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Institution for magnificent residences for themselves, and a large part 
of it is to be utilized as a private park. 
Mr. H. L. Dawes. They are to be surrounded by. wild animals. 
Mr. Gorman. They are to be surrounded by wild animals, as they 
ought to be, in my judgment. I trust the Senator from Kansas will 
amend his amendment to section 2 of this bill and make provision for 
the Government reimbursing the $100,000 to the District. I think that 
is an act of simple justice. 
Mr. Dawes. [always thought the distinction between the Zoological 
Park and the other park was that the Zoological Park was intended to 
be a national affair, or that one of them was to be a national affair and 
the other a District affair, one of them being charged to the United 
States and the other to the people of the District and the United States. 
Mr. Gorman. I do not refer to the great park which was provided 
for, but the Zoological Park, which belongs exclusively to the United 
States and which originated with the officers of the United States, as 
I have said. 
Mr. Dawes. The Senator is right in that distinction. 
Mr. Gorman. I had no reference to the other park. I think the 
citizens of this District can well afford to pay one-half the cost of that 
park, not only for the land but for its maintenance, and I believe they 
are perfectly ready and willing to do it; but the Zoological Park was 
inaugurated by gentlemen connected with the Smithsonian Institution. 
As I said some time ago, wild animals are to be collected there, and 
at the same time it is to be a sort of summer resort for the gentlemen 
connected with that Institution. 1 have no objection to it, but I think 
the Government ought to pay for the maintenance of the park and pay 
for the land as well. 
Mr. J. H. Mircuetu. I rise to a question of order. The Senator 
from Maryland is making some very interesting remarks, as I infer by 
hearing a sentence or two occasionally, but there is so much confusion 
that we can only hear a small portion of what he says. I should like 
to hear it all. 
The Vicre-Presipent (Mr. Levi P. Morton). The Senate will please 
come to order. 
Mr. Gorman. I think I have finished what I desire to say about the 
bill. I do trust, however, the Senator in charge of it will, as he is 
prepared to do so, I have no doubt, offeran amendment covering the 
amount paid by the District of Columbia for the Zoological Park and 
directing its reimbursement from the Treasury of the United States. 
The Vice-PrestpEntT. The question is on the third reading of the 
bill. Is the Senate ready for the question ? 
Mr. Gorman. Does the Senator from Kansas intend to offer the 
amendment ? 
Mr. Ptums. The Senator knows that the member of a committee 
