New-York tribune., 1922-10-22
Smith Strikes
Back at Miles.
On Baby Issue
Governors Own Claims Show
Juvenile Grasp Of Facts
Underlying Campaign, He
Tells Albany Audience
DefenslsIncorsaeT TaxSfand
Torchlighs Parade Cree,sI
Ex Governor In Visit
to Old Official Home
Fron. 8 s.aa correspo,,drn,

4 ALBANY, Oct al Former Governo,
Il Alfred Z. Smith came back to Aiban1
/ tonight temporarily. His campaign
managers. at the close Of the frs
weeks campaign up state. ale hopefu
1 OF making his stay here continue fo,
as least two years from January / next
The Democratic candidate for Cover.
nor addressed IN audience Of abou,
2,sea persons at Marmallus Bleecke,
Hall. 1t was an enthusiastic audience
with welcome for the former Cover
/ nor IN the spirit it would bestow upon
enc OF its own at his home coming. The
/ candidate himself felt quite at home
ard said SO a. the opening of his speech
Former Governor Martin NJ. Glynn PRE-
siaed. Mayor George Il, Lunn, OF
Schenectady, candidate for Lieutenant
Governor; DR.. Royal S. Copeland. can
didate for United States Senator:
Mayor William S. Hackett, of this city,
and Edward S. Walsh. former Super
iEtendent Of Public Works, were among
the other speakers.
An oidtime torchli2ht campaign pa
rnde with plenty OF red fire along the
line end q couple of noisy bands, with
the candidates at its head, marched up
Capitol Hill to the hall. Several hun
tiliated politically lined the curbing
at intermittent points, and when they
Saw their former Governor and neigh
Tor standing up in his car amid the
red flares shouted greetings Of fam.l-
iarity, such as Hello. Al" "You know
me, Az Come to stay next January ?'
alid Alta boy
Visits Schenectady
Prior 20 the meeting here the DEM
ocratic candidate, with Mayor Lunn,
niotored to the, iatter's home town,
Schenectady, and their speeches were
broadcast by the radio from the
HUDSON Theater. A large audience
heard them talk into the receivers.
The former Governor gave a resume
OF his weeks campaign trip upstate
and briefly covered the issues brought
out by himself and Governor Miller
and what he had said about them. In
his speech here later Mr.. Smith re-
viewed the weeks campaigning, admit
ting chat he believed he had a shade
the best of it as far as argument be-
tween himself and the Republican can
didate was concerned.
Mayor Lunn III Schenectady and here
advocated the initiative and referendum
for the people Of the state as q remedy
for what he termed "autocratic control
of the state government" He partic-
ularly referred to the public service
law passed under the Miller admins
tration, which, he declared, infringed
upon the peoples constitutional rights.
Former Governor Smith was in good
forr, tonight and appeared like sn ag-
gressively healthy ''haby," if he weS
guilty of playing the batS act" OF
which Governor Miller accused him In
:; l. IL n
went right after his Republican adver-
sary on the baby act business at the
opening Of his speech, and openly
charged that Governor Miller didn't
know as much about the state govern
r,ent as he tried to make the people be-
lieve.
Hits Back at Miller
During the week have discussed
the issues of the campaign frankly
and honestly and have stated only
facts that arc easily checked by the
record" said Mr.. Smith. "In Syracuse
asked Governor Miller to give me
the detail of the S54,0o0,00o that ha
claims 1t has cost the state because
Of my good fellowship" He replies
that I put the income tax on the peo-
pie Of the state and in the same breath
accuses me of playing the baby act
| II man gets the reputation Of being
al carly riseT he can sleep all dsy
and nobody will know the difference
1.-THE Republican press bureau Of The
state committee by propaganda has Ia.
4 stilled into the minds of some people
the belief that Governor Miller has s
i very intelligent grasp OF the bushes.
of the State Of New York. His repl,
to my question does not indicate II
because he knows that the income Ia!
originated with a Republican Senat
and Republican Assembly. In fac
he refers to the act imposing the ta'
as the Judson bill in his own speech.
h "Judson is Republican membar o
the Assembly from Rochester, who II
1919 and 1920, during my term, wa
! chairman Of the Assembly Committe
on Taxation. He should also know tina
the inccme tax was made necessar
] IN order TO take the place of the state
Z revenue from excise taxes. The ver
theory OF distributing the income ta
equally between the state and the vari
Gus municipalities Is to follow tn
else taxation.
I Charges Evasion
The Governor thoroughly under
stood my question and his answer /
eather an eyasive one Or can he charge
$500 w uaucIStd1QinR VI LQS blS0
alton. He clearly led the people 0
the state to believe that some group o
I people visited me while was ut AL
oany and received some financial bene
NJ from the Increased taxes made net
essary BY. the increased cost Of gov
ernment that he pretends to have low
efed, but which he actually increased
III NJ Syracuse / made full and ope
answer to that and said that the on
4 group that called upon me in aid Q
an appropriation Of public money wer
interested citizens speaking FOR the in
creases OF salary for school teacher
4 ! leave It to the sound Judgment OF til
4 people OF the state whether or not hi
4 speech at Rochester is an answer I
my question.
Iuliy agreed with the Republics
Legislature that the income tax wa
an aided burden, taken directly fro,
/ the pockets Of the people, and I sug
I gested 70 the same Legislature
Y remedy that would go further tha
4 anything else we could think of TO II
duce the burden Of thst tax. Thr
remedy had the approval not only I
the Governor VIXEN he was priya,
citizen, bat of the leading members I
his own party He DESTROYED th