The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-02-28
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
owing question I'm Govern.
mental Circles Now.
speculation Rife as to Whether
President Cleveland will
Convene Congress
In Extra Session.
The Last Days OfCOnxress Taken
up in Consideration of
Appropriations.

Mr.. Cleveland is like the boy who
played ghost to frighten his village COM
panions and got ducking from them
only he hasn't got his ducking, yet.
But fear of it keeps cold chilis PLAYING
hide and seek up and down his back
bone. The aforesaid boy thought his
companions would be scared out oftheir
wits when they saw him wrapped in a
sheet, carrying an illuminated pumpkin
head, strolling around the darkest part
of the village. Just so Mr.. Cleveland
thought the repu blicans in Congress
would be frightened out of their wits
when he trotted out his extra session
ghost. Well, the extra session ghost
was duly trotted out, Mr.. Cleveland
having caused his friends to give it out
as coming straight from him, that if the
Hawaiian cable amendment was not
struck from the Diplomatic and Con-
sular Appropriations bill he would veto
that bill; that if the Mills amendment
to the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill;
repeating all laws for the issue OF bonds,
or any other financial amendment
Objectionable to him was put upon that
or any other bill he would veto it, and
that he had almost made up his mind
to call an extra session anyway. In
stead of being frightened at the prospect,
Cen. CInr11or co. l.;
publican colleagues. said that an extra
session ought to be called anyway, so
that Congress might have an oppor-
tunity to investigate that remarkable
bond contract, negotiated by Mr.. Cleve-
lands former law partner, which gave
a European syndicate an immediate
profit of $9,OOO,OOO on an Investment
OF about $65, 100000, not to mention
$16.OOO,OOO in excess of what
is paid by bonds issued by even such
countries as Egypt, and
that nothing would please the republ;-
cans more than to have it called early.
1t is more than doubtful whether Mr..
Cleveland eyer really wished that Con-
gress would do or leave something un-
done to make an extra session necessary,
and it is certain that his wishes have
been directly contrary since Senator
Chambers plain speech. He realizes
that with the present state of feeling
against him an early extra session,
with the House overw helmingly repub-
ican and the Senate Cleveland,
might result in his impeachment, and if
an extra session will have to be called |
he would like to put it OF as long as
possible, to give the people chance to
orget that disgraceful bond contract.
With only one week of life left there is
little probability of any legislation by
Congress except that which may be put |
through as amendments to appropria-
ion bills. Although the House has.
under orders from the White House, by |
a party vote, refused to accept the Sem
.te Hawaiian cable amendment, it NAV
rave to do SO, as Senators stand firmly
~ that amendment and insist that il it
sn't accepted the bill will fail.
There will be some very interesting de-
pate IN the Senate this week upon The
financial amendments to the
Sundry Civil Appropriation bill. among
which are the German amendment au-
the Secretary OF the Treasury