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Show 4 8ENATOR FOUND GUILTY. Burton of Kansas Will Probably Lota His Scat In the Senate. Joseph Italph Durton, United States senator from Knnsns, was convicted by n Jury In tho United States district dis-trict court nt St. Louis, Monday, on tho chargo of having ncccptcd compensation com-pensation to protect tho Intorosts of tho Illalto Grain & Securities company com-pany of 8t. Louis boforo tho postofllco postof-llco department. Tho Jury deliberated deliberat-ed forty-ono hours. A motion for a new trial was Immediately filed by tho council for tho senator. If this verdict Is sustained Senator Durton will loso IiIb scat In tho sonato and forever bo prohibited from holding hold-ing any olTlco of public trust. Each count constitutes a separato offonso, and Senator Durton could recolvo a penitentiary sentence of two years or a $10,000 flno on each count. Sonator Durton'ft conviction Is tho first under this section of tho statutes, which was ennctcd by congress In ISC t. A special from Topcka, Kans., Bays lawyers who aro close to Governor Gov-ernor llailey regard tho conviction of Sonator Durton as an Immediate vacation vaca-tion of his scat and tho contest for tho placo will, It Is belloved, commence com-mence at onco. Politicians closo to the chlof executive ex-ecutive express tho bellot that tho choice of Sonntor Durtoa's successor Ilea between Fourth Assistant Post' master Gonornl Drlstow, of Sallna, Kansas, and Cyrus Lcland, former Ho-publican Ho-publican national committeeman from Kansas. |
