The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-08

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- York, Nov. Sal" Smiths
- Is governor Of New York
1un,ins tho man who beat him IT
y. - Of his first term two years
.,-vas . personal triumph a.
II . . party victory.
Anerica's fayorite political ira
!, 1sloa. that statesmen must rise
- humble walks of life, runs
- to form in Smiths case. He
~ once a newsboy. and the phrase
saIoa newsboy to governor" didn't
] " lin any harm In the campaign.
NTH ID al" to everyone. Not
~ voter in ten &new--or cared
m bis full name is Alfred Eman-
81 gmith. He has the widest and
s1dIest and cheeriest smile Of any
rsn III public life He has been
vaaring that smile1for q quarter of
/ eentury, and 1t helped him be
slected assemblyman, sheriff, pres
0ent Of the board of aldermen, and
fnslly governor in 1918. :
One of the Masses.
How popular Smith is personally
NAV be guessed by the fact that he
"A far ahead Of the Democratic
residential nominee In 1920. He
Va only narrowly beaten In the
Republican landslide by $4,000
votes, while Cox lost the state by
more than 100000 votes.
Tammany hall discovered Smith
On New York's congested East Side.
He was born there - years ago and
il has been a pretty big political
asset for him that he still lives in
The house where he was born. He
IL proud of being one of the masses.
Ex-Governor Martin II. Glynn, pre-
siding Mt a farewell banquet at the
end Of Smiths first term as g0ver-
nor, called Smith "a graduate from
the University of Nature"
Here's the way Smith looks at
his.job:
"Let me tell you there is nothing
In the business of being governor
unless you are prepared to forget
yourself and the fact that you live
IN q mansion and remember the 9TH
er fellow who isn't governor and
who doesn't live in a mansion.
what little aid or comfort ]
have been able to give the man
woman or child whom nobody hears
about and nobody seems to care
about will give me more satisfac-
tipn in years to come than all the
6ory l can get out of being COVER
nor. A man 10 make good in this
Office must be a human being above
ILL.,"
Human All the Time.
Smith works hard at the job o.
being human all the time. Wher
be makes speech the audience
acts as if they were there because
hey wanted to be not because il
MS a political duty.
Being popular isn't Smiths only
stock in trade. Not only can he
Win popular support for a politica
policy or reform Quicker than prob.
ably any other man in public life
but he is efficient in the bargain
He possesses profound knowledge
Of the state government.
The campaigns chief issue wa!
one Of efficiency. Smiths claim
vas that he ran the state for $44,
100000 less during his 1a19-192,
term than Governor Miller did dur
ing 1921 and 1922.
Smiths Jet project during hi
first term was to obtain an efficient
economical and scientific admins
tration. He tried to put over tn,
reform Of reorganizing the stat
government, and after getting i
partly over, the plan was thrown il
the discard.
Now he promises to finish the jol
he started out to do-to siMplif!
the government by reducing its IS,
odd agencies to Is compact depart
ments.
AN amendment to the constitu
hon. he says, would provide for |
scientific executive budget, some
thing that the Republican part,
thought good in the nation blu
were unwilling to give TO tn
state"
| A Proud Father.s
Smith was educated in the pa
rochial schools and Manhattan col
!ege and Fordharn university. H
Is married and has five children
HIS eldest son was q this year an
cast his first vote for his fathe
after having made a number @
speeches for him during the cam
paign.
During his two years out of tn
sovernor's mansion Smith has bee
caairman Of the board of the Unite
ou1es Trucking corporation. H
vent into it, he said, because h
A1es the trucking business and a
ooy used to hang around stable
uong the water front.
4 was offered big pay by bank
saa insurance companies" Smit
I'D when he picked the truckin
BUSINESS as his first job OF the pub
Y payroll. Il didn't give thes
saers much consideration becaus
ny provided typically retire
sesmen's jobs. They would re
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