1358 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 
Mr. Morritxz. No, I do not propose to ask for a conference, because 
I understand it would be some time before it would be reached, and it 
is doubtful at the present time whether or not a delay might not be 
very inconvenient in getting the park into working order. 
Mr. I. G. Harris. If the Senator from Vermont will allow me, I 
desire to make a suggestion to him. 
Mr. G. F. Epmunps. We can not hear the debate, Mr. President. 
The Vick-PRrEsIDENT. The Senate will be in order. 
Mr. Harris. Agreeing, as I do, with the.opinion expressed by the 
Senator from Vermont, I beg to suggest to him that a conference 
upon the House amendments will not necessarily involve more than a 
day or two, and I would prefer that he should move to insist upon a 
nonconcurrence and ask for a conference upon the disagreeing votes. - 
I shall quite agree with him after such a conference in doing whatever 
may be necessary to accomplish this object, but I think we ought at 
least to make the effort by a conference with the other House upon 
the disagreeing votes before we agree to the amendments proposed by 
the House of Representatives. 
Mr. J. SHerMAN. I feel it a matter of justice to the people of this 
District to protest against this effort to throw upon them a mere goy- 
ernmental matter. This Zoological Garden is no more a part of the 
District of Columbia or to be provided for by the money of the people 
of the District of Columbia, than the Coast Survey or any other scien 
tific object fostered by the Government of the United States. 
. think there is a disposition in Congress now to throw upon the. 
people of this District, who are heavily taxed -at best, a great many 
objects of expenditure which belong to the Government of the United 
States; for instance, such as the great tunnel that was put through 
here, and which has been for the time abandoned. It is a cruel thing 
to compel the people of this District to pay for that. They have no 
part or lot init. So it is with this matter; and I fear that if we 
shall agree now to this proposition to throw the half of this expendi- 
ture upon the people of this District it will be a precedent the effect 
of which it will be difficult to avoid. It is better, I think, to let it be 
understood that this Zoological Garden belongs to the people of. the 
United States. The District government has nothing to do with it,. 
and the people of this District have no other interest in it than as citi- 
zens of the United States. If we once set the precedent of making 
the District government bear one-half the expenditures for this rather 
expensive toy at best, it will probably be continued year after year. 
I think, therefore, it is better to disagree to the amendments and 
request a conference. 
Mr. Morrtitt. I yield to the general expression of Senators, and will 
ask that the amendments be disagreed to and a conference requested. 
The Vicr-PresipeNtT. The Senator from Vermont moves that the 
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