Excerpt from Testimony of Important Witnesses as Given in the Proceedings Before the Committee on Privileges and Elections: Of the United States Senate, in the Matter of the Protest Against the Right of Hon. Reed Smoot, a Senator From the State of Utah, to Hold His Seat Mr. Worthington. Did you at that time pass through the ceremony which is called taking the endowments? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.