Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1905 — NO EXTRA SESSION. [ARTICLE]

NO EXTRA SESSION.

Rejoicing In the Hank* of Railroad and Trust Magnate*. The railroad and trust magnates appear to have enough Influence to prevent an extraordinary session of the Fifty-ninth congress. The Star, published at the national capital, usually well Informed on the purposes of the administration, announces that no extra session will be called; that Speaker Cannon and other Republican leaders In congress have persuaded President Roosevelt that a special session would result In tariff discussion and Injure the Republican party In the congressional campaign next year. This procrastinating indicates that the legislation that will be enacted by the next congress against the railroads or trusts will be so devised as to help the people as little as possible and do the corporations no serious damage. This coming down from the strenuous policy promised by the administration a few weeks ago Is certainly extraordinary, to say the least. With the well known methods of delay that congress, especially the senate, knows so well how to employ the prospect of any legislation that will help the people la much further removed by the lack of the extra time that an extraordinary session would have given.