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Show SMOOT'S CREDENTIALS PRESENTED TO SENATE AND REFERRED RE-FERRED TO COMMITTEE. Memorial of Citizens Remonstrating Against Seating of Senator-elect Alio Presented Tho credentials of Reed Smoot, recently re-cently elected senator from Utah to succeod Senator Rawlins, wore pro. sontcd Monday. Tho credentials were road in open senate and rcferrod to tho committee on privileges and elections. elec-tions. Immediately after tho credentials wore presented Senator Burrows, chairman of tho elections commltteo, presented a memorial of tho citizens of Utah remonstrntlng against the Beating of Mr. Smoot. This was also referred to the committee, where tho matter of seating Mr. Smoot will rest until tho convening of tho Fifty-elghth congress, cither in Dccembor noxt or at such tlmo as tho president may call an oxtra session, should ho concludo to do so. |