Show CONVICTION OF BURTON THOSE THOSE WHO HAVE READ the re report reI I port por ot of th te bY bythe the lor the pro In the thea a j fit of the go Burton of Ka Kaae will wUl not be when they this Qt he has been nd ma charged with his Influence as a senator with the post department on behalf of a Kansas concern that was under the b ban The tended to show that he re for some months a regular salary of per m month nth and that h h k knew lip lie was committing an offense under the statute That he knew UtI is by th thare rare are heto he took k to fA d troy the records 0 b his conne ton With the th irm p f op he w was doing busIness In l ht of V th the outcome o s against ot fr r senators and It was hardly to be expected that a JUT jury wIth V sufficient courage to convict Burton p n after his g guilt wan Wag could be found That such a jury ln Is fM altogether to theore th ee Certainly urton made a hara enough light being convicted The finding In this case will have hae a wholesome some Influence on pu lc rues men ll It la is a lint hint to them they can cannot ot aiWa l ys s hope to p Jun for tor misdeeds that the they ar soL r C high elal po posItions l tI one exempt from unpleasant consequences so 50 often orten visIted upon the We V presume that Pros Pres i Heat leut u hast baster n to t tie e Do and he Is the same Roosevelt that has hag announced a determination to summarily t d Sta State DistrIct Attorney Sun Sum 18 of oe b a for against V Unless a hig r urt Should reverse V the he Sen Senator ator Burton maS fined In a ai t wn ur not and for not niece more t li o years the st lite j sr fite flie awl t Tha Iss Isa daM mush e eboth both buth fined and Imprisoned And the V under which Senator Burton V a prosecuted further r it the ht lie be incapable forever lifter after or of holding any Office or of tru trust or under the ai jV the States |