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THE CHAIRMAN: You have half a
minute, Delegate Mudd.
DELEGATE MUDD: It is my informa-
tion that all is necessary within that au-
gust body, which has here been described
as a club — a gentleman's club, if you please
— is for a Senator to get up and say, I find
the nominee personally unacceptable; and
he is vetoed. I therefore respectfully sug-
gest that this amendment be defeated.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Mudd.
. DELEGATE MALKUS: Mr. Chairman,
I want General Mudd to explain what he
means when he calls the Senate of Mary-
land a gentleman's club. He said that with
some sort of sarcasm in his voice, and now
we are getting ready to go out to see. Now,
General, what do you mean by gentleman's
club?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Malkus, if
you are addressing a question to Delegate
Mudd, I will recognize you to do so in a
moment. His time has now expired.
Delegate Della, do you desire to speak
in favor or opposition to the amendment?
DELEGATE DELLA: I was asking- the
Chairman of the Committee a question. I
think he made a statement there that was
not entirely correct.
THE CHAIRMAN: I will give you the
opportunity to ask him a question as soon
as we find out if anybody else wants to
discuss. Delegate Johnson.
DELEGATE JOHNSON: Mr. Chairman,
and ladies and gentlemen, I deem it advis-
able, right and proper to set the record
straight once again. You have heard the
comment from Delegate Gleason, and from
Delegate Mudd with respect to the views
of the minority of the Committee.
Let me reiterate that our Committee
did not debate any time or any place any
alternative plan. Now, I do not mean to
say that the members of the majority are
not sold on the Niles plan. They are. They
believe in it. It was just unnecessary to
make a debate. We took the sense of the
Committee, and we disposed of every other
proposal pertaining to an alternative plan.
Now, the minority believes that our pro-
posal was the best possible alternative.
That does not mean that we will not sup-
port some other alternative.
I would love to believe that nominating
commissions will work throughout this
State. I know I will sleep a lot better at
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night and in the many years to come if I
believe that.
I do not believe that. Every time I think
about it, I think of some other problems
that are going to crop up besides all the
ones that were mentioned.
Do you think that for a minute, when
the governor, if it is a Republican gover-
nor in the next two years, has an oppor-
tunity to appoint all the laymen to the com-
mission, do you think for one moment that
he is going to appoint people outside of his
party? Is there any possibility that he is
going to do that? Of course he is not. And
this situation is going to go on and on and
on; and I say that you are creating more
politics with the nominating commission,
and Delegate Gleason's proposition is a
good one. It provides for the nominating
commissions by way of a recommendation
and also provides for appointment by the
governor, with the concept of the Senate.
This was a proposal that was not con-
sidered or debated by our Committee, and
I submit that any proposal, almost any pro-
posal is better than this nominating com-
mission setup, and I am going to support
this amendment.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Mudd, do
you yield to a question from Delegate
Malkus?
DELEGATE MUDD: Yes, Mr. Chair-
man.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Malkus,
state your question.
DELEGATE MALKUS: My question,
Mr. President, is this: What does General
Mudd mean by —
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Malkus, the
proper appellation is Delegate Mudd.
DELEGATE MALKUS: Mr. President,
accept my amendment to my statement. I
feel that way in my heart and you, sir,
cannot even deny me that feeling, because
it is a kind of a show of power here; but
my question to Delegate Mudd is, what
does he mean when he calls the Senate of
Maryland a gentleman's club?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Mudd.
DELEGATE MUDD: The definition
"club," Delegate Malkus?
THE CHAIRMAN: Do you have your
microphone on?
DELEGATE MUDD: The title, use of
the word "club," Delegate Malkus, I
adopted from some debate here a few days
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