Show newspaperman SAVES legislature from commuting Commit ing blunder which would have caused solons some trouble to rectify the power of the press with representative A F philips flips of the tribune the hero of the sion was demonstrated in the house of representatives byan by an incident I 1 hurs day morning but tor for which the house stood adjourned sine me die with several days business yet unfinished it happened like this the p psychological moment had arrived it was 11 55 only five minutes remained in which the noire bou e could legally transact the vast volume of if business yet staring it in the face III n the I idt of the consi consideration of the fish and g kama me bill one of the membris made a motion that the sergeant at arms be instructed to top the clock so that that timepiece might not tick off the la strive minutes of the allotted time tor for several das yet the motion was seconded and put by the speaker no one seemed to graba its import the motion carried by viva voce vote and the over vigilant officer of the house wab nab about to carry out the instructions instruction of the house when nhen representative philips the dean of the third house irose in his place and informed the speaker that unde parliamentary usa usage ge adopted in the national congress no motion to stop a d clock by the house was permitted that if such action were nere permuted permit ed tu to occur it wa was s supposed to be without th the e knoAl knowledge edge or connivance of the house as such and that the passing of a motion such as that just put had the effect of terminating the bittance eit exiR tance of the eighth session cession of the legislature speaker robinson who had jus just outs told the members to sneak nf ak out without v his seeing them called them back to their citi and presenting the ease case as set forth by representative philips asked the plea iUie bule of the aliouse louse kepi f r borati e thomp thompson on WB wa jonny jenny on the spot and made a aro tion to expunge from the re record rd the motion to stop the clock tl tle the e III motion often earned carried unanimously and the johnal of the six ali div will t 1011 it tain no reference to tho ohp incident by which the life of the house was nearly brought to a premature end de ert eret news |