The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-08
Sec'y State Teachers Chooses
Weapons With Capper.
Charges Senator With Unfair
Fight on Text Book Bill.
NO TRUST LOBBYISTS HERE
Pinet Says Only Teachers
Fought Squarely for Bill.
says Capper Instructed Editor
To Be Against Measure.

Senator Arthur Capper's personal
and political ambitions brought about
the fight on the school text book bill,
according to a singing statement to-
day by f. L, Pinet, secretary of the
Kansas Teachers association. Pinet
charged that Senator Capper is per-
sonalIy zeal s to keep his represent
tatIveS on the state commission and
that he left word with Charles II. Ses-
sions. his managing editor. to direct
a fight on any change in the school
commission law.
In addition to his criticism of the
action of Senator Capper and his
Kansas teachers declared an open
fight on the new senator. He said
the teachers of the state would make
a fight to place Senator Capper's self
ish motives and ambitions squarely
before the voters of the state.
1.-THE editorial in the Daily Capital
charging that the school book trust
was behind the school text books bill
was strictly in keeping with Senator
Capper's instr ctions to Charley Ses-
sions," said Pinet. HE left instruc-
lions with Sessions to oppose any pro-
posed change in the text book COM
mission law. His plan was to charge
any and all changes to the influence
OF the book trust.
..Cappcr Enemy of School People -
at made no difference to the Cap
per papers that the school book trust
has not had a representative here this
winter. 1t made no difference that
the school people of the state had ap-
proved this bill. Nor did it affect the
situation when the state superintend-
ent of public instruction endorsed the
measure.
81 make this flat statement. Cap
per is and has been the enemy of the
school people. He is simply playing
politics-and playing politics at the
expense of the men and women in
school work in Kansas. Capper's rec
ord is against the teachers of Kansas.
He defeated the segregation bill. He
is now trying to keep his personal
representatives on the commissio.i.
Tom McNeaI is already there. w. R.
Smith is a candidate for one of the
places Amy legislation which threat
ems control of some of the places
which Capper wants is promptly
parked at-and Capper fools the peo-
ple of Kansas by declaring he is bark
ing at the school book trust. The
fight on the text book bill was made
in spite of the fact that the house
educational committee had approved
the proposed change in the law.
He Will Fight Back.
Time has come when we must
fight back. The Capper papers simply
misrepresented the facts to the people
trust representatives here. Only Kan
sas teachers and their representatives
were here working for the passage
of this bill
In the future it will be the policy
OF the official publication of the Kan
sas teachers to fight back. 1t will be
the policy of the paper to tell the
truth about Capper and his misrepre-
sensations. We have grown until the
association has $4,000 members and
until the paper reaches 5000 Kansas
teachers. 1t will be my purpose to
tell these teachers about Capper's de-
ception and Misrepresentation"
Secretary Pinet is publisher of the
Kansas Teacher, the official publica-
ton of the teachers of the state. His
statement today lays down the chal-
lenge for an open fight-a fight to
convince the people of Kansas that
Senator Capper is not fighting the
book trust and for the teachers of
the state-but to control places on the
state commission.