New-York tribune., 1922-10-31

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lises is eertainfy . local power"
Ultimately She power co construct
sts5wayg should be divorced from che
stats regulatory power, In his opinion
she Governor ADDED. just an he be-
lleyed that the management of the
esty-ewnet and eity-constructed lines
sfculd be vested sn the city and not In
stata authority, precisely as provided
ny the Transit Commissions plan for
city representation on the Board Of
Control of the reorganized subway
systen-
Here Governor Miller paused for a
nomert TO remark:
"That is what ] call real home rule
zs distinct frotn the fake brand of
home rule upon which the citizens of
this town have been fed up for the
last four years, while their tax rate
has mounted from 200 per cent to
2,7s per cent on IN almost dsubled
assessment. while the taxes on home
to-day valued at $4,000. have in FIVE
wears increased more than $i5o.r he
said
Explains Rent Rise
"Ihat explains why rents have gone
up in this cisy, and the unfortunate
part about 1t is that the money has
been used. not TO give the people of
this city service, but TO build up a po-
litieai machine, to give fayors TO a few
ghile the interests of the city have
suffered, while the boys and girls of
he city, 100000 of them, have been
deprived of their birthrIght, the right
30 have every minute OF the time al
lotfed TO them TO obtain III education,
and while She policemen and the fire.
men, who daily offer their lives TO save
IN ffgNa Q ty3 Of tIa cfft1nnc
OF this town, have had every request
for an increase of pay met with ieers.
Il am stepping o little aside from
&he point which / wish TO emphasize
20 make pointed reference 20 the diff.
ference between practice and profes-
sion, between words and Deeds" he
resumed, "and that difference is no.
where made more manifest than by the
declaration Of the Democratic platform
md the declaration of the Democratic
candidate and By his own performance,
for he recommended. and IL was his
first official set on the first of January,
1919. that The Legislature give him the
power 20 create net one but two state
agencies 20 deal with transit. He has
stated during this campaign that the
traction interests OF New York came
to him and he sent them back TO the
city administration. This. in face OF
lnap IGCVTd NneIG aE aHkS H0b Oniy
that the regulatory powers be eentin~
Jed in state agency, but that the
powers TO construct the rapid transit
systems be continued in state
agency, az veil TO act for the City Of
New York!"
Legislature Not Hostile
The Smith recommendations we're not
made to a hostile Republican iegisla-
ture, as Mr.. Smith has been asserting,
Governor Miller pointed out, because
there had been no time for any hos
Eility to develop between him and the
Legislature. Nor was the action taken
by that body accepted by Governor
Smith as the best that he could hope
10 get, because he was granted exactly
what he asked for, and in recommend
ing, the legislation giving him power
20 appoint the two state commissions
10 wrote that he suggested this step
utter years of observations
The speaker then mentioned the at
tefnpts made by Lewis Nixon, Cover
nor Smiths appointee as Public Serv-
ice Commissioner, to raise fares, his
permission to charge two-cent trans
Ter, and his condemnation of busses.
bat was the record of years
service by Commissioner Nixon" said
the Governor. "Was the then Gov
crnor, the present candidate, in favor
II what his commissioner had done?
VIII he now say whether he agreed
With his commissioner or disagreed
With him? Whatsger he may say. it
happens that We have again on rec
ord evidence Of what ne did say. Hay
ing asked as the result OF the DELHI
crate judgment after years of ohser-
yation for two state agencies to deal
with this suhjese and hsving had a
year of Nixon's attempt 10 raise fares
IN the City of New York, the Gov
eruor addressed q message TO the
Legislature when IL met in 1920, and
n that message he used this Ian
guage:
Calls Action Justified
''In nay first message to the Lsgisia-
ture Of 1919 7 asked for a radical
change in the structure of the com
mission In the Is. District. This sug-
gestion met with your approval. and
I am convinced that the function of
the commission in the 1st District has
been materially simplified and that
the result has in every way justified
gour action.'
"Ths only result Of which the people
of this town were conscious WAS the
Increased fares that they had to pay.
= On that record l have right to ask
that the Democratic candidate say
whether he repudiateg what he did az
Governor, and If he does repudiates il
how he reconciles 1t with what he is
nov promising rs a candidate"
Dropping Mr.. Smith for the moment,
Governor Miller then reminded his
audience Of the episode in August,
1918, when Mayor Hyian wrote letter
to the Public Service Commission sup-
Festta-s that If after curtailing exces.
sive .alarios and guarantees the rspid
transit companies found that thew
eoGid not run on five-cent fare, then
IN application could be made for an
increased rate of fare.
ut may be recalled" he remarked
that testimony was adduced at hear
ing Of the Public Service Commission
back in 1919 that Mayor Hylan intro
duced Boston lawyer by the name O
MacFarland to Mr.. Shonts, and tha
ae result Mr.. MscFarland and M,
tluackenbush, the counsel of the Inter
borough, eo-operated in working out
plan modelled on what was known a
the Bestoa plan and based on an eight
cent fare.
Scouts Hyian Denial
'The Mayor. ! believe, has stoutl
denied that he was the introducer Q
MacFarland to Shonts, and, of course
We must accept has denial, but ther
10 . curious fact that he wrote thi
letter to the Public Service Commits
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