New-York tribune., 1922-11-03
Bunk Beer Plank and
Other Falsehoods Are
Last Trick of Beaten
Party. Says Governor
Hylan Budget Alibi
Considered Typical
Opponent 'sHides Behind
Skirts of legislature
in Dodging Blame for
Transit Mess, He Adds

AAaASIt R1eSS. He AQuS
1t has become evident that the
Democratic party believes it can
succeed only by issuing dishonest
appeals and by betraying the people
through holding out false hopes,
making false promises and constant
ly misrepresenting every issue of
the campaign, Governor Miller de-
clared last night at Hampstead, L. l.
That sort Of thing, he added, is
characteristic of a losing campaign,
where the weaker candidates, being
unable to defend their own record
and having no constructive work to
propose, have to fall back upon
promises made only to deceive and
upon statements made only to mis-
lead.
Cites Hylan Budget Alibi
The Governor then cited, among
other things, to support his statement
Mayor Hylan's assertion that the state
tax and mandatory legislation were re-
sponslble for the growth in this years.
city budget, Mr.. Smiths sides stepping
of the transit issue, except for his
promise to turn it over to be operated
by good Democrats: his assertion
that he was hampered by a Republican
Legislature in handling New York's
transit problem, when the rec 2re
proves the contrary to have been true;
ms hiding behind the skirts of the Lee.
lslature when his attertion has beer
called to the way that corporate lob,
pies under him were able te defeat Leg
lsiation in the interest of the people.
and his bunk beer plank,
Tk'7s lyGY5rnor was particularly seaths
ing II hfs attack on his adversary F,,r
the iatter's stand on this last issus,
pointing out that Mr.. Smith, who saws
that he wants to be electad Govcsnts,F
so that he can agitate for beer and
wine, ought therefore to have stood for
Congress. because he knows that the
only place where his argument csn
properly be addressed is Washington,
not Albany.
Stick to Trucking, He Advises a
Mr.. Smith can do much more an5
with much more propriety, for beer and
wine in the trucking business than he
can as Governor of New York." he re-
marked, adding that the Legislature
did pass 2.75 beer bill, but that the
Supreme Court of the United States
decided it was unconstitut onal, and.
furthermore, that the Eighteenth
Amendment was binding not only upon
Congress, upon the Federal Courts and
the executive branch of the Federal
government, but also upon the states,
the legislatures of the states and the,
executive branches of the state gov
duty to obey and observe the amend.
ment and the act of Congress. "But in
order to catch votes that appeal to
ignorance, that insult to intelligence
is put into the Democratic platform"
he concluded.
Turning to the Hylan statement az
an example of Misrepresentation, Gov
ernor Miller said:
This was signally illustrated last
night, when, for the first time, the May
or Of New York and the Democratic
candidate for Governor appeared upon
the same platform. The Mayor made
the statement that If it had not been
for mandatory legislation and the state
tax of Sl2,500,000 the tax rate to raise
revenue for the new city budget Just
made up would have decreased at least
ten points That statement was OBJ
viously made to create the impression
that the state had imposed an increased
burden on the city. 1t enables me TO
answer one of the questions that the
Democratic candidate has been nightly
asking: Where is the S20.o0o,00o If
savings in taxes p which have claimed
fnr The oIp is,,e
year alone.
Specifies Tax Slashes
well. the state tax imposed upon
the City of New York the last year af
the Democratic administration was
more than S22,O0o,oo0, SO. according 60
the Mayors own statement, there are
ten millions of the twenty. Nearly
s320,000 of it is right here in Nassau
County, because that is the reduction
in the amount of your state taxes as
compared with the last Democratic
year.
"That is sample of the kind OF mis-
statement and misleading statements
on which the Democratic campaign has
been based. 1t is impossible for ME in
one speech even to list the Efforts
ligence of the people. There are so
many Of these a'se appeals and mis-
leading statements TO the people that
it is impossible to supply correct list
in the short time that / have. bu. al
most at random can give to the people
OF Nassau County some striking in
stances of the mendacities of this cam
paign and their lack of respect for tho
of the voters in all parts
of the state
"The issue in the campaign Of the
greatest mrorrancc to The people ,sho
dwell in and about the metropolitan
district" continued the Governor. "is
summed UP in the one word, transit
ssThat issue the Democratic calldi-
date and started out to discuss at the
beginning Of this week. He invited ths
discussion, but up to date he has not
advanced one single constructive idea.
one single hope for the futusa, except
his promise TO turn the transit lines Of
New York City over to corrupt poIit-
icai machine. He said last night chat
government ought to be next to the
people.
Quotes Whslen Testimony
"What Taminany Hall means by hav-
ing the government next to the people
was we'll illustrated by the testimony
OF Grover Whalen before the Transit
(say1 M II Sian vasta ~n,..