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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Senate passed the treaty with but one opposing vote, that of Senator John J. Elaine, Progressive Republican of Wisconsin. Two days later he was soundly rebuked by the Wisconsin legislature." This last statement is false. The Wisconsin Legislature did nothing of the kind. True, a resolution was introduced in the Wisconsin Senate to that effect. But reference to pages 193-194 of the Senate journal, herewith enclosed, will show that when the resolution came up for consideration, it was killed by a unanimous vote, including the vote of the Senator who introduced the resolution...
...Constitution is to be reconciled with the instrument as a whole. The word "adjourn" appears several times in the text. Less than a quorum "may adjourn from day to day." Neither House shall without the consent of the other "adjourn for more than three days." "Every Order, Resolution, or Vote to which the concurrence of the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary (except on a question of Adjournment) shall be presented to the President....." In case the Houses disagree "with Respect to the Time of Adjournment" the President "may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think...
...Sumner agreed with this interpretation. In the debate on the proposal Senator Bayard declared: "The very object of the clause looks to the fact that the bill should be returned during the session of the House in which it originated." The Senate passed Senator Edmunds' bill, 29:11. The vote means just this: 29 Senators believed that any adjournment sine die would give occasion for a "pocket veto", while 11 held that any interruption of more than 10 days would suffice. No one seems to have dreamed of suggesting that the "pocket veto" was restricted to the close...
Robert's letter was selected as the most original by the unanimous vote of the committee of judges, numbering among its members men prominent in the New England automobile industry, and he was mailed the prize, a check...
...elected Cape Province M. P.s. In the Senate the Smuts party reigns supreme, holding 25 seats out of 40. Thus the House and Senate negate each other on almost every important bill, and showdowns must be constantly had under the Constitutional provision that both chambers shall sit, fight, and vote jointly when unable to come to an agreement as separate bodies. The bill which Prime Minister Hertzog was trying to jam through last week, contained an especially neat little joker which would have given the never-yet-enfranchised Negroes outside of Cape Province the right to elect three Senators...