minute, which will encompass both your
question and his answer.
Delegate Taylor, do you yield to a ques-
tion?
DELEGATE L. TAYLOR: Yes, sir.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate White,
state your question.
DELEGATE WHITE: Delegate Taylor,
in view of the fact that you have given us
some information concerning the second
district, I wonder if you could give me
some indication as to whether or not gov-
ernment in the first district in Baltimore
has managed to work its way down to the
common people.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Taylor.
DELEGATE L. TAYLOR: From my
recollection, there are groups in the first
district who are not represented fully, both
the whites and the Negroes. We find that
in the first district, and I believe that the
delegates from the first district will sup-
port me, there is a political machine in con-
trol. And, of course, there are some dele-
gates here who had to fight the political
- machine in the first district in order to get
elected.
THE CHAIRMAN: The Chair suggests
that this subject should be thoroughly and
fully debated by now. There is no limit to
debate. I cannot call a limit. I urge you to
exercise self-restraint.
(Applause.)
DELEGATE WEIDEMEYER: Mr.
President, I rose to say that I have heard
so many speeches, and I wanted to get the
Chair's permission to reserve my speech
for another subject.
Are you ready for the question?
(Call for the question.)
Will the Sergeant-at-Arms please notify
any delegates who have gone to the hall we
are about to take a vote?
The question arises on the adoption of
Amendment No. I to Amendment No. 1I to
Committee Recommendation LB-1. As an-
nounced earlier, the amendment is in effect
a substitute for amendment No. 11. A
vote Aye is a vote in favor of the amend-
ment to the amendment; that is, a vote in
favor of the substitute, and would substi-
tute the amendment, which we have called
the Rybczynski amendment, for Amend-
ment No. 1I, which we have called the
Case-Lord amendment. A vote No is a vote |
against the Rybczynski amendment and
will leave before you the Case-Lord amend-
ment.
After the action on this amendment
there will be another vote, either on this
amendment as substituted for the Case-
Lord amendment, or on the Case-Lord
amendment.
Therefore, a vote Aye is a vote in favor
of Amendment No. I to Amendment No. 11.
It does not adopt the amendment to the
section. A vote No is a vote against. Cast
your votes. Has every delegate voted? Does
any delegate desire to change his vote?
(There was no response.)
The Clerk will record the vote.
There being 53 votes in the affirmative
and 84 votes in the negative, the motion is
lost. The substitute is rejected.
The question now arises on the adoption
of Amendment No. 1I, the Case-Lord
amendment. A vote Aye is a vote in favor
of the amendment. A vote No is a vote
against. Cast your votes.
Has every delegate voted? Does any dele-
gate desire to change his vote?
(There was no response.)
The Clerk will record the vote.
There being 52 votes in the affirmative
and 83 in the negative, the motion is lost.
The amendment is rejected.
Are there any other amendments to sec-
tion 3.04 dealing with single or multi-
member districts?
(There was no response.)
Are there any other amendments to sec-
tion 3.04 dealing with any matter?
Delegate Ritter.
DELEGATE RITTER: I think the
Chairman of the Legislative Committee has
one there. If he does not have, I have one
to offer.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Gallagher.
DELEGATE GALLAGHER: Mr. Chair-
man, in the Committee on the Legislative
Branch the Chairman introduced what is
called the non-voting legislative agent pro-
posal. That particular proposal was voted
down through the courtesy of my fellow
members of the Committee on the Legis-
lative Branch by a vote of 15 to 5. However,
because it does contain what a number of |
