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The result was announced—yeas 27, nays 15; as follows: 
Yeras.—Allen, Blackburn, Blair, Butler, Call, Chandler, Cullom, Dawes, Dolph, 
Gorman, Hoar, Kenna, McMillan, Manderson, Mitchell, Morrill, Paddock, Payne, 
Quay, Sawyer, Sherman, Spooner, Squire, Stockbridge, Teller, Voorhees, Wash- 
burn—27. 
Nays.—Bate,’ Berry, Casey, Cockrell, Coke, Edmunds, Frye, George, Ingalls, 
Pierce, Platt, Reagan, Vest, Walthall, Wilson of Maryland—15. 
' AssEntT.—Aldrich, Allison, Barbour, Beck, Blodgett, Brown, Cameron, Colquitt, 
. Daniel, Davis, Dixon, Eustis, Evarts, Farwell, Faulkner, Gibson, Gray, Hale, 
Hampton, Harris, Hawley, Hearst, Higgins, Hiscock, Jones of Arkansas, Jones of 
Nevada, McPherson, Moody, Morgan, Pasco, Pettigrew, Plumb, Pugh, Ransom, 
Stanford, Stewart, Turpie, Vance, Wilson of Iowa, Wolcott. 
So the bill was passed. 
May 13, 1890—House. 
Mr. Cuarzes O’NerxL1, from Committee on the Library, submitted 
report (H. 1983) on H. 2753: 
The Committee on the Library, to which the bill (H. 2753) for the _ 
purchase of ‘‘the Capron collection of Japanese works of art” was 
referred, recommends its passage. This isa very valuable and instruc- 
tive collection, and it should be purchased and placed in the National 
Museum. The late Prof. Spencer F. Baird advised the purchase 
while he was Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, as have other 
scientists. 
Committed to Committee of the Whole. 
May 19, 1890—House. 
Mr. Cuarues O’NEILL, from Committee on the Library, submitted 
report (H. 2036) to accompany S. 321: 
The Capron collection consists of a large number of works of art, 
such as gold lacquers, bronzes, porcelains, screens, enamels, vases, 
swords, carvings in ivory and wood, gold and silver coins, and many 
other articles of curious workmanship, all illustrative of the history of 
Japan. They are displayed in cases at the National Museum, and for 
the last few years have been seen by thousands of visitors from all 
parts of the country. 
General Capron (formerly United States Commissioner of Agricul- 
ture) lived for several years in Japan, in high official position under 
the Government of that-country. He had special opportunities of 
gathering specimens of art, etc. 
Most of the lacquered work came from the private stores of the 
Tycoons, confiscated at the close of their reign by the government of 
the Mikado. These pieces bear the armorial insignia of the princely 
families in which, for centuries, they had been treasured. Some of 
the articles, it should be added, were derived from imperial sources as. 
presents. The collection was got together before attempts had been 
made to imitate these rare and unrivaled works of Old Japan. The old 
style of lacquered work required from four to six years to harden the 
