T2LG CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 
The Speaker. There are two minutes remaining. 
Mr. Ranpatu. I do not know that the gentleman has any time under 
the decision of the Chair. 
Mr. Dresue. I ask how long a time I have occupied ? 
The Speaker. There have been over thirty minutes consumed; but a 
part of the time, it is true, was in the discussion of the point of order. 
‘The Chair understands the gentleman from Maryland to desire only ~ 
two or three minutes. 
Mr. Ciements. As the gentleman is a member of the District Com- 
mittee and wants but a short time I shall not make any objection. . 
Mr. Barnes Compton. Mr. Speaker, I regret very much that my col- - 
league on the committee has seen proper to press this proposition at 
- this time. For one, sir, as a member of the Committee on the District 
of Columbia, I have never been in favor of this scheme for a national 
park. I have never, I will confess, expressed my views fully in the 
committee, or stated the opposition that I had to it, as perhaps I should 
have done in view of my position, because I never expected to be 
called upon to debate the proposition before the House. I supposed 
from the action taken by the committee that the proposition would 
never come before the House for consideration at all, and hence that 
it was unnecessary to interpose objection at that time. But as it is 
here now, I feel impelled to say what my views are on the subject. 
In the first place, I maintain that no city can be found on this con- 
tinent or elsewhere where the demand for a park of this nature nas so 
little weight or is entitled to so little consideration as in this city. 
Why, look around your great capital and what do you see? Here are 
the Arlington Heights within easy reach, the Soldiers’ Home in our 
immediate vicinity; here are four railroads running in every direction 
leading from the capital city of the nation; here are our street rail- 
roads running on almost every street that points to your center; here 
are the various city parks, the broad streets, beautified with shade 
trees and broad, ample walks, perhaps to a greater extent than any 
city in this country. 
Mr. PoInpEXTER Dunn. Or any other. 
Mr. Compton. And while I do not charge, because I do not know, 
that there is a real-estate scheme behind this, and I do know, sir, that 
my honored colleague and those associated with him in the Committee 
on the District of Columbia have no knowledge of it or any apprehen- 
sion of such a state of things, still, sir, there is one thing which can 
not be denied, and that is that this will add immensely to the real- 
estate boom in the immediate vicinity of where this park is to be 
located. 
Mr. Bucuanan. And add to the taxes in every other part. 
Mr. Compton. In conclusion, but a single word. My friend, Mr. 
Dibble, of South Carolina, has, in my judgment, struck the keynote 
