Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-05
AN ExTnA SESSION.
II Would he Acceptable TO Many RE-
publican Leaders.

congress- so far from being unwelcome,
is even acceptable in certain quarters.
There are Republicans who believe and
assert that II the Democracy continues
Inactive and divided to the end 1t VIII
be the duty OF the president to issue
the call. They have no fear respecting
the readiness of their party to meet
any and all 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 Administered
ton first took office. The unrest in a
month or two had grown 10 be alarming
in business circles The president was
urged to call congress together ut once.
He hesitated. and finally put the sug-
gestion aside. 1t soon became appar-
ent, however, that some legislation ON
the financial questions was imperative.
The president then yielded, and con-
Eress met in extra session In August.
But the panic by this time was past all
control, and the results OF the session
failed 10 meet the popular desire and
expectations. This is recalled now TO
operate MS lesson In case the country
at the close of the present congress-
should still appear to demand action of
some kind by congress on the condition
of the treasury.
In the second place 1t Is pointed out
that this would meet an end conceded
to be important by the foremost Of the
Republican leaders. a somewhat popu-
lar complaint is that, by the present
arrangement, too much time is permit
ted to elapse between the result OBJ
tained at the polls ana the assembling
OF the new congress ~ put the peoples
latest Instructions into the forms of law.
The Republicans construe the Novem-
Der elections to mean a reputation OF
the Democracy and reimbursement OF
Repubiioanism. Therefore, as some Of
the Republican leaders urge, the proper
thing is the assumption OF legislative
power by the Republican party
ut as early n day as possible.
These men hold not only that the De-
mucracy can not act, but that 1t ought
not TO attempt to act And the prcsi-
dent they further hold. ought TO see TO
II that so far as the national leglsln-
ture Is concerned, the transfer Is made
as promptly as governmental forms al
low. The country, they assert, is now
looking TO the Republican party for re-
lief, and should not unnecessarily be
kept waiting.
Looked at purely from the partisan
standpoint, some Republicans would
hail an extra session as boon, They
point out how the party could not only
serve the country, but itself as well. to
the greatest advantage. The pressing
public questions could IN this way be
separated from the purely routine bual-
ness OF congress, and disposed OF before
the regular session came on. The coun-
try, they declare, would he materially
the gamer The important questions
would all come first They would re-
ceive the closest, because the most ex-
| elusive, consideration. The president,
| in his message to the special session.
| might not mention more than one topic,
but this would not prevent congress
from taking up ami deciding others. 1t
might. in fact. II 1t saw ut. do so much
work before adjourrlng that only the
| regular appropriation bills would be
left to occupy It's time at the regular
| session. And this. 1t Is suggested, would
enable the Republicans to make great
| Roadway with business at the regulnr
session and bring about adjournment
at a very early day in the spring of
1896.
No Republican leader OF potent voice
| will undertake to forecast what his
party at an early spring session would
be likely TO do, either on the financial
question or on the tariff question. The
| reply is that the situation at that time
would shape legislative action. There
IL no hesitation in predicting beneficial
action. The general feeling In Republic
can circles Ia that much of the present
| unrest and depression In business cir
Giles win cease to exist the moment the
Democracy retlres from congressional
control. The influential powers In tine
! east nre expected to exert themselves
then, as they have not been doing OF
late, TO help hold up the government 4
hands. The Republican belief is that
the very assumption OF their new duties
In congress before a line Of policy has
| latl will On nttH
TO every state in the union.
But the Republicans realize that even
then very great deal Will be necessary
to be done before affairs Will be rlghtcd
again. They are expecting 10 be obllg-
ed to reopen the tariff question TO n
certain extent. This viii grow out OF
the discussion respecting bond sales and
the maintaining OF the gold reserve IN
the treasury. The Republican charge
is that bonds are being sold to supply
n deficiency created. flrst, by the threat
OF. and then by the operation OF, the
new tarlff law. The trouble, therefore
as they see II, is with the tarlff law
which fails to-supply the government
with sufficient revenue TO pay Its run
ming expenses. How shall this be nett
Upon what new articles shall duty be
! imposed? or upon what articles now
bearing n duty shall the rate Of thai
duty be increased? These are the qucs.
lions likely to receive attention first nj
the hands OF the new congress.
Then will come the great and the dlf.
fcult question what changes are nee
essary in the currency laws? The Re,
publican leaders neither under.
value this question. nor ex.
pect 20 leave II unsettled
They are divided on Il now. and arr
advised OF the necessity OF getting To-
gether. Informal conferences arc al
ready In progress. The east wants 0
free and fair expression from tho west
and the west asks the same at thl
hands OF tho east. The question on
the ono hand is. how far do the free
coinage men really expect TO go? on
tho other hand, the question Is how
much will the existing financial powers
benefit by Legislative action? The two
wings OF the party, It 10 insisted are
really not 30 far apart as they appear
to be. and may be brought together by
good genernlahip. The great hope o.
1 .,,nruea ua.f Ia, fhn nintrf ffnt WlateVof