Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-10-22
HARRY |. DAVIS SPLENDIDLY
FITTED FOR GOVERNORSHIP

country. Davis unhesitatingly ordered
Cleveland freed of undesirables. His
courageous method of dealing with
Bolshevism brought him into national
renown. It likewise brought him q
deadly hatred of the Bolshevist lead
ers. resulting in bomb attack upon
him and his family last summer, at
the same time similar outrages
against other prominent officials
throughout the country were perre-
trated.
He was the one mayor in the Unit.
ed States that the Bolshevists most
feared.
The efficient and economical man
ner in which Davis directed the h<
nances Of the city is reflected in a re-
port made by a committee of seven
teen executive officers of Cleveland
banking institutions, headed by Fred
H. Goff, president of the Cleveland
Trust Company. This committee of
financial experts, after searching in-
quiry into the city's finances, unani.
mously reported the Davis admins
tration had been free from waste. ex-
travagance and unnecessary activ.
tiles.
The fact that Cleveland is to have
a $50,000o00 Union Station on the
Public Square that Is to be compar-
able only to the Grand Central term
inal in New York City, is largely due
to the efforts Of Davis. The question
of providing adequate railroad term
inal facilities for Cleveland had con-
fronted every city administration for
years. 1t was not until Davis as
sumed direction of the question that
final solution Of the problem came.
Cleveland Morals High
Another accomplishment of the Dar
Wis administration is the Public Hall.
Inow being constructed great COM
vention place, seating 12,400 persons
in the main auditorium. with a num-
Der of smaller halls for concerts and
public gatherings. 1t will make it
possible for Cleveland to be the meet
ing place Of the largest and most Inn
portant conventions in the country.
Cleveland under Davis had the best
and cheapest street car service in the
country Its street car lines are op-
Grated under the closest and most ef-
fective city supervision Of any public
utility In the state.
Fl As mayor, Davis always displayed a
keen interest in the welfare Of chill.
dren, He launched and carried to
completion a program that resulted
in the building of public bath houses
and public Fairgrounds in practically
every congested part of Cleveland.
That Davis had always held para
mount the interests of the people he
served has been evidenced on numer-
Gus occasions when he has extended
his efforts to help reduce the soaring
cost of living. During the winter OF
1917, when there was an acute scare
ity of potatoes and other vegetables,
and the prices for these necessities
were beyond the reach of most Cleve-
land families, Davis purchased $4,000
bushels of potatoes and larger quanti-
ties of other vegetables. They were
disposed of at about one-half Of the
existing retail prices, by elimination
of the middlemen's profits.
He Fought II. C. [.
During the same winter when q
shortage of coal threatened the health
: and comfort of thousands of families,
Davis established what became known
as the municipal coal pile" -Four
thousand tons Of coal were distribut-
ed in quantities ranging from one-half
bushel to one ton, and at prices rang
ing between 81 and S. less than the
market prices.
Fifty car loads Of canned and bulk
army meats and foods were sold dur.
ing the fall of 1918 to the people OF
Cleveland by Davis at prices repre-.
senting saving Of 80 per cent.
More recently, in April. 1920. when
the switchmen's strike threatened q
complete interruption Of the city's
food supply, Davis appealed to the
war department and received permis-
sion to sell surplus army foods held
In warehouses in Cleveland.
These are some of the public
achievements Of Harry L. Davis. They
clearly demonstrate his unusual ft.
ness to undertake the performance OF