The popular opinion is that it is a calm and deliberative body.
"Memoirs of Orange Jacobs"
Orange Jacobs
This is true as a general rule; but there are times, and they are not infrequent, when the House is anything else than a sedate and deliberative body of men.
"Memoirs of Orange Jacobs"
Orange Jacobs
In the deliberative sessions, which were held in Faneuil Hall, the Old South Meeting House, and other places, the first session being opened by an address by Secretary of State John Hay, the following topics, among others, were discussed: the work and influence of the Hague Tribunal; the reduction of the armaments of the nations; education and the peace sentiment.
"History of the United States, Volume 6 (of 6)"
E. Benjamin Andrews