New-York tribune., 1922-10-24
Iiuer Invites
Showdown by
Smith ON Tax
I,,erascs Baby Act" Charge
4 Demanding Reason for
addling People With
urden Of Income Levy
(sIIs Opponent Explainer
t.,n, er Executive Offers
Excuses Instead of Real
Record Of Performance
y. statr correspondert

esriNpArGUA, Oct. 23.--Governor
,s,.r attacked his Democratic OPP
.s,ens . from several quarters tonight
: ooenine the third week Of his cam
bsign tour.
!. characterized Ex-Governor Smith
!. y explsines rather than per-
,armrr. declared that the Smith pro-
~ amend sAs constitution showed
ss r.,,eooeeptioa of Governors duties
.na vvund Up BY vigorously asserting
,s.t ii, Smith Is again playing the
h.by. ID dcdging responsibility for the
izposi.icu Of the income tax.
sSene men assigned TO task come
,s.k With the report that it is done, -
..;d tie Governor. "others come back
md take up your valuable time ex-
,sining why it could not be done. Mr..
suith Is explaining; I am reporting
wf!ormance. Mr. Smith said that the
,ls1uing Increase in the cost Of gov
aausnt could not be stopped unless
IL people amended their constitution.
u said that the Governor was power
asi to stop 1t and that he had been
sssrlsss to stop it. / said that If I
ri elected ! would stop it. 1t has
sxs ssopped. Not merely stopped, but
b tvo successive years the costs have
kts reduced. something unexampled
i The history of our state govern
rst.
gssstnor Miller then remarked tha,
lid been a fortunate thing for Mr..
snaa that the constitution had not
issa amended to give him the power
sals he was in office to appoint the
hsds Of all his departments, as he de-
tsis
Fears Power in Tamznany Hands
II requires very little imagination
u understand what would happen if
i Tsmmany Governor had that power" !"
aia the Governor. People say the
|saysitution should not stand between
|ssads. It was very good thing for
|xr Smith, while he was Governor. and
L would be q very good thing for him
|rin we're he to be Governor to have
|ss stnstitution stand between him and
|ls 9anmany friends in respect to the
|sq thing which he says is necessary
N enable the Governor to make the
|mthinery of government work, name
J, ths power, Immediately upon in
Aa!pn into office, to put in new de-
|larnent heads in every department.
y may be that some reflection of
that iart led the people in 1915 to re-
!aMNthe overwhelming majority of
nsisssn half million to change the
tahssltshsn in the very respect which
~ 6nah says is necessary in order
q Mible him to discharge the re-
valahiiity Of the office which he is
Innns. He has blamed department
PAS for the mounting cost Of gov
|anent, many of whom, he said, were
'Bublicans he could not control. I
y at Rochester that that was playinr
= baby act. claim it to be PLAYING
= baby act to put the blame on some.
w else fer the failure to discharge
sf own responsibility"
The Governor then pointed out that
y. Smiths remedy for the increasing
Mt Of government is reorganization
ID the adoption of an executive bud
st not the assumption by the chief
sscutive Of the state of the RESPONSE
dlity that is his, and not the intro
sesion OF business methods in the
snduct Of the public business.
Programs Sharply Defined
4His position and mine as to what
ve propose to do sharply present two
'.ogranns to the. people to choose be-
xeen,a the Governor observed. "His
lroposal suggests a curious miscon-
<ption Of the duties Of Governor. He
SAINTS to be returned to the Office not
. execute the duties Of that Office,