540
Revoents. board of, Secretary’ of = 222.52... S322 cee ses ceo ane eee eens xxii, xxiv, 431, 725, 1678
Represents literary and scientific progress of the people of the United States.......... 951
Researches by, aided by A. G. Bell 42 2222-225 os ee eee eeee eee eae 121
Rock Creek Park, on commission for -._.--...-.----.-------------- 1040, 1041, 1106, 1292, 1303, 1807
Salaries of employees to be reported annually by -----.---------2. ------ ---2222-- 25 Sacer 1837
Salary of aoe eee es ot eee asec Bonsai rae ee ee canoe) Seer e Ley Cor iE ni renee anon
Senate, privilege Of floor of, ‘to 235.22 he ee es Sa es ae See 949-952, 1132
Sociological Institution proposed as member of establishment for ---....-.-.-.-.---.--.. 1761
University of America, proposed as regent forces. ts. Sones eee sence ee ee ae eee 1710, 1711
University of the United States, proposed as regent for.--.---.---.-------- 1629, 1655, 1658, 1823
Vail telegraph instrument, authenticity of, to be decided by--.--.-.--..---.-------------- 1279
Ventilation of Hall of House of Representatives, on commission for-_-_--... ....-.------ 797, 798
Zoological Park, on commission for---- .--- 1150, 1151, 1171, 1218, 1334, 1337, 1339, 1340, 1847, 1851, 18384
under charge of -_....--.--.--- 22-22 s22-2--. 222-22 1418, 1419) 1451, 1488; 1572; 1698

(See also Astrophysical Observatory; Baird, S. F.; Ethnology; Bureau of; Exchanges,
International; Expositions; Henry, Joseph; Langley, 8. P.; National Museum;
Zoological Park.)

Sccurities, Smithsonian Institution, deposit of, in Treasury vaults__..-.---_.--.---..--- 1685-1687
Selwyn, A. L., Canadian commissioner, Philadelphia Exposition. ........----..-----.---..--- 766
Selye, Lewis, remarks by..<-::----- 222222222 220 Coe eet Saeae wee teen oe ee er ee
Semelshken, Russian assistant commissioner, Phiadelphia Heposition “ill. sie ee 764

Senate:
Floor of, privilege of, for Secretary Smithsonian Institution --..--.-..-.-..------- 949-952, 1132
Members of, proposed as managers of Smithsonian Institution .-_.._.-...-. 303,309, 323,327,389
as trustees of Smithsonian Institution_---.-....-._. 172, 173, 175, 180, 204
Regents of Smithsonian Institution .-_.------.--.-.- xxi, 430, 447, 1453, 1689, 1852-+-

(See also Senators. )

Officers' of; at unveiling Henry statue). 22220 =e eee ee ee a eee
Presidents protempore of, acting-as Repents..=- --. -.-2-2 2. -2.225 ne sseee en eee an oa
Secretary ofat-Henry memorial'services 220 Sse eee ee eee 804
to distribute works of Hamilton and Adams..-._.....-------.----------..-- 480
Senators; at unveiling Henry statue!) 2. 22.2) ee ee eae
Regents of Smithsonian Institution: 2-2 -<+-- 2222225 2222 2 egeses tienes 1453, 1678, 1852
Senior, N.-W<, Smithson case referred tot 2-22 2. se te ee ee ae 25
Sequier, ‘A. JOM seeseies.- -2-: 22 cczetvecbetcesteeee eee ee ee eee 294
Servia, convention or treaty for Exchanges --...--.-.---.------ -------- civeoeeee 978, 1140, 1701, 1705
Sessford, J--S:; clerk: National Museum :.<-c: 0... .c2i2022222-.ce.. SE ee eee 1599
Sevier, A°H’ remarks’ by: =... 222 ee eee a ee eee eee 175, 176, 221, 222, 223

Sevres vase. (See Strauss & Sons, L.)

INDEX. 1961

Seward, W. H.: Page.
IEC Rye eene Sie 2 ances Sse sats a ais oc boas aie Sao Seae ae ctnmae abn ced eee eae a eeeeS 531
Secretary of State, member of the Establishment--_----..........-.-...-.---.-.---------- 1847

Sewell, W.J.:

MipulemaoOma it) CA pronl COLBCHOMe .. oasis as > 2260 cortanols wiwacte aad a poses bees ca cenwe ae ena tenes 989
MRSETIEIT ICE NE ee ne see ee me tsa n co keetecdcons pemwesNuasnl eB Omen ey eee maeees ae ee ck eed ee 1765
PEPIHB PERO pee fa ces a aca 2a as oe aoc or oe a A oe ok a ae wefan ay My DO ZOHO SO
LEAGTeI CVE 1h ae SS ee cert a IE Se Ss ane te ae Oe ee, REA Ot Ene 972, 979, 1010+

Een eM LS AL ETINOU TL: 5 ese Soe e ena ke, cocci akan eek Cmecaw ctmne 837, 838, 839, 841, 842

2 TPE SS TE 5 GT De 05) Ne ee ee ne eae eee PL es eS 131, 137

Beene lc nunc, purial place of Jobn-Witallis. 2s. soe. 2S scectse ec on eee Meteo Lasseter 77
Shadwell, Mr.:

REND OL mm Smt MSON SUib 225.202 a0 sdsadare cs crac sant, cawe esa eteien aces weusnu VOy hap OHEOROO, SO

PrmmMomeconneelol tHe CHANCERY DATs 2532-5 a2a2 Anan ce ne caaene oeee este pecneaca~ Ase wees eee 17
“DERE NED... oo ROS a eee ey ee eet oe ene EE kere ee Somes 132
ERD METE EE MEMO ON, a> ae ane soem c oan Gas See nos soees areas eh aoe tiHee Genes Jat ee er ogo oe
PET ALi LBS Os, TOIL TO ie Sa a SO ee Oi eae ee enn eee eer et reer mS 77)
SPeraPe ne PEEING RSaD) Veena oie Boe ora s oes cane ote Sane ae Sawn s hee Saiaca sae ene ee LOO

eNO et ON IREIIN TCMOVAL OL aco sncc-.5c.caka pace eseewan ae eke neces Roewccseccaeuace 1732, 1821
Sheep and Wool Exposition, Philadelphia. (See Expositions. )
BHeep Husbandry in the South, Hayes’ report on. .-.--- -- osc 22-26. a n- eanioe acces onsen sence enecs 827
SD ALILE (Os JV ape ene Aen so ae A el ee Cee oh eee ee Se 960
Shepard, Charles, appointed on committee on Smithson bequest -----. -----.----------- 146, 169, 182
Shepard, C. U., collection of meteorites added to Smithsonian Institution_. ._--..__.._____. 1228
Shepherd, A. R., Governor of District of Columbia:
Sten eT OL CAC. HSta DUS MMEMNG: oo 2. wos os = SCO ae eee ee ee 1850
ESS OUD eee aoe care ec e cmos oe vaek s cweus att soe cenn poeees eeReae moee SS EES nb See 1852
ao mrerAy oy ClOrk, NAtONAaL.WuseUmM. 2. 2/2522) 55- ee eee oe Site 2 ek eh kak 1599
BE SSIPLE ROE ota koa stals tke ac Sahn whaja same caer eee ae 1008, 1041, 1042, 1044, 1102, 1359, 1531, 1582
PA OuON. OL TECSOLMbONSDY 225. =-. Satess peek see ee ene as ee pee een os aeeence 707, 907, 1292, 1514
Better from,on: Catalogeue:of scientific literature: .2-22 2-22 2.2. 2-4.2.-222 ee ee ed 1806
on Henry’s services to Light-House Board ---....----------.------------.--- 807
GO ees suhha saeteos oaleim cinta a wiouam scans Dende sees Se oe Cae ee eee 838, 974, 1116, 1517, 1583
Erenicent-7pro bem pore, Senate, OPEN tec sear ne seca San- ue esas eeeeccsc scat Ucewt ce wadeneae 1852
TRGIMAL ES DYGews ss coed soccccdecs, cdo sos>- 648+, 666+ , 707, 809, 929, 938, 952+, 953+, 967, 982, 983+. 987,
988, 1008, 1010, 1037, 1100, 1101+, 1230+, 1282, 1329, 1858, 1409, 1514, 1567+, 1568+, 1570, 1726
ISB UREN ee re 22a) 2-3 n caoe aed eens hos Meds sone Sas nal aR abeise suse Boe ee 938, 952+-, 967, 1518, 1519
Secretary of State, member of the Establishment. --....---.......-...----.--.--2-----..... 1847
of Treasury, member of the Establishment .. .-..-.....-..---.------------.--- 1848
PRM OMIIMALON YD on sons Soe nics panera nee ese eee ches Ssh wa eee when. Ue he eee cee 971+
on SIAC VE REG ural 2 Wey al a 12) G20) VC) Ia ee Pee ey ae NS ee ee gee eg A ee eee oe 805
Building commission of Smithsonian Institution, member of -_---..-... -_.--.------.------ 834
National Museum, free transportation for, ordered by -.-...--------.-------------..----- 828
EAORESERLAERTOIOLEL LOU cee a,c) te ene ee aie Se ee pe Se hs ay La ts 682+, 784, 1854
DIOVOSCG ess sos eae ses caso eenata cece cota Hana = sk ebetn Siac atte co eee 712, 784, 970

BEES IY PELE Ce co ya cr Re I ern res PS OR ALS PORE EY CLS

TALIEIOR DIVO: eetam =e e, Ark SMR 5 PSE Stee ee dn ee ee ae QTD

Secretary of War, member of the Establishment... ...........--.---.---.---------------- 1848

SATCU be Tu, POSOLMbION Djs aceeee a a see ee a ee ee Sa eyo Oe ae es Se een SN) 9 U)Y'

REeIie Ines SW OLds OL WUrCHASOIOls-25 952448 a2 secs desea aac See tebe Lee 1124-1129+

Bien a /AG 71. AT bs, IN vpLONA) SMSO. ooo cece cw ce eee oi ee ys ee eae A 1599

Shippen, Edward, Chilean commissioner, Philadelphia Exposition. -.._._._.-

uEcMinikenaC sy. Cloris xe banipos etait es 2600 ee Rp oad a 5) See Ce tee 1597

Shugert, S. T., Commissioner of the Patent Office (Acting), member of the Establishment__ 1849+
Siam:

Collection from, at Philadelphia Exposition given to United States ..._._...-........---. 765

PeIOL Sito OL, COUMACrOEd Al elephant. 62s 2. o.csceeceu oo ceee see eee esse ee ee 472

to C. H. Thomson 2

gifts of, to be deposited in Department of Interior _.._._.....-....-------------- 636

Princess of, portrait of, presented to C.H. Thomson _-...........---.-.-----.-------------- 871
Metra nx ioring fx pedition. works fOr . se eee. soe foe es 321
Mipnalcorns. reports of observers of, in Alaska). 2..-c eso k eee Pee els. Le Ee sk. 923

Office.exchanges of -__... .....-.-.--- Poe EEE AOR ee en ee ee a ermine UH’ Ig
Officer, United States ay, letter ck on Nelson and Turner’ s Alaska report ------ 984

opinion on proposed Military and Naval Museum __.. 1263
Service (Bureau, Corps, or Office).-.. .-..-....-...-..- 907, 936, 983, 984, 985+, 986+, 1042, 1082

Silk, American, first flag made from, presented by Joseph Neumann...._.--.-. 953, 1041, 1042, 1132
Silliman, Benjamin, honorary member of Smithsonian Institution .__..._.....-----..----- 567, 1850

1962 INDEX.

Simmons, J. W., remarks bys .- 2 3so55 esse oo en see 802
Simms, William, instrument maker ..-.:. 22-22 9225-222 ee ee 212
Simonds, W. E., Commissioner of Patents, member of the Establishment --.-.-----.---.---- 1849
Stmonton, C, B.-: «~---2<che..425.5c2sescseecSanse cease ees ee ee ee 833
Simpson, C.'T., aid, National Museum.........-4..---. 4-0-2) - = eee sehen eee 1599
Simpsons Jertyi. J05- -- 22 Secss8 oss eas tarsi tae eee oes ea re 1650, 1652

Motion by <..25.-2-22.--22525552 en sai ee ee eee 1647
ReMaresiw yes a=. --~ ease ee 1574, 1646+, 1648+-, 1649+, 1650+4-, 1651, 1652, 1777, 1778
SimsA. D228 os. caesnn cases sed oe ee ees eee ee a
Appointed on committee on Smithson, bequest, 2552222 222205 "2s a- Ses 2a ee ee 321
Bill or Motion, DY. sac 22225 32.2 eee eo ae ee Sa oo oe ee
ROmMarKS Dy .22 20 Jo) a ee ee ae ee ee 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, 899, 401, 415
Singleton, O. R.:
Bill.or resolution Dy: -2..= 2-4-0 se. Ash em mew esees ad: Aes see aes Sea BUN
Letter to, on Capron collection ...=-._-.-.-----.-..5..20-5 . -22-52088= Ses = ee
Regent, appointed! y. -2 t= = 2252-4555 fob ee See se see ee ae ne Se,
Remarks, by ..--) = -- 24.2 oe ee Se ee ee er re ee
Report by =--2- 222-222 seces oe eae Jone pace ae oe ese od ae See
Skinner, A.. chief of second watch, National Museum 22) ->--2)242. 342282 - =a -- a ee 1599
Skinner, J..S., Debvition, by_.--..5-. -.2-..-s.21- = a. setae PERO eee 238, 239
Skylights, National Museum building, appropriation for--...--..-.---.-----.-.--.-.--------. 1822
estimate dors: sci tieess 5 ee e eee 1817
Smithsonian building, ‘estimate for: 6. 22h 2 eee Se eee 127:
not to be made...425.% 42:2 Joo es eee eee 1278
Smillie, T. W., photographer, National Museum... ....._... .-220.254 27223285 2 eee 1599
Smith Adam: |... 225. -.-22- scese ee cee eee Sa eee IN Ne a

Smith, Albert, appointed on committee on Smithson bequest---------.-------------- -------- 182
Sunita mips 263! 2h heh lsd see a eae oe es Oe eon ee 1037
Smith, C. E., Postmaster-General, member of the Establishment.--------.--------------.--- 1848

Smith, F. O. J., appointed on committee on Smithson bequest -----.----.------------- ------ 146,169
Smith, HOOK. .- =. 2-25.56 e060 ce sean’ Sas 35 eee ee ee, © ae eee a er eee eee

Secretary of Interior, member of the Establishment. --.-.- ----...-.--.----------.--------- 1850
Smith,.J.-A., petition by... —->-=-.<- 5-.3-4-n0:954500 soe eee eee eee
Smith; vA. sremarks: bye 25 22 eS. ee eg eh a Se 1441
Smith, N. Hy clerk, National \Museumy . 252: ..2222--. 22. Se : au Sao ce aoe

Smith,(S. A: motioniand resolution by _=-.<. =. ---<2 2-5 6 hk cae oe eno can eee ee
Smith, S. J., memorial by, for purchase of Glover’s entoimological work-._-_ -.-.----.------ 817
Smith, Truman:

Appointed on,committee on Smithson bequest - ..-.. = 23.2. —-<.-- =~ - 25 os eee 225

ROMATESR DY — 2-22-25 <6o es ooen oan se meen nse pee eoen 5 x Pan Bae a

Resolution! iby..<-- -=<<-55<a2.285 tsecctecee ase Sep ee ES pes ee 9 cee ee re
Smith, William, romarks ‘by=.-... --. 254. isceehe. ee ee ee ee eee 508
Smith, W. R., floral decorations by, for Henry statue services-......------------------------- 922
Smithson bequest, legacy, or fund:

Aceepted. by the United States .....-5..22 3 2. su- an cnceecses ease cene Seen ee

Account of~ 5,101, 102, 115, 120, 121, 125, 145, 182, 184, 215, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 273, 490, 1042, 1275

Act to establish the Smithsonian Institution (August 10, 1846) --...- .---.. 2... ------ xxi, 429
(See also Acts of Congress. )
Agent to proseente.claimufor . 22.2804...) seca ee soe See eee ee ae v, 142, 144, 182, 185, 2
Annonneement Gf. - ---2- occa ee ne dae de cee oe Pee RE en ee ee 7,13, 125°
Applications of, proposed—

Agricultural education and farm -------- 146, 155, 183, 239, 241, 266, 276, 277, 279, 324, 328, 338, 560

Axvt, Gallery: tio? 2c. 4. oo sd oxeeick teeta | a ee ae ah ees ee ee 328, 3875
Astronomical Observatory ----..---------- 170,173, 189, 194, 204, 205, 206, 236, 237, 268, 272, 273, 359
Botanic Gartion:: — 2405 to. tet 4k set oe ee ee ee ei ee ee 324, 325, 328, 329, 337, 338
Chemical laboratories: ..:..2-s20c.t2 22 oes (ee ee ee 266, 277, 324, 328, 338
Difiusion, of; useful knowleds@, .2. 2081245... ee eee 183, 326, 330
Hducation 2..<c:-...-.-. .2- sts ee Se ee ee ae eee noes
Experiment;and. research .......2sesie3 BW eee Se SS eee ee

“ Faculté des Lettres et Sciences” as a model . 22... 22.2. sees 2 ee ee 300
** Jardin des'Plantes’’ as a modell 2.2... 282502 6 ee Ss ee eee 294

Lectures. .5 22-.55-- ---- --n2 cece ccccer ocacoe saneccies exemns om Seuss COON MGROR ea Teo ee eee
Library 2-22-2605 0----0- 6-0 lon pnd scouseucu---' 266,277, 280, 286, 297, S11, 824,820, 020,008, a0, 000

Literary and scientific institintion =< <2. S2e0. 42028 ba. eh once an ene eee 163,171
Museum Shek Sa es oe oa ko on se 266, 277, 324, 328, 329, 338
National Institute or National Institution to have charge of ____--. 215, 219, 295, 805, 309, 315

INDEX. 1963

Page.
Smithson bequest, legacy, or fund—Continued.
Applications of, proposed—Continued.
ISTPOWTTHEEL ANETTA a an mn ae See ope aS ee Le ae ere eile

ea EEPTSINERTSETEAL Dee aie ae es Sen Ets = ee ke 325, 330, 344, 365, 411, 413, 417
Ze TGs sys a0 CISCOVGIIOS 25. Sano noe oo eke ee ee ee eee 389
Pa LCG HIG) ISIS Agee a RS eS ec an es Oe SS See ee I Sees de 279, 280, 326, 330, 337, 338
pernncosanmlication Of tovbhearts of life. oc sec cosh ec aoctee oaoen - seecacnedienncune 326, 330
UE SY Te ELSES? cE 9S Eas a sl ae epee era ene ee ea eet ay. SX 137, 138, 141, 187, 337, 362
Applications of, proposed by—
MIA. SOHN OUIMCY 9-2... onc te owoickn css 170, 184, 226, 285, 268, 273, 282, 337, 392, 408, 419, 560
Uh FR Aas fe ee ee a ete 5 eee, FS hee Bly Nimes twas fete - 311

OU) spn gl Seti aT Ye ee ee eh ee ee eee Rr rates Aria MRT STE ta)
LEDS ECL 0 TURD i eae ee ee Se ee See eee hee See ee eee ee AN (2) 2)

Berest eee ESOT ETTLOM Boro. OO* S5e) ot AS i ere he eee ee 137
UTE Rn Si) ee eae ee ee ee ee Se Ne Oe ey eee Bae Pee 215

