Word: motion
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...business, put it at mercy of speaker. (3) Method of obtaining from the Committee on Rules a day for considering a measure, enables Speaker to kill it. (a) As chairman of that committee he may neglect to call a meeting. (4) He can refuse without appeal to entertain any motion as dilatory. (Carlisle, No. Am. Rev., 150, 395.) D. Powers of Speaker are out of accord with ideas held by framers of Constitution. (1) Their idea of speaker was a modera or. Carlisle, No. Am. Rev. 150: 391. E In allowing the Speaker such powers as enumeratep, the House...
...meeting of the Democratic Club held in Sever 5 last night, a motion was unanimously passed ratifying the Democratic ticket and platform adopted at Indianapolis. It was then decided to hold a mass meeting of sound money Democrats to ratify the ticket and platform adopted at Indianapolis and to repudiate the Chicago ticket and platform, at some date to be decided by the executive committee...
...best speeches of the evening, seconded the nomination of Bayard, and F. Dobyns '98, of Ohio, nominated Russell. The voting was then done by states. The ballot resulted as follows: Bayard, 40; Russell, 42; Carlisle, 42. The second and final ballot resulted as follows: Russell, 107; Carlisle, 17. A motion to make Russell's nomination unanimous was lost...
...very interesting plants are the sensitive plant and the telegraph plant. The former has very fine leaves which if touched by the hand will immediately fold themselves up and draw away from the disturber. The latter has very fine leaves which in very warm weather keep up a continual motion which seems like the motion of a telegraph sounder...
...motion to add the three mile run to the list of events for the annual championship games was lost...