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scandalize this Constitution,

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Mr. Chairman, Members of this Convention, when

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I left the fourth district of Baltimore City, I promised

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that I would not forget from whence I had come , and I

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haven't, but if I were to listen a few minutes it would

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appear one of my cohorts has the hand of Jacob but has the

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voice of Aesop. When he gets back home he will wonder

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what happened to him.

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Fellow Delegates, a lot of things have happened

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in this Convention. It seems that a lot of people in

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Maryland do not trust our judgment. We voted for the

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single member districts, but it would appear that those who

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hope to save the destiny of this Convention are going to

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great lengths to convince us that we must move backward,

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retreat from this position.

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Mr. Chairman, maybe this gets into the area of

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personal privilege, but at this time some of the Delegates

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of this Convention are being pressured. They are being

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told that if you do not switch your vote from the single

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member district to the multi-member district that then we

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shall withdraw our vote for economic opportunity.