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Show I SENATOR BURTON SENDS IN NIS RESIGNATION Kansas Senator Decides Not to Walt for His Colleagues to Expel Him From Senate. Topekn, Knn. United Stntcs Sen-ntor Sen-ntor Joseph It. Durton of Abllono, after a conferenco hero on Monday with several closo friends, placed his resignation resig-nation In tho hnnds of Governor Hoch. Theso friends Included Dalley Wegener Weg-ener of Atchison, n Democrat; W. P. Hacknoy and Georgo Flndley. As hns been his custom since tho 'chnrges were first brought against him, Sen-atord Sen-atord Durton declined to talk for publication pub-lication beforo going to tho conference. confer-ence. The lotter of resignation Is as fob lows; "Topekn, Kan., Juno 4. To His Excellency, Ex-cellency, Governor Hoch. Sir I horeby resign as a United Stntcs senator sen-ator for tho stato of Kansas to tnko effect Immediately. Very respectfully, "JOSEPH n. DURTON," Foster Dwlght Coburn wns appointed appoint-ed Unltod States senator by Governor E. W. Hoch Into Monday afternoon to succeed J. II. Durton. Mr. Coburn wns not n. cnndldato for tho appointment, nor hns ho been n cnndldato for tho election to Iho scat to bo tilled by the legislature next year. F. D. Coburn was born In Jefforson county, Wisconsin, In 1S4C. Ho served In two Illinois regiments during tho civil war nnd settled In Kansas In 1007. Ho has sorved for tho past six-teen six-teen years as secretary of tho Kansas stato board of agriculturo |