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Show ARGUMENT IS CLOSED Smoot Committee Wiil Not Be Ready to Report for Several Weeks. WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. The inves- I tigatlon of protests against Senator Smoot of Utah retaining his seat in the United States Senate was concluded today to-day by the Committee on Privileges and Elections, and when a report 1s drafted by the committee the investigation investiga-tion will pass to the whole Senate. One question of great moment, which will be fought over on the floor of the Senate, is whether a two-thirds vote or 9 majority of the Senate is required to expel a member. Mr. Tayler, counsel for the protestants, holds that a majority major-ity vote will suffice in the same manner that a majority vote will prevent a Senator Sen-ator from first taking his seat. It will be several weeks before the committee will be able to report. The coipmittee a'lowed counsel until February Feb-ruary 4 to revise their arguments and file written biiefs. Only one session of the committee was held today. Mr. Worthington, counsel for Senator Smoot. concluded his argument, and Judge Tayler closed the case for the protestants. Mr. Worthington discussed the political po-litical rule of the church, which he declared de-clared meant nothing beyond the fact that a Mormon shall not remain a high officer of the church, or in other words, he must resign his church position to run for- a political office If the church thinks he cannot perform the duties of both offices. Ha took Judge Tayler to task for his statement that a man who prayed for the counsel of his creator is unfitted to hold a seat in the Senate. Judge Tayler, In closing the arguments, argu-ments, made no effort to follow any particular line of argument, but he declared de-clared that Mr. Worthington had misinterpreted mis-interpreted his remarks on the subject of revelations. He stated his position anew, but followed practically the same line as in his opening statement of the case. Mr. Worthington had talked at length of the effect of the manifesto, and Judge Tayler declared that divine order to have been the result of the "political "po-litical club," the manifesto having been issued at a time when the country was stirred by the Roberts investigation. He devoted nearlv his entire time to answering an-swering Mr. 'Vorthington. -No new arguments ar-guments were advanced. |