Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-11-11
AFTER THE ENGLISH IDEA.
Proposal for an Extra Session of the
New Congress.

New Congress.
NEW YORK, Nov. 11-Among the imme
iiate consequences of the verdict at the
polls the strong probability Of the Fifty
second congress being cNlIo5 in extra ses-
sion Immediately after inauguration is al
ready discussed here. An extra session of
the senate is always called at the begin
ming of new administration. to confirm
the new cabinet officers and the new diplo-
matte representatives of the United States
abroad. But the present election having
turned on questions of domestic policy it is
thought by experienced political leaders of
all parties that an extra session of both
houses of congress will almost inevitably
result. Secretary of the Treasury Foster,
amongst others. believes this The party.
he says, challenged the Judgment of the
country on the Mckinley bill. and the re-
suit must be accepted as the expression of
the will of the people that different policy
shall be put into effect. Ex-Secretary Bay
ard writes to a friend here to like effect,
adding that the people will expect this to
be done without unnecessary delay.
More Opinions of the Same Sort.
telegram from Chicago gives the fol-
lowing from The Herald of that citv:
II
ter as to what Tuesdays popular verdict
means 1t means that McKinleyism is
most emphatically condemned. Mr.. Fos-
ter, Harrison's secretary OF the treasury.ex-
presses the truth when he says: The party
challenged hejudgment OF the country on
the Mckinley bill and the verdict must
be accepted as the viii of the people that a
different policy shall he adopted
"GeneIal Palmer. Mr.. Springer and other
leading Democrats express themselves TO
the same effect. 1t is the will OF the people
that a different policy shall be adopted
| with respect to the Tariff, and all Demo
Gratis who have been chosen TO represent
the people in congress or in the White
House must respect that viii without hes
itation, without timiGity and without de-
lay"
What Congress should Do.
Then The Herald state, is view Of what
congress should do: Congress need not sit
all summer, or enter upon tle wor!> Of zen
eral tariff revision. 1t can repeal The Nc
! kinley act, except as to sugar, which may
well be reserved as a source of revenue in
fu ture in case of necessity: put wool and
| other raw materials on the free list. reduce
the rates on finished products to match in
the manner indicated by the several house
bills of the last session, instruct the wavs
and means committee toprosecute the wo.k
of genera! revision during the recess and
then adjourn"
Talk About the Cabinet
A telegram from Washington saws: al
len B. Morse, who resigned from the stats
supreme bench Of Michigan 20 run Tor gov,
| ernor, and did so at the personal request of
Don M. Dickinson, is prominently men-
toned as Mr.. Cleveland's choice for secre-
| tary of war. Judge Morse has good rec
ord as a soldier and is undoubtedly well
equipped for the office. Lyman J. Gage
should never be left out in the making of
cabinet slate, and should De put down as
secretary of the treasury His posi on is
peculiar, in that President Harrison
thought at one time seriously of asking
him into his cabinet. Judge Goudy is an
other Chicagoan spoken OF as likely to
come to Washington. He is an original
Cleveland man, and has never wavered in
his allegiance to the president-elect Will
lam c. Whitney is also slated for some Do
sition."
Will Leave the Places Vacant.
President Harrison, it is stated, has de-
termined to leave untitled the vacant mis-
sions to Italy, Portugal, and Switzerland:
| also the assistant secretaryships of the
treasury vacated by Messrs. Crounse and
Nettleton. Ex-Chairman Tom Carter, it is
! thought, may return to the land office
which he vacated to take charge of the cam
paign. and hold it for the remaining hun
dred days of Harrison's administration, if
he so desires 1t is stated that with the
single exception of Secretary Rusk all the
members of the cabinet had intimated to
the president their intention of resigning
| on the 4th of March; hence their plans will
not be materially disarranged. The proba-
bility is discussed Of the president paying a
visit to his daughter and son-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs Mckee, in Boston, before return
ing to Indianapolis and the practice Of law.