WS SU UES GTNEI EV 2) Ce eS Pe ey 2 age SeRy Sep Hier Beall eee ames cea i (
Cul atatin, TST: Oy Bis ee a a ee ae ee eee eRe EE RR ELT Le Se ee eee EA Sra ITs:
OAS EVE Le] of) ral O72 (ee EE Ue er RS 4 VS re ea eS

RES MESATUAET ORV ELL ULUTT UC =o os oe ge ee i ee ee ee OM 137, 219
IS Ce W WCU Oa ee Ee te a So” Sy A eee 299
PRIS PAR HOL. «20. or eee Ny Sia e8! eed Gee peace ee ey ears he DE 2s oye et TS Sg 163, 171, 282
Inuiin [Eide age hess £e Re a ee eee SS. Cee ee ee eee ae 337, 362

SOD Tor rid Drees Stel i 2A as a a a ESS Doe oo ee en eee eee eet
EPH? ORI QUIN 5 ooo oye a ao eo eo eens at Se eed Oy BOO 200s SUB; OOS

“SEUNG ZTE" 1 PWOT GSN i] [Cea a ee I A PE OR te os ot Soe a 315

DONIC EAISY, ALGO Vis S Sf 5 oi a a OU fae 295, 305, 309
Warovor the fund, by W..H: West; appropriation: for es) aes 2325 85) dee o-oo s w2eeee 680
Case of the United States against Drummond, executor of Smithson____-----.-----.--_- 13
Ghaneery court, decree of award to United Statesiscs.2-2-2- sae eben bcs eee eee ante 56
Claim of United States for, act to prosecute and carry into effect.___....-----. 142,144, 182, 185
Committees of Congress to consider ___--- 25, 130, 146, 169, 182, 188, 225, 241, 273, 321, 443, 444, 451, 488

Competency of United States Government to receive..__.__-.-..--.---_---.------------ 110,125,
128, 129, 130, 186, 138, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 354, 350, 355, 369, 390, 391, 396

iS EME GCG POMEL G, LO. - 22 aia 3 Serene tee Se eek BR Be ee ee eo cud ace 7-111
LS ERP TESTE ah ap eee) op tt Vb OEE so eke eee te a” ee ae ey ee ee ae ee er 335, 372
Derived in part from half-brother, Colonel Dickinson_.--_._.-..-.-.--.-..----2..---.. 19, 20, 34, 55
MO LNET OF SMEG ASOMinee es Se ce ten Fa ie pe ah ee by ee ase ee Pe cers 54

Pe THOr BLOT Ob PO Desh Ola.) 8 sen ee a = hs) ee I te a ete Skt teehee er 506
Dividends upon to be: received by United: States. ...-.-.=-.-22--22-<-s2es2--s025----------- 67
Hepense onchanceryysuit to obtain -.4. ..2-. .-<-.-...<is=-2-5-225225seRe 2 26, 37, 70,71, 72, 103, 104
obtaining, to.be paid by the United States _._._.... 2... 2osenic22u-2 e2e.ce. 110

Gold deposited in United States mint-__..---.----.---------.- §1, 64, 65, 97, 100, 101, 107, 108, 109, 185

CTV LMG TO) i) eee Saree COREY MM 2 a ee pee te ee OR OM IL,
Increase of-...-. xxiv, 63,117,118, 119, 120, 121, 481, 482, 484, 485, 488, 489-499, 664, 665, 666, 727, 1042, 1680

PO LEVGS i eenere oe 5 eee te see ee espe LS oe een a ose ee ens Sa neeeekee xxiii, xxiv,

93, 170, 270, 271, 331, 332, 356, 367+, 429, 434, 490-494, 645-657, 666, 845, 1042, 1680, 1687

Investment of, by the United States... ._.........._... 144, 145, 185, 214, 215, 217, 219, 220, 222, 224,

225, 229, 235, 242, 243, 244, 245, 250, 251, 252, 269, 331, 489, 1755, 1758

WN GCUsOb oe acon hae 3 noon coe ee ae 54, 81, 131, 194, 522, 566, 578, 596, 676, 1067, 1082, 1089, 1136, 1759
Permanent appropriation by United States for. (See Smithson bequest, interest on.)

Perpetual loan.in trust,to the United: States... .-22.--~.-.-Ss2bisesn 5s Sd eee ee xxiv,

142, 170, 228, 356, 429, 430, 433, 653, 727, 845, 1029, 1687

Personal effects of Smithson. (See Smithson, James.)
Residuary, left in England for annuity to Madame La Batut and subsequently obtained. 42,
44-51, 60, 65, 71, 112-120, 666

PeeTEnO) Glott}, FUN eIANG DTOPOSO! oa 526s Ne so eta a BOER OE yt ee Jed 350

Rush, Richard, account of expenses for-.._.....--.-.------.----.---- 10, 49, 67, 70, 94, 95, 98, 148, 239
agent of United States to obtain --......---.___- v, 9, 14, 142, 144, 182, 185, 239, 1377
BalGS OLUBLOCES DY sa Ae ee cee ed te lessee eee ee Si ed Bae ee sa 2 62, 64

Smithsonian Institution founded by. (See Smithsonian Institution, act of organiza-

tion.)
States, sales of lands in, to be taken to reimburse the fund_--__..-..--.----------..-.--.- 221
boslcanmuerined sil: HNelang. 232295. 622.62 Siocs Fost ooedaarn ae en eS ee 52, 60, 67, 93, 106
state. (See Smithson bequest, investment of.)
Ce yill Gu SPP 02) a PRS PLE Se See > Se ens ee 2 YN eee ete tea eee See oe 5

Smithson, Hugh, Duke of Northumberland, father of James Smithson ---... 5,54, 131, 132, 496, 1136

1964 INDEX.

Smithson, James: Page.
Accountiol «2: 22hce esac sh Sn Sees et ae v, 14, 54, 354, 656
Death (Sune 27, 1829) oes acetone coe ann sce e eosc eee eee ee ee ee ee EE
Lifeand*writines? of printing. of; proposed 32222 == 22 ee ee ee 850

Manisenipt treatises by = ete: 2 2222 ese ae, Se ec ee re 99
Name:originally James: Lewis Macies:. . 2:2 ¢2:2:2 <=s-.J2ee 2 2 ee ee ee ee
Papersiby, refused publication by Royal Society .-2--2 2-2-2 se <2 eee nee 556, 566
Personal effects of... xxiii, 65,68, 91, 93, 98, 99, 104, 107, 110, 111, 267, 278, 304, 325, 329,483,475,642, 726, 1012
Political opinions Of. ..-- 2252, sv-2 Pts Bt ee eee 55

Property of his brother, Henry L. Dickinson, Toecieed by him in’trust=..2-52.- 19, 20, 34, 55
Royal Society, bequest said to have been originally to__-__.-.-...--........------------ 556, 566
Will Gf \i2c6 taco csou eens sea ei ass eck eee es ee en | Se 5

alltded' $02 55-2 see 2 ate ee ee we Oks Be See ee xxi, 13, 110, 429, 559, 584, 597, 1053

Smithsonian Institution, Analysis of act of organization:
Alterations, amendments;etce:,; provided for: - ..-2--=2.2-2-2 222s. ses. 5 2ese aa) oe a

Artigallery:of;to-be provided: => =.<2>=/s--22 sF2 sox She, so eeeSusee eee ees be eee Xxiii, 432 3

objects, belonging to the United States to be delivered to Smithsonian Institution_ xxiii,

433 j

Biildings, Contracts fOr. 22=-- -<2 22 csssansecne a sets sees cess. co sos cue ene ee 432
BEECHON Ol Me 22 cede eee coe bana ee eee ee ee eee 430, 432+, 433
selectioniof Site LOE =. ~~~ 5.. n..-sn5 4 5e ee e xxiv, 431, 482

Business of the Institution to be conducted by Board of Regents--.--.-.-----..------- xxi, 430
Certificate by Chancellor and Secretary to Treasury Department for money for

OXPONGGS), 24:5. 52lss os See oe ee edocs Seek ne-c ant anes eee eee xxv, 431
Chancellortdupies OL. 2 <2. 2s sok a cae ee ee ee ee oe ee xxii, 431, 482
SleChlOM Of. oak sacs cceee ss acs Sess ga ee Se xxii, 431

presiding officer of Board of Regents. ..<- <<. .-;5<-.<00-= -p2-62=- = ane pe oe XR

Chemical laboratory to be provided 2222. 222224 2 5op 25 eee oo = 2 ee ee 432
Contracts-for building: 62.222 hh eke eee ee ee ee eee 432

not to be impaired. by changes in the act . =: 2=:<22S 2 2 c2ae ss ee
Copyrights, to be deposited with librarian of Institution and Librarian of Congress.... 434

Disbursements to: be:certified tort:.iss .be4 <4 na. ose eel ee see eee eee ee xxv, 431
Establishment by the name of the Smithsonian Institution, constituted -_.. ....---.-. xxi, 429
members of, desionated...2.i 0b ech ee es ee eee eee eee ee xxi, 429
meetings of, objects of, and times for__._....--.--..--.-------.-. X xiii, 4338+, 434
secretary of, to be secretary of Board of Regents -----.--.------------ xxii, 431
Exchange of duplicate specimens authorized --. 2.22. .~ 222052 sa. cenk euscad sonenn on aese xxiii, 483
Fund designated as a loan to the United States: .....-....-. -.2.-2.--=--~--=-------- XX1, 429, 433

Geological cabinet,:to be provided... .-------<....c<.. cckecu «ew cnw seen eee Dae ae Lae
specimens belonging to the United States to be delivered to Smithsonian
PRSOIDHMON:. 22.0cc2 secu kee ccce co. owen ecb ee eee een Xxili, 433
Ineidental expenses. ...225..22--.- - RUSE e ee et ek oe ee ee ee ee one
Interest on funds in United States Treas iry, accrued and accruing at later dates for
perpetual maintenance --.-.-... xxiv, 430, 434
accrued to July 1, 1846, appropriated for
building and current expenses. .---.- xxiv,

at. 6. per cent ~.22.. 2223-2) 22-52-23 eee ee
payable half-yearly, Ist of January and
Ist.of Jully,.2: 0 --4--2-205-5s0d24 ee eee

Land required for the Institution to be appropriated-.--. .--..----------------------- xxiv, 432
Lecture:rooms tobe provided .... 5-4... 23- see See ae ee a 432
Library, Secretary of Institution to be librarian of .-...... -.:..--.~----=-+------2--s- xxiii, 433
to be composed of valuable works pertaining to all departments of human
Knowledge :. >. 2.22 heigl abo 2 se a ee ee ee ee xxiii, 434
NGO DEOVIGO «5 ooo cose nds Gas ane peeee peo eee oe a eee ee xxiii, 482
Mineralogical cabinet, to be:provided.._.....-- 5 3 -=.. = ee eee eee xxiii, 432
specimens belonging to the United States to be delivered to Smithsonian
institution. ..222.s.-2- - cee eee ee SA a fa a ee ee xxiii, 433
Moneys and stocks received on account of the fund to be pledged to refund to United
States Tréasnry, <<... dccc) ee ee NL ee a see ee ee ae xxv, 430
Moneys recovered by, or accruing to the Institution to be paid into United States
Treasury to credit of Smithsonian bequest =----.<-22522-¢ -. 2 25 -= 2 aoe ee een eee oe xxv, 433
Maseumi; building. for....... ..-- 22-16. 2 hese ge Xxiii, 432

classification. of collections int .2c292 32. be sees aoe aaa ee ee
Government collections to be transferred to.____.----.--.-------------- XXiii, 482, 483
inerease of collections byiexchanges. .os2.<.2-- 225-4 = 8. - 220 5654-45 ne
Secretary of Institution to be keeper of -......-...----.--- -------=+----------- XX1il, 438

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Smithsonian Institution—Continued. Page.
Natural history, objects of, belonging to United States to be delivered to Smithsonian
nStitmiiom --2- ~<a eee xxiii, 433
to be provided for in Smith-
sonian Institution ----.... xxiii, 432
Object of Smithsonian Institution, ‘‘the increase and diffusion of knowledge among
PEGE TYME eas CS ER a a a pe el a ale ar et eee te xxi, 429
Paoment GL salaries to De semiannial —.-— om .. 22-88. anne cence ones en sn ews etacs X xiii, 433
Perpetual maintenance and support to be from interest only ---.--....-------------- xxiv, 430
Plants, specimens of, belonging to United States to be delivered to Smithsonian Insti-
RMR er eee ee ee gee a ot en a nS eee wren en caves amlw caaua ese ad does pnes penene eens xxiii, 483
President of United States to preside at meetings of the Institution: ..... .....2.--.: xxiii, 434
Peni pAO Mme nOL GONG UBCO aes coon aoe Se ee eee aan ona e Sone Soom cane nese eens xxiv, 430
Property of Smithson received by the United States --..-.---.--...------------------ xxiv, 429
Regents, Board of, advice and instruction of, by the ‘establishment ” ._..._..------ Xxili, 433
assistants appointed by Secretary to be approved by-.---.-.--.. xxiii, 433
BUHL IZON ee ee ee oney - eit. reer Tee ree ree es bahar, xxi, 430
biennial appointment of three members of, by Speaker of the
FI QUSG bee pos 6 oe ee oop leno ee ee eee ee aia anne ceeecere ts etose, SER AOU
Duildin= committee.of, authorized =>. - 2. 22.5222) ooo Secon ewes) ADS
business of the Institution to be conducted by- .---.--------------- xxi, 430
certificate by, to the chancellor and Secretary that money is
TEGUITCO TOM Gx POUSCS =... esate nn eee eee ate meer aioe xxv, 431
chancellor to be elected as presiding officer of -------------------- xxii, 431
citizens of States (inhabitants), four, from different States to be
elected by joint resolution as members of..---.--------------- ---- xxi, 430
compensation of, for actual expenses only ------------------------ xxii, 431
CONTPOSICION OF tin cere re tee ee a eee ee ee KT, 430
disposal of interest by, for promotion of purposes of testator -.. xxv, 434
GahiesrOlese: =. ote ake ee eee xxii, xxiii, xxiv, xxv, 431+, 482+, 433+, 434
employees or assistants, appointment of---__..-.-.---------------- xxiii, 433
executive committee of, to be elected_-_-___---. ---_---------------- xxii, 431
OXPOMSOS Ol to eee ae eae a enone Se eror ee eee seen sete aeeeen xxii, 431
House of Representatives, three members of, to be appointed by
ro DEE 3) oR ae Mr att ta ae ee ge SEE xxi, 430
“Institution” (Establishment), to supervise affairs of ______.... xxiii, 433
Mayor of Washington to be a member of -..-.-----------.-.---------- 480
WMeCHINES OL ANG QUOLUIN +. te ke see ee re season nee conn eee xxii, 431
National Institute, two members of, to be appointed on-_-----.---.-- 430
notice of meetings of, to be given by letter --____.-_----------.--- xxii, 431
officers of Smithsonian Institution to be removable by ao teecee Xxiii, 483
DresiGiuPOmmCeM Ol ae ce ee oe eee ee een a momen oe eee ee eae xxiii, 431
proceedings of, to be recorded by the Secretary and preserved-- xxii, 433
CQUOTHIM Ol VO DOULVO.. one ters lees ee pao notes ccs ea seese Shc eat eee xxii, 431
report of, to ve made to Congress . > 2052 Sel2i 2 22k. 22a lst elec eee KV, 401
salaries of Secretary and assistants to be allowed by --------.-.- xxiii, 433
Secretary of Institution to be secretary of _._----._---...------..-- xxii, 431
Senators, three, to be appointed by President of Senate ._-__-.... xxi, 480
SErviGes Ol, SrAvGlvOUs so cose ee Sn ee eee eee xxii, 431
site for, bulldineito:beselected, by_._-- 2. 2a ssc ee ee xxiv, 431, 432
States, four citizens (inhabitants) of, no two from same State, to be
WIGMUDSPS Of Soe oaks cose sees Sen ee ees xxi, 430
COPE OMOHICO Obes. o.oo oy caer an re ee re en ee ee xxii, 430, 431
traveling expenses of members to be paid_---.-.---..-..----------- xxii, 431
Vacancies .in, how to be illed 222: te sre ees A. Peet xxii, 430, 431
Washington City, residents of, to be Regents.-..-..--.----.------- xxi, 4380
Repeal of any part of act, right reserved to Congress. ....-------.---------.--.------- xxvi, 434
Report to Congress of the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution_._ xxv,
431
Research, foreign and curious, objects of, belonging to the United States to be deliv-
ered to Smithsonian Institution -----. xxiii, 433
to be provided for in Smithsonian Institu-
tion? o-oo. Se eee occs os Bee ees X xiii, 433
Secretary of Institution, duties of, authorized by Congress ---....-.--.-------------. ---. Xxii,
Xxiii, xxiv, xxv, 481, 482+, 433+
Glection oro. 2 ee ee es eee se xxii, 431
to be Secretary of Board of Regents- -.--.--..-------------- xxii, 431

LOGIT PlOY/ASSISbANUB so sme nee eae reece ae tee eee eae Xxiii, 433

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Page.
Smithsonian Institution—Continued.

Site for buildings;.selecthion: Of 27.222 s.o.cs— sense ee ee ee eee ee a eee xxiv, 431, 482
Smithson, ‘will ofs.2.252 25-5 sony eae eee See eee ae ee ee ee ee eee ee xxi, 429
Smithson’s personal property to be preserved at Smithsonian Institution--_--.._._- Xxiii, 433
Specimens and objects of art, natural history, etc., to be received, arranged, and clas-

BINCG <- 22 < casste Sasee Mt s2os oan se ose e eee = Soe SE re ee eee eye a ee eae Xxiii, 433
Treasurer of United States, duplicate contracts to be filed with----.-.-------.-----.---- 482
Treasury, United States, to pay money on certificate of Chancellor and Secretary. xxv, 431
Trust accepted by the United States of Smithson’s property ---.----- ----.------------- Xxv, 429
Vice-President of United States to preside at meetings of the Institution in absence of

Hated ease tts (eh ei spas gees ee ey oe a ees Se eee aa Senco aU Ss Son soee oe oe SSeS SSS sess: xxiii, 434

Smithsonian Institution, Organization of, amendments to original act:

Repeal of section relative to copyrights (February 5, 1859) ._...---.--.--.------ ---.---.-- 608
Repeal of provision requiring two of the Regents to be members of the National Insti-

tute in the city of Washington (January 10),1860)_.- ... -- 2-228 soe een
To receive residuary legacy of Smithson and to authorize fund to be increased not

exceeding a million dollars (February 8, 1867) --.-_----- Bee esac accel ns Gaon ee aeons ee
Provision to change the words ‘tthe mayor of the city of Washington” to “the goy-

ernor of the District of Columbia” (March 20; 1871) 2-22. 222-2.) 2. osc so eee eee 689
Revised and abridged and reenacted as Revised Statutes (June 22, 1874)__...-.....-.---- 724
Provision to change the words ‘‘ Commissioner of the Patent Office’ to ‘‘ Commissioner

of Patents?’ (Mebruary.2(, 1877) - -<..2-<3--s0- oon ene eee eee oan 767

Provision to change membership of the ‘‘ establishment of the Smithsonian Institution,”
and to allow the Institution ‘‘to receive money or other property by gift, bequest,
or devise, and to hold and dispose of the same in” (March 12, 1894) _._.-.------ Xxi, xxv, 1685

(See also under following titles: Accounts, audit of; Acts of Congress; Alaska; Alma-
nac, Nautical; American Historical Association; American University; Arkansas;
Armory building; Army Medical Library and Museum; Art; Astrophysical Observa-
tory; Bequest or fund of Smithson; Bequests or gifts; Bessels; Board on Geographic
Names; Building; Capron Japanese Collection; Catalogue of Scientific Literature;
Circular; Civil Service; Colonial Dames; Committees, Congressional; Contracts for
supplies; Contributions to Knowledge; Copyrights; Corporation; Correspondents;
Daughters of American Revolution; Disbursing officer; Documents; Education;
‘‘Establishment;*’ Ethnology; Exchanges; Executive Committee of Board of Re-
gents; Executive Departments; Expenditures; Expositions; Fine Arts; Fire at; Fire
protection; Fish Commission; Free freight; Free postage; Geological Survey; Glover's
entomological work; Government; Grounds; Hall Arctic Expedition; Henry funeral;
Henry memorial; Henry, services of; Henry statue; Illustrations of publications;
Indian relics; Indian statistics and history; Interior Department; Investigation by
Congress; Land Office Museum; Library Committee of Congress; Library of Con-
gress; Library, Smithsonian; Mail matter; Mechanics’ Institute of Washington;
National Institute; National Institution; National Museum; Objects of; Officers;
Opening on Sunday or in evening; Owen, Robert Dale; Policy of; Printing reports
of; Railroad, Street; Regents, Board of; Report of; Salaries; School of research and
medicine; Securities; Stanley Indian paintings; Telegraph; University of the United
States; University or school of original research and medicine; Weights and meas-
ures; Zoological Park.)

