Show SENATOR BURTON SENDS IN HIS RESIGNATION Kansas Senator Decides Not to Walt for His Colleagues to Expel Him From Senate Topeka Kan United Stales Senator Sen-ator Joseph R Burton ot Abilene after a conference here on Monday with several close friends placed his resignation resig-nation In the hands of Governor Hoch These friends Included Bailey Wagoner Wag-oner of Atchison a Democrat W P Hackney and George Findley As has been his custom since the charges were first brought against him Sen atord Burton declined to talk for publication pub-lication before going to tho conference confer-ence The letter of resignation Is as follows fol-lows Topeka Ian Juno 4 1 To His Excellency Ex-cellency Governor Hoch SlrI hereby resign as a United States senator sen-ator for the state of Kansas to take effect Immediately Very respectfully JOSEPH U BURTON Foster Dwight Coburn was appointed appoint-ed United States senator by Governor E W Hoch late Monday afternoon to succeed J n Burton Mr Coburn was not a candidate for the appointment nor has ho been a candidate for the election to tho seat to bo filled by the legislature next year P D Coburn was born In Jefferson county Wisconsin In 184G Ho served In two Illinois regiments during the civil war and settled In Kansas In 1SG7 He has served for till past sixteen six-teen years as secretary of the Kansas Btato board of agriculture |