FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS, 1879-1881. 847 



The Speaker. The gentleman is still on the floor and declines to 

 yield for an amendment. 



Mr. DuNNELL. I was recognized to make a motion to amend; I have 

 made such a motion, and I was heard upon that motion. 



The Speaker. The gentleman from West Virginia states that he 

 yielded for a suggestion, not for an amendment. The Chair uniformly 

 recognizes the right of a member reporting a measure to retain its 

 control until an adverse vote by the House. 



Mr. DuNNELL. I can not understand why the gentleman from West 

 Virginia should object to allowing an amendment. 



The Speaker. That is another question — a question with which the 

 Chair has nothing to do. 



Mr. DuNNELL. The gentleman is not under instructions of the com- 

 mittee not to allow an amendment to be offered. 



Mr. Wilson. I can not yield further. This subject has undergone 

 investigation by the Committee on Printing in the Senate. The Sen- 

 ate passed it without objection. It has come to the House and gone 

 to the Committee on Printing. 



Mr. Bunnell. Because it passed the Senate without objection is 

 no reason why we should pass it without objection. 



Mr. Wilson. I beg to say this amount has been recommended by 

 the Department, and it is all that is asked. I demand the previous 

 question. 



Mr. DuNNELL. We are not legislating for the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, but we are legislating for the country at large. The Smithsonian 

 gets two-thirds of what we vote here. 1 hope the previous question 

 will be voted down, so we may test this question in behalf of the 

 people. 



The demand for the previous question was not seconded. 



Mr. DuNNELL. I move to strike out "ten thousand five hundred" 

 and insert "fifteen thousand five hundred," and to provide that 5,000 

 copies be for the use of the Smithsonian Institution, 8,000 for the 

 House, and 2,500 for the Senate. 



The Speaker. The resolution, if amended, will read as follows: 



The Clerk read as follows: 



Resolved by the Senate {the House of Representatives concurrhiy therein), That 15,500 

 copies of the report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1879 be printed; 

 2,500 copies of which shall be for the use of the Senate, 8,000 copies for the use of 

 the House of Representatives, and 5,000 for the use of the Smithsonian Institution. 



Mr. Richard W. Townshend, of Illinois. What will be the addi- 

 tional cost? 



Mr. DuNNELL. I am unable to say. 



Mr. Richard W. Townshend, of Illinois. Would it be small? 



Mr. Bunnell. Very small; as the expense will only be for print- 

 ing and paper, the plates being stereotyped. 



