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DELEGATE L. TAYLOR: Mr. Chairman, this amend-
ment is an addition to the minority report. It is what
should be done to protect minority groups in the State of
Maryland.
Last week the Committee gave special consideration
and protection to bona fide farmers in the area of farm
assessments. My amendment is not directed to special
consideration or favoritism to a group, but to the elimina-
tion of discrimination against the economically deprived
citizen.
Economic favoritism toward a multitude of citi-
zens has been practiced in this country for a long time since
the founding fathers wrote the United States Constitution.
When Patrick Henry was attending the Constitutional Con-
vention for the State of Virginia, he was quite upset
about the fact that the economic interests were in control
at the Philadelphia Convention, and he made statements to
the effect that the United States Constitution was being
written for the advantage of certain economic interests.
Out of that particular incident, pressure was
brought for stment of the Bill of Rights, and we