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may get uniform action, but the clique has already gotten

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in its activities at another stage. Certainly, the Demo-

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cratic party in Maryland has had its factions which have

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been able to control committee action where the chairman

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of a committee represents the interests of a particular

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area of the state.

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So that you have geographical units here which

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have defied the action of the majority.

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MR. SCANLAN: Well, I think that's true in

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intermittent matters, but I think Dr. Bard is right. In

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Maryland, the Governor and his leadership over a period of

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eight years, whether one agreed or disagreed with him,

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generally stood in the minds of the people as the people

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responsible for getting through a legislative program,

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and I am sure there have been rebellions both on the part

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of legislators in the General Assembly, or on the part of

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Democrats in other parts of the State, but there was no

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question there was one group we could look to for exer-

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cising, as you put it, continued responsibility over the

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term.

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Now, how does Governor Morrison handle that out