The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-23
BURTON OUT Of
MISSOURI JAIL
Former Kansas Senator VIII
Return to Abilene and
Edit a Newspaper.
FULL OF LIFE AND HOPE
PROMISES TO MAKE STATEMENT
TONIGHT.

lrOntOn. Mo. March 22-JOseph r Bur
ton. who until his conviction in the fed
eral court was United States senator from
Kansas was today released from Inc
county Jail here. having completed his
sentence Of six months imprisonment nm
posed when he was found guilty OF NlOiat-
ing a federal statute by appearing before
a government department as the pald
representative of an alleged get-rlch-
quick concern of St Louis. Burton en-
tered the Jail at IrontOn Oct -. 1906 His
release today is due to the law which pro
vides for a deduction from sentence for
good behavior. BurtOns sentence also in
cluded a fine of 81 500. and the statute I'M
der which he was convicted debars MN
from ever holding office of trust or re-
Enumeration under the FEDERAL goyeElliileliiiii;
The fine, which has not been paid, VIII
be held over him as civil judgment.
Upon leaving the jail Burton gave out the
following signed statement:
No Thought of Vengeance.
THE impression has gone out that
propose to live for revenge This is
mistake. I have no such purpose The
wrongs done to me are the wrongs of
others. Vengeance is thought to be noble
only by the ignoble. Vengeance Is mine,
saith the Lord. is the philosophy to which
/ have always subscribed in the past and
to which I shall adhere in the future.
am a thousand times more solicitouS that
shall wrong another than am con-
or may do to me. In saying this. how
ever. I do not pretend to have more than
two checks. Nor do I think that II IS
wrong to Tebuke hypocrisy.
Goes Home Full of Hope.
q return 10 my home at Abilene brim
full of life and hope Only my body has
been in Jail NV mind has been at all
times free; sustained with the knowledge
that | am innocent. I shall take up my
life's work with malice toward none and
with charity for all I shall talk and
write. With pen and tongue l shall stand
for policies and principles that / believe
will make for the general good, and Op-
pose such as ! think bad. 1t is bad pol
lev that makes bad men and bad govern
ment; while true policies make good men
and good government Ny fight shall be
against measures rather than against
men.
Will Edit a Paper.
81 shall have charge of newspaper
unless there is. a fraud order issued
against it before / can arrange for its
publication Il will reflect my ideas. It
is to be one of the agencies in the work
hope to do. ] shall talk when [ am not
writing and shall write when | am not
talking. The history of my case, already
prepared. will appear in serial form first
in the paper This story VIII not be SEN
sational; il will be truthful interviewer
with the history. and necessary part of
il will be a discussion of certain cOndl-
tiOuS in our legislative, executive and Ju-
dicial government that I think have es-
capped the attention of the average citi-
zen.
L will not now go further into my case
nor my plans and purposes. The first
statement will be made on Saturday even
ing to my home people; then there VIII
be more to follow. ..
(Signedl j. r. BURTON.
Accompanied by Mrs. Burton and his
niece Mr. Burton departed for st. Louis
en- route to Abilene. Kan