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be 192; in 1980, 227; 1990 or 2000 undoubtedly
you would parallel the Congress of the United States
at 435.
He has also made the unfortunate confusion of
mixing up the fixing of the number of the members of the
House and the Senate with the process of apportionment.
That matter has not as yet been reported upon by the Legis-
lative Committee, but I described it yesterday to Delegate
Adkins, and the legislature will have the job of drawing
the districts itself within certain confines. That is,
compact and contiguous and other general confines. So we
are not redistricting or reapportioning anybody in
or out of this legislature as a result of fixing the number.
The question is simply this: Is there some
number which this Constitutional Convention feels pro-
vides the ideal way to operate the General Assembly of
Maryland; and I suggest there is such a number. We may
not have it at 105 and 35, but I submit to you that we
are in a far better position here to decide what the
ideal balance may be between efficiency in government and
representation in government. |
