[39] The twenty-nine Standing Committees of the Senate are, however, chosen by ballot, not appointed by the Vice-President, who is an appendage, not a member, of the Senate.
[40] In the Birmingham Town Hall, November 3, 1882. I quote from the report of the London Times.
[41] "No Senator shall speak more than twice, in any one debate, on the same day, without leave of the Senate."—Senate Rule 4.
[42] These quotations from Bagehot are taken from various parts of the fifth chapter of his English Constitution.
[43] These are the words of Lord Rosebery—testimony from the oldest and most celebrated second chamber that exists.
[44] There seems to have been at one time a tendency towards a better practice. In 1813 the Senate sought to revive the early custom, in accordance with which the President delivered his messages in person, by requesting the attendance of the President to consult upon foreign affairs; but Mr. Madison declined.
[45] North American Review, vol. 108, p. 625.
[46] English Constitution, chap, viii., p. 293.
[47] Atlantic Monthly, vol. xxv., p. 148.
[48] Something like this has been actually proposed by Mr. Albert Stickney, in his interesting and incisive essay, A True Republic.