The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-18
{. 5. Senator Announces Can
didacy for Reelection.
VIII Meet No Opposition in
Democratic Primaries.
SUPPORT or ADMINISTRATION
Thompson Has Stood Behind
All e. 5. War Measures.
Also for National Prohibition
and Equal Suffrage.

William H. Thompson, United States
senator from Kansas, today announced
his candidacy for denomination and
reelection. So far as known at this
time Senator Thompson will enter the
Democrat primaries in August without
opposition. While many reports have
been current concerning an anti
Thompson candidate, no definite can
didate has developed and to date
Thompson is in the running without
Il fight in his own party.
The Thompson announcement fol-
lows within d day the announcement
of Walter Roscoe Stubbs of Lawrence
as Candidate for the Republican
nomination. Senator Thompson was
elected in 1912 over Stubbs, following
smash in the Republican ranks in
Kansas concerning the Roosevelt
presidential candidacy and Organiza-
ton of the Progressive party
When Thompson went to the United
States senate, StubbS lost the election
by $4,000 thru the organized efforts
of the Republican league, an old line
Republican organization While the
organization had for its purpose the
support OF Taft, the fight in Kansas
really conferred around Stubbs, with
Capper Jackson. Murdoch and others
equal victims of the spectacular fight
Recently several men who directed the
organization of the Republican league
have lined up behind the Stubbs can
didacy. All of which indicates pros
poets Of new political alignments in
the state in prediction campaign
Supporter of Wilson.
Senator Thompson will seek re-
nomination and reelection as friend
istration program. Not only has Sena-
tor Thompson supported President
Wilson on every war issue, but he has
a pretty straight and consistent record
for support of the administration poll
cies. He also supported the national
prohibition amendment and is listed
for the national suffrage amendment
when that measure comes before the
senate for final vote.
In spite of the fact that Senator
Thompson has probably furnished the
opposition press more opportunities
for criticism and sarcastic paragraphs
than any man in the Kansas delega-
ton. he has none the less brought to
the state patronage beyond the dreams
OF the most hopeful politician. DurinS
the five years Senator Thompson has
been in the senate. he has landed fat
jobs for a score of kansans. And beth
Democrats and Republicans have been
recipients of his distribution of good
jobs Henderson s. Martin, Charles
NJ Sawyer, John Caldwell, Charles E.
Lobdell, Thomas w. Morgan, Victor
Murdoch, Dan Callahan and others
have landed soft berths as a result of
ThompsOn'S energies in Washington.
Martin secured a S16, 500 Job as vice
governor of the Philippines and most
of the others landed in the $4,000 a
year class.
Il expect to ask the people of Kan
sas for second term" Senator
Thompson said in Topeka today. 81
stand upon my record of loyalty to
the country, to Kansas and to the adj
n1inistra ton
That is the short, terse platform on
which Senator Thompson saws he will
base his campaign The Kansas DEM
ocrat senator is spending a few days
in Kansas and will probably return
to washington next week He came
TO Topeka to attend the sessions OF
the war conference and council of na-
tional defense.