Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-08-22

have not found him wanting. They
have seen him correct 80 many abuses
which they had thought never would
or could be corrected that they have
come to have faith that hp will d. all
things well And. trusting him. they
have come to trust ench other Things
have come to such pass that people
speak Of the Ten Commandments with
out apologizing and discuss moral prin.
ciples In public without blushin9..
"ouistiy and Dsesntly."
This revolution Ia not due to the
fact that the mayor In NJ. radical. for
he In radical enough to suit any one
hut an out and out anarchist. but rnth-
err to his wholesome point of view and
to his inslstence that all things be
done quietly and decently." which In
one Ut his notices 1t Ii attributable.
too. to the fact that be- has always
kept close to the people and studied
conditions He knows what the peO
pie want and understands their needs
Twenty times at least he has been
told. sometimes by his most trusted
advisers. that II he issued this or that
new order. upsetting old conditions
and smashing traditions In both eyes,
the heavens would fall" But undis-
turbed he proceeded to lay down the
new policy. and the heavens are still
az far from the earth as before The
only thing that ever happened when
he established one Of these radical
new rules radical only In that they
were In the interests Of the plain PEG
pie was that lot Of folks. including
some Of the early doubters. jumped mp
and gave three cheers for GaynOr
They have continued to cheer for one
reason or another. until Il has devel
oped into q habit
Tens OF MilIiens.
How much annual graft has been
abolished by Mr. Gaynor since be took
office II In Impossible to state or even
closely estimnte. Certainly II runs
into the tens OF millions. He found
corruption and oppression all about
him Without any blare Of trumpets
be put into practice the doctrines be
had teen preaching for years. He
6rat took the police in hand and BY
vigorous measures put an end to club
bling and all undue interference with
the riRhta Of the citizen He served
notice on the saloon keepers. who had
been paying &3.OM.OO0 a year for PRO.
lection" through an association that
II they paid any money tn the police
they would he throwing II away and
that II he found II out be would nee
that they were prosecuted The police
were told that they must enforce the
law only In lawful way and they
are doing It beyond the dream Of the
most altruistic citizen before Mr. Gay
| nor moved INTO the city hall
| Grafters Promptly Punished.
He discovered that the dockmasters
| had been working the richest kind OF q
gold mine nj the city's expense. Fol
many years without any sort Of a
check on them they had been collecting
large fees from steamship companies
| for the use of the city's wharfs and
| turning into the city as much or as lit
tie as they pleased In his quiet bu,
thorough way he caught some Of them
red handed Awaiting himself Of his
right to sit as a committing magistrate
which no other mayor had ever exer
cised. be had the pleasure Of binding
one Of them over to the grand jury
Saved Over . Million
/ In the one little item OF city printing
he effected II saving Of more than Q
million dollars u year. Other depart
ments were investigated with like re
cults and reorganized with new mey
at the head OF them Graft was abol
fshed and WASTE eliminated without re
gard to who was hurt In national pol
itics the mayor In a strong Democrat
! but he holds that national politics has
no place in municipal affairs COnse
quently be has not considered politi
clans nor political consequences. bu'
only the interests Of the people.