The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-28
tfrrom our Regular Correspondents

F lt1rrom Our Regular Correspondent) #
s. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 27.-It Is
safe to assume that there will be IN
extra session OF Congress. and that It
will begin on the eleventh day of next
November. 1t has been known ever
since the expiration of the last Con.
gross, on tho fourth or March,, that the
mind Of the President was made UP to
call an extra session this fall Whilp
+ he is very prone3to change his mind, ,
and while great pressure was brought
+ 10 bear on him to make him do 80. II
has been known all along tina t President
Roosevelt was determined In his purpcH,
10 have the Congress assemble a month
or such q matter before the first Mon
day In December, the date fixed by the
constitution He had selected tho thlr-
Steenth OF November as the date for the
assembling In extra session. but 1t Is
believed there Is ground for tho report
that he has decided to have the senators
and representatives meet on Saturday.
tho eleventh.
So much for the date. But by far
the greater interest attaches to the object
know exactly the. subjects which the
\ President will name In the call There.
Is much speculation concerning IT, Six.
months ago. It was believed the extra
session would be called to deal with the
subject Of rate regulation exclusively 81 It
was seen at thatsgtimc that the serntci
would not pass the Esch-Townscnd bill,
nor anything like II, and the President
was 50 determined, apparently, to secure
Legislation Of this character that here
was not room to doubt that he would
assemble the CONGRESS in extra session.
probably In the spring for the purpose
of enacting d law along lines indicated
in his message Of last December.
The Panama Canal.
But about the time Congress adjourned,
1t beca me evident that there would not
be spltA,g session. owing to the adop-}
ton Of tie Keene resolution, provd-.
Ing for sittinEs Of the Senate Committee
on Interstate Commerce TO inves tigate the
subject or INTERPRETATION, for the purpose
OF formulating a bill The committee
sat for weeks. About the time its sit
tings were concluded. In May. the re-
port went forth thatsthe President would
4 call a n extra session for the purpose OF
securing tariff revision This "a set Ia the
sbenenciaries, OF protection by the ears.
and since the time Of the announcement n
there has been nothing heard citrate
regulation as a possible subject Of legls-.
alton. f%i ii q s
4 But in the meanwhile another subject.
has come up. The affairs Of the Panama
Canal Commission have got into aatangle,
Just how great tangled they are the gem
icral public ca n only guess. Tha t the ssnarl
will require carefully considered rs legis-5
8lation, and hat there is TO be Q great
deal OF aux il!ary legislat ton II the canal
is to be dug, sccms generally admitted.
1t lis more than likely that the extra
session will have 10 deal with canal
matters Perhaps all Of the time may
be taken up with this one subject. The
Presto dent Il is believed to fully realize the;
Of securing the needed legts.
latIon as soon \ MS possible. l Il.
IT is considered quite likely that the
subject OF rate legislation. and the sub
iect Of tariff revision will not be touched
upon In the extra sesfl Ion q n 53i
Attitude of President.
i information az to the exact attitude
gof the President towards these subjects
would beS most Thankfully received by.
certain large interests OF this country
There Is a belief that he has weakened
on BOTH The pressure brouEht@to bear:
to make him do so has been terrific The
RAILROAD interests have kept UP their
hammerlng on him ever since last De-
J cenber. FIe Indicated last MAY in his
address before the IrIn,ois Club. in
Chicago, that he had mot changed his