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Constitutional Convention Commission (Committee Hearings, Testimony)
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MR. ENEY: Mr. Mayor, do you think there

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should be on official such as a lieutenant governor who

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would take over not merely in the event of the physical

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or mental disability of the Governor, but in the absence

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of the Governor?

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MAYOR McKELDIN: I don't think so. I think

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we have done very well without a lieutenant governor, par-

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ticularly if a lieutenant governor is elected as an indi-

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vidual rather than with a governor. If he were elected

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as the President and Vice-President are elected together,

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it wouldn't be so bad, but I am a Republican, and if I

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am elected Governor, you know very well a Democrat would

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be elected lieutenant governor because it is only a miracle

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that we get elected, so you would have a Democratic lieu-

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tenant governor and Republican governor and which I think

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would be a very bad thing for the State, a very bad thing.

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MR. ENEY: Well, suppose they were tied together

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in the way the Presidency and Vice-Presidency are, do you

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think it would be desirable then?

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MAYOR McKELDIN: I don't think it would be

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desirable. I think the present situation is all right, let



 

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