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Show ARE AFTER SENATOR REED SMOOT'S SCALP PROTEST AGAINST SEATING OF SENATOR FILED. United States Senate is Asked to Set Aside the Election, the Document Being In the Hands of Sena. tor Burrows. A special to tho Salt Lako Horald from Washington contains tho following: follow-ing: Sonntor Burrows, chairman of tho privileges and elections commlttco, has received a protest from citizens ot Utah against seating Sonator-eloct Smoot. Senator Burrows has not decided de-cided when ho will present tho protest In tho Bcnato. It Is posslblo he may dofor filing It until after tho credentials creden-tials ot Smoot are prcsontcd, but nftor a conforonco with other members of tho committee tho protest may bo pro-sonted pro-sonted prior to tho rccolpt of tho credentials. cre-dentials. Senator Burrows says tho regular procedure after protest Is prcsontcd prc-sontcd will bo Its refcronco to his commlttco, com-mlttco, to which tho credentials of Smoot and other protests If any 'are received, will also bo roferred. Tho naturo of tho charges or allegations sot out In tho protests will determine tho futuro action of tho commlttoo. If tho charges aro of a serious naturo hearings hear-ings may ho ordered to dctermlno tho truth of tho same. If not tho commit-too commit-too may pass upon them without further fur-ther tostlmony than shown on the faco of tho protests. Sonator Burrows received telo. graphic notlco two weeKs ago from tho Ministerial association that a protest would ho sent by it against seating Smoot and that a representative of the association would corao to Washington and nppear beforo tho committee against Smoot, but up to tho present tlmo this promised protest haa not1 ar. rived. |