New-York tribune., 1922-11-04

Hotel Commodore yesterday afternoon
with reception for tha candidate and
I his wife and the wives Of other city
officials Mayor Hylan, who was to
not know what he was talking about
There Is no doubt in my mind and nc
this city" Vp'0 "
The former Governor again referred
80 the Carson-Martin bill. which waa
introduced in the Legislature in 1910
which had for its purpose the substitu.
tion. Of the Public Service Commission
tor local authority in control Of public
utility franchises throughout the state
he pointed out that Governor Miller
appeared before the joint committee
OF tns Legislature at the time, as attor-
| new for the public utility corporations
| and urged the passage Of the measure
and took the position that control over
| contracts with public utility corpora.
tions was not the business of the
locality, but was vested In the nolice
power Of the state.
I Governor Miller's own commits
sioners do not agree with him that il
Is even now the purpose 80 maintain q
Hve cent fare" continued Mr.. Smith
Because of the substitution of the
word shall for the word may in the
statute. made by direction of the Gov
! ernor. in relation to the increase in The
| rates, the Transit Commission will he
compelled to raise fares II the pubIic
service corporations Law certain facts
as TO earnings and cost Of operation
before them.
Governor Can't Deliver
Governor Miller, when he promises a
flve.cent fare, is promising something
tnat he cannot deliver. Under the pro
dictated by him before the original act
was one month old leaves his cornmjs-
sion powerless IL the companies suuplv
iacts upon which to base an appfica-
ton for an increls3. The onIy VA,
the Governor can insure The f1ye-cent
fare in New York City is TO restore TO
the city the power over it's own con :.
tracts with the railroad Companies.
!t that, ne says he will never do, and
The speaker declared that Governor
miller attempted a lame defence of his
ATTITUDE Of the labor laws in his speech
at Hampstead Thursday night. Ne
charged again that Che Govern ar
wrecked the Labor Department and
weakened the workmeri's compensa-
tion act. The former Governor claimed
oIeuie LOT most or the benefcent stat
utes IN the labor law to-day. He said
ne had me- hard fight to promote
ana protect humane labor legislation
ever since his latter days in The A.
sembly, before he served as Governor
lie referred to the organization OF the
so-called Associated Industries" hack
IN 1919 for the purpose of fIphtina ~ a
labor legislation. 'N7
After 1913, when the bulk Of these
statutes became law, there was organ
lSed in this state what came To he
known as the Associated Industries
ZOE tne ostensible purpose of pron,ot.
an anR the welfare of industry" he said
~ ;s 5eai purpose was to maintain a
pald lobby at Albany to defeat future
amendments intended to strengthen
the labor law and to weakan. wha1avs,
possible, existing statutes. prior r.
my return to Albany ag Governor afte1
had left the Legislature the Associ.
aSed industries We're fairly successful
NY Inauguration was q setback to tben
because during my administration MOI
only did l stand for the labor laws AZ
tney were on the statute books. but
strengthened them even in the face al
nostiie majority in both houses al
me ;n Leg 1siature. But this lobby came
!nto the heyday Of their power ard
they made their influence felt as sanr
as Governor Miller arrived in AIhanv
Economy Claims UnfoundeS
the candidate contended that Gov
ernor Miller's claims to economy ~,
saving IN the state government wers
aoe Dased on fact. He said he bar
.ncrease1 taxes instead of reducing
.nem. ne sald it sounded like Joke
i tba ~ nsar snas.s ane Governer finding fault Will
lsrration, Tn view Of the performanc,
o. the legislature of his own part,
during the last four years. whs,
Sso0,oo0 had been spent in useless in,
vestigations. He referred to the va
movai Of the FIVE Socialist members a,
the Assembly, the Meyer committee in
vestigation and other legislative com
mlttee Investigations. The former Gov
saiI srhor declared that If anybody wa,
ing" responsibility for admini.tratiSn, y
acts, It was Governor Miller and mo-
himself '''
( agreed with Governor Miller wber
he said at Utica ON October o, There
is no room In progressive America fol
Wnat is known as a reactionary gov
eminent" said Mr. Smith. HBut Ie,
as see how his administration square,
with that declaration Of principle.
\ A Governor who will take from the
enrolled voters of a political Marty the
| power to make their own nominations
and put that power back into the dis.
credited convention system is reac.
4 tionary.
! "A governor who will cripple the
great Department Of Labor and prevent
it from, functioning IL a reactionary.
"A governor who would interfere
with the efficiency Of the Bureau OF
Women in Industry and reduce IL to
a state Of ineffectiveness Is a reaction.
ary
/ "A governor who would sign q bill
permitting return to the wicked
vicious, direct settlement between ia.
1ured men and women and the insur.
anca companies, destroying the funda.
mental principle of workmen's com.
] pensations is reactinnary.
governor who will sign a bill
| that adopts policy Of water pows,
Development, allowing private mo.
nopoly to get control Of the people,e
resources for private profit 10 re-
"A governor who in order to serve
/ the interests of political machine will
/ defeat a we'll thought out ard well
planned program for reorganization nt
/ the state government 10 a reactionarv
"a g9aerner whas an ssta n,,esS "a