The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-07
THRU BIC SEVENTH
Governor Capper in Final Spin
of Campaign Here.
He Tells of Useless Jobs AbOI-
ished by Administration.
CHARGES AGAINST SH0USE
Congressman Tried to BurdeI
Treasury, He Says.
Governor Leaves Hutchinson
for Topeka Tonight.

Medicine Lodge, Kan, Oct. 7.-Gov-
ernor Capper is spending the final day
of his first weeks campaign in Morton
A1baugh's old stamping grounds. lie
is winding up a most strenuous week
thru the Seventh district with appeals
for the election of John Simmons to
congress- with requests fer a Repub-
ican state legislature and state ticket
Discussing the work of his own al
ministration. the governor To-Day tola
Barber anG Harper county voters OF
useless Jobs abolished during his first
term in office.
Tonight the governor will close the
week with speech in ktnsman,
where Albaugh formerly played the
game of politics and was country
newspaper publisher before he became
state political leader. All thru the
territory visited today was evidence or
a most friendly feeling toward Capper
and the Republican ticket Party
| leaders in Barber, Harper and Pratt
counties declare that the appointment
of George w. Hay as district judge
| boosted Capper stock and developed
an old-time harmony among the fac
TONS Judge Hay was appointed to
succeed the late Judge Preston B. Gill
| lett and the new judge is decidedly
popular in all portions of the district.
Political Debts.
Better system of state mana cement
and elimination of jobs used for the
4 payment of political debts were strong
points in the governors speeches. He
pointed to the abolition of the state
| irrigation commission, the office of
| state hotel inspector, cutting off use
less-employees at the state fish hatch
cry and slashing of padded appropria-
ton bills as portions of the work of
his adminiStra ton.
In connection with his discussion OF
| financial affairs of the state. the gov
ernor in every speech found occasion
to advance argument for the election
of Simmons to congress. He charged
to Congressman ShouSe and his Demo-
cratic associats an attempt to burden
the taxpayers with unnecessary eX-
pense during the 1915 legislature when
ShouSe was at the head of the senate
ways and means committee. From the
tone of the governors speeches, it was
apparent that he will not ask the leg
fislature for the creation of new offices
and commissions
Il am emphatically opposed to load
ing up the state service with more
boards. bureaus commissions or other
unnecessary Jobs, the purpose of
which, usually, is to provide a soft
place for politicians" said the gov
ernor. LAS far as lies in my power.
1 have been cutting off useless inSpec-
tors and unnecessary employees.
4 found it was not uncommon for
a number of inspectors from different
departments to be in the same town at
the same time. On one occasion seven
of them appeared in one little town
on the same day. We are working out
Il plan of cooperation between depart
ments which will make it possible for
one or two inspectors to do the work
these seven did formerly
The governor then reviewed the jobs
eliminated and so-called padded ap-
preparation bills which he vetoed fol-
| lowing the recent session of the state
legislature.
Following the meeting tonight in
kingman, Governor Capper will drive
to Hutchinson, taking an early morn
ing train for Topeka. His car will be
driven to Abilene and next week will
| be spent in the campaign in the Fifth
and Sixth congressional districts.
The governors. party started the
campaign in Barber county today, fol-
lowing a trip thru Pawnee, Stafford
and Pratt counties. In Pawnee coun-
ing crowd that filled the Larned
opera house. He stopped twenty min
utes in Garfield to shake hands with
voters.
In Stafford county, H L. Conwell.
county chairman, and DR. James c.
Butler, senatorial nominee, provided
a real afternoon of campaign work
for the state executive. The trip thru
Feadium, Seward, Hudson and Stat
ford Large crowds attended all of
the meetings. The days run was con-
cluded with two night speeches at
Pratt.