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Show i , f Reapportionment Necewary J WITH material increases in the populatfon of Utah, reapportionment of representation in the state legislature is absolutely imperative. The ; federal census has been completed, offering new and. official figures for the first time in ten years. , The reapportionment should be made on this basis, removing any and all inequalities which may exist in the representation as now fixed. Because different sections of the state vie j with each other for power in the legislative halls, these changes are ainolighe-TnosF difficulF with which the solons have to contend. Gty and country seem to feel an antagonism as natural as it is false, and are inclined to base their votes on sectional demands. Lawmakers should be above petty selfishness and should endeavor to wprk in harmony for i the best interests of the state, giving the predominance pre-dominance in representation, to the sections which ' show fie grTalesT polafioiT RcpresehlaTive rule inended that the voice of the individual should be relfected in the legislative halls of the state and the nation. In reapportioning representation in the legislature, legis-lature, it is apparent that some sections now hold more power than they are entitled to on a basis of population. If they stick to the narrow road they will not want to reduce this power any more than they will want to raise the power of the sections entitled to greater representation on the new census figures. This philosophy, however, is selfish and is not in the best interests of the state. If persistently per-sistently pursued it will sooner or later bring disaster to the state, thereby destroying any sectional sec-tional advantage held and maintained on a false basis. It is to be hoped that when the legisla-ture legisla-ture gets down to the-consideratiofr-of reapportionment reappor-tionment it will rise above sectionalism and devote de-vote its best efforts in behalf of the state as a whole. |