New-York tribune., 1920-10-28
All Faithful
Greet Smith at
: Big Pow-Wow
Tammany Hall Vibrates With
: Cheers and Strains of
"Casey, He Waltzcd With
( the Strawberry Blonde
Sunday Laws Are Extolled
Governor Charges Miller
Misrepresents His Stand
on the Prohibition Issue

Fireworks sputtcred and glared OUT
side Tammany Hall last night. and
bands played Casey, He Waltzed With
the Strawberry Blonde" "The Side
walks of New York" and other airs Of
a bygone day. while inside the audi
tprium vbratcd to the cheers of the
faithful greeting their Governor, Al
Smith. The meeting was under tho
auspices of the New York County Dem
ocratc Committee. Sheriff David Fl.
Knott presided.
Ex-Governor Martin Glynn, Frank
h Mott, District Attorney Edward
Swami, Justices William P. Burr and
Edward McGoldrick and Harriet May
Mills, Democratic candidate for Secre
tary of State, were the preliminary
speakers. They told Of the Sunday
baseball law, the Sunday motion pic
ture law, the boxing law, the super
seeded light wine and beer law ana
other popular measures for which Gov
ernor Smith is responsible. Governor
Smith himself had something to say of
prohibition.
"Judge Miller" he said, "in an effort
to- keep Boss Anderson placated and
1T the same tirne make some appeal to
reason and common sense, must of ne
cessity get himself into q position on
the wet and dry issue that compels hm
to misrepresent even what | say. tie
is wasting his time talking on the ques-
ton of the ability Of the Governor TO
amend a Federal statute The boys IN
the schools of the state know that can
not be done, and the audience that
listened to the judge must know that
never promised to amend the Nolstead
act.
Records Are in Albany
Nothing amuses me so much IN the
campaign as to hear Judge Miller say
that he can find no record of any soclal
welfare bills that ] ever introduced
I can only say that the Judge does not
know where to look for them. There
is a book in Albany called the Legis-
lative Index. 1t probably is not in the
Court Of Appeals because it is not law
but it contains some very cold facts
If he will consult that and the record
Of the Constitutional Convention he
will find my name attached, and a
record of my activity in the passage of
ali social legislation that has been
enacted IN TINS state IN twenty year 8
For the judges information let me
tell him that | worked harder to pre-
vent the members of his own party
from appealing some of the laws | in
troduced than did at the time of thei1
enactment
Discussing the housing situation as
an issue, the Governor said he had ap
preached that question without any
regard to politics and in an honest en-
deavor to do a constructive work fol
me people of the State of New York
What he had been able to get out ot
the Legislature for the relief of the
housing situation he had to wiring
from them in an extraordinary session
under the pressure of an aroused pub
lie opinion, he said
"The Legislature. controlled by
Judge Mllers party he said. "entirelS
recommendations looking to q future
state policy with regard to this very
important question. That cannot bt
the reason why Judge Miller advscc
the people to be thankful to God for
Republican Legislaturel
No Politics in Housing Views
II approached the housing question
without any regard to politics, but il
an honest endeavor to do constructive
work for the people of the state
brought the Legislature back into ex
traordinary session in the month o
September and focused public oDiniol
upon them so that with the emergenc,
measures that | suggested to ther
they at least were ready TO meet tn
crisis that was impending on Octo
bcr l.
"The people OF the state have bee,