Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-10-15
Largest Audience
Hears Gov. Davis
EXPLAINS COMMISSION FORM OF
GOVERNMENT-FLAYS DEM
OCRATIC EXTRAVAGANCE

The largest audience OF the season
greeted Governor Davis at the Rex
theatre Tuesday night. The spacious
building was filled even to the bal
cony The audience was not only
large, but also enthusiastic. as the
frequent applause indicated. 1t was
clearly evident that the audience
was with the speaker from first to
last, Comparing this meeting with
other political gatherings that have
thus far been held in Orofino, 1t is
easy TO conjecture how Orofino will
vote at the impending election.
The speaker of the evening was
introduced by Prosecuting Attorney
f. Elliott Smith, who paid a glowing
tribute to the great efficiency of the
present state administration which
eclipses all previous administrations
Mr., Smiths words wre received with
great applause when he said that
Governor Davis's record entitled him
to q second term, which the people
Of Idaho would give by an over
whelming vote
The Governors topic was the
commission form of government. The
address was closed with a review of
the waste and extra, aeance OF the
present Democratic administration
during the late war, when billions of
peoples money was sdulucereo with
out excuse. The address was intro
duced with brief reference to the
world wide unrest now prevailing.
During the war every nerve was
tense Now that the war is over.
there is a universal desire for relief
from the restraints Of war From
seriousness the worl. -c- urifted
toward a state of frivolity People
9re going pleasure mad To prove
his statement, the Governor referred
TO the fact that Idan lor example
has one auto for every six people
The present trend toward frtvolity
is leading the world toward unpre-
cedented criminality. This is evil
denced by the fact that the penal
institutions OF the state were great
IT, overcrowded.
The responsibility of citizenship
is taken very lightly or neglected
altogether by the MASSES The social
unrest of the times indicates that
we are not meeting the responsible
ty of government with any degree OF
seriousness. Proof for this state
ment may be seen in the fact that
in the recent primary election in
Nez Perce county only twenty-five
PEOPLE took the trouble to vote. yet
the voting privilege is the most i'm
portant business of the American
people. No private business, IL con-
Quoted as we conduct the affairs Of
government. could long endure.
In speaking on the -aotnet form
of state government the Governor
declared that it was not an. innoa-
ton. untested and untried In the
state of Illinois its efficiency has
already been amply demonstrated, as
is the case also in our own state.
The forty departments of the state
government have been merged into
rine. each with specialist at its
head. The commission form of gov
ernment, in brief. means cooperation
between the several departments of
state, just as there Is cooperation
between the several departments of
a big store 1t was not so under the
old sy stem. when each department
was jealous of the other depart
ments.
The speaker reviewed at some
length the progress that has been
made in the several departments
since the plan of cooperation has
been adopted. He cited, among other
things, the fact that Idaho had STAN
dardized its fruit inspection law, and
had so thoroughly enforced it that
Idaho apples obtained a margin OF
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