The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-10-11
SMITH SAYS MILLER FAULTS
ARE CERTAIN TO DEFEA T HIM

tons made at the special session Of the
Legislature in his and my own admins
trations. the totals are that in the two
I years OF my administration the figures
reached the sum cf 1895, 100000 and in
I the two years OF Gov. Miller's admins
/ tratIon they reached the sum of s291.-
/ 600. 600.
Now these are the facts. No one
can. in the face of these official records.
\ deny that under Gov. Miller the Legis-
lature appropriated s55,000,O00 more
/ than It appropriated under my admins
I tration and IL the special sessions are
taken into account they appropriated
Z S62.OO0.0OO moro under Gov. Mller's
administration than under mine"
The first count in the charge of the
candidate that Gov. Miller had been
guilty of 'evasive juggling with these
figures in the endeavor TO misead the
electorate concerned the Creedmoor
Hospital. Under his administration. the
speaker said. 100000 was appro-
for insane soldiers, which money was
Z r. the nature of a loan to the Federal
Government and was to be refunded by
them TO the State. He continued:
1T was impossible TO expend 1t for
that purpose because the necessary ar
raugcnenis with the Federal Govern
mont We're not consummated. Under
Gov. Miller the Legislature appro-
priatcd s3.000.000 to build State hos
pital for civilians. an entirely different
purpose.
Makes Charge Of Juggling.
'To prevent this sa.0OO,0Oo from
appearing IN the total of his appropria-
lions Il was passed In the form of a re-
Appropriation Of the original appropria-
ton under me of $4,000, 900 for the
Creedmore hospital for insane soldiers.
The buildings were the same buildings,
but the purpose of my appropriation
was TO create q hospital for Insane
soldiers. the cost of which was to be re-
paid by the Federal Government
''The use of the money appropriated
under Gov. Miller's administration was
for 1.-The building of an exclusive State
hospital for civilians with which the
Federal Government had no concern.
Yet Gov. MILLER excludes from the total
OF his appropriations the 100000
actually used for an exclusive State
purpose on the specious plea that he
was merely using s3.0oo,0O0 appro
priated under my administration for
purpose which was in effect nothing
more or less than loan to the Federal
Government.
I'm his campaign literature and
speeches and in the Legislative Manual
in the totals of appropriations he act
ually includes in mine the 100000
which was appropriated for loan to
the Federal Government and never
used: and excludes from his own the
Q % IT,. -, ,nnx fnr
the erection of an exclusive State hos
pital'
Sees sIcirht Of Hand.
"By this sleight of hand" Mr.. Smith
exclaimed. che creates an utterly un-
justifiable discrimination against me to
the extent of Sc. 100000 nowhere re-
Elected in the official reports of the
Comptroller
Going further in what he charged
''jugslery" the speaker $50
Then in his campaign literature he
arbitrarily deducts from his own appro-
priations for his first year the sum of
| approximately s10.o00.o0O appropriated to
cover deficiencies in the funds of various
1 departments. but he nowhere gives me
| credit for the amount of appropriations
| made IN the first year of my term TO
cover deficiencies inherited from the
! Whitmap administration.
/ "By the same token. my adminstra-
ton left to the Miller administration
! Sic0O0.000 IN round numbers appropriated
/ for highway purposes and unexpended
during my term. To this extent the
| necessity for appropriations under Gov.
/ Miller for highway purposes was reduced
| by $40 900 600 vet he arbitrarily charges
| against me the 100000 Of deficiencies
and gives me no credit whatever for the
| $1,000 900 OF unexpended balances in the
! highway fund handed over to Miller for
! expenditure.
Nor does he take into account in his
/ published statements that a large part
| of the deficiencies for which appropria-
| tons had to be made were created under
my administration. not by me or any
| of my appontees at all. but by other
| elected Republican officials. like the
| Secretary of State. who was serving at
the time of my administration
Figures to Bolster Charges.
| The candidate then enumerated such
! parts of the deficiencies as he said had
! come from Republican officials and de-
| partments of the Government presided
| over by Republicans and lover which,
/ under our present irresponsible system
! of Government. ] could have no possible
control" This was his list
Secretary OF State. Republican. 81 ,OTs 0e7 90
Comptroilet. Republican ........ sG,1dO.Tt
Attorney General. Republican. 2s.04a.i2
Senate. Republican ............. II, 700, 90
Assembly. Republican. .......... a0,lTt.44
Senate and Assembly Jointly. AIS, 800. &c
| Budget division of the Legisla-
ture, Republican. .............. 1000 90
Judgments against the State. 4. 43I, 3s1 50
ppnartment Of Agriculture, He