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Show 'death breaksthM deadlqgkjn house PASSING OF UTTER OF RHODE ISLAND PUTS END TO EQUAL DIVISION. Throwing of That State Into Democratic Demo-cratic Column, However, Would Not Permit Election by House, Because Majority is Required. Washington. The death of Representative Repre-sentative George H. Utter of Rhode Island apparently breaks the deadlock In which the house of representatives would find itself if dt were called to elect a president. Up to the time of Mr. Utter's death the house was equally divided. Representation Rep-resentation of twenty-two states was Democratic, twenty-two Republican and the delegates of four remaining states were equally divided between Republicans and Democrats. Rhode Island was one of the states in which the delegation was equally dt vided, and Utter's death, should his place be not filled by a Republican to finish the remainder of his term, would throw Rhode Island to the Democratic column. Throwing Rhode- Island to the Dem ocratic column, however, would nol permit an election by the house, be cause the' constitution requires a ma jority of the states. This would bt twenty-five. Mr. Utter's death, how ever, does break the equal division be tween Republicans and Democrats. |