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Government have worked diligently and long hours to
give power to the counties, realizing that a situation
such as this would arise after the 1970 census. I urge
members of this committee to defeat this amendment. It
will not solve the problem of the counties. We have
solved it in the Local Government Committee. (Applause.)
THE CHAIRMAN: Any other delegate desire to
speak in favor of the amendment?
Delegate Weidemeyer.
DELEGATE WEIDEMEYER: Mr. President and
members of the Convention:
The matter of local government may be contro-
versial, too, before it is all over, so if we are going
to follow controversy after controversy, I would wonder
who in the State is going to be for this Constitution.
I did say before and I say again, we would be
making a mistake to at this time cut down by this Constitu-
tion the number of men in the legislature.
There is another practical aspect some of you
have not thought about. Right after we leave here, 142
men are coming back into this legislature in this very |
