The New York herald., 1922-09-29
SYRACUSE APPLAUDS
SMITH AND MURPHY
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party. to defend IT, The State conven-
ton he said. is being held because the
Republicans did not trust the people in
the direct primary.
"One man sets himself up in the AL
bany convention as the absolute ruler
and dictator OF his party" Mr.. Walker
continued, and he termed the Governor
Nathan the First" who dictated the
decapitation of many Republican office
holders. Taking up national issues. Mr..
Walker assailed Congress as reaction
airy and charged that the tariff was
made up solely TO repay big campaign
contributors and the wool growing Sen
ators.
Never before has there been such a
prostitution of high office for personal
gain" he continued. and named several
Senators whom he said manipulated the
tariff for gain. He added: ITO sum IL
up, the national Administration has
shown itself to be an administration or
the profiteers, for the profteers and oy
the profiteers.'
Denouncing the Daugherty injunction,
the Senator asked whether that too was
part OF an agreement made with rail-
roads to repay their big campaign con-
trfbutions. He criticized the Senate for
It's handling OF the Newberry case. say
ing, "Newberry still sits in the Senate
with the greatest wool growers and lamb
shearers in the world with pride to him
self anr satisfaction to them"
Attack on Miller.
Turning to the State administration
Mr.. Walker devoted conside rable time
in his hour and a half discourse 10
attacking Gov. Millers claims OF
economy. He reached the conclusion u
Miller administration had cost the State
S44 100000 more than the Smith ad7
minis.ration. If the Governor had made
a saving, 1t did not go into the treas
ury, he said, and asked II SO much
/. had been saved why the income tax
could not be reduced. He reviewed the
Governors action in reducing payrolls
and employees and charged that appro-
priations for hospitals and institutions
had been cut to the point that inmates
suffered for food and care. Mr.. Miller
has shown Indifference TO welfare meas
ures, the Senator charged
The high spot in the speech was
review of the several litigations in New
York in which Mr.. Miller. before ne
became Governor, had appeared as coun-
sci for the B. r. L. There was cheer
when the Senator credited the Hyian
administration with holding down street
car fares In the face of efforts which.
he said, the Transit Commission had
made for advances.
1T may only be a coincidence" he
added, but possibly there is some real
connection between Gov. Miller's former
activities as a lawyer and the fact that
Tarvia. a product OF the Solvay Process
Company. is used on State highways
and that former employee of the New
York Central is superintendent OF the
canals"
Resolutions were then adopted au-
thorizing the chairman to name the
committees and resolutions and perma-
nent organization. Charles ID. Donohue.
minority leader or the Assembly pre-
sented one of the resolutions and re-
ceived applause second only to that
given Smith and Murphy
The fight over Surrogate Cohalan In
New York found its way into the con-
venton hail. Bulletins were distributed
attacking Murphy for turning down Co
halan and calling on the delegates to
resent and resist boss dictation with
the bench.