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1 see no great magic in continuing the present number.
1 see great value in not discombobulating the other parts
of the Constitution in order to continue the present number
which was arrived at by happenstance and under the court
gun. I suggest we vote against this amendment.
THE CHAIRMAN: Does any delegate desire to speak
in favor of the amendment?
Delegate Kiefer.
DELEGATE KIEFER: Mr. President, I hesitate
as a delegate from that small county known as Baltimore County
to get involved in this kind of an argument. There are
several things that occur to me to be important:
One, I sense a distinct state of unhappiness
on the part of those people from small rural areas.
I frankly have sympathy for them because we are making
a constitution for the entire State of Maryland.
I also note that the figure of 105 delegates
and 55 senators was a compromise suggestion arrived at
after serious hard debate. However, I have also heard the
statement made by the Chairman of the Committee on several
occasions that the legislature during the last session |
