The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-11-24
SENATOR BURTON
HIS LAWYERS FIGHT VAIN
LY AGAINST ADMISSION.
Took Pay and Did Work-Senator's
Own Words Contain Evidence
He Was Hired to Serve in
Dapartment-Other
News.

Dapartment-Other
4 News
St. Louis, Nov. 21.-The intro
duction of letters and kilograms ex-
char ged between Senator R. Bur-
ton aod Thomas R. Harlan, an at
torney for the Rialto Grain & Sc
curities Company, was the feature
of the second day ef the Trial Of
Burton In the United States circuit
court on an indictment charging
that he agreed to accept and accept
ed compensation from the Ratio
Grain Company for using his infu-
ence while member of the United
States Senate for the benefit of the
Rialto company in matters pending
before the postofice department.,
and 10 which the government is in
terest d.
The effort to introduce this evil
dence by the government brought
frequent objections from counsel for
the defense, which in only one in
stance was sustained by Judge Van
devanter. The court ruled that one
telegram, which was said by the
government to be reply to one
sent to Burton by Mr.. Harlan, was
relevant. In no case did the de-
fense question the authenticity of
the letters or kilograms, basing OBJ
jections on grounds that the con-
tents were not pertinent to the alle-
cations made in the indictment.
Mr.. Harlan, who at Senator
Burton's former trial was called as
witness by the defense. was plac.
ed on the stand by the government
today and called upon to identity
letter press copies of letters sent by
him to Burton, and originals of let.
ters received by him from Burton.
The first letter was dated Novem-
ber 18. 1oG2, addressed to Burton,
and signed by Harlan. Follwing
is an excerpt from this document.
Il hope you received my message
to the effect that this company
(meaning the Rialto company
accepts your terms to act as
counsel at salary of $500 a month
said service to begin Immediately,
that is of this date, Nov. 18, 1902"
In reply, Burton wrote Harlan,
in part. as follows:
Il called at the department this
moring and find that there are two
complaints lodged against your
compar y, one by Bella Evar and
the other by Mrs. K. c. Hont, both
of Albany, N. Y. Without know
ing anything about the merits of
the same, l would advise that all
complaints receive special attention
by your company. No action of
any kind will be taken against you
without my first being notified and
every opportunity for full expla-
ton or bearing will be had. In re-
turn, if agreeable, you may make
remittance for my months ray."
The followir G is taken from a
letter dated December 2, 1902, sent
to Burton by Harlan:
The cases here indictments
age inst the president of the Rialto
company are set for trial on Janu-
ary 6, and Judge Krum and I are
preparing now for the trial.
In reply to a | tier from Harlan
stating that an alleged postofhce jr
srector had tried to extract money
from the Rialto company by virtue
of his official position, Burton wrote
the following:
'There is no man by the name
of J. H. Bowman who is postofce
inspector. The man operating In
Colorado is also a fraud. There has
gone from this Office no instructions
whatever about the Rialto compa-
ny, and there is nothing in this Of
fee against you at this time. The
matter in St. Louis, as you know,
is in the hands of Mr.. Dice there.
II would suggest that you pre-
pare carefully the case of Dennis for
early next month.
| I will take care of things at this
end of the line.