FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 1857 
Stivers, Stockbridge, Stockdale, Stone of Missouri, Struble, Taylor of Illinois, Taylor 
of Tennessee, J. D. Taylor, Thomas, Thompson, Tillman, Turner of New York, Turpin, 
Van Schaick, Venable, Wade, Wallace of Massachusetts, Wallace of New York, Wash- 
ington, Watson, Whitthorne, Wiley, Willcox, Wright, Yardley, Yoder—146. 
So the bill was passed. 
Mr. Benton McMituriw. My colleague [Mr. Richardson] is detained 
from the House by sickness. I also desire, Mr. Speaker, to withdraw 
my vote. I voted in the negative, but am paired with my colleague 
[Mr. Houk] on this question. ; 
The result of the vote was then announced as above recorded. 
April 3, 1890—Senate. 
The Vicr-PresipEnt (Mr. Levi P. Morton) laid before the Senate 
the amendments of the House to the bill (S. 2284). 
The amendments were, in section 1, line 1, after the first word 
**that,” to strike out the words ‘‘ there be and hereby is appropriated, 
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated” and to 
insert ‘‘the one-half of the following sums named, respectively, is 
hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, and the other half out of the revenues of the District of 
Columbia;” and in line 11, after the word ‘‘ Institution,” to strike out 
the words ‘‘the following sums of money” and to insert ‘‘and to be 
_ drawn on their requisition and disbursed by the disbursing officer for 
said Institution;” so as to read: 
That the one-half of the following sums named, respectively, is hereby appropriated, 
_ out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the other half out 
of the revenues of the District of Columbia, for the organization, improvement, and 
maintenance of the National Zoological Park, to be expended under the direction of 
the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, and to be drawn on their requisition and 
disbursed by the disbursing officer for said Institution. 
Mr. J. S. Morr. I ask for present action upon the bill. 
The Vicr-PresipentT. The Senator from Vermont asks for present 
consideration of the bill. The Chair hears no objection, and the ques- 
tion is on concurring in the amendments of the House of Representa- 
tives. 
Mr. Morrixu. I desire to say a single word in relation to the matter. 
It is very desirable that there should be an opportunity given to put 
up the structures and fences that are necessary to be placed upon the 
park for the keeping of the animals they have already obtained, and 
such as may be hereafter obtained. It should be done at an early 
moment; and while the first amendment of the House is one which I 
think ought not to have been made, because the park is a national park 
or it is nothing, it as much concerns the States of California and 
Maine or Texas and New York as it does the city of Washington, and 
therefore the whole expense should be borne by the nation 
Mr. S. M. Cuttom. I hope the Senator is going to ask for a confer 
ence in preference to concurring in the House amendments. 
