Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1896 — "Out of Order.” [ARTICLE]

"Out of Order.”

At a club meeting where the members, though old men, wrangled like so many schoolboys, this scene occurred, and the Louisville Commercial reports it: A feeble old man, whose yeilow complexion indicated liver troubles, offered a resolution. His opponent got up aud excitedly exclaimed: “Air. Chairman, Mr. Chairman, the gentleman is out of order, and therefore cannot offer the resolution!” The old man replied in .an equally excited manner: “Mr. Chairman, the gentleman is right. I am out of order. The doctor told me this morning that my liver was all out of order. But, Mr. Chairman, I should like to see the clause in the constitution which says that if a man is sick he cannot present a resolution.” The old fellow is still wondering why his hearers laughed.