Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-06-06
EXTRA SESSION WORK.
Some Of the Important Measures De-
mandina Attention of Congress. "a;

mandina Attention of Congress. ~
The reports that there will be an
extra session of congress have been so
frequent since the Inauguration, they
have come from so many sources close
to the president and they have re-
ceived apparent sanction from so
many Of his plans for the early fall
that they may safely be taken to be
we'll founded. Presidents never call
congress in session except for some
grave reasons Of public policy. There
have been only little over dozen
called sessions of congress In the 1l6
years Of the government under the
constitution. or late they have been
more frequent than they were In ear
lier times. The three latest presi-
dents - Cleveland, Mckinley and
Roosevelt-have had them. The ap-
preaching session will be two for
Roosevelt.
Probably railway-rate regulation,
the treasury deficit and the Panama
question will be the principal reasons
why congress will be called into ses-
sion in October. AS the president
views the situation, the largest OF these
issues is rate regulation. He urged
this in his message last November.
The house Of representatives passed
bill. the Esch- Townsend measure,
which aimed to carry out the presi-
dents ideas. but this failed in the sem
ate. In his Denver speech two weeks
ago he made his position on this Is
sue plain. About the same time Sec
retary Taft, In what was evidently an
inspired utterance, expressed the ad-
ministration's ideas on this question
with point and effect. The whole In
fiuence of the administration during
he recess will be employed In the In
terest of legislation on this line. There
Is no doubt as to the position OF the
house on the issue, but there Is some
u certainty as to the senate. 1t Is
reasonably safe to predict. however,
that popular opinion will force that
rather independent and irresponsible
chamber to come into harmony with
the direct representatives Of the peo-
pie In the other chamber, and In the
White House.
Not a great amount of interest In
the treasury deficit Is taken by the
country at large. Along to the present
date the governments expenditures
for the fiscal year have exceeded It's
receipts by $37,000,000. Last Decem-
Der Secretary Shaw estimated the de-
felt for the year to be $lS,00O.OOO. AS
only about five weeks Of the year are
left, 1t can easily be seen that the Sec
retary made a bad guess. Commonly
the governments income In June ex-
ceeds the outgo. and 1t may do this In
1906 May also Is a month In which
there Is usually a surplus, but there Is
deficit Of $3.00O,000 In the past three
weeks and there Is not much chance
of reducing these figures between now
and the close Of business on Wednes-
day Of next week. The present out
look Is that the shortage will be In
the neighborhood Of s35.000.0O0 at the
end of the governments year on June
3O This Is not a very serious situa-
ton, but surpluses are better than de-
ficits. and they are also more charac-
teristically Republican. Some way OF
making both ends meet, by either re-
ducing expenditures or increasing rev.
enues, or both, may have to be devils
ed by congress. The Panama issue Is
not likely to prove troublesome. Leg
islation Is needed, increasing the pow
er Of the president so as to give him
better opportunity than he has now
to push work on the isthmus, but that
ought not to take congress long
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