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Show THE PRESIDENT'S .SSAG. I The president's message ainiply recommends the omitted uroiy ap-j propriatioDi for the present Cecal year, and a few prta-siny deficiencies in the navy and other departments, and calls the attention u( congress to the neceity of k-yialaiion to enable the people of the United Stuica to participate in the French exhibition next year. An appropriation is asked to defray the expense of a cooimisaioner to the prison cor.greas at Stockholm next year. The preni dent defers mention of all other mat- , iu.v,v .i.u yjf v ing of the regulareesbiun in December, when he will transmit his annual message mes-sage to congress. If the majority ol the members are disposed to hudten their work and can confine themselves to the legblation Buggedted by the president, the extra session could be easily finished in a week or two, but the tendency to engage in political debates and to call up matters of gen-1 eral legislation will probably prove strong enough to keep congress in session most of the time during the next six weeks. There is no lack of topics upon which the average congressman con-gressman can display his eloquence, and in the absence of- the ordinary business of the regular session some attention might prolitably be given to the fiuancial situation of the coun- tTy- |
