1100 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 
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 
