Morning journal and courier., 1881-03-21
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. AN EXTRA SESSION. Its Advocates Successful
 in Their Purpose. Need of a Refunding Bill. Congress Called Upon to Devise
 Some Measure. Chances of the Fifth Section. A Majority Against 1t fin
 Congress.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

An Extra sessien=aNeed of Refunding
 Measure-Prospects of the Fifth Section
 A Majority Against 1t I'm the New
 ConSress-OtherM Matters to be Probably
 Considered-A Candidate for the Speak
 ership-Other Matters.
 WASHINGTON, March 20.-If an extra ses-
 sion of Congress is called it will be mainly
 for considering the funding bill That will
 not prevent the transaction of other busi-
 ness, for after Congress shall have assembled
 each house will determine for itself the course
 it will pursue. After the funding bill shall
 have passed the House, assuming that that
 will be the first thing taken up and sent to the Senate, the members will hardly be con- tent to sit idle while the Senate is deliberating
 upon it. They will be very apt to direct the Speaker to appoint committees in order that
 other business may be properly transacted. The funding question will be the main issue and it becomes an interesting speculative question whether the bill can be passed with out the fifth section of the vetoed bill, which was the section of the bill which excited the most opposition. The fifth section, or Car lisle amendment, was added to the bill in the last. House by vote of 137 to 119. Of 137 who voted aye S3 will be members of the next House, and of 119 who voted no 81 will also be members of the next House. In other words 54 of those who voted in the af- frmative, and 38 of those who voted nega- lively, go out. Therefore OF vote of those who remain in Congress the fifth section would still have a majority of twenty-one Of the S3 afirmatives 61 are Democrats, the other two being Ford of Missouri Green back and Marsh of Illinois Republican,. Of the 81 negative votes all are Republicans except three. It is thus seen that of the members of the Forty-seventh Congress who voted on this question in the Forty sixth the Democrats voted almost so1idly for the fifth section and the Republicans were as solidly against Of those in the affirmative who go out 49 was Democrats and Greenbackers One, Russell of North Carolina, is Green back Republican. Of the 38 negatives who go out 36 are Republicans and Democrats Nineteen Democrats who voted in the afr native are succeeded by Republicans, and eight Republicans who voted in the affirma- tive are succeeded by Republicans, and Re- pubicans who voted in the negative are suc- ceeded by Democrats. On votes in the last Congress on the fifth section 36 members OAA OsNSAA o-AS. ing that party lines will be as strictly drawn as in the last Congress, it would seem to be to adopt the fifth section if it should be offered again, as it no doubt will be. The majority against it would be not more than or 6. In making this calculation it is assumed that Conger and Frye will be succeeded by Republicans and F. Wood by Democrat. With this assumption the vote would stand about as follows In the full House the members who voted for the fifth section and who have been reelected, including Randall, who was in favor of the section, 64. Add the Democrats elected to succeed Re- publicans eight, add Democrats or Green packers elected to succeed Democrats or Greenbackers 35, and allow IS of 36 pairs and there would be 1O5 votes for the section. On the other side count S1 reelected mem bers who voted no before add 19 Republi- cans elected to succeed Democrats, add 30 elected to succeed Republicans, and allow 13 paired members, and the mega tive vote would be 148, or a majority of against the section in the full House. Of 293 members in this calculation nearly all of the Greenback votes are given to the affirmative, or in favor of the fifth section. In the Sen ate the motion to strike out the fifth sec tion was defeated by 29 yeas to 32 nays. The negative vote was therefore in favor of thesection Only three Republicans Booth, Ingalls, and Plumb-voted for the sec | Democrats voted against. Fifteen Senators are not recorded. Several of the Senators who voted against the section went out with the Forty-Sixth Congress, but their success sors all oppose it. Hence assuming that par ty lines will be again closely drawn, there would be certainly % votes against the sec- tion. To these add three Republicans elect ed in place of Democrats who voted for the section. Then there were at least nine of the Senators who did not vote or their successors, who would oppose the section, making in all Al votes against it. This would leave only 34 Senators presumably in favor of the section, not counting Malone. The above calculation has not been made with great care, and evenif approximately correct it would appear that the fifteen Senators would not in any great degree embarrass the future funding bill.
 There is the best authority for stating that the President has finally decided to convene the Forty-seventh Congress in extra session soon after the 18th, if not on the 18th of April The decision was arrived at yesterday after consultation with Secretary Windom and other members of the Cabinet Among the arguments that have had influence on this decision is that British consols are sell ing above par, indicating that the condition of the money markets of the world are ex- ceptiona1ly favorable to refunding and that the Republicans may have possibly made a mistake in their position on this question. If the rates at which our own and similar se- curities sell should rule as a point for several months, which would make the sale of the 3 per cent. bonds at par sure, and the oppor- tunity should for some reason have passed away before bill could be passed at the reg ular session, it is felt that the Republican party would stand at great disadvantage throughout the country. Said 8 prominent Senator tonight: ''There is no doubt but what an extra session will be called at an early day. The question has been decided within the last twenty-f four hours. know it from that source." The call will probably be issued Tuesday. The time for holding the session will be decided at the Cabinet meeting Tuesday, if it has not already been deter mined on.
 In view of the fact that it has been decided to call Congress in extra session, it is under stood that Minister Kasson, who is a promi- nent candidate for Speaker, will be returned from his post at Vienna, so he can reach here in time to personally attend his canvass. It is the general impression that Kasson will be elected Speaker. There is some talk of Bingham being transferred from Japan to Vienna.