32 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 
Done at our palace in the city of Tokyo, on the eleventh day of the first month of 
the seventeenth year of Meiji, and the two thousand five hundred and forty- fourth 
year after the accession of the Emperor Jimmu. 
Mursu Hiro, 
Yomigemaie Laikamiton Ogin Ko, 
Keeper of the Order of the Rising Sun. 
March 22, 1890—Senate. 
Bill (S. 321) was announced as next in order on the Calendar. 
Mr. Francis M. CockreEu. I do not think, in view of everything in 
the country, the condition of the agricultural interests, and everything 
of the kind, that there is any pressing necessity for spending $14,000 ~ 
to buy that collection. So we will let the bill pass over. 
The Presrpine Orricer. The Senator from Missouri objects, and 
the bill will be passed over informally. 
March 29, 1890—Senate. 
Mr. Danie W. Vooruens. Task the indulgence of the Senate to 
call up Senate bill 321. 
Mr. J. SHerman. What is the amount appropriated? 
Mr. S. M. Cuttom. Fourteen thousand dollars. 
Mr. Voorueers. The Senator from Ohio is familiar with this subject. 
I will state that it is the amount fixed by the authorities of the Smith- 
sonian a year or more ago. The bill was reported after a very full 
examination by the Committee on the Library. It passed, I think, 
twice through the committee and was passed once by the Senate in a 
former Congress. The Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. Hoar], of 
the committee, is present. The Senator from New York [Mr. Evarts] 
is not here, but I hope the Senate will pass the bill. 
Mr. O. H. Prarr. Will the Senator be kind enough to explain to 
those Senators who have not had the time and opportunity to visit the 
National Museum what this collection of Japanese works consist of ¢ 
I simply want information about it. 
Mr. VoorHees. General Capron was abroad a number of years in 
the service of the Government in Japan, and when he returned he | 
brought a rare collection of those peculiar works of art for which 
Japanese civilization and skill are famous. The collection has been 
valued by those who are experts in that business, and this is the value 
placed on the collection by Spencer F. Baird and others connected 
with the Smithsonian Institution and the National Museum. The col- 
lection now belongs to Mrs. Capron, a very aged lady, General Capron 
being dead.. The matter, as the Senator from Massachusetts, as well 
as myself, can assure the Senate, has had very careful consideration, 
and I trust that no obstacle will be presented to the passage of the bill. 
Mr. I. G. Harris. What is the amount involved? 
Mr. Voorueers. Fourteen thousand and some hundred dollars. 
Mr. G. G. Vesr. I should like to ask my friend from Indiana a 
question. 
