Show THE ROBERTS CONTEST warren foster late populist bandl date tor congressman Is out in a pub ditc itc letter in which ho says ho will not contest the seat of B II 11 roberts stating that the expense of a contest Is more than he can personally undertake before election he was promised ample funds to go to washington and institute a contest but as the day approaches for actual work to commence the money Is not forthcoming and the champion of populism and monogamy Is down in the mouth mr fosters withdrawal places the onerous duty on the shoulders of mr eldredge and the salt lake tribune ia authority for the statement that the gentleman will inaugurate the contest it not held back by the republican state central committee reviewing the entire proceedings up to date to an unprejudiced observer it appears that th agitation will end in talk and simply give vent to much pent up anti mormon hatred existing in the east among other religious denominations the sooner the agitation Is over with the better it hlll be for the good of the state just at the turning point between hard times and an era of good times when the locked up money of capitalists Is returning to the investment field utah cannot afford to yell the investors oft by taking up the taint echoes of the discords of some ten years ago and revamping them with the cry of broken pledges outsiders especially capitalists with their known timidity are readily made to believe that a perfect bedlam exists in utah and not caring to borrow trouble will pass us by this evasion will continue while the people magnify their internal and invite a national scandal which is capable of home solution and settlement we repeat now Is the most inopportune time that could possibly be selected in which to publish utah to the world as a harem of iniquities and dissensions |