Snell“E: 'S., Regent, proposed -- ---2.-2.-+ 22-2. - one m see ine ote ae ae i= ee
Snider; Guilb., clerk; Exchanges ..: 22. -2 52. Peticstse sense seeiee oes Oe ww ae
Snodgrass, H.C, remarks Dy | 522-220-5252 Soa ae a ea ee ie 1610, 1631, 1619+
Society of Antiquaries, Gondon ©~-2 <<; - 2-22 ste canoe enn ee See oe 569
Societytor Arts: london). 22. 222225 ee oe ees Saree nea nn ee Se I ee le 154, 750
Society of:Colonial‘Dames of America’ 22: 92 2225 2r one teen en ee ee nie 1559, 1763, 1765
Society of Sons of the American Revolution -------.---- ----------2----s22-<--=--.---- 1527, 1528, 1529
Society, Washington Zoological 22:2. 52-22-22: s2seee eee S eet te nene a eee oa ee 685
Sociolozical Institution, proposed - =... S225 tase ee ae eee 2 ee ee ee te 1761-1763
Sociology/Powell’s researches inlss 222. = fetaoeweeb acca <= ate Senead 6 eens aoe ee ee eee 858
Soh) Pom. Ky, aid, National Museum 2ss--2-s---aas--e ooo aa i ae ee 1599
SoldicrsMbome:? Hite. sok 2 ee ee ee a ee ee ge eee ee 1190, 1216
Solicitor-General, opinion of, as to Fish Commissioner - .----- ------ ------------------------ 922, 1049
Solicitors for Snuthson fund |. 022) Sec eeeee Seen ane eae sea can ce cnee eer ones 17,66
Somatology, Powell’siresearches In. - 2-20 selec cccrs co seee woe eee oa wee = ee oeen eae ae te eee 858
Somerset, Charles; Duke of -_..... 22 2a80l) 2S eae eo ceh een eae see nee ae eee 5, 54
Sons of Revolutionary Sines @ -- 22.222 20 SEYee ee = ae soe eee a eeen eee meee ene ee 1529
Sons’ of the. American Rey olution 225.2. cece ce ere mae nee ae Sema ee eaten oe eee ee 1527, 1530

Sophocles. sate soeet sae sew enon be bees nano eee ariel e nen oe eaten ene Se eee a eee 166

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Page
PanEee ponents on, by; Professor Henry” -<......--2.<-----cncecsvsvceuscccanecansc-cebeke aes 808
Sousa, J.P.,leader of Marine band at Henry statue services.-__.._...--.----.----------------- 922+
South Australia, exhibit at Philadelphia Exposition given to United States. .....-...___.__- 766
South Bethlehem, Pa., Packer University (Lehigh)-.-.--....-_- Soha Bk erty Ji eR ae 715
South Carolina:
PeeuunOun word py. tor General Shields). | .s.ueus. sass doses sansacar consann tees wees 1129
Bee STTI SON ae oro Si pas os ex SL SER SES Wak ek, A a ye 1855
Soe drial 11, TRIS oI Go RE, CEL Se er eee Sec 1801
ol BLS. 1h. SS Saeetie Ree SR S ee ee Seana Serer ye ae es eae UE al 8
Appomiedion committes on Smithson bequest'...-----...02-2. -...-22- 204. -- en se de see ee 169
RABID Cera Se ai Say 0S eS Re Coe 2 Se oe A eae ee tod er ee ae 139
Southern Exposition. (See Expositions, Louisville.)
Peauenir init dollars tor Chicago Exposition: -- 2: --.225..-........--.2--5 20a 1588, 1593
Sowden, W.H.:
LE WR a2 Sie, Se SF ae ee ee De ES 1268
SEGREE EI ORCC ET Vie Se aco = San: ea ete ena EO HET LI = seed Ess eas... 3 SNE Re ty ee LE nels 1218
Spain:
Claims commission, publications of, wanted for exchange_.._--...----..-.--------------- 978
Hei e BOLCS. Of, £0. Chicago, ES position «sa ies saad eee eee Se eenicbe- ones eas5 cee 1586
Peenascen..conyvention Or treaty of; for <2. 2. 5b eee 978, 1140, 1701, 1705
Exhibit from, at Philadelphia Exposition given to United States -_...._._..-. -------_-.- 765
SEO no edition: Works fonm=. 2s -u ses Ae eee er nen ot Ss ye lisbees cet B20
Government of, invitation by, to Barcelona Exposition, --.......---..---.--.------------- 4114
Officials of, invited to Chicago Exposition.-.......-...__---- SaaS PEON Ao isectoaisst 23 1590
RARER RE Cur Ee se cnn, Seis ae bs Soe oe ewdiet oe a Oe ete Dee ee he nan Sete aE ee ee 672
CEH UNS S228 NS eee ee Rese ee ontle,. S/S nn ee et eles RENE 645
TS TR TceS, Et aS eh ee a Heo 5 Seen Sees, tes Cat es eee ae ee 678
ppanish-Amoerican Repu blics..-.--.<<=222----.---.2. 2-2 ee ee ee ee ee ee 148
Pa ERIE ROEU EE Oe Se aoe a Ie ee se dias tas wis ab SEE ee etd Sh te Me 583
Spaulding, O. L., letter from, on Zoological Park estimates. ..........-----..----------------- 1564

Speaker of House of Representatives,and Speaker pro tempore_._-. 464,506+, 507+, 535, 538-++, 540,
544, 605, 606+-, 731, 775, 801, 804+, 805, 806, 818, 819, 820, 829, 874, 881+, 917, 919, 920, 927, 936,
973, 1003, 1004, 1152, 1165, 1166+-, 1170, 1182, 1199, 1200, 1203, 1204, 1205, !1206+-, 1207+, 1208+,
1209, 1212+, 1218+-, 12144, 1216, 1217+-, 1218, 1220, 1278, 1299+, 1848, 1349, 1353, 1356+-, 1367+,
1378, 1874+, 1879, 1385, 1891+, 1893, 1400-+-, 1403+-, 1405+, 1406+-, 1407, 1416+, 1417+, 1418, 1442,
1444+, 1445+, 1446+, 1447+, 1448+, 1449+, 1450, 1451+4-, 1454, 1483+-, 1539+, 1553, 1554+-, 1556+-,
1557, 1558, 1559, 1628, 1632+, 1653+, 1671, 1685+, 1736, 1787, 1741+-, 1776, 1777+, 1778-+-, 1853

Speaker of House of Representatives:
Appointment of Regents by---.....--.---- xxi, 480, 438, 463, 483, 486, 502, 601+-, 604, 609, 628, 657, 667,
669, 681, 705, 783, 819, 820, 870, 938, 970, 1109, 1110, 1272, 1553, 1632, 1633, 1736, 1775, 1838, 1839, 1853

MPPNEE DOR es = oo ch es 854, 1248, 1321, 1328, 1484, 1513, 1556, 1564, 1565, 1667, 1672, 1661, 1701
Proposed appointment by, of board for Washington Exposition__-_.........-..-_-..2___- 1038
RemorivomAoolorical Park Commission foi): = 2-5... ss seese a 8s ese 1333, 1841, 1342
Smithsonian Institution, proposed as trustee of. .--..-__.-.-..---.-----------1--------.. 285,273
Sociological institution, proposed as member of establishment of _____.__....__-...------ 1761
To appoint commission to visit Cincinnati Exposition and report_____........-----_.__-- 1120
To appoint three managers of Smithsonian Institution, proposed .._._......._...-____- 309, 323
University of United States, proposed as Regent of_-.._-...._--.-. ---_--.-._--.. 1629, 1655, 1658
Spear, Ellis, Commissioner of Patents, member of the Establishment-____.___--____.-______. 1849
Specimens:
Benen? TO Sri GRSON 2 ch cco ated atan eas ae case on CN. Se te a. karen sce 98
to United States, to be given to Smithsonian Institution ___....____.. xxiii, 433,726
Examination and disposition of, by Geological Survey~.--..._.....---...-.-.-------------. 1135
Exploring Expedition. (See Exploring Expedition.)
Margin and phobopraphin ps5. 2s 7 os. oe Sapa) ape bine eels ue hes 739
bableohnnumber of,in National Museumi-_ 22 --.22-... <2: See ce ees eee, ATO

(See also Collections. )

Speed, James, Attorney-General, member of the Establishment --__-.____..._________._.__._ 1849
Speight, Jesse, appointed on committee on Smithson bequest._...._.....-_-.-..------_-_.--- 125
MEpncer aac. report of,, on funda xast Semen et Pe er Oe ee aed eo et he ee «ND
Spinner, F. E., bonds of Smithsonian Institution deposited for safe keeping with_-....___- 116
Peon eae eT OMAP ER, Dyan) =p). eae Ie ee 1354, 1885, 1450+, 1479
See CMeannlly SE Aten, OL CO. no oat 2 0 Re SEER SS tc RUN Soi os IE 1012
Pan Ot Een Ch pe AMC rae eae reed ok See on Lond pene ies Ve dayne Menke Neo tReet gad 852, 853

Proposed visit of, to Europe in interest of Exchanges_-....._....------.---------2-------- 851

aa CiimNeanen Dic GOCUMOenLS <=: 054 2 fate drs oe She eran ete a ES 917, 918

(See also Librarian of Congress.)

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Spooner; Je\@ 22 22a o5 saan aa See cece eas s anes oe coe ae cae ae ene eo ee tees ee 1367
Hemarks\ by i-ccee acne een eee gare Au SE aa 8 en ee 1080, 1172, 1413, 1527+
Report: by .22.25..-222 5. -5osste. 22s so ew See eed JE eee oe Beceem eee e eeeetee 1400
Spottswood, H..N., copyist, National Museum 2225 22-2222 SS sce a ee eee 1599
Springer ii Wa 262 otoc con ntn seas se eee am oa ee eee een Se eee ee vi
Springer, W.-M e< csc csecnn a sece sete cca woe ee ce eee ce eas Goeneas ge eeee sae c ese e eee 1030
Letter to, on refund of duty to Semon Bache: & Coz 22.) 222222 See. =n ee eee ee eee 1028
IROMAaLES PYy)J-. caso oss- Sede soe see ee 788, 883, 917 +-, 918, 926+-, 927+-, 986+, 1056, 1124, 1220
IRGPOPUIDY sesso eaten sha hse as see ecerae sole ena ueeeiane eens ae Bis Ua a Santee once caeree 926, 928, 1027, 1031
Resolution by <22.s.222220- = so Se ae eee ESTES Ba 22 SOS 917, 926, 928, 942, 1634
Springtield, Mass. ,\exhibit:of:firearms at... -<.<.-+-2c2-2e6 Sessa eee Somerton ee 1267
Squier and Davis collection of antiquities .- +222. 222 2222. i caer een cee ae ee eee 1544
Squares Aw. C., remarks by = 5. 222-2 s2c sce essa. Sho See ae eee ae os ae sae eee 1288
StahInecker; W’.G 222 220.2 3 Swe sce ese s eo RS ae ae ee cee See 1014. 1538
IR6port bye ci 3 2s28 560-22) o Passes cass oe Soe se eon eee ee le ee ee eee 1136, 1220
Stanberry, Henry, Attorney-General, member of the Establishment --.... .---------------.- 1849

Standard weights and measures -.--.--.---------------- ~e aches eee
Stanford, Leland, letter to, from Secretary Langley on need of new National Museum
GHGS sono se och ent ce See eo en tee nt ecut a eee Bee eee anette tt anata eee 1314
Stanley, J. M.:
Chromos of Indian paintings admitted free, in settlement of claimagainst United States. 686
Indian paintings of, destroyed in fire at Smithsonian Institution----.-.--.---.-.-____... 643,686

purchase, proposed: So eee eee eee 1132, 1133, 1500

Stanly, Governor (of North Carolina), letter to, on George E. Badger---_---.-.---.---------- 632
Stanton, Benjamin:

Motion by: ince ss00. estes cece ae Gap we sb see renee nen eles ok Sests coe eee rele e eeee ee 610

Regent, appointed: «2c. 5222 hoc ccc best deeds Baa ewes Sages tee Soo ee eee 601, 604, 609, 1853
Stanton, E. M.:

Attorney-General, member of the Wetablishment:.2c:i: = -sanckeeke ee we 1849

Secretary of War, member of the Establishment----.--.--..-.-----------.------ scar SOCEE 1848
Stanton; P: ;romarks by. ...24¢ S20 56. cess Sek. Sas eee, 353, 359
Stanton, R. H.:

Remarks by sick «226102 6c Wate cde. - Pa eh et Sh gtakns eesee eter ae eee 509

Report Dy 222. esos sad doses ceeded) Sesotho d eee eee 506+
State bonds or stocks:

Reimbursement for default in payment of interest on ......--..----------------------.0-- 319

Smithson bequest invested in ----..-. ...--- 145, 185, 214, 215, 220, 221, 222, 224, 235, 243, 250, 331, 491, 492

(See also Arkansas; Delaware; Illinois; Indiana; Kentucky; Louisiana; Maine; Massa-
chusetts; Michigan; Mississippi; Missouri; New York; Ohio; Pennsylvania; Tennes-
see; Virginia.)

State buildings—

In Rock: Creek: Park, proposed 22csu ss ewe eae on Lee ek sk SoS ee eee 1807
Proposed for Washington Exposition -<..2.. .<2s52s8s. 23255 oo 25 essa sae cee soenee Eee ee
State, Department of -__-- be agp cree eee a np Se EEN se ee 106, 143+-, 329, 475, 660, 668, 688, 705, 896,

897, 898, 899, 901, 902, 904, 905, 906, 957, 1035, 1116, 1117, 1557, 1670, 1671, 1700, 1768, 1771, 1772, 1796
Bills and resolutions of Congress, copies of, to be given to-----------.-------------------- 1696

Capron, Horace; decoration 2 522225 2002222223) heeeete eee Labd wedi LS 1281
Catalogue of Scientific Literature, estimates for, DY. o2uss veisus Jet ee 1806
Circular as to disposing of Smithson bequest, sent by ----.-------------------------------- 146
objects of Smithsonian Institution, sent by -.--.--------.------------------- 1688
Copyrights; charceof, taken from, .s-~.- 2a ennaecnesase en eae eae sens tsedrseiec ee eee 608
Dispatehjagencies:of— 222..26.2s2t. Sek ce Seed ese ee ee
(heattersiiron 2.322. ocswe cc ew tee ee ee ee ee ee ee 9+, 15, 1116, 11387, 1138
Tiilbrary Of <2.e2 eee sso eae, con ones mcs Sas ae oe Sa nee eae = 2 ety el 296
Publications of, wanted for Exchanges... ...-- 220.22. sonaco sees eee see se ane Eee eae eee 978
Rush, Richard; account of, sént to; <=. --2-...6 << 28 Se an oe tl owen ee
Smithson, personal effects of, to be transf erricil roma: to Geaithaeaae Institution--..-- 1012
Surveys under, collections fromesi22c222 ow co s.. -esben l i 8st es
(See also Executive Departments; Expositions; State, Secretary of.)
State governments, books for, by Exchanges, to pass duty free ....---..--------.-.--------.- 466
State, Secretanyiol sete ss-- 205-200 eases 12, 13, 27+, 28, 126, 127+, 128+, 146, 186+, 206, 216, 335,
362, 658, 678, 702+, 876, 921, 1012+, 1485, 1507, 1508, 1583, 1637, 1680, 1681, 1682, 1707, 1807+, 1847
American University. proposed.as curator. Of .-.....22..--«2.-<0se den sse eee. oe eee ee 1532
Audubon’s ‘Birds of America” and *‘Quadrupeds of North America” furnished by,
to foreign governments. -._-=-:2-)428sssu bse. eee Se eee Jos 2 ibe hae 608

Corcoran Art Gallery, trustees of, to be settled with, by -2.------<-.-..226------ <2. es-nse 684
Distribution of Statutes at Large and Acts and Resolves of Congress by.-.---------.--- 74

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State, Secretary of—Continued.

ixGhanees, appropriation asked for, by: ---~-<<:--.s-ccsseenco Lecce ecnsne +e voeee~~ 22. 898; 899

proclamation jof-Presidentii2e 225 + o-s coe ee oa he nes eee EE ee 1144, 1707
REVOLUTION DY. tS 822 ace cenad aeecee teeta cae meslcceee oa tee ae OOO MELA A ee OAUL ON
Smithsonian Institution designated as United States agent, by -._-.. 904, 905, 1494
to appoint representative to Brussels convention --....--..-........--------- 1119
to make report on Brussels convention ___-..-. AFIS ON So ee eae ae 1119

Exploring Expedition works, distribution of, by .....-..... ...._.........---. 320, 468+, 627, 678
BM@enONe EDOM <<.2 29 osa5e Sak has: wher c2ehtucees seeenbeeso us feel Re P1688: 1701, 1769: 18064-
(See also Forsyth, John; State Department. )
DOS ose ae weet at weer eee 18, 19, 143, 855, 905, 11388+-, 1144, 1145, 1582, 1702, 1703, 1704, 1771, 177)
(See also Forsyth, John.)
Man BACrIpLs WOMMISsiOn, IMOMDEL Of <<. = <2 scans seena en emme «ae nes pase coon watts an eee eee
Maional MstidiWon, proposed airector Of... 22/2. 2222.28 oI Sa oR eS 217
Report of, on Smithson bequest --.---.--.------ wee pee eee S .. SS eee eee 12
Smithson bequest, application by, to Béeiontifie-s men or others for mode of dispos-
aeRO Dee sere es een ke Ae eces caoasctec kat tes Spence be cola ceee concn ieccw cere LMG
Saphsonresiduanry bequest, relative tO = :i.=-: <b o.5< cee. Beue eee ene eee tees seen eee dd

Smithsonian Institution Establishment, member of... _..__..-.-.-.-.---------.------------ 429°
433, 434, 445, 566, 567, 724, 725, 767, 1452, 1677, 1680, 1681, 1685, 1689, 1847

plan of organization for. inquiry by-.---.-------2.:--22.220-<25. 560

site for buildings of, to be approved by-------.--..--.---------- 431

trustee of, proposed < -<s2se222sceces 44 ses5 Soeeee see 172, 204, 215, 235, 273

