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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Henderson.

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DELEGATE HENDERSON: I am opposed to this

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amendment and I sincerely hope it will be defeated.

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It provides that a case can be removed as a matter of

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right, and all that it allows the legislature or the court

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to do is to fix the time within which the trial can be

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held.

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Now that opens all of the abuses, it seems to

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me, which presently exist in this field, namely, that

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people who should only have a right to removal upon a

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showing of cause, that he cannot have a fair and impartial

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trial, this makes the removal mandatory merely by filing

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of a piece of paper, and I think it is open to all the

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objections that have been pointed out in such detail at

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a previous debate. I hope that this will be defeated.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Any further discussion?

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Delegate Mason.

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DELEGATE MASON: Mr. Chairman, I would like

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to ask Delegate Weidemeyer a question.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Weidemeyer doesn't have

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the floor just now. Delegate Macdonald, do you desire to