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we may well print in larger number than is here proposed. I have 

 already very man}^ calls for it. After the docmnent has been printed 

 and stereotyped the expense of a few thousand additional copies is 

 very trilling indeed. It costs more to print the reports which are sent 

 around to members only to fill up their rooms than it would to print 

 5,000, yes, 10,000, additional copies of the Smithsonian Report. 



I move to amend by striking out "ten" and inserting "fifteen," so 

 as to provide for printing 15,500 copies and then the distribution can 

 be arranged so as to give the House and the Senate this additional 

 5,000 — 3,500 to the House and 1,500 to the Senate. 



Mr. Wilson. I do not feel authorized to accept the amendment for 

 the reason 



Mr. DuNNELL. Well, I understand that it is my right to move the 

 amendment. 



The Speaker (Mr. S. J. Randall). It is, if the gentleman from 

 West Virginia yields for that purpose before demanding the previous 

 question. 



Mr. Wilson. I Jiave not yielded except to hear the suggestion. 



Mr. J. D. New. I rise to a question of order. I wish to inquire 

 whether this matter is or is not now before the House in contraven- 

 tion of the call for the regular order made by the gentleman from 

 Michigan. 



The Speaker. Under the rules, the Committee on Printing has the 

 right to report at any time touching matter 



Mr. New. I do not care to hear the rule read. 



The Speaker. The gentleman from West Virginia has the right to 

 report from the Committee on Printing under the rules; and because 

 of that right he has been recognized. 



Mr. Dunnell. I presume that my motion is in order. 



The Speaker. The gentleman from West Virginia is on the floor 

 and states that he does not yield for the amendment. 



Mr. Dunnell. I did not ask him to yield. I addressed the Chair 

 and made my motion to amend. The previous question has not been 

 called. 



The Speaker. Until an adverse vote by the House, the resolu- 

 tion is under the control of the gentleman from West Virginia who 

 reports it. 



Mr. Dunnell. Does the Chair undertake to say that a resolution 

 ^reported here is not open to amendment? 



The Speaker. The Chair states that the gentleman reporting a 

 measure has the right to test the sense of the House as to cutting off 

 amendments by calling the previous question. 



Mr. Dunnell. The gentleman has not demanded the previous ques- 

 tion. 



