The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-01-05
the crime of 1873 by return to the free
coinage of both gold and silver.
Respectfully yours,
E.J BLANDIN.
Cleveland, o., Dec. %, 1893.
EXTRA SESSIONS.

Speaking of extra sessions of Con-
| gress, we have had eleven OF them
since We started on our career as a Re-
public.
The first President to call Congress
| together in extra session was John
| Adams. % March %, 1897, he issued
n proclamation converting the Fifth
| Congress on May 10 of the same year,
| to take action upon the breach of our
| relations with France.
The second extra session was that Of
The Eighth Congress, which began Octo-
| Der n, 1903 Thomas Jefferson called
| this 10y proclamation issued July 16,
| 1903, to consider the purchase of Louis
iaua. Tha Senate ratified the treaty
ana Congress made the necessary
| appropriations to carry IL out
On July 80, 1907, Jefferson called an
| extra session of the Ieuth Congress for
October 26 of the same year to deal
with our steamed relations with Great
| Britain.
On July "a, 1911, James Madison
| called an extra aessiou of the Twelfth
Congress for November following
The extra session merged in the regular
one, and before Congress dispersed the
war with England had began.
The next extra session called by
| Presidential proclamation was that OF
| the Thirteen h Congress, which began
| September 10Th, 1914, President Madi
| son issued the call for this on August
s of that year on account OF the critical
state of the war with England.
The next extra session was called
amid the financial panic of 1887, when
| Martin Van Bdren, President, summon.
| cd 10 IN
on september of that year.
The next President TO call an extra
session was William Henry Harrison
| On the seventeenth of March, 184l,
| thirteen days after his Inauguration,
| he summoned the Twenty seventh
Congress to meet two months later
| But he died before Congress convened.
The next extra session WAS called by
Franklin Pierce on the 10th Of August,
1856, to consider the critical situation
of the contending factions in Kansas.
The next extra session was a drum
| call to arms, issued by Abraham Lin
coin, on April 18th, 1861. He convened
Congress to meet on the 4th of July to
consider war measures. The session
lasted little over month, the whole
| time being devoted TO war measures.
The next extra session was called on
the fifth of May, 1877, by Rutherford b.
Hayes, calling Congress together on
Oct, 18th. Tue row over the Electoral
Commission had prevented the passage
of the usual Appropriation bills at the
short session of the FoIty-fourth
Congress. Hence the extra,
Again President Hays called an extra
session. on March 18th, 1879, to pass che
| army appropriation bill, which failed
| at tue regular session.
The above historical events, are from
an essay on extra sessions, contributed
go the New York World by 5. E..
Moffett.
twill be remarked that in our cen
tury OF history we have had one extra
session, on an average, for every nine
years: and only in case of war, a com
meTcial crisis, or failure to pass an I'M
portant appropriation bill.
The situation that now confrontS us
Is bankrupt treasury, a loss of foreign
trade, and the American flag driven
from the seas and oceans of the world
by narrow and selfish commercial
polic7, conceived in ignorance, aud
framed in violation of all economic
principles.
TO grapple this condition we have a
| new Congress, composed more largely
than ever in oM history, of new and
untried men. Hence the situation IS
full of peril for the party OF the people.
An extra session of Congress is de-
mauded by the people in the majority
The President-elect recognizes that
fa3-. The trained and experienced
leaders of the Democratic party, in the
Senate and House, also recognize the
demands of the crisis, but the House
of Representatives mas now become a
large and unwieldy body; too large by
one hundred, and the worR to be accom-.
pIished, after quarter of a century
of mi rule, aud wasteful extravaganza,
is so vast, that no Congress can
enact adequate remedial legislation, in
the face of desperate and trained
minority, fighting justice with the
devious deVlltries of complicated par
liamentary rules, in four weeks, or four
months.
But the Democratic party must
lay its foundation before it COM
mences to build. And the sooner this
work is commenced the better; and the
sooner the new Congress is called
together the sooner the people-the
great, brave, patient people-may ex-
rect relief.
Let us have an extra session, for the
foundation work.
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