concertment

The situation was saved by the action of a number of Democrats who got together and obtained a recess; when the recess was ended, a final ballot was taken, and, since no candidate had enough votes to elect him, the presiding officer, by pre-concertment, declared the joint assembly adjourned sine die, by operation of law.

Under the Prophet in Utah; the National Menace of a Political Priestcraft Frank Jenne Cannon 1902