Sociological Institution, proposed as member of establishment of -.-_.. ..-.-...--..---_-- 1761
University of United States, proposed as regent for -_. -.--....-.---------.-------------- 1530
Weights and Measures, to be furnished to French Government..-.__....---.-.-----.---- 467

(See also Expositions; State Department.)
State stocks. (See State bonds or stocks.)
State, War, and Navy building, officer in charge of, on Commission for Army Medical
RO RSVEA TA NUM SOLID a. sys aa Keene soe sad ce US Ee oe eee te ae en eee 2 IBS Se 98d
Statement —
@f expenditures, detailed, required of the Secretary of Smithsonian Institution ______- 1267
Of interest received and disbursed on account of Smithsonian Institution._._........... 494
Dean ASON Mad.) PANUATV: hy LOO. soxaa aoe Sosa a Sova ee ee eed trae ciao ec oe ae
States:

Moaations trom, tothe, National Museum: - .< 222 42-3 Sesser ates ane see se soos saosenie bese beee 751
iinbapitambs of, Rerents: ....- 2... .s2. 2s lp eeseeecssenessseseuese= EX, 490) 4477725, 145351678: 1853
Erle mote OlicnanasaNke. <2. pets = uate w as Seu see wo sace a reese pow Ieee soioeee aa. Se eee 221
RVor RAO Pex plorino Hx pedi tlonwOre. sss .a-sa'<n3- Sos Seeeee ee ee 2 oe Le 194
Mimtiaicalttias oLindian atrairs by CO. C.RoOyCe. =. 2:22. 6S. co oe ee ene eyes 871
PermaNesmeTeCall Or. OX CHANPCSIOG potas faarssteadan adatoce conc ee teenS. 2s ays ee ee ee 1147
Statistics, Indian, collected by Secretary of Interior to be submitted to Regents Smith-
Pe MiAeltsirt GlON == 2 o/s oe oo can ence wise eats Baber. Ge tee wees oe See Oe Thee ted 731
Statue of—
IBATITERG |, «SEY As atoetoy ayntsto (6 linen 2 eee a Be al eae eae tk ee ae ee = ee 1104, 1332, 1557
Se OER ORE DTOUOSGCt = 2. 23 anne eae oes oake coon ao wears Sos. See SOSSE 1307
“Dying Gladiator,” by J. Gott, destroyed by Saubueociant Tanepeeanoe Dre... so sass 643
Henry, Joseph, contract for, and for foundation and pedestal ---.-.--.-..-_.._.-.-- .-._ 821,828
freight on, and expenses of unv Ene, She a ahah bern arn peer, 962+
MY eilin Of = 322s eee ene See ee caer ee _ See Ee ee ee ee 918

HECCE DH PANOLOW © cone aoe se ee So ee ene enn a emo SEMEN oS a ay wie Likes DML Eee
ReE PES OM MEOMIAS = ~~ 9 pete ite se rae a ce eee wee ae I oe ind See ae ons BOM:

ANC LN ee cAI | cw ole. eee le aS oe SS _ ee & Sa Pet ape Ree sere) 5 (25)

WO ed. bi); Wo rOPOSCGe. 2 i =..cacereksccese oe eee 1186, 1137, 1537, 1539, 1552, 1553, “1688, 1710+, 1805

Washinton George, DTOpnseds. 2-86 aan a= asap ee ct an oe ee Seek aot See eek Pee 1745
RECN Ae ASIN OLON a= <5 cat cens 2 asa 2 ten kee rap oes aeeenn een aoe eun wawan ete Sas e eS ores 11y
Statutes at Large:

IPEEEUEIEOON OF von aulcin e255 toaawe Secs eee eS ae oan ee ae ee ede ene sae vi

ero pAaLsnlol and Gistribution..Of...-- 22-2 sese coecae aoe nnn soso eee na en asnccea- ekg ek G00, 1605
Steam Engineering, United States Navy, Bureau of, favors Military and Naval Museum. 1259, 1263
Steam Heating. (See National Museum, heating.)

Steam transportation:

Carstomol dh). Watkins appointed. o=.3.-ssss ee se oeesee esadne ceased nue snoebo seeeeeen es 1017

Petition of railroads for section of, in National Museum .-...._----...-----------.---- 1014, L015
Steamship Company, Bremen, liberality of -.-----. .--- wh pees seeses 1 BTS
Stearns, R. E. C., collections of mollusks given to Smithsonian Institution by Migs eeecs 1228, 132

H. Doe. 732-——124

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Steele, G.. Wie s2522 6. s252 o2nas- conan ee cos ieee we ne enema = Seek eee Sa eee eee 1121
Remarks py 22 .2--- os 2s eee ee eee ee eee 927, 1049+-, 1050+, 1051+, 1052+, 1124-

Steiner, Roland, Indian collection, proposed purchase of --.-...---.--.----------------------- 1826

Stejneger, Leonhard:

Acting: curator, National, Museum) 2c: =~ 35225-5625. 5. scot eee nae ao eee eee 1599
Appointed by President on fur-seal investigabion: ~~~... 2 222.5 oe ass nese cmee ee seen nee 1766
Stephens, A. H.; motion or resolution by -sss-24-4-- = aos ete a ee ee 602, 805
Regent, appointed ----.......-------- Be ear ise ae eo nae pe ee ee 783, 1853
declined reappointment. —.<- 0152255. soo. oe -et2 ck ecco eewsen oat eee eee 820
ROMATES Diss cn. coe oe ~ = amen ese oa oe nee ee ee ee 508, 805, 806
SEV @ PORE POY oat ae ee 843

Stepney Church, England). -2---22--. cases. <<< sea sc ce nea ee eee ee 76

Stereotype plates:

Purchase of final reports of United States Centennial Commission ____._......_.-_._...- 824

; Smithsonian Institution publications, saved from fire at Smithsonian Institution -_-__- 643
; Report for 1865 to be printed from -__...._......---..------- 682, 683-4
Reports'to be printed from ....22..-._ .22.-. {22h 690

Stereotyped; Smithsonian report to be. —.:-.- .=<.<2 2ae2-cscSe se. aha pe ee ee 679+

Steuart, C. A., assistant superintendent, National Museum ----...-.....-----.---_----- 22-22... 1599

Stevens, John? 49Phoenix,? pitt of . 22). 255. Joe [ot ooh Pe. See Ses a ae seca 1017

Stevens: Thaddeus, remarks by ii-2<t2:.22-c-¢: Ls -seeeeee e eee eee ete pee .--- 470,635 4-, 645

SPs Re eT NUNS (DE Bees oo ss cee S sa ose See ane oe er cee 861+, 862, 1683, 1687, 1773+
Remarks by, 2-2. -c2s-sdseesen soos cnc oe sq se tseeseseee epee soe eee eens 860, 863, 1633+ , 1725
Vice-President, appointment of Regents by j<2-:22=- 2-42-22 = ee ee eee 1736

member of the Establishment: -.2..222< 22502 <2 2.2 sossene sea ae 1847
Regent... 2c -ssccseotn -hasn dees hss eee a 1851
Stevenson, Andrew, American minister to England ----......-...---------------.--.---- 34, 52, 1216
Stevenson, J. W.:
Bill motion, -or.resolution: by <2. =~. ses) cesese ea5 n- Sacco sae ee 693, 706, 717
Memorial by, for National Museum building: ...-...-..-2 ..o2.<..-.<-segaken cose eee 734
Regent, appointed ----.------- Se ne ee end ese eeneeaaae le 699, 783, 1852
Remarks by -------- A aes cnt tees eae en ean Ceee e eat Be eee eee 693, 694, 706, 707, 731, 732, 735

Stevenson, T.E., Bureau of Ethnology .-..--.-.-.-..----- whee dow as diues et aoe eee 1541

Stewart, A. TE, Berent, proposed _..- -<--<.2--5-— scenes shelf eae es 706. 707, 711, 714, 715, 716+

Stewart, W. M.: =
Motion. by. ~ <2 -<.--2— asnnnes He=snnce saan adam ona ene bosentan seeeo kate eee aaa ee 1690
Reniavks DY 252. Sea scs dna sn ase cena scndan aeons eege eae ae eee 1072+-, 1093, 1862, 1569+
Report: DY 225.2 os Fake prec eeae n-ne Saeainan anole een ie ee een 1833

Stimpson, H.B., copyist, National Museum...:. 2 -. 2.2. 2-t2-ustess eee ee ee 1599

Stock:

Centennial boardiof finance -< qo. ooc 8 cans n annie oes deren ocean ee eee 695 +-, 696, 697, 704
State. (See Smithson bequest; State bonds or stocks.)

Three per cont reduced annuities sold in England =--........< <..2o-2-c=-0)-onee eee eee 64
United States. (See Smithson bequest; United States bonds and stocks.)

Stockdale; 1S Rise. sco. st 30 we sees eae re eee eee re ar Omelet ae eee 1442
Motion by £225. 2s ow1cc coe 5 fee h pe ea a warn re eee ones eae ee ee 1433, 1439
Romarks by, . 20252. eu2fs25c 2d oa od ae ee ee ee 1440+-, 1441+, 15734

Stockslager,.S..M. ..--.. 2255.2... secesd da see ce ee Re et is a 937
Remarks: by <--.2-..% Lacte- ~-<scs dascee So caee anes Uae adoe Bak cee Sa eee eee ees 934, 935, 936

Stone, M: L., clerk, National Museumes2'. 2-205 2 ee i. ee eee 1599

Stoney Weds ee eS Ee pede. Cheah ease sh omcmee ete nee aCe ee 217

Stone; W.0., (Kentucky) remarks 'by.-<.=.2 2 -205-eaeenn sae ee eee Sued Weed Sees Coens 1296, 1297

Storage building for alcoholic collections. (See National Museum, alcoholic collection.)

Storm, J.B TemarksS Wyse... <s2.-2 Se a A awncatacclesnon ese nace sae See eee 714, 715

*Storm-King,” James P. spy. -.-- 22.2.2s2-22- ssa soo. aae oes se

Storm-maps\by J. Pi Hapys-<-62 2-5 osten -asaniese geese apewsoe oo-se eeece esa een eee 510

Storm of September 5, 1891, damage done by, to Zoo Park _-...._-.__._-. .-.--------.+--------- 1563

Story; W..W:, artist:of Henry statue... .~ <2... yosseo ons Sock seen Sa eeosee sae Oe ee Oe

Stourbridge Dion 7... 2. 2.2. ..cescassss ows ea eee ee ee 1017

Straus, A. D., refund to, of expenses on Nicaraguan pottery~.-.-..._..._-..-.-..--------.4--- 1727+

Strauss, L., & Sons, refund to, of duty on Sevres vase --.-...---.-----) 2 ---- --2c------ 22s OB

Stricker Wi Ose oie = oo ee eee ee 1563, 1566, 1693, 1694, 1739

Stuart, David:

Motion, by 22~scce-<t- 23+ s+. 2025-2 SU 2 ee
Regent, appomted <5 --252-.-.-.- 22 -2225- ems Boa ee ee ee 502, 1853

of Smithsonian Institution 2-4: 6. S92 ee ee eee eee
Remarks by. 2.27. [tees 25 20.2 castes ee a eee 509

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SOT bois oa te aS one | a ee er. ie emer. 72
eM SMSOVBEIAITULY, OL. <2 a acm nro = mote manne ate nee eee dee ente SER ESE CE ICee Sit See ae ‘> 131

pe Ree eC OITA OF MOL. EUS pons once oe ee ee ee oe eee SE 108
Students—
Allowed use of Smithsonian Institution, National Museum, and Department collections. 1595

eeDaNet It SHULOSONa) MAAtiLOnMOM | ou 22S SS Aeon Se eee he See ee 330, 418
MERRIE ES IELYSU IST RTT: POO LOD ICH El Ree oS gs oe cee cere Re A che ee 1831, 1832
SPIDER MUN Mt DE EL EIN Sepcta te ise Sse mi oye SR peice ere te Te SO ne eee ee 1832
fae Lr ITeM ATL OVose 2 Seeee = a5 ano an San oe ce ee ae cece Aon aee oes ae sae eee 1730
(OL) LCL GUND LES Sea a ee ene aeee LN ee GR t ot ae Sere me Te Lace 6. 1285

RSPAS ERES ESS NEP ee oa 2 er es iat oe Ae BU Re ee eres Beh, ee 646+, 660, 706
Sun, heat of, observations on, Ly SP. Danley sees sores oer eee Sener nee a ee ey
PEt OSINe OL. NICAL O HXPOSIbION .22c.2c aces see cow on heaton ec ewoe cues cuew et ae 1588, 1589
Sunday opening, National Museum and Smithsonian Institution, proposed_._....-..-._-.-- 829,

944, 1014, 1309, 1574, 1662, 1814
SaBeaGMang. Byron, prayer by, at Henry Memorial ..........22- conte Sead eee ee 805
Superintendent of documents, Department of Interior, to compile laws relative to docu-
PRIS MBERS SDL OB nine = nosis ae Sear Sa oc ae ee metas uae ae ea aae aes Coane c cies Dene 917+, 918
Superintendent of Smithsonian Institution, proposed ---.-.-.---.-------.------ 304, 323, 325, 328, 329
Supervising Architect of the Treasury. (See Treasury Department.)
Supplies, advertisements for, and award of contracts .... .---..-----.---------------.---- 1670, 1671
Supreme Court:
LUPSTSASING}eUG%o hired 0) 2 ee pe RR ee ere oe eel sft |B NS ee ee Oe 1477
MAILE States, GScisions: ol, to be sent to France... esse u Coot coe leo Se ek SL oS 434
ARTIST C2) 5 (0) Ree El ane at ees 5 a hs ee a ee oo Ea! 804
reports, proposed to be given to Smithsonian Institution .__.____-__.____ 791

(See also Chief Justice of.)
Mee oan enerall Umi bed. States. AMY. ..=..6 son senseneie eens ena Sa tee ceca dc reuse c teen Or O85
Braud 100 Tecoras, liprary,.and Mmusenm OL 2. o. eaeestcee: eee cen ees eee 929, 934, 938
Surgeon-General, United States Navy, favors Military and Naval Museum ----..-___-_-_.- 1262
Survey, Geological. (See Geological Survey.)
Surveying expeditions. (See Exploring Expedition.)

Surveying instruments, destroyed in Smithsonian fire ____._._.__.. --..-.---.---.------------ 643
Surveys: 2
Geographical and geological, consolidated in Interior Department -_--___-__.__-__- .----- 858
NOPORUS se saase Soeclaen cbse sansa ee etet en ee a noe ss soma case 791, 792
TSN Pl) SBE ce ee a a eel aE oe ee Re pe ed Re ee Cree eee Se Li 937
Bmeriine. MeLnods of, tO beiGONSIGCLOM, ....—.<-2<-s0s~a.--c-eb-csa~coaee oe eee 810, 811
Sweden:
Exhibit at Philadelphia Exposition given to United States _-......-....--..__----_------ 765
ee eR PE OCI OL WORKMEN see eee a aot were ee awe ee ee ee eae 320
Sweden and Norway, King of, decoration of Royal Order of St. Olaf conferred by—
Neem DE SAN EC cece ose ee eh ech noe Nolan ae a arene ee cons ee 789
er Ee pi Henna. 228 a ee eT See EE en es Me SES oe Lae yee 692
Switzerland:
Cpavenwon or treaby of. for Exchanges. ~~ sepa Sa cane ae eee see eee wee ee 978, 1140
Exhibit at Philadelphia Exposition given to United States -......._....-.122. 222-22. ---- 765
Exploring Expedition works for Government of --_--.-......----------_---...------------- 627
atu EMILE CLO) <2 52, Sone ee ee eee Se eek Mee Me ee oe co nen nace wee be ao ncete ee 1009

Swords. (See Grant, U. 8.; Reid, S. C.; Ghisida, James. )
Sydney. (See Expositions.)

Synopsis of Department Reports, Chicago Exposition -_..-..._.....-.---.--222.2--- raatde aces 5 1841
ab oier it CLO. IN On eM SERIO = oe ie ecele cc. Se SS eee eet SLs A 1599
Tatt, Alphonso: —
Attorney-General, member of the Establishment ...............-.......--._---.---------- 1849
Secretary of War, member of the Establishment._..._...... .........2---0---------------- 1848
RCESPE ANN 221. POD AERA UG a eee on eee oa, paces cosmo eocc eau nes Mee Et ee 1781
Peeeeate sch. ©.. Dill yee see Bas ee eee ey ree iain Pie eat Mt Sie eh eS Te 871
Taney, R. B., Chief Justice:
LEAL Voi E) 2s | ap ed SE Te te Ge SR ge Bde 8 0 lnk OU Se ers er ne Oe 514
Onnowenofl Secretary. to dismiss assistants .-.,...-<<- 84 -...c-c5-<- 56-20 -oske ek eee ect 589
SIUM POnar LS tit tion . CHANCGIUON Olea <_< seca ee eee eae. fea ee ee 567, 1856
Establishment, momiber ofoss as ce eS, 566, 1849
ODOM irene sche oe cher eg ae te reo aes et ae ae eee Coe CO Les
Tanner, Thomas, account of charges on ship ‘“* Mediator” ___........-...----.--=------------- 96

Tannin, Mr., letter from, on death of H. J. Hungerford --....-........--.--2--.2-22-222--- eee 82,83

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Tappan, Benjamin, 22 =. 3. doce meanen eu eres oa eee ee aoe eee eee 300, 311, 358, 344
Appointed on committee on Smithson bequest..-.-...--..-.--.--- -.---- ------ ----- eee -- 225, 241
Bill, motion, or resolution: DY: ---- -sseech ence eee ea ee eee 266, 276, 280+-, 302, 303, 305
Remarks by ------ -.-- ------0 aoe none ooh oe ce nee eeesesncseece 2SB; 298, 204, 2964. , 297, 298, c02 sO ale
Report-by sss. tase ese. eke ys Ee as eee Se ea. Se eee ee ee 280, 303
Tasmania, exhibit at Philadelphia Exposition given to United States __-__.__._-__...---..-___- 766

Taulbee, W...P:, remarks by. ..2-<02s-c---casee. 0 -— apes ee ee eS ee Nt) ate
Tavira, I. M.de, Exchange treaty: by: =< 2: ---- 22. ens cee one a ee ee ee

Taxidermy:
Building for collections and laboratoriesze._... 2-2 sence ene Seen ee eee ee
Use of Smithsonian grounds for, objectionable: .-=- 22-01 2222 sence neces es ee 1043
Tayler, R. W., representative of Treasury Department at Philadelphia Centenuniai Exposi-

HOD sf oo ee oe ceed Hootie teen een Sees cules eee ek ece ha a te ee ee ee ee 702, 746
Taylor, A. HS Dill by nase csemes 285 ae eee Se a es Sede See er a: Se ae 1688
Taylor, Cadet, report from Public IPTIN DOR none ioe eee cee ee ee ee 886+
Taylor; Ei. B., herent, appointed. —-- 20-2 ---ssasesae = yes eee ee ee ee 870, 1853
Taylor”): /Dei remarks by i225 25 sete eet Oe SE Eee he a 1298+, 1299
Taylor, N.G:

