Word: adjourns
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Curtis got the floor. He moved to adjourn sine die. Senator Trammell demanded a 'quorum. Mr. Curtis said a quorum was not necessary. Senator Bingham, who was in the chair, put the motion. There was a loud chorus...
...himself observed, "no gentleman weighs more than 200 pounds") overrode the rules and counted silent Democrats, declared a quorum present, although the Democrats refused to answer to the roll call. One day, when the Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, William McKinley, was supposed to move adjournment at a certain hour, but had not appeared on the floor, Mr. Reed pounded with his gavel and announced: "The gentleman from Ohio moves that the House do now adjourn"; and then, leaning over the rostrum, called in a stage whisper to the clerk: "Where in thunder is the gentleman from Ohio...
Hence the first meeting was a surprise to Mr. Fradd. It was not necessary to adjourn to a larger hall. No milling herd of flesh waited to be divided into sections. No, they were easily taken care of all three of them...
...Butler '28 and A. F. Reel '28, against T. H. Elliot '28 and Chandler Robbins '28. The prepared speakers will be limited to five minutes each, and speakers from the floor will be allowed three minutes apiece. The meeting is open to all Freshmen and will adjourn promptly at 8 o'clock...
Parliament returned to the Palace of Westminter to pass a bill to enable the Government to appoint a commissioner for Northern Ireland on the Irish Boundary Commission (TIME, Sept. 29). Parliament will adjourn after this business has been settled and will meet again...