The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-07-03
After Feeling the Public Pulse,
President Cleveland
Has Decided on That Day for the Con-
vsning Of an Extra Congress.
He Issues Itis Proclamation 70 That Enect
The Tremendous Pressure brought
"a Hear Causes Him to Yield The
Pcrtlaas Financial situation.

Il
ExtcrrivK MANSION. July /. 1904
Whereas the dislrust and apprehension con
cerntnT The financial situation which peryade
ali business circles, have already caused great
loss and damage q our people and threaten 10
cripple our mcrehants stop the wheels Of man.
ufacture. causing distress aud prtyation 10 our
farmers and withhold from our working men
The wage u labor
Whereas, The pcriious position ia largely the
result eta nnAnc,ai policy which the executive
branch bf The government nnds cmbodiedin TN
wise laws Witch must be executed untfl res
pealed, by congreKs
New therefore Il Grover Cleveland president
Of the United States III performance 81 con.
sutntiauai duty do BY this proclamation declare
thai al extraordinary occasion requires the
conyrnlee of hath houses pf congress OF The
United states 81 the City Of Washington on the
eayenth day ~ August next ~ the hour Of noon
TO the end that the people may he relieved
through legislation from present and impending
danger and distress
All thoss entitled 10 Aet a. members % the
Ttfty-third congress are required 20 take notice
81 this proclamation and atteniiat the time and
place ahayr stated
Given under ms. hand and The seal of the
United states atthe-e city ~ Washington on the
slth day ~ Iann, Ia the year o. our Lord. ons
Thousand eislA hundred and ninety three and
az tho indepeRnnnre 8f the United States the
one hundred and seventeenth
6noyRR CLEvELAHp
Thisnction 81 the president was pre-.
dicted IL these dispatches two nights
ago IN an Interview with Senator Har-
ris, who stated that the president had
declared to.him that ia view 81 the ext
grncies " the ease and the pressing me-
cessities 81 the country he would not
.stnnd by his former declaration. but
wonid call congress together on an
earlier date than that originally desig-
mated Ivy him
There Is some question as To how long
congress will have To be in session be-
fore anything can he done looking 70
the repeal Of the sherman law. LNgis-
lation can he begun at once in the sem
ate. It's organization having been COM
pleted ia thes4extra session that fol-
lowed the sth III March The house,
however, will delay complete organiza-
tion forssome time, owing 10 the neces-
sity, % selecting commuters, adopt
ing rules to govern the pro-
ceedings 81 the Isiftythird con.
gress and in other routine details
connected with the genesis Of new
congress- II Is not at all likely, how
ever, that organization will be delayed
as long as Il usually the case, as the
nearness of the Christmas holiday or
dinarily saps the energy Of the legisla-
tors and prevents their getting active
liz to work until after the New Year
has been.ushered in on this occasion,
however, the urgency Of the case will
undoubtedly impel the members TO con-
tfnue In the labor until something has
been done 10 relieve the country from
existing legislation.
In the senate the silver men may
hold back legislation indefinitely until
ii becomes question Of physical en-
durance and the majority will
simply wait until the question may be
brought TO a vote, The scenes attend
ing the debate on the federal elections
will probably then be enacted
Senator Voorhees,, chairman Of tbs
financial committee, said Friday TO q
correspondent OF the Dalziel News
| Agency that he believed the senate
would repeal the Sherman silver bill
He has constantly urged the president
| TO call congress together at date ever
earlier than that set in the proclamn
tion
The financial stress in the country
said he. ''is due To vicious legislation
now standing on orr statutes, and ths
sooner IL is wiped of the better. !"
Senator Voorhees, will vote for this
/ repeal Of che sherman silver bill
/ Senator Harris, Of Tennessee, also .
4 member Of the committee on finance
holds views similar to those Of Senator
Voorhees, ais to the adyisability ofcallint
an extra session He has been In favoi
4 Of calling an extra session In Angus
for some time past and his views o
this question were given very fully i
these dispatches two nights ago, whei
he predicted the convening Of congress
at an earlier date than that origin
ally set BY the president HI
highly commends the act 0
President Cleveland and stated Frida.
evening that the results Of assembling
Il congress at an early date would be ap
\ parent III very short time 70 restor
Il confidence In the country.
II senator Gray, Of Delaware, whel
seen Friday evening stated that Will
d be had not advocated an early sessioi
Me xas III no sense opposed to II. Tn
4 effect 81 such session would be purel
psychological in character and would d
much al present to insure a feeling .
confidence among the people, but b
did not believe that much would reall
be gained BY calling a session Of cor
Il Rress before December
III believe he said. that the inter
val between March 4 and Decembe
would have been proftably costly 7
the country The lesson would hav
been more deeply engrayen on Ia
minds Of the people and would not :
soon be forgotten. ] hoped that Their
Y would be- no extra session, not for PEI
sonal or political reasons, but for th
public veal a greater experienc
with the viciousness Of existin
financial laws would have offss
the financial loss. The amour
OF silver that would have been pui
chased in that time would mot hay
amounted TO much and the countr
could have Afforded to load up wit
this surplus with the white metal
order to teach salutary lesson
many of our misguided citizens WI
win learn in no school but that Of 9
perience.
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