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and south of it for a park proper would be very greatly increased, I 
think it wise, therefore, to let this matter go over until the next 
session of Congress; and in the mean time let the Committee on Appro- 
priations, if you choose, or the Committee on the District of Colum- 
bia, or both committees, as well as members generally, look into this 
subject. 
Mr. W. P. TautBer. Would it disturb the gentleman if I should ask 
him a question ? 
Mr. Cannon. Not at all. 
Mr. Tavuipes. If I understand the gentleman, his position is that 
the District of Columbia ought to pay half the expense of this park, 
while the Government acquires the title tothe property. Now, if the 
District of Columbia is to pay half of the expense, is it not right 
under the present system of taking care of the parks of this city and 
of dividing the general expenses of the city, that the title should be 
vested in the District of Columbia? If the Government owns the 
property, why require the District of Columbia to pay half the expense ? 
Mr. Cannon. The Government does not own the property. 
Mr. TaviBer. I understood that was the purpose. 
Mr. Cannon. That is a matter for adjustment in the future. The 
Government of the United States may pay all the expense, or the 
District of Columbia pay one-half; that would depend upon the pro- 
visions of the law which may be passed at the time we acquire the 
park. It may be that the District of Columbia ought not to pay any- 
thing, so far as the zoological garden is concerned. 
But my particular objection to this provision at the present time is 
that, after having gone over that portion of the District and examined 
it pretty closely, the impression rests strongly on my mind that we 
ought to have not only the ground proposed, but north of it a consid- 
erable distance—a mile or two—and south of it to Massachusetts ave- 
nue for a general park, in which this garden ought to be located. 
Mr. TautBeer. That is the same plan, I believe, which was consid- 
ered some weeks ago in the time belonging to the District of Colum- 
bia, when we had a bill before us proposing to establish a park. 
Mr. Cannon. I do not say that I approve of that plan at all. I say 
generally that I approve of acquiring this land for that purpose. 
[Here the hammer fell. ] 
Mr. Foran. Mr. Speaker, I am sorry to differ on this question with 
some of my colleagues on the Committee on Appropriations. The 
gentleman from Alabama [Mr. Forney] is usually right, although 
somewhat possessed of a parsimonious spirit in respect to public 
expenditures, as is the gentleman from Alabama [Mr. Herbert]. The 
gentleman from Alabama [Mr. Forney], when he says that the adop- 
tion of this amendment will involve an annual expenditure of $100,000, 
draws largely, I think, on his imagination. 
