New-York tribune., 1922-10-11
Democratic Nominee Says
Governor Juggles With
Figures to Hide Work
of Partisan Patronage
Irving to Cloud
Issue, He Charges
Challenge Of Successor
to Compare Records Is
Taken, He Tells Yonkers

FORMER Governor Alfred T.. Smith
Accepted in an address at Yonkers last
night Governor Miller's challenge to q
comparison of their two administra.
tions at Albany. He charged that the
Republican executive in the first wear
I of his term deliberately and for pur-
poses Of party patronage destroyed q
partisan, well-conceived and thor
sughly accepted plan for fundamental
Reorganization of the states govern
nent.
Following this attack the Democratic
kominee declared that sto cloud the
4fect Of the demonstration Of the truth
ss this charge against him, he raised a
bus and cry Of the effecting of econo-
lnies without such radical reorganiza-
saonp The speaker said that this claim
;s false, even though it may be accept
I'd that Governor Miller had pared
evaya comparatively small amount Of
Expenditure.
But in this assertion. Mr.. Smith said,
she Governor "has been guilty Of what
bnd juggling in the presentation to the
electorate of the official figures of the
esste Comptroller
Charges Useless Boards
The Democratic nominee declared
that he and Governor Miller are Of
different schools. He said that the
present executive has always main.
tanned that the chief duty Of govern
Hent is the ample protection Of prop
erty and money, whereas he (Snlith)
was firmly of the opinion that it should
be for the greatest good to the great
est number. Ht said that there are 1856
commissions and boards in Albany,
many Of them useless, and that the
State Of New YORK is the best Gus
toner that the New York Central has.
Mayor George r. Lunn of Schenec-
fady, pemocratic noninte for Lieu
tsrsrs Governor, in introducing Mr.
&xjA StaeSsed Governor Miller az
ss06 1nost cornpiete autocrat iii III Cow.
sfanent and dictator in nspolitics that
'ls state has ever known"
ihe opening of the Democratic cam
esgn drew 1000 persons to Phillips
farg Hall, an auditorium that seats
ealy 1900. When the Ex-Governor ap
pared on the platform he was given
novation. Several Westchester Coun-
candidates also spoke.
Says Public Is Puzzled
The public and the newspapers alike
sxhibit a marked perplexity as to the
Validity of the claims Of Governor
Miller to extraordinary economy in ad-
ministration and the denials of that
claim by me-" said Mr.. Smith
whether Governor Miller or spent
> little more or little less money
is subordinate to much bigger issue.
What is significant is that the whole
cry OF economy was raised by Governor
Miller as smoke screen to hide per-
fectly patent wrongdoing in bringing
TO utter destruction the work Of the
leading men of this state, both Re-
publican and Democratic, to effect q
fundamental reorganization in the
state structure.
ut is most important, therefore, at
the very outset of this campaign that
the validity of this charge against
Governor Miller be examined This
examination now propose to make.
me propositions l shall advance
are the following:
l. mat Governor Miller in the first
year OF his term deliberately and for
purposes OF party patronage destroyed
a non-partisan, we'll conceived and
thoroughly accepted plan for funda-
mental reorganization of the states
government.
z. That to cloud the effect of this
demonstration of the truth Of this
/ enarge against him he has raised hue
sau ~, cry of the effecting Of economies
s.shoae .a1 such radical reorganization,
a. 'nae this claim in any essential is
use, use, even though one accepted his
yam that he had pared away a COM
be; and
Guiity of Trickery," He Says
That in the assertion of his claim
sss aat ne pared away even this compare
sy small amount of expenditure
= mas been guilty of what can be DEM
ssas.tated !. to be trickery and juggling
e Me presentation to the electorate Of
TELLER N0
first: The history Of the move
msat 70 reform the state government
I IVY IVY Governor Miller's destruction of
Ass q movement.
A. the time Of the meeting Of the
.s.aMsslfutional Convention in 1915 the
sHsa minds of both, parties recog-
ssa mat there could never be any