The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-12-29
BURTON AND HTS POSITION
BAILEY OF TEXAS DEMANDS AC-
TON OF THE SENATE.
People Have Come TO Consider the
Senate the Augean Stable Of
Political Corruption.

/ Senator Bailey Of Texas recently de-
manded OF the senate that they take
: immediate action on the case Of Sen
atOr Burton Of Kansas. Senator Till
man Of South Carolina recently de-
cIared that the people had come to
/ consider the United States senate as
/ both corrupt and cOrruptfble
The senate formerly was considered
as the American house Of lords, whose
members were the soul Of honor. All
this is changed Burton OF Kansas,
Mitchell Of Oregon, indicted BY grand
juries Of the federal court, and Plat
and Depew Of New York, who ought
to be indicted have opened the eyes
Of the people TO the low moral stand
ards that obtain in that body. No one
viii deny but that there are honorable
men in that body. If there are they
should eXpen those who are corrupt
and dishOnOrabIe-
Augean Stables.
Hercules was commanded to clean
out the augean stables where 5000
stalled oxen had been fed for thirty
years. and, to DO it in one day. Her
cules was big and strong. but the job
was too much for him. So he turned
the rivers Alpheus and Peneus
through the stalls and washed away
the filth, the accumulation OF more
IMAM q quarter OF a century.
Tillman is right in regard to the
popular estimate OF the senate. Bailey
is right in demanding action on the
Burton case. The senate is becom-
ing a subject Of popular ridicule. The
following from the Norton Champion
is in point:
If Burton refuse to resign, We hope
that the senate viii appoint the big
foot Of Bailey 10 deliver him a swift
kick in the vicinity Of the coccyx
Burton is a disgrace to Kansas, as
well as 10 the nation When elected
TO the high Office every man in the
Kansas legislature knew that he was
a moral. political and financial bank
rupt- The men who voted for him
should use crude petroleum for hair
oil. chew asafOetida 10 sWeeten their
breath, and carry around a pound OF
limburgeT cheese in their vest pocket
TO get sweet with their enraged and
Disguised constituents.
Burton Was Smart.
These worthless, who elected to the
senate the repobate. J. r. Burton,
said he is smart" No one said he
was honest or respectable. IagO, Ne
phistOpheles and Satan were smart
He belongs to this kind Of a smart
set"
a Thrifty Cuss.
At the time Of his first indictment.
in a newspaper interview, he said, in
substance: He had endeavored to
be honest and pay up all obligations
held against him He had paid of
$4,000 Of indebtedness that he was
not legally bound to pay because OF
the operation Of the statute Of limita-
ton" On a salary Of $1,000 a year
= "a ha
money from? He was a junior and
par venue in the senate. Popular Op-
iniOn is nearly unanimous that he
never owned and never earned an
honest dollar. His capital was his
gall and brazen affrontery.
Burton, when stumping the state,
and working for the election Of a leg
islature that would support him for
the senate. would frequently remark
in his speeches: Since 1 reformed"
Since when2
Burton an ElOCutiOnist-
Burton is an eIocutionist. It would
be a pleasure to hear him as the
Usurper king and murderer in the play
Of Hamlet, 'Oh, my Ofense is rank,
it smells to heaveni"
There are Others.
Many excuse Burton on the ground
that ''he has only done what other
senators were accustomed to do"
True enough, and bad enough From
the beginning Of the career Of Hon
est John herman this has been the
lamentable and shameful fact The
people have come to know the facts
and they demand a house cleaning
and the elevation Of a higher stand
ard Of civic Righteousness.