The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-31
MILLER REPUDIATES
TRACTION INTERESTS
Never Received a Dollar Of
Their Money, He Says, in
Answer to Hearst.
IN SYRACUSE TO DAY
Flatly Denies Declaration Fa-
voring 8 Cent Fare on Eve
Of Departure.
IN SYRACUSE TO DAY

Judge Nathan T.. Miller Republican
candidate for Governor, wound up his
campaign in the city last night with
four speeches in The Bronx. He leaves
for Syracuse this morning, where he
will speak tomorrow afternoon. To-
morrow evening he will address an "old
home" meeting in Cortland, his native
town.
Judge Miller has discovered. he said
that the Democratic State committee
has arranged to place an advertisement
in to-morrow's papers, when II will be
too late to answer It," so he answered
it in advance last night. The adve =
tisement has to do with his alleged con .
neCt.on with traction corporations, he
said, and has been taken for the most
part from editorials in the Hearst news
papers, now supporting Gov. Smith.
II will answer It now" the Judge said,
'by saying that it is filed with deliber-
ate falsehoods l have never received a
dollar from any street car corporation
or any railroad corporation, of any kind
or description.
THE nearest / ever came to It. tried
a case once for a street car corporation,
but it went into the hands of a receiver
before l received my pay and ! am still
out even my disbursements. Mr.. Hearst
says, and Mr.. Smith reiterates his state
ment. that am for eight cent fares, and
I challenge either Of them to produce
anything 1 have ever said justifying
that statement or the statement that l
am for any increases.
HecIxler Put Out.
1.-THE fact, however, is that Mr., Smiths
commissioner is for increased fares and
has done all he could to grant increases
and still insists that further increases
are necessary"
Judge Mlller's attitude on the eight
cent fare was the subject of considerable
..eckling at each Of the four meetings.
At Lafayette Hail. 18th street and
Alexander avenue, persistent young
man continuously interrupted the speaker
by shouting:
How about the eight cent fare?"
There were cries of Put him out -
and he was escorted to the door by two
Lshers. After he had restored order
Judge Miller said:
The efforts of the gentleman who has
Just left the room are a par. of the
efforts of the Democratic machine in
this State this year"
Referring to Hearts's sudden swing to
Gov. Smith. Mr.. Miller said
Il hold in my hand an editorial from
the New York Evenin0 Journal Of Octo-
Der %, a week ago, headed The Smith
machine assessing school teachers
small, contemplate business, even for
the AL Smith machine, and under II is
cartoon portraying a corpulent man
labelled Milk Trust with a dimunitive
man in his coat pocket labelled al
Smith : the trust is looking down the
road TO emaciated children over whom
is a sign pointing away from them la.
belled Road to Health
"In another recenet issue / find an
other cartoon Of Mr.. Smith and the
Milk Trust sitting on a rail watching
the rising run. which is labelled Saloon.
Mr.. Hearst and Mr.. Smith have now
struck hands and with the zeal OF a new
convert Mr.. Hearst is abolishing false
hoods about me. He says / am the
counsel OF the street car corporations.
Miller Says Smith Dodged.
Referring to the housing situation, he
said:
1.-THE one contribution which Gov
Smith made to the rent legislation that
saved 100000 rent payers from losing
their homes was the appointment Of a
commission, q favorite method of escap-
ing responsibility.
"a commission TO deal with the
housing problem? Well, the Lockwood
committee is still proving that it is
competent to deal with that problem. so
much so that even the Democratic
United States Attorney General is be-
ginning to show some interest in the
Illegal combinations which 1t has been
his duty all along to suppress.
"The Lockwood committee is also dis
closing some other things which l will
not comment upon, because the evidence
has not been fully disclosed. but you
will not fail to note the significance of
what has been disclosed"
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