FIFTIETH CONGRESS, 1887-1889. 1201 
Mr. Hempuity. Does the gentleman from Georgia desire to go on 
this evening? 
Mr. Haren. Oh, let us finish this up. 
Mr. Hempuru. I only want to say that there seem to be some of 
our friends here who always manage to work themselves up into a 
state of undue excitement when anything of this kind is proposed 
because of apprehended real-estate speculations. It is not a question 
of whether somebody is going to make a little money or whether the 
District of Columbia is going to get full value received for the pro- 
posed expenditure, because if the scheme is undertaken it is the duty 
of Congress to see that the money is properly expended. 
It should be remembered, Mr. Speaker, that the people of the Dis- 
trict of Columbia, having no representation here on the floor, ought 
not be denied the right of having that which every other city is 
allowed to enjoy; and I will say if they object to this that there has 
not been a single man who came before the District Committee and 
made that objection known. In addition to that, all this talk about 
the people of the United States paying for ‘‘ monkeys,” and the homes 
of the people being taken away from them in order to establish places 
here to keep monkeys, has nothing whatever to do with the question. 
The people of the United States are not ‘‘ paying the money” in any 
sense in which these words are used in the speeches of gentlemen who 
are opposed to this measure. The property of the United States 
Government is paying its appropriate share of the taxes here. The 
amount that has been fixed by Congress is the amount that was 
believed to represent the proper proportions of the General Govern- 
ment toward the payment of taxes here, and if Congress thinks it 
is too large, it can change it if it is not satisfactory. Hence it has 
nothing whatever to do with the question; and it is not coming out of 
my pocket, nor your pocket, but is a tax levied upon the Government 
of the United States upon property which it holds in this city, and 
which pays only its share of the taxation. 
Now, there is nothing whatever in the idea that this thing is being 
pushed upon the House at the closing hours of the session of Con- 
gress. This measure has been pending in various forms since 1865, 
and was reported to Congress and thoroughly and fully investigated, 
and Mr. B. Gratz Brown, a gentleman who afterwards ran upon the 
national Democratic ticket, and ought therefore to receive the respect- 
ful consideration of this side of the House at least, reported in favor 
of it. 
Mr. Hatcu. I beg the gentleman’s pardon; he did not run upon the 
Democratic ticket; he ran on the Greeley ticket. 
Mr. Hemenrt. Oh, he ran on the ticket which the Democrats set 
up and voted for. It is too late now to deny it. The Democrats 
nominated him. 
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