Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-31
AN EXTRA SESSION
1t Would Be Acceptable to Many
Republican Leaders.
fHECOUNlRY LOOKING TO THEIR PARTY
Many important Questions Viii
Have to Be Met and Settled.
MORE REVENUE NEED ED

The talk about an extra session of the
Fifty-fourth Congress, so far from being
unWelcorne, is even acceptable in certain
quarters. There are republicans who be-
lieve and assert that Il the democracy
continues inactive and divided to the end
It will be the duty OF the President to is
Sue the call. They have no fear respecting
the readiness of their PARTY to meet any
and ali pressing public questions in the
early spring.
The argument offered in support of this
proposition is comprehensive. In the first
place. reference is made to the situation
when the present administration first took
Office. The unrest in a month or two had
grown TO he alarming in business circles
The President was urged to call Congress
together at once. He hesitated. and finally
put the suggestion aside. 1t soon became
apparent. however. that some legislation
the financial questions was imperative.
The President then yielded, and Congress
met in extra session in August. But the
panic by this time was past all control,
and the results OF the session failed to
meet the popular desire and expectations.
This is recalled now TO operate as a lesson
in case the country at tine close OF the
present Congress- should still appear to
demand action OF some kind by Congress
Oh the condition of the treasury.
The Country Looking TO RepubIicans
In the second place IT Is ,inted out that
this would NEE. an end conceded to be
important by the foremost Of the republi-
can leaders. A somewhat popular COM
plant is that. by the present arrangement,
too much time is permitted to elapse be-
tween the result obtained at the polls and
the assembling of the new Congress TO put
the peoples latest Instructions into the
forms OF law. The republicans construe
the November elections to mean a rcpuJia-
tion OF the democracy and Ieindorsement
OF repubilC2Hisn. Therefore. as some Of
the republican leaders urge, The proper
thin5 Is the assumption of Il sislative power
hy the republican party at as early a day
as possible. These men hold not only that
the democracy cannot act. but that IL ought
not TO att empt to act. And the President,
they further hold, ought to see to IT that
SO far stS the uationai legislature is con-
cerued, the transfer Is made as promutiy
as governmental ioIInS allow. Tne country
they assert, Is now looking to the reDubI,-
Can party Tor relief, and should not un-
necessarily be kept waiting.
value of AN Exir:, Session.
Looked at purely from the partisan stand
poiht, some repIDiicans would hail an ex-
ira session Us boon. They point out hoN
tile party couId not only serve the country,
but itseli Us well, to The greatest aQya,.-
In this way Ue separated from the purely
routing business ot Congress, ana dIsyus {!
OF before the regular session came on. 1 Le
country, they urCIstre, wound Gc HIs.tcIIaiiy
the gamer. The important Questions would
ell come first. Ihcy Wouid recuiye the
closest, be Jusc the most exclusive, cOuSid-
GRAFTON. the fresI,aent, in his message 10
the special session, night not mention more
than one tops, bat this would not prevent
Congress from taking up and decidins 9TH
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much Work before adJourning thai only
the regular appropriation bills would be
LETT to occupy ats time al the regular seS-
NOn. And TINS, IL is suggested, would en-
able the ryPcJliCans TO make great head
way with business at the regular session
ana bring about aijournm-lC at il very
edliy day il ;he spring OF lS.i6.
No republican leader Of potent voice will
Undertake to forecast what EiS party at
an early spring session would be !ikeiy 10
10. either on the financial question OF Oh
the tariff question. The reply IS that ire
situation at that time would shape !eSiS-
latiVc action. There rs 10 heS'ta tion in
predicting beneficial action. The general
feeling Ia republican circles IS that mUc n
OF Tho. present unrest and depression in
lusstIess circles viii cease to exist the mo
Cent the democracy TetirCS from congress
slOrll control. The influential powers IN
the east are expected to exert Themselves
then Is they have not been doing of late
10 help hold up the governments hands
The republican belief Is that the very as
sunptiou OF Incir new duties in Congress
before a lire Of policy has been laid down
will carry confidence to every state IN ti'
Union.
Much aust BE Done.
Rut the republicans realize that even
then a very great deal will be necessary
10 be done before affairs will be riShted
again They are expecting to be Obliged tc
rocren the tariff question to a certain eX-
tent This VIII grow out of the discussion
IespectinZ bond sales and the maintaining
of the gold reserve in the treasury. Tue
republican charge is that bonds are being
sold to supply a deficiency created. first
by the threat of, and then by the opera
ton of. the new tariff law. The trouble
therefore. as they sec ii. is with the tarin
law which fails To supply the government
with sufficient revenue to pay its rulnini
ey,.nses How shall this he met? Upon
what new articles shall a duty be imp )5ed
Or upon what articles row bearing a duty
fba1l the rate of that duty lie increased
These are the questions likely to receive
attention first at the hands o. the ne"
Congress.
T'brr will come the great and the diff
cult question. what changes are necessary
IN the currency laws? The republican lead
ers neither :niervalue this question. not
exIect To leave II unsettled. They are Ill
yi,lel On In row. and are advised of the
nect ssity of getting together. Informal
conferences are already in progress. The
east wants a free and ia!r eXrreSsion IRON
the vest ana the west asks the same al
the hands Of the east. The question or
the one na9a is. how Ear do the iiec coin
are men really eNuect 10 EOE On tNe othc!
hand, the question is. how much viii tht
existint, financial powers benefit by le,.isla
tive action? The two Wings OF the PARTY
II is insisted, are really no. % far apart as
they appear to be. ara may he brought To-
getusr ~ gooIs ssuer5lsIio. The great
fope Of succe-- lies in the claim thai
wLa,ayer plan IS. finally agreed upon Will
be cordially approved and assisted by th(
business interests At large. which hav,
withheld their sympathy from the dtMoc
rae because Of It's extreme attitude a' to
silver. As business - 30 InUCn involved
The cooperation of business interests Is
e1rectsI 10 be- au important factor in the
fg1t
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