The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03

SAYS CAMPBELL IS THE
BIGGEST LIAR IN HOUSE
Senator Mccartney Still
Boils With Rage at
Assemblyrnan
DRUG BILL IS ISSUE
Lobbyist Cheatarn Joins in
Hostilities Between
the Statesmen
CALL HEADQUARTERS,
1907 EIGHTH STREET.

SACRAMENTO, March 2.-"Campbeli
is the biggest liar in the Assembly, oe-
clared Senator Mccartney In refutation
of Assemblyman CampbelPs claim tnat
his pure food bill was copy OF the
Federal statute. Mccartney and Camp
bell got to the threat of personal vio-
lence and dare stage yesterday, be-
cause the Senate committee, of which
Mccartney is a pr minent member, re-
ported adversely on Campbells DILL
Campbell accused Mccartney OF being
the tool of the paid lobbyist or the
patent medicine interests. MCCARTNEY
threatened to throw Campbell out or
the Senate, and Campbell dared MIN 20
begin the fistic festivities.
To The Call Campbell said that his
drug bill was an exact copy of the Fed
eral statute and claimed that at the
behest of the patent medicine people
Mccartney had injected into his bill
provision for secret hearings In cases
of complaint for the sale of drugs out
side the pale of the law. The Assem-
b1yman also accused w. b. Cheats n,
the drug mems lobbyist, with threaten
ing him with political ruin If he did not
comply with Cheatam's request for the
insertion of the secret hearing clause.
CHEATAM A PAID LOBBYIST
Cheatam denies that he is the paid
lobbyist of the patent medicine inter-
ests. He declined to be explicit ABOUT
the interests that ne does represent,
which are in fact the wholesale drug
gists of the United States and the
Dealers Association of California,
which he has assisted in organizing.
Cheatam also denies that he threat
ened Campbell with political ruin, or
that Campbell invited him to join the
hosts of his satanic majesty. he sald'
The facts are these; We have never been able
to get a hearing before Campbelis committee,
while the Senate has listened to tne arguments
men who have appeared before It. The secret
hearing clause in the Mccartney bill that Camp
of the same provisions in the Federal bill. Ali
that the retail druggists Of California want Is
The Mccartney bin is Endorsed by the State
Board Of Health and the Pharmacy Board. Pro
fessor Frank 7. Green and DR.. Simpson, lecturer
sity faculty, appeared before the Senate COM
mittee and thoroughly discussed the measure
the h0s an committee Of
Campbelrs refusal TO. announce committee meet
ings
his assertions untrue. l not fool enough
TO threaten him with political ruin. even IL
Nor am I craven enough to submit to the Ian
guage that he says he subjected me to.
SAYS CAMPBELL LIES
McCartney's wrath has not cooled
since he ordered Campbell out of the
Senate and threatened to assist the
movements of the belligerent Assem-
blyman. He said today:
Campbell is the biggest liar in the Assembly
His bin In not copy of the Federal statute. 1t
was drawn by a clerk over here at the Capitol
The secret hearing clause in my bill that he
talks so much about Is exact copy of section
of the regulations issued by the Secretaries
OF the Treasury, Agriculture and Commerce and
Labor on October q, 1905.
Nv - 4o frdr.r .rcnd1 nv faA Gfata roNA Af
Health and State Pharmacy Board. 1t has been
thoroughly threshed out at repeated meetings
of the committee Its sole purpose is TO insure
uniformity of laws and to enable the retail
druggists Of California to rely upon the guaran-
tee given by Eastern manufacturers to the Fed
eral department.
Campbell doesn't know what he Is talking
about. He is sore about the treatment OF his
BILL which isn't a pure drug BILL anyhow. Ny
bill AZ what he claims his is, and It
structed with the advice not alone Of the men
who sell drugs but OF servants Of the State who
have the interest of the people quite as much
at heart as has Campbell and know more about
the subject.