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. 
