Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1914 — DOES NOT WANT EXTRA SESSION [ARTICLE]

DOES NOT WANT EXTRA SESSION

President Has No Intention of Calling Special Meeting to Precede Regular One. WILL CONFER WITH LEADERS Expects Conditions to Improve In the South—Thinks All That Can Be Done Is Now Being Accomplished. Washington, Oct. 27. —President Wilson has no intention at this time of calling a special session of congress to precede the regular one in December, it was stated at the White House. He will consult with senate and house leaders directly after the November elections and his plans will he based on their advice.

The president recognizes that not all the important measures now pending in congress, including the Jones Philippine bill, the conservation measures, the seamens bill, the ship purchase bill and others, cau be takeh up at the regular session, which concludes its labors on March 4 next.

For this reason, a selection from the bills will have to be made and only the most important will be taken up. Attitude Unchanged. » * The president states that he had nd't changed his attitude relating to the ship purchase bill, but that it might be pushed out of the way at the short session.

Optimism still is maintained by the president regarding the cotton situation. He said he was certain condition would improve steadily iu the South, and that all that can be done for the relief of the cotton growers is being done. He did not indicate that he believed further legislation would be required. Cotton Noncontraband.

Cotton heads the list of noncontraband articles, President Wilson said, and for that reason probably will be admitted to all the belligerent nations. Reports have come to the administration that Great Britain will not place any obstacle in the way of cotton going to Germany. The president, however, .said he had not heard officially i>r this declaration by Great Britain. He made it plain ttial he did not think there was lacking in the South, but that*The great trouble was in finding the exact basis of the security on which to lend it, and as soon as a stable price is fixed for cotton, money will be available in large quantities.

Washington, Oct. 27.—Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the British ambassador, officially notified Acting Secretary ol State Lansing that Great Britain has no intention of placing cotton on the contraband list and that American shipments of cotton to Germany or Austria will- not be interfered with. On receipt of the information that Great Britain would not detain Ameri can shipments of cotton, Acting Secretary Lansing notified a number of big cotton shippers in this country that they might go ahead with their preparations for sending cotton abroad without fear of seizure.