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to know by what authority of law or by what justice can we, the rep- 
resentatives of the people of the United States, establish a zoological 
park for the benefit of the District of Columbia? No such authority 
exists. This park is to be established for the benefit of this nation, 
and the nation should pay for it. We would have just as much right 
to make the people of this District pay for the ‘‘ Capron collection of 
Japanese articles of interest,” as proposed in a bill now pending, or 
any other collection of articles of interest that Congress might decide 
to buy to putin the Smithsonian Institution. I voted against the appro- 
priation for the Rock Creek Park because I did not feel that we were 
justified in spending the money of the people of the country at large 
to make a park for the recreation of the people of the District of 
Columbia. 
Mr. Louis E. McComas. That is all the more true because the people 
here have no voice as taxpayers in regulating the expenditures. 
Mr. Hearp. No. Ivoted against the appropriation originally, and 
I believe I was right. I was in favor of the proposition to establish a 
zoological garden, but there is no logical or necessary connection 
between the two objects of establishing the zoological garden and the 
Rock Creek Park. This must be a national zoological garden if we 
establish it in conformity with law and with our authority as repre- 
sentatives of the people, and it is just as mucha national zoological 
garden inside the limits of that park as it would be if it were put across 
the river or in some other part of this District. 
Mr. McComas. Will the gentleman permit me to supplement what 
he says by a word? This puts the whole list of employees and their 
salaries upon the people of the District of Columbia without their having 
anything to say about it. 
Mr. Hxearp. That is true; and, as has been stated by the gentleman 
from Kentucky, we are making the District of Columbia a party, 
willing or unwilling, to a partnership in a zoological garden for the 
_ benefit of the United States. I believe we should have that zoological 
garden. I believe it should be maintained at the national expense. I 
believe there should be a Rock Creek Park, but I believe it should be 
provided for by the District of Columbia, whose people will enjoy it, 
at least in the greatest measure. 
But, Mr. Chairman, I protest against designating this institution as 
a zoological garden established for the benefit of the District of 
Columbia, and I protest, and as long as I am a member of this House I 
shall protest, against making the people of this District pay a portion 
of the money appropriated for the improvement and maintenance of 
that garden, or for anything else connected with it. 
Mr. Danret Kerr, of Iowa. Mr. Chairman, when this bill was up 
before the House I opposed it. Lopposed it because I did not believe 
it ought to be passed.. I believed that if the people of Washington 
