Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-08
CIVIL SERVICE IS LOT OF BUNK,
BAD BOY" GILLIS DECLARES
Mayor OF Newburyport Plans
to "Land Boot on City's
Deadheads."
"Got to Stop Selling Rat
Poison Liquor" City's
New Chief Insists.
By ANDREW j. GILLIS.
Mayor of Newhurxport. Mass.

I NEW Mass, January
ITO the victor belong the spoils
That's the theory every politician
works on, but I'm the first man ever
elected to Office who ever dared stand
up and tel, the truth about It. That's
my theory. and I'm going tn see that
the guys who stuck with me get what
is coming to them, and I'm going To
see that some If the cops and acein.
the hole bankers and small.tin,e poll.
ticians, who tried to get In my way.
get what Is coming to them, too.
leave It TO anybody IL that isn't
Just what happens when anybody IL
elected to office In America. Then
why not say so:
Civil service is a lot Of bunk.
: know lots of fatheads who pass those
"hinkey.dinkey parlcy vous" examina.
tons and then get themselves plas-
tared onto the public pay roll for life.
while better men stand around and
wait. All that is out from now on.
Imagine running business that way!
How long would It last? The only way
you can run a business Ii to land the
boot on guy who doesn't deliver and
to- shove him ahead when he does
Under this civil service racket. the
best guy In the world gets nowhere
who have got the drag get carried
along.
Bans 'Rat.Peison" Rum.
About prohibition. they've got Ia
stop. selling that rat poison around
here. I'm going up TO Boston myself
and tell the Federal Office there that
this has got 10 stop. They are bring.
ing 1t In by the shipload and truckload
and carload. In the past. about all
the cops did was. TO beat up DRINKS.
As I told the cops the other night. 1t
doesn't do any good to club the DRINKS
unless you find out who sold them the
furniture polish. That's the way to
set resuits-iet the drunk boiler IL he
wants 10. but find out who sold him
the booze. There isn't any reason in
the world why poison like this should
he sold.
AS to taxation, the big idea In TO
keep the politicians from getting
their feet In the trough. We will
have To build a new high school,
Some of these ginneys around here
are already wetting their lips, but
I'm telling them now there won't be
a bit Of gravy in II for any one. I
can mention one big job here In which
one pious old stiff got himself heeled
for life.
This isn't going 10 happen again.
You might think It would be easy
to put up n high school and build It
on the square. but you're mistaken.
Any one getting pinched as often as
have learns a lot about city affairs.
IT'S going TO be tough to keep the
gang. from getting it's hooks on that
high school money. but I'm going to
do it.
Doesn't Drink or Smoke.
iwant to put the public right about
me being the had boy Of Newbury.
port, and getting pinched so often.
The fact 10 that I don't drink or
smoke and the only thing they ever
pinched me for was shooting craps
and fighting the cops and resisting
arrest aud, THINGS like that. A lot
OF these cops have been pinching ME
for one thing or another for years
and the way u In now could give
them a good ride II I wanted 10, but
q lot OF them are old men and I'm
going TO give them break. I've
and they've got to wear out a lot
more shoe leather. But I'll split fair
with any cop that 10 willing 10 work
and earn his dough. So
Another thing I'm going TO take
a firm stand on In this n.thieving
which has been going on around here.
People have been squawking about
1t for years and nobody has ever done
anything 10 stop II. burned Up the
cops about this the other night and
fm going 10 see that It's safe TO
raise hens Ia this town. That goes
for all this antique stealing. too.
Stealing hens and antiques II out
from now on.
There II also q lot of bunk In this
one way street business. The way II
works here. Il causes nothing but
congestiOn and confusion. I'm work
ing out a traffic system which will
keep cars moving instead OF getting
them jsmnned up.
Assails Tight" Rxnkers.
SO far ~ the. whole JON IL con.
cerned. the mayor Ut a town ought
to saye Taxpayers money--as n
heavy taxpayer myself. wouldn't
be a sucker 10 run up taxesy--he
ought IN weed out the deadheads In
the police. fire. highways, health and
other departments and get honest
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