The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-30
POLITICAL GOSSIP
Democrat Senators Here
Thursday, January o.
To Discuss Legislation for the
Coming Session.
is FOR WATERS
Senator From KinsIey Wants
Kansan in Cabinet.
He Is Organizing a Campaign
for the "Aggie" President.

Democratic members of the senate
will meet at the Throop hotel in To-
peka the afternoon of Thursday, Jan
uary 8, and will discuss the program of
organization and party legislation in
the coming session. It is believed that
all of the Fl Democratic members of the
senate will attend the meeting
1t is planned to rush all party Iegts-
lat1on through the session as early as
possible and to see that all platform
policies are enaced into law long before
the final rush in the closing hours of
the session. To facilitate this work.
the Democratic members will outline
their program. They will also lay their
plans for dividing the legislative pa
tronage and perfecting the senate or
ganization.
Bale P. Waggener, senator from
Atchison. county, is being boosted for
chairman of the judiciary committee by
some of the Democrats. Senator
Francis G. Price, of Ashland. is men
toned by the Republicans. For presi-
dent pro tenn of the 1913 senate. 1t is
quite probable that Senator L. P. King.
of Cowley county will land without op-
position
Governor-elect George H Hodges will
probably come to Topeka to attend the
meeting. He has not been in the city
since the issuance of his certificate as
the next governor of Kansas, but he
has been in daily touch with the polit-
icaI situation In the state and had al
ready outlined to a great extent his
course as governor He will urge the
legislature to Immediately take up the
consideration of at least three of the
more important platform promises The
policies in which Hodges is expected to
show much concern are the initiative
and referendum, the recall and the
Massachusetts, ballot law.
Notice of the meeting has been sent
by Senator Jouett Shouse to all OF the
members of the new senate Responses
to these notices indicate that all Of the
Democratic members will attend the
meeting. The conference will be held
in the parlors of the Throop hotel at
O'Clock the afternoon of January 8.
Senator Jouett shouse has leased the
furnished home of Attorney A =.
ouinton at 1243 Topeka avenue and
will bring his family to Topeka for
the sessi> of the legislature. The Ed
wards county senator and his family
will come to Topeka the latter part OF
this week and will remain until the
close of the session. The Quinton
home is one Of the most comfortable
residences in Topeka and for two
months this winter will probably be
one of the social centers for members
of the legislature and their wives.
Senator Shouse is working hard for
President Waters for a place in the
woodrow Wilson cabinet In q letter
TO the State Journal he says:
From all reports there seems good
reason to believe that President-elect
Woodrow Wilson is seriously consider
ing the appointment of DIR. H. ]. Wa
ters, of the Kansas State Agricultural
college, to the position of secretary
of agriculture when ne organizes his
cabinet. The newspapers of Kansas
without regard to party. have pub
lished many kindly references dealing
with the availability Of DR.. Waters for
this position So far as the writer
is informed, no concerted effort has
been made to gather these various
newspaper comments and to get them
in such form that they may be pro-
perly presented to Governor Wilson. It
is important that this should be done
The friends of DR.. Waters. those who
believe he is equipped to I'LL the po-
sition of secretary of agriculture with
credit to himself and with benefit to
the country at large, must take the
active part in bringing him favorably
to the attention of Governor Wilson.
1t is therefore suggested that all news
papers which have made any comments
upon this subject in either their news
or editorial columns, shall send copies
Of these various publications to me.
will take 1t upon myself. IL this IL
done, to see that they are properly pre-
pared for presentation to President
Democratic congressman from Kansas,
Messrs Taggart and Neeley, or through
the Hon. Henderson Martin, chairman
of the Democratic state central COM
mittee. As I shall go to Topeka with
in few days. I would suggest that this
matter be mailed to me at my Topeka
address, 1243 Topeka avenue"
o. s. sartin. state chairman of the Kan
sas Progressive provisional committee.
has issued a public letter calling upon the
Progressives throughout the state to as
semble Kansas Day, January %. at the
respective county seats and organize for
future campaigns. Fourteen hundred
copies of the letter were mailed II was
suggested that five women and five men
from every voting precinct be chosen.
The advisability of interesting the women
in the movement is pointed out by the
chairman.
It is reported from Concordia. his home.
that Billy Pepperill. secretary Of the
Democratic state committee for many
years. has a good chance to land the ap-
pointment Of United States internal
revenue collector. Whoever gets this
place will have to stand exceedingly well
with w. H. Thompson, United States
5enator-elect.
Churches VIII Unite.
lola, Kan, Dec. 3O.-An innovation In
religious worship was announced hefa