Show PROGRESS OF THE CONTEST plaintiffs have completed their showing defense will be heard tonight the bouse committee on elections thia forenoon re ailing the transcript of evidence taken in the utah county election contest heard in behalf of the contestants simons and graham booth made a strong and convincing argument on the illegality of the mapleton vote and stephens followed on the illegal votes cast at different dolling places in tho county and the unfair counting by democratic judges of election under protest of republican judges and watchers elbowing that tha testimony had absolutely proven that by means of tah the republican candidates had lost at lea at 12 vote sand that instead of being defeated by 7 votes was actually elected by 6 majority this the contesters cont estees will be heard from hon and judea will algua their side of the cabes the committee has ordered the tally sheets and ballot boxes to be bronert before them in order to teat bome of the testimony |