The next order of business is the nomina-
tion and election of Honorary President.
Now, in the nomination in this procedure,
we are going to ask the nominator to come
forward and use the microphone at the
desk, so he will be in a prominent place.
The Chair recognizes the Honorable God-
frey Child.
DELEGATE CHILD: Mr. Chairman,
distinguished ladies and gentlemen, the
delegates to this Convention: It is my rare
privilege that I have this afternoon of
placing before you a name for your con-
sideration for election to the high and very
honorable office of Honorary Chairman of
this Convention. The man who I will name
is a close friend of mine. I have known
him since he was a clerk of the court of
his own county and that, my friends, has
been too long ago for me to tell on him or
tell on myself. I watched his career and his
public service to his own community, his
unselfish work for his church, his service
club, numerous fraternal organizations,
the volunteer fire companies, the Boy
Scouts of America, and I could go on and
on and on.
I have watched his career as he rose
from clerk of court to comptroller of the
State of Maryland and served diligently.
and well in that office for many years. 1
watched him as bank commissioner. 1
watched him when he tried for the nomina-
tion for governor of the State and lost the
first time and he tried the second time and
won the nomination and won the election
by a huge majority and served diligently
and well as one of the best governors of
the State of Maryland. During his term,
the State grew and flourished.
I want to pause here just a minute to
say that it was quite a blow to him when he
lost the nomination the first time and, of
course, it was quite a triumph when he
gained the nomination and the election by
such a large majority, but there was never
any change in my nominee. In the words of
Kipling, he could meet with triumph and
disaster and treat those two imposters just
the same.
I want to pause again and say to you
that if you have never met his lovely wife,
you have been denied the privilege of
meeting a very talented and gracious and
lovely lady. I could go on and take the
time, but the hour is late, and need I say
more except to say that the man who I will
nominate is the governor who signed the
bill creating this Constitutional Convention,
the man who appointed the Commission
which wrote our draft form, for us to go |
by, the man who named this Commission
and the man who named the Honorable
William Preston Lane as its Honorary
Chairman. I am certain that you agree
with me that you are sorry that Governor
Lane's Maker called him, so he could not
be present with us today.
What more can I give you than when 1
give a humble man, a friendly man, a gra-
cious man, a man who has devoted his
entire life to the public service of his com-
munity and this great State of Maryland.
Mr. Chairman, distinguished delegates, it
is a high privilege and a rare pleasure for
me to place in nomination for the high
office of Honorary Chairman of this Con-
vention, the name of the Honorable J. Mil-
lard Tawes, the Ex-Governor of the State
of Maryland.
(Applause.)
THE CHAIRMAN: Do I hear a second?
The Chair recognizes Delegate Samuel W.
Barrick.
DELEGATE BARRICK: Mr. President,
I would like to yield to Delegate Hopkins,
Mrs. Hopkins.
THE CHAIRMAN: The Chair recognizes
Delegate Hopkins.
DELEGATE HOPKINS: Mr. Chairman,
the Convention is indeed honored to have
Governor Tawes among us. We are all in
his debt for having made this a reality.
I am happy to second his nomination.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Barrick?
DELEGATE BARRICK: Mr. President,
it seems to me only fitting that we should
honor Governor J. Millard Tawes as Hon-
orary Chairman of this Convention. It was
under his leadership that the Commission
was set up. It was under his leadership
that-the bill passed through the legislature
creating this Convention and, as someone
said in the papers recently, he truly is the
father of this Constitutional Convention.
Time, of course, does not permit me to go
into all of his accomplishments and many
of you know him probably better than 1,
but we know his outstanding record as
comptroller, as chief executive of this State
and it is certainly an honor for me to
second his nomination, for a most out-
standing Marylander.
THE CHAIRMAN: Any other nomina-
tions? Do I hear a motion that nominations
be closed?
A DELEGATE: Mr. President, I would |
