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JUDGE ADKINS: Well, I apologize.
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GOVERNOR TAWES: — I am not prepared to go
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into o long dissertation on these other areas.
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JUDGE ADKINS: All right.
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GOVERNOR TAWES: I could, but it would take a
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lot of time.
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JUDGE ADKINS: Well, suppose we then limit
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ourselves strictly to these questions, and maybe that will
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be a little more orderly.
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The second question on our list here, should
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the Constitution provide for a method of succession to
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the governorship in the event of physical or mental in-
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capacity of the Chief Executive?
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GOVERNOR TAWES: Oh, yes, definitely, and we
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d o have a method of succession now. As you know, it is
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the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of
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the House, the State Treasurer, Comptroller and so on down
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the line, but definitely I think if the Governor becomes
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incapacitated, that constitutes another problem.
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When the Governor leaves the country -- when
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the Governor leaves the State, rather, and the Governor is
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