The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-21
HE WAS VERY CUTE
JUDGE CAMPBELL EXPLAINS HIS
PUBLISHED INTERVIEW.
He Does Not Say That the Interview was
False, But CIai ms That it was Amplified
to a Certain Extent-That il Placed Him
I'm the Light of Ordering His Superiors
to Do Certain Thing Which was
Wholly Foreign to His LambIike De-
meanor-What He said He has Favored
for Weeks and All Know His Views

Judge Campbell was met yesterday
by an Eagle reporter and asked with
| reference TO the report that he had sent
a denial TO Topeka concerning
the reported interview had with him
in the Christian church.
well, you see,'' said the judge with
one of his blandiest smiles, 1.-The inter-
view published places me in an awk-
| ward position. / do not say that you
lied about me telling you the facts
| about my mission TO Topeka, but you
amplified it.
That is, you placed me in the posi-
ton Of ordering my superiors to do a
certain thing, which of itself is calcu-
lated to undo the very thing We are
trying to do, and want done.
Now, you should have said that I
laid the fact before the governor and
requested him TO act the same with re-
ference to Kansas City, Atchison and
Leavenworth or else draw off the fight
at Wichita
''The published interview places me
in the light of having a private inter
view with the governor and then Civ
ing IL to the papers when the fact is
have been urging the same thing by
correspondence.
81 told you that I went TO Topeka on
my own account and was not called
there as published in the Eagle the
morning before. Yes, / have sent the
dispatches to Topeka denying that 1
gave away to the newspapers any
private conversation or that 1 told
them 1 would throw up my hands and
resign If they did not do so and so,
which would have been very naughty
in me, the same as it would be for you
to tell your superiors they had 10 do so
and SO. My kilograms simply says you
amplifed the interview
Il will attend the state temperance
convention at Topeka on March 4, and
there L will advocate the limited adop-
ton Of the South Carolina plan. L ex-
peet it will be hot convention"
What are your ideas about the
South Carolina plan, judge?"
well, 1 will tell you, and then am
done with this whole thing. You have
had your say, 1 explained, and now 1
am mum.
Il would repeal the provisions of the
law relating to druggists permits sub
stituting therefor the South Carolina
plan fitted as closely as possible in it's
details to the provisions and intent OF
the prohibitory statute and the prohib-
ftory amendment.
Il do not for a moment imagine that
this would be a complete and perfect
solution. 1t would not be an effectual
cure for the evil of liquor drinking, but
it would be very great improvement
on present conditions and secure the
best results obtainable-
IF in the regulation of the manufac-
4 l.
invitable it is a true craftsmanship to
let the state own and control the mon
opoly in the interest of all the people,
rather than let the monopoly in the
hands of individuals own and control !
the state. There are certain minds |
that object to prohibition probably |
from disinterested motives.
I-Those who say that it is an in |
fringement upon personal freedom for |
the law to prescribe what a man shall |
drink.
2-Those who say that intoxicating |
liquors always have been and always !
will be quite generally used and that |
the best the state can do il to repress |
the evils by restrictive regulations and /
make 1t a matter of public revenue.
Both these classes of DIRECTORS /
ought TO be and probably would large /
ly be silenced by the adoption of state /
control. There would undoubtedly be /
cases of official misconduct under this /
system and perhaps instances of job /
berry and corruption. but from the very 4
nature of things this would be the ex- 4
ception, and not the rule
In the meantime officers would be /
content with their salaries and those /
who would not be would be under con-
tinual restraint from the fierce glare of /
public opinion While the mass of the |
people would partially close their eyes
against saloon keepers and other liquor
dealers and be more or less Indifferent 1
they would not look with any lenity up
on public officer making profit out of .
his transgressiOns of law. More than
half the evils resulting from inboxicat-
ing liquors come from established sa-
looms and their demoralZing influence
in politics. Under the system Of state
control the saloon business could not
be made profitable and therefore would
die as an industry. The adoption of
state cont troll would not at all mean the
Of prohibition. On the
other hand il would be an effectual
prop TO prohibition. 1t would not be
necessary to repeal a single provision