Precedents: Decisions on Points of Order With Phraseology in the United States Senate; From the First Congress to End of the Sixtieth Congress, 1789-1909 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Precedents: Decisions on Points of Order With Phraseology in the United States Senate; From the First Congress to End of the Sixtieth Congress, 1789-1909

In order that the volume might be the more serviceable, condensa tion has seemed necessary. To this end all of the rulings of like character are not included, but only a sufficient number to indicate or verify the practice; and, for a like reason, the citations in some instances may be found so abridged as to seem inadequate. Much care has been taken, however, that, while thus using only the pith and marrow, there should be accurately given such references to the journals and reports of proceedings that the fuller statement may be readily obtained, and that, While keeping availability in view, lucid ity and exactness should not be sacrificed. In the more important cases it will be found there has been incorporated a sufficient amount of the literal text of the journals, reports, and records of debates to clearly indicate the occasion, and to outline the proceedings leading up to the particular ruling of the chair, or the decision of the Senate.

Thus all rulings of importance by the presiding officers of the Sen ate that have been affirmed, or reversed by the Senate on appeal, making them thereby the precedents of the Senate itself, and all decisions of the Senate directly made upon questions of order sub milted to it, are incorporated. Many direct rulings of presiding officers that were not objected to or questioned at the time, and which, from this fact may be said to have the acquiescence of the Senate, are also included.

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