New-York tribune., 1922-10-25
Miller Sums Up
IL Chief POINTS
OF His Regime
Administration Has Slashed
Cost of Government, Cut
Taxes and Abolished Log
Rolling, Says Governor
Cites Public Health Record
Story of ''Humane, Efficient
and Economical" Rule Is
Told Salamanca Audience
From q ssoy Correspondents

SALAMANCA, Oct. "a. - Pressing
home the point he made in his speech
last night--that his administration has
been one Of performance-Govern
Miller recapitulated tonight the
achievements of the last two years
representing the record Of the Miller
administration.
Seventeen points were presented to
the voters of Salamanca as the basis
upon which they and other voters
might Judge, for final approval or dis
approval at the polls, the type Of gov
ernment for which the Governor has
stood and for which, he promised, he
will continue to stand il he is re-
elected on November Z.
"This is the record OF humane. Off.
cient and economical adrninistration !"
asserted Governor Miller. at NAV be
well at this stage of the campaign to
summarize it and to present to you
Its Accomplishments for an expression
OF public confidence"
First OF all. declared the Republican
candidate, the mounting cost of rov-
ernment has been stopped, and not only
stopped but reduced from the figure NJ
which 1t stood during the last year of
former Governor Smiths admfnistra-
ton: The reduction, moreover, he add
ed, has been maintained for two sue
cessive years.
Next" the Governor continued
"order, method and sound business
practices have been introduced into
the administration of the state govern.
ment."
Work Done Without Budget
I'VE have been charged with having
failed to institute an executive budget,
Wen, rose by any other name would
smell as sweet. We set about the es-
tablishment of a better system of bud
getary control. SO that instead of hay-
ing things done by favor and instead
Of having decisions made by the old
log.roliing process, measures could be
decided upon their merits. Mr.. Smith
says that cannot be done unless you
amend your constitution SO as to have
an executive budget, but we are already
doing it. The task is more than hall
performed"
Political pull has been supplanted By
the merit system in the state service,
the Governor said.
1--WE have also inaugurated a system
by which positions In the state govern
ment are standardized, so that equal
work will get equal pay, and so that
those In the states employ may get
reward for merit, for efficient and loyal
public service, by promotions in the
line of their duty and may not be en-
tirely dependent for increasing reward
upon the political pull they can exert
upon the Legislature to increase their
salaries" he continued.
again, in place of quest for new
things to tax, your government is now
engaged in reducing taxes and in find-
ing out how to distribute the tax bur-
den more equitably. Yoa all remember
the alarm of the entire public two
years ago as to what new tax was 60
ing to hit them next. In fact, the
sources Of taxation were dried up, or
were drying up, and new sources were
exhausted. You have not heard any
thing for the last two years on that
subject"
School Funds Boosted
Three million dollars has been
added to the appropriations for COM
mon schools by the present administra-
tion, declared the Governor, and it has