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HAfully ' > fully stopped 'Itopped Itopped slopped ' an effort dfort by Apra Apraaentatlves r < r < pre presentaUves proeentatlvea sentaUves aentatlves froni fronl front Utah We Wtber Weber ba Va Da Vavis Davia L > nvia vis via and Salt BaIt Lake ecu COt ntlff ntlf"b ntlfb sties " . to tn en tnRct enact t-nnet t nnet - Rct act legislation providing for a rC re reapp reapp ' 8pP app < ( < rtlonnient rtlollIlIen rtlonment I . of Mil &taLs taLs scats & UI In It tieHouse tieHouseThe e eJlollse eIfouse Jlollse Ifouse JlollseThe IfouseThe The Big Four counties countle , > hd hl ha ( I I tt ( ttpopulist itpopulati ' populatl populist ! n In In excess ecf"lI ecflI } ( " " I ( f 340 340000 000 In In1040 1940 according t ) ) federal ff'deral ffderal ' cenbUl census censusfigures censusfigures InI ! I figures while ' tlH tilt th ( remaining 25 25rountle 25counties 25counties rountle counties had 210 210000 000 resldl"nts resldlnts residents resldl"ntsRepresenting residentsRepresenting residentsRepresenting " Representing tills thb this 340000 340 000 population populationIn 10 in the lower house hOUBf ' are 30 repre representattves represenWtivea reprcsentatlves sentattves senWtivea while the remaining remaining210000 210000 Utahns are art ' represented rl"presented rlpresented " by byan byan byan an equal number c ( f ho\l ho l house \ . < ; f ' mem melJ1- melJ1 mell't- mell't mellt melJ1bers mell'tbers members ' - bers bersThat That Is where politics poUt1cs enters entersthe entersthe entersthe the picture Under Undt'r Undtr ' the present rep rep- re representation representation - . resentation re.sentat.lon resentat.lon resentatlon . . the t.he 25 counties stand st.and- st.and stand- st.anding standlag standing . - ing lag together can defeat deft'llt deftllt ' any leg- leg legblaUon legtalatlon leg legislation - islation blaUon talatlon desired by the other oWlcr four fourCOW1ties fourcounties fourcounties COW1ties counties If the re apportionment apportionmentbill apportionmentbUl bUl bill had ) > passed lUIsed the > tour four countlei countleg countleiwould countlegwould countieswould . ! would have 35 votes against agalrut th the the30 30 votes vot.es . from the 25 outlying coun counUes counties counties countiesStatutory Ues ties UesSt.atut.ory tiesStatutory Statutory St.atut.ory Statut.ory . . law piovldes pJOvldes provides that the thepeople thepeople tliepeople people of ot the state "halZ halZ shall " iha ! ? bf be he rep- rep repented represented rep represented - resented ented In the lower tower house on the thebasis thebasis thebasis basis of one representative represent.atlve representatlve . for each each10000 10000 10 000 Inhabitant- Inhabitant InhabltantB inhabitants Inhabitantor . - ) or major frac fractIon fractfon fractlon tIon tfon thereof but that each count.y county count.yregardless countyregardless countyregardless . regardless of population .hall hall shall . , ' . be beentitled beentitled beentitled entitled to at least lea.st . one reprf'sen reprfsen represen reprf'sentaUve representative representatlve ' taUve tative The constitutionality cOlUltitutionaUty of the thelawnulkers thelawmakers thelawmakers lawnulkers lawmakers actions was questione Questioned Question questionad ed ad < l because of a mandatory 81"C 81C sec section 81"Ctlon sectlon " tlon tion In the state constitution which whichin whichIn 111 in effect eCCect says skys 8 ys that . the legislature ( < " ' &h&U hU 'IIIall IIIall & < hall provide tor for re apportion apportionment apportionmeat apportionment ment meat following follow1ng each decennial U UB U8 8 B census if the census shows the theneed theneed theneed need for such re apportlonml"ntRt'presentaUve apportionmentRepresentative apportionment apportlonml"nt apportlonmlnt apportionmentRepresentative " ' Representative Rt'presentaUve RtpresentaUve J Welton Ward WardD WardD WardD D Box Elder stated on the House Housel100r Housefloor Housefloor l100r floor that he waa was forced to vote voteIn voteIn voteIn In favor of the measure mea.sure . becau'Ie becauIe because becau'IeI becau'Iehe becausehe becausehe . ' I he regarded a N0 NO ' ' ' vote as a vi- vi violation vicitation vi violation - olation citation of his constitutional corutltuUonal oath oathOther oathOther I IOther Other members member < > from outlying outlyingcounties outlyingcounties outlyingcounties counties who v ( < ( ted tt'd ttd ' In favor of the thebill thebill thebill bill were Su Susan , > an Alice Smith R RDaggt'tt RDaggett RDaggett Daggt'tt Daggttt Daggett ' and Amoh Amo Amos . ! > B D noblnsonD RobinsonD Robinson D Rich Several days later Rt't Rtt Rep RepJames RepJames ' ) Jame'l Jamel James ' L Nielson R Sanpete SanpeteItated Sanpetestated Sanpetestated Itated stated ! on the House HOUbe floor that he hewould hewould hewould would favor the measure mt"l1sure mtl1sure " It if U it . came camebefore camebefore , before fore the tht ' body again alnin { as liS he cameI had haddecided haddecided haddecided I decided that his h1o . constitutional constitutionaloath constitutionaloath constitutionaloath oath made mnde > It mandatory mandlltory for him himto himto himto to vote for the bl11Defeat billDefeat bill bl11 billDefeat Defeat of the tht " ml measure " Sur ( " can be bepartially bepartially bepartially partially blamed blaml"d blamld " on three thrl"e thrle " Salt SaltLake SaltLake BaitLake Lake and Weber < , county oun ty reptesen- reptesen reptesentethes Il"pl Ilpl icpiesen-titl\ts icpiesen titl ts " e f'n- f'n fn f'nl1tlH ' - l1tlH tethes \ ' > win wh > ) " were "I"re Ire " absent ab-wnt ab wnt - it thetlmt thetune the IJJinpf tlmt tune ' f thl tht thL filial tlnlll final vole vote vc > l < With the reiult r'Iult rIult result ( , ' < ; showing ho\\lng ho lng \ a 28 28 tie Ill ' lIt the ! 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