Show SUPREME COURT DECIDES kansas senator again convicted in the rialto grain company cae and will probably lose seat in senate washington the supreme court ot the united states has rendered a decision in the case of united states senator ralph burton of kansas the decision was against burton affirm ing the decision of the united states circuit court for the eastern district of missouri by which burton was sen fenced to six months imprisonment in the jail of iron county missouri re quiren to pay a fine of 2 BOO and deprived 0 f the right to hereafter hold office under the government the opinion was by justice harlan all of the points made in burton s in terest were overruled senator burton was prosecuted on the charge of violating section of the revised statutes which its senators and representatives from receiving compensation for services rendered before any of the govern ment departments in any mattel in which the government may inter ested he was specifically charge with accepting a fee of per month tor five months from the rialto grain securities company of t louis tor services rendered that pany in an effort to prevent the bissu ance of an order by the postoffice post office de apartment part ment prohibiting the use of the mails by the company |