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President, and my fellow delegates, I did it not to delay

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this Convention. All I wanted as my right as a Delegate

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here is to be given the last consideration on a vote. We

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are not voting for or against lottery. We are voting for

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the principle of whether or not this provision should be in

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this Constitution. And as the votes were taken yesterday,

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today, and many other days, I have seen delegates change

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their mind. Don't let anyone scare you or threaten you with

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the old bugaboos.

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I guess I, like anyone else, get emotional on some

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issues as others have shown. I guess you can't help your-

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self, but I ask the delegates here in all fairness and with

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your good judgment and wisdom--and I see here in this

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assembly at this Convention, Mr. President, some of the besl

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minds of this State and of this nation.

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I cherish that I am a delegate at this Con-

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vention, and I was willing to go out and sell this Con-

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vention whether or not I got my lottery bill, and I will

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still do it regardless of the outcome of this vote, but we

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all sneak of fairness. Don't become mesmerized any longer.

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Please vote your conscience.