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Show - TIME SAVING DEVICE FOR RECORDING VOTE WASHINGTON.- March II. Ttiat erred Institution, tha ronatltutlon of tha r tilled Slate's, muit eiva way to the Amefli-an characterlatle of hurry and ahoru-ut. and tha latoat demand for th amendment of this venerable document la becaua of the Invention of a wat rner. Recentlv the aerrtary of a wat-ern wat-ern conitrfeaman aulHiiltted to Elliott Wonda. aupffrlntendent of tha ranliot bulldinc and around, an Hi vent ion whby th ava and nav vote of ttta houtt rotiid b tnpM'hanloally recordd la one minute thereby Mtvina; thirty-four minute' time f that hodv on every roll call. Tlpn dfvlc la underatood to he rtadv for lnatallation In th hmia. and tta Inventor waa cimfldent of It acceptance accept-ance dti line th coming; eeaeton. It now uppeitra that the ronalHtitlnn orovldc that Ih yeas and nava rfrred io nv in constitution sre interpreit to mean spoken words, and hefor the westerner's west-erner's Invention could ba sccepted that rove red Instrument must 5 amended. It takes thlrtv-five minutes tn call the roll In th houae and this Is done on an average of twtc a day. The adoption of the westerner's Invention would aav more than an entire legislative day out of every week, and members who have had the device explained to them ara of the opinion that it or something Ilka It should ba Installed to save thia valuable time. |