New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-01

SIDES TOO GREAT TO BE wITHsTooD-t
THAT THE PRESIDENT CAN CONTROL HIS
TEAM OF WILD HoRsEs-MR. CRIsP'S
CHANCES OF REELECTION TO THE
sPEAKERsHIp INJURED-vIEws
OF PUBLIC MEN.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRrBuNE.1
Washington, June 3O-The pressure brought TO
bear upon the President from all quarters to call
Congress together Immediately has borne fruit at
last. and this evening the following proclamation
was issued
Executive Mansion, Washington d. C.,
June so, 1898.
Whereas, the distrust and apprehension con-
corning the financial situation which pervahe all
business circles have already caused great loss and
damuec to our people and threaten to cripple our
merchants. stop the wheels of manufactures.
| bring distress and privation to our farmers and
| withhold from our workingmen the wage of labor ;
And, whereas. the present pcrllous condition
| is largely the result of a financial policy which
| the Executive branch of the Government finds
cmbodied in unwiSe laws which must be executed
until repealed by Congress:
Now. therefore. l. Grover Cleveland. President
Of the United States in performance of constitI-
tional duty. do by this proclamation declare that
AN extraordinary occasion requires the convenng
| of both Houses Of the Congress Of the United
| States at the Capitol in the City Of Washington
| on the seventh day Of August next at II o'clock
noon. TO the end that the people NAV b. relieved
| through legislation from present and impending
danger and distress.
| "AU those entitled 10 act as members OF the
Lid Congress are required TO take notice Of tins
| proclamation and attend at the time and place
| above stated.
| Given under my hand and seal Of the United
States at the city OF Washington on the thirticth
day Of June. in the year Of our Lord 1893 and
| Of the Independence of the United States the
| 10th "GRONER CLEVELAND.
| In 10 within forty-cght hours the President is
said to have been decidedly opposed TO mid-sum-
mer session Of Congress but the appeals and petit
| ,ions which have kept pouring in upon him for
| tho last two DAYS were too numerous and too sig
niGcant 10 bc ignored They came from Chambers
Of Commerce. from Boards Of Trade, from banks
and bankers, from merchants and manufacturers,
| from public men and men in private life; and they
were not confined TO any particular locality or sec
tion Of country They received from the
East and the West. and from money centres as
widely apart ne Ncw-York. Chicago and San Fran
cisco. such universal demand for prompt ac-
ion on the part of the Executive could not be
ignored.
Tie President. after consulting Yesterday with
each member Of the Cabinet singly, drew mp the
| proclamation which submitted 10 th" meet
ing of the Cabinet today and received its ap
proyal The Presidents rcluctanc" to take this
.icp sooner than he did j. frankly explained Nv
his friends on III" ground that he was unab'r 10
count upon the members of his party in Congress
10 vote for an unconditional repeal OF the Hh"r
man net How FAR the events of the last few
DAYS have contributed toward convincing him OF
his ability 10 force repeal through both House,
II j. impossible 10 say. Those in n position u
know what passes in the minds Of th" Executive
and his advisers cautiously hnt that everything
i. uncertain A. vet Administration tooters, OF
the other hand. proclaim loudly that the Sherman
aci j. doomed.
lSeInLr 70 PREDICT THE OUTCOME.
II is impossible to predict the outcome. how
ever. One thing alone Is surc-that th" actor
~ the President late it comes, meets th'
hearty approval Of all tlinl,ine men. The Sily"
fanatics have not yet recovered from the blow
which tho steady decline Of their favoritc meta
within the last few days, th" action of the lndlar
Government in closing it, mints to private coinlG'
and the shutting down Of scores OF silver mines il
the West have given them. Puerile cries o.
consp,racy raised by Mcssrs Bland and Warner
have passed almost unn0tced while the ieebt
c,planations furnished by Senators Teller anc
Stewart scarcely rais. a ripple of laughter. Mr
Noyl,nh-. Of Colorado the only silver man o
prominence ~ present in Washington, with quar-"
modcsty confcsscs that hc is unable 10 say wher
hc l. NJ. or what will come next. lie. ioi
iuc j. AT soa, though he vocfcrously continn''
IN shout thai the Sherman act will never be- r.
rcalcd unless absolute free conag" Is to taG'
IL. Mace. But even he has not counted moses
and wha, h, SAYS must be put down aS wind
10 some extent.
The comparative suddenncss with which th'
President decided to call the extra session OF Con
,rrs~ j. illustrated hy interview with secretary
Morton which appeared only day or two ago. II
which the Secretary intmnteI that the men wh'
are now insisting upon an Immediate meeting o'
Congress were the very men through whom 'h'
country had been brought to its present hnihcia
straits III, also said that these men. having
reached the end Of their rope in speculative I'll
rcction. were now mploring the Government lo'
relief in order that they might he enaD'eu u
resume their speculative transactions. Secretary
uor,on has. ON more than one occasion lately
acted as the mouthpiece Of the President. ana II
is not too much to assume that in giving express
sion 10 these sentiments he voiced the vicws OF