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Show TEST CASE TO BE MADE Counting of Ballots in Chicago Congressional Contest. CHICAGO, March 30. Interest In the Lorlmer-Durborrow Congressional election elec-tion contest early today centered in a conference between the election commissioners com-missioners and attorneys for both factions fac-tions at which statements were expected ex-pected to be presented, which would re-Bult re-Bult either In the question of Jurisdiction Jurisdic-tion being submitted to the Supreme court or the precipitating of a fight in the commission's rooms when an attempt at-tempt should be made to count the ballots. bal-lots. Previous to the conference Attorney Mayer, special counsel for the election commissioners, declared that the ballots bal-lots would be counted at 10 o'clock. A squad of police were distributed throughout the rooms and corridors. The board of election commissioners in the fact of objections by Larimer's attorneys decided to count the ballots in one precinct and to make upan agreed case to be carried to the Supreme Su-preme court. Thereupon they began to count the ballots with locked doors. |