New Britain herald., 1926-10-28
Mills Explains Further


 New York, Oct. 2S P,-Ocden L. Mills, republican candidate for gov ernor. in denying today that a re- mark he had made in a campaign address was an attack on the priy- ate life Of Governor Alfred E. Smith as charged by the governor. declar- ed he rather would lose fifty cam paigns than reuect on any mans family life"
 He said Governor Smith "was evidently misled by not reading the full text" of what he had said.
 The governor had quoted the re- publican candidate as saying: There is no truth in that man. He cannot be trusted either in public or private life" He demanded that MT. Mills produce proof of the statement or make public retrac- ton.
 MT. Mills declared he had been discussing a statement of Governor Smiths made in an address in Sta ten Island, in which he said the governor had misrepresented some thing he had said about state and local taxes and had ridiculed him on the basis of the false interpre- tation.
 That" said MT. Mills. Ifs some thing the governor has done very frequently of late. Having told the story, I went on to say:
 That is why it is so difficult to campaign against the man. He makes an absolute misstatement of the facts, and then he bases his en- tire speech on the misstatement of facts. There is no truth in him, and men who cannot tell the truth are not to be trusted in official or in private life"
 What the last sentence obviously meant is that when you cant be- lieve what a man says you gradual ly lost faith in him. It has been common knowledge, I think that the governor has been singularly fortunate in his family life. And my every inclination would be to ac- knowledge this fact and congratu- late him on 1t rather than to in any way slur it.
 But, aside from this, to me 1t is that anyone should drag a. mans family into the thick and muck of political campaign. I am not fighting Smith the man; am fighting Smith the politician who seeks reelection. and I am fighting him with all of the vigor that I possess because I believe that his policies are wrong and that the of which he is so prominent a member constitutes a genuine menace"
 smith is Silent
 After reading a statement issued today by his republican opponent, Ogden L. Mills, Governor Smith an- nourced that he was satisfied with Mir. Mills explanation of an asser- tion made yesterday that the gov ernor could not be trusted In either public or private life.'
 q have nothing further to say" the governor said, T am ready to that the young man lost his head and is all right, Let him go along"
 The governor answered his op- ponents statement publicly in a speech in the Bronx last night, when he declared he was ready to lay his private life alongside that of Mir. Mills or any other man"
 Asserting that "everyhody in New York city is laughing at Mir. Mills" the governor reiterated his belief that the milk issue of his opponent no longer exists in the campaign
 Asked his opinion of rumors that Dr. Herbert D. Peaso, head of the poase laboratories, which examined milk samples for the republican campaign committee, had been "cocrccd' into stating that the milk was not dangerous, the governor and said;
 fl don't even know Dr. .Pease, and I am sure l don't know anybody that could have cCerced. Such statement about him is a weak and feeble comeback. Pcase only con- mitted the unpardonable sin of tell irg the truth, because that hurts the cause of Mir. Mills so far as milk is conccrned."
 The name of former Mayor John r. HylGn of New York entered briefly into the governors discus sion of the campaign today when the governor was asked if he had any reply to the Hylan statement that he was attempting to bring about higher fares for New York City's transit lines.
 "The former monarch of Bush wick is a dead one" said the gov ernor.