The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-09-16

| dorsed and taken up by VIM. Martindale.
who turned IL over to the creditors. 1t
| is certain evidence of a loss of $4,000 to
the creditors Of the Cross bank and Mr..
| Martindale. This reminds one of the
| other bank failures. There was the bank
at Bellevilie, which failed and showed
among its assets a note made by ]. r.
Burton and amounting to about s4.s0o.
| When the affairs of the busted bank were
wound up the note was sold and it
brought about per cent of its amount.
Then there is a note of 81, 500 made by
Burton and held by a bank at Leoti,
| Kansas. 1t was sent for collection TO
bank at Abilene, Burton's home, and
was returned TO the Leoti bank with a
letter attached by Mr.. F. E. Dewey,
present supreme court reporter for the
| state of Kansas, saying that he had pre-
scented the note for collection, and Bur
ton in refusing payment said he owed
some Sc, 600 besides this.
"You may also recall that when Bur
ton was in Colorado a few months ago
to make speech. he was sued for over
$4,000 for unpaid obligations.
Again, among the records of the state
insurance department you will find his
tory of a note for s25.0oo made by Burton,
and listed as assets by the Shawnee Fire
Insurance company, of Topeka. In 1885
Geo. T. Anthony, then superintendent Of
insurance. appointed a committee to ex-
anime the affairs and standing OF the in
surance company. The committee report
ed that this note had been charged off
by the insurance company, but that there
was no evidence that the company had
received anything of value when it was
done. Following this the superintendent
of insurance went for the company and
said to them in a letter lated July 81, 1885,:
You can wipe out the past comedy Of
errors by a new charter as a stock COM
pany with full paid-up capital. s
can only say this department cannot
afford to assume responsibility for the
present condition one hour longer
This advise was needed and the COM
pany re-organized on a sound basis.
Il think it will also be found that a
certain bank in Topeka now holds Bur
toms obligations for many thousand dol
lars.
Considering the great amount Of Bur-
toms debts, a significant question is,
How can his creditors expect him to pay
upon his election to the United States
senate, and pay honestly? Buttons past
career shows that his election must be
their only hope of collecting their claims.
He claims his home in Abilene, but for
real or personal Even now there are tax
warrants outstanding against him for his
personal taxes for the past two years.
These things cannot be accounted for on
the ground of poverty, for Burton travels
much, dresses well, and lives like a
prince.
mo, I do not think that the people of
this state will ever elect him United
States senator.
'The people recognize that there is q
great difference between a statesman and
an elocutionist or a dancing-master who
tries to excel in the number of different
suits of clothes he can wear in a day
There is nothing in common between
Burton and the great mass of Kansans.
He is not in sympathy with them nor
they with him. He is just as prolific in
his political promises as in his promis-
sorry notes, and one is just as good as
the other. In the senatorial contest of
1875 he promised every Office in sight, in
Guiding, to my knowledge, three cabinet
positions, that of secretary of the treas
ury, attorney general and secretary of
the interior. I myself could have had the
secretaryship of the interior at his hands.
but circums tances would not allow me to
accept it Burton plays upon the avarice
and credulity Of his followers. He makes
promises Of places and positions that ne
h9bws he can never fill, and, what is
very sad, he makes one place do for sew
eral Sometimes these men get together
and compare notes, as they did in 1885
Most Of the gang of strikers that are sup
porting Burton in many counties in the
state are more interested in securing the
fulfllment of his promises for fat jobs
or the payment of past-due obligations
than the advancement of the state by the
election of some worthy and honorable
man for the high position Of United
States senator. There are scores of hon
est, capable and respectable men in Kan
sas who would fill the position with great
honor and credit to the state
No, 1 do not believe Mr.. Burton will
ever represent Kansas in the United
States senate. But 1 believe that it IS
much more important that all Republi-
cans should join IN electing the national
and state tickets than that we should
spends our energies at this time in fight
ing over the senatorships.''