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Mr. Bucrkanan. I did not raise a question of order; I submitted a 
parliamentary inquiry. 
Mr. Ranpatu. I am unwilling to permit this amendmen to be dis- 
posed of without a statement on my part that I deny the right of a 
conference committee to originate, either directly or indirectly, a 
proposition on a subject which was never considered by either House 
when the bill was passed by the respective Houses. 
The Speaker. The Chair does not say that a conference committee 
has the right to originate legislation on a subject not previously con- 
sidered in either House. 
Mr. Haren. I rise to a parliamentary inquiry. 
The Speaker. The gentleman will state it. 
Mr. Harcn. I ask whether the Chair has decided the point of order. 
The SprEaker. The Chair has decided it. 
Mr. Harcu. The point of order is that the motion of the gentleman 
from South Carolina, that the House recede from its disagreement, is 
not amendable. 
The Speaker. The effect of receding i is to concur in the amendment, 
but the gentleman from South Carolina [Mr. Hemphill] moves to 
amend it by agreeing with an amendment. 
Mr. Ranpatu. The effect will be to involve the Government of the 
United States in the expenditure of many bundreds of thousands of 
dollars. 
The Speaker. The question is on the amendment moved by the 
gentleman from South Carolina | Mr. Hemphill }. 
Mr. Ranpauu. Let us have the yeas and nays on that. 
Mr. Hempniuu. I believe my time has not expired. 
The Speaker. The gentleman has five minutes of his time remaining. 
Mr. Drpsxe. I rise to a parliamentary inquiry. 
The Speaker. The gentleman will state it. 
Mr. Dizeste. I desire the amendment to be read for the information 
of the House. 
The Speaker. It will be read if gentlemen will resume their seats 
and preserve order. 
The Clerk read as follows: 
And agree to the same with an amendment as follows: That $1,000,000, or so much 
thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, from any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to purchase a zoological garden 
in the District of Columbia of not less than 1,000 acres: Provided, One-half of said 
sum shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia, and the balance 
from any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. 
Mr. HEMPHILL rose. 
Mr. Bucuanan. Will the gentleman yield to me for a qpeshoms 
Mr. Hemeniwe. Certainly. 
Mr. Bucuanay. Is it not a fact the pr oposition, 2 as the ventlenita 
