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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, 
