Arthur Capper (July 14, 1865 – December 19, 1951) was an American politician from Kansas. He was the 20th Governor of Kansas from 1915 to 1919 and a United States Senator from 1919 to 1949. Read full biography of Arthur Capper →
I urge the enactment of a civil service law so explicit and so strong that no partisan official will dare evade it, basing all rewards, promotions... →
If we are to perpetuate the state, we must not only produce citizens, but good citizens - men and women of sound bodies, clear minds and clean souls.
Several amendments should be made to the primary and general election laws to improve them, but such changes must in no way interfere with a full and... →
County government can be simplified greatly by reorganizing and consolidating some of the offices, making others appointive, and reducing salaries in... →
Any plan of administration which contemplates a concentrating of responsibility is open to the dangers which follow the creation of a bureaucracy.
A boy or girl who has gone through the eight grades should possess a complete, practical education and should have received special training in some... →
The farmers in Kansas are sorely in need of a credit system meeting their special requirements, that they may more readily obtain money on short or... →
Until the people, by amendment, change the constitution, I urge that the counties cooperate with one another, that future road work be more uniform... →
We now consider as fundamental economic functions of the state, many duties that were left a generation ago to chance.
Following the war in Europe a large increase of European immigration to the United States is to be expected, of which the largest part is and always... →
For the 95 per cent whose only means of schooling is the district or the city school, we must provide what we are not now providing, an education... →
It is our duty to see that our future citizens are well born; that they are properly nourished, and are reared in that environment most likely to... →
The pressure of special interests, the demands of special sections of the state, the needs of friends, all must be subordinated to the good of the... →
Arthur Capper (July 14, 1865 – December 19, 1951) was an American politician from Kansas. He was the 20th Governor of Kansas from 1915 to 1919 and a United States Senator from 1919 to 1949.