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Although Il Rs Bot YET hesn o.
el4iiy an1o1 Hced tnzt tae Presl1SDt a.
teaas - call Congress together ~ EXTRA
session next Aoyembex, there : 4 strOas
luQgessioa prevailing among p1tiAe
nlen tnat stlcH = MS Intention. lbe
d dlscussloH ~ tire adVsabiiity q this
act nas naturally tuEaed pubic aiten-
tion 60 the nambeF u times presidents
have c0nseled Congress ln extra SESSION
since the birth OF tie Republic. They
have been very charY about dong ms,
AM only When some foreign or d0mes-
&c question 0f the greatest Importance
had 70 he settled. There have been al
told, only ten extra sessions, ana they
were called BY the following presidents.
John Adams, Thomas Jefferson. James
Madison. .Wleel Martin NanbuIen,
William Henry Harrison, Franklin
Pierce. Abraham Lincoln, and Ruther-
ford B. Hayes twice
The FIRST extra session was held on
May 10, 1897. Thls country had got in
70 difficulties with France, and il
looked as ii ~e should have % fight the
Republic. Walters N dispute between
factorlly arranged and there was no
war.
Thomas jefferson brought Congress
together before It's time 70 consider the
purchase OF Louisiana. James Madi-
son needed the advice OF the law max
ing branch of the government IN regard
10 the war with Great Britain and Tor
the furnishing OF supplies. When Mar
\ a ka
country was IN the throes Of financial
panic and Congress had 10 take some
measures OF relief. This was tie OBJ
lect OF the extra session OF that admin
istratlon. Ilppecanoe Harrison WAS
confronted by the same question of the
finances of the country when he
assumed Office and the action of Con-
gress was again necessary 10 carry out
the plans lnaugurated 10y his predeces-
sor. There was hiatus OF fifteen years
until another special session was called.
IL was the time OF the Kansas troubles
and the army Appropriation bill con-
tanned proyisO prohibiting the use of
the army in enforcing the acts of the
pro-slavery legislature IN Kansas. The
senate refused 10 agree to the passage
OF the bill with the proviso IN IT and the
blll failed TO become law. President
Pierce at once called Congress together
Ia extra session and the bull having
been changed TO SUIT the views OF the
senate IL was passed.
The most important of all extra ses-
sions was that convened on the Fourth
of July, 1861, by President Abraham
Lincoln. At that session money was
appropriated for the army and navy, a
call was issued for half a million volun-
teers, and other important military ac-
ton was taken looking TO the vigorous
prOsecutiono of the war. Hayesconvened
Congress IN extraordinary session twice
inside of seventeen months. On both
occasions the necessity arose from the
fact that appropriation bills had not
been passed, and that unless Congress
came to the rescue, the wheels OF gov
erDment would be blocked. With the
exception of Hayes sessions it Will be
seen that Congress has never been
asked TO meet before the regular time
except there were questions of greatest
moment demanding immediate consid-
Grafton.
Since the reelection of Speaker Reed
stories about the great man from
Maine are being told in all quarters.
The following IS vouched for by Con-
gresham Who stumped in Reeds dis
trlct, and who says II is true bill.
shortly after Reed had started in busi-
ness as an attorney, one of his clients,
an old farmer came TO pay him bill.
81 want a discount ON this, Mr..
Reed" said the old man.
"You can't have it," replied Reed in
his drawing way. eff you had come
in yesterday. / might have given you
discount, but l can't do it today"
"And why not today"
''Well, you see this morning l was