New-York tribune., 1922-11-02

state agency that would look different
ly upon the demands OF the company.
The present chairman Of tho Transit
Commission appeared before the
Governor. urging the passage OF the
public service act and he said: OF
course, ID is nm ctfeetive thing to say.
{ You should pay five esass, rather than
six or seven cents None OF these
things are determined, but let Us as
sume that it will be six or seven or
whatever Us necessary in order 70 give
fair return for the security This
statement Of Mr.. McAneny clearly ins
person connected with this legislation,
including tho Governor himself. u
was freely said on the, floor OF the
Legislature that the Governors pub
lie service bill he's no other purpose.
A Republican Assembiyman from Rev
York County, who appeared with him
upon the platform Monday night in
Washington Heights, had the following
to say: The Governors message Is n
very adroit and able argument in favor
OF Increased fares. II further Is an
absolute violation OF home rule
'.For campaign purposes the Gov
ernor loudly prociairns for a fve-cent
fare. That program does not It into
something said by one of the Transit
Commissioners, Major General John F.
O'Ryan, on May j, Of this year. at the
Hotel McAlpin, when he yet forth the
underlying principle of the. fixation OF
fare in the following words:
".Under cur plan of reorganization it
(the farel would simply be applied TO
the so-called barometer fund, which
will regulate the fare TO be charged.
nm nil haT0nl~
eter glands at five"
The former Governor directed his
attention for n moment again to the
charge by Governor Miller that Public
Service Commissioner Lewis Nixon at
tempted to increase fares,.
"The Governors statement the other
night that Mayor Hylan, Commissioner
Nixon and myself advocated higher
fares has been received throughout. the
state with the degree of mirth to which
it is justly entitled" said Mr.. Smith.
"As long as he makes the claim that he
reads from the record I'll do the same
thing, and I read from the petition of
the receiver for tha Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company making a report of
the affairs of the various companies
and seeking the instruction of the
United States District Court with re-
spect thereto, and on page 90 find o
statement TO the effect that the re-
ceiver for the Brooklyn lines made ap-
plication on May IL, 1920, to Commits
sioner Nixon for an$increase in fare.
and on the same page the receiver
states, under oath, that such appli4a-
tion was denied"
The speaker touched upon nationzi
issues long enough to ask Governor
Miller again what he thought or the
recently enacted tariff bill, and She
Daughetty injunction. Then he plugged
into Home Rule and grnup government.
Attacks Home Rule Stand
.'The Governor the other night spoke
about home rule !ie said "Great
speeches can be made around the nrin-
eiple involved. There is afforded to cam
djdates in discussion of home rule
d wonderful opportunity to wax elo-
quent in words and promises. The
Bible says by their fruits yc shall
know them When the GovernSr
talks about hAme rule in anv part OF
this state the people insist upon look
ing at tho record and seeing how he
made his actions at Albany conform
to principle that he processes to es-
pouse in an hour of need.
III is one of the leading ISSUES
against the Governor in the city he
pality throughout the state. It is the
one thing, above all others, that has
driven him into New York in the last
week of his campaign, at time when
he and his managers appreciate the
desperation of his cause The Gov.
actually and seriously stated the
other night that he believed that everv
municipality should elect its own Off
cials. The Governor is verv mapnani-
nous. Can it be that he doesn't un-
derstsnd that we already do that or
is that the limit that. he would place
upon the grant Of home rule power ?''
Referring to the subject Of GROUP
government" phrase which he de-
clared Governor Miller had attempted
TO use against him, the Democratic can
didate enumerated the groups that had
come to him for assistance when he
was Governor, all bent on humane err