New-York tribune., 1922-10-11

one defense. He claims that In his two
years he has saved money for the
state. His claim in any substantial!
sense is untrue. The figures appear in
the official report of the Comptroller,
and are as follows.
"My administration:
"For 1919. $e5,840, ,9S3.7T: 1920, $14l,-
sS5. .474.39; 1921, s149,i26, ,507.a3; 1922
approximately, s1d2,ooo,oooP
Totals Compared
tsThe totals are TINT in the two years
of my administration the figures
reached the sur, of $236,0oo, 900, and in
the two years of Governor Miller's ad-
ministration they reached the sum of
S291,000,000. No one can in the face of
these official records dehy that under
Governor Miller the Legislature appro-
priated s55,00o,0o0 more than It appro-
priated under my administration, and II
the special sessions are taken into ac-
count it appropriated $4,000, 900 more.
"Third---In the endeavor to sustain
his claim of fundamental economies in
his own administration Governor Miller
has been guilty of evasive juggling
with these figures in the endeavor to
mislead the electorate. To explain
away this excess of appropriations
Governor Miller resorts to the follow
ing devices:
a. Under my administration the spe-
cial session Of the Legislature appro-
priated s3,000,000 for the erection of
The Creedmoor hospital for insane SOL
diers. This fund was available when
Goveronr Miller took office. Under
Governor Miller the Legislature appro-
priated S3,000,00o to build state hos
pital for civilians, an entirely different
purpose. To prevent this $3.000,000
from appearing in the total Of his ap-
preparations it was passed in the form
of a reappropriation of the original ap-
preparation under me of S3,000000 for
the Creedmoor Hospital. The build
ings were the same buildings, but the
create a hospital for insane soldiers,
the cost of which was to be repaid by
the Federal government. The use Of
the money appropriated under Gov
ernor Miller's administrator was for
the building of an exclusive state hos
pital for civilians with which the Fed
eral government had no concern. Yet
Governor Miller excludes from the to-
tai Of his appropriations the S3,000,000
actually used for an exclusive state
purpose on the specious plea that he
was merely using for that purpose S3,-
100000 appropriated under my admin
istration for q purpose which was in
effect nothing more nor less than a
loan to the Federal government.
"Deducts Arbitrarily"
"2. Then in his campaign literature
he arbitrarily deducts from his own ap
preparations for his first year the sum
of approximately $10,000,0OO appropri-
ated to cover deficiencies in the funds
of various departments, but he nowhere
gives me credit for the amount of ap-
my term to cover deficiencies inherite i
from the Whitman administration.
"By the same token my admin stra
tion left to the Miller administration
$10,000,0o0 in round numbers appro-
priated for highway purposes and un-
expended during my term. To this ex-
tent the necessity for appropriations
under Governor Miller for highway pur.
poses was reduced by S10,000,00O, yet
he arbitrarily charges against me the
S10,000,0 900 of deficiencies and gives me
no credit whatever for the $10,0O0,000
of unexpended balances in the highway
fund handed over to Governor Miller
for expenditure. Nor does he take into
account in his published statements
that a large part of the deficiencies
for which appropriations had to be
made were created under my admins
tration, not by me or any of my APP
pointees at all, but by other elected
Republican officials.
Fully $5,028,8o3.13 of these deficien-
cies came from Republican officers and
departments of the government pre-
sided over by the Republicans, and over
which, under our present irresponsible
system of government, l could have nc
possible control.
Governor Miller constantly refers
to the increase between my first year
and my second year In passing, il
must. be remarked that no matter how
much you analyze or juggle those fig.