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EXTRA SESSION LIKELY.
HANNA SAYS PRESIDENT MCKINLEY
WILL ORDER 1T.

Thinks There VIII be General Tariff Re-
v,s,op, but no Financial LeGislation-The
aovernm ent to be mt Onco Pot OH a Pay
ing Basls.
Chairman Mark A. Hanna OF the
Republican national committee said in
New York the other day; -.
II have had comparatively brief
conversations with Major Mckinley
since his election. Next week I ex-
pect 10 meet him in Cleveland, and as
he has had time to think over matters,
I presume he will have more details
than I am at present aware of. But
this much know, he feels that--he
owes much to the pa. Il tir-iioo:;c io.;c Democrats
who prefer principle to strict party
ties. Indiana, for instance. was un-
questionably carried against fusion oy
Democratic votes.
"Maiorl Mckinley will endeavor to
see collected great national party
that will give prosperity to .the coun-
try. He expects and hopes that
men of all shades of former
political belief will be united to
this end. l have talked with some
OF the most influential OF the Old Dem
ocratic leaders, and ] am glad to say
they are in accord with Major Mchln-
ley's hopes. ;,, n,o,,o
will be to obtain sufficient revenue 10
conduct the government. Further Is
sues of bonds would be altogether too
dangerous. Business prosperity and
stability demand that soon as possible
the government should be on a paying
basis.
ITO this end an extra session of
Congress will be necessary, and Pres,
ident Mckinley will undoubtedly call
one soon after his Inauguration.
Legislation will be required to Sc
cure the desired revenue. and Major
McKinly will do everything in his
power to secure it, as well as the legal
establishment of policy which will
tend to put everybody at work. In all
this he hopes and expects that he will
be backed by patriotic men, regardless
of party lihes."
Mr.. Hanna was asked what Demo
Gratis of note he had talked with on the
subject of the future.
II do not wish to name them all, y
he said, ''but I may mention Messrs.
w. @. Whitney and Abram S. Hewitt
asexamples.
In an interview in the Philadelphia
Press Senator John Sherman is quoted
as saying:
can extra session of the Fifty-fifth
Congress will be convened by Presi-
dent Mckinley shortly after the 4th
of next March, and the revenue ques'
ton will be taken up and legislation
passed that will provide ample receipts
for the needs of the government, and
give reasonable protection to Ameri-
can industry"
He is quoted further as saying that:
'"There will be, in my opinion, gen.
eral revision of the present tariff law.
The Wilson tariff law, as it is known,
is full of incongruities, inequalities and
injusticies. There is scarcely a sched-
ule in the whole law that does not de-
mand correction. This does not nec-
essarily mean higher rates of duties,
but there should be an adjustment of
the rates SO as to do justice to all the
articles embraced in the bill.
1.-The bill was admittedly incomplete
and full of blunders when it became
law. The ad valorem system of duties
is repugnant to Republican principles,
and, of course, that feature of the
present law will be corrected. The
rates of duty should be so fixed as to
provide all the revenue needed for the
proper conduct of the government,
and also to afford reasonable protec-
ton to those American industries that
come in competition with foreign
institutions. Mr.. Sherman placed
particular emphasis on the word "rea-
sonable."
The Senator was asked: "In your
opinion, will the reciprocity feature of
the Mckinley law be restored in the
bill to be prepared in the next Con-
gres2"
II would not make positive state
ment with regard to that" said the
Senator. 1T must be remembered,
however, that the reciprocity clauses
in the law of 1890 had tendency to
reduce the revenues of the govern
ment, and to some extent brought that
law into disrepute. There are certain
features of the present law that de.
mand immediate attention, and will
form special features in the new law.
Zone is the article of wool, now on
the free list. AS long as the manufac-
turers of woolen goods are protected
by duty on their products the wool
grower in all justice should receive
equal protection. There should be an
adequate specific duty placed upon
raw wool"
"Will Congress at its next session
undertake any financial legislation?"
Senator Sherman was asked. II
think not" he said. 'There is no
need of financial legislation. The
people of the country have just decid-
ed by tremendous popular majority
that a change in our financial policy
is not desired. We have plenty of
money and plenty of gold in the
treasury, and 1 do not think that
Congress is called to take up the con-
s:deration of any radical change in
our present financial system"
"Will there be any attempt at the
coming session of the present Congress
to pass revenue measured" The Sen
ator was next axked.
''Yes, undoubtedly there will be, !"
he replied. II think that very short
" after the convening of Congress in
Decamhar Wa will rnale an effort tn