Show r DT AH LINE UP r F t Eyes of f the Country Now F t Hell Our Congees r sional Election W A TWill 31 ATE DO I l I f t How the East is Likely to In I tel pret the Result I I OUR PEOPLE HAVE PROSPERED 1 r S I El Pertinent Editorial Upon Utah Political Poli-tical Affairs Printed in tho Washington Wash-ington Star Questions are Asked as to How the Good Fortune which tho Country Has Enjoyed Has Affected Af-fected tho People of Utah Upon the Silver Question Have they Any Now Arguments t Offer in Support 2 Sup-port of White NotalIf Not will they Again Vote for Silver Wijl tho State Favor Expansion 2Is I Sh in Favor of Retaining the I Philippines or will She Agrco with S tho AntiExpansionists TRIBUNE BUREAU 501 Fourteenth street Washington D C Feb S 3900 S The Washington Evening Star today S prints the following pertinent editorial upon Utah political affairs I Is suggested that the result of tho election to take placn In Utah on April 2nd when a successor In Conprr to B S II Roberts wH bo clioson will bo an Indication In-dication of Western aonllmcht oC fJifT BUbJert o the Issue4 wiilch at a later lay will enter into tho Presidential campaign cam-paign Polygamy will be Mlmlnutorl from the context iinct tho two parllf will line up on the questions which at present divide di-vide thorn Utah cavo Mr Bryan for President OOXX majority Two years later she gave I Roberts Oem for Congress 5 majority major-ity Slnco then at some municipal and county clectlonn the Republicans huvc triumphed So that there would appear to be room now for a lively contest and as suggested it win bo well worth watching watch-ing Utah with all the other States has abundantly prospered since prosperity returned to tho country Has that good fortune affected the views of tho people ns to silver Tlny cannot now Irold aIn a-In such largo numbers thC did In i 1S < J that tho free coinage of silver at 16 to 1 Is essential to prosperity Have lliey any now arguments to offer In support of silver sil-ver J not will they again vote for silver sil-ver bocaiiBO they voted for It then Utah with the other Westorn States has a very consldcrablo stake In the Issue of expansion Will she Improve this opportunity op-portunity to express herself on that subject jct JH she In favor of retaining the Philippines Phil-ippines or doca she agree with those anti cxpanBlonlst lenders who would have thc Government quit tho sceno a speedily as possible I we stay and expectations as to an enlarged eastern trade are realized Utah will share In whatever Is accomplished If tvo abandon the Islands and the stepS step-S proves tho losses unwise she will sustain a share of In many portions of the West oxpan rlon Is exceedingly I strong The new Senator Sen-ator from California a Republican in announcing his views declares particularly larly for that policy He Is a businessman business-man of largo Imeatmenta and approaches tho subject from that direction There can beiio doubt but the business Interests In-terests In tho West generally speaking i aro for tho retention of tho Philippines I and if tho business Interests of Utah lake an active part In tills Congressional race tho result ut tho polls ought to show It PETITION FOR POSTOFFICE Senator RawJins today presented a S number of petitions praying for the I establishment 01 a poslofllce at Grafton r Graf-ton Washington county Utah B F Linch was today appointed i postmaster at Lovelocks Ilumboldt county Nov vice G W Williams removed re-moved S PENSION GRANTED Stephen Calkins of Clayton Ida has I been granted L pension of 8 per month |