The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1893-01-03
THAT EXTRA SESSION
NAY NOT BE CALLED UNTIL
AUTUMN NEXT
All Depends Upon the Result Of the
Treasury unvestigatiOn-Mr. Cleve.
land Will be Fully Advised
OfIhe Conditions.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-The recent
conference between the President-elect
and Speaker Crisp was expected to re-
suit in some authorized announcement on
the subject of an extra session. While
these anticipation have not been realized,
as Speaker Crisp has strenerously re-
Trained from giving out any statement
as to what passed between Cleveland
and himself, something in the nature of
statement on good authority is being
passed around among democratic leaders
This runs to the effect that while no final
decision will be made on the question
of an extra session of congress until Feb.
ruary, by which time the cabinet of
president.elect Cleveland will probably
have been selected, the probabilities are
decidedly against an extra session before
autumn. Cleveland, it is stated, has
said to the democratic leaders in con
gress that he will call congress together
in special session. He also told
them, it is reported, that il would not
be convoked before autumn unless the
financial situation and condition of the
treasury made it absolutely important
that congress should meet in the spring
to provide the government with necessary
amount of revenue to meet its expenses.
He wished to aviod the necessity of an
early extraordinary session.
Very soon after the holiday recess the
sub committee of the house commitree on
ways and means, appointed to investigate
the condition of the treasury, will begin
its work. On the result of its investiga
ton may possibly depend the time at
which congress will be called together.
The conclusion on the part of a ma jority
Of the sub committee is tina. there will
he 81 actual deficit in the treasury, and
unless additional revenue is raised il
might indu,e Cleveland, it is thought
to alter his views with reference to an ex
ira session in the spring, but no othel
consideration that will bring about sucf
result is now foreseen. 1t is the opinion
of some of the leading democrats in th'
house that an investigation will show tina
the treasury receipts and expenditure
are very nearly equal at present and tina
there is grave reason to fear an excess
the latter in the coming fiscal year.
By the end Of this month the sub com
t mittee's work of investigation will eithe
be concluded or far enough in progres
to permit the democratic members to &C
: | quaint Cleveland with the situation ant
J. their conclusions as to the future so tina
: his final decision with reference to an ez
o tra session may be based on full lnfol
n nation as to treasury conditions whic
2 will confront his administration the fir;
year or year and half of its existence
1t is because of the possibility of a clos
: Approximate between the revenues an
}, expenditures that some serious atten:io
u u is being paid by the democratic member
3 to the proposition to increase the whisk
', tax. This would be an easy method {
3; raising additional money and SPRING.
u u and his associates will take it under a.
n visement if the result of their investig
be ton discloses a call for more revenue,