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are for the benefit of the residents of this city, and that the taxpayers 
here should bear the expense. The same argument might be made to 
apply with equal force to the Washington Monument, built largely by 
the General Government, whose lofty summit pierces the sky, and by 
which we tell the coming generations that we are not ungrateful or 
unmindful of the yalor and patriotism of the man who was first in war, 
first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen. I deny the 
position of the gentleman from Georgia [Mr. Blount] that these 
improvements to the city of Washington are for the benefit of the citi- 
zens of this District. This city is now or is fast becoming the center 
of attraction of the people from every State and from every section of 
our vast domain, and these improvements are for the benefit of the 
citizens of Georgia, of Massachusetts, of Louisiana, of California; and 
every section of our country shares in the glory and splendor of the ~ | 
national capital; and I trust this bill, which is but a continuation of 
the Republican policy of the past to adorn and beautify and make 
attractive the national capital, will prevail. 
Mr. McComas. I yield now to the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. 
Butterworth]. 
Mr. B. Burrerwortu. Mr. Speaker, the establishment of this zoo 
logical park is a national enterprise, and has been so treated ever since 
the inception of the movement, so treated by both branches of Con- 
gress. It has met with favor in both branches of Congress. The park is 
properly located at the national capital, but it might have been located 
anywhere else within the domain of the Republic. The enterprise 
is worthy. There is not a civilized or enlightened nation upon the 
earth—if I may draw the line between civilized and enlightened—that 
has not an institution of this character, and our own people have seen 
fit to provide for such an institution. It is located, I repeat, at the 
national capital, and there is no question about the wisdom of that 
location; but it might have been located anywhere else in this Repub- 
lic, and if it had been would any gentleman have insisted that the 
county in which it was located should become part owner of this 
zoological park or garden, and that the people of that county should 
be arbitrarily taxed for the purpose of maintaining that national insti- 
tution? I think ‘not, gentlemen. But there is no more propriety, I 
submit, in taxing the people of this District to found and maintain 
such an institution, which is wholly national in its character and for 
the benefit of all our people, than there would be in taxing the people 
of a county to keep upa mint or other public building of national 
character which was established there and conducted in the interest of 
the whole people of this country. 
Mr. Witiiam CocsweEtu. Will the gentleman permit a question ? 
Mr. Burrerwortu. Certainly. 
