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trespassed upon by the Washington Post,
and Star and a few other leading news-
papers. Nevertheless, when the election
rolls around in Baltimore City, if that is
combined with that of the county and the
issues are given publicity, the paper will
be read by both the county and the city.
There is an identification of relationship
between the two on those issues.
I ask that you oppose this section of the
amendment and vote in favor of keeping
the city elections and county elections to-
gether.
(President H. Vernon Eney resumed the
chair.)
THE CHAIRMAN: Only three minutes
for debate remain in this period. The Chair
suggests that each of you keep your re-
marks down to the minimum, and in no
event more than one minute.
Delegate Churchill Murray.
DELEGATE E. C. MURRAY: I rise to
support and second the statement —
THE CHAIRMAN : You are out of order
at this time. I will recognize you in a
moment.
Persons entitled to the floor will speak
in favor of the amendment.
DELEGATE BOROM: I would like to
address an inquiry to the Chair.
THE CHAIRMAN: State your inquiry.
DELEGATE BOROM: Some of us are
unfamiliar with the Raley amendment
which has been proposed. I am wondering
if it might be possible for us to have that
in front of us so we can give it considera-
tion in our voting.
THE CHAIRMAN: The amendment is
not back from the printers yet. The Chair
is perfectly willing to have the Reading
Clerk read the amendment so that you will
be familiar with it.
As previously indicated, the amendment
will be in order after the vote on the cur-
rent amendment.
The Clerk will read the so-called Raley
Amendment.
READING CLERK: Amendment to Com-
mittee Recommendation S&E-2 by Dele-
gates Raley, Hanson, Scanlan:
On page 3, section 7, General Elections,
strike out all of lines 17 through 27, in-
clusive, and insert in lieu thereof the fol-
lowing:
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"Monday in November for the election
of members of the Congress and, when
required, for the election of President
and Vice President of the United States
or electors for those offices. The general
election of State and county officials shall
be held in such years and at such times
as the General Assembly may provide by
law."
THE CHAIRMAN: Does any delegate
desire to speak in favor of the amendment?
Delegate Scanlan.
DELEGATE SCANLAN: I speak in
favor of the amendment. It is at best here
a Hobson's choice. The majority would foist
upon the counties and the City of Balti-
more the obligation to hold their elections
in the off-years.
The Byrnes Amendment at least would
protect the counties and also protect the
City of Baltimore from this rule. Unfor-
tunately, it suffers from the vice of inflexi-
bility which I think would be cured if we
adopt the Raley amendment. Therefore, I
am going to vote for the Byrnes amend-
ment, and whether it passes or fails ulti-
mately the Raley amendment will prevail.
THE CHAIRMAN: Does any other dele-
gate desire to speak in opposition to the
amendment?
Delegate Schloeder, you have one minute.
DELEGATE SCHLOEDER: Mr. Chair-
man, I would urge the delegates to vote
against this amendment. I think that it
does not really do anything. It just locks
into the issue the situation of having the
state and county elections at the same time.
All the argument made about divisibility,
responsibility, and separation of issues
would be destroyed if this amendment were
to be passed.
Also, the Majority Committee Recom-
mendation would allow Baltimore City to
remain just the way it is now and we
would urge that you would vote against
this amendment which would go against all
these issues of visibility, credibility, respon-
sibility, separation of issues, and then
would continue to support the majority
position.
THE CHAIRMAN: The Chair recog-
nizes Delegate Gallagher for one minute.
DELEGATE GALLAGHER: Mr. Chair-
man, a point of parliamentary inquiry. If
the city delegates decide to obstain on this
vote, it will not in any way affect the le-
gality or sufficiency of the rest of the Com-
mittee, will it, Mr. Chairman?
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