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Show DEADLOCK IN UTAH'S LOWER I HOUSE REMAINS UNBROKEN I Both Fusionists and Republicans Meet in Legislative Hall and IH Adjourn to Tomorrow Morning Effort at Conciliation H Being Made Complaint Filed Against Warnick of Utah County. Salt Lake city, Jan 12. The twenty-three Democratic. Progressive and Socialist members of Utah's lower house, who yesterday took the oath of office before the county clerk and organized during the absence of the Kepublican members, met this iore-noon iore-noon and adjourned until tomorrow at 10:30 a m The twentj -three Kepublican members mem-bers have been in conference with the governor and attorney general and met at 2 o'clock this afternoon, adjourning ad-journing until 10 o'clock a m tomor row. Both sides had guards stationed in the hall of representatives throughout the night to prevent locking the dunrs Formal protest was filed today against permitting Warn irk, Republi-i can of Utah county, to serve on the ground he is disqualified through having hav-ing sered in the Idaho legislature two years ago The senate met at 2 o'clock and adjourned ad-journed soon after as it cannot transact trans-act husiness until the house has been organized, hen the Fusionists met this morning, morn-ing, they corrected the minutes of yesterday and then elected the necei sary officers to transact husiness. also naming two committees, one to call on the governor and the other on the senate, to serve notice they were organized and ready to proceed with legislative business. Parley f'hristensen called Representatives Repre-sentatives W. B. Knnis. Mrs. L. Wol- stennolme ana ueorce i . BnnKeruoii to the floor and said he understood the secretary of state intended to cer-tity cer-tity to their names as having voted for L. R. Andcion as speaker. EJaCb man In turn positively denied t he-statements he-statements of the secretary of state and said they were absolutely untrue. John C. Weaver was named minute clerk, John L. Welsh mailing clerk. F. J Mallet, Socialist. sergeant-at-iirms, and Joseph F. Fowler, committee commit-tee clerk. No janitor, chaplain or docket clerk was named The desks of all members have been locked by the secretary of state and will not be opened, he dec lares, until there la some semblance of organiza tion ' Efforts are being made by both sids to reach an understanding and avoid a permanent deadlock. |