FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 1401 
Mr. Cannon. I move the adoption of this report. 
Adopted. . 
Mr. Cannon. I now move that the House further insist on its 
amendment. 
Mr. Louis E. McComas. Mr. Speaker, I would like to know from 
the gentleman in charge of this report what likelihood there is of an 
agreement between the two Houses, and also what are the grounds of 
difference. The report does not give us any information on those 
matters. ; 
Mr. Cannon. I will state so much as it is proper to state—that the 
House conferees met the Senate conferees; and the result is announced 
in the report which has been adopted by the House, that result being 
a disagreement. Now, ‘I can not say whether another conference 
would lead to an agreement or not. The House conferees felt them- 
selves substantially instructed—and were in harmony with that 
instruction, if it be an instruction—to insist 
Mr. James B. McCreary. Will the gentleman allow me a moment? 
Mr. Cannon. Let me finish my sentence—to insist upon the House 
amendment, which provides that the appropriation for the improve- 
ment of this park be payable one-half from the revenues of the Dis- 
trict of Columbia and one-half from the Treasury of the United States. 
Mr. McCreary. I wish to say that I am in favor of the position 
taken by the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Cannon]. I am in favor of 
the District paying one-half of the amount appropriated by the bill. 
Mr. Cannon. Then the gentleman would be in favor of my motion, 
which is to insist upon the House amendment, and there stop. The 
Senate, if it desires any further conference, can, of course, make 
known its desire, or if the Senate wishes to concur in the amendment 
_It can do so. 
Mr. McComas. I wish to suggest to the gentleman in charge of the 
bill that perhaps there might be some agreement upon a consistent 
plan which would include the Army and Navy Museum, the National 
Museum, and this park, which is an adjunct of the Museum, so as to 
place them all under one general system. If we could agree upon a 
general system it would certainly be desirable; for it is inconsistent 
that as to a portion of these institutions which are under the scientific 
supervision of the Smithsonian Institution the expense should be paid 
by the General Government alone, while as to another portion under 
the supervision of this same institution for the advancement of science 
and knowledge the expenses should be paid by the local government 
of the District. The Government has its Museum for the exhibition 
of dead species of animals, and this park has been proposed in order 
that the living animals may be transferred from where they are now, 
back of the museum, to a separate inclosure. It does seem to me that 
if we are to have a national supervision of the whole thing, there ought 
