Word: numbers
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Unfortunately in some cases the House has been considered a sort of kindergarten to the Senate. Many men have been members of the House just to wait for the time when they should become senators, but most of these have been disappointed. Yet a number of the most eminent men in the history of the country say service in the House, among whom we might mention the four Presidents, Madison, Polk, Garfield, and McKinley...
...House were a small body as it used to be, or as the Senate is, there would be time for everybody to be heard and to present all bills that they wished. But there are such a number of bills at this present time, that it has been necessary to make rules giving preference to certain classes of bills; and a Committee on rules is appointed with power to designate the privileged measures. The Speaker of the House is compelled to recognize any man who tries to pass a privileged bill, except on two days of each month, called days...
...annual concert of the Pierian Sodality will be given on April 14 in Sanders Theatre. It will consist of a program of antique music, of which one number is to receive its first pubic performance anywhere. It was only recently discovered and is thought to be the work of Johann Christian Bach, one of the lesser-known sons of Johann Sebastian Bach. The rest of the program will include Mozart's "Symphony in G minor," Handel's "Ninth Concerto" for strings, and other numbers to be announced later...
...lager defects in ventilation and room, there are many smaller ones which are just as objectionable. Apparently the mats are seldom if ever cleaned, for they are usually covered with dust. The shower baths have long ago outgrown their usefulness, and are absolutely inadequate when there are any number of men wishing to use them. In the bottoms of many of the lockers the dust of ages has accumulated. Many of the machines for pulling weights are out of order, there are not enough mats to go around, the dressing rooms are usually uncomfortably overheated, and there are countless other...
...delegate to the national Republican conventions of 1888 and 1900. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for three years, and was elected to the national House, from the eighth district in 1893. He has served continuously since that time, and has been for a number of years a member of the committee on ways and means, which is one of the most important in the House of Representatives. He was also chairman of the committee on library and art during the last session...