FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS.

HENRY BACON, N. Y., Chairman.

Scott Wike, Ill.

Seth W. Cold, Mo.

William H. Crain, Tex.

Samuel T. Busey, Ill.

William H. Cate, Ark.

Joseph H. Walker, Mass.

Worth W. Dickerson, Ky.

Marriott Brosius, Pa.

Lewis Sperry, Conn.

Hosea Townsend, Colo.

Martin K. Gantz, Ohio.

Thomas J. Henderson, Ill.

Nicholas N. Cox, Tenn.

Charles A. Russell, Conn.

William Howell, Clerk.

Committee on Banking and Currency,

House of Representatives N. S.,

Washington, D. C., May 21, 1892. 189

Prof. O. C. Marsh,

Yale College, Hartford, Conn.

Dear Sir:

I received your telegram last night. The way to reach
the matter which you refer to is to have the appropriation made in
the shape of an amendment in the Senate, and then have it agreed
to by a conference committee, which it very likely will be, I
should judge. I think it would be well for you to write Senator
Platt, if you have not already written him, and perhaps Senator
Hawley also, and call their attention to it. Senator Platt will
pay more attention to a communication from you on the subject than
he would from me, as you are known to be an authority in the
scientific world, and Mr. Platt would accept your judgment as con-
clusive.