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Show DEMOCRATIC COMMISSIONER SHOWN TO HAVE BEEN ELECTED The Utah county commission will be Democratic during the next two years as a result of the election contest instituted by James YV. Gillman, mayor of Orcm and Democratic candidate candi-date for the commission for the four-year term against Martin S. Christiansen of Pleasant Grove, Republican candidate. Late Friday evening the re-countinr of the votes was completed in Judge George P. Parker's court. With the exception of about 50 questionable ballots the special judges finished the recount. wooil of American Fork, defeated Doniuerutie candidate. Taylor's official of-ficial vole as announced by Judge l'arker is 70:17, as against 002;l voles for (Jreenwooil. Sheriff .1. D. Boyd, who was given giv-en a lead of 171 votes over (leorgc II. Xaylor of I'rovo. Democrat, by I he county board of canvassers, had 21 votes taken from bis b'll(i in the recount, his final vote being 7ns: as against l".!Ki:s for Navlor. Alleged miscounting of the votes at Orem in favor of Gillman proved without foundation during the re-couuling. re-couuling. As soon as the special judges found that the Orem count-I count-I ins was correct, the llepublicans began to concede that- tlillnuin w ou'd be elected. Alter Judge l'arker had ruled on ' the questionable ballots. it was found that (liUinan had received f.!)!i7 votes, or Id more than Christiansen, Chris-tiansen, wlio had liS'.M. This vole ivlls almost Identical with (lie unofficial un-official vote as published in the Kveuing Herald the day after elec-lion. elec-lion. In the unofficial vote Hill-man Hill-man had 70OII ballots and Christian-Sen Christian-Sen li!)S(i. The final vole only dif. fered in one ballot from the returns front the various districts as given 'n the county clerk. Through alleged and purported discrepancies in the returns from I he judges of two districts, th' board of county oomuiisMoucv i. silting sil-ting as a county hoard of el t;on canvassers, decided thai Chrisiian-sen Chrisiian-sen had boon elected by 22 voles. Betting CtlS2 as against I'.'.a'.ll for Uillma n. This total was arrived at hy the rouuty board of canvassers taking from Gillman 2s. votes iu I'leasanl View ami 10 voles in I'rovo district 12 . At the recount all of these :s votes were returned to Gillnian. John s. Taylor of I'ayson gained 10 votes in the recount for Ih unity uni-ty treasurership in the contest instituted, in-stituted, against him by Fail Greeu- |