Show Is accused of illegal acts as a senator st louis nov 20 for the second time within two ears united states senator J ralph burion of kansas today was cabled upon to defend himself in the united states circuit court against an indictment charging that he was offered and accepted compensation pensa tion aiom the rialto grain securities company of st louis now defunct for using his influence while a oe the united states senate on of that concern in certain mattera pending before the posA office department at washington senator burton was tried and convicted on the first indictment in march 1904 he appealed to the united states supreme court and the cae ca e was reversed A new indictment was returned last spring and about a month ago dimur tars filed by counsel for the defense were sustained by united stales circuit judge who immediately ordered that a new federal grand jury be summoned to consider the evidence in possession 0 the untied states district attorney on nov eight days before the statute ot limitations became effective the third and present indictment against senator burton was returned demurrers to this and a atea in ibar filed by senator bartons burtons Bur tons attorneys were overruled over ruled by judge and the case ordered to trial the salient points 0 difference between the first and third indictments ii that la the former senator burton was charged with receiving the alleged compensation in washington D C and one of the points on alch the supreme court reversed the conviction was that the st louis court did not havo the present indictment alleges that senator button agreed to accept and did accept corn tor his influence in st louis when court convened at 10 this morning senator burton was present accompanied by his attorney frederick W lehmann of st bouts louts leading counsel for the defense colinet dyer the district attorney delivered the opening statement of the govern mout s cae lie said the charge was brought the revised statutes of the united states provides that no employed or officer of the united states government may receive or agree to receive any compensation tor representing ny party or parties in any matter before any department of tho united states government the penalty for conviction is a term of not more than two vears in tho penitentiary or a line 0 not alore aban or both and that the convicted person shall be forever ife barred from holding office under the united states govern colonel dyer then read the indictment which contain six counts two conits having been quashed qua shed previously on motion of the defense the counts charge virtually the same offense ocly differing in dates and other matters pertaining to ahe specific craige made in the respective counts |