The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20
TWELVE EXTRA SESSIONS
or Congress Will Have Been Convened
on the 7th OF Next Month. The Last
Was Called in March, 1870. Tho


on the 7th OF Next Month. The Inst
Was Called in March. 1870. Tho
First Held in 1897.
The last extra session Of Congress was
convened on March ~, 1879 over IA wears
ago. The one which will NEE, on August
will be the twelfth in the history Of the Gov.
eminent. 1t is impossible to determine
from the length Of any of the previous ses.
tions wha, the duration OF the one now
pending will be. The day Of extended ora.
tory is no; passed by any means, and while
the early polit cal fathers delighted TO
lengihen debates and sometimes extended
the sessions Of Congress in order to indulge
their passion, the present generation OF
statesmen is not much different. The mem
bership Of both bodies IL greater than ever
before and there are more emuators of Clay
and Webster to fill the Congressional record.
The first extra session of Congress was
convened under a proclamation OF Prcsi.
dent John Adams on May lj 1907. the oc-
caslun being the suspension of diplomatic
relations with France. Thomas Jefferson
found IL necessary to call Congress together
twice during his administration. The fret
was called on October IL, lS03. ou acruunt Of
trouble over the secession OF Louisiana bv
Spain to France. This session did not al.
iourn until the following March Trouble
with Great Britain required the calling to-
gc,her OF Congress again by Jefferson on
October ~. 1sO-.
PrcsidentMadson was compelled to bring
Cungres. together on November I 1911,
Great Brit!an's conduct again furnishing
the cause. This session did not END until
July 6. 1872 Troubles growing out of the
War OF 1912 required Mr.. Madison to call
unpfhqr a. nftG Gapfafnh.r ia 1914
this being the ifih since the organ zation
Of the GOverpmcnt
For more than a score Of wears the regular
sessions Of Congress were sufficient in which
TO transact all the pressing busln OF the
country. On September T. 1887, however
Congress met in extraordinary session at the
call Of President Van Buren, to devise some
remedy for the serious condition Of the
cOuutry's finances, which had been injured
80 II was claimed, by iniudicous legislation
during ANDY JaCkson's administration.
The needed relief WAS not found. for on
March II, isIi. President William Henry
Harrison issued a call Tor an extra session to
convene on May 81 the threatening cundi.
ton OF the hnaures and rcyenHcS demand.
immediate relief President Harrison died
before Congress met. and the message To
that body was transmitted by Vice Pie'i-
dent Tyler.
On the DIST of August, 1856 President
Pierce called the eighth extra session 10
order to make appropriations for the army,
duty Congress had neglected or refused in
regular session. The ninth extra session
was the most important in the history Of
the Government. 1t was called 10y President
Lincoln on July 4, 1861. aud was made nee.
essary by the usurrection of the Southern
States. President Hays found II necessary
twice TO convene Congress in extra session
in order To pass appropriation bills which
had failed IN the regular sessions. The first
was on October 10, 1871, and the second on
March Is, 1879.