Griggs courier., 1893-07-07
CLEVELAND YIELDS.

June ~, l0o0-W nete2S, Vno 0l6tfoSt INA ap
prehensfon concerning the financial situation
which pervade 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
workingmen the wage Of labor; and
"Whereas, The present pcrilous condition is
the executive branch Of the. government 6nds
embodied in unwise laws which must be exc
cuted until repealed by congress;
'.Now, therefore, L Grover Cleveland. presi.
dent Of the United States, in performance Of .
constitutional duty, do. by this proclamation,
declare that an extraordinary occasion requires
the convening OF both houses OF the congress of
the United States 1t the capital in the city Of
Washington on the 7th day of August next 1T
12 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 IS members Of the
Fifty-third congress are required to take notice
place above stated
'Given under my hand and the seal Of the
United States at the city of Washington On the
Soth 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"
session had hardly been announced ere
there was hasty departure from the
white house; and shortly after 4 o'clock
the president was en- route to Buzzard's s
Bay to join Mrs. Cleveland. Beyond fix
ing up certain western appointments no
other business was transacted, it being
the desire of the chief magistrate to
give as much time as possible to the
preparation of his message to congress,
besides recuperating from his work
since the Inauguration. 1t is under
stood that the president will transact
only the most urgent public business
while at Buzzard's Bay. and what Of
fetal announcements are to be made
will be given out at the executive man
sion in Washington.
The determination to call the extra
session the first week in August, in
stead of the first week in September, it
is understood was only definitely ar
rived at at Friday mornings cabinet
session after giving full weight to the
numerous telegrams received from all
parts of the country urging this
course. And the consideration
which caused the 1resident to
change his mind was 4oreshadowed
in a remark made by one of his cabinet
officers two days ago that if the presi-
dent received reasonable assurances
that there was a likelihood of prompt
repeal of the so-called Sherman pur-
chase law he might be disposed to call
congress together earlier than he had
announced. It is inferred from the
fact that the president has done SO that
he considers he has obtained the assur-
RANGES which he desired.
Developments make it appear that
the disturbances of values arising from
the uncertainties of the situation grew
SO alarming that Mr.. Cleveland at last
was compelled to acknowledge that
1.-THE unexpected contingencies necessi-
tating an earlier meeting of congress- 81
which he spoke of in his celebrated in
terview of June 5, had arrived. The &C
ton of the British government in India
brought matters to crisis. Previous
to that startling event Mr.. Cleveland
had manifested firm determination to
adhere to his plan of calling congress
in September. After the suspension of
silver coinage in India the president
resolutely declined to speak further
about his intentions until he should
be prepared to act, and each
of his cabinet officers maintained
similar silence. 1t may be stated,
however, without violating conf
dence, that from the day when the an
nouncement of the action of India was
made the president took steps to keep
himself forewarned through the press
dispatches of the slightest approach to
panic in the money market, and was
prepared at any moment to take the
course which he has now adopted if it
seemed to him that his so doing would
in any way tend to allay alarm and re-
store public confidence.
When ON Friday he found . telerrams
on his table not only from the eastern
and middle states, but also from the
south, and even from some of the silver
states, urging that congress be called
together at the earliest day possible,
to end the uncertainty, he determined
to delay no longer: but even in taking
this action the president took steps, as
far as he could, to prevent its being
known before the stock exchanges
closed SO as to avoid any appearance
of exercising undue influence on the
stock market
The action of the president apparent
ly meets with the commendation and
approval of most of the members and
politicians now in the city, and the
opinion is almost general that the
Sherman act will be repealed. The prop
osition is not refuted, probably for the
reason that the free silver men. who will
conduct the fight against repeal, have
few Dcmbers now in the city. The
free silver men, however, will oppose
err attempt to repeal the Sherman law
with all their strength. The fact that
the mines in the west have been closed
will be used as a weapon with which to
force any wavering member in their
ranks back into the fold.
Negro Murderer Shot.
FORT Smith, Ark, July 1.-Joe Bird,
o negro, was shot at Wilburton, I. r.,
at IL o'clock Friday by the Choctaw
authorities When all was ready for
the final scene the execution