The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-08-25
MORE CHARGES
ON BURTON
SENATOR ACCUSED OF PRESSING
INDIAN CLAIMS.
Before the Department Reported Fees
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Hide Pcrsonality--Ws
Are In Evidence.


United States Senator j. Ralph Bur
ton of Kansas on charges OF profit. |
ing to the extent OF about $4,000 by |
pressing Indian claims before the in |
terror department. was today render |
ed to the department of justice.
The report Is the result of the In |
vestlgation that has been in progress
for several months into irregularities
in manipulating Chickasaw national
fund and school warrants in the Chick
asaw nation, as a consequence OF
which several indictments have al
ready been found at Muskogee.
It is understood here that Senator
Burton's alleged connection with
Chickasaw affairs was discovered
when probing into the school warrant
scandal.
The facts set forth in the report
place Senator Burton in relation to
the interior department similar to that
in which he acted before the postottice
department when representing the
Rialtu Grain and Securities Company
of St Louis In this latter case he
was indicted and convicted. though
the cause was remanded for new
trial by the supreme court. The sec.
ond trial Is expected to take place in
ST. Louis next fall.
Senator Burtons conduct in the Sc
culitcs company case and in. this ne"
matter which has arisen, is held TO be
i'm violation of section 1881 Of the Re
yised Statutes OF the United States
which makes 1t a misdemeanor pun
ishable BY a fine of $4,000 or imprls'
onment for a senator or representative
to appear before a government de-
partment In a case in which the gov
ernment is interested
In substance the report puts the de-
partment of justice in possession Of a
| list of twenty-siX Chickasaw national
| fund warrants, which, the report de-
clares, were issued to Senator Burton
and Z. T. Burton for services as at
torneys. The warrants aggregate
nearly $4,000. They were all issued
during the term of Senator Burton :
| senatorial service.
| Six of the warrants, bearing date
of October %, 1901, it appears, were
issued to J. II. Burton direct and
amounted to $500 The others were
issued to Il. I. Burton, who, according
10 the information supplied to the de
partment of justice, was nothing more
| than the alter ego of Senator Burton
This name is alleged to have been
used simply to cover up the part play
ed by Senator Burton. II is declared
| that Il. L. Burton had no practice in
the Indian eTrritory, and did no &C
tual work before the interior depart
ment at Washington.
The following is the list of warrants
referred to, together with their date
of issue and their amounts:
No. 10, issued October %, 1901, To
]. r. Burton, $1,000
No. II, issued October %, 1901, To
j. r. Burton $1,000.
No. 12, issued october 22, 1901, to
]. r. Burton; $1,000.
No. 13, issued October %, 1901, tc
J. r. Burton; $1,000.
No. IA, issued October %, 1901, &c
J. r. Burton; $1,000.
i No. IS, issued October %, 1901, tC
]. II. Burton; $1,000.
No. S73, issued September 10, 1901
to z. T. Burton; $3.50.
No. 963. issued April 30. 1902, to q
T. Burton; Sl,250.
No. 1914, issued August ., 1902 to z
: T. Burton; s699.9S.
> No. 1922, issued August ., 1902, e
z. T. Burton; $l,l0O.
No. 1923, issued August ., 1902, t.
H. T, Burton; $3.50.
No. 222. issued December l, 1902
' to 2. I. Burton; s416. {.
+; No. s47 issued December 3, 1902
to z, T, Burton; 800.
No S4S, issued December 8, 1907
to z. T. Burton; s316.67.
No. S9l issued November 5, 1902
:. to u. T. Burton. $3.50.
No. 911. issued December IL, 1902
to Z. T. Burton; 500.
No. 9l2, issued February 5, 1903, t
4 z T. Burton; S4l6.
! No. 1888, issued March 81 1903, Il
E T. r. Burton; 500.
: No. 9S4. issued March 81, 1908, t,
!, z. T. Burton; Sli6.66.
No. 966, issued April go 1903, Z
T. T. Burton; sl46.66.
The report is also known to !nciud
testimony from Superintendent Bene
dict of the Indian schools at Muskoge
who is made TO say that on one occa
. sion when he came TO Washington u
a look after a matter concerning the 10
? dian Territory, eSnator Burton toll
g him that he (Burton) alone was auth
:. orized to represent the indians at TN
/. Interior department
h Assistant Attorney General Root
n the acting attorney general, said tC
night that the report had not ye
n reached him 1t is, however, known II
= disputably that the report is comple
ed. and has been forwarded to the a
torney general.
% What action may follow on the scor
of the alleged facts is problematiea
4 II is not believed that they can b
!. used against Senator Burton at )
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