Show HE WILL CONTEST mr warren foster the populist candidate for representative to congress announces it to be his intention to contest the election should the choice of the people fall on B H roberts mr foster does not assume that his vote will be so pretentious as to justify the proceeding on the ground of hoping to win for himself in which he is no doubt correct the vote of his party two years ago a trifle over ever 2000 in a vote of more than was not 0 ot S such proportions as to inspire conilee co confidence nilde e I 1 in n that direction especially when it does not appear that populism has gained much headway in the interim As he toe not expect to gain the seat the question arises as to what his motive can be in entering the arena at all atter after the peoples verdict has been rendered undoubtedly any one whose name naine has aPpear appeared bd on the official ballot as a candidate tor for congress can make a contest test lor for a seat in kentucky once there aed a man who rejoiced in the so of live forever jones he made the race for Cong congress Tess two or three blines getting a handful of votes each and finally hit upon the scheme ot jot oo 00 chang changing inq things that the one who ind the fewest votes would be declared elected armed with this purpose he duly presented himself at washington when the time came around and asked to be seated on the showing made his application was filed and is perhaps there somewhere yet contesting is simmaly a matter of taste and judgment the ibe ethical phase of the business not belig being at all retarded by the douceur which the house sometimes allows a contestant whether he wins or not this however Is generally genei ally predicated upon an apparent case one in which the vote was very close or there were frauds or intimidations of sufficient magnitude to change the result from what it should have been but not to get in but to keep the 0 candidate out that is making fa a case not as a party in interest but by relation and tor for the patriotic purpose pose of benefiting the public is another matter iter y the constitution invests the house of I 1 with the power of be ang g the sole judge ot of the election and qualifications of its members it can oc refuse to admit expel or refuse to expel and there is no appeal the first proceeding as a usual thing when a contest is taken up is to make an investigation regarding the election it if this la Is not questioned onedas as we are ad ased elbet will be the case bilth mr poster t the matters of fraud or ot of arther unfair means by which an election electo to Is alleged to have been had are pone gone into if nothing of this kind appears vars there Is still the ground left that the 44 sitting bitting member Is not a citizen or cother otherwise wise ineligible but it does not inquire a formal contest to make such grounds available since it is merely a guestion of vacating the seat or leaving in 9 it as it la Is it Is only necessary for abb 11 house aube to be made acquainted with the fa aasta tasta and it will take the necessary Oct loof of its own accord As the un dwing of a member on such grounds by no means causette cau cause sethe the seating of wyne me sloe else especially 08 peel alcyone one whose vote waa ya so 00 far in the rear as not to figure kb ft all in a practical sense there would lowne e some doubt about such person being ald roundly tor for ahu amounted to w ar than ban the houe with wi th which it coul chui have obtained with kith but a trifling expense however it is for mr foster to decide as to what action he will take these remarks are simply our views on the matter and have no more reference to him individually than to any one else in a similar position |