St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-01
TO CONVENE AUG. 7.
President Cleveland Calls
Congress to Meet in Extra
Session.
Unwise Laws Affecting the
Financial Situation Must
Be Repealed.
Action Of the Indian Council
Brought Matters to a
Crisis.
After Issuing the ProeIama-
tion He Left for Buz-
Yards Bay.

WASHINGTON, June 80. The presi-
dent left here at 1920 p. NJ. over the
Pennsylvania for Buzzard's Bay, Mass.
He will be absent from the capital three
weeks or more, his stay depending upon
circumstances.
Secretary Lamont accompanied the
president as far as New York. The
presidents determination to leave the
city was only reached this morning, and
his departure so suddenly leaves num-
Der of important appointments agreed
upon unsigned, and many senators and
congressman who have recently arrived
in the lurch. 1t Is understood that the
president will transact only the most
urgent public business while at Buz-
Yards Bay, and what official announce
ments are TO be made will be given out
at the executive mansion in Washing
ton. At o'clock this evening the fol-
lowing proclamation was issued:
Hhe Proclamation.
Executive Mansion, Washington,
June 80, 1S93.-Whereas, the distrust
and apprehension concerning the finan-
cial situation which pervade all business
circles have already caused great loss
and damage to our people, and threaten
to cripple our merchants. stop the
wheels OF manufacture, bring distress
and prvation to our farmers, and with
hold from our workingmen the wage of
labor: and
"Whereas, the present perilous con-
dition is largely the result of financial
policy which the executive branch of
the government finds embodied in un-
wise laws which must be executed until
repealed by congress;
Nov, therefore, l, Grover Cleveland,
president of the United States, in per-
torrance of constitutional duty, do by
this proclamation declare that an extra
ordinary OCCASION requires the conyen-
ing of both houses of the congress of
the United States, at the capitol in this
city Of Washington, on the 7th day of
August next, at 12 o'clock noon, to the
end that the people may 1e relieved
through legislation from present and
Impending Danger and Distress.
''All those entitled to act as members
of the Fitty-thrd congress are required
to take notice of this proclamation and
attend at the time and place above
stated. Given under my hand and the
seal of the United States at the city of
Washington on the 30th day of June, in
the year of our Lord 1893, ana of the in
dependence of the United States the
117th. GROVER CLEVELAND"
The president had left directions for
the issuance of the proclamation before
his departure for Gray Gables. The
determination TO call the extra session
the first week in August instead of the
first week in September, it is under
stood, was only definitely arrived at at
this mornings cabinet session, latter
giving full weight to the numerous
kilograms received from all parts of the
country urging this course. Another
consideration which caused the preSi-
dent to change his mind was fore
shadOWed in the remark made by one
of his cabinet Office two days ago,
that if the president received reason
able assurances that there was likeli-
hood of prompt repeal Of the so-called
Sherman purchase law he might be dis
posed TO call congress together earlier
than he had announced 1t is inferred
from the fact that the president has
done so that he considers lie has OBJ
tanned the
Assurances He Desired.
Most of the cabinet have followed the
presidents example and left the city or
are leaving the city for brief vacations.
fEhnca NUhn rn fhn
proclamation speaks for itself, and de-
cline 10 discuss the situation further.
There seems every reason to believe
that all the speculdtiOns as to the time
of the meeting Of congress indulged in
prior TO p. III. today were guesswork
pure and simple. Some Of them, as it
turns out now, were very lucky guess
ers, and others were equally unfort-
innate. 1t is almost conclusiYeIy es-
tabiished that the calling of an
August session was not even de-
termined upon until after mid
day today, and consequently could
not have been communicated to any
person in conference OF otherwise days
in advance. The plain facts appear to
be that the disturbance Of values aris-
ing from the uncertainties OF the situa-
ton grew so alarming that MIR. Cleve-
land at last was compelled to acknoWl-
edge that "the unexpected contingent
cies necessitaIing an earlier meeting of
congress-, which he spoke Of in his cele-
brated interview Of June ), had arrived.
The action of the British government in
India
Brought Matters to n Crisis.
Previous to that startling event, Mr..
Cleveland had manifested firm de-
termination to adhere to his plan of
the suspension Of silver coinage IN
India, the president resolutely declined
to speak further about his intentions
until he should be prepared to act, and
each of his cabinet officers maintained
similar silence. 1t may be stated, how
| ever, without violation Of confidence,
that from the day when the announce
! ment of the action Of India was made,
the president took steps to keep himself
fOreWarned through the press dis
patches of the slightest approach to a
panic in the money market, prepared at
any moment to take the course which
he has now adopted.
1t seemed to him that his so doing
would in way ttnd to allaY alarm and
restore public confluence. When today
| he found kilograms on his table, not
| only from the Eastern and Middle
| states, but also from the South and
even from some of the silver states,
! urging that congress be called together
| at the earliest possible day to end the
uncertainty, he determined to delay no
longer; but even in taking this action,
the president took steps as far as he