The New York herald., 1922-11-06
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Confident of meeting Alfred E. Smith
at The Bronx with an upstate plu-
rality of $4,000, and reckoning his
total plurality at 100000, Gov. Miller
left New York for Albany at 4:30 p. M.
yesterday. Never was there a can
didate more calmly assured in his own
mind of impending victory.
1t is a landslide for Smith. in the
opinion of his managers. Smith head
quarters made as their final prediction
that Smith will have 100000 plurality
in New York and Miller not more
than 100000 upstate. Mr.. Smith
shared the optimism of his managers.
Gov Miller, before leaving New York,
assured various callers, including
Samuel S. Koenig, that the size of the
Republican majority upstate would sur
prise a good many people, and he sug-
gested a further examination of the
mathematics OF the New York city regis
tration before assuming that there could
be Democratic landslide in the city.
The Governors quiet confidence pecu-
liarly impressed the people who con-
ferred with him, for they remembered
the oft quoted saying of the politicians
Its no use to try to kid Miller because
he never kids himself" The Governor
took the trouble to explain just why he
thinks that he will win fairly easily-a
great deal more easily than some of the
Republican leaders think.
The Governors Statement.
Looking back over the campa ign he
massed his reasons thus:
Il shall be reelected Governor Tues
day because of the immortal truth of
Abraham Lincoln's estimate of the in
telligence of our people-you cannot fool
all of them for any leng n of time.
Looking at the Democratic candi-
dates appeal to the electors in the most
tolerant possible way, there has been
campaign of Misrepresentation, actual
falsehoods, confessions of irresponsible
ity and failure. My campaign has been
based entirely on actual facts, the known
record of Mr.. Smiths administration and
my own.
Having an unshakable confidence in
the intelligence as well as the funda-
mental justice of the people, I am su.
premely confident that the great ma
jority will not hesitate in choosing be-
tween the representatives of the two
ideas in government that are opposed II
this campaign
From start to finish mere vote get
ting has been the motive furthest re-
moved from my mind No office within
the gift of the people could tempt me
to misstatements or a distortion of the
facts.
Neither I nor any other man has the
rfsybt n dictate n fha rn0r110 xyhat THAR
government shall be. 1t is for the people
TO erect the kind of government they
want. What ] have tried with absolute
candor and unvarying adherence to the
facts and with all of the earnestness in
me has been TO offer their intelligence
clear cut comparison between a loose,
careless, wasteful, unserviceable gov
ernment on the one hand and a RESPONSE
BILE. humane, efficient. square dealing
government on the other My central
purpose has been TO put all the available
information before the people in an un-
biased and uncolored way so that they
may judge what Is for their own salts
faction.
The silent Forces.
'My cardinal objection to the argu-
ments and appeals OF the opposition has
been that they have declined. or az any
rate have failed, 10 place exact infor-
nation the real facts of the case at
issue, before the voters. and have based
their whole effort on impossible prom
ises, absurd excuses. outright mis-
statements. and, worst of all. subtle.
sinister suggestions which believe are
intolerable to the American sense of
fair play.
There may have been time when
less check was kept upon State Gov
ernment and che doing OF State execu-
tives, when people could be misled, but
with the close scrutiny to which gov
ernment Is now exposed. and with the
vastly wider instruments OF communi-
cation and knowledge. that time has
passed.
MY judgment. wholly apart from
my status as n candidate. Is that hun
dreds of thousands of voters In this
State are thinking more clearly, more
deeply, about good government than
some of the professed clairvoyants pre-
tend to believe. 1t is that great silent
force for good upon which we. who
earnestly desire to carry on the work
OF the last two years, are confidently
counting"
Gov. Miller attended services at the
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church yes
terday morning and went for brisk
walk after lunch. Then he wrote a
lctter 10 DlStrlCt Attorney BantOn, re-
ceived several political aids and then
participated. with Herbert Hoover. in
laying the cornerstone OF the Beth Israel
Hospital lie will go TO Syracuse this
afternoon and will vote there to-mor-
row morning, returning to Albany to re-
ceive the election returns n the Ex-
ocutive Mansion.
lie said on taking the train that he
felt remarkably ht and vigorous after
four weeks of campaigning, but that his
throat was pretty raw from speech
making.
Mr.. smiths Statement.
Mr.. Smith yesterday morning went TO
Sea Gate. where he rested and fresh
ened up a bit" On his way In from the
seashore MIR Smith stopped at the
BroolSl Hospital TO call on one of
his newspapermen frlepds who had be-
come III on the campaigning trip With
out announcing his name. Mr. Smith re-
marked to the hospital attendant, This
looks like good Republican weather"
and the attendant answered: Looks
like this fellow Smith had the best of It."
When he found out a few minutes
later TO whom he had been talking the
attendant gaspod and was speechIess