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Show LOWER HOUSE OF TOE I LEGISLATURE IS The Democrats and Progressives learned yesterday that they had gain ,ed another seat in the lower house ,of the state legislature. Belated re-ftnrns re-ftnrns from Kane county bring news i of the election of Hebor J. Meek. Democrat, as representative to the ' state legislature from Kane county his county went Republican by about 350 votes for every office save that of representative, which went to the 'Democrats by about seventy votes Tho unexpected election of Meeks in Kane county makes the lower ihouse of the state legislature an exact ex-act tie twenty-three Republicans and jtwenty-three members of the opposl-tlon. opposl-tlon. Tho coalition of Democrats. 'Progressives and Socialists is prevent-jed prevent-jed from controlling the lower house (by a single vote In San Juan county ,The official returns in San Juan county coun-ty give Wayne H. Redd, Republican, 193 votes and Uriah Nlelson, Democrat, Demo-crat, 192 votes. The Democrats, it is understood, will ask for a recount of the vote in San Juan county In the hope that a recount will show that the Democrat is elected. A recount re-count may also be asked for in Sevier county, where J. E Heppier, Democrat, was beaten by Asa Hawley. Republican, by ten votes. fter the election the allied opposition opposi-tion to the Republicans hoped to con trol the lower house, but after hearing hear-ing that several supposedly safe fusion fu-sion counties had elected Republicans Republi-cans to the legislature they gave up hope Then came Wayne and Kane counties, always strong Republican counties, with returns showing the election of Democratic representatives, representa-tives, and the alllles are now confident confi-dent they will be able to capture the organization of the lower house. May Cause Deadlock. With a tie in the membership of the lower house it is evident there can be no organization if each side stands pat unless some compromise is reached, giving one side the speakership speak-ership and the other side the control of the choice committees. A reision of the election returns according to the official information from the various counties shows the following to have been elected mem ber3 of the house Personnel of House. Republicans O P. MeShane. Beaver; Beav-er; W C. Horsley. Boxelder; C. R. Mabey. Davis; Thomas Sevy, Garfield; Gar-field; Wilford Day, Iron; Lawrence Blackett, Juab. A. A. Hinckley, Hinckley, J W. Kelly, Piute; Charles E. Pope. Rich; Wayne H Redd. San Juan, L. R Anderson and A James Aagard, Sanpete; Asa R. Hawley Sevier. Thomas L. Allen. Summit, Charles L Warnick. Samuel E Tay-or, Tay-or, John W. Wing and L. K Stewart, Utah J. L Van Waggoner, Wasatch; J. J. Bark"-.-. George D Folkman, John C. Child and Joseph H. Fowles, We ber. Total. 23. Democrats Samuel Oldham Cache; William O'Neill, Duchesne, Ira H. Browning. Emery. F B. Hammond. Ham-mond. Sr., Grand; Heber J Meeks. Kane; Dan B. Shields. Mrs Elizabeth Hayward, T. T. Burton, J lxiuis Brown and W. B. Ennis, Salt Lake; Byron D Nebeker, Uintah, D. H Morris, Washington; George C. Brinkerhoff, Wayne Total. 13 Progressives T W. Peterson and W H. Griffin, Jr. Cache, J. Tom Fitch. Caibon; C M. Croft, Morgan, Mrs Lily C. Wolsteuholme, Parley P Christensen, George F Goodwin. Thomas P. Page and Emil S. Lund. Salt Lake. Total. 9. Socialist J. Alex Bevan, Tooele. |