On committee to investigate Smithsonian Institution. .-.........-.-.-.--.-.--------<.---- 540
Report from committee to investigate Smithsonian Institution.--...........-----. .__- 557, 574
Taylor; Zachary, of ‘Tennessee, resolution by ~ 222. .s2.252 onode be ree See na ee ee 1014
Taylor, Zachary, President of United States:
Gifts to; in: National Wuseum'-=..5.2..05--. 252 = .cde oases one ceeenee ) ee 1009
Member’ of the establishment. —... =--.....-= 252- es aecease aceon seat nash do weg ogee eee 1847
Technology:
Powoell’s resexrehesiimet sed 2. 4)22 15) ee ae Se Se Pe ee See ee JEN eee 858
Smithsonian publications on .- .. 22-2220: senses ane seca mee ea oe eee ee
Telegraph:
Ancomaticsiznal, for fire protection ...-—-. 42. suabessees eee eee ee Le ee 787
(OIG te na een eee So) 2 eee Pe eens et) AE as eed Oe dwatdade SO scecd. Doe 610, 611
Eree use or, by Smithsonian Institution —..- 22-2. eee ae ae eee ee eee ee 610, 611
instrament or Leceiver, original, Valls — 2250 oes cee eee ee eee 1225, 1279, 1559
MeGSSH26, OTISINAL. - ono oon arena can = oot ae ee eee IE Eee ee eee 1279, 1559
Service. (See National Museum, heating and lighting.)
Telephone, A:.G: Bell; inventor of; 2.222 2. s2i.2. tb leet eel eee eee 1i77
Telephonic service. (See National Museum, heating and lighting.)
Teller, H. M:
Bill'and:resolution: by. .<.- .32-2.<2.c25 csc. 4.52 scnce eae ee eee eee 1002, 1808

Remarks Dyn Sean <3 auto ood pete See Seen fon Se Rene a eae EET Ree eee eo rrr
Ten Eyck,J.C:

MOGION DY 222 coe ajccnnen mc ~ ae ena se en ee ee a es Ee ae

Remarks byt. 2+. sros2552-be st: se. Pe gs Ae i Se 2 eee
Tennessee:

Centennial Exposition Company. (Sce Expositions, Nashville.) ;

RGSOnt TOMY o-oo oe eco cas ene omen nee ese oine mae oo eee an ae oe 1856

AERUC SHOCKS: cea on nam cose eens wee eee pene See eee died Ses eee 251, 647
Terflinser, G. W., clerk, Natiqnal Musedm 2.222 bc Ses ee ee ee ee ee oe
Terra cotta pulpit and font at Philadelphia Exposition given to United States._........... 766
Territories:

Libraries of, to receive works of Wilkes’ Exploring Expedition....._..-.-...-..--.-----. 468

SUPVGY OF 2. i225 2 o.oo Seca Solon e meee pe eee ere wae riereias cece tee ieee en 791, 811
Test, I’. C..aid; National Museum-......2--. cc Se Se 1599
Testimony relative to smithsonian fire ,...--=—----- 2-2 ~<-seee eee oe if ans ee ASR Oak ie ie Nl) 2 644
Testing machine for building material .2.2>. - 22. oe oo ees ene 840
Texas:

Hxploring Expedition works for. -2-.-- 22 2-ee beetles. ee ee ee 321

FRB POR Ge LOL sof oon cay eee ee ee eee ES wade see OS ee ee
Thacher, J. M., Commissioner of Patents, member of the ata bisnmentae Je he ee 1849

Thayeryd.i&..0 Brother, Boston . ==. 2so2-c,2—--o2 one Steen ey Se ea ee
Theaker, T. C., Commissioner of Patent Office, member of Establishment. _...... ....-.... 1849

Thomas, Bs Hs, TEMavKsS DY ..-... 52 cas fete oe ase ee ee eee 2 ae 632+
Thomas, Cyrus, Bureau of Ethnology .-.2-2..-~2------- ose fob ee eae ee 1541
Thomas, Francis, appointed on committee on Smithson bequest __-....--.-.-_-.-.----------- 125
Thomas. J: A. reporipye-=- ~~~ 5 -a0ce onsen on ened eo ee 1044
Thomas, Lorenzo, Secretary of War, ad interim, member of the Establishment-----..----- 1848

_ Thomas; N.; Burean‘ol Ethnology ........55 <2sccu vase eset oe se nena ase eee ee ae 1541

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Thomas, P. F.:
Commissioner of the Patent Office, member of the Establishment ---- ------------------- 1849
Secretary of Treasury, member of the Establishment ------. ------------------------------ 1847

Thompson, A. C.:
ennmss hi ee aes wey 6 els eee ee ee ee eee wl tyme ah
“ey nraelh Lage a a aR ee eae ee 2 1 Sy eer ane recor eee cos tr Nae
Thompson, Jacob:
Letter to, on transfer of Government collections from Patent Office .....-.------------- 1018

LEVEL BSE: O05 Se a ge ee 2 Se eee Oe ae eo eae = ose 469

"2. cFy Pupt SEP) RT AGS a ak ne Be aE a eee soe nee ee See Serer dy 6 E ,
MENA pSOM. cames, Motion by:.2----...---=. ---- - sacs sass Semeee ar ane emae ne ee rlen ep new 477,478
SeREHT Rpts Taye) VE POINT KS) 0 eon foe oar Seen we meigs Seria alert he eee ne eens Sea ap eS 803+
Rrerineoned: We (and! others),mmemorial by. 22:--22-s 6--==-4 casa oe Sethe meso eat aang
Besa ts es cts-5 TOMALES DV nee on oe on cee Seen mene ao So ome {ge ee PES i oye SS 935, 936
Thompson, R. W., Secretary of Navy, member of the Establishment... ---.---.-..-.------- 1848
Thompson, Waddy, appointed on committee on Smithson bequest --------.--------------- 146, 169
Barreca rene rey AN GSC) PAROS CO! ok eho 8 6 oe ae eae coe ences nae oo on oe see Od te
Thomson, Mary E., authorized acceptance of Siamese gifts------------------- ---.------------ 871
MiOrntOM OG Ward... .. nce Senden nsec societies ne waln geen Ganeen eae oe Seno slopesasense bce =F ea 904

Three Americas exposition. (See Expositions, New Orleans.)
MamAGRIMOnGGN Js Wii TeMarikGiby.-<..6-5 22s. Mec te seer ees ee et Se este aeons, 188

BRC VIA GS on 8 oe ete is Se ew ie em oe eis foes San aap Sees S 166
Thurman, A. G.:

Menton to. Om appropriation tor BCSselSs 02... - <seee = se eee eo ee 865

NVPERE TODD) oo ae oe os oe a 2 Saenger ee ii aie aa sae 422

~ [PU DUES EDR fy pee RAE BS SS ee oe eee a eee erences mere 398, 404, 821, 829, 830
irston. iM sbill and reso ltblon: Dyn cncos S556 eae esau nS epee eaegganecen at enon sne LULL LOL
Sesmbs Seach We OTOUION DY nanos. ee ee oe oe rs a ea Poe een laa 401, 416+, 421
BRETT es ATM yc) Pa ee Se a ee ao PR fe Seay eat i 9S OWA ans eileen SG Se AS
Tile Company, U.S. Encaustic, of Indianapolis, furnished tiles for National Museum - -.-.--- 834

Tillman, G. D.:
RPOVTUATCA TIVE se o5) oe cee ee on ree ee a ee ee eee eek eA AS ese eS
TP cynraitths ei kes ey eee ge RRS eee ne eRe eens eenes SERS ees perpen ee aie IE

Ranga Wwalliam. letter from, on fire protection... ---- ----2--= =- -2nensanaep -aineee eee eee 892
onder sis, clork, Nahlonal MUSGUM: 2... --...2-sslasce2 oo oe Base eae ea aec cen TENS ees ae EI 1599
Srey ieee) cra UE PITICU TOTNES foam = ea a Pe es ee Set ee. But oe ae bette atone cance ene annie 215
Toledo Exposition. (See Expositions. )
Binley ira. ClOr Kar x GHANPOSt ssAe0 wen esas See oo Se at oe ee eee eae ee nena nnn 1597
“Pa gTenlaiey, Bical erernl Pearse eyore Rida etay ds Pees een oe a ee A OR, ete oS ae ee Rene gee Ee Ss bees l= 540
Torrey, John, botany of Wilkes Exploring Expedition by, to be published-------.----. .----- 692
Torrey, Joseph, lettter from,on purchase of books .-..--..------------ ---=--------------«----- 287
LSS PRESS TT Pte, eet ch Ee eee een ae TE Pe CRE Ee 217, 553
HID TV EO, CCH. le Ua a Sirs Ce ne ee De ee ee ee ree, eee eee Saree cre ae 640, 657, 658
Executive committee of Board of Regents,member of ---. -----------.-------------------- 567
Proposed as manager of Smithsonian Institution .-.....----.----------..------------ 305, 318, 326
BERNESE LTD HOR ERC oS ce Pe i tho rene Pon ORES 438, 483+, 602+, 1854
Gr omibhsoniay WIShibMulONs - Sacto. see he ann Reem eta see Boe eames 567
Toucey, Isaac:
Attorney-General, member of the Establishment... --..-.-----.---------------------------- 1849
BERTAOTT os > 2g ee EE Pe RR Sef nei oe. om eee gee miaepae eas tare 540
Secretary of Navy, member of the Establishment. _---------. ---....----- ------ ------06- -- 1848
Towers, J. T.:
Mayor of Washington, member of the Establishment.--.--.-.-----.------.------------- 556, 1849
LSS Eq ey nee ail pet ne Cede a eae Wie a ae Bee eer emer aie ola
eons ond AMOS TOMArKS Deo ss- a2) fo ow wh abe he Se ees ie ea Loe enlo Dewees oh ube 832
Townsend, E. D., order for free transportation for National Museum..---.----.--------- shite 828
ene VW Ashi tOM, POMATES Ves cose. seh Sock she od Hee eee aS abs cieeaanaae cece aces G NOO
Townshend, R. W.:
Bill or resolution by ------------ pie 2 es te AT Dien hy SE ef chun cra ip eee 982, 1259, 1260, 1267
Ley eS. oe ro a ae eo es Se Se eee ae ae Sa ee ee eee 847+
Cee(iin, i i oie teriern eaten aati) eh Se ne lee Da eee ese 1129, 1261
Tracy, B. F., Secretary of Navy, member of the Establishment--.--.....-----.---------- 1452, 1848
Tracy, J.C ., Peruvian commissioner, Philadelphia Exposition --.-..-....-------------------- 764

Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition. (See Expositions, Omaha.)

Trans- Mississippi and International Exposition Association. (See Expositions, Omaha. )

ray On MC STOMOPTADNO!, OO: ai o2- - cna s oS on cmc stud clea hae eae dehe neu = oppo mauemea se, DOL
Treasurer of Smithsonian Institution, W. W. Seaton.-...---..-.----------------------------- 567

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Treasurer of United States -----.-.----- 53, 61, 111, 247, 267, 277, 324, 329, 665, 1306, 1631+, 1657, 1658, 1660

Bond to be given to, by agent for Smithson bequest -----.-.--------.--------------------- 142

Deposits; witb besser le a rr eee 246, 247, 248

Letter from, on deposit of Smithsonian securities -.--....-.-----.--------------------------- 1686

Memorial for Smithson’s residuary legacy to be received by- ---------------------------- 118

Rock Creek Park Commission, in account with....-- ....---:.-.----22+2----+=-----+------- 1805

Securities of Smithsonian Institution, to be received by, on deposit -.--.---------------- 1686

Smithsonian bonds, received by, for safe-keeping .-....-----.--------------------------=.- 116

Smithson’s‘money; placed tGicreditof 22222-5222 -.2 eee ete ee ewe ar ee 107

to be:recelvedi Dy, ste Soc ooe eke eee a eee 142

Smithson’s residuary bequest, depositio£, with —.-= -222 <5 23-02 oe sa noon eee ee 115
Treasury:

Acting Secretary of, letter from ----...--.--. -.------------ 839, 1020, 1042, 1564, 1667, 1686, 1691, 1701

letter to .----. Ee ee a re se See 1020

Assistant SeenetarysOl: 2.5 ee aes aa eee nen ere ee a ee eee 1671+, 1672

Muditor with of, accoumt:. 2 ee 2 nas eee ee eee een Oe coe fete 48

Comptrollortof-25--252--2-=-"-5 Ge eT Sere see aE ot Sn ee Ss oat ee 1488

letter Grom: «%: 23 Sees oe eee nan ere ee ee ees 1350, 1484

IPreagnty DEDARUMNGND c=. ae ane ew a ee 101,

216, 219, 225, 242, 279, 646, 648, 649, 652, 665, 666, 738+, 747, 748, 756, 757, 776, 778, 785, 917,
946, 947, 1029, 1035, 1080, 1113, 1226, 1231, 1311, 1388+-, 1451, 1487, 1531, 1571, 1672, 1824, 1825

Attorney-General Grand y; opinionof, to =~. 2<- 222-2 aaa ana cn ne none ne ean es 110
Contracts by forisupplies: —--.- 2-5-3. -.-2---s a aiomcon no Sees ee ee ee 1670
Exchanges under: appropriation for... =. -.- 2-6-2 22622225ensea ees nee eee 905
Exploring Expedition, to give extra pay to officers of _-._..._---------------------------- 467
National Museum building, to audit expenditures for -__- --_..--------------------------- Th
estimates sent to, through Secretary of the Interior---_.---.--..---.. 1249
Bash Richard. account with: 222 -=22 heise 2222 52556 Se ee re 109
Salary tables, appropriation to a clerk in, for preparation of ---...--.----.-------- .------ 1075
Smithsonian Institution, appropriations for, payment by --.-.--------.------------------ 1485
securities, deposit of,in vaults of .-...---.---...-2----:--.2- 1685-1687
Zoological Park, explanation of payments for, by -..---------------.-.---------.------.--- 1486
(See also Executive Departments; Expositions; Secretary of Treasury.)
‘Treasury notes; Dill tO. provide. <<.22452/-2A0- 62525 cnereean se wa eee aoe een eee ae 1605
Tercasury, Secretary Ol s222sc.'sees0. ASS oe ae eee xxv, LO, 100, 101, 162, 107, 114, 115, 117, 118, 142,

146, 172, 173+, 180, 185, 186+, 205, 224, 286, 237, 289, 241, 270, 274, 275, 319, 350, 392, 395, 419, 420, 431,
494, 514, 645, 654+, 665, 697, 703, 727, 740, 744, 745, 790, 821, 839, 921, 954, 955, 956+, 982, 1012, 1028,
1029+, 1042, 1063, 1099, 1106, 1118, 1121, 1137, 1250, 1419, 1453, 1485, 1487, 1509, 1510+-, 1511+4-, 1518,
1571, 1588+, 1589+, 1591, 1592, 15938, 1605, 1638+, 1639, 1640, 1641, 1642, 1643+, 1654, 1670,
1680, 1681, 1682, 1688, 1707, 1711+, 1721, 1747, 1749, 1750, 1751, 1753+-, 1757, 1759, 1766+, 1780,1782,
1784,1785, 1786, 1787, 1789, 1790+, 1791, 1793, 1795, 1797, 1798, 1799 +, 1800, 1803+-, 1804+-,1847,1848

American ‘University, proposed’as’ curator f= 2-2-2 <2 -5< = 32 ees aa ccen cee seen eee eee 1532
Arkansas bonds bought by, from W. W.:Corcoran: 222-352-592 < 252s eean nse aes eee anes 259
debtto United. States, action of)to settiles:2-.22.2----- 3 2 soc poee ee ee eee ee 1760
Bonds held in trust by, for Smithsonian Institution. 22. -.. <2 222. -+ 222-22 o oe, oan cee 680
Contracts for supplies, days for opening proposals for, to be designated by----..-.-----. 1671
Corcoran Gallery property, trustees of, to be settled with by ---...---.-------.-----.---- 684
Electric telegraph between Atlantic and Pacific States, proposals for, to be asked by- 610,611
Exploring Expedition maps to be published by ..-.----.----------------- ------ ------------ 320
etter or report from.<+.-. --:.-222s.-- 214, 215, 224, 241, 242, 250, 251, 259, 260+-, 261, 262, 263, 265, 331,
489, 806, 807, 845, 910, 1145, 1248+-, 1484, 1512, 1565+, 1664, 1687+
Tethers S222 oh Sans ea eee 102, 260, 489, 491, 729, 807, 809, 838, 912, 946, 1019, 1044,
1112, 1146, 1505, 1565, 1566, 1686, 1691, 1702, 1727
National dnstitution, proposed as director of == 22-2 Soran 2 oe eof ee 217
Park, National, proposed ‘on commission for==-*= 3225 522526 nee ee eae ee ee es 1107
Smithson fund, invested: by, in State stocks c=. 222-2 2 sens one ee ee ee 145, 241, 263, 265
part of, invested by, in United States stocks---....-...-..-.---.---..----- 228
Smithsonian Institution Establishment, member of-.--..-----.--- 429, 445, 566, 724, 767, 1689, 1847
Smithsonian Institution estimates to be sent direct to .--_---.---------------------------- 1250
site of buildings for, to be approved by -.------.-------..--.--.- 431
trustee, proposed jas; ee see aes eee eee ee 172, 204, 215, 235, 273
Sociological institution, proposed as member of establishment of --.-..---.-.-...-----.-- 1761
University of United States, proposed as Regent for --.-----..----..-------------------== 1530
Washingtonirelicsito be purchased by ois see eee eo ee are ie a nes 782
Weights and measures, sets of standard, to be distributed by-.----.------.---------------- 843
ZoologicaliPark resolution(of inquiry as tO: s- soe sces enkeense nee ae eee eee eee eee 1416

(See also Expositions; Treasury Department. )

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Preeasury, supervising Architect of =. ..-...-.. saceccess cscs cece 788, 797, 798, 1269, 1308, 1318, 1419, 1420
TEMES pPMO TEL TESUE SURUOS ie a= Sorc 4 2s as Da ae Dee noe ee Se te coda bane eee aca Wasaneuniacsore 827+, 336,

352, 353, 395, 397, 401, 403, 449, 450, 455,477, 481, 488, 489, 494, 496, 636, 648, 669, 727+, 827, 1306+,
1307+, 1842, 1401, 1409, 1443, 1458, 1479, 1553, 1654, 1657, 1660, 1680, 1763+, 1785, 1797, 1801, 1804

PaEereCMCStaopOsIted in 2. =<. ene ees ow ee eee eee encne sooeaa skac ert eet 120
Hamilton’ bequest deposited in ........ /-.... sbci2 il eo eee aS OES TR eel PES
Denne un CEPOSlUGG. WN osan4- 028. cose. skeet alone han cewe Secen oeeeceas sone we iaco eee enee 120
PoE EMIHINETIN Gt soars eee a 117, 118, 119, 145, 205+, 248, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248
Pip tiAit OniCOLS HAVE MILLIONS tO! 20.2 <0 Sok oc anal cacencccsss sce tere ncccd beceeanecaae 674
Nanpeinis bongs, proceeds of sale of, deposited in’ 22.22 - 2.266 cok nc5 2-3 cosine pecs eo ne 120
Eta TATE MIB LOR VIOE 2) = Sota Se enn ae Se se eae nee ee eee eee ee eee 859
Tree, Lambert, signed Brussels treaty of Exchanges for United States Government. ------ 1143
EL CEE VU EUS ee ee See et ee et ee eae ee eee a eee aE ee eee eS ee 1266
aan hocon, Haward, instrument maker. _-.......2. --.-- 2.5.2.2. 2..ck Lae e 208, 211, 212, 218+, 214
Peamcrien Curator i charfo, National Museum --.2 .----..2-<— ses. salces sceece veens. cocces 1599
PBEM, Charles Of, In Smithson SUlt..-------25eci2 2-2 kaka Se seceoo---0 == Ce seee 85, 86, 89

