The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-31


length at that. We saved at least
three minutes by riding. Our 1rst
stop was At tho ONCE OF the fourth A.
sistant postmaster general. Tho e.
tabl1shment OF . rural route out OF
Farlington was the occasion for this
the matter along. and then We called
on the first assistant. OF him, Mr..
Campbell requested the figures show-
ing the postal receipts OF Columbus
and Oswego. He found to his satis-
faction that tho receipts Of the post
Client to make them meet the require
ments for public building legislation.
Then we again boarded q car and
made for the house once building.
In his Office he hurriedly went over
his mail. dictated thirty-four letters
duced in the house. two providing for
public buildings at Columbus and Os-
wego; took up and answered an inn
portant telegram from Frank Strong,
president Of the University OF Kansas,
dealing with legislation affecting the
university under the free state claim.
and then went up to the hearing OF
the suffragets.
Being a member of the rules COM
mittee. the committee that bears the
same relation to the proceedings Of
the house of representatives as q
IuOUCE Oc6I8 u lu0 snip, IL Is 1nOGI.
ative that members of this commit
tee be always on the job. 1t was an
interesting hour and q half. The
large audience room OF the commit
tee was packed with women of all
stages of life, of dress. Of age, and Of
enthusiasm They were all bowling
ton = national legislation - giving
them the right to vote for president
and senators and congressman. Mr..
Campbell was an attentive listener to
the arguments. Miss Jane Adams Of
Chicago. the celebrated settlement
worker, who is a strenuous suffraget,
said congress often dealt with the
franchise and with citizenship. Mr..
Campbell explained to her that con-
gress leaves entirely with the states
the question of votes for citizens. He
explained that sometimes congress
enacts laws giving citizenship rights
to indiyiduals who have had their cit
izenship rights forfeited. Miss Ad-
dams thanked him for the informa-
ton.
Seafen in the House.
When the house met at noon, Mr..
Campbell was in his seat. He Joined
me a little later and we mad our noon
day meaEpie and milk pumpkin pie)
and an apple apiece. My luncheon ex-
perfence was funny. I was real hungry.
Join me at lunch?" Mr.. Campbell
queried. Accepting. I soon found my
self at the table with him. What will
you have?" he asked, handing me
printed bill Of fare. I was hungrfly
scanning the list Of good things when
heard Mr.. Campbell say to the waiter:
''Please bring us two pieces of pump
kin pie and glasses OF milk Beaten
to it," I subsided and smilingly sur
rendered. It reminded me of the time
took lunch with Speaker Clark. He is
a pie and milk MONDAY consumer the
same rs Mr. Campbell My experience
had been the same with both. They
both ordered before I had time to de-
eide whether 1t would be steak
smothered in mushrooms, OF a crab
flake salad or q salmon steak.
Had sufficient p Mr.. Campbell asked
when the pie and milk had been Of
fered up as a sacrifice. You know"
he continued, "a man destroys his
physical az well as mental usefulness
by heavy eating in the middle of the
day, unless his occupation Is of such
laborious character as to demand heavy
food" Reluctantly. agreed with him
and went up to the gallery while he
went back on the floor Of the house.
Soon there was trouble on the floor.
Mr.. Campbell was fighting against ex-
travagance. 1t was fight of the Re-
publicans against a piece Of extrava
gance which would have made Captain
Kidd and the buccaneers OF old
ashamed of If they were living today.
In brief, the Democrats. on orders
from the White House, were trying to
steam roller through the house a bill
creating the place Of minister for
Uruguay and Paraguay. two little
South American countries. with salaries
at $10,O 600 per annum in addition to ex-
penses.
damned Through the House.
The Democrats got the bill through
the house. h1lf nv 10Pifv nf
seven. Many Democrats rebelled and
Joined Mr. Campbell in his fight against
the measure. During the debate, the
Democrats were called to task for their
waste of money. when they were trying
to impress upon the unknowing public
what savers and economical experts
they would like to be.
The inside of the reason why the
president wanted two new ten thou
sand dollar jobs to give out was appar-
spins nor tolls, for he was born with
a golden spoon in his mouth. who is
consuming with ambition to be an am
bassador or minister in the service of
his country. In cutting up ambassa-
dorial pie. the president overlooked his
young silk stocking friend. Then there
was only one thing to do. 1t was done.
so far as the house was concerned. A
job was created, and while the house
was creating one job 1t made two. The
fight made by the Kansas member,
however, has spelled all kinds Of trou-
BILE for the president. The senators are
looking into the matter. and 1t is pre-
dicted that the senate viii kill the bill.
and thus really save the government
some thirty thousand a year in useless
expenditure.
When the house adjourned, few
minutes Of four o'clock-it being a
short session, for the legislative mill
is not vet grinding to its daily capQcity.
Mr.. Campbell led me hot chase to the
pension Office. There he interviewed
the assistant commissioner in behalf
of some Of his constituents who have
matters pending before the bureau. !
copied the names OF the several cases.
for wanted to make my record COM
plete The first case was that Of James
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