FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. - 1455 
Mr. Enuor. I ask for a division. 
The House divided; and there were—ayes 47, noes 55. 
Mr. Entor. I demand tellers. 
Tellers were refused. 
Mr. Entoer. I ask for the yeas and nays. 
The yeas and nays were ordered. ; 
The question was taken; and there were—yeas 79, nays, 104, not 
voting, 146. asi 
February 12, 1891—House. 
Mr. B. A. ENLOE presented memorial of M. E. Mann relative to the 
park expenditures. 
February 12, 1891—Senate. 
The District of Columbia bill for 1892 (H. 12729) being under con- 
sideration, the next amendment of the Committee on Appropriations 
was to insert the following as an additional section: 
Sec. 2. * * * And the provision of the ‘‘Act for the organization, improve- 
ment, dnd maintenance of the National Zoological Park,’’ approved April 30, 1890, 
which requires that one-half of the sums therein appropriated shall be paid out of 
the revenues of the District of Columbia, is hereby repealed, and whatever amounts 
have been paid out of said revenues for this purpose shall be repaid and credited to 
_ said District on the books of the Treasury. 
Mr. Preston B. Pitums. When it comes to the zoological park, 
there is involved a matter which has been the subject of discussion in 
both Houses of Congress, and which has sooner or later to be met. 
It seemed to the Committee entirely improper that the District should 
be charged with the expense of maintaining the zoological garden or 
any part of it. It is in no sense‘a municipal expenditure. Whatever 
idea Congress may have about a zoological park can not at any time 
.be subjected to the question, even incidentally, as to what revenues 
the District of Columbia have for the purpose of carrying on their 
municipal expenses, and therefore have something left over which 
might be applied to the gardens. 
When we come to another item in this bill we find that the commit- 
tee has provided for the repayment out of the Treasury of the sum 
charged against the District last year for the maintenance of the 
zoological park. The appropriation act of last year provided for this 
purpose about $90,000, of which one-half was charged against the 
revenues of the District and the other half against those of the Gen- 
eral Government. . 
I made a statement to the Senate some time ago on this point during 
the absence of the Senator from Maryland [Mr. Gorman], and I repeat 
now that.the committee thought that the zoological park ought not 
be dependent upon the question whether the District had available 
revenues or not for its maintenance. On the other hand, it was not 
