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There is a serious danger in reducing the scope
of participation by the people in their government.
Our actions here at the Convention should reflect our
deep concern for those responsible for our being here.
When we take away the privilege of voting for a high officei
like that of attorney general, we are destroying the right
of the people.
!
This is a very important issue to the taxpaying
voters of Maryland. I strongly feel the interest of the
present and" future generations of Marylanders will be better
served by a constitutionally elected attorney general.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Mason.
DELEGATE MASON: Mr. Chairman, I yield two
minutes to Delegate Sybert.
DELEGATE SYBERT: Mr. Chairman, Fellow Delegates;
I had the honor and the pleasure of serving six
years as Attorney General of Maryland. I feel that
some of the speakers here today have misconceived the func-
tion of the Attorney General. The Attorney General is not
the lawyer for the governor or for the departments of
State government, or the legislature, as such.