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on the other side of the room, he assured me he is going

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to support me for what I think is the third time since

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September 12. I rise with that kind of backing.

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Also Delegate Scanlan, my other seat mate on

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my right, has alluded to George Norris. I can't help

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but remember the story they told comparing George Norris

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to Senator Borah. They said Borah, unlike Norris,

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fought his enemies until he saw the whites of their eyes.

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Norris didn't begin his fight until he did see the whites

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of their eyes.

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Being that close to Delegate Scanlan, I have

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to rise to oppose his position. I think three reasons

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all have been made but I would like to remake them.

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One, it gives people opportunity to participate

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as a part of the government, as individuals, not through

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a representative process. I think Dr. Winslow's argument

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about legislative reapportionment having come to this

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state forty years ago is a very compelling one.

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I think there is another one. This may strike

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closer to home. I think a great many things we are going

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to write into this Constitution that are going to be