The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-05
HAPPENINGS OF DAY Y IN LEGISLATURE E


has had a greater ratio OF growth than
| the other sections of the state. II be-
comes necessary to increase the number
| OF representatives to equaize representa- =
| ton as between the counties showing uni =
| form growth and that county which may
! have had such greater increase as TO
| make the former apportionment unequal.
| AS each recurring census may require
a larger number OF senators and repre- :
| sentatives to allow an adjustment with
| out diminution In the number OF rep
| resentatlves awarded any county or dis
| trict. IT is prudent always TO limit the
| increase of membership In either house
| TO The number which shall be actually
| necessary To make an equal re-appor-
tionment without diminishing the num-
| to any county
The Stoolsey bill now before the sem
ate is not based upon any rational thep.
OF equality or convenience. 1t not only
unnecessarily increases the number OF
senators and representatives. but asgra-
Yates the present Inequalities OF the ap-
stitutional convention, 1t would be pre-
ferable simply to Increase the repre-
sentatlon OF Salt Lake county and let the
old apportlonment stand to the rest
Of the state than TO adopt the scheme
embodied IN the Stookey bill.
Says It Is Crude.
The Stookey bill is especially crude and
unequal In the senatorial apportionment
For example. II gives one senator to Box
Elder county with a population OF 1885,
and one To Cache with population OF
23,O62. Here are neighboring counties
having disparity OF population of near
ly 10000 given equal representation In
the senate. Then Tooele county is de-
tached from the first district and ionied
TO iuah and Millard TO create a district
having population OF 24,Si4. with two
senators-one for IL. f0T population. APP
ply this proportion to the neighbour.
county OF Utah with a popula tlon OF 81, /,
va and we get n quotient Of instead
81 the two senators which are aws"'
Utah county. Further examples of glar
ing inequality could be presented but the
foregoing sufficient TO illustrate the
inherent inequality of the Stookey
scheme.
Senatorial Apportionment.
The population of Utah Is s7a.a51. Of
which l3i.2 2s6 are accredited to Salt Lake
county. which on any new apportion-
ment would be entitled TO large third
OF the whole number OF senators. To
give Salt Lake an equal proportion with
out diminishing the existing representa-
tion for the other counties in the state
II is necessary to award Salt Lake seven
senator's. thus increasing the number from
Is TO 20. To give Salt Lake seven OF
these makes the apportionment Just right
as to Salt Lake county. There remains
problem OF readjusting senatorial dis
tricts us 20 equalize the distribution OF
the remaining 13 senators among the
other counties Of the state. II any change
readjustment should be arranged having
due regard to the convenience of the peo-
pie as. well as equality in the districts.
senate Of 20 members Will give
general proportion of one senator to each
1867 inhabitants
To begin with Box Elder county. Box
These counties could be given two SEN
ators Il to 1S.41S) with Mr.. Funk a
holdover senator and one 10 be elected
in 1912.
Weber and Rich have jointly a popula
ton of 37.os2, Two senators would give
this district one to each 1881 with Mr..
Kelly. hodoyer, and one senator TO be
Tooele. and Juab have Jointly a popu-
lation OF 1886. which is just right FOR
one senator 10 be elected in 1912 to sue
Millard. Beaver. Iron and Washington
have jointly population of -. .So1 which
satisfies the proportion for, one senator
senator from this district.
Sanpete, with a population OF 16.7o4,
has one senator upon the apporton-
ment made by the constitutional conven-
ton. Mr.. Olson is holdover from this
district.
Sewer, Piute Wayne Garfield and Kane
have Jointly a popsation OF $3.50. o which IN
1912 to succeed to the expired term OF
Mr.. Sevy
Carbon. Emery. Grand and San Juan
have Jointly population of 1886, which
very well. Mr., Iverson would be hold
over senator from this district.
population Of 1870 with extensive ter
rtorv and increasing population. This
district would elect one senator in 1872
to succeed TO the expired term Of Mr..
Utah county. with population OF 81
9i2, has two senator's or. one for each
1871 OF the population Mr.. Booth and
Mr.. Gardner are holdover senators from
this district.
summit, Mo11Esa.g and Davis. .!yith with "a
one senator 10 be elected in 1912 to sue
coed the expired term Of Mr.. Burton.
II is believed that this plan Is geo
graphically an improvement on tne pres
ent apportionment is convenient to the
people Of the several districts: ana tnal
no grouping OF counties could he mace
TO afford more equal plstt,ou'io' "
senators TO all parts of the state.
House OF Representatives,
-rbore arc 0fteen counties in Utah.
carh M which has less than 5000 popu-
Iation To each OF these counties must
be apportloned one representative umdcr
the mandate of the constitution, This
viii REQUIRE fifteen representatives for the
connties Of Beaver Emery, Garfield.
Grand. Iron. Kane. MtIlard. Morgan Ptute
Rich. San Juan, Tooeie, u,htan, WASH
ineton and Wayne. This Is the apportion-
ment made by the constitutional conVen-
To the remaining counties of Carbon,
Sewer, summit, WaSaI'',, ~ tI' ;
BoX Elder, Sarpetc. Cache. Weber ana
iGta,, 1excIuding Salt Lake, the constitu-
tIonal convention apportioned twenty
representatives These counties have a
total population Of 1873, l@9. The present
anportionmcnt OF twenty representatives
for these counties is one for each 9lie
Inha hItants which lis not unequal as be
tween these larger counties except as 10
Eox Elder which shows n greater pro-
mort !onate Increase of population than the
more uniform increase of the other coun-
Ties In the group. Applying the proper
LabItanis 10 these larger counties, includ-
ing Salt Lake. we get the following re-
suit: n,,
County. ,lation latlEe' aeV'