The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-06
POLITICAL GOSSIP
Democrat Congressman From
Kansas Will Fare Well.
Distribution OF Committee As
signments by Congress.
A GOOD PLACE For SH0USE
Taft Makes White Head OF
State Peace Organization.
Phil &. ThOrne Enters the Race
for State Treasurer.
A GOOD PLACE For SH0USE

Kansas will score heavily in the dis
tributfon of congressional committee
assignments if the program proposed
by the national administration leaders
is adepted. The program for commit
tee positions as reported from WASH
ington includes some soft assignments
for the six Democrats from TINS state.
The two Republican mem oerS-An-
thony and Campbell-are gwen places
cratic majority.
Under the new congress. twelve or
the most important committees OF the
house have been designated as eX-
cepted committees When congress-
man receives appointment to a place
on one of these committees, ne re-
ceives no other committee ignment
because it is considered that his en-
tire services will be required to DO
Justice to matters before the commit
tee Kansas is well represented on
these committees. Among the twelve
excepted committees are; ways ana
means, banking and currency, judi
ciary appropriations, rivers and mar
bors naval affairs, foreign affairs,
postoffices and postrOads, District of
Columbia and interstate and foreign
How They VIII Line Up.
Congressman Guy r. delivering of
the Fifth district is slated for reap
pointment to a place on the ways and
also the committee on committees,
which has the power Of distributing to
other members their committee as
signments.
John r. Connolly, representative
from the Sixth district, Will probably
be Il member of the committee on
naval affairs. one of the big commit
tees in congress at this session
Congressman Taggart OF the Second
district, was q member of the judi
ciarv committee during the last ses-
sion and is listed for reappOintment-
Jouett Shouse, former state senator
and George a. Neeley's successor in
congress from the Seventh district, will
in all probability be a member of the
committee on banking and currency.
Congressman w. A Ayers, successor
to Victor Murdoch from the Eighth
district. is due for a berth on the post
office and post roads committee.
Dudley Doolittle of the Fourth dis
trict, will again be member of the
committee on agriculture. As a mem
Der of this committee he will again
fight for the passage of a federal farm
loan bill.
the First district. receives the most
important appointment to a Republic
can congressman from Kansas. He
has for several sessions held a place
on the important committee on mill
tary affairs and will doubtless be reap
pointed at this session. He will also
have a place on the committee on
expenditures in the postoffice depart
ment. according to Washington con-
gressional gossip.
To Congressman Phil P. Campbell
of the Third district will go appoint
ments to the committees on rules and
Indian affairs
Taft Remembers White.
William Howard Taft, former presi-
dent and premier conservative of the
Republican party, has appointed Will
liam Allen White, leader of the Kan
sas ProgresSiveS, as Kansas chairman
of the League to Enforce Peace Taft
is president of the national peace or
ganization and White will become
head of the organization in this state.
The Emporia man will also be ex-of-
ficio vice president of the national or
ganization.
The League to Enforce Peace was
organized in Philadelphia in June. It's
policy provides that all great powers
agree to use their joint armed forces
against any one nation which shall
refuse to submit its disputes to arbi-
tration or judicial review before going
to war. The organization is non-parti-
SAN An effort, however, will be made
to secure adoption of its provisions in
the national platforms of all parties.
New Candidate for Treasurer
Phil S. Thorne of Mound City, Linn
county. is the latest candidate for
state office in Kansas. He today an
nounced his candidacy for the Repub
nCan nOIrlindllOh LOT state treasurer.
He will make the fight in the 1916 pri-
Inaries in field composed of several
widely known candidates
Thorne proposes to waive all rights
to fees in the treasurer's office if
elected
While little known in state wide pol
1ticS, Thorne has a strong following
in his home district. He has lived in
Linn county nearly forty years He
is engaged in the abstract business,
owns considerable land in Linn county
and is interested in several banks
Other candidates in the fight for Re-
publican nomination for state treas
urer are: Matt Weightman, Topeka;
Wiley Cook, Kansas City; Walter
Payne, Burlingame, and Charles
Evans, Goodland.
Moore for Delegate
Charles e. Moore, of Eureka is a
probable candidate for delegate to the
Republican national convention from
the Fourth district Moore was chair
man of the Greenwood county Re
publican committee for several wears
and has been active in political af-
fairs of his county and district His
candidacy for delegate has been urged
by several papers in the district.
Jane Adams Still NIcnds.
Chicago, Dec. 6.-Miss Jane Ad-
dams, peace advocate and settlement
worker, who is ill in a hospital here,
n Il