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Show DisrnicT AttoHneyo. A now ofllcc wns crentcd hv tho pre-ient pre-ient Legislature, that, of tllsirlct "pro-seciitnj "pro-seciitnj jtttornuy. The duty of this 1 1 111 iv r is the prosecution of all Stale criminal cases In tho district, courts tail lo roprrsent tho Statu In all civil cases In which It Is Interested. The unlet! Is ileslirned to relievo tho county ntiorneys of the press of work which l now nqnlied of thorn particularly In Iho larger counties. While to n certain cer-tain extent tho fact Hint the county attorney at-torney will not nppi-ar In tho district courts tor Uio Stnto will detract from thu tligulty of thu olllee. ut thu siimu time we believe tho cIuiuko will bo welcomed by Hint overworked olUclul. Under this now law tho Kovtrnor Is required re-quired to appoint district attorneys for tho Fourth, Fifth, Sixth nnd 'Seventh districts Inside, of thirty days ami tho appointees will servo until .Inutility, 181)1. Dl-trlct attorney? fur ull ills-tilcts ills-tilcts will bo fleeted In November, IUOOj nnil Will serve four yutirs. Tho Hillary In tho Second dlstrtol Is $20(J0, In tho Third $.1000, and In ml llio other llt-trlut $1000 pur year, tho o til ce niav therefore bo regarded as quitn n "plum." Under t.Vio law iho tiovernor enn only appoint two of these four district, uttoruo.ts of tho eamu political faith, It Is tltureforo uncertain as to whether wo In tho Fourth tils-trfcl tils-trfcl will havo n DBiuooVailo or Republican Repub-lican nppolnieo. In auy case thuro U amplo mnturlat from both parties In Utah county nnd tho jrovunior has u wide raiiftb fur a choice. Wo expect ex-pect soon "to sco considerable of a scramble for tho place. |