The San Francisco call., 1909-03-14
HURD'S DENTAL
BILL PASSED
BY ASSEMBLY
Absentees Who Sought to Dodge
Issue Are Compelled to Vote
on Measure
New Regulations for State
Board Goes to Governor
Gillett for Approval
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

Especial Dispatch TO The CALI
CALL HEADQUARTERS CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE BUILDING, SACRA-
MENTO, March 1S.-Senator Hurd' $
bill to break up the so called close
dental corporation passed the assem-
bly, this afternoon with a vote of AZ
to 20 after an exciting debate, in which
DR.. A. B. Mayhem of Sacramento, a
member of the state dental board. who
has been lobbying against the Hurd
bill, was denounced on the floor by
John Mott. of Oakland because of in
suits to him yesterday.
Walter Leeds fought the Hurd bill
because he did not believe the pres
ent restrictions should be withdrawn
or lessened.
PLEA FOR ASSISTANTS
I The law as it now stands will not
let a dentist from another state come
here and take the examination before
the dental board. Graduation from a
dental college in this state is now
required Hurd's bill provides that
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animation, whether he has been grad
uated from high school or not and
whether or not he has been graduated
from dental college
Mott agreed with tho author of the
bill that any person having acquired
sufficient practical knowledge of den-
tistry as the result of serving as an
assistant under a competent dentist
should be permitted to take the ex-
a iflo ffnn i
was the intent of the state board to
keep good men from securing licenses.
ABSENTEES CALLED TO VOTE
In the debate the doctors of dental
surgery were referred to as tooth
carpenters by some, while others in
sisted that only the persons most
highly educated in the scientific treat
ment of the teeth should be given an
opportunity to practice.
The rollcall showed the proponents
of the bin a few votes short, but the
call of the absentees put on record
those who sought to dodge the Issue
and rolled up a safe majority for the
bill. Whether the governor will take
kindly to this attack upon the dental
board or not remains to be seen.
Full Crew Bill Passes
CALL HEADQUARTERS, CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE BUILDING, SACRA-
MENTO, March Ia Assemblyman
Johnson of Placer county today pre-
vailed upon the lower house to pass his
bill providing for full crews for trains.
| Distasteful as the measure was to
Speaker Stanton and the organization
it went through with q vote of SIS to
0. The steam whistle could not toot
loud enough to head off the votes and
30 every one got aboard.
Johnson asked permission to bring
his bill up out of order, but Stanton
tried to suppress him. Johnson per-
sisted, assuring the assembly that he
had not asked any other favor during
! the session, and urged that the same
| privilege be accorded to him that hao
been accorded to nearly every other
member. Not until several members
| had taken the floor to help Johnson
i did Stanton put the question that per-
mitted consideration of the bill that
did not suit the railroads.
Disclaiming any ability as an orator
and expressing desire for the ability
of some of his colleagues, johnson be-
! gan with Demosthenes and finished
with the clouds being dispelled and the
glad sunshine flooding the assembly
chamber while the gentle zephyrs
waited through the portieres In the
! rear and toyed with the wild poppies
embroidered on the curtains. His un-
/ expected oratorical fight won him the
! support of the entire assembly, and his
bill went through as though it were
measure granting each member life
pass on all railroads in the state.
The bill was transmitted at once to
the senate. where a companion bill is
/ on third reading file. William Lemon,
member of the last legislature, has
been here all this season working in
| behalf of the BILL