New-York tribune., 1922-11-06
4 landslide for
smith Claimed
By Party Heads
Fiction by a Plurality of
10000 Is Predicted at
headquarters Here ON the
Basis of State Reports
I.udidate Is Confident
rvl,oyernor Says People
Ire Ready for Change of
coyernmen. at Albany

ii tamocratie landslide in the state
Row was predicted yesterday in
"a real figures emanating from
8 s.adouarters of former Governor
/ ....s E. Smith. candidate for Gov
st the Hotel Biltmore. Mr..
LA himself did not venture to deal
,,n,aljties, but declared be was
..s.s.d the people were ready fer a
s.are Of government at Albany.
rossah VI. Proskauer, chairman Of
i. sssish campaign committee, said
~, ths detailed reports from up
sas s. and from the New York City
s.ys s.s finally computed, showed what
.. .,,a he described only as a Demo-
ss1 sTbe ,ocal leaders estimate Smiths
y.r York City plurality at not less
tssn x50o59,v said Mr.. Proskauer. "and
he up.stste figures indicate Miller
] .IaraIfty not exceeding 100000. We
I sypect Smiths election by q plurality
I n the state well in excess of 200 000.
Tks explanation of this tremendous
/ yie.ory for Smith is the popular con-
;snns.ion Of the political theory on
vaieh Governor Miller has admins
arsd the state"
4 Charges Public Utility Control
Former Governor Smith issued the
;siszing statement last night:
& 4 am satisfied, now that the cam
ain is about finished, that the people
The state are ready for change Of
,prnment at Albany. Throughout the
NTH and breadth OF this state there
Widespread dissatisfaction with the
s4i;ude of Governor Miller and the ma
r s;ty of the Legislature toward public
rIIty control. The people want only
T. Int which is fair, and are of the belief
hi the great corporations should re-
aIys the same treatment. Their idea
] ~sad it is borne out by the facts--is
a ,sss during Governor Miller's two years
i Albany the great corporations have
\ xsiyed special attention and the
rsnsing Of 1t was against well-defined
mlc interests. AS between these
81 rst interests and the people the gov
s,rent should stand as an impartial
a.ree. That, the people feel, has not
ggened.
On the contrary, special favor and
# wal consideration have been granted
81 slhese great corporations by legisla-
syt and administrative acts that have
aerated against the interests Of the
i sties in the state and their people in
4 their demands on the part of localities
Tor greater grant Of power over mat
ters that are purely local. The people
have been for some time impatient be-
efgse that grant of power has not been
forthcoming. They find what power
they had taken away. There is no ex-
euse in the world for the government
OF the state interfering in contracts be-
tween municipalities and public service
corporations, except that it afforded an
!, opportunity to favor the corporations.
"What that will be followed by we
night well guess. In the fixation of
rates for public serviee a small, irre-
sponsible body sitting in Albany need
not be TOO mindful of the rights of the
different cities that, so far as their
Utilities are concerned. come under
their immediate control. The long
tswn-out legal arguments that Gov
Tor Miller has been reading to the
Mple around the state never can con-
ntate direct answer to the funda-
ssntal injustice involved in this public
kvce legislation. 1t is long step
nm the jiea of government by the
i Mple and Is in the direction Of CEN
mllred control at Albany, something
Hturned our backs on more than half
iantury ago.
Says People Are Dissatisfied
The people are dissatisfied with the
savsrnor and the Legislature because
asy took away from them power of
control that they enjoyed over the
.@enlaations of their respective parties.
las direct nominating system is a pro-
nessive thought. 1t started in the
Western part of this country and in
,aort time the desire for it spread
throughout the United States. At the
sne o. Its adoption, in 1918, it was
aIs1aiaed throughout the country that
Me Empire State had come into pro-
slessise step with the rest of the ma
Toa % the subject of direct primaries.
~,. uisappointing, particularly to the
~ sIsa, Ma Who. just over the threshold
s.,ras asI political freedom, find them
ssa ssiss sepryed of that voice in the af-
vs.. .a q taeir party that all voting citi-
aboi,,;aaas aase enjoyed since 1918. The
s.,a soui,sion OF direct primaries is a back,
var, ssard, reactienary step. It seems to me-
dispntaa ae sT.aase'nsnt Ta does not admit of
no dasanih Inc Governor has ventured
The ans;na, ana when questioned from
told sba sbenee a at one Of his meetings he
issue. 'iier 'nar IL was not an
ar.st saf aa.s long while the state has taken
and H. pliae In its Labor Department.
held ~, iaesofy code. Both have been
the M, as models to other states of
bslievvaa va'eu, =. Nobody seems willing to
4 the ,ovsn snaI this great department. of
! sscieno,s. s.ament would be reduced in
! ine s,S SIMPLY as a means of effect
liei il bsn tbst economy. The popular be-
4 iAis co,.a Sas mere are small elements in
ig ~ sthhqnlty tha that dislike the activ-
gnw;i,;she .he Labor Department.; that are
.hst mts;, TO submit to a supervision
rear, while it means little to them,
! aad eon great deal to the future health
esabis of workers, and thew are
iaprss.;sso 70 relieve their minds of the
satiaI satiIo.oh m that some small and inf1u-
tcn i, group induced the administra-
q, tba A,oany to reduce the efficiency
"a labor Department.
sads.s.as many people are unable to
sttisnS.saha the Governors outspoken
sills +, q opposition to the welfare
aign mL the heat of national CAM
tsted W. mnen the public mind was CEN
tat aFaai larger and greater affairs
ri sha ss the new foreign relations
asy e.. shi.ed States, it was perfectly
Il or Governor Miller t. a;s~ose
are Se ns. proposals by stating that they
sss,sp paalefnalistic, but that answer the
scan.aa are unwilling to take this wear
sea MS whole administration has