We now consider as fundamental economic functions of the state, many duties that were left a generation ago to chance.

However Capper was elected governor in the next election in 1914 and served as Governor of Kansas from 1915 until 1919 winning re-election in 1916. He did not seek reelection in 1948. It was drawn by the attorney of the American Federation of Women's Clubs.

Capper became a long-serving senator representing Kansas as one of its two senators for five 6-year terms. Arthur Capper (July 14 1865 – December 19 1951) was an American politician from Kansas. "Capper's" continues today as a bimonthly glossy magazine that focuses on rural living.