| Show UTAH MUST ACCEPT 1 DIRECT ElECTION OF OFAS i SENATORS AS PASSED Until n li Congress Fixes Matters I Methods or Times of Vote Remain Unsettled The State of ot Utah ha has nothing to sa say sayIn In regard to the direct ele election tion of ot senators yen sen store as specified Monday by Congress t according according- g to Attorney General A. A R. R Barnes and until Congress fixes tho the manner for tor anon elections election nothing nothing- can be bo forecast as to motho methods or times of 0 election The election of ot senators Is IB not specified cl- cl tied fled in tho the Utah statutes e except in so 50 far faras faras faras as such statutes are taken to bo he In agreement with 1111 federal laws larrs Therefore Therefore There There- fore tore nothing In that t line lino hat has been beon necessary sar and as the direct ct election of oC congressional representatives has been boon f put on Utah as well as other states nothing further will win be necessary it is believed The thing works orles automatically automatically U- U cally as per go governmental regulation Constitution I Is If Silent f The constitution of ot tho the State of Utah t it I. silent on tho the subject of or the election t of oC United States Statu senators simply accepting accepting ac ac- ac- ac r the constitution oon of oC the United States In a way the question of whether r or not a special election will he be necessary depends on the interpretation of th the term representative in Congress In Inasmuch In- In as the word Congress means the Senate and sand House of Representatives tives tl of the United It will win be bo held b by some that the term representative In Congress will mean both congressmen and senators senator especially In view of or the fact that through h tho the new ne' amendment to the constitution of tho United States whereby senators are to tobe tobe tobe be elected by direct vote veto of the people c tho they will become in theory as well as asin asin in fact representatives of the people Instead of oC representatives 08 of or the state a as heretofore Rule for Special Sessions The constitution of oC the state provides provides pro pro- vides for or the calling of oC special sessions of the legislature on extraordinary occasions oc oc- by proclamation requiring requirIng- that the special business for toJ which the tho le legIslature legislature leg leg- i f Is convened con must be stated staled In tn Inthe Inthe the proclamation and that no other business s shall 11 bo ho considered at that session which In no event e can last more than thirty lays days nc Regarding the election of or officers th the state talo constitution says The Tho legisla legislature le ture shall at Its Us first session sion provide pro for the election of all an officers whose is not provided for tor et elsewhere in 1114 constitution nn and fix the time forth forthe commencement and duration of or their terms An As amended the constitution of the United States provides pro that th the terms of or tho the senators to bo be elected by the people shall shan be for tor six L years as ns at present ent Provide Pro for Proclamation r The tate state laws relative to special 8 ec- ec elections I c- c provide e that proclamation Uon must be issued by the governor a as follows A At t least sixty da days 3 before a general election and not less than ten days before b bo- bo fore forC a special election to fill a vacancy in the office of representative In Congress Congress Con Con- gress or a fl member of or tho the legislature tho the governor shall Issue an election proclamation 4 and nd transmit copies coplEs thereof to the boards of oC county commissioners of ot the counties In which mich uch elections are aro to bo be o held Such proclamation must most contain a R. statement of or the time of oC election and the offices to be he filled Regarding vacancies for l legislators on ett congressmen section 75 f Id Revised Statutes B 1907 provides that When hen a vacancy or a failure f to elect by reason of or a a. J. J tie tic vote oto or for any roaR reason on whatever whatever what what- ever eyer occurs in the tho office of a representative In Congress or a 1 member of or orthe the legislature th the tho governor must at once Issue n. n proclamation p calling an election to fill such vacancy afancy |
