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Show ANNUAL GENERAL ELECTIONS. n Monday. A'igust 4th. n-xl n--uing. I't.di will hold an t-i-ftioii for ('o.ui. il. .i- for the L- L'Ul.itui'.-. In t:ii. Mini'-' lion thi-ri' h.i- t'.r.o I'oum iijr and K- pr. -. i.t.iti. are not t.d ti,i- -a:u.- w.ir and at th-lain- tiruf. o a t.. .i.jid a n- r .l -!.-. tion -v. it y.-ar, ina-tmi'-h a- to.' -.h- of th..- Ivui'lali-..- A-.'i.e ly ha'..- b.-.n mad.- bi-mdal ' y t of Con;::-.-.-. The ai;er i vn-l-lv that liar annual f-L e'tions af ni'i-. ifat-d by tht; Or-anir law of the T.-rrilnry ai:.M.y tii.' a'l of Con.:!'.-.- making rlr-t a in tion fo'ir: TS;.- 'Cmui:. ll ,Ii .'.1 .-.m-.-l ( tl.lit-.-ll 'n..'i '.-'.,( K.r.l-'-r.un'..-- -ii:.!! o.n-i-t -f i ".-! ",' -it iii-inlr- j,.,--.---i!i( tii.- ,:iiii 1 ,.,;,: .".u....-:i- ulL.l I'.r lu.-iub-r. ,,1-tl..- I'-unral, hi... I who- t-iin uf -im.- Tin- law of Congrt'n.1 making the lc;;i-l:ilivf' -. --ions liienuial, says: 1 1. tv if.-r '!.- in.ral"T- uf both liriincfio- ufui,- h.'L-.-lntiv.- A--i-inii-- nt" lii v . nil T.-rr.t.jr..-. d.U b- eh i Pt th- i- n ..f V.u, vviir.-, :u.d tb: m--i-.ii-. -jl'u,- . l..(fi-i:.liv.. .V---tiil.li--.-5 -hall b- b:.-i.i..l. At,"l :..! T-rrit.,.H-l J.. -l-ilur.- -lu..!. :it ' il-tir-l i.m U.-r ttur i :iK- -f tin-. n.t, iiiiil..- pi'.iv i-inii t'V law f.r eiirryii.g tl.i- u.-l into . ll'.ret. Ill pur-uaui-e of the last sentence of thi.-t cnaetnieiit, the Legislative A-.-. -mbly of L'tah, nt ii next session pa.-rd the necessary measure, but at the time of it o doing the menibeTs of the Council had one year" to serve, their term of service having been two y.-ars, while the Representatives, whose term was hut one, year by the Organic Act, hud, as a matter of course, pervtd their full time. Hence the election of the members to I In-House In-House for two years came, by law, one year before that of members to the Council, the latter al.-o having to be elected for two years. The iirst two sections of the Aci of the Legislative Assembly read thus: S,-,-. I. lii. it t-nnctcd by thfl Governor Gover-nor mid L.-i-!nliv.' Assembly of the Icrntwrv ut i inn: i imi un- u-im m on: rn.-mlj.TS of the Una-.- of Kcpru-ntntives of tin- T.-rntorv of I' tali, to be el.cl.'d At tiie X'-M'-nil election on the tir.-t Mondiiy in AiiKti-t, bSTO, sludl be two years, utal tli-ir uiVcli.m dcdl be biL-nnial tlmn-iil'ier. See. -J. Tlint the term of the members of tii.- Council of the Laudative A-.-m-l.lv vt' tlie Territory of L"tnh, to be elected nt'the Retieml e'leeUuti on the lir-t Mondiiy in AiiL'U-t, 1S7I, -hull be two years, and their i-lri-tiuii . shall ho bii-uniully llierc- The lieprcsenuitives hud .to be elected elec-ted in 1870, and by act of Congress their term of service extended two years from that date. The members of the Council who dias been elected a year previous, and whose term of service, by act of Congress, was for two years, had still a. year to serve, hence their election came a year later, and being also biennial continues contin-ues a year Inter, thus imposing an mi-ual mi-ual general election where a biennial election would have sufUced had the net of Congress of 1800 passed a year later or a year earlier. We have heard comments, aUo, relative re-lative to the matter of the apportionment of Representatives, !nd finding fault with the Legislature Leg-islature for not having reapportioned them since 1S72. Those who thus indulge in-dulge their peculiar vein are mostly late arrivals in the Territory and know but little of its population, the strength of the several counties,or the topography of the country except to a very limited extent. And they also forget that the rule is, with nil Legislatures, Legis-latures, to apportion, where apportionment appor-tionment is necessary, after a census, not before. The last census of Utah di tiered so little from the previous one, so far as the relative strength of counties coun-ties was concerned, that ft reapportionment reapportion-ment was unnecessary. And though there has been a material increase to some counties since 1S70, we are not aware but it will be necessary to have some more definite information on the subject than the flightly suppositions supposi-tions of persons who are an Hal tie to exaggerate ex-aggerate on the one hand as to depreciate depre-ciate on the other. So much for our annual elections, their causes, and the apportionment of Representatives. And now that the election for Councilors is approaching, approach-ing, our recommendation to the people peo-ple is, to choose the best men they can find to till the position, and then vote for them lo a man. |