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and to the people of this nation what Congress in making the appro- 
priation intended they should have. I insist that a legally authorized 
person or persons should have had the direction of the expenditure 
of this fund, and should have been accountable to the people of this 
country for its expenditure. 
I am told that this board has had more meetings than one, from 
which we might infer previous authority. The gentleman from 
Arkansas [Mr. Rogers], in the discussion here the other day on the 
sundry civil bill, raised the question whether or not there had been 
any meeting of this board to accept this trust; and he called upon two 
members of the board for a statement—or rather they volunteered 
their statements on the floor of the House. One of them was the dis- 
tinguished gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Butterworth], the other the 
distinguished gentleman from Alabama [Mr. Wheeler]. When these 
gentlemen volunteered to defend the Secretary, and to state how 
many meetings this board had held, the gentleman from Ohio said— 
and I will read his language from the Record: 
If the gentleman will yield a moment I wish to say—and I believe my information 
_ is reliable—that there were two meetings of the board; and at the last one, held 
recently, every member of the board was present except myself. . 
Mr. J. G. Cannon. I rise to a questioy of order; and it is that the 
gentleman from Tennessee, in the absence of a resolution presenting 
a question of privilege, is not entitled to the floor. I make this point, 
not with the view of being discourteous toward the gentleman, but for 
the purpose of getting on with business. 
Mr. Entor. Do you mean there is an absence of any resolution 
Mr. Cannon. I know of nothing submitted—— 
Mr. Entor. The resolution which has been read at the desk was 
submitted on the 27th day of January last and has been lying over 
unacted on and not reported. It was addressed to the head of a 
Department; and under the rules of the House it becomes a privileged 
matter within one week. 
Mr. Cannon. I make the point of order that no question of privilege 
is presented. 
The SpeAKER. There is a question of privilege involved, but the 
resolution is not now before the House; it is in charge of the com- 
mittee 
Mr. Entor. I understand that, Mr. Speaker. 
The Speaker. And the committee, under the rules, should have 
reported it. 
Mr. Entor. Yes, they should. 
The Speaker. But no motion has been made to discharge the com- 
mittee, which is the appropriate motion. 
Mr. Entor. I understand, Mr. Speaker—and I am governed by 
what I have observed in my limited experience here—that where there 
