Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-09-27
VIII You Vote For Hebrew


an interview in which he gave his es-
innate of j. r Burton Mr.. Hebrew
who has been nominated by the re-
publicsns for the legislature is under
stood to be in favor of the election of
Mr. Burton to the United States SEN
ate. Read the following and then
ask yourself, can support Mr. He
brew?
81 do not believe the republicans
Of kansas will ever eject J. r. Burton
to the United States senate. The
people are not inclined to favor any
man for such high Office nor for any
other prominent position who does
not have now, and has not had for
the past ten yeare, any visible means
of support. am well acquainted
with Mr. Burton, and the only time
in many years that have known of
him having any business, was for q
few months in 1893, during the Gu
ban war, when, for short time, he
was agent for some government con
tractors. He then visited the quar-
termaster generals Office quite often
with his samples of goods from
which some manufacturers IN Phil
adelphia proposed to manufacture GER
tain clothing for the boys at the front.
He was successful and assisted in
securing some contracts for his en-
ployere.
"lhe business of a drummer who
carries samples and secures contracts
in Washington for furnishing supplies
for the soldiers who do the fighting
in war is safer business than even
that Of sutler. The eutler at times
is more or less in danger of losing
his life and also his stock in trade.
The syndicate that is back Of Burton
in trying to elect him to the senate
will undoubtedly keep him before the
people until after the election, A
branch of this syndicate is in the
state treasurer's department An
snnex to the syndicate ia composed
of attorneys of certain railroad COM
panies who are dead sore because
they failed TO land one of their num-
Der as United States district judge
to succeed Judge Foster, and who
for that reason, are venting their
spleen on the present senator
'The conservative business and
moral element in Kansas will never
permit the election of such q man TO
represent this great state III the Unit
ed States senate. They know him to
be man gho, to say the least, for
gets when bis notes become due, and
who tolls not, but spins whole lot.
His defaulted and dishonored oblige-
tlons IN Kansas and elsewhere, if
paid, would amount to a fortune.
Here are some Of the many which
have come 10 light:
"The failure of the Gross bank at
Emporis has disclosed a promissory
note for $4,000 signed by j. Il. Bur-
ton and Endorsed by William Martin
dale, who turned it over to the cred
itors It is certain evidence of 8 loss
of $4,000 to the creditors of the Cross
bank and Mr.. MartindGle. THIS re-
minds one of the other bank failures.
There Yves the bank at Belleville,
which failed end showed among it's
assets q note made by J. r. Burton
aud amounting TO about $4500 When
the affairs of The busted bank were
wound up the note was sold and it
brought about FIVE per cent. of it's
amount. Then there IS q note of
$500 made by Burton and held by
bank at Leoti, Kans. 1t was sent
for collection to bank at Abilene,
Burton's nome. and was returned to
the Leoti bank with letter attached
by T. E. Dewey, present supreme
court reporter for the state of Kansas
saying that he had presented the note
for collection and. Burton refusing
payment, eEid be owed some SO. 600
besides this.
You may also recall that when
Burton was in Colorado few months
ago to mske q speech he was sued for
over $4,000 for unpaid obligations.
"Agaip. among the records of the
state insurance department you will
find q history Of note for SIS 600
made by Burton and listed as assets
by the Shawnee Fire Insurance COM
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