Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-04
EXTRA SESSION TALK
The President May Call Congress Together
in October.
Important Measure. to BE Acted Upon
May Induce Such
Action.

There is a growing belief among prom
fnent members OF Congress that the Presi-
dent VIII call Congress to meet in extra
ordinary session this fall, probably early In
October. The questions which will come
before the next Congress for settlement,
including, as they do, everything growing
out Of our possessions acquired as result
of the war with Spain. and the general
legislation. including that relating to cur
rency reform. the Nicaragua canal. mer-
chant marine. &c, are of such great i'm
portance that the President is inclined to
regard 1t as advisable that Congress should
meet earlier than the regular session in De-
Cember. in order to get the work under way.
The retirement of Speaker Reed will natu-
rally entail considerable delay in the APP
pontment of committees in the House as it
is customary to allow a new Speaker four
or five weeks to make up his committees,
nd this furnishes additional reason
why Congress should be convened before
December. OF the several senators and rep
resentativeS who are going abroad this
summer the President has particularly in
quired as to the length of their stay and
has limited that 1t was advisable that they
should be back in the early fall. as the ne
cessity for an extra session might arise.
The Subject Discussed.
With others, it is said. he has discussed
Presidents direct suggestion that the eau
Gus committee appointed by the House Of
Representatives to formulate a currency
reform measure met when it did. There
had been talk of postponing the meeting
until fall, but the President suggested that
It would be well to formulate Il plan as early
as possible. and this statement was made
to the members when they met at Atlantic
City as having come direct from the Presi-
dent. together with the further statement
that the President might cal! Congress in
extraordinary session in the fall for the
purpose. among other things, of passing
currency reform measure. Representative
Dalzell of Pennsylvania and Representative
Curtis OF Kansas. both OF whom are mem
bers of the caucus committee, saw the Pres
ident today. When the former left the
White House he said he had no direct in
formation upon the subject of an extra ses-
sion, but that he had all along regarded an
extra session more than probable
No Confirmation to Be Obtained.
AT the White House no confirmation can
be obtained of the statement that the Pres
ident at present cOrtemplates calling Con
gress together In the fall. 1t Is said that
to visitors he may have made some OBJ
servations regarding the possible desira bill
ty of such course, and that there may
have been given TOO much weight by his
callers. The members of the republican
caucus committee VINO have returned from
Atlantic City are scattering for their homes
Gen Henderson, the chairman, will remain
here 10 confer with Senator Aldrich, chair
man of the Senate finance committee, upon
his return from Europe shortly. and will
arrange with him. after going over the de-
tails of the currency reform plan recon-
mended by his committee, for joint meet
ing Of the TWO committees later This joint
session will probably not be held until fall.