Trumbull, Lyman:
Bill or resolution by---.....-..-.---.-.--......---- 113, 609, 628, 638, 639, 657+, 663+ , 669, 678, 681, 682
Beil ap eel! No pea eee eit ee alle ae tc wa a 8 Be es to Rael aie ea Ra ee eA! |
REPpMUappOIMbed .....---5 822.4. l20---5- ee ee ee Serna ea daaca ee cn unas cee 627, 1839, 1852
Bae PEMERE Seen 8 coon Se ean wenn wisn cece ceo e cae aero pee es ase, 119; 6315639, 640; 653,654, 661
Trustees:

Muneeemonn py. Of public institutions... 5 2:52 ssh sees anne neces peea es es ea-- sabe eee cce 570
PaatHsomtung, proposed to be‘invested Dy 2. 215 2-22---. faces. 25. o<2- ~~ sen Sanene cae eh
Reng iia Lost OM ON: DErODOSOG --<---.- sees out eres aa St eaka aceon ane seca enne 172, 204, 235
Trust fund. (See Smithson fund or bequest.)
Tsukmichi, Saigo, Japanese commissioner, Philadelphia Exposition ---.-..--.---..-.---.---- 763
Tucker, George, proposed as manager of Smithsonian Institution ---...---.--...--.-.----.- 305, 318
een ET eILTICIUOLIAL Wir. eee ae so ne eee eS See ee eee en eee ee eee = OLy
Ue Sly, Gls LC ASIRST ADEN ol g(t pee Sp Ramee IP eS 5 eS ac a ea mr Oe a 920, 927
Tunis, exhibit of, at Philadelphia Exposition given to United States_-.--.......--..-.-.------ 765
Turkey:
Exhibit of, at Philadelphia Exposition given to United States__-..........--....-...-- eset
BE PEO IpON WOLrK SILOM! s 2508 seen e ne eee sane ee aoe ease saneh concen aa teanaete 321
Merete iy. clerk. National Museur =--2-.2-2--. 0.0 oslo eee cee eo ee eee oes een eee cee oe 1599
Turner, L. M.:
MEU MST OLNN UilOne WhUSOMIMN oe nae en ens ont ne wee wn a ceaaeere a waoned inne 984
een TEA ASR Aer emetn She carne MENS eens nos aes as woe a ae acne Los axe YODy Deas OB es900
Ce EDIT EL, VASP el Ea) 5 pele Sly ees ag ea a a a a 1288, 1414
Turtle, Thomas, appointed on Board on Geographic Names ..----.-...----------------------- 1557
ream prOriie Ex pOGIbION WOKS LOD). .- = ncacce scons cacece cannes sescce oo qe cnnecaos ene 320
Seater REOPEN CO DION DV 35 a eens oem aso ne eee oa oe os core Benin em encane ae eaee 67:
fiwine, avic- messenrer, National Museum. .--(.-22 .-22 22-26 -.ceenc nde ee eennjeoencene cans cee ee 1599
Tyler, John, President of United States, message of .-_.-..... ...-...--. 22-22. --eece cee V, 225, 241
Tyner, J. N., Postmaster-General, member of the Establishment - ._--- SEE RE RUN yy cates 1848
Uhler, P. R., memorial by, for purchase of Glover’s entomological work _____.-..----.-...-.. 817
Underwood, J.R.,appointed on committee on Smithson bequest_--.. .-:....-..-..--.------.- 225
iinet, ariry and navy, collection Of) 2: 22-82-5255. s22c conn oo ocee en «can sans q-nboe ees oo 1266, 1267
Union Benevolent Association of District of Columbia, land from, for Zoo-___..-.---.-.------ 1834
at ReER ES AECL OMOCURGY Nie Niet acer er ee eee Pome one cece ae eedin cone cee een dee eee ne 795
CUT EE es pile (ORNATE 5 Res eps LS, a Ie pln Sp ese li en rl Ra a Me 1091
United States:
Account and settlement with Arkansas. .....--..-..-..-..--.-.---.------ .--- 1755, 1760, 1761, 1779
PPM Ie Al SOCIOLYepOnITIOM DV. v= oon ao tee enone Senne cee ae Bee one ee eee 736
PRM IORI aC Un TI LORY NOY Sao ~ 3 oie co oe ase en oe ok On acon bah oar paacee 1812
BGmdsiand Stocks. =.- .. 2-0 5 115, 116, 225, 234, 235, 243, 244, 245, 246, 248, 249, 271, 331, 492, 493, 494
Catalogue of Scientific Literature, proposed part in, to be taken by..----.---...----.---- liz
PIMmironColmmpin. CODATTNOPSRID With! 9226 2ab so. ce ek eee can cce cae sdo cn eens cece aces 1190
(See also Zoological Park.)
UST ALE 21 Se 07M B MARTTET SATUS) SX pla 01 Se pe le OE a Ae a 23
Exchanges, Smithsonian Institution, appointed as agent for -_.-......----.-.---.------ 902, 903
ea VT OLNEY emeeee anes nett ot eRe se Je eee Gon ne noe a 978, 1139, 1701, 1705
Geographical Congress, representative of,at Paris -.....-.--_-1-..2--.-.--.-------..------ 896
Government, books for, by Exchanges to pass duty free -...-..-....__.----------+.------- 466
LOST GTN op see Saat a 5 nc aca EE a ae PRE RB 234, 235

National Institution property to belong to: -. 22-2 .22.-25l-2-22 22 2 cc eet 218

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United States—Continued.
Smithsonian Institution, functions: assigned to; Dye. .-2- senses eee ae ea 2 ili
Smithsonjsibequest to. 255.- <2. face. Bae. Se a oe ee 6
Universal Exhibition. (See Expositions, Paris, 1867.)
Universal Exposition. (See Expositions, Portland.)
Universities; free postage for, proposed! -. 2025 a0e oo Seon Gee noah eee ere me ee ee 485

University:
AMMOrICAN:, DPOPOSEG 6 5-20 sees as yee Sa wes ae oo a a ene Boe ee oe
For Smithsonian Institution, considered _..-...-.---.----..-------------------. 187, 337+, 362,450

proposed by Andrew Johnson __-_.-----.-.---.-------------- 450

National oe. 22.5 ip se 5 oe ae ee aos Sane Sees Sele a ee Se 167, 203, 815

power of Congress to establish > .- 2 =. 22) oe ae eee eee ee a eee al

PLOPOSEG. - .<c20. 22 cee enna) Secese ealsess emcees Slate se es aae sae e see eee 1710, 1711+

OfsAmericay. 25252 cons aoe neon wens Sodeek 2 ones oeeens = cebees a weees Seo eae ae eee eee 1710,1711

Of: Mast Rennessee 52. 2.2622 2a sevs eters tees eases oe ohana hee eee eee 708

Of france, lectures DY..2-=.22-.<2.< 2-2. see ee ses ceed aan acete aee eee a ee 300

Of Medicine, proposed .2-..- .-..-= 22 <<s- 25. c5c-e cess ene eee eee oe oe se 939

Of Original Research and Medicine, proposed, as part of Smithsonian Institution... 939,940

Of, Tennessee. 2555 = 2c oan eee pods oa se Peen bas we wae eee eee = oe es

Of the United States, proposed ---.-- ..--.----------- 1530, 1531, 1629-1631, 1654-1661, 1711, 1823-1825

resolution to print Hoyt Memorial for..---..-.---- -......----------- 1825

Senate.committee appointed: ons. =. jocss—- fae ae ses eee 1531

Ofmiermontds. acet se oe ae es oe pectee ceca Uo enc ee eo ge ee ee 376

Washington, proposed =. <25- 2-3. <2ee-0 2 enn en Soame nla pean eae ene ane ee a 451

Upderrai, Thomas resolution DY 2o-~- 225.8 - astra as eee ae ele eee ee 843

(ipsa Gap Wie noes Sade tetas banat = Sa inlatec te 2 SESE ae no gels en ne

Appointed on committee to investigate Srnithsontan Institution: 2. .~-.-= --2-eee eee 540

Ball motion jor resolution DY .=--s= 2 =~ s-0- ta ee eee ae eee 500, 543, 544, 557+, 592
REMARKS DY» cis. ca5,gosece5ceaenn a8 hae eee eae ee ee oe ee eee 5

IRSGOED Oi. soso Se oss as anaes ae pes ace ea eee eae Se eo lee ee 557

Upham, B.pe: clork, National Museum). 2272 on. co. oo nee eee re ee 1599

Upson, Charlies, remarks by, _.-22.5- 2225-2 cess soe a ee on aoe lees Sen ae ee ee 671

Wire: -Amdrow.<. 5 2-2 asn areain oe been mee ep ase eae es ee ee

teh. survey hich plateagus. Of -.<2.2 2.5226 case soete ieee = oon ee een ace a ee 792

West CA ON We ee ooo oa Ame tees <a a ee nie ona eae es Soe ele ee eee 11,126, 1274+, 128+, 184

Letter irom,on Smithson: bequest... -.22 sco-saceeees cose nnu- Snee meena ee oe ee 8

Letter to,.on Smithson bequest. 2. - 2s =< =< -cecame sademe as eee Dee eee ee
Vail, Alfred, original telegraphic receiver or instrument made DY.{- -. --. <nnens anca= UeCDy eee
Vail, Benjamin, clerk, National Museum. .........-.--.-- = - 2-52-22 -5- sooo. soon eee === === e ee

Vail original telegraphic instrument, purchase of, proposed --.--.------------------ 1225, 1279, 1559
Vail, Stephen, offer to sell original telegraphic receiver --.-....--.------------------------ 1279, 1559
Valentine, BaM.. report: Dy 5-~=scseoo+ soc ae ae scce-n sens sen~ SaSs oe demea eee eee ee 908
Van Buren, Martin. President, of United States-~...- 2 -.. 222-2202 oon. cn eesee 21, 315, 336, 407
Gifts: to, in National. Museum. 22. -55! 22.) 22 ee aces eae eee 1009
Messap6 from =. 2. o - sece acon aetane penne iae pies ae ie re Oe 145, 146
WairiCe: is) sLa:, MAORON DY. uescey- 2s cocuseacencs co-deeee eee sarge cen ie net oe mae eee ee 738
Vance, J. B:., motion: DY: 22. 1--.2 sosces neha caer ee een cae sichenan a eae ee See
Viancen 4b. Dill Dy .<. -. 2228. ~ oo ce anata saeene aoe ene cee eae ee ee eee 1528
Vanderbilt, co Grant, Suit: Of... ~<a tee oe ence eee ee eee 963
Vanderbilt, W. H-- lhe deem ns ram iene ide Str Rat Rote Shh Meer ery Fae etn Hie, UL se
Gift of Grant ralica iy. Bae pp Lee Peg ey Ind etd on EE I Lk
Thanks of Congress to, for Gr ae r élics Ua ae AOR AE en ee me ea nee See eee 1011
Van Horn, R. T.:
Resolution: by 26h 22 2.2. <c2o oS a a ee 2 ee a a i ae 928
Statement. by Prof.'S. F. Baird too 5-2.- 2.52.2 ooansn po senae = ane be a ee ee ee 924
Wan Velzer.1;5., Bureau of Ethnology: 32 5 os2cc a6 os cee ease ee eee oe tea ee 1541
Varden, John. curator of Government collections in Patent Office retained by Smithsonian
institution) - 2.225. cee nd aw Bewwing oben alee Wo ate ee ice ee ee
Vattemare, ‘Alexander, fur nished with set of weights and measures for France------ ------ 467
Vaux. ichard, remarks by... --.- 2-2 2 .ssece se see canes poe See en Sone Se eee ee 1430
Venezuela:
Exhibit at Philadelphia Exposition given to United States_--...--.-..-------------------- 767
Psplorinedxpedibion works fOr. - 22222. - se oeeans sone ee eee eee wep ABE A Fe 321
Ventilation of Hall-of House of Representatives: -....-----2- ---2-2--s-e= a -oe ase aeee 796-799, 959-961
Ventilator for National Museum lecture hall -.---.)- 22-2 een eee ca eee ee ee Lee
Vermont, Perents Ero. sou woos ces aca snes cae me geen a ee eae et Ree pt aS, 1856

Verrill, A. E., memorial by, for purchase of Glover’s entomological work-----.---.-.------- 817

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WEN "hy (Bhs sop sts: 35S ere ee tas ee Le 1151, 1367, 1400
1S GATED TLRS) 093 Se ee eG een ee ak A ed he LANs Coe, Meena ee 1282, 1288, 1483
Vice-President of the United States___.._- 308, 445, 588, 605, 630, 802, 803, 804+ , 819, 920, 921+, 1339, 1343,
1857, 1419, 1483, 1485, 1519, 1537, 1555, 1570, 1596, 1624, 1680, 1681+, 1682, 1683, 1687, 1814, 1837, 1847
Pexrorical UnTVersity, proposed as curator of. .22:..31:2 oe SE eee 1532
Letter to, on resignation of Delafield as Regent _._..-..........--.----.----.-------------- 681

Regents, appointment of, by.--..-..-----.....---------- 486, 487, 463, 482, 486, 502, 601, 609, 627, 628+,
657, 681, 699, 705,783, 819+, 869+, 970+, 1109, 1272, 1553+, 1632, 1736, 1775+, 1838, 18389, 1852

Member of BGara otra. +: os S22 ease oe ene xxi, 430, 447, 567, 725, 1452, 1678, 1689, 1851
ONE TGIALSSL Oh hia teehee eee eA, chs = as See ne eS Tee ee en ae ne 589, 628+, 629,

804+, 848, 851, 1330, 1331, 1332, 1343+, 1344, 1357, 1858+, 1367, 1408, 1409, 1410, 1412+-, 1418, 1414,
1458+, 1483, 1537-+-, 15538, 1567, 1569+, 1570, 1575, 1632, 1633+ -, 1683, 1687, 1725, 1726, 1775, 1832+
Smithsonian Institution Establishment, member of ....... ..-....-..-.-------------------- xxi)
429, 566, 724, 767, 1452, 1677, 1685, 1689, 1847

meetings of, to preside at, if president be

ADSONG ese ale sas, a ee X xiii, 434, 726

manager’ of. proposed .=. 2s. iv-cee ecco aces 303, 306, 308, 323, 327, 388

trustee of, proposed )s2 22 ee i eee 172, 204

Sociological institution, proposed as member of establishment as regent Sth: 1761, 1762
University of United States, proposed as Regent of ...........--.--..-.---------- 1629, 1655, 1658

(See also President of the Senate. )
Victoria, exhibit at Philadelphia Exposition, given to United States_............._-........- 767
Victoria, Queen, party to chancery suit of United States v. Drummond for Smithson

Siete ons ooo soa seater eae. meee an None de Se eeeenla eee eens, ME BEE 2 ol esd 56
RiresPETECUm VTA eCIT TR XS 5 ies is RR As Sd Be Ss ae «gl a a pe rn ee Be 8 he ee) 1720, 1721

Decree easy 3a i OA EE Ss, Je a ESI iid Nh ae ORE
Vilas, W. F.:

ERE TER PTT ede eee Ne te! tke 0 Si ed Sa i ae ee eg Sete blk Fn ae ee 1253

Postmaster-General, member of the Establishment ......-........---.-.---.-------------- 1848
Manenorve, Count de, mxchange treaty: by 2223226 55-01 ee ae ee ee 1143
Rar eS au COMA KS PYcsi ast. 225 hein sc cw seen 5 kas ds eee Cee: ee eee 352
Virginia:

Eee RIEL Sones: be Sth SE Sek Se see yet es Re a 7 ee See ee ne eh elo Myo ee 1032

SPOS EOI oa. £2: eS k See foe ee cedt SE ee teh ee ees al OF Jat 1856

Rustte suoOcks Or WOnds es: 225 oss ce ae SN es eee sre ek ee 1 be OS 255 O47, G51:
Visitors:

Board of, proposed for Smithsonian Institution ---....-..---------------------------- 206, 237, 276
LON cahonmal MaIsotm: num DOM Oh joes ae sek ee ees Ree Pee eee Seabee 504, 1326, 1718, 1722
RNR eth Pre eee a eee Sea SE ee ee eee ee ee Ret A eee: ee at ee ae 198, 381
Voorhees, D. W.:
Bill, motion, or resolution ~....._------- 988, 1110, 1279, 1282, 1285, 1828, 1329, 1332, 1538, 1552, 1688, 1710
eMarks Dy s.c\os220 28S 21, 822+, 971, 988, 1282+, 1283+, 12844-, 1285+, 1286+, 1287, 1829+ , 1538+
Report by =-----.-- he tae erie eas cian nca2 cae Coes wu a 988, 1111, 1280, 1290, 1329, 1538
Vouchers, Smithsonian:
Examined by Executive Committee of Regents-_--.-.-...-----------...---------- 1014, 1254, 1680
paven trom reat Smithsonian: Institution: -22022<c.2 shee sass oe eet 643
Ming OL Loy A SbrOla DO? ?) 52221 sokaese ss accsos ee Sse ee et ne eS eS ee 240
Naik mise Misano ast ase tenn oteane Se eeemeeceeca ss cance bore n ee Meee No ee eR es 3 S674.
President pro tempore, Senate, appointment of Regents by.--.-....-.-.-----.-..----.-- 1839
Resentbi< 222 22es so seo ee ala Sadince eaken dake oe 1852
Waggaman, H.P., gift of land for Zoo_.-----..-.------ SEE eS tS 2s et Die Fee 1336
iO AMA brs. MOMORIAL, Dysart. soa, 28 oe os scene Ele ie Oe a ees 1038
Miescon Tong Ox peGibons. COleChOnS 1rOMl) 2-222 25secenctes Sesancneo~nccnes=-anccce--seaeoeeee 770
Rusthin ek reson TOM lNe «oo ee tee cask socaneee was eos soe ae ates aoe ees ae ee eke 920, 1008
Waite, M.R., Chief Justice:
AMPS aAbstonry Stable SCY VICCS:o<. 29; seccska-o+ acces pe cacee ntsc ca cone oes uknee owen eee es 922
Brancellor of bhe-nstitition gacska = =< se ten oocaie' a dota oo eanc ue Secestecs ee eeee asec eee 1250, 1856
Meambperor, che; sta blishment)=-.s- 225 secs. 25 ance a eaocens Secon as 2-14 G2-Seeasmetie EUS eee B49,
Memorial by, for National Museum: building .-.-.- ...---.-o2. 253-222. adi. ee. os dated 734
APNEA EL Pies oO ht Ste Sas at Rene See eee ee eee at eee oe Sook Pe ee ee cut ABD
Walcott, C. D., of Geological Survey, honorary curator of National Museum_-_-_.__.-.------ 1136
SINAC S Rem RSS ae Sk Sa hee ee ee ee ie ee Bae ee 538
NUCL a arose wo Sse noe. aan oes un de eee eee ee oan Se A eats ey A Se ete 4744+, 476
ES eALSII ACR ie otc StS Soest iowa endo doe aU ae Ae eee see ee Se ee So fs 471
Walker, J.G., opinion on proposed Military and Naval Museum.---.-..-_.--.---.-------- 1262, 1263

WME TT TRL TRSy Tr (AT 122) 0h ee ee ee Bearley ory eee ees | op ie ee ers IKE LT
Walkoermited.,sepresentative, Pennsylvania . 2... 2220-255 3. sseesb bg Seles eee 920

