The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-12
Kansas Congressman Points
Achievements Home Town.
To Shame Washington People
for Lack Public Spirit.
DOOLITTLE GETS COMMITTEE
Fourth District Man Named on
Agricultural Affairs.
A New Story on Phil Campbell
That Happened Long Ago.

Washington, June 12.-Failure on
the part of the Washington residents
to raise the 100000 fund for the
erection of a new emergency hospital
was severely criticised by Congress
man George A. Medley of Kansas IN an
address delivered at the formal open
ing of the new quarters OF the Young
Mems Hebrew association last evening
CONGRESSMAN Medley stated that IN
his home town, Hutchinson, Kan, d
small city of $4,000 inhabitants, the
need of a Y. NJ. c. A. was recognized:
1.-The Commercial club met. selecteu
their teams and decided that in ten
davs they would raise $4,000 to build
a Y NJ. c. A. building he declared.
-''In town one-twentieth the size
of Washington in the ten days they
had So, 900, and they built the build
ing This work almost set the town on
fire. There was a salvation Army with
no home. They came to the CONNER
cial club and asked for help Inc next
week the same men went out ana
raised $4,000 for a Salvation Army
home
4 mention this, perhaps impolite,
in contrast to the campaign for an
emergency hospital in Washington.
We, with city one-twentieth the size,
without a single millionaire, without
a man in the county worth over $780,
O00. raised $4,000 for Y NJ. c. A.
and $4,000 for a Salvation Army
home, and you can do as We'll
OF all the committee assignments in
the house this congress most important
to the state of Kansas is that of agrl-
culture Congressman Dudley Doollt-
tie of the Fourth district has been dp-
pointed member of this comm1ttee;
This assignment puts Mr. Dool1ttle IN
q position to be of great service not
only to his own district, but the state
at large. which is purely an agricultur-
al state.
There have been but few men from
Kansas assigned to membership on the
house committee on agriculture in the
last twenty years, the most notaple
members being Z. H. Funston and
Charles f. Scott. both of the Second
district. The latter, by reason of his
length of service and special ability, !
arose to become chairman of the com
mittee before leaving congress
While Congressman Doolittle is
lawyer by profession, he will devote
his best efforts to the studies of ag-
riculture and kindred subjects. He
considers the agricultural committee
the most important of his committee
assignments, and therefore will direct
his best energies to its work.
When Congressman Phil P. Camp /
bell a struggling, though bright, |
young lawyer, out in Kansas, he was
appointed by the county prosecutor to /
be his assistant long enough to try two
or three petty little cases that the
prosecutor didn't wish to bother with.
One of these was the case of a IA year
old colored girl charged with disturb
ing the peace. It was to be tried be-
fore country squire" Phil took his
place on one side of the lawyers table,
and the squire" asked him if he was
ready for trial.
1.-The state is ready to proceed re-
piled Mr.. Campbell, with all the dig
nifty he could command.
But across the table there was no
lawyer; only the little colored girl who
was the defendant.
Have you counsel?'' the court
asked her.
You mean has I a lawyah? ?" she in
quired.
"And is that man acrosst the table
the 1awyah on the other side?" she
inquired further. Being assured that
''Then, 1 guess if y'all don mind, I
won't need no lawyah."
Kansas presidential postmasters
commissioned Julius w. Me
haus, Fort Leavenworth; Frederick
NJ. Cook, Jamestown: Gus Charles
Buche, Miltonvale; Joseph ]. Wilson,
Claude Rowland, Protection;
Albert B. Smith, Robinson; Axel Ell