I would like to throw out here. I do not
know how far the delegates are planning
to go with the fractional voting, but it
seems we are trying to equate here an ob-
jective way of deciding delegates by popu-
lation figures, with a subjective way, the
interest of a particular area. I would like
simply to say that I represent an area that
is distinctly cut into four areas of interest,
and if we are going to consider giving the
county on the Eastern Shore, which cer-
tainly has a more singular interest than
the Second District of Baltimore City, then,
too, I would like to be considered in frac-
tional voting.
THE CHAIRMAN: Does any other dele-
gate desire to debate the question?
Delegate Della.
DELEGATE DELLA: Mr. Chairman, I
would like Delegate Gallagher to answer
a question, if he will.
THE CHAIRMAN: Will Delegate Galla-
gher yield?
DELEGATE GALLAGHER: I will.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Della.
DELEGATE DELLA: If this proposal
is adopted and the lowest denomination of
figures succeeds, would a larger county
have the privilege of dividing its delegates
in that average, or in what denomination?
DELEGATE GALLAGHER: I do not
think so. What I think you would do is take
the 29, or pardon me, the number of sub-
divisions. You would take the 120, divide it
into the population of the State, determine
what the median is, then compare each
county's population against the median fig-
ure. If it did not equal one, you would then
determine what percentage of the median
population it did equal and assign that
percentage, some agreed-upon point, to the
delegate represented by the county. If it
were more than one the county would have
its full delegate plus a delegate who had
a percentage vote, if it were completely sur-
rounded by counties that did not have a
full vote. If it were not so surrounded, it
then seems to me that it could be added
to a county which also had one, two, or a
fraction.
I would say you would have an enter-
taining time.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Della.
DELEGATE DELLA: Yes.
Suppose I give you an example: if one
county is entitled to five whole votes, is it |
then in a position to say that it will send
ten men here with half a vote each?
DELEGATE GALLAGHER: No. You
must take one delegate, as I understand it,
for every one of your basis of representa-
tion. You can only deal with a fraction
after you have exhausted every integer, or
whatever term you want to use for one.
THE CHAIRMAN: The Chair would like
also to announce that we are favored to
have in the gallery today Senator and Mrs.
Goodloe Byron of Frederick County. De-
lighted to have you.
(Applause,)
Does anyone else desire to debate or ask
questions?
Delegate Beall.
DELEGATE BEALL: I just want to an-
nounce my presence here this afternoon.
THE CHAIRMAN: All right, sir.
Before putting the question —
Delegate Dorsey.
DELEGATE DORSEY: I would like to
announce my presence.
THE CHAIRMAN:.Delegate Sybert..
DELEGATE SYBERT: Mr. Chairman,
I would like to record my presence.
THE CHAIRMAN: Does any other dele-
gate not present at roll call desire to record
his presence?
Delegate Willoner.
DELEGATE WILLONER: Mr. Chair-
man, I would like to record my presence.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Byrnes.
DELEGATE BYRNES: I would like to
record my presence.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Boileau.
DELEGATE BOILEAU: I would like to
record my presence.
THE CHAIRZMAN: Delegate Frank
Robey.
DELEGATE ROBEY: Mr. Chairman, I
would like to record my presence also.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Groh.
DELEGATE GROH: I would like to re-
cord my presence.
THE CHAIRMAN: Are there any
others? |
