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Constitution, Wherever our influence may extend and turn

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our future thoughts and endeavors to the means of having

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it well administered. "

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"On the whole, sir, I cannot help expressing

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the wish at this time that every member of the Convention

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that may still have objections to it would with me on this

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occasion doubt a little of our own infallibility and to

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make manifest our unanimity and when the time comes put

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his name on this instrument. Thank you.

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THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Bothe.

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DELEGATE BOTHE: Mr. President and Fellow

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Delegates, I rise briefly now as I did just a few weeks ago

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at great length to join with other proponents of what could

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have been and should be the most fundamental new provision

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in the new Maryland Constitution which we could have added

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but which divisiveness from outside of this Body has taken

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from the Constitution.

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My personal concern with the inclusion of this

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provision arises out of the my deep concern for the Con-

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stitution itself. I have been a member of the Constitutional

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Convention Committee and for the past three years I have been