Word: quorums
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Loudest of the gadflies is Blanton of Texas. His dearest concern is the government of the District of Columbia to which the House turns its attention on alternate Mondays. Mr. Blanton demands roll and quorum calls, makes booming points of order, inveighs lengthily on small grievances. He serves the purpose of keeping something from being "put over" (his pet phrase) on the House. He is now a lame gadfly, however, having run third to Mayfield and Connolly for the Senate. His departure after March will not be regretted by the general membership...
...long night of quorum calls and Arizona oratory changed the Senate's mind about not adjourning when the House had suggested. Senator Curtis bided his time until late Tuesday morning, when Senators begin longing for lunch. Then he put again the proposal on which the Senate had split 40-40 the day before. This time the Vice President got no chance to keep his minions at work. The Senators voted 46 to 35 that they had had enough...
...Nanking, nearby. Last week this group were preparing to hold, early in January, a plenary session of the Nationalist party congress?to concoct war plans. Since there was danger, however, that some of the minority delegates might slip away, thus making it impossible for the leaders to obtain a quorum, the military police of Nanking were instructed, last week, to detain forcibly any delegate who sought to leave the city...
...Baldwin Locomotive Works. They conferred with Chairman Thomas S. Gates and President Samuel M. Vauclain of Baldwin Locomotive and presented their credentials, voting stock proxies of the six Fisher Body brothers of Detroit.* They were told that not enough Baldwin Directors were in Philadelphia to make up a quorum. Mr. Bitting and Mr. Shields went to Manhattan to "enjoy the sights." Next day in Philadelphia Baldwin directors met, transacted routine business, noted that their locomotive and car business was not particularly good (railroads seem to have sufficient rolling stock), elected no new fellow directors. Their next meeting was scheduled...
...interested is the sale of locomotives." His friends could well picture how Mr. Vauclain's long, humorous upper lip drew down when he said that. He was obviously temporizing, playing a part, and he is skillful and prompt at playing parts when necessary. The overnight discovery of a quorum last week recalled Mr. Vauclain's tactics when, at the start of a rail strike, labor delegates visited the 25,000 non-union workers in his "little foundry." In 20 minutes he had jailed all the delegates...