New-York tribune., 1922-10-18
Smith Declares
Miller's Budget
Idea Ridiculous
Governor Accused Of Setting
His Theories Against the
Well Considered Plan Of
His Own Party Leaders
U. S. System Also Assailed
Calls on Opponent 10 Tell
People What He Thinks
of Daugherty Injunction
From a Special Correspondent


oGDENsBURG, N. ", Oct. IT, For
mer Governor Alfred e. Smith, Dem
cratic gubernatorial candidate, speak
ing in the City Opera House here to-
night, declared that Governor Miller'a
campaign discussion Of an executive
budget and reorganization of the state
government machinery psaced the Re-
publican candidate in ridiculous po-
sition,'
"The Governor assumes the ridicu-
lous position of setting himself and
his ideas of an executive budget
against the we'll thought out scheme of
prominent members of his own party"
said the Democratic candidate.
The former Governor again accused
Governor Miller of being responsible
for the abandonment of comprehen-
sive plan for reorganization Of the
state government which was backed by
such influential Republicans as Elihu
Root, George w. Wickersham, Alfred
h. Marling, Henry l.. Stimson and Adel-
pciG ViOOt. ITO OpPOUbHt, Dc uSCl@ICQ
in stating his belief that the present
adequate merely assumed that belief
for the purpose of answering the argu-
ment that he, Smith, had made, that
Governor Miller was responsible fer
the demise of the reorganization plan.
No Budget Without Amendment
"The Governor knows as well as any
y, ,koS~
Smith, chat it is impossible to set up
any executive budget without constitu-
tional amendment. And he further
knows that the budget has been pre-
pared during his administration in sx-
actly the same manner that 1t has been
for the last quarter of century. In
order to justify his action in Destroy
ing the constitutional amendments for
a budget system he has set up what
he is pleased to call board of esti
mate and control"
The candidate at this point quoted
Mr. Wickersham at length as strongly
opposed to the plan for board of
estimate and control.
He also quoted Mr.. Stimson as say
ing that no single question affecting
the state government was as important
as the adoption by constitutional
amendment Of the executive budget.
While discussing the budget ques-
tion the candidate directed his guns
at the Federal budget-making under
President Harding.
my attention has been called to
statement made by the Governor in
Binghamton, where he gave great
credit to the executive budget system
at Washington, under the direction Of
General Dawes, do not question the
ability of the General he Governor
said he was backed by the President
and great credit is given them both for
cutting down the national budget.
am reliably informed that they did il
so we'll that the Harding Administra-
tion in its second year is facing a
deficit Of approximately $7o0,0o0,oO0,
Declares Governor Evasive.
"This time two years ago went
from one end of the state to the other
in fruitless effort to induce Governor
Miller to speak about state issues.
Aside from his Binghamton eulogy of
General Dawes and President Harding
ON the budget question, Governor MIL
er is as silent to-day on national issues
as he was on state issues two years
ago. He has evidently taken the ad-
vice Of the old-time lawyer who sug-
gested to the young member Of the bar