Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-05-06

have not found hin wanting. The,
have seen him correct So niany abuses
which they had thought never would
or could be corrected that they have
come to have faith that he will do all
things we'll. And. trusting him. they
have come to trust each 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 blushing.
"Quietly and Decently."
This revolution Is not due to the
fact that the mayor Is not radical, for
he is radical enough to suit any one
but an out and out anarchist. but rath
er to his wholesome point Of view and
to his insiStence that all things be
done quietly and decently." which is
one of his notices 1t Is attributable
too. to the fact that he has always
kept close to the people and studied
conditions He knows what the PEG
pie want and understands their needs
Twenty times at least he has been
told. sometimes by his most trusted
advisers. that if 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
as far from the earth as before. The
only thing that ever happened when
he esta blished one Of these radical
new rules-radical only in that they
were in the interests Of the plain peo
ple-was that lot of folks. including
some of the early doubters. jumped up
and gave three cheers for GaynOr
They have continued to cheer. for one
reason or another. until it has devel
oped into habit
Tens Of Millions.
How much annual graft has been
abolished by Mr.. Gaynor since he took
Office it is impossible to state or even
closely estimate. Certainly it runs
into the tens Of millions. He found
corruption and oppression all about
him. Without any blare Of trumpets
he put into practice the doctrines he
had been preaching for years. He
first took the police in hand and by
vigorous measures put an end to club
bling and all undue interference with
the rights Of the citizen. He served
notice on the saloon keepers. who had
been paying S3,0O0,000 year for "pro
lection" through an association, that
if they paid any money to the police
they would be throwing it away and
that If he found it out he would see
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 Il
gold mine at the city's expense. For
many years without any sort OF Il
check onthem 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 but
thorough way he caught some of them
rcd handed. Awaiting himself of his
right to sit rs IL committing magistrate,
which no other mayor had ever eXer
Used, he 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 saving Of more than a
million dollars Il year. Other depart
ments were investigated with like re
suits and reorgani2ed with new men
at the head of them. Craft was abol
ished and waste eliminated without re
gard to who WAS hurt In national pol
itics the mayor is Il strong Democrat
but he holds that national politics has
no place in municipal affairs. Conse
quently he has not considered polti
clans nor political consequences, but
only the interests Of the people.
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