New Britain herald., 1922-09-11
KANSAS DEMOCRATS
 AFTER REPUBLICANS
State They Are Going Into Fall Campaign Stronger Than Ever

Topeka. Kanso Sept, ll,-Demo, crats of Kansas are going into the fall campaign with hopes more firmly founded. they say than al any time in the past six years. They are putting particular stress on the congressional campaigns in all the eight Kansas districts in the anticipation that the Kansas presentatives in the lower house of congress next year no longer will be a solid republican delegation, There is no election Of a L. s, senator in Kansas this year Both senator's Charles Curtis and Arthur Capper- however, also are republicans, The last democratic governor in Kansas was George H. Hodges. l913-l5.
 Nominees Incumbent
 In seven of the eight Kansas con- gressional districts, the Republican nominees are the incumbents, the one exception being in the third where the veteran congressman, Phil r. Camp bell of Pittsburgh was defeated in the primary election, after serving nearly twenty years in congress The defeat Of Campbell by w H. Sproul was the outstanding sensation of the Kansas primary election and came as a special blow to Campbell and his friends in view of the eminent position he oc- cupies in the national House as chair man of the powerful rules committee and the further fact that Campbell has been prominently mentioned as republican choice for the speakership at the next session. This also adds to the irony of the defeat; Sproul, a Se- dan lawyer, was the opponent Camp bell defeated twenty years ago this summer in a bitter contest for his first nomination, in the republican district convention-four years before the present direct primary law went into effect
 Bitter Primaries
 In view Of the bitterness engender- ed in the primary fight, democrats of the third are counting a lot of repub- licans among their prospective sup porters in the congressional race. they assert. Authentic reports that the ku Klux Kan in southeastern Kansas counties was very largely responsible for Congressman Campbell's defeat, are passed upon gently by Attorney Sproul. Tt was the votes of the farm CTS and laboring men that put me across is his version.
 Intense interest also centers in the eighth district Two years ago W. A. Ayers. then the only democratic con- gressman from Kansas. was defeated by Richard E Bird, by narrow mar gin. They again are opponents, each having been nominated without op- position.
 Spectacular Combat
 The second district also promises spectacular combat. William H. Thompson of Kansas City, Kan. former United States senator from Kansas, has stepped again into the political harness as democratic nom- inee against Congressman Edward C. Little. For the nomination Thompson defeated Barton Needham of Lane state master of the Kansas Grange, a strong farmer organization.
 Election Lineup
 The Kansas congressional lineup for the November election follows:
 First District; Cong. Dan R. Ano- thony, Jr Leavenworth, republican,; Frank Gragg, Valley Falls. Democrat. Second District: Cong Edward C.. Little, Kansas City, republican,; Will liam H. Thompson, Kansas City, democrat.
 Third District: W. H. Sproul Sedan, republicans; Charles stephen, Colum- bus, democrat: George w. Snyder, Columbus, socialist.
 z Fourth District: Cong Homer Hoch, Marion, republican; Walter w. Austin, Cottonwood Falls, democrat; Thomas