Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-12-31
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PROMISED SHOW
BY EW MAYOR
Independent Candidate An
! nounCed Wierd Platform
and Now Is Beginning 10
Hedge Recommendations.


YOUNGSTOWN, De- Dec. oO,
George L. Oles, youngstown ~,
tacular mayor-elect, arrived noI'le
recently from a vacation IN floI-
ida ready, he said, to clean up
the city" and fire anyone WHO
doesn't obey orders when ne
takes office next Sunday.
oles made political history here
nv running as an independent can
didate defeating the republican
incumbent by over 500 votes and
the democratic candidate by over
900. The cit. auditor received q
request from Oles in Florida ask
inc for a thorough invoice" of the
CITY "just as If l were gong 10
buy it." go, u,,o,
money the city of Youngstown
owes.| he wrote, whom they owe
Il to and when it is due. / want
to know who owes the city OF
Youngstown. I want to know
where the money is coming from to
nav the bills. want to know what
stocks we have on hand, such as
horse feed and supplies gasoline
in the tanks, stationery ana INK
and lead pencils, also the amount
OF coal-and do not forget TO stare
the amount of cash in the bank'
Shortly after the balloting May
or Fred ]. Warnock, defeated Tor
reelection, issued a 2,OO0-word
statement citing court decisions In
an effort to show that Oles' prom
Use to give his salary to charity
constituted a bride to the poor, and
therefore disqualified him. Petit
tions to the courts were prepared,
hut were dropped and no contest
now is in sight.
Oles went into the produce bus
mess in New Castle, Pa, with a
wheelbarrow and barrel of pota-
Toes as his sole stock in trade. Az
ter he had built up a flourishing
business there in five years time
he sold 1t to start a market in
Youngstown, to be run on what he
called psychological principle.
Oles began presenting eccentric
newspaper advertising, based
he says on Billy Sundays
evangelistic tactics. which he had
seen in New Castle. Slam bang
statements about women's styles
his competitors, local politics and
current topics soon won him
reputation.
During the mayoralty campaign
Oles announced in his "ad' one
day that he was going to run for
mayor.
II just started 1t for a Joke" he
said later. "But people took it Sc
riously and pretty soon 1 took it
seriously too"
At length Oles moved into a
Johnstown hotel from his country
home, to establish a legal resi-
dence, and began to give Youngs-
town it's most spectacular political
campaign. There was no organi-
zation by precincts and wards, but
he and his wife held meetings all
over the city-m lettings for wom-
en- only at which Mrs. Oles told
what a fine husband and father
Mr.. Oles is, and meetings for men
at which Mr.. Oles rushed on the
platform with arms in air, shout
ing: Here ! am! Vote for Oles!'
Few persons professed to believe
that Oles had q chance until the
returns DtSdH W NOIiV III NlNNAIDli
night. Next day a check on ad-
missions by various men who had
challenged Oles to wagers brought
out the fact that by taking all bets
he could make enough to pay his
campaign expenses and give him.
self and his family a trip to
Florida.
At various times during the
campaign Oles announced the fol-
lowing platform planks:
Discontinuance of street cal
service, and turning over the
streets to jitneys.
Firing the whole police force Il
1t didn't clean up the town.
Permit spooning in parks under
police protection.
Jail anyone who paid taxes un'
der recent revaluation.
Tear up the Erie railroads
tracks II it didn't eliminate down,
town grade crossings.
After his election, however
there were indications that Ole!
was considering conservative poll
cies. Questioned about firing
various officials whom he hat
named in the campaign he said hC
would have to inquire into the law
Concerning the street car plank
he said that the traffic problem
was knotty, and required a grea
deal OF study. Asked as to jaillnl
taxpayers, he said after election
that he would Jail anyone who
broke the law.