The New York herald., 1922-11-05
SMITH CLOSES HIS DRIVE
WITH SIXTEEN PROMISES

without O sufficient number of doctors,
nurses and attendants to give TO tie
unfortunate wards Of the State the care
and the treatment that they shoald re-
ceivcA / think know the mind and the
feeling of the people with respect 10
this sacred obligation. urged and
passed generous appropriations that the
State made with charity befitting her
greatness and discharged that obliga-
ton to the fullest extent.
"Gov. Miller in his time so curtailed
these appropriations that he drove out
of office two of The State Hospital
Commissioners. one of them his own
appointee and the other. who had served
the State for thirty-five years. when in
an outspoken manner they came be-
fore the Senate and declared in no un-
certain terms that the appropriations
for the maintenance of the State hos
pitals were not sufficient to permit the
Commission to give to the patients the
care and attention that they actually
required.
During my time In Albany
strengthened the great Highway De-
partment. ] appointed a competent en-
gineer, who elevated the department out
of politics for the first time in it's history
GOV. Miller removed him from office
and put n politician at the head of the
department. When 1 return to Albany
| promise a restoration Of the highway
Department to tho state OF efficiency II
was In when left there y.
TN the constitutional convention OF
1915 and during my time as Governor
urged constitutional amendments to
provide for the reorganization and sim
plification Of the machinery of the State
government. This plan had the unani-
nous approval of all students of our
State government and was urged
strongly by Gov. Miller himself when he
was a private citizen. After Gov. Miller
arrived in Albany the amendments. by
the force of their own strength. passed
the Senate. He sat in a conference with
leaders of the Assembly and suggested
their destruction by that body. BY his
action he postponed for several years
the benefits that would accrue to the
people OF the State fro mthost amend
ments.
Denies Economy Claims.
.The Governor loudly procIaims
throughout the State that he has made
great economies in the administration
OF the government. which claims have
been disproved by the public records
of the Comptroller's office. The truth
is, and he has never denied II. that
he had the highest budget in the his
tory of the State. and his adninistra-
ton cost the taxpayers and the rent
payers $44000000 more than mine
That's either a fact or it Is not. and
he has at his command all of the data
and statistics that he could use to
dispute this statement II he were able
to. He has not done SO because he
knows that I am right"
In closing. Mr.. Smith said:
"In my two years as Governor
gave myself to this State as COM
pletely as O. man could do 1t. I had
no other interest, I had no other busi-
ness, I had no other obligations.
did everything I possibly could
make the government responsive 10
the wishes and the needs OF the plain
people of the State. / bettered every
activity that the State Is engaged in.
I turned a willing ear and an open
heart to every proposal that had for its
purpose the promotion of the welfare
of all the people,"
DR.. Copeland came out for the bonus.
AT least he mentioned II, and said: "1f
nobody votes for me in the State OF
New York next Tuesday I'm going to be
for the soldier anyhow" In the course
of his speech he referred to Ambassador
George Harvey as 'the worst old fish
wife / know Of"