The New York herald., 1922-10-21
The Right Stuff in Him.

Ine following rr0m Governor MIL
IEEs speech at Hornell October IS
has the right ring. 1t is clear, strong,
decisive and shows the stuff Governor
MILLER is made of.
The American people like courage.
like convictions, like man Of action.
The American people despise a trim
mer. MILLER is no trimmer, no pus-
syfoot politician. Here Is what he
says on the maintenance of law and
order:
Industrial disputes. My adver-
"sary has said a word on that sub
"ject, and so l will refer to it. He
said that he settled them when he
"was Governor and that called out
the police. Now you had dispute
involving one of your principal in
dustries here. Would Mr.. SMITH,
if he had been Governor, have inter-
"vened? If he had, he would have
"been told to mind, his own busi-
"hess, wouldn't he? That was dis
"pute on nationwide scale. The
"only governmental agency having
"any jurisdiction over it at all was
Federal agencyTthe Federal Rail-
road Labor Board. Now there has
mot been a single industrial dis
"pute since l have been Governor
where IT was appropriate to tender
a off nf q
"those Offices have not been rendered,
"and, as you know, we have Board
"of Mediation and Cancellation for
that very purpose. / admit that l
did not intervene to settle the rail-
"road shopmens strike. I did not,
because there was nothing that
"could do. 1t was on scale beyond
"the State of New York. / could not
"settle 1t any more than could have
prevented it, and neither could Mr..
SMITH. But he says / sent in the
"police, Does he mean to imply that
he would not send in the police?
Does he mean to suggest that he is
not in favor of preserving law and
"order? Now that was one thing
with which the Governor of this
"State was charged with doing.
We could not settle the dispute.
alt was outside of our domain. But
cit was the highest function of the
"State Government to protect the
lives and the property Of its citi-
"zens. When government fails to do
"that government has ceased to have
"a reason to exist. (Applause.) And
whenever in any place there were
threatened disorders needing the
Intervention OF the State police. /
:" did send in the police. Would Mr..
"SMITH refuse to send in the police?
You had disorders here. Happily
although l believe it cost one life
"happily they were stopped before
"they had got beyond control; but
"when your Mayor informed me that
"these disorders had got beyond the
f"control of the local police, we had
ga squad of State troopers on the
"spot very quickly afterwards. CAP
"plause.) Not to intervene in the
dispute, not to take one side or the
"other, but to suppress lawlessness,
"to suppress disorder. to preserve
"the lives and property Of the peo-
"pre, to preserve the liberty of the
"people.
Now my adversary in that covert
suggestion, If IL meant anything,
"meant to appeal to that sentiment
that does not want law preserved
"and order maintained. He meant
to appeal to the sentiment expressed
"by the head of the State Federation
of Labor when that gentleman said
"at their annual meeting that there
were 500 strikers armed in Buffalo
Ito wipe out the State police. That,
"of course, was mere bombast. IL
was not true But IL is that kind of
irresponsible leadership that Injuries
labor. IL is that kind of intemper-
ate talk that leads to serious dis
orders.
Now | want TO say that those who
incite to disorder at the time of an
"industrial dispute are the real enc
"mies OF labor. They really plot
revolution, that is what those gen.
tlemen are after, and they. go just
as far at one stage as they dare to
ego, and then they stop. waiting for
another time. l want to say that
the most serious harm that is done
"to the cause of labor. is that which
results from lawlessness and vio-
"lcnce. A worthy cause does not
need to be supported by lawlessness
= and violence. A just cause has back
,-of it the greatest weapon in this
country that II eau possibly have,