New-York tribune., 1922-11-01
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Democrat Would Yield
Control to Tanmal,y
in Guise Of Municipal
Operation, He Charges
Denies Intention
To Remove Hyla1a
Governor Tells Crowd Of
1000 That Lunn Has
''Flopped'' ON Dry Issue

pAoPoSro W sulH over tnc tIduStA
lines of New York City TO Tam
many Hall, under the guise of es-
tablishing municipal operation,
which means operation under pn-
litical control for private profit,
Governor Miller declared last night
at Morris High School in the sec-
.ond Of his local campaign speeches.
The Governor added that he be-
lieved, as far as the people of this
city are concerned, that is the don,-
inant issue. gs
At the same time, making his
first reference to the persistentIy
circulated rumor that if he were
re elected he would remoys
Mayor Hylan from Office. the Gey.
ernor assured his hearers that he,
was too firm an advocate Of home
rule ever to violate the principle that
the people Of locality should cor
rect their own political mistakes, and
remarked that in any case, in view
Of the relations existing between the
Democratic candidate and the Mayor.
he could not see why anybody should
think that Mayor Hylan was any
safer in Mr.. Smiths hands thans In
his own.
4 ~
Commissions Fate at Stake
t'Do the people of this town want
the work Of the Transit Commission
to continue, or to stopg" he asked,
THE Democratic candidate proposes to
stop it; not only to stop it hut to de-
stroy It. He proposes to repeal what,
he calls the Miller transit Legislation.
TO wipe out the c2mfnision and to turn
oyer the transit finea of the CITY cs
sssw Xse.k to Tamnfaily~ff Hall. DO the
lsJeop}Ny of this town %gant that donea
They fseaya had plenty of 6biects lss-
sons OF faso-called municipal operations
which means operation for politscai
control for private profit. They hays
had 1t in their dock system, where
ship docks have been leased for alnlost
nominal sums to favored politicians, to
be sub-iet at inordinats rentals, I'M
posing wharfage charges so excessive
as to drive shipping away from ths
Port of New York.
"The earnings from the city docks
turned into the city treasury are q
more bagatelle; the earnings turned
into private pockets reach into the mill
lions upon millions. The people have
seen it in their public markets, ia the
exploitation by private individuals Of
the license privileges, the license mon
ey going into private pockets instead
of into the city treasury. They have /
seen what municipal operation means
in the operation of the buses. Do
they want that system, which, If not en-
Titled to a worse characterization, has
IT least been part and parcel Of q
political machine, extended to their en-
ire transit system?
100000 Passengers Involved
DO the people Of this town wish tbs
10000 employees Of the transit ays-
ems turned over for exploitation,
either to the Mayor or TO Tamrna-
Hall, OF. by an unhoiy combination Of
he two? Stop and reflect that this in
solves the comfort, the safety, the very
ives Of 100000 passengers day
Does TIE Democratic candidate stand
for that proposition or is that plank,
ike the beer plank, intended only TO
get in on? The people of this town are
entitled to an answer to that question
before they vote, and in the last ANAL
ysis, particularly in view of the his
tory Of the last four years, I cohesive
that to be the dominant issue SO Far as
affects the people of this city. / con-
ceive that the dominant issue is wheth-
er the whole transit system of this city
Is to be made part and parcel of polit-
ical machine"
Mr.. Smith announced with q bisro
Of trumpets that he was going to de-
vote the week to discussion Of the
transit problem, Governor Miller c0u-
t%pued, but the only visible refcrsnee
70 the subject in his first speech wxs
: repetition Of the tinne-w0rn charge
shat the Republican candidate has
served the interests, while the Deni6-
:ratic pominee served the people
Let us examine that with referetee
20 transit said the Governor. Ee
then outlined the Transit Comln4s-
sion's record Of close supervision and
control Of the transit corporations Ss
compared with the friendly treatment
he same corporations received while
NE Smith wss In office.
He gave this town Lewis Nixon k7id
John De.aney as two stats agents
stothed with state authority, crrateA
" the Legislature ut his request 10 I
ieat with the transit problem. Was
hat in the interest Of hoEae tl1lx?
Vas it in the interest Of the peS52,
,r was it in the interest Of the aaa-
,oration. BY your fruits we shaife6
Judged What did his Public Sergfea
Commissioner do?
Nixon Increased Fars
lsis first official act was to adyoeete
M decreased fare. By order he pers
nitted over 1,700 free transfer U0iuts
10 be abolished. BY Like order liz per
natted an extra charge Of two cents te
% made at over 27o other points, Was
hat in the interest of the eorporationa
or in the interest," of the people He
10 establish coming systean
III fares In this city, whore It's v6ry
ise. the removal of cengested cen66xE
b rtth kheir various social pFohf feuas, ~
sroper development Of the city, tic
suiIding up pf outlying sections, liz
nereane liz real estate vataes To ca<sy
he increasing tax burdens of this city.
lepHnded not Apon creating xts11es, 84fE
IA establishing one zone of faxes. thai Z
IONS TO be haEnded hy the koun6Ariex
II the city within which everybody
ih&af be eArsied. not for two farca or I
|hxee fares or four fares, but for cas
'are sglaareyal they wish te Gos
. sIt ik true that Commissioners Nsxnn
tsd mot ~ vesE aE = Nh scainx