The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-23
Former United States Senator
From Kansas Completes Jail
Sentence and Is Free.
DECLARES HE WILL EXPOSE
WRONG IN HIGH PLACES
Gives Out Signed Statement in
Which He Outlines Plans
for the Future.

IRoNTON. Mo. March 22.-Joscph
r. Burton, who, until his conviction in
the Federal court WAS United States
Senator from Kansas was today re-
leased from the county Jill here, hav-
Ing completed his sentence of six
months imprisonment This sentence
was imposed when he was found guilty
Of violating a Federal statute bv ap-
pearing before a governmental depart
mcpt as the paid representative of IN
llcgcd Sect. Rich Quick concern Of
ST. Louis Burton entered lail at Iron.
ton. October 20. 1896, His release today
Is due TO the law which provides for
. deduction from sentence for good
behavior
Burton s sentence also incMdcd
fine of $500. and the statute under
which he was convicted dcbars him
from ever holding m Office of trust or
remuneration under the Federal Gov
ernmcnt. The fine, which has not been
paid, will be held over him as y civil
judgment, Upon leaving the Jail. Bur,
ton gave out the following signed
statement:
Not Seeking Revenge,
'fTbe impression has gone out that /
propose TO live for revenge This is 4
mistake. | have no such purpose. The
wrongs done 10 mo arc the wrongs of
others. Vengeance is thought to be
noble only by the ignoble Vengeance
Is mine, saith the Lord is The phiioso-
ply TO which ! have always subscribed
in the past, and TO which | shall al-
here in the future ] am a thousand
times more solicitous that ! shall wrong
another than | am concerned about the
wrongs others have done or may 10 to
me. In saying this. however, | do not
pretend 10 have more than Two cneeks,
Nor do ! think that 1T is wrong 20 re-
buke hypocrisy.
81 return TO my home at Abilene
brimfpll Of life and hope. Only my
body has been IN lail. Ny mind has
been at all times free; sustained with
The knowledge that am Innocent, |
shall take up my life IS work with NAL
ice toward none, and with charity for
all 7 shall talk and write With ptn
and tongue | shall stand for policies !
and principles that I believe VIII make |
for the general good, and oppose such
us I think bad.
cit is bad policy that makes had |
men and bad government: while true
policies make good men and good gov
ernment. Ny fight shall be against
measures, rather than against men, |
shall have charge of a newspaper, mn
less there is fraud order issued
against il before ] can arrange for its
publication, 1t will reflect my ideas. II
is to be one Of the agencies in che work
7 hope TO do, I shall talk whom ! ann
not writing and shall write when 7 am
pot talking. The history of my case,
already prepared, will appear in serial
form, first in the paper.
''Ths story will not be sensational;
1t will be truthful. Intcrwoven with |
the history, and necessary part Of it,
will be discussion of certain conJi- |
tons in our legislative. executive and !
judicial government that, ] think, have
escaped the attention Of the average
citizen.
~ Will not now 90 further into NV |
rase, nor my plans and purposes. The |
hrst statement Will he made on Satur- !
day evening TO my home people; then |
there will be more TO follow.
81. r. BURTON'
Accompanied by Mrs. Burton and his !
niece, Burton departed for ST. Louis !
pn the way to Abilene, Kan.