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Walker, Robert Ji. coet st ote essen kt es wo eee ant coset aan paces a seeseree se ee eee 140,317
Secretary of Treasury, member of the Establishment. ..............----.------.--_------ 1847
Senator; remarks! by 2254 28 eee ee eo ee 189, 174, 177, 221, 315
Walker: /W:) Bureaniof Hthnolopy sec! 1258! 2s eee ee See ee 1541
Wallach, Richard, mayor of Washington: f
Member of the Establishment:2.- 20) .2.25: 3238 ee ee eee ee eee 1849
Motion by,,insBoard).of Resentisii 26.8. ..2.25252 - 2202 ecn eee ee ee ee 117,118
Regentiof Smithsonian Tastibutions. sf. -- See Pe Se ee lone
Report by 2285-202. as Sos eee ee acces ee i ea ee 644 -
Wallinesford, W. W., watchman, National Museum .2- .- 2212). <0 2s-2_ eee 1599
Walters, W.T., appointed trustee Corcoran Gallery of Art -.----......-.-.-----------.------ 684
Walthall) BH /C;;remarks by 22-22 2220. S808 222. Aaa. 2 ee eee 1414
Walther, Henry; Bureauof Ethnology... *=. 3-3 2:4 2. eee eee eee 1541
Wanamaker, John, Postmaster-General, member of the Establishment sie Se ene 1452, 1848
War, collection of ancient armor, helmets, swords, etc., proposed to be given to Smithso-
Mian fms titihiOn 2525 de- 23. 26 .o-- see kana eee oak es oe ee ee 1225
WariM@epantmentie ee eee 747, 748, , 756, 757, 761, 904, 935, 968, 1035, 1264, 1392
Bureaus of; collections in\ report /OnR- 22. .a= eee ee eae ee ee 1259, 1260
Contracts by, for supplies: 22222.):22425.e2 Se ee ee ee eee 1670, 1671
Exchanges. (See Exchanges, International, War Department.) ;
Indian portraits and collections deposited by, with the National Institute_____._______ 1011
Military and Naval Museumsfayored! by =. 22232=- 2222 ee ee ee eee 1261
Surveystunder)collections from. 2<522:_ bc) 3 ee Se eee eee 770
to be considered by National Academy of Baiatieds Jo cect ae $11
(See also Executive Departments; Expositions; Secretary of War.)
Wary Secretary of = 2225-25 so. ssse5 cao Seee oe neo eeaee oes an cee ee ee 921,
1009, 1011+, 1125+, 11264, 1127+, 1128, 1265+, 1266, 1267, 1310, 1680, 1681, 1682, 1830, 1831, 1848
Arlington Cemetery, use of site in, granted by, for Astrophysical Observatory -__._-_- nbF 0b
Armory building to he erected by....--sc2s-42 SS Se Se ee 599, 1233, 1234
Army Medical Library and Museum to be erected by-----..-.-.-.--.------------_-.--.-.- 938
Collections.in charge of; inquiry: of,)as to /.-2<--s2ss2=s<--22ee5 6 a=ss see eee 1259
report on-_---- nase ackdwachbasn te 1259, 1260
in office of, appropriation for 5. bcs. 5 tee eee 219
Corcoran Art Gallery property, trustees of, to be settled with by ---.-_---.___.._.....- 684
Libraries deposited by, in Smithsonian Institution during civil war.___-.._......_..._.- 643

Military and Naval Museum favored by _ ---- -.--2..-.-.--.-00sc0 S-c2cc See-n2 = 2oc ed oe
proposed as director of : 2s Jck 22st etn eee ee

National Institution, proposed as director of .-......-....53.2 222 eee eee 217
Powell’s:exploration, rations for; to be issued by.--- ..-2<2-2 2si202-5-2 225. ee ee 679
Shieldsswords'to'be ‘purchased ‘by. 622... 2-2... 5.2.22 See ee eee 1128
Smithsonian Institution Establishment, member of -________. 429, 445, 566, 724, 767, 1452, 1689, 1848
site for buildings of, to be approved by--.-..------.----..--....- 451
trustee ol "proposed =: 228 Be Ses eee 204, 215, 235, 273+
visitors to, proposed appointment by, of two army officers ___ 206,
237, 276
Sociological Institution, proposed as member of establishment of -__.-.-_-.....-...--..-. 1761
University of United States, proposed as regent for -----.._--.----...-------------------- 1530
(See also Expositions; War Department.)
‘Warburton; Henry i222. 222.0. .c502 2 eoemieeed is 8G. ee eee ee ee a eee 593
Ward, L. F.:
Collection of plants in National Museum. ..--..2..2-=<.--ssss-555- 2226 bl ee 1314
Honorary curator of National Museum! =. :-2.2-ce..-.2h25-c--—28t ee eee 1136
Wrarmibolitiz, Ks (G. - . .otscee sown esau acne tess oes mame oe ee ee ee 380
Warner; Hiram, Regent, appointed. ....- 22:22 cso. jh anc cesses s aauwe ete eee 601, 1853
‘Warren; H:7A., motion by +2... 22-22. Soccso dace case eee ace eee eee 501
Wars:
Lrophics:and flags:of, exhibit =.= 2.322. pos eee he ca eo lee a ee ee 1266
Lrophies of,:building to. be constructed for. <ss2.25.5256 55-25 ee eee 599
Washburnysr., Israel, motion by 2o:~ 22222252. 25 < ee eee oe eee 538
Washburne, EF. B.:
Motioniby.<. 22. ucerectt leds .nc. Se eee ee ae eee eee 632
RGIS Diy = ee eee an oc ea eee ee ee 629, 645+-, 671+-, 672
Secretary of State, member of the Establishment--_.._..-- ...........----=-- .------4---2-- 1847
Washington:Canal)xeport of Regentsion .. 22.20 ieee 5 eee ee ee eee 680

Washington City:
Bonds of; ValWtGsses 2S sonas cas ncnse ons cdesecacdles pace ke oo eee ee ee
Citizens of (Residenta). as Regents Smithsonian Institution. -.-_.-.-----.--.- xxi, 430, 1453, 1854

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Washington City—Continued.

Citizens of proposed as visitors to Smithsonian Institution_..............-.-.------ 206, 237, 27
Columbian College___.--.--. Bees Se eb ee cholo see ee Sea ee 174, 176, 181, 192
PMTCT OP OTIOSOC oo) 25S fice oes leh ee oP oese nat see ee ee 1034, 1035, 1037
MRMIITEMU GRE rites - o 2k 528 3) SES oo ceeds onze 4 Sac cece eee Ue es Se 5 he ee 1215
MEETETEVETHOROS TY 22% 2252 ea 2. Sst aay ie to, Ce See eee eee ee 1371

Mayor of, and citizens of, proposed as visitors to Smithsonian Institution -._-.... 206,237,276
and council of, to be asked for a plan for the Smithsonian Institution-_...... 181

governor of the District of Columbia substituted for, as Regent___---- 688, 689, 1851

OCG Ol. BW DOLISHOG! 2-2. 5 seeks ne a ee ne A ee a ee 689

report of, on Smithson bequest -._-.-.- dysentery Fikes as Shes ote avis cat 182
Smithsonian Institution, member of the Establishment-------- 429, 445, 566, 589, 1849

PBN Or, TOUOLt ONG Dyn 5s cease saeco eer ee 182

resolution asking for; by = 5-2 -=-/---<- <2. -2- 181

proposed ‘as manaper of ---2"- 225-522 2 2222s see 327, 389

AS GPUStEO OL ae ee cence oe 172, 204, 235, 273

RE SCN baenna sano anc sees eaeeeepace vee soe 430, 447, 567, 1852

act: to Giscontintiew.e.. 26-2 es -- ne ne 688, 689, 1851

Memorial by citizens of, on Smithson bequest’.--...---. 5-2-2 2-5-2. 2---- =n a= nce eee H- 225
Memorial by corporation of, on Smithson. bequert:_-- 22-2... --2-..----. ---+- 2 =--- 2 =< 182
arts acta EPO ctv ne, eee an oon coe oe ee eee ee ee eee nena eae coma ene ts 1195

(See also Rock Creek; Zoological.)
Residents. (See Citizens.)

BEL nsoWinn Institution to be established in. ..2. 2-25 .------- ---2-ce --s5--2--s-~-=-- xxi, 6, 429
RVRMENMETON COLO. ._<! .2- 0. (aces oe we nneene ee eeee 156, 167, 173, 369, 1529, 1631, 1657, 1658, 1745, 1824
Anacostia statue of, proposed by Mills_-..-......---------- dS Os lg OA pe Pe Bae 1745
PPTL ERLUCEL LIE NCH GH AEST TS CO) bee ag A pe ses es Stl ee pes ete i 1529, 1678, 1743, 1744
PRSSIBEISIES Eee SAGO LS ULE = ooo Ls oaks ox ato ae on a one nee oneness san 805, 922
MIC vat Vi ORIG se ues oo 2 onc ncu za cae Cae eR ee are anes tate ces sae 643
PEO wis COMEChION, DUT CHASG OL... )a..245ceences sone eeeeaeceans a= sane cea cen eee 782, 1009
Bee Sive OEODOSd nM OMONY: OL = 5 = sao. more e erent ies ede ese nae eee coe son eaese 451
(See also University of United States. )
Washington Light Infantry Corps, proposed use by, of National Museum_------------------ 828
Washington Operatic Association, music by, at Henry statue services. -_....-------.-------- 922
BR raGaE LOOP NICAL SOCIO can..c 5 cmeaee Sansa eee abe ee eee ee naes eaee ee cos ee esses ee 805
METAS VERIO VACAS ILO Gr 46 aso oe een a one ena ae ee arene, ea vatig Shee eee ne yaa dee See eee 808
Washington Singerbund, music by, at Henry statue services .-........-.---.---------------- 922
Mastineton 7oolopical Society, Incorporation Of .--: 2... 2-2-5-so.-2----ac scene --ssenc+ aoeeee . 685
Water fixtures. (See National Museum, heating.)
Watkins, J.E.:
Appointed honorary curator of section of steam transportation in National Museum ~_- 1017
PPR ACen O COMECHONS - =o a22 oseees heceee | =a bone soa ee ce es bence tne cas Geecea meee 1017
MIC mABACOPOPLY, INAbIONGAl WUSCUIN 422...) Sence-55-- 22s ccs oseree cane neaes ceescee tenon 1599
ED gin, LISTERS! agp Sa ia Sm et ia eel Bet Ben i ae Sg bo eh RN a mie be 383
CUM SGHAEL. Sl, TRG CEPA ris ta oe rl ye ss ed ell aie a Ne Sera gore, tlt sah, ah 1063, 1086
WV DAM METS S OTT MS 2 18) PED CATE CU Y0N og E49 oa ee ae te Na eR 8 ea ee anette see otek He ee 183
Wasiand, Wrancis, plan of, for Smithsonian Institution. .....-.-....=-----~-- «2c-c= -annnea-- 337, 560
REE Ee ene Beh OMIT KA aoe me Coen mn ae, oe ake eee oe a baa Soot none Sore ane 865
Webb, W. B.:
ieeal. services| by, for Zoological Park» Commission ....-..........--.< 2220 --00-nnemass-0---2 1341
iL EMTRCGSAT EEN 0008 EUR Re ee SS ee es ee Ne se oer ae pee a meee te 1036, 1038
Report of commission for establishment of Zoo-__......-_.-.-...----. ---- ----------------- 1388
Webster, Daniel, Secretary of State, member of the Establishment ____....-...---------- 1012, 1844
SOV ETASERT, TOPIC Te 2 ef a Be eh ers ae Be aS oe de Aas aaa a 4 a 2 neon ee aie Abie es hee hs 370, 381
Wieden Wc. chict of first watch, National Museum: -.2.---..2---+--..--<-eceecennls-- nesses 1599
“eR Sh SPE DEE eg Repeal oy er oy ape nar ok oy ae A i i le ae eS a ee ae See Re 1698
Weightman, R.C., Commissioner of the Patent Office (acting), member of the Establishment. 1849
Micients and measures, standard sets distributed. .---.-.- 2 ccc e ee ee cue 843
RICEEC CLO V CT TIN GID neg te en ena een ey al Ea aca aa pa teee eee bacne 467
Welch, H. P., Tasmanian commissioner, Philadelphia Exposition ---.-....-.-.---------.------ 766
Weller, J. B.:
THLE [E70 pape hail ag phe ea aR RE li dhe ene se GAAS tt Sek PR Pe ne ol rs 534
CP SEDSEST ES 110 2 SBS SRS SRA se ae ae Ee ee pene ee a aree WL Spa ben 584
Welles, Gideon, Secretary of Navy, member of the Establishment --...-.--.-..------.-------- 1848
ARR E e SeS PS gh 2 oc 2 Sea cea cas domeaen ate nisas Ssbecusk acnocee ene 127%
MomMEn One E TOMAGTIC MX NOSIMON, =.=... a= sadeecs sou nda andes Bees cn-nnwuekenenacceceese 1587

PERT UD G). 2 Sac once SE SUS OS OE ee Sg ees, Wein ORES Be EPR Mass SS at 1634+

1980 INDEX.

Page.
Welling, J. C.—Continued.
Repent, appointed .<--5 2.22 2-- «3522 ee Sect bce Seeec ete eee eae ee ee 939, 1274, 1854
of Smithsonian Institution). -:.-:-;-<-5..24<22>-beessseee= ese eee 1453
PTOPOSeGs 25.242. 02 Dos. Sen see ee ee oe ee ee ee eee 939, 1278, 1854
Wellington, G..L., bill and resolution, by. .-...<=-..-.-<<<--< 222-520-529 = ==ooe ee ee 1823, 1825
Wells, A. C., messenger, National Museum’ -.-*:.2:-2 222-22. S-s 222 222222 o 2 sos ee ee 1599
Wells, Daniel:
Appointed on committee to investigate Smithsonian Institution. ..........-...-.-..-..-- 540
Declined to sign report of committee on Smithsonian Institution--..---.-..-..-------- 557, 574
Wentworth, John:
Motiom by ~ 22.255 <s2<.05- 2 0c<- ces .ss0, aoe ises cao decease eee oe 420, 470
Remarks ‘by 26 josso---+ osceee aes soc eSB ee ee sted seed eee a a ee 469, 470
Wesley, William, foreign agent of Smithsonian Institution at London -----.-.---....-----.-- 1768
West, L.S.Sackville. (See Sackville-West.)
West, W.H.;appropriation to, for care of Smithson fund. .--_-...-....-----.5--2-- 2. --s. sees 680
Westcott. .lsiD:, remarks DYy.-<-.<25<42-225 oscar. ao owee ao 2 se eee Se ee ee eee 436, 437
Western Union Telegraph Company, superintendent of, telegraph furnished by. for Henry
statmeiceremonies - = =. == <<< -no-ee em enae ac doe een oe oe oo oo eos Ses a se ee eee 922
Westfall, J..W., watchman, National Museum... -_. -. -. on. nn ee ee 1599
West Point. (See Military Academy.)
Wiest Virginia Regontitrom..— --2202<c5.no82 soaees epee ae eee a ee ee mee 1856
Wethered, John, appointed on committee on Smithson bequest------------------.----------- 242
Wotmore; Gib. Teponti Dy = ~<a e 5 cc eo le oe eee ae ee a ee ee 1763, 1829
Wharton, H., charges by St. Catherine Dock Company, to Mr. Rush..-----------..-. - ---- 96
Wheatley. S. E., appointed appraiser, of land for/4002 -.2-- .< 2.2 tees oo os manne ee ee 1340

Wiheaton, Honry. . 2-2: 2-222 «52 286shceece ss sce ae eae nena cee eee rr
Wheeler, G.M.. collections Trom:...-.-4 === ==s<ss22<.'-=5 2b gence ee nance meee sae e ee
Wheeler, Joseph__..--.. ----------------------- ---- 1425, 1426+, 1427+, 1433+, 1439, 1441, 1444, 1452, 1454

ROPENt AN DOULA .o 22 ewe. un oben caenn eee ee eer 1110, 1272, 1553, 1633, 1736, 1775, 1853
of Smithsonian. Institution... = « ~<.0054o<ns2ss-s-ssen-c5Ss eeo- son ne- eee 1453
MONWMUOR POG ae oat ee wee te ne Sp a ee 1633
IREMarESID y= 550 os oes a eos a = 1124, 1422, 1423, 1431, 1432+4-, 1438. 1554+, 1736+, 1787, 1776+, 1777+
Resolution by---..------------------------------------ 1274, 1291, 1292, 1889, 1600, 1625, 1634, 1736, 1775
Wheeler, W. A., Vice-President... -2-<<2 -<- <6. s<.-u panna eae na sso ee oe ee 826
Appointment of Regents by:.22- :2--,- =+-25 0c-=<-<¢ s2a6 25-5 2-s2ee yeas ee Ae
Henry memorial services. presided over by -...~.=.-.. .--.s-25-- sss-- seen noses ie onses Sane 804
Letter to, on death of Professor Henry -.-.------------------ ae eee 802, 807
Member of the Establishment: .-.-.-..---2.5-- <2 sess seseen canons seca s eens nen eee 1847
RG RON Gece) ee tenn caw ssessae Sash an ce aes a Sete an es ee en 1851
OMATES) DY. 2s sec con cS ome Soon. nnd a case maeoscens ce = lecks eel an See ne ol = eae ee
Wihitaker, Mr... charges of,.in: Smithson suit: Wc... 24-222 = on a ee 82, 84
Wihites A. Ds 222. dete cnsc cc nsanesioen coteus soases Soabe ase ce ese haeak ees aaa one eee 1536, 1777
American Historical Association, corporator of ....---.-----------------.-------------- 1220, 1228
Regent, appointed 26 6 25 see es ewan sk none) osees sees eee ea oe ee ee 1110, 1634, 1854
of Smithsonian Imstitution-=- Uses - -..2 222 Socecsssaaeese ne coe ss Sener 1453
DRODOSOG, «case phos cnseneaaes 1m te caeera wnat eee eee ae eee 1110+, 1633+ —
White, C. A., honorary ‘curator of National Museum... ...- 22. .= 2-2. 2-2-.2--- ae oan at ae ee 1136
White, Charles, letter to, on street railroad to National Museum..----.---.-----.---.-.------ 835
White. BE. E;,.appointed appraiser of land for Z00:.... 22-2 -<<-s¢.oesc cece ee 2 anne See eee 1340
White. Harry, remarks by -.---------- shu dns ele sdew Sence ade ewemip ee comes tenn aera ey aaa 844
White, Hugh:
Motionby .. -~-0-sodenthe. Soon seecptacsebscas ceueee a ees ae eh ann ee 443+
Rompe by :. 2..< - 2525 222- sse secret enh oo eens sa eee = Soee eee ens ee aes 444, 458+
White, Joseph, letter to;.on investments. ..... .-.2. s---. 225 <2 - oasce geese se seen 260
Waiting, Bb. B., clerk, National Museum ..-- 20225522252. 3. eece et ee en ee 1599
Witney.) D:, servicesiof .... s2220. se ewe we eS ees cos Se cee ee 711
Whitney, L., telegraph furnished by, for Henry statue ceremonies -.--.--.--.-------------- 922
Watney. WC. 2222522. 2-5 bce ce sae ae ceeds Bie ooh at once ne eens aera a ee 1259
Secretary of Navy, member of the Establishment --.--.-....-...-. ----------------------=- 1848
Whitthorne, W.C., letter to, on refund of duty to Semon Bache & Co-_-.----.--------------- 1030
Winttlesey;, Elisha, petition: of - .-.2- 22.2 225--s0n-esnaen ass sae ee oe ee cee ae ee ee 238, 239
WHEE WY 3s sco oiwaes os ce. 2 2222 ode Ah ees See ee ee ee ee 848
Remarks Dyce. se =. ctccs. sol o8 ns dnoueoeeeaseeehe ne ssta keene Soeeee Sees ee 835
Wieck, Wi We. @emarks DY <<<. 26222 4-2 eee ees eee ee oe he eee nae eee ee 414, 415
Widdows, Frederick, directed vocal music at Henry statue services ----.-. -.-.-------------- 922

