The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-01-05
AT THE NATIONS CAPITAL
VIEWS OF POLITICIANS AS TO AN
EXTRA SESSION.
The President Will Not Call One Unless tn,
Condition Of the Treasury Demands It.
New Book on sheep Industry.
The Census, Etc.

! WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-The recent
conference between the president
elect and Speaker Crisp was expected
to result in some authorized an.
nouncement on the subject OF an extra
session. While these anticipations
have not been realized, as Speaker
Crisp has studiously refrained from
giving out any statement as to what
passed between Mr.. Cleveland and
himself, something in the nature of a
statement on "good authority" is be-
ing 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 February, by
which time the cabinet of
President-elect Cleveland will
probably have been selected, the
probabilities are decidedly against an
extra session before next autumn. Mr..
Cleveland, it is stated, has said to
Democratic leaders in congress that
he will call congress together in spec
ial session. He also told them, it is
reported, that it would not be conven-
ed before autumn unless the financial
situation and condition of the treasury
made it absolutely imperative that
congress should meet in The spring to
provide the government with the nee
essary amount of revenue to meet it's
expenses. He wished to avoid the
necessity of an early extraordinary
session.
Very soon after the holiday recess
the subcommittee of the house COM
mittee on ways and means appointed
to investigate the condition of the
treasury will begin work. On the re-
suit of it's investigation may ossibly
depend the lime at which congress
will be called together The conclu-
sion on the part of a majority of the
subcommittee. that there will be an
actual deficit in the treasury unless
additional revenue is raised might in
duce Mr.. Cleveland, it is thought, to
alter his views with reference to an
extra session in the spring, but no
other consideration will that bring
about such results is now forseen.
1t is the opinion of some leading
Democrats in the house that investi.
cation will show that treasury re-
ceipts and expenditures are very neat
equal and there is grave reason to feaI
All excess of the latter for the incom-
ing fiscal year. BY the end of this
month the subcommittee work of in.
vestigation will either be concluded OF
far enough in progress to permit
Democratic members to acquaint Mr..
Cleveland with the situation and
their conclusions as to the future OF
his final decision with reference to an
extra session Lisy be based on full in
formation as to the treasury cOndi.
tons which will confront his admins
tration the first year or year and q
half of its existence.
1t Is because of the possibility of close
approximation between revenues anC
expenditures that some serious atten'
tion is being paid by democratic mem
bers to the proposition to increase tht
whisky tax. This will be an easy
method of raising additional money
and Springer and his associates il
take it under advisement if the result
of their investigation discloses cal
for more revenue.
THE ELEVENTH CENSUS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-All the
work on the eleventh census will be
completed and the matter turned over
to the secretary of the interior by the
31st of December, 1893. This will be re-
quired by the appropriation bill now
being framed by he.house sub-commil
tee, of which Mr.. Sayers of Texas is
chairman. The clause providing that
the work be mpleted by the end OF
the year meets with the approval OF
Superintendent Porter, who says il
can be done in that time. Congress
appropriated money for the tenth
census late as 1885, and the publ
cations were not all distributed until
after the present census was organ
lied, the last two volumes being sent
out as late as 1889. The tenth census
cost in round numbers about $780,.
900, and the present will cost about
So 100000, the increase being largely
due to the enlarged scope OF the GEN.
sus. Up to date the cost of the census
has been 81 100000.
JOB FOR HALFORD.
The report was published this morn
ing that the president hal decided tc
appoint Private Secretary Halford
major in the pay corps of the army
provided vacancy shall occur before
the end OF his administration. Pri'
vate Secretary Halford was not aware
of any such intention on the part o.
the president.
The president has committed to siz
months imprisonment in Jail at Guth
RE, Oklahoma, the sentence of one
years. Imprisonment in the Minneso'
ia state penitentiary imposed In the
cases of F, ank Fl, Woodruff, William
H. Shirley, Andrew B. Woodruff
Henry l.. Mccullough, William b
Stewart and James l.. Wall, each o
whom was convicted of perjury in the
"sooner" land cases.
SHEEP HUSBANDRY.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-One of thu
most valued publications ever pub
lished by the government is the re
port OH the sheep industry of the
United STATES prepared under thu
direction of the secretary of agricul
ture. 1t treats of the history and con
ditions of the industry from the early
settlement of the country down to tb'
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