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By GEOKGE BOWLES
The processes of democracy, thank heaven, do not work smoothly. If they did we would probably not have a democracy.
Thus the cantankerousness of the 1964 session of the General Assembly was not without its positive aspects. It was clear throughout the lawmakers’ 62-day ordeal that their deliberations were not being manipulated by some powerful, unseen hand pulling unseen strings from an unseen smoke-filled room.
To be sure, there were efforts at manipulation going on constantly. The senior members of the House and Senate, the governor’s men, the various partisan and geographical caucuses, and the ubiquitous army of lobbyists spent most of their time trying to advance their particular causes. All of them had their moments of triumph, but none was able to dominate the process.
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