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Show H - UTAH'S TWO CONGRESSMEN. 1 Utah, under the new reapportionment bill, which has been ap- 1 , proved by the United States committee on census, is credited with H two congressmen. The Salt Lake Tribune says: H "The late legislature in Utah, anticipating the probable passage H of this reapportionment bill, decided that incase Utah were granted H two members of the lower house, then both should be elected at H large: This is distinctly a federal bunch proposition, to hold the double membership in its own grasp. There should have been two H districts created in the state, which cTjuld be, t easily done, each to H elect a member of its own. But this wifukl have afforded a chance 1 to cripple the federal bunch control, and so that bunch had both its H members elected at large for its. own benefit and purposes. A dis- H trict made up of Salt Lake, Weber, Davis and Summit would be a H good compact district, practically equal in population with the rc- H mainder of the state. And each district would have elected its mem- H ber from a constituency whicji would have been compact, and would H have known exactly to whom to apply for any congressional act or H favor. As it will be under the double-header system, no one will H know exactly where to apply to get any congressional work done." H A, congressional district as defined by the Tribune would give H to Salt Lake a dominancy over one congressman that it should not H have. The slate should be cut into two districts, the dividing line H running through the heart of Salt Lake' City, say on Second South H street, with northern Utah and a part of Salt Lake selecting one and H the southern half electing the other. That would allow of a better H voicing of the sentiment of the slate and nicely balance all elements H in the selecting of the two congressmen. H t-.Vlr |