St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-03
No Extra Session OF Congress
Will Be Held Before
Next Fall.
This Seems to Be the Result
Of the Cleveland Crisp
Conference.
Preliminary Skirmishas Of the
Senatorial Battle in New
York State.
A Pretty Fight Is On in tn e
Golden State Senatorial
Contest.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. = The recent
conference between the president-elect
and Spe ker Crisp was expected to re-
suit i'll some authorized announcement
on the subject of an extra session.
While those antieipations have not been
realized, as Speaker Crisp has studl-
ously refrained from giving out any
statement as to what passed between
Mr.. Cleveland and himself, some
thing in the nature Of a state
ment on good authority" is passed
around among the Democratic lead
ers. This runs to the effect that
while no final decision will be made on
the question of an extra session of con-
gress until February, by which time the
cabinet of Presdeut-eIect Cleveland
will probably have been selected, the
probabilities are decidedly against an
extra session of congress before next
autumn. Mr.. Cleveland. it is sa id, has
said to Democratic leaders in congress
that he will call congress together in
special session. He also told them, it is
reported, that it would not b5 cOnVOked
before autumn, unless the financial
situation and the condition of the treas
ury made it absolutely imperative that
congress should meet in the spring 10
provide the government with the neces-
sary amount of revenue to meet its eX-
penses. He wished to avoid the neces-
sitY Of an early extraordinary session.
Very soon after the holiday recess the
subcommittee of the house committee
on ways and means appointed to lnYe5-
tigate the condition of the treasury will
begin its work. On the results OF the
investigation may possibly depend the
time at which congress is called to-
gether. A conclusion on the part of the
majority OF the subcommittee that there
will be an actual deficit in the treasury
unless additional revenue is raised
might induce Mr.. Cleveland, 1t is
thought, to alter his views with refer
ence to an extra session IN the spring,
but no other consideration that will
bring about such a result is now fore
seen. 1t is the opinion of some or the
leading Democrats III the house that the
investigation will show that the treas
ury receipts and expenditures are very
nearly equal at present, and that there
! is grave reason to fear an excess of the
latter in the coming fiscal year. BY the
end of this month the subcommittee
work OF investigation will either be
concluded or far enough in prog
ress to permit the Democratic
members TO acquaint Mr.. Cleveland
! with the situation and their conclusions
as to the future. that this final decision
with reference to an extra session may
be based OH full information as to the
treasury conditions which Will confront
his administration she first year or year
and q half of its existence. 1t Is be-
cause of a possibility OF a close approx
imation between revenues and eXpendi-
lures that such serious attention is
being paid by Democratic members to
the proposition to increase the whisky
tax This would be an easy method Of
raising additional money. and Mir.
Springer and his associates will take it
under Amusement if the result OF their
investigation diseloses call for more
revenue.