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Show MAY GIVE UP AN EXTRA SESSION President About Abandons Calling Call-ing Congress Together in November. OYSTER BAY, Aug. 13. Notwithstanding Notwithstand-ing the moro or leas dcflnlto announcement announce-ment which has emanated from various sources during tho last fow months, Congress Con-gress may not bo called Into extraordinary session next November. Indeed, the ln dlcations aro now that no extraordinary oesslon will be hold this year. This statement Is made on tho authority of President Roosovolt himself. Ho has not do.cldcd definitely and will probably not reach a determination of It until ho shall havo returned to Washington the latter part of September. Tho chances of an extraordinary session appear, however, how-ever, to bo fading. Congressmen Against It. Strong pressure Is bolng brought to bear upon the President to Induce nlm not to call an extra session, So much Interest has been manifested in the subject throughout the country that tho President has rccolved a largo number of letters regarding re-garding It. Many Senators and Representatives have urged against an extra session. They point out that practically nothing will be gainod by an extra session that will begin be-gin not moro than throo weeks beforo the opening of the regular long session, hence It will cause somo Inconvenience to many members of Congress in both branches. Taking these things Into consideration con-sideration tho President has reserved a doflnlto decision of tho matter, tho chances, as noted, being that the session will not bo called. Railroads and Tariff. Last spring It was tho President's idea to issue at tho proper time a call for an extraordinary session of Congress to be hold In October for tho purpose of enacting. en-acting. If possible, railroad rate legislation. legisla-tion. Incidentally, It was expected that some recommendations might bo mado by the President regarding proposed changes In tho existing tariff law. Gave Up October Session. Tho idea of an October session finally was abandoned, and subsequently tho President made arrangements for a two weeks' trip through tho South, beginning on the 17th of October. It then was announced an-nounced that the proposed extraordinary session would not bo held until after tho November elections. If finally tho President should decide to call Congress togethor. tho session will begin on tho first Monday after the November No-vember elections, which will bo Just hree weeks beforo the beginning of tho regular Beeslon in December. May Divide Southern Trip. In this connection it can bo said to be not unlikely, In view of tho prevalence of yellow fever In New Orleans, that the President may conclude to mako his trip through tho South In two sections, visiting tho Atlantic Coast States in October Octo-ber and Louisiana, Arkansas and perhaps per-haps TenneBseo on another trip to bo mado later. No definite arrangements to this end havo boon completed, but the matter is being consldcrod. Lodge Leaves for Home. Sonator Lodge of Massachusetts, who returned late yesterday afternoon from his European trip, and was a guest of tho President last night at Sagamore Hill, left today for New York, whenco he expected ex-pected to go directly to hlB homo at Na-hant, Na-hant, Mass. Being a member of tho Senato Committee Com-mittee on Foreign Relations, tho Sonator in his sojourn abroad manifested a natural nat-ural Interest in tho attltudo of European powers toward tho United States. Ho found overywhero In Great Britain and In Franco evidence of a particularly cordial feeling both In official circles and among tho people for America, and that President Presi-dent Roosevelt la held by Europeans In general In high rogard. The hope, Senator Lodge Haid, was expressed ex-pressed everywhere that tho negotiations Initiated by tho President for peace in the far East would bo successful, but ho noted that the feeling that ponce would bo tho outcomo of tho present conference-was conference-was not optimistic. Not Optimistic on Peace. "Whllo I hope most profoundly, not only In the Interest of tho two bclllgoront nations, na-tions, but also in tho lntorest of tho entire en-tire civilized world," said Sonator Lodgo, "that a treaty of peace may bo negotiated nego-tiated at Portsmouth, I really know nothing noth-ing of the situation. For a week I havo not read the newspapers, and In my conversation con-versation with the President wo touched on tho subjoct of the conference only incidontally and generally." President Roosevelt and his family attended at-tended morning services as usual today at Christ Episcopal church. He received no visitors during tho day. |
