Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-11
.;Iance at Congress sionaI Record.
In This Respect During
Fifty Years.
GOVT PRINTING EXPENSIVE 4 = 81 Z.
3anotler slice Of Virginia Needed to;
properly Square Up District
or Columbia.
,speclal correspondence,)

ft
Washington, p. q, Aug. .---4'he
,rtra session of Congress which lla $
int closed is by no means the longest
4 - record. During the past 80 years
ron r,ess has been convened in extraor-5i
,narv session a great many times. The
srst session of the Fortieth Congress
,as convened at noon on the 4th day of
March, 1867, and did not ad journ, sine
s,e4nntil the date fixed for the meet
Ing Of the second session, December
8 allowing, but there We're recesses from
March so to July Il. and from July 20
IN November 1. The regular session
xas called to order on December 9,
md remained in session until Novem-
Ser 10 following, but in that period
here were two recesses agregating 50
days The Fortieth Congress, accord
Ing to the records, was in session COG
DAYS out of "a. possible 20 days, and. in
ihis respect is unique In history.
There was an extra session Of the
Forty-tlrst Congress- convened OH
March 4. 1869. but 1t lasted only 81
lays. Again, the following Congress
was called into session on the 4tt Of
March 1871. and sat for AZ days. Then
Tor six years there was no extra ses-
zion, but In October. 1888 President
Hayes convened the Forthy- fth Con
sress, and so days We're required to
complete the work cut out.
special session March is, 1879, for a ses-.
sion OF 106 days, but no necessity arose
igain for an extraordl nary session until
President Cleveland convened the law
makers on the 7th Of August, 1893. That
session lasted until the 3rd Of the fol-
lowing November.
Immediately ter his Inauguration in
1897 Presid lent Mckinley called Congress
to meet in extraordinary session on
March Is. when the GU rrency question
was taken up and the gold standard of
currency adopted after a session of 131
days. q
The next was called by President
Roosevelt for November 0. 1908. and
remained in session until the date for
& The regular meeting and thereby arose.
the question whether a period of time
4 could elapse between IL clock noon
On one day and IL o'clock noon the
} same day, That fine point was decided
y in the affrn1atl I've with the result that
zach member received mileage" for
the extra session. The session just
closed has been a strenuous one, and
d has drawn to Washington d bigger
+ crowd OF manufacturers and producers
{ Than has been seen here before in two
{; years. The effect Of the labors of the
law makers Is still problef1atfca but
} everyone in business from Maine to
y Texas and From Florida to Alaska
i Is glad that the agony is over and that
Il commercial conditions can now settle
II down to q normal base to remain un-
s. disturbed for a, few Yea rs.
SUCCESS OF SEATTLE FAIR.
The record of attendance at the
4 Alaska Yukon-P Pacific exposition for the
6rst AZ days Is one of the really sur
pfssing features of the fair, because 1t
goes much beyond the reasonable ex-
peetations OF the promoters, declares
4 Il William Thayis eastern representa-
e tive of the exposition.
For the period Indicated" continued
Mr. Thavis. 'tthe attendance reached
the amazing total of 1015,272. This to-
tai just about equals the total for the
4 first months. attendance at the Chica-
so worlds fair, also, the total of the
first months attendance at the ST. Louis
exposition. 1t surpasses the record of
other eypositions held in this country.
That the million mark should have
been passed at such an early date after
the opening is alike surprising and
gratifying, for it seems to afford Ger
tain evidence of the success of the en-
ternrse, though from the beginning
doubling thegoutcome of the Seattle eN-
doubling the outcome of the cattle ex-
POSITION financially or otherwise.
It need not surprise the public TO
note still other Increases in the at