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cause in that case unless the entire
power of the State TO regulate their State
public utilities is to be stricken down.
the power Of the Federal courts to inter-
vene by injunction IL that fashion must
be stopped by act of Congress"
Aims for Five Cent Fare.
Gov. Miller took up that part of the
Democratic platform which charged that
ne had created corporation controlled
Transit Commission that aims to seize
the municipal railways constructed by
the city OF New York at a cost OF
$500. 900, 900 in order to compel the
people to pay increased fares
"I am sure the people of this city
know by this time what the Transit
Commission aims to do" said the Gov
ernor II will tell you in just word:
Aims TO seize the municipality con-
structed and owned subways'-why. the
city owns them now.
"What they aim to do is, starting
with them as a backbone, to acquire for
the city, without the investment OF
single dollar of city money. without
using single dollar of the city's bor-
rowing power, to acquire and to BUY up
with this municipality owned system as
which are worth while to be acquired;
and when that has been done to inaugu-
rate a unified system of operation under
which people shall be carried through
out this city for one fare, and that
five cent fare.
THAT, / say, Is what they aim to do
But this is what the Democratic party
says that 1t is in favor of doing. 1t
says, We favor the delegation to the
municipality of the power to regulate
public utilities operating wholly within
their limits That is what they say
they are in favor of. Let US test their
promise by their record of performance.
when Mr.. Smith was Governor the
Legislature. 1t is true, was Republican
but it allowed him to write the law that
he wanted to govern public utilities for
the city of New York What did he do?
He provided that instead of having one
State Commission to exercise these
regulatory powers there should be two
State Commissions to do it. He took
the Public Service Commission and split
it up into two commissions-two single
headed commissions--the Rapid Transit
Construction Commission, making Mr..
Delaney the head of that and the Public
Service Commission. having to do with
rates, making Mr.. Nixon the head of
that Have l a right to challenge the
sincerity of party whose record is thus
presented when It now says that it is in
favor of delegating that State power to
the municipality? Why did not Gov.
Smith recommend that then when he
was Governor? This proposition is put
in here only 20 deceive They are now
: looking for votes.
"They say here In their pls.tform
that IL the Legislature does what they
propose, namely delegate this power
to the cities and repeal the Miller
transit law then we will have d
five cent fare. What did they try to
give the people of this city. not with
delegated power to the municipality.
but with a State agency created by Gov.
Smith himself? They tried to increase
the fares. In report to the Legisla-
ture, Commissioner Nixon said that
that was the only solution of the prob
lem. Now / have not always agreed
with the Mayor. but to be entirely fair
/ am going to say this-that l have not
any doubt If 1t had not been for the
opposition of the Mayor that Gov.