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THE CHAIRMAN: Any further questions of the

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Committee Chairman?

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Delegate Hanson.

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DELEGATE HANSON: Chairman Boyer, you said one

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of the reasons for having a special tribunal was to remove

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the partisan atmosphere which might surround a trial in

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the Senate. In that line, how does one remove the political.

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connotations of the removal from office of the Governor?

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DELEGATE BOYER: We would certainly hope that

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if unfortunately a Governor should be so impetuous as

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being guilty of some violation, it wouldn't make any

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difference whether he be democrat or republican or

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vegetarian, that he would be tried on the merits of his

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case and not on the political party.

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DELEGATE HANSON: Is not removing a Governor

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from office an act of the greatest political magnitude,

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regardless of his party?

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DELEGATE BOYER: Yes. When I am talking about

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politics, I am talking about partisan politics.

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DELEGATE HANSON: Would you agree with me that

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there is a political connotation of the highest order in