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DELEGATE DORSEY: Mr. President, is there time
allotted to speak in favor of the amendment?
THE CHAIRMAN: I thought we had concluded de-
bate. There is no allotted time on this debate.
If you desire to speak again, you may.
DELEGATE DORSEY: How much time?
THE CHAIRMAN: Three minutes.
DELEGATE DORSEY: Very well.
Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen of this
Convention: Yesterday I thought that this Convention had
laid to rest the question of whether or not the comptroller
would remain in the Constitution, but it seems that the
leadership of this Convention is hell bent upon taking away
the rights of the people to have any voice in the election
of the officers of this State, a right which they have en-
joyed for the past century.
In the midst of debate yesterday, before the
I allotted time had expired, this Convention recessed in
order to bring about a compromise.
I say that the hope of the President of this
Convention is that they are writing a draft which will be