The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-07-06
MR.. cLETELAND'S CALI FOR IN
Extra SESSION ALREADY
HIS 4 GOOD EFFECT.

HIS 4 GOOD EFFECT.
restoration of confidence means a
restoration of business and activity
in money circles, and that means
better times for, the business man,
the mechanic, the laborer and the
country in general. Such condition
OF affairs may reasonably be expected
at al carly day.
President Cleveland, recognizing
the serious financial condition of the
country, has issued the following
proclamation
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WAsulxcroN. ID. C. June 30, 1899
WHEREAS, the distrust and apprehension
concerning the financial situation which
pcrva,lc all business circles have already
caused great loss and damage to our pco-
pie. and threatens to cripple our mcrch-
ants, stop the wheels Of manufacture.
bring distress and privation to our farm
crs and withhold from our workingmcn
the wages of labor and
WHEREAS, the present pcrlous condition
is largely the result Of financial policy
which the executive branch Of the gov
ernmcnt finds embodied iii uuwiSe laws
which must ie executed until repealed by
congress now,
TnnsrroEE. |, Grover Cleveland Prcsi-
dent OF Che United States, in the perform
ance.of constitutional duty, do, by this
proclamation, declare that tine cxtraordi-
nary occasion requires the converting OF
bolll houses of Congress of the United
States, at The Capital, in the city OF
Washington, on the 18th day Of August
next al u o'clock noon, to the end that
thc n.nplc may he relieved through lcgs-
latioif from the present and impending
dancer and distress. All those entitled
TO ..ct as members of the fiity-third Con-
urcss are required to take notice OF tins
proclamation and attend ut the timc and
placc above stated.
Given under my hand and the seal of
the United States, at the city of Washing
ton. on the 30th day Of June, in the year
Of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred
and ninc,y-thrcc, and of the indepcnd-
ence Of the United States the one hun
drcd and seventeenth.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
Ii is understood that MIR. Clcvc
land was induced to call this extra
session the first week III August in
stead Of the first week in September
lis formerly announced-on being
assured that the chances were lavora-
bic for the immediate repeal of the
Sherman law.
What is needed, what the country
demands and what we must have is
change of some kind in the laws
governing the finance Of the United
States before we can hope to see the
great wheels of commerce again re-
volving smoothly. For many months
that fatal financial disease-lack OF
conlidencc-has, like a terrible
scourgc, been spreading itself from
center to circumference Of the United
States, till today every state, section,
moncl corporation and individual
interest is suffering from its evil
elects.
Under certain circumstances the
Sherman silver purchasing law might
be a good policy to pursue, but it
won, answer for today a large ma
iorty Of the people have it firmly
fixed in their minds that it is the
prime cause of the present business
Stagnation, therefore nothing short
OF its repeal will bring about a better
condition Of affairs.
Since the call by the President fol
an extra session of Congress the
feeling in financial circles is reported
in an improved condition, and lack
of confidence is gradually giving way
to greater activity in business.