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wW myimGjr'-' awtrss5rs5 8 The Commoner. VOLUME 6, NUMBER 20 t--' CA "aju . CURB6NT "(.' -JHpK & V LM(U. gH tiJjtfyMl llk-''v nM 'VL&'W i i rr JLL il - f Ci 'SgP T &smm&Ml ' 4 r .. ,41 (i : m m THE UNITED STATES supreme court has af firmed the decisions of the lowor courts in the conviction of Joseph It. Burton, Uni'ced States senator' from Kansas. Senator Burton was con victed on two count's, and was sentenced to serve nine months in the Iron county "(Mo.) jail and to pay a fine of $2,500. The sentence was sus tained by the supreme court by a vote of si:? to throe, Justices White, Brewer and Peckham dis senting. The dissenting justices held that because the United States was not financially interested in the case against the company for which Bur ton appeared, no crime had been committed. The court gave Mr. Burton's attorneys, sixty days in which to file a motion for a re-hearing, and this will act as a stay until October. It is be lieved, however, that by next fall the Kansas senator must undergo, imprisonment. THREE UNITED STATE senators, Burton of Kansas, Dietrich of Nebraska, and Mitchell of Oregon, have been tried-. Dietrich escaped on a technicality, Mitchell was convicted and .died pending an appeal, while Burton lfas waged a long battle. He was convicted under the law which prohibits a senator or representative from pracV ticing before the executive departments. He ap peared before the postofflce department as the paid attorney for a grain company doing busi ness in St. Louis, which company had been de nied the use of the mails. Mr. Burton was em ployed by this company to prevent the issuance of a fraud order. Included in the 'sentence of the court is that Burton bo forever debarred from holding offlce. It is claimed that this, however, does not formally oust him from the senate, but that it will bo necessary for the senate to ex pell him. Senator Hale of Mainb, has introduced a resolution providing for an inquiry as to Bur- totl'fl fiblhlftwltlt. .ronnonf. tn Vin onnnfn. rvnrmlm Kansas, dispatches say that in the event Gov ernor Hoch is called upon to appoint a successor to Burton Representative Charles Curtis will be the man. TUDGE JACKSON of West Virginia who, for J more than forty-four years served on the federal bench, says: "Unless a check is put upon the present tendency toward corruption, which has been gaining in force during the last few years, this country will be In a bad way. That there is corruption in private life is dem onstrated by the increasing number of divorce cases. The antics of high life, aped by those of lesser wealth, are largely responsible. The rem edy for that lies in the moral precepts of the Christian religion." "DEFERRING TO THE strong language re- wLnCS y omana ing from ingress and the White House, a writer in the New York World says that 'John Randolph of Roanoke would be Played. According to this writer the best the ffi ,,21 t e sonhln1 the boBt th "" ' l " 1lu""uoa ""senoocr and SS ,as a, (lellberate and malicious liar." The World writer says: "To John Randolph that vo d have been the innocent prattle of babes When ho objected to the Jay treaty he nronosaii this toast: 'George Washington may he 1m nsaS!An,"aed,t0 ''o:or t0 e Adams' ?amll? 'any "noo lc,a'l, 'TP SSL" ' . !. tablti ' SS. 25- JftS?.HaSK , - '" Ui -" iuco,' anu used to snoor ni- Jefterson as St. Thomas of Cantingbury? " ACSS J? 1THIS sa authority aftei a?a co mn tnf(1 J10 General Wilkinson SScwISO Tp ? fh, refU88d t0 fiht Wfth him he had had a dispute wio. Atata? North Caro Una he mot his opponent in tllo corridor nftl, capitol, awyalds "Alston, if it lvorth whUo I would cane you, and I believe I will cane you." And cane Alston he did. He pictured the alli ance between Adams and Clay as "the coalition of Blifil and Black George, the combination of the Puritan and the blackleg." He described Henry Clay affectionately as "this being so bril liant and so corrupt, which, like a rotten mack erel by moonlight, shone and stunk." O MERE PASSING of the lie would, in the ,. opinion of this writer, ever have satisfied John Randolph's artistic soul. This writer con cludes: "And when John Quincy Adams felt it necessary to reply to something that Randolph had said there was no feeble reference to un qualified falsehoods. Instead the president quoted Ovid's description of Envy: His face is livid; gaunt his whole body; His breast is green with gall; his tongue drips poison. They understood the amenities of discussion in those days. A nighthawk cab-driver on' Broad way would be ashamed to use the hackneyed epi thets that now pass current at Washington. When such weakness, inaptitude and poverty of imagi nation are shown in a great state quarrel men of blood and bowels instinctively long for the good old days when Matthew Lyon answered Roger Griswold's charges by spitting in his face and rolling with him in a rough-and-tumble fight down the aisle to the speaker's desk." HP HE LAST AMENDMENT to the railway rate 1 bill adopted in the senate provided for the striking out of the words' "in its judgment" where those words were used in authorizing the inter state commerce commission to fix a just and reasonable rate. Senator