Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-08
CONGRESS TO CONVENE IN AU.
GUST.

oObIs
President Grover Cleveland has called
an extra session of congress, and on
August 7th, that august body will con.
vene for the ostensible purpose of enact
ing some measures which will relieve
the present financial strain, and cause q
decided change for the better. The call
for the extra session issues from the
chief executive in the form Of the fol-
lowing proclamation
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WAsHINGToN, ID.
c., June Whereas, The distress and
apprehension concerning the financial
situation which prevade all business
circles have already caused great loss
and damage to our people, and threaten
to cripple our merchants, stop the wheels
Of manufacture, bring distress and pri-
vation to our farmers, and withhold
from our workmen the wage Of labor
and
Whereas, The present perilous condi-
tion is largely the result Of financial
policy which the executive branch Of
the government finds embodied in un-
wise laws which must be executed until
repealed by congress;
Now, therefore, 1, Grover Cleveland,
president Of the United States, in per-
formance of constitutional duty, do by
this proclamation, declare that an extra
ordinary occasion requires the conven-
ing Of both houses Of the congress ofthe
United States at the capitol in this city
Of Washington on tie 9TH day Of August
next, at IL o'clock, noon, to the end that
the people may be relieved through
legislation from present and impending
danger and distress.
All those entitled TO act az members
Of the Fifty.third congress are required
to take notice Of this proclamation and
attend at the time and place above
stated.
Given under my hand and the seal Of
the United States at the city of Wash
ington, on the Both day of June, in the
year Of our Lord, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety three, and Of the
independence Of the United States, the
one hundred and seventeenth.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
In all probability, the above express
sion of views and convictions is sim
cere one, but it Is the privilege of every
American citizen, be he ever so humble.
to differ even with the president Of the
United States, and there are thousands
of business men whose knowledge Of
the situation is nearly AZ broad, and
greal more practical, than that OF the
president. who will take issue with him
on the question as to what has caused
the withdrawal of capital from its usual
channels Of circulation, the Wholesale
depreciation Of values, and consequent
general depression of business. During
long years of republican administration
Of the affairs of the government, and
under laws enacted by republican con-
gress, the country has prospered as it or
any other never did before; the condi-
ton of all cl asses of its citizens has been
constantly improving. and it is not in
the natural order Of things that these
same laws should be responsible for the
clogging of the wheels of industry, and
the financial distress which has distinct
ly marked the past few months Of this
democratic administration. The demo
cratic party went into power on a plat
form which promised reform, or in
other words, radical change of the
existing laws. 1t now has control Of
the departments which create and exc
cute laws, and the people have every
reason to believe that it will keep its
promises, and change them. The ma
ture of these changes is as yet shrouded
in uncertainty, and under such circum-
stances the worst is always feared The
democratic party has promised a sweep
ing reduction of the protective tariff,
and it now has tine power to make good
that promise. The most enthusiastic
free trader will admit that such 3 re-
duction means the opening of the home
markets to the foreign competitor. This
fact too is fully realized by the great
business institutions Of the United
States, and retrenchment, preparation
for the change, is an actual necessity
with them. The manufacturer hesitates
to prepare for sale an article, which
in few months he may find no market
for, and while he remains in doubt, he
lessons the number Of his employees. de-
creases his product and gradually with
draws his capital from the business in
which he has been engaged. The mon
sy is no longer in circulation, and the re-
suit Of this stagnation is hard times.
While this illustration applies only to
one class of business, the facts stated
therein constitute one Of the natural
causes of the effects which have been
SO disagreeably plain for several weeks
past. There are two sides to every
question, and President Cleveland, with
the bias of partisan, has. in handling
this question in his proclamation,
touched upon only the one side most
agreeable to himself and his party.
That the calling of an extra session Of
congress was necessary, is admitted on
every hand, and now that il has been
done the country breatLes easier. The
end of the period Of suspense and uncer-
tainty il visible in the distance, and any
thing is preferable to uncertainty. Con-
gress will either enact laws consisten.
with democratic ideas and theories, or
it will refuse to do 30, and in either case
the element Of doubt will be eliminated,
and the people will know what to ex-
pect.
The Hot Springs Weekly Herald was
issued last week under new manage
ment. J. w. Jones having disposed Of
his interest In the paper and removed