Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-08
NEW MAYOR PLANS
LOTS OF CHANGES
"Bossy' ellis Busy Getting
Even With Police and
Bankers.
BY LEMUEL r. PARTON.
nnial niSnae,,h o., Tsho atse

NEWBURYPoRT. Mass. January
This is a Horatio Alger town. II
is here that good little boys who
never watch the clock have become
bankers with side whiskers and yep.
per and salt suits and pillared man
stons on the hill. end now, all at
cnce--nobo0y seems TO know just
how II happened--here Is bad"
crapshooting boy. rising to eminence
and attaining everything the late MIR.
Alger had been holding out for the
good boys.
"Bcssy" Gillis--the citizens learned
his name was Andrew after he was
elected mayor--hasnt yet started the
Merrimac River running up the hill,
This may come later. For the present
he is too busy dealing out misery to
the cops who used to arrest him. to
the bankers who. as he says. used
to ring a burglar alarm" when he
went into a bank. and to job holders
who guessed wrong.
Elected BY Women's Vote.
Mayor Gillis Is 81 years old. weighs
200 pounds. Is sandy haired, has a
long torso, short legs. powerful arms,
thick neck, outstanding ears and a
rather careiessly fashioned Roman
rrofile. One errant eye makes the
general aspect a hit raffish. He Is
likeahle and magnetic and much ad'
rnired by women--iu fact, II rs safu
here that il was the women's vote
which elected him. He has heen
soh. and hence has seen the world.
Against this background Of New Eng
land reserve. he stands out as per
son nf almost startling sophiSiicauon.
Whittier lived near here and once
wrote a poem about the town. VII
liam Lloyd Garrison was born here
and the window of the mayors office
once Caleb Cushing's ofIice-iooks out
on a statue of the great New Eng
land humanitarian. Mayor ellis took
this correspondent TO the house whsre
Garrison w6S born.
He was a fighting guy, too. said
the mayor.
In a tour of the city. pointing out
the sites on many historic crap
games. the mayer outlined his politi.
cal philosophy.
do you see that shoe factory there
closed down--and that cotton mill
there and that coal pocket? All
closed down because these little penny.
pinching two-by.four bankers won't
lossen up with their dough- Every
extra nickel they get. they take ii
out in the back yard and bury. 1t.
Used TO BE Good Town"
'This-used 10 be good town. The
clipper ships were built here. We
used to ship rum TO the West Indies
and now we bring II from there. I'm
going. 10 make these bankers put
some Of that money to work. Well
t>~Sr~ ffs<a
10 they'll have to put EN- TO work.
It's all wrong anyway 10 tax the guy
that's. delivering and letting the dead,
head money go cree. There isn't any
reason why this shouldn't be the best
town or Its size IN the country, and
wei put II back On the map when we
get some of this loose dough to work.
ing again"
J 1t did not seem pertinent to ask
fhe mayor whether he. accepted the
single tax philosophy. Although he
had expounded II in eloquent Eliza
beftan terms II in quite evident that
the may6K e8rfies Ai,feN -own ifne-~of
highly particuiarized, philosophy. y.a
See that cop over there on the
corner. He nsed to pinch me Tor
nothing at ail--rhooting craps or
6ghting or something like that. I'm
out the cons at the City Hall tonight.
Il Look at those clam fats over
there at the mouth of the river.
There's Thousands of dollars worth Of
siams there and some damn fool State
law about their being polluted stopped
the people from digging them. There's
D lot IT Door people around here that
need that money and I'm going TO see
they get crack at II. III those CLAIMS
are poison they've been that way for
80 years. Nobody ever got poisoned
from 'em yet. TIL ger the clam dig.
gers back TO work IL Il have 10 start
D revolution IN stick a row OF cops
out there TO protect them.
Selects Site for School.
Il That made land down there on the
river front is where I'm going 10
aick the new high school. used 20
run lenders Aeaping over floating Ice
cakes when / WAS a hid down there
and l used 10 dive 30 feet of that
bridge there. ff'e the greatest place
in The world for a. high school. ! fg.a
Hred all this out once -wbeasI was rid
lEg through Doksne--I'ye forgotten
how 4 WAS trayeifng---0ncs In n while
] used 10 ride on the cushions. ANY.
way. they have a university there
right on the water and it's great.
This is the section where the poor
kids live and some of those tight old
badgers over on the hill don't want
the high school here. But it's going 20
b here anyway" -
Mayor ellis talked engagingiy OF
various prize fights which he has NJ.
tended--in fart he seems 10 have at-
tended most Of them~-ss1d said he In.
tended 10 stress athletics In the pub.
lie schools
I. DO you DO any boxing yourself"
be WIS asked
"so--juss street lighting" - re.
piled
In discussing his policies In general
he saif: %a k
I'm going 10 give the hest of II 10
the auys that stuck with me s8d I'm
going 10 bump the ones that have
been trying 10 DO frae up, Sobody ~
going 10 steal any money while ] am
mayor and the Taxpayers are EoinS
10 get q rim for their money. and I'm
going 10 slough there birds that are
selling all that rat poison around
here"
The ma yor concluded with q sttFioiie
aenuncistion Of hen thieves az be
drew up 20 the old red brick City Hall,
shs ARMED hx a aftfSnt sims