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All those in favor signify by saying Aye;
those opposed, No. The Ayes have it. It is
so ordered.
(Whereupon, at 1:00 P.M. the Convention
was recessed, to reconvene at 2:30 P.M., on
the same day.)
PLENARY SESSION
NOVEMBER 30, 1967—2:55 P.M.
PRESIDENT H. VERNON ENEY,
PRESIDING
THE PRESIDENT: The Sergeant-at-
Arms will clear the aisles and close the
doors.
The Convention will please come to order.
Roll Call.
(The roll was called.)
THE PRESIDENT: Has every delegate
answered roll call?
(There was no response.)
The Clerk will record the roll call.
There being a quorum present, the Con-
vention is in session.
For what purposes does Delegate Church-
ill Murray rise?
DELEGATE E. C. MURRAY: A point
of personal privilege, sir.
THE PRESIDENT: State the privilege.
DELEGATE E. C. MURRAY: Yester-
day something happened which I think was
quite unfortunate, and before we get into
the afternoon's work I would like to com-
ment upon it, if I may.
I regret that the governor saw fit to
make a public statement which, it seems to
me, besmirches the name, and reputation of
each of the delegates, since he did not
specify to whom he referred. He referred to
the Convention.
I would like to satisfy the governor that
there are dozens of honorable persons here
who could not possibly have been ap-
proached, and you would only have to stand
here for a moment, and he would only have
to stand here for a moment, to know that
the vast majority of the delegates here
could not possibly have been approached
any more than Ceasar's wife could have
been.
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THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Murray,
you are on the air, but it is not being
recorded.
DELEGATE E. C. MURRAY: I have
no desire that it be recorded.
THE PRESIDENT: I assume you do
want to be heard.
DELEGATE E. C. MURRAY: I do want
to be heard.
THE PRESIDENT: Then you will have
to hold the microphone close to your
mouth.
DELEGATE E. C. MURRAY: Among
those who are here are men who have
decades of honorable public service behind
them. There are also private citizens here
who have come down off their private
perches because they felt this was an op-
portunity to render a service.
And it seems to me that for anyone
speaking from the eminence of the gov-
ernorship, it is most unfortunate, most un-
fair and not helpful toward the acceptance
of the final document to have him say this.
To specifically, sir, belittle the efforts of
such a gathering, reminds me that he who
steals my purse gets but trash; but he who
pilfers my good name, and that of the
delegates here, robs us of that which en-
riches him not but impoverishes us.
Thank you, sir.
(Applause.)
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Sosnowski.
DELEGATE SOSNOWSKI: Mr. Presi-
dent, a point of personal privilege.
THE PRESIDENT: State the privilege.
DELEGATE SOSNOWSKI: I would like
to welcome a brave soul who has ventured
all the way from Baltimore County to wit-
ness our proceedings here, Mrs. Steinberg,
cousin of Senator Steinberg.
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. We are
delighted to have her here.
(Applause.)
DELEGATE GRANT: Mr. Chairman, I
would like to welcome the delegates to a
typical Garrett County winter day.
THE PRESIDENT: I hope that is an
exaggerated statement, because I had un-
derstood that a typical Garrett County day
was a foot of snow that stayed for a
month.
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