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were supposed to want it. Then there was some maneuvering and Tim came to me, saying, “You see, now they're taking the lieutenant governor out for a consultation with the governor.”

I said, “Well, yes, but the lieutenant governor doesn't always preside.” This was very near the end of the session, a few hours only.

“Yes,” he said, “do you know who the chairman of the Rules Committee is?”

I said, “Wagner. That's fine.”

“He's the presiding officer when the lieutenant governor's out of the chamber. You'll have to have a special rule to get reconsideration. Wagner's the chairman of the Rules Committee and you'll have to have a rule. He's now temporary president of the Senate so he can't call the Rules Committee together to pass a rule to give reconsideration. He smiled at me convincingly and said, “That's the plan.”

“Oh,” I said, “Mr. Sullivan” I saw the plot and was astonished at the guile.

“Well,” he said, “me sister was a poor girl and she went out to work when she was young. I feel kinda sorry for them poor girls that work the way you say they work. I'd like to do them a good turn. I'd like to do you a good turn. You don't know much about this parliamentary stuff, do you?”