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CONGRESS. (SPECIAL SESSION ORGANIZATION.) 



Fifty -third Congress. Special Session. 

 The Fifty-third Congress met in special session 

 Aug. 7, 1893, in obedience to the following call 

 from the President : 



EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, June SO, 1893. 

 Whereas, the distrust and apprehension concern- 

 ing the financial situation which pervade all business 

 circles have already caused great loss and damage to 

 our people and threaten to cripple our merchants, 

 stop the wheels of manufacture, bring distress and 

 privation to our farmers, and withhold from our work- 

 mffinen the wage of labor ; and 



Whereas, the present perilous condition is largely 

 the result of a financial policy which the executive 

 branch of the Government finds embodied in unwise 

 laws which must be executed until repealed by Con- 

 gress ; 



Now, therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President of 

 the United States, in performance of a constitutional 

 duty, do, by this proclamation, declare that an ex- 

 traordinary occasion requires the convening of both 

 Houses of the Congress of the United States, at the 

 Capitol, in the city of Washington, on the seventh day 

 of August next, at 12 o'clock, noon, to the end that 

 the people may be relieved through legislation from 

 present and impending danger and distress. 



All those entitled to act as members of the Fifty- 

 third Congress are required to take notice of this 

 proclamation, and attend at the time and place above 

 stated. 



Given under my hand and the seal ot 

 the United States, at the city of Washing- 

 ton, on the thirtieth day of June, in the 

 [L. S.] year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- 

 dred and ninety-three, and of the Inde- 

 pendence of the United States the one 

 hundred and seventeenth. 



GROVER CLEVELAND. 



The Congress was composed as follows : 



SENATE. 



Alabama. 



Indiana. 



1897. James L. Pugh, D. 1897. Daniel W. Voorhees, D. 

 1895. John T. Morgan, D. 1899. David Turpie, D. 



Arkansas. 



1897. James K. Jones, T). 

 1895. James H. Berry, D. 



Iowa. 



1897. William B. Allison, R. 

 1SU5. James F. Wilson, R. 



California. Kansas. 



.. George C. Perkins, R. 1S97. William A. Peffer, P. 



1899. Stephen W. White, D. 1S95. John Martin, D. 



Colorado. Kentucky. 



1897. Henry M. Teller. R. 1897. .T. C. 8. Blackburn, D. 



1S95. Edward O. Wolcott, R. 1895. William Lindsay, D. 



Connecticut. Louisiana. 



1897. Orville II. Platt R. 1897. Edward D. White, D. 



1899. Joseph li. llawley, R Donelson, Caffery, D. 



Delaware. 



1899. George Gray, D. 



1895. Anthony Iliggins, R. 1895. William P. Frye, R. 



Maine. 

 1S99. Eugene Hale, R. 



Florida. 



1897. Wilkinson Call, D. 

 1899. Samuel Pasco, D. 



Maryland. 



1897. Charles H. Gibson. D. 

 1899. Arthur P. Gorman, D. 



Massachusetts. 



Georgia. 



1S97. John B. Gordon, D. 1899. Henry C. Lodge. R. 



1895. Alfred H. Colquitt, D. 1895. George F. Hoar, R. 



Idaho. Michigan. 



1897. Frederick T. Dubois. R. 1899. F. B. Stockbridjre, R. 



1S95. George L. Shoup, R. 1895. James McMillan, R. 



Illinois. Minnesota. 



1897. John M. Palmer, D. 1899. Cnshman K. Davis. R. 



1S95. Shelby M. Culbm, R. 1895. Wm. D. Washburu, R. 



1899 James Z. George, D. 

 1895. K C. Walthall, D. 



1897. J. D. Cameron. R. 

 1899. Matthew S. Quay, R. 



Missouri. Khode Island. 



1S97. George G. Vest, D. 1899. Nelson W. Aldrich. R. 



1899. Francis M. Cockrell, D. 1895. Nathan F. Dixon, R. 



Montana. South Carolina. 



.... Lee Mantle. R. 1897. John L. M. Irby, D. 



1895. Thomas C. Power, R. 1895. Matthew C. Butler, D. 



Nebraska. 



South Dakota. 



1899. Wm. Vincent Allen, P. 1895. R. F. Pettigrew, R. 



1895. C. F. Manderson, R. 1897. James H. Kyle, P. 



Nevada. Tennessee. 



1897. John P. Jones, R. 1899. William B. Bates, D. 



1899. William M. Stewart, R. 1895. Isham G. Harris, D. 



Neno Hampshire. Texas. 



1897. Jacob H. Gallinger, R. 1899. Roger Q. Mills, D. 



1895. Wm. E. Chandler, R. 1895. Richard Coke, D. 



Vermont. 

 1897. Justin 8. Morrill, R. 



New Jersey. 



1899. James Smith, Jr., D. 

 1895. John R. McPherson, D. 1899. Redfleld Proctor, R. 



New York. Virginia. 



1897. David B. Hill. D. 1899. John W. Daniel, D. 

 1899. Edward Murphy, Jr., D E. P. Hunton, D. 



North Carolina. 

 1897. Zebulon B. Vance, D. 

 1895. Matt W. Ransom, D. 



Washington. 

 .... John B. Allen. R. 

 1897. Watson C. Squire, R. 



North Dakota. West Virginia. 



1897. H. C. Hansbrough, R. 1899. Charles J. Faulkner. I). 

 1899. Wm.Nathaniel Roach,D. 1895. Johnson N. Camden, I). 



Ohio. 



1897. Calvin 8. Brice, D. 

 1899. John Sherman, R. 



Wisconsin. 



1897. William F. Vilas, D. 

 1S99. John L. Mitchell. D. 



Oregon. Wyoming. 



1897. John H. Mitchell, R. 1895. Joseph M. Carey. R. 

 1895. Joseph N. Dolph, R A. C. Beckwith, D. 



After the Legislatures of Montana, Washing- 

 ton, and Wyoming had adjourned without elect- 

 ing Senators for the six years beginning March 

 4, 1893, Gov. Rickards, of Montana, appointed 

 Lee Mantle, a Republican, to succeed Senator 

 Sanders ; Gov. McGraw, of Washington, ap- 

 pointed John B. Allen, a Republican, to succeed 

 himself; and Gov. Osborne, of Wyoming, ap- 

 pointed A. C. Beckwith, a Democrat, to succeed 

 Senator Warren. 



On Aug. 23, 1893, the Senate decided that 

 when a State legislature has the opportunity to 

 elect and fails to elect, an appointment by a 

 governor is void. So there were three vacancies 

 in the Senate. 



HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 



Alabama. 

 Richard H. Clarke, D. John H. Bankhead, D. 



William H. Denson, D. 

 Joseph Wheeler, D. 

 Louis W. Turpin, D. 



Jesse F. Stalliiigs, D. 

 William C. Gates. D. 

 Gaston A. Robbins, D. 

 James E. Cobb, D. 



Arkansas. 



P. D. McCnlloch, Jr., D. William L. Terry, D. 



Clifton R. Breckinrirtge, D. Hugh A. Dinsniore, D. 

 Thomas C. McKae, D. Robert Neill, D. 



Thomas J. Geary, D. 

 Anthonv Caminetti, D. 

 Samuel G. Hilborn, R. 

 James G. Maguire, D. 



Lafe Pence, P. 



California. 



Eugene F. Loud, R. 

 Marion Cannon, D. 

 William W. Bowers, R. 



Colorado. 



John C. Bell, P. 



