| Show OF Ol KANSAS S Butte Bute News Today the supreme court of the lie United States handed down a decision which means not oni only the lie unseating but tho the imprisonment of a United States senator Senator I I Burton of Kansas Kansa tried In the lie circuit court for using his office as a medium of oC graft for a bogus bogus concern n rigged up uj lo 0 catch the quick get speculator Is lie tho latest latet disgrace to the tile national senate senaLe Through the liberal use of oC mone money and by hy the lie powerful influence he was enabled to lo employ Burton Burlon succeeded in Ill dodging dOdging the penalty for his crime for Cor a long time lonE Tho rho appeal was Wa morel merely a temporizing method but hut the tho lie federal court was too hard a game for him isbn to heaL beaL beut Following the lie disgrace graco of Oregon's senator the Button Buton affair will vili wi have the lie effect of or directing public attention more stron strongly ly upon the grafters grafter's In the lie senate senale Burton Burlon and amid Mitchell Michel were ero not convicted con by hy any abuse of the muck muck- They were not nol the victims of or any unfortunate or extraordinary clr- clr cl they both bolh honored with the Iho hl highest office ollice their helm wih orco re respective states could accord and anul that hat honor they lucy violated as a If the they were the com corn monc monest t thieves Dalas Dallas Texas Times Herald Herld lion Hon Jo Joseph Randolph Burton senator and ant statesman should hould arid add arll tim Iho following to his biography in mu II tho lie congressional cong Who's Who Vho ho Jan 23 23 1 1301 JO O Indicted t-Indicted Indicted h by tho tim fed fed- eral eual grand jury In St. St St Louis on charge e o of acting as aN attorney before a government government govern govern- ment department to prevent a u fraud Claud order Older a against tho lie Rialto Grain Grafts Se- Se company while ho lie was scum cnn to lor tor r. r March larch 22 22 I 1904 04 Trial commenced Jury March 27 7 1 1301 Case 0 t Case went Vent to the lie March Maichi 8 1901 Verdict 1901 t Verdict of oC guilty April 6 6 l 1 1901 guily Apri O l Sentenced by Judge Adams darns to IJa pay tine fine of oC 2500 fO and serve erve six months in Iii ll Ironton Jai Jail April Apri 16 1 1904 04 Appealed to United States Stales supreme court Jul July 20 W. 1901 Justic I Justice Brewer Drewel grants writ rIt of oC error errOl Jan Tami Tal 15 t 1905 United 1906 United States OC su su- su preme court reversed and remanded the tile case caso for or a n now nos' trial Nov 21 21 1905 Second 1905 Second Second trial tm-Ial com coin m e Nov 26 26 1905 A 1905 Again 1905 Again aln found guilty Nov 29 29 1905 Sentenced 1905 Sentenced a second time to pay a lImits Inu of oC 2500 and servo serve e cr six months in iii the he Ironton jail Ma May 21 21 Decision 1906 Decision sustained jai by United States supreme court Chicago Journal Joural The rile country will county bo he greatly relieved when whon wi greaty Senator BUrton BurIon BurIon Bur- Bur Ion ton of oC Kansas finally goes oes to prison and thus ends the disgraceful spec spec- ache he has hns pr presented ever o er since sluice his hits fumul tho thu tl Hin of nC a n senator of r th the Hlat Slates ai admitting nut I imig t that hat hu lie Is IR t guilty guily of or tin hut tl charges brought a against him hini and amid fighting to hold his seat and kee out of oC jail b by jai raising blo hi e egal ul technicalities If I Burton Burlon had hall any any sense of decency If lie he e had over ever heen lit to hold m lI any office omco he ho of dignity under the government would have o resigned from Crom the sea sen- ate ato the thc day dav a true rumo bill was found bil against t him Instead of that hat he hue bra bra- br- br scaly retained his seat though ho though flared dared not occupy it drew his hits salary and ina fought with wih his ills tact tao lac- t tics lea In m the courts courtr until tho the lust last hope was gone Even now when ione only sixty days day oay j interval nominally to give him bun iny to apply for COl on a a. rehearing which rehearing will wi certainly bo be denied sepa sepa rates him i the lie penitentiary ho lie fuses uses to resign re reuses re- re sending Kansas such Is sufficiently punished for fOl or a person as aM Burton to tho ho senate by thu tho advertisement of lila his ad thieve thore Ch renne Leader Senator of lan as has ha reached the end Burton lurton of hii his rope wu With the s decision of oC tho the su supreme su- su preme prenie court COlt n against him he ho can now either r resign from froni th the tho senate fired K bodily or bo ho fred The choice Is un to him und and lie ho Wl wi have haV tO mal make lurry e it In tn ii h Ul i a u Spokane Spokesman Review of f th the case of Phi Bur Burton nn f Senator onao ot of Ka Kansas Vf sas- sas confirming tonce Once no of oC Imprisonment the son sen cn- cn for Cor or Sf the he f federal statutes In violation oC on for or services rendered receiving m eom-m- com no l before of 0 the ri go departments iii stilt wi further to lie confidence In the jUdicIary establish PUb Pub |
