Evening star., 1928-10-02

He went out Of his way to help the
little group Of millionaires. Without a
bit Of knowledge Of 1t at all. he had
the nerve to stand up and declare that
the Taylor estate offered to the people
of the State of New York for $3.50 900.
was worth $500, 900, and therefore. in
his opinion. sufficient money was not
appropriated for 1t. and that condem-
nation proceedings could not be legally
taken. daughter and applause)
Let me give the credit where the
scher-I called him up on the phone
and said tn him, Il want S250,000
from you to buy a park daughter
and apDlause.t
/ told him the story. just what hap
pened down there, and he said. Let
the park authorities come and see me-"
They went down to see him, AMI he
said, "All right, 1t is down in the EH-
! pire Trust Co. when you want it, (Ap-
plause)
Reads Park Platform.
Wait till read the pletform plank
ance. Listen to this for a minute. It
is very sl1ort--s;x lines. They deal with
it in six lines All they say Is:
For the promotion of the health
and recreational interests of the people.
we pledge the Republican party to the
continued development and extension
Of our parks and parkways throughout
the State"
Now, I challenge that plank, and /
make the assertion now. and will
prove It, that they are standing in the
way now of the northern parkway sys-
tenn to link up the southern parkway
with the Jones Beach Reservation and
Hecksher Park. They are standing in
the way Of it tonight, and challenge
Hewitt and Hutchison to come out and
say that they are ready to sign the
allotment of money. (Applause)
Dry Issue Brings Laughter.
I looked very carefully through the
platform. and I was looking for a
plank that might say something about
the eighteenth amendment or the VOL
stead act. tLaughter.) But we are In
and they are quiet this year.
I'VE might as well have a consistent
record: we have double dealt, we have
double e-crossed. we have hedged and
hedged, and one more year won't do us
very much harm. We will take a
chance"
I said to a Republican Senator in
, Albany on one occasion: Senator, why
does the Assembly go through the
empty performance of passing an en-
forcement bill every year when they
know the Senate is not going to pass
it?" He said, We'll, you know, AL, you
gesture for the ladies'" daughter and
applause.)
"Stringing" People.
Reducing this to ordinary parlance,
"it Is occasionally necessary to string
people" naughter).
They might at least have said, I'VE
| indorSe the sentiment of the Kepubli-
can candidate for President, when he
said that the eighteenth amendment is
noble experiment" Laughter and
applause).
Now, let me call your attention to
something else In the platform. In
1926 the State took over The town
bridges that we're formerly the prop
crty of the townships where they ap-
peared on trunk line highways.
This year they say: r'sThe Republi-
can Legislature first provided for the
payment By the State of the cost of
construction Of bridges on State high
ways. 1t has made ample provisions
for this purpose. Thus far, the Demo-
cratic administration has deferred and
delayed making. these appropriations
effective"
That statement is absolutely and un-
qualifiedly false.
Here are the facts. Every cent of
the S3,000000 made available in 1927
was expended in that year. The work
has progressed within the calendar
year. That can be ascertained from
the, records of the cfice' Of the State
controller.
This year 325 contracts have been
let to date, and we have actually Chi
gated ourselves even beyond the, So
100000 So that statement in tha Re-
publican platfernf Is. absolutely false,
Eana Ischahenge them toamake itsgood.
defy them 70 make it good. They
can't do 1t. (App!ause).
Quotes Another ''Fa:se". Statement.
Here is another false statement in
the platform: Speaking about $500, 900
that was appropriated for outside archi-
tectural services. This State of New
York suffered for 20 years from Re-
publican neglect Of cur State institu-