The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-13
Democrats to Meet With Will
son to Consider Issues.
BANKERS OPPOSE SAWYER
They Think State Banker Ought
to Be Commissioner.
Charles Sessions Would AbOl-
ish Utilities Commission.

tend a conference of Democratic lead
ers outlining political and legislative
affairs in the various states and in the
nation during the next four years
President-elect Woodrow Wilson viii
attend the New York conference and
the question of federal patronage, Orr
admitted is one of the matters to be
considered at the gathering of party
leaders. Orr is the leading candidate
for sneaker of the next house of repre-
sentatives.
orr was in Topeka Thursday. He left
over the Santa Fe for Chicago and from
there will go direct to New YORK IN
discussing his New York trip, Orr was
silent as to the details OF the meetlns, NJ.
He admitted in a general way that the
patronage question is one of the mat
ters to be discussed by the Democratic
leaders. -
lust ct present the civil service rules
are causing the Democrats some alarm
SThose rules are standing as a blockade
against some nice jobs. Whether
or not the Democratic congress should
remove this barrier, is a serious ques-
tion and it may be considered IN the
meeting this week.
The question of impending nat1onal
Hesitation is also to be discussed by
the party leaders from all sections OF
the country. In a general way, Iue
Democrats will this winter endeaVor TO
fulfill the party's national pohcles-
with a Democratic house and senate
and a Democratic governor, there IS
little reason why these policies can not
be closely followed in Kansas.
But on top of it all is the big,
serious question of patronage. IN
Kansas the federal patronage problem
&c one of no little worry among the
Dem ocratic leaders. There are tne
hundreds of men who cannot pass the
=,
and there are others who view the Dig
federal appointments with much long
ing. ..,,,1,
interest this winter by Kansas Demo-
Gratis will be action of United states
Senator J. l. Bristow concerning the
Kansas patronage. Br1stow ana Cur
+is have been unable to agree on the
division of federal pie in Kansas. Be-
cause he is personally distastetuP
Bristow has blocked the confrmatlon
Of the reappointment or harry J. Bone
as United States district attorney Tor
the district of Kansas. Should Br1s-
tow's unfriendliness for Bone be
nourished through the present session
of congress, it would bring ADDED JOY
to the Democrats. 1t would mean
Democratic district attorney When
Judge Thompson Acceeds Curtis and
after Woodrow Wilson's inauguration
In the New York conference, Orr
will act as a sort of encyclodepia on /
who's who in Kansas Democratic cir |
cles. And while no advance informa- |
ton will probably be carried to Kan |
sas the New York conference is
quite likely to settle in general way |
the division of some of the really good /
upholstered federal jobs in this state |
and in the nation.
Douglas county, the home of Cover
nor Stubbs, gave the Progressive move
ment a fitting launching Thursday
hoy7 Taf saf4 n 1nd hxr
Douglas county men and women. The
love feast held in Lawrence, was ad-
dressed by Governor Stubbs, William
Allen White, J. L. Brady, Prof. w. H.
Humble. Miss Helen N. Ecker, U. s.
Sartin and Judge ]. H. Mitchell. It
was White who stirred the Douglas
county Progressives with his asser-
ton that woodrow Wilson, by his ad-
ministration, will kill the Democratic
party or he will kill the Republican
party.
woodrow Wilson is going to ruin
one of two parties during the next four
years. declared the Emporia publish
er. "I like straight truth and I tell
you frankly that 1 believe he will put
his own party down and out"
At the meeting Governor Stubbs de-
clared against the plan for a single
six year term for presidents. He de-
clared that six years was much too
long for some presidents to serve,
while it was not long enough for 9TH
ers
A number of the Douglas county
Progressives are expected to attend
the state wide meeting in Topeka De-
cember II.
The state bankers who met in To-
peka this week, started trouble last
night when a number of their lead
ers started a fight on Charles NJ. Saw
yer's candidacy for bank commission
er. Because Sawyer is a national
banker, it is declared. he will violate
the sacred rights of the guaranty law.
And SO. the state bankers insist that
one of their own members be named
They will check the matter up to Gov
ernOr-elect Hodges when he returns
from his Texas hunting trip. But even
then, Sawyer seems to have the in
side track and the wise politicians
claim he can pull down the appoint
ment If he wants it. Sawyer is rated
as one of the shrewdest and most level /
headed bankers in the state.
the governor. Secretary of State
ness of the utilities commission be
handled under the direction and in the
office of the secretary of state. His
theory is that the governor, attorney
general and secretary of state should
the commission. While his
discussion of the subject is brief, Ses-
sions believes that this change would
prove a real benefit to the business
interests of the state and the ;
public service corporations. He be-