The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-05-05
EXTRA SESSION
or Congress- Growing Belief That 1t
Will be Called.

| " bC NoliGu'
WASHINGTON. D. c.. May I.-There
Is growing belief among prominent
members OF congress that the President
Will call Congress to meet In extruordi-
nary session this fall, probably early In
October. The questions which will
come before the next Congress for set
| Element, Including as they. DO every
| thing growing cut Of our possessions
| acquired as IL result OF tha war with
| Spain and the general legislation, In
| Guiding that relating 10 currency re-
| form, the Nicaragua canal, merchant
| marine. etc, are OF such great import
ance that the President Is Inclined 10
regard II as advisable that Congress
| should meet earlier than the regular
session In December In order to get the
work under way. The retirement OF
| Speaker Reed vii! naturally entail con-
| siderable delay In the appointment OF
/ committees In the house, as 1t Is custo-
| mary to ALLOW a new speaker weeks 10
| make up his committees ard this fur
nlshes an additional reason why Con-
gress should be convened before De-
cember. To several senators and mem
bers OF Congress who ara going abroad
| WIS tIlt L itSlAtAl nus tsiltiI4-
| larry inquired as 10 the length 0t their
stay and has limited that It was advs.
able that they should be back In the
| fall, as the necessity for an extra scss-
ion might arisa.
| . With Others l. IL said he has discuss
cd the subject and moreover it was up
| on the Presidents direct suggestion
| that the Caucus COMMITTEE Gppo!ntrd by
the folfsa Republicans to formulate
curreacy reform measure met when Il
| did. There had Gsen talk OF p0stI-o
ing the meeting until fall, but the Pres
| iIent suggested that Il would be well to
| formulate II plan rs early as possible,
and this statement was mada to the
members when they met ut al Atlantic
| City. ~ having come direct from the
| President together with the further
statement that the President might call
| Congress In extraordinary neSS.oa In the
| fall for the purpose among other THINKS
o: passing a currency reform measure.
! Representative Dnlzell. Of Pennsylyn-
MA. and Representative Curtis, Of Kan
sag, both OF whom are members OK the
caucus committee. saw the Pres!dsn,
to-day. Whsn the former LET, the white
house he said ha had no direc: !nfor-
| nation upon the subject OF Al extra,
session, but that he had all along re-
GarGed an extra session WIS moro than
probable. At the white house no con-
Armatlon can be obtained o! the state.
| ment that the President, q, present
contemr!atcs calling Congress- together
| In the fall.
II Ia said that to visitors he may have
made some observations regarding the
! possibility OF sucA c0urso and that
these mag have been given too much
weight by his callers.
The members OF the Republican eau
Gus committee who have returned from
| Atlantic City. are scattering FOR thelr
| homes General Henderson. the chair
| man, Will remain here 20 confer with
| Senator Aldrlch. chairman OF the SEN
ate finance committee. on his scturn
| from Europa shortly. and Will arrange
! with him after going over the details Of
the currency reform plan recOmmend-
ed b. his committee for Joint meet
Ing OF the two committees later. This
joint session Will probably not be held
until fall,