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wanted a park for their own entertainment and enjoyment they ought 
to pay the whole cost of it. But the amendment of the setreis 
from Kentucky would entirely change that. » 
The work having already begun, that amendment would result in 
saddling the whole expense on the people of the United States instead 
of half of it, and I was surprised to see the gentleman from Missouri 
[Mr. Heard], after opposing vigorously the payment of one-half the 
expense by the people of the United States, now voting for an amend- 
ment the result of which would be to charge the whole expense to the 
people of the United States. 
In regard to the remark of the gentleman from Kentucky about this 
Smithsonian Institution being controlled in a nonpartisan manner, I 
believe these ‘‘nonpartisan” institutions are the most dangerous in 
the country. Samuel J. Tilden said a number of years ago that the 
proper definition of a ring was ‘‘an organization with sufficient 
influence in both parties to control both;” and he said the consequence 
was that such organizations were the most corrupt things in the world, 
.. : believe he was right. 
*. Cannon. Let us have a vote. 
i Wueeter, of Alabama. I move to strike out the last word. I 
would not have arisen were it not that to remain silent might be con- 
sidered as an admission or possibly as an indorsement of the words 
which fell from the lips of the gentleman from Arkansas in his last 
speech. As to there being scandals connected with the use of the 
money appropriated for the zoological garden, I am certain the gentle- 
man is in great error. No one has made such a charge or even such 
a suggestion. 
If the gentleman had any knowledge of the expenditure of a saple 
dollar of the money in an improper or injudicious manner, he ought 
to bring it before the Regents, before this House and befor the 
country. There was a resolution offered on this floor by the gentle- 
man from Tennessee [Mr. Enloe], and an investigation was had 
which developed the fact that the expenditures had been scrupulously 
judicious. 
I have as yet been unable to find a single man properly informed on 
this subject who does not concur in the statement that these 
expenditures have been judicious and proper. ° 
As to the gentleman who expends this money, Professor Langley, I 
can conceive of no one more proper to control the expenditure or to 
supervise the arrangements of this park than this gentleman who has 
charge of the Smithsonian Institution. 
Mr. RocErs rose. 
Mr. Cannon. If we can not have a vote I will move to close ‘dblbaite 
upon the paragraph and all pending amendments. 
