Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-01
CONGRESSCONVENED
An Extra Session Called for Monday,
August 9Th.
lHE PRESIDENTS PROCLAMATION.
"Unwi@ Laws Which Must BE
Executed Until Repealed.
RELIEF FOR THE PEOPLE.
sLsgi isiat;on Necessary In Order 10 Lessen
Present and Avoid Impending
Danger and Distress"
rBy telegraph TO the plspa,ch.l

WASHINGTON, June SO.--The President
this evening issued the following procla-
nation
EXECUTIVE MANSION.
WASHINGTON, ID. G., June 80. 1898.
where's the distr ast and apprehension
concerning the financial situation which
peryades oil business circles have already
caused great loss and damage to our peo-
nj. and threatens 10 cripple our merchants,
stop the wheels Of manufacture, bring
di. tress and privation to our farmers. and
withhold from our workingmen the wage
of labor:
And whereas the present perilous con-
di,ion is largely tho result OF financial
pol.cy which the executive branch of the
government finds embodied In unwise
| laws. which must be executed until re-
pea.ed by Congress;
Now. therefore, I, Grover Cleveland.
President of the United States, in per-
formance Of Constitutions. duty. do, by
! this proclamation. declare that On extra
ordinary occasion requires the conyenihg
of both houses Of Congress of the United
States at the Capitol in the city OF WASH
ippton. on the 7th day of August next at
~ O'clock noon, to the end that the people
nav be relieved through legislation from
present aud impending danger and die-
tress. All those entitled to act as mem
|bers of the Fifty-third Congress ore re-
nuired 20 take notice Of this proclamation
and attend at the time aud place above
etated.
Given under my hand and the seal OF
the United States nt the city ot Washing
ION. OF the thirtieth day OF June, IN th'
wear OF our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred md ninsty-three, aud of the inde'
pendence Of the United States the one
hundred and seventeenth.
lSignedl "GRoyER CLEVELAND.
President"
GROWERS CHANGE OF MIND
The proclamation was issued at O'Clock
this evening. The President had left di
rections for the issuance Of the proclama
ton before his departure for Gray Gables
The determination to CALI the extra ses
sion the first week in August instead o
the last week in September, 1t Is under
stood. was only definitely arrived at at thu
mornings Cabinet session, after giving tui
! wei nt 10 numerous kilograms received
from all parts of the country urging thi'
coIfse.
d Auother consideration which caused the
President to change his mind was fore
shatowed in the re.Iark made by one OF
his Cabinet officers two days ago. that Il
tho President received reasonable as
snrances that there was likelihood OF
prcf flpt repeal OF the So called Sherman
s,lver.purchsse law be might be disposed
to call Congress together earlier than ne
bad announced.
l. is inferred from the fact that the
President has done 30 that ne considers he
Il bx obtained the assurances he desired.
THE GARNET ALSO DEPARTS
Most of the Cabinet have followed the
Presidents example and left the city. OF
ars leaving for brief vacations. Those
wi, remain say the Presidents proclama-
tiea speaks for itself and declines to c's
GUS the situation further.