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Show ARE AETEIl SENATOR REED SMOOT'S SCALP PROTEST AGAINST 8EATING OF SENATOR FILED. ; T " " ' 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 Herald from Washington contains tho follow, ing: Sonator Burrows, chairman of the prlvllogos and olectlons commlttoo, has received a protost from citizens of Utah against seating Senator.elcct Bmoot. Senator Burrows has not do-clded do-clded when ho will present tho protest in tho senato. It is posslblo he may defer filing it until after tho credentials creden-tials of Smoot aro presented, but after a conference with other mombors of tho commlttoo tho protost may bo presented pre-sented prior to tho rocolpt of tho credentials. cre-dentials. Sonator Burrows says tho regular proccduro aftor protest is pro-sonted pro-sonted will bo its roforenco to his commlttoo, com-mlttoo, to which tbo crodontlals lot Smoot and other protests if any are received, will also bo referred. The naturo of tho charges or allegations set out in tho protests will dctortnino the futuro action of tho commlttoo. If tho charges aro of a serious nature hcarw ings may bo ordered to dotormlne the truth of tho same. If not tho commit-too commit-too may pass upon thorn without fur. thor testimony than shown on tho face of tho protests. Sonator Burrows recolvod telegraphic tele-graphic notice two wooks ago from the Ministerial association that a protest would bo sont by It against soatlng Sinoot and that a ropresontatlvo of tho association would como to Washington and appear beforo tho committee against Smoot, but up to tho present tlmo this promised protest has not arrived. |