William Jennings Bryan,
The First Battle — Counting a Quorum
(1896)
“ According to the rule which has been in vogue a hundred years, the minority has the safeguard which is expressly secured in the constitutions of a majority of the States; according to the old rule the minority, by refusing to vote, can compel the concurrence of a majority before a law is passed. ”
William Jennings Bryan,
The First Battle — Counting a Quorum
(1896)
“ The question upon which we are called to act is one of a great deal more importance than some members seem to think, and the objection which is made to the rule by some of us, who have not been able to favor it, is based upon reasons far more weighty than gentlemen have assumed. ”
