 | 1863 - 484 pages
...wantonness of power is but too often ipt to suggest to large and successful majorities. 2 Hats., 171, 172. more material that there should be a rule to go by,...proceeding in business, not subject to the caprice of the Speaker, or captiousness of the members. It is very material that order, decency, and regularity, be... | |
 | New York (State). Secretary's Office - 1864 - 574 pages
...to large and successful majorities.— 2 /Tate., 171, 172. should be a rale to go by, than what the rule is ; that there may be a uniformity of proceeding in business, not subject to the caprice of the Speaker, or captiousness of the members. It is very material that order, decency and regularity be... | |
 | John W. Simons - 1869 - 340 pages
...legislatures. " The dictum of HATSELL — the best English authority on precedents extant — that ' it is much more material that there should be a rule to go by, than what that rule is,' is a sound principle, and applies as well to the government of a Masonic Lodge as to the House of Commons... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1867 - 204 pages
...power is but too often apt to suggest to large and successful majorities. — 2 Hats. 171, 172. And whether these forms be in all cases the most rational...there may be a uniformity of proceeding in business, Jiot subject to the caprice of the Speaker, or "cautiousness of the members. It is very material",... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - 1867 - 506 pages
...wantonness of power is but too often apt to suggest to large and successful majorities. 2 Hats., ni, 172. more material that there should be a rule to go by,...proceeding in business, not subject to the caprice of the Speaker, or captiousness of the members. It is very material that order, decency, and regularity, be... | |
 | United States. Congress, United States - 1867 - 478 pages
...wantonness of power is but too often apt to suggest to large and successful majorities. 2 Hats., 171,172. more material that there should be a rule to go by,...proceeding in business, not subject to the caprice of the Speaker, or captiousness of the members. It is very material that order, decency, and regularity, be... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - 1868 - 554 pages
...wantonness of power is but too often apt to suggest to large and successful majorities. 2 Hats., 171, 172. more material that there should be a rule to go by,...proceeding in business, not subject to the caprice of the Speaker, or captiousness of the members. It is very material that order, decency, and regularity, be... | |
 | William Pittenger - 1868 - 240 pages
...been growing up for years, now covers (199) almost every possible point. An eminent authority says : "It is much more material that there should be a rule to go by than what that rule is, for then the standard cannot be changed to suit the caprice or interest of the chairman, or more active... | |
 | 1869 - 302 pages
...power is but too often apt to suggest to large and successful majorities. — 2 Hat.. 171,172. And whether these forms be in all cases the most rational...that . there should be a rule to go by, than what the rule is ; that there may be a uniformity of proceeding in business, not subject to the caprice... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1840 - 204 pages
...power is but too often apt to suggest to large and successful majorities. — 2 Hats. 171, 1Y2 And whether these forms be in all cases the most rational...material that there should be a rule to go by, than what'that rule is ; that there may be a uniformity of proceeding in business, not subject to the caprice... | |
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And whether these forms be in all cases the most rational or not, is really not of so great importance. It is much more material that there should be a rule to go by, than what that rule is; that there may be a uniformity of proceeding in business not... 
