Mr. FESSENHEN. I do not know that I have any particular objection to this proposition taken by itself; but as my colleague gives me notice that if it passes he is to offer 2 or 3 more just like it from the ComDistCol to endow 2 or 3 other institutions, which probably have just as much claim as this one, Fsuppose it becomes the Senate to pause olittle before granting this amount of money. The objection that he stated strikes me with a great deal of force. I think that it might be right enough for Congress to endow an institution of this description fairly and liberally; but I think with him that if Congress is to appropriate so much money to erect buildings for the purpose of establishing the hospital, it should have some power of supervision of its concerns, some right of visitation. It is a mere private corporation. After we have appropriated this money and assisted in the erection of the building, and done it out of the public purse, the result is that we have no control whatever over it in any possible way, and all control and interference as to its management or a part of its management is denied to the Government or to any officer of the Government, although we are called upon to make the appropriation. I think myself that the great objection is the hasty manner in which it is brought up. It should have been laid before Congress with a proper bill and with proper provisions guarding the rights of the public in it, if the public is to make the appropriation. So far as the appropriation of $12,000 a year, which we make to y for the support of certain pau pers in this institution, is concerned, that is all well enough. It has been done without objection. I aided in doubling the amount which was appropriated for that purpose in some bill that we passed very recently; I do not remember exactly when. But here is an oppro riation of $30,000 to erect a new building. did not understand from the statement that was made to me by these ladies that the building would cost $590,000. From the some what careful inquiries I made, [arrived at a different conclusion about that, and that this appropriation would be about one half, and more than 1/2 in fact, of what it would cost to erect the building. Now, it is for the Senate to decide. For myself, although under proper circumstances and with proper guards and with the rights of the public secured, if the public money is to be appropriated for the purpose, I should not be averse to doing fairly what the Government ought to do with reference to institutions of this kind in the District, yet I think that this matter is rather hasty and is not sufficiently taken care of. So far as I am concerned I am not disposed to vary from the report of the committee.