The sun., 1893-06-05
EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS.
THE PRESIDENT GETTING yOGETHEh
THE DATA FOR ms MESSAGE.

Hc Hrs Determined In His Own Mind that
| Eoth Houses Can he Made To Sre the
| Necessity for Repeaiintg tho sherman Act,
| WASHINGTON. June 4.-lf President Cleveland
| has been dissualed from his original intention
| OF calling Congress together In extra session
| before the close OF tho summer for the pur.
| pose of considering tho unsatisfactory and
alarming financial conditions. hc has been In
| fluenccd altogether 10y questions OF personal
! comfort and convenience. But in any event
tho call for the extra session will be
promulgated earlier than r. Eonorally
expected. and VIII, no doubt state
fully and plainly jUst why Congress
Is convened and what it is expected to do.
There Ia every reason to believe TINT presi-
dent Cleveland has determined In his own
mind that both houses can bc brought to see
tho necessity OF repeating tho sherman Silver
Purchase law. His knowledge NJ the house
membership and the lower placed In his
hands through the distribution OF Federal pa
tronugc. ,nny warrant him in this belief: but
Il is difficult to nnd qualification for the
faith that Ia in HIN In regard to
tho Senate. Tho silver mon are easily
In majority there. rs .hoy have been
for tho pnst few yeara and the Financial Com
mittoe. to whom all financial legislation must
be referred, contains u majority OF froe silver
Senators. Senator Voorhees,. tho Chairman.
and I'VE o! his colleagues. one OF them n Re-
publican. make up tho silver majority. while
the flvo anti silver mon comprise four Rcpub-
licans and one Democrat. Mcrherson ot New
Jersey. However. the President is hopeful,
and so Is Secretary Carlisle. Who while q
Senator. served as n member OF tho Finance
Committee. and Is. therefore. thoroughly ac-
quaintoi with the financial views OF tho Sena.
tors composing 1t.
Secretary Carlisle Is as anxious over tho
financial situnton n thp IRE sident Ia Int Ioea
not seam so hopeful OF anti silver legislation.
Tho Secretary Is earnestly seeking n way to
extricnte tho Treasury from the present diffl-
cuties but there seems to be no authority for
the statement that he has discovered loyal au.
thority. under On old and hali-forGotten stat
ute. for issuing new series OF legal tender
notes He Is satisfied OF his power to issue
bonds. but says he does not intend to exercise
II. 1t is the general opinion OF Treasury OH.
cIals who have studied tho subject, however.
that q new issue Of bonds will soon be found
to be the only way out OF the existing flnan.
Meanwhile tho President is going ahead with
his preparations for an extra session lead-
ing number Of Congress. who il IN harmony
authority Tor the statement that ihe President
Is getting together the data for his MESSAGE to
Ss Of thu tn"
Iuire probably thirty, days or moro after
the , G9se of tsH nic1 yr to get
dtion o. the Government. including reports
from nll the ,li5burSlng oncer- and other Of:
hcials connected with the financial branch OF
tho service. The necessity and impor,ancs OF
accuracy in this statement is very great, as
upon it. Atthe Treasury 1t is said by those well
informed On tho subject that it will be tho
mont that has been given to the country for
many years past:
be, given ~ the President. When Hnyss
called an extra session in 1879. because Con.
G at Session. a%s I" sHs
sSn for III ,hs sStFs SESSION 81 Issued @ T. o.
Until 6c NC iollowHs. The @ fact S snIs IS now
recnlled that an extra session Of Con-
nrs OF
William Henry Harrison. based on the ilnan-
ords show was In a depleted state, President
John Tyler, who succeeded to the Presidency.
session by President Harrison said:
The repnrt Of the Secretary otthe Treasury
OF the Government for the current yenr. The
@%tsd thst .!here VII 10 a deficit q
Ts mG hs shs
absorbed by tho axcess Of revenues which are
.ury % %sns as Of PG M 4 m
an IN inteiscnt ,I eonsti,neney , In view OF their
less. important so to impose them as to avoid
defeating the Just expectations OF the coun-
try. What is now to TO regarded rs the ju1g.
ment Of tho American people on this VIII ole SUBJ
ioct have no accurate means OF determining
REPRESENTATIVES. TO you. then. Who have
come directly. from the body Of our common
constituents submit the, entire question. as
wishes and opinions. | shall be ready to con-
cur with you in the adoption Of such system
as you may propose. reservlnG to myself tho
ultimate power OF rejecting any measure
which may. in nv view OF it, contlc with tho
or otherwise jeopardiZs the pros
perity OF the country. a power which could
not part with oven II would. but which will
reIuisition."
The fession lasted from May 81 to Sopt Is.
without any relief being granted.