October 20 1903 Message Convening Special Session Congress

### About this speech Theodore Roosevelt October 20, 1903 Source (not specified) Roosevelt calls for a special session of Congress to approve the reciprocal Commercial Convention between the United States and Cuba. [Presidential Speeches](/the-presidency/presidential-speeches) | Theodore Roosevelt Presidency ## October 20, 1903: Message Convening a Special Session of Congress ### Transcript By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Whereas, by the resolution of the Senate of March 19, 1903, the approval by Congress of the reciprocal Commercial Convention between the United States and the Republic of Cuba, signed at Havana on December 11, 1902, is necessary before the said Convention shall take effect; And Whereas, it is important to the public interests of the United States that the said Convention shall become operative as early as may be; Now, Therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby proclaim and declare that an extraordinary occasion requires the convening of both Houses of the Congress of the United States at their respective Chambers in the city of Washington on the 9th day of November next, at 12 o'clock noon, to the end that they may consider and determine whether the approval of the Congress shall be given to the said Convention. All persons entitled to act as members of the 58th Congress are required to take notice of this proclamation. Given u
nder my hand and the Seal of the United States at Washington the 20th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and three and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-eighth. THEODORE ROOSEVELT By the President: JOHN HAY, Secretary of State. Previous [December 2, 1902: Second Annual Message](/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/december-2-1902-second-annual-message) Next [November 10, 1903: Message Regarding US-Cuban Commercial Convention](/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/november-10-1903-message-regarding-us-cuban-commercial) ### More Theodore Roosevelt speeches [View all Theodore Roosevelt speeches](/the-presidency/presidential-speeches?field_president_target_id\[25\]=25) [November 10, 1903: Message Regarding US-Cuban Commercial Convention](/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/november-10-1903-message-regarding-us-cuban-commercial) transcript icon [November 16, 1903: Message Regarding the Panamanian Revolution](/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/november-16-1903-message-regarding-panamanian-revolution) transcript icon [December 7, 1903: Third Annual Message](/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/december-7-1903-third-annual-message) transcript icon [December 7, 1903: Message Regarding Treaty with Panama](/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/december-7-1903-message-regarding-treaty-panama) transcript icon [February 11, 1904: Proclamation Declaring US Neutrality](/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/february-11-190
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