The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-20
CONGRESS SESSIONS
Jefferson. Madison and
Hayes Did 1t
Twice Each


that the government break off from
banks, whether state or national, and
rely upon an Independent treasury sys-
TEN with an issue of treasury notes.
The message also recommended that
the distribution of the surplus revenue
to the states be stopped. The Wings
and many Democrats opposed the pres
ident's proposals, but he carried his
measures through An independent
treasury was established, $10,000,O00
in treasury certificates were authorized
chants who had borrowed the national
funds and the distribution of the sur
plus revenue to the states was stopped.
The next extra session met May 81,
1871. Harrison and Tyler had been
elected by a coalition of the Wings and
the anti-machine Democrats. Harri-
son Immediately called the Twenty
seventh congress together to redeem
the pledges of the Wing platform, but
Tyler became president. The Wing
majority in the senate was six and in
the house twenty-five. This congress
began by repeating the independent
treasury act, passing a bankrupt act
and an act to distribute the proceeds
of the sale of certain public lands
among the states. But when congress
came to substitute United States ifs
cal bank for the independent treasury
Tyler baked and vetoed the measure.
The Wings were stunned, but not wish
ing to break with the president put it
up to him to frame bill that he would
sign. He framed one and congress
passed it substantially as he framed it,
but to the great surprise of everybody
Tyler vetoed it. All the cabinet eX-
cept Webster resigned. The Wings in
congress and out denounced Tyler as
a traitor and read him out of the Wing
party, to which he never had claimed
to belong, but to no avail so far as
getting him to consent to the carrying
out Of the Wing program was con-
cerned.
The next extra session met Aug. 81,
1856. on the call of President Pierce
In the senate the Democrats had
majority of nine. In the house there
was a combination majority Of anti
Nebraska men. The first session of
the Thirty-fou congress had failed
to pass the army appropriation BILL
and it was for that purpose that the
extra session was called. The house
insisted on q rider to the effect that
the army should not be used to aid
the pro-slavery cause in Kansas. To
this the senate would not consent, so
there was a deadlock until the Know
Nothings weakened and gave the bill
the necessary vote to pass it without
a rider It was said that the price
paid was the removal of Shannon as
governor of Kansas territory.
The next extra session came in the
Thirty seventh congress and was call
ed by President Lincoln to provide
ways and means for the conduct of
the civil war. Both senate and house
were Republican. Congress acted
with speed and vigor and quickly arm
ed the president with the largest mill
tary power ever confded to a presf-
dent and with almost unlimited power
Of taxation.
During Johnson's administration
there were several extra sessions of
congress for the purpose. of excepting
tab" on the presidents reconstruction
policy, but they We're not called by the
president, but were provided for by
an act of congress itself Under this
same act there were two so called ex-
ira sessions of congress during Grants
administration.
President Hayes called the Forty
fifth congress together in extra ses-
sion Oct. 10. 1877 This congress, like
the Forty-f0urth, was Democratic in
the house and Republican in the sen
ate. The Forty fourth congress had
adjourned without passing the army
appropriation bill. and for this pur-
pose mainly the session was called.
but it devoted itself chiefly to a de-
termined attempt to repeal the Sher-
man resumption act The repeating
bin failed in the senate.
There also was an extra session Of
the Forty-sixth congress. beginning
March is. 1870, to pass the army APP
preparation bill which the last congress
again had failed to pass. Both houses
were Democratic. This congress pass
ed the army appropriation bill, but
with a rider that the money should be
available only on condition that the
troops should not be used to keep
peace" at the polls. The president We
toed the bill and sent it back The
Democratic majority was not large
enough to pass it over the veto. and
finally the bill was passed without the
rider. But troops were not employed
at the polls thereafter
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