Foraker, republican, who voted against the bill, claims that the meas ure is unconstitutional. Senators Morgan and Pettus of Alabama, who also voted against the moaure, declared that they did so because the measure was not in consonance with the doctrine of state rights. Senator Burton of Kansas was absent and unpaired. Senators Depew, Gorman and Proctor were absent and were paired on po- t hS? hphnw ' bUtln statement was made In tneh behalf concerning the position they would take on the railway rate measure. Formal an toT?l?fn LT that 0f the absent sent hi 1 AicSirffi 'f PS8mt' W0Uld vote for the q L, ??fer biS' Bl,rrWB, Patterson, Piatt, ?n?Mrn7nPren'. Mney' ambI TT HE RAILWAY RATE bill after having passed J. the -senate was sent to the house for the purpose of having that body pass upon the amend- oTthe abilll)te in UG SeUate- e "fons IJt , , af amented in the senate are de Zmo - "Washington correspondent -for the New York World in this way: "The bill em JS ?vVnt0PB,tate commerce wwion cSS: piising five members as at present, to fix a ma mum rate whenever it is alleged that a chaSe sonaebley Th?"' ,CJnpany ,S unu r ?i sonauie. The commission mav enfornp 1h .,i. through the courts. Oil veltefZVBrm panics and sleeping car companies are made men carrier and placed under the jurisSction oi the commfasion. No railroad may hereafter fur- nish free transportation except in excepted cases A fine of from $100 to $2,000 is provided for the improper issuance of a pass, and the person a cepting it is liable to the same punishment. The railroads must before May 1, 1908, divorce them- selves from all business connections and confine HeisSeTZSven meV, th duties of common car! rieis They will not be permitted to have a direct or indirect interest in any commodity they trans port unless it is intended for their own use All railroads must provide switches and side trial for shippers without discrimination. Provision made for the enforcement of this regirta Son by the commission. All railroads must file wit? th commission schedules of their charges ThirW days' notice must be given the commission It any change in schedules. Any carrier fnfiin ? fie its charges with the contSssK from transacting business. The m-antw i! Dates and discriminations is torbldto'Sfd a Z ?i Stinn'T ,t0 $f '00 is fixed as Punishment in addition to imprisonment for a term not ex ceeding two years. Both penalties may be im posed by the courts. Any person, corporation or company demanding a rebate for the shipment of goods is subject to a fine of hree times Uie amount received or three times the value of any concession granted. All orders of the "comS sion fixing a maximum rate shall take effecHvTth m thirty days and continue two years unless sus pended or modified by the commSon or cour of competent jurisdiction. The commission L ratosraseVP 'StabliSh Jhrl,gh and joint soHhA thl Qn maxlmum t0 De charged and pre sciibe the division of the .rates. The commit sion is authorized to prescribe what anmial r ports shall be made by the railroads. It may also prescribe exactly the forms of any and aU aC comes records and memoranda kept by each entrTln m' f' Any person maWng false entiy in the books as ordered to be kept bv the SS Mi? S "f6 t0 a flne of from $1,000 to year aSS nI?Pr,80ninen,t for not less than one yeai and not more than three years The commission is empowered to employ such sneclal agents and examiners as are necessa ry to keen that body informed as to the business transacted by the railroads Any examiner who dlvuteS any fact or information obtained during his in- spections except to the commission, is liable to ment for not more than two years or both All railroads are made responsible for any damages or losses sustained on goods delivered to cot ?ulf ?eSspones?bilitTvhe "Jf1"111 biH s shipment' y n the carpIep accepting the TrtMtoWitI fATB M". s "to its ar--- nvai m the house, created trouble at. nLi a cans clashed and the "lie" wn In any o? th2tPbUrn ?,d he did not take stock CooSeTtSfnSSJVSf InSlSted that Ml'- Cooper, being pressed siid Iff plan" ?Ir that Mr. Hepburn had said Oh.h?hWaB t0ld company amendments win g0 out m eHTE8 was greatly excited ZvLf ; Ml ' HePbui'n made that statement toh 1 ? rtt man who Mr. Cooper namTd thl SnL1? S?h?d' antl until statement to X h??J vldual who niade the CoopS was drlwinl would hoId that Cooper Bald SSSSi M &U Mr' been charged with fnSJll , ,tlme he had ever rah ttihc. tpii' BUllon Campbell, Cooper. Dar KehnneEd"iS McSy0nMoHaUgen Hog Hubba?d, Ss, SSSSn ofTo T and RiclSin of Zl'lTS ,New Yor,r' democratic member & ?lc?ardsa the kins of West viSimJ n 2 conferees are El Tillman rtltomu 0f I11Ino1 THLFeTofsiC ?0f ?rr' months of 1906 shows thit th ' LfflrBt Hiree were $36,034,490, an Increase of S?SrnS?S,,lg8 compared with the first quartor o , t'yS ''un. c a'efsTlB 718'712 to an directors deoH? t S ";er a year ' ThQ ; iS fl f ed the resular quarterly dividend Send w1' ?f1t n1 the Prefen'Qd stoc No divi (lend was declared on the common stonir rh directors organized by re-elecUng Presidmt Wil "am E. Corey and all the retiring officers The net earnings for the quarter are a new wS? 2aLw fi:st quar'ter in tZV X 'J,,tti"saes sLSaXBZAXlinimi tin. rfJBM ,