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Show EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS. Growing Belief That the President Will Call Congress to Meet This Fall. Washington, May 4. There is a growing belief among congressmen that the president will call congress to meet in extraordinary session this fall, probably early in October. The questions ques-tions which will come before the next congress for settlement, including as they do, everything growing out of our possessions acquired as a result of the war with Spain, and the general legislation, including that relating to currency reform, the Nicarauga canal, merchant marine, etc., are of such importance im-portance that the president is inclined to regard it as advisable that congress Bhould meet earlier than the regular session in December, in order to get the work under way. The retirement of Speaker Reed will naturally entail considerable delay in the appointment of committees in the house, as it is customary to allow a new speaker four or five weeks to make up his committees, and this furnishes an additional reason why congress should be convened before December. |