The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-05
He Is Willing To Argue With
Army and Cotton Men.
Has No Word, However, To
Defend Home Attacks.
WILL NOT ANSWER PINET
Refuses To Explain Text Book
Commission Appointments.
Pinet Charged Capper and X. C.
Star Dictated to Allen.


Governor Allen is loaded for bear
in his fight on the iniquities of the
southern cotton grower who wants
more money for his crops. He Is
willing to spend weeks in argument
with General Traub and military Off
Gals concerning the manner in which
the government handled the Argonne
forest situation. He was willing to go
to Washington to testify before the
congressional committee during the
busy DAYS OF the Kansas legislative
session.
But General Traub and the southern
cotton growers are far. far away. Right
here in Kansas Governor Allen is not
going out of his way to defend his ap-
pointments to positions on the school
text books commission. In fact Gov
ernor Allen today refused to make re-
ply to charges OF Prof. +. L. Pinet to
the effect that political influences
dominated appointments. The COVER
nor today declined to make a state
ment denying or affirming Pinet's
charges that he blanketed his con-
Vlctlons and made appointments un-
der the dictation of the Kansas City
star and Senator Arthur Capper
Pinet's Charges Severe.
Following the appointments of T. A.
McNeal anu Mrs. Cora WelIhouse Bull
lard to places on the state text BOOK
commission, Pinet charged the COVER
nor yielded to political domination
The Pinet charge was the most bitter
cutting and altogether serious indict-
ment of any act of Governor Aliens
during his administration. He charged
fatty and openly that the Kansas City
star and senator Capper dominated
the governor and dictated these an
polntments. Pinet also charged that
Governor Allen ignored the thousands
or Kansas school teachers and over
rode their wishes. This action was
taken, Pinet charged, after the COVER
nor mad admitted the justice of re-
quests by the teachers
recently Pinet declared open war
on senator Capper. He charged the
new United States senator with per-
Sonal ambition to control the state
commission and not with desire to
AID or help the Kansas teachers He
made the flat charge that the Capper
action was in hostility to the teachers
ana not in support of or sympathy
with their cause.
*. G. Star Used as Club.
Fred Trigg was this week charged
by Pinet with using the Kansas City
Star as club to force Governor AL
len to make the appointment of Mrs.
Billiard. McNeal was tentacle of
Senator Capper on the commission,
Pinet asserted. Governor Capper was
declared to have thrown" the Kansas
teachers to please Senator Capper and
humor the Kansas City Star.
This morning Governor Allen was
asked by the State Journal for a
statement in reply to the Pinet
charges. Political observers who had
read the columns of speeches and tele-
grams by the governor concerning
matters hundreds and thousands of
miles away, naturally anticipated a
right to the policies of his own adj
ministration. But Governor Allen has
i nothing to say. 1t is apparent that
he is willing to let the matter drop.
Il haven't read Mr.. Pinet's state
ment," the governor said II don't
| care to enter into a controversy with
red hot reply to a charge that went
him about my appointments. 1t has
| never been my notion that I could
please everyone with the appoint
| ments which 1 make. 1 have no state
| ment to make at this time
| No phase of the Pinet charges was
| discussed by the governor. Just as
| the secretary of the state teachers as
ISOLATION failed to receive a reply from
| Senator Capper in his recent charges
| against the former governor, so Gov
ernor Allen today sidestepped the
| prospect of one of the warmest wars
of the early springtime.