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from Arkansas [Mr. Berry], who is usually very accurate and fair. 
The amount was not changed on a claim of the claimant or on an esti- 
mate of more than the works were worth. I stated that I changed the 
face of the bill upon an official estimate made by experts in the Smith- 
sonian Institution upon the official request of the committee, and that 
that was the basis of changing the amount. That was the statement. 
Mr. Berry. I understood the Senator to state that the bill was 
originally introduced for $10,000, with which sum the owner of these 
articles was content. Is that correct? 
Mr. Voornesgs. | did not say whether she was content or not. I 
did not ask the poor, old, impoverished lady on that subject, but I did 
find out what the articles were said to be worth by those who were 
competent tojudge. I never jew and I never haggle and I never beat 
down, especially a widow woman in poverty, and I represent a con- 
stituency who do not expect me to do it. 
Mr. Berry. In regard to jewing and beating down the poor, and 
talking about a poor old woman, there are thousands of poor old women 
in the State of Indiana and.in Arkansas who are as much entitled to 
the consideration of the Congress of the United States as this lady or 
any other lady. 
When the Senator talks about never trying to beat down, that argu- 
ment goes very well with a man’s own property and his own money, 
but when we are dealing with other people’s money, I, for one, do not 
believe that we have a right to vote any more than the article we 
purchase is worth, and the fact that the lady is old and poor makes no 
difference in that particular, if we are dealing with her for articles 
which the Government desires to possess. 
That is my idea of the right and wrong of the proposition, and no 
remarks about the character of constituency the Senator represents, 
or that I may represent, will affect me when it comes to voting away 
money which we adimit is not ours, and when the Senator admits that 
the bill has been changed from the amount provided for when it was 
originally introduced. 
I ask for the yeas and nays on the passage of the bill. 
The Vice-PREstIDENT (Mr. Levi P. Morron). The question is on 
ordering the bill to be engrossed for a third reading. Does the Sena- 
tor from Arkansas desire the yeas and nays on that question ? 
Mr. Berry. No; | ask for the yeas and nays on the passage of the 
bill. 
The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, and was 
read the third time. 
The Vick-PRESsIDENT. On the passage of the bill the Senator from 
Arkansas asks for the yeas and nays. 
The yeas and nays were ordered; and the Secretary proceeded to call 
the roll. 
