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Convention.
THE CHAIRMAN: Any further discussion? Delegate
Wheatley.
DELEGATE WHEATLEY: Point of parliamentary
inquiry, Mr. Chairman.
THE CHAIRMAN: You may proceed.
DELEGATE WHEATLEY: Is it the ruling of the
Chair that this matter has been dealt with in another
amendment or does he rule this is a different amendment?
THE CHAIRMAN: The Chair would rule this is
not the same amendment. It is related but not the same
amendment and is therefore proper.
DELEGATE WHEATLEY: In that case, I would like
to speak against the amendment.
THE CHAIRMAN: You may proceed.
DELEGATE WHEATLEY: For the same reasons stated,
I think it is incumbent upon us not to be vague and when
it comes to the important matter of who shall appoint
the officers of the militia, I think it is the prerogative
of the commander-in-chief to exercise authority and
leadership and therefore by striking out these words, |