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and for the benefit of the citizens who reside here and who will fre- 
quent it. 
Mr. Butter. So would the public building in St. Louis be for the 
entire benefit of the people of St. Louis and no other portion of the 
American Union; and yet I suppose they would think it a great hard- 
ship if St. Louis should be called upon to pay half the expense of the 
court-house and post-office building there. I do not understand that 
the District of Columbia has anything to do with this public park more 
than that it is within the limits of the District of Columbia. It isa 
Government institution which all the people have a right to get the 
benefit of, not alone the people of the District; and it would seem to 
me to be a very great hardship to require the District of Columbia to 
pay one-half of the expense of the park which is intended solely as a 
national affair. 
The Vick-PRESIDENT. The question is on the motion made by the 
Senator from Vermont [Mr. Morrill]. 
Mr. Incatus. The Senator from Missouri suggests that this is the 
first time that the claim has ever been heard that the people of the Dis- 
trict ought not to pay a moiety of this expenditure. It appears that 
the appropriation was made on the deficiency appropriation bill which 
was signed on the 2d day of March, 1889, and I presume it was brought 
in here by the Appropriations Committee at the close of the session, 
that being, I believe, the last appropriation bill brought in. 
Mr. Axtison. It was in the regular District of Columbia appropria- 
tion bill. 
Mr. Ineatis. The Senator from Iowa informs me it was provided 
for in the District of Columbia appropriation bill, but it was signed 
on the 2d day of March. 
Mr. CockrEtu. But it had been passed long before then. 
Mr. Ineatts. It could not have been passed long before that time. 
Mr. Cockretu. It had been passed by the Senate long before, and 
was in conference. 
Mr. Ineatts. I do not remember personally any time when the sub- 
ject was ever brought directly to the attention of the Senate. There- 
fore, it seems to me that the suggestion of the Senator from Missouri 
is not properly to be applied to the consideration of this question. I 
move that the Senate still further insist upon its disagreement to the 
House amendments, if that is the proper motion. 
Mr. Cuttom. I think the motion made by the Senator from Ver- 
mont takes precedence. 
Mr. Morritz. I think my motion must first be put. 
Mr. Ineatts. Oh, yes; that is right. 
The VicE-PRESIDENT. The question is on the motion of the Senator 
from Vermont that the Senate recede from its disagreement and agree 
to the amendments made by the House of Representatives to the bill. 