Wike; Scott, letter from,on Exchanges --.. 2.52 -cce-escons canceasencs= yane ceed eo. SASS ees 1701

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Page
Wilde, R., proposed as manager of Smithsonian Institution -_-.....------------------------- 305, 318
inna bere ERE ING te ae ee Eee SO eee = Joncas cons eet Sd aeee seat aeeee east biesecke 8TB
inl eae pty tenet ee eR ese 8 oe aa oa nd ce sseeleteeSanceomieecnasaetes 608, 626, 760, 1732
Pion ne bx pOCiONWOPKS PLVON TO. 22. < 22252 22k son n codes sneee a aeaeniee te eases en=-a—= eee 32
Narrative by,oLdxploring Hxpedition.....-.-2 --=--2 ssesb2ctes shes desee acteeaeee ness oe = 469, 678
Physics and hydrography of Exploring Expedition by, to be published --_-----.---------- 692
(See also Exploring Expedition. )
SLL Si TTT SRSA Toy es Oc ho eee ee) eS ee Sh eee eee er i 5
Willard tt. A. appointed appraiser for land for Zoo ._.- .--2 == - = 22+ cota oe de te acess Sae> ss 1340
Seen Pane CONG UCL Ol asses ae aaa) 8222 Ses sans 5505 2-535 tana eesioe eee daemene nese see 1075
Williams, A. P_---.-- Be en Sh ade Sane Sorel vane kc ote we es Sac ES Seawater oe See 1037
Williams, C.G.:

SRS ERP CRN yee ie oo Sa a ae eo es ila ooo ee ee Oy BUA, 8104-5 BBE
[PETNONIS (Oy cece 26 ei ee ee aos EP Pa hoe, peer emedaman L | 4

See ess pTOmicer eS DVinn... 28-3! oases n ee. ons son~ coon eee eone ates oe Seo 1382
Williams, G. H., Attorney-General. member of the Establishment. .---.-.---.-.-------------- 1849
Sere OtTEMe He tibiONyDYese oe occ aoe eon Sia ecwe Sect a to Rose pa tos oan Iaeaceecee ese oe 241
Manliness eremarks Dy .22. 2.-<.<2ce-= soocssss-wco-os-e Sees eee ee eeee os O48) 1649-4, 1650+
Mie recor. «N abional MUSeCIM 622.52. 2= oa. on Senn santo snare tewe isos e eee Sees ees eee 1599
Willis, B. A.:
liehbersto.on How pate expedition: 2... soa, <fces tad oes ane ese ane Pena ae comet at ec cee 796
arrears Pe On wots, Dies Suan Sema eon ae bas Masses Seen ee OD
PMR DOMME LIRLOCKS 225 -o esa. 0 8 255 ks Sisko ese ree ne see eee Uae Eo LES 259
Wilmot, David, appointed on committee on Berenson bequest seer stees Fees SAS el
Wilson, Benjamin:
TP 2 TNS Ones 3 5 ee oes UR ge Ca ee 8444 ,845+, 846+, 847+, 849+, 850+
ae S ELA yee fo Ses == SS tea Os Saas Jessen aC O nae oe tee Sat aes aeee oS SEE BAS; 849
VME Gin, SUT terete SU 0) ae eer RNS Ait EOS > ALD 1288
“OP sare, SV TEI. TON Th gies ele ne ee eee eS, oe ae ee ee ee Re 1761
Wilson, Henry:
NICER PET CoOL O1OR LY, ee seals nee ee i ear a LEM 2 SLES Be 630, 669
REET MD VBR Sts = 2 SS oS saws ease ewes Seed qe nec MS heey BIE 30
Vice-President, member of the Establishment... 2-.--.2- 202 +--6 22-24 <edce~ soon cane canes 1847
eEPenG sp See a ya sees Ree kaaee oes2 sth LS eee cosh es eee Loo
Wilson, James, Secretary of Agriculture, member of the ‘Establishment wees) 2 BR SS 1850
PUP ER MMe IetH a GSON ATOM) nee ae 5 Sees eee OS A Be ee ee eee 1288
PAMPER ONUGION Dyno os 3 nesses ce te Hele da R oo ee 1238, 1257
BUYERS) TERT Lens Seg oe ee a en oe eee eRe Sn Deere ae eee 1239+
Walkane5>. watchman. National Museum. ....-.2.2- s2s2s- 42 secsec ee esas ee se. sR thet, A ie 1599
Walsono+ M.. estimates by, for Smithsonian grounds .--<-2-. 222.222.0222 oce ees oh nee 1043
“says... Tia lhins tree Opa holly 0h pee se ee Ae oe Se oe ee ee ie cee) aes 183
MninGu So btLor reliet of widow Of ..-.<.2 2/62 Ree a eee eee 811, 823
SUMING TUR HIan ee. 2 oes eS 2 RNY oo ee eee eh Oe. A eR eee ee
Appointed assistant to commissioners at Madrid Exposition - ---.-. ---------..----------- 1584
MEINE APE NECOLOLY: ooo 2) SSS te ee ee i a a
iiimaor es NA LiOnal. MUSCUIL: ..2 S02 e 25.2 e eee Sees oss = sO Ee 2 1599
\Wivsilsraras.. Vii, 1D 2 Bale ee ge ee EE oo SO OE eR el eet eee er Rees SES eereeemeer eee bY Des als yo
PaorermaaniOl Wy 2. ..2 222.2222. 2ehes tse} cep eet Due Olen hes oe otc tore 2c 972, 1600

Postmaster-General, member of the Establishment ---._.....---....---------------------- 1848

Bernie appolmted's 2. = sos sen26 soca cce ens can ese Ie RL Ate SS 5-29 387 900 1738, 18085 Bot

PROVOSEG 22 5c -y\o=Peceie =. caseee Sasa ayg a Vee eee eas SUS ERR Se 3

PRATT SHOV eee oe 2 Se ook nat ee SA NTS ea ER eS Se eee 1051, 1052+, 1204, 1205+, 1425
Windom, William:

Secretary of Treasury, member of the Establishment --.----.--..------.----------------- 1848+

MEaier Dron On OhicarOxpOSIOW 2.2-\.205secoceh a sedavcn cass bene ent ceaaca ees See tee 1513
fOAon National Museum) appropriations: = 2-2). 522-2. 22 2eese oak eye ce ee 781

Windrim, J. H., plan of Government building, Philadelphia Exposition, by ----.. ----------- 748
MWineatond. i. mbssonzer, National Museum -.. 2.) 22262: .- 5 S22 eekedot i eane abet se. $1600
Wingfield, E., accounts in Smithson suit sworn to fetes: Lees phe SS Us SRE SS 92
Mainopove Gaicurator of Mxchanges: 2. .J2:-bi2- 005 220 2 ok AS eke 2 cs LT
Winsor, Justin, corporator of American Historical ebdeindiin i RAR So's sete Di eh 1220, 1228
CU BEG is, 12 (Q) tae EE ee eee eS 443, 448, 450, 451, 454, 458+, 461, 462, 463, 464

Sete istrict oe bloc cine da cease n wneat ee tees eM (GME
DUM EneRe RE LEECera POTN oe 8 en eee eo 28 eo el eS co cn ceca ee eee LODO
annie Cas emmeniarica 2 se oe oe eet eh ot dads 3 U cen seh Lede etal eek a A
Vava(ieir COpfaL Ce. Se ee eee eee ee eee 314

1982 INDEX.

Withers, R. E.: Page.
Addressiat Henry memorial. ......<: 2s: Lele c2 Sead eee ee ee eee 805
Regent, appointed:s.<. 2-.che soues Loca enn te eee ances oe ae ee ee 783, 1852

term, expired 2... .42260he-5 5 eS-c eh meee oe eee 869
Remarks. Dy ~ 2-2. -coj.acb 1 Soee eis sean sens ool os 5 ose See ee ae ee ee
Resolution by 2222. 2s2s) sede Sees seco snc eco ee ee ee ee eee 802, 851

Witte, W. H.:

Appointed on committee to investigate Smithsonian Institution---_...-._.-.---...--.._. 540
Report from committee to investigate Smithsonian Institution. -.------.----..-.--..- 5d7, 574

Wolcott, E. O.:

Report DY = 2.222 et eno ccecen seca seat cast eed eee ae eee oo 1746
Resolution by-..- 4... s2255-s<:<5 Smeg MOR Sean aes ar ee ee ee 1596+

‘Wolfsteiner & \Co.(O. Dice. s<.52ceene ee ne en ee ee a 1563, 1566, 1693, 1694, 1739

Wiollastons Widi.- 24-2232 5-sd oS Soe eake 2 = se ak ce ee 56, 335

Woltz, G: W.,.watchman, National Museum. *<-.-- +..- .-- 552.02) s-c5 5020 eee ee eee 1600

Wolverton, S. P.:

Remarks Dy s5-s<- «0.2 +25 -desqmectn ete Red ea die oa See ae de eee 1685
Report) byese-=-.--=- >= onnd me eeen ne vcen meee eeeseeeJents Ges? wae ter 1681

Wiomen,industries of, exhibitiat Chicagos.2...--.--.-.-2 4-022... 2-5... tet ee eee 1584, 1586

Wood, B. R.:

Motion) by 2222-22 sessece. soos icc albeen ssc ences eee oa oene we oreaee es sweebestesseus eeende seed 418+
Remarks by 2222225205222 --1-~o22 ceo - asenee ee ceenke Sete eee Le eee Ge eee ee oe 413

Wood, G.M.; Bureau Mthnology ---..----)----2--2-5 a5 soo Spee ese ce rs eee eee eo eee 1540

Wood, Fomando.nremaris Dy. 5:2... 22255. s Se a ot ok eee ee 238.2360) ee 711+

Wood, measurement of, repulated 2 occ... eens i tenn noe Set R ote Gott eee ees 1698

We OOdDURy duel 22-222 scs. ccs eco eee ee eee eee oo eee ee eee eee renee 217,311, 312+ ,315, 317
Arkansas bonds bought by, as Secretary of the Treasury --------.------------------------ 259
Attorney-General Grundy, opinion of, tio ..--2225 Joss. 222k 5 ces eee ee ee 110
iLetier' to, on Smithson bequest -.--.--2 22... << 256-5, pemasc cane n ase se ee Ee 108, 259, 260
IWOGION: DYwiesss cess e otese ee te a eh teas sae cane eee e e ee ee 297, 303, 3807
(ROW Iait RPM tesa on. © Sons sa ons scat eae eee 221, 223+, 295, 296, 297, 299, 305, 306+, 309, 310, 318
Report to President of United States c=. 22202 2-22. 22545 6/22. sao ee a ee 109
State stocks, bids for, asked by. -..-.:-2------seesna,seseoseu 1a tece a sees cane = 2a ee ee nm

TOPOL, ON. == 5-22-02 saecce qneesswesaeuee een ante ee ee 215

Woodley Park. (See Zoological Park.)
Woodley road. (See Zoological Park.)

Woodruff, J. O., scientific expedition around the world.....-.--..---. «-.+-\5odasesse= sea seas 789

Woods: Hole, Fish:Commission buildings at .- =. - 21...< .-.0.san-20-0ne.nnem 00 cae eee eee ee 1060
Woolsey, T. D.:

Regent APPOMte) . oo sa- 5 coos scnnac cecate we oat aaah oases = eee — eee pees 630, 669+, 1854

declined;appointmoent \< - <2. -,- seas segs) - ee oe ae a a - ae

BE ODOSE 2 ae sono none eeen Se een ane ee eee tee a eee 629+, 7112

Workmen, list of, required, performing higher duty -----.-------.----------------------------- 1596

World’s Columbian Commission. (See Expositions, Chicago.)
World’s Columbian Exposition. (See Expositions, Chicago. )
World’s Congress Auxiliary. (See Expositions, Chicago. )
World’s Exposition at Washington. (See Expositions.)
World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition. (See Expositions, New Orleans.)
Wray, George:
Charges of,in Smithson suit... -<.. 22. s2c2 2S bee eck. SO

Represented attorney-general of England 2. --=:-.....-23-...-5---. 2-2-0 ce ono seee eee 21+
Wright, 'C..S., messenger, National Museum---.--._----.-.... ...-.. -=.-0...--- Joe
Wright, H.G., proposed on commission for forest preservation __......-.-------------.------ 907
Wright, Silas:

Letter to, on. Smithson bequest. ... 22:02 ees ee eee 143

(Remprks by, 2occesss0-+-5 - oo 52c 55ecc lence eeceee eon eee 75,180
Wale Collecse, New, Haven, Conn 2os225. 205. ee a eee 784, 795, 921, 922, 1716, 1723

Memorial by, for purchase of Glover’s entomological plates .----...---------------------- 817
Yards and Docks, United States Navy, Bureau of -.-....--.-----------.-.--------4 9 sm ate e 1259

Yeas and nays [naines given] ---2--.-. 0002308) 222 es esa ee SE ee ee
394, 422, 423, 428, 462, 537, 538, 539, 606, 627, 738, 927, 1208, 1217, 1218, 1278, 1289, 1356, 1415, 1455
Yeates, W.S., assistant curator, National Museum :.2- 2. 222.22 2.5 J. bso Sessse = - eee

Yeatnians Mes. copyist, National Museum. -.--- -s.c2.cucecs ooo ene ee eee ooo een as 1600
Vell Archibaldsremarks by ....-2-<. <:-.2c sesso eo ee et eee eee eee 352, 409, 410
Wellowstone Wate 2-6. oe ods ces cheese Siecle, oer ee eee 1153, 1573

INDEX. * 19838

Young, Casey: Page.
cS ORRPRUTSUUSNOVEIO IS. So a ae ae eee sea mean awe eee Rae nea omaa ane Senet cee CON) £08
Letter to, on ventilation of House of Representatives. -.-_-.-.--..-..--...-----...---------- 796
RapPERY gee. Stato ae ote = edie a ee ae ee irom tlne wet cme cnenion an cue a Soe nee eae eae ccs 736
EMMI Viet lee ate Goo a Soe ct oe ae mae wae ate nna taal asa cis a cee 770, 775, 796, 797+, 798

Zoological department of the National Museum. (See National Museum, living animals.)

Zoological Garden in Washington City, proposed -.....--.-..--------------------.---- 685, 1035, 1214

Zoological Park, United States National:

PeCEnatinGt Dy, MECLOLAL Ysa OlON n= naa eae ae oe eens akan cnk wcbeed e uaukes bSatekeee 1570
PEP ICI IAR GIONS LOD eae aes oo oa <5 ania esccu inane aoe anina sonar eens akan w cae sau acaeeseaeseee ee 1218,
1333, 1415, 1485, 1490, 1567-1574, 1690, 1692, 1693+-, 1694 +, 1695, 1739-+-, 1834, 1835, 1836+-

Mt aaiiot USIMOSS 1, TepOliiT Oly Ole 2 aos on san maces aoe a. ou ae ues woaaelewacctomeue 1699, 1700
Artists’ studio proposed in--.-.--.......---.--- Re teaate aaaewe cScna cores ccs. sean e eee 1831, 1832
mainopnyrical Observatory, PrOpOseG, IM) | = ~~ == 2551. secs55 soesenesesas o-5 cass ecssce cece 1544
Maundaries, Surects, roads; ANG TAUTOAGS tO... 2246 ..2< to 225 Sok wae ab cena eeead sues nese ee 1106
1336, 1846, 1561, 1562, 1690, 1691, 1692, 1738+-, 1739, 1829-1837 +-

SUN ay UTI la fa ra ee Cee een cla eee eat ence ime one ce ee oe eens 1155
District. of Columbia to pay one-half costof-...- .-=.-- 5-.-2s.4.---<--------- 1349-1351, 1355, 1357-
1415, 1428-1431, 1436-1438, 1455-1459, 1461-1484, 1567-1570, 1572, 1574, 1694, 1695, 1739, 1836, 1837
Empiovecsianud leaves of absence, report OM -— 4-2 ~ - 225. <n e ao ewan eo ene nn mae nnceeess=- 1825
Serer mee tO bits hi Ot. Meh Oumar sean. emia amen oe ee ea wen a ak ato wriaaaritemcee See aeS 1597
Plsced undenClwiliseRViCO] ose ses ale ce entien Se oe as Caste ee tewsaccoeeccs: L768
Establishment of ------- 1149-1219, 1848-1415, 1416-1488, 1567-1570, 1572-1574, 1603-1613, 1697, 1698, 1739
— Teporyor commission. 22 ----<5552<-eane-e S- 1218, 1219, 1833-1843, 1394, 1415, 1829
Hatimates.....---=-- 1154, 1158, 1167, 1210, 1843, 1345, 1488-1492, 1562-1566, 1692-1694, 1738+-, 1739, 1835 +-
Executive Departments to aid in making collections for--.__.--.-....--.-- .--------------- 1416
Beran anieen Te pOniOlst =: hasan 0. S22 Rooke sea cede aon eaten ee eased esc Se ae XXv, 1328,

1416, 1558, 1559, 1562, 1572, 1672, 1673, 1692, 1694, 1695, 1746+, 1813, 1814
Fence for ---------.------- -------------- ---= == -2 27 os wenn enn ne nnn eens ee eee eee eee 1421

Pare ECR COM ALOU WON 2c oo wee on lain mene Deantoni ee cence 1178
MolhmanslON. POPAITS.Of - 222... ---. 22. 22-- sees aos ees ene sees eb te~ =-= =. 1490, 16984-, 1694, 17395-
mney Ouabe TeSDeCClING® - 2 _ 5-525 5b -codo~ 52 sateen Se cage ee tee ala sense adedes paeecouees 1339
LL SUS WDIEE coat s Ss a a ae aes aes a ae ee 1151, 1154, 1166, 1181
SRN ee ale See eae ae an wane eae mien doom oe olen a 1219
Model of, exhibited to Congr ESS ane ee eee a ee we ne ee oe eee es 1210, 1335

MIPCORRIVitOr article 1m bosiOM GlODG-.-2 .. <1. 222-554-2525 Us coed cee ska seca see weecne ces 169
Object, ‘‘ For advancement of science and instruction and recreation of the people’... 1415

Co SOVELU RWI oo Agia Se ee eI ee eS oS ae eS oe ee RRS Se eee 1152, 1175
ERD ANON tes ee te os tn asin ee aeoks maneeeaneeceden in Se acaecc gach owitracenstes 1343-1488
RINE ne en ee oe cos Suse a Seco s Soccer ae cease ean ee neca sumone eeenes Sao 1154
IpeECRHsG OL. aAnaINais LOM <= 252. 286. - 2. cece ne nen wknd 1333, 1485, 1567, 1569, 1692, 1693, 1738, 1835, 1836
pamipnnonian Instipution not seeking Care:Of 2.-.0.----2 +s--2. teceo ees dene woos nace se 1174

PROPOSE |=. 255 eee Se odes sascha eet cose eee ces ence, ABTA
Regents to have care ET I Se GREE 1379, 1415, 1690

SHOW DAV GUaTaR Olmeree 2. 222i. 5 Saeco eas 1379, 1383

Sulsvorea to be made for, by Coast Surveysc2-< 22-5 2- - 2-2 ke ssn ete wees 1171, 1172, 1219, 1384

by Geological Survey--------.-- 1151, 1154, 1171, 1172, 1219, 1334, 1335, 1336

Boplociaa! pociety, Washington, organization off. <1... <2. 22222-2225-5-2 2--2-n5--- sas LL. 685
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