Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-10-01
CARSON CITY /:
MAKING POLITICS o. 1T.

pOHticS make Strange OeuAeHo~s, ous
like Ben Jonson's poetry. it is true.
Horace Greeley at tue head of the seces-
sion Democracy was a spectacle which
should have prepared the public mind TO
anything. Hon. John Bigelow. Repub-
ican, heading the Democratic ticket in
New York is natural enough, after Gree
ley. But it is no wonder tina. Morrissey
and his fellow factionists are not disposed
to stand such nominations without q
protest and q struggle. Some Irish
Democrats are so strongly built into the
fabric of their own preferences and pre-
JUDGES tina. they cannot as stand every
thing"
The State Prison Imbroglio started
for the second heat of its public career
from the time of the appearance of the
APPEALS expose Of the Bradley-Miller-
Forshay conspiracy agains: Hyman-
Honestly, we had no thought of attach
ing any political significance to the mat
ter, nor do We now, save insofar as we
recognize the very plain fact that the
Democratic press, taking their cue from
the Governors organ, the Virginia City
Chronicle, have chosen to give it such
tnrn. 1t seems to be case illustrative
Of the old adage that suspicion haunts
the guilty mind Now, under the ChrO,-
ic!s's leadership. the straisht-out Demo-
cratic papers are in full cry at Hynan's
heels.
Let US look back and gather up few
facts justifying our reference to strange
political Relationships: Last year
Col. A. c. Ellis, who came SO near OBJ
tanning the Democratic nomination for
Governor in 1870, was again an avowed
candidate for that position. There are
those who claim that he would have Sc
cured the nomination had it not been
for the very effective efforts at the
Ormsby county primaries made by Col.
Hyman in behalf of Governor Bradley.
Ellis, solicitous for unity and harmony
in the Democratic ranks, accepted the
nomination for Congress and was clever
~ slaughtered, IS everybody knows.
A further insight into the condition of
things Democratical brings rs to a re-
hinder of the fact that Ellis, as the
leader Of the anti-chivalry wing Of the
party was recognized as the commander
in-chief under whom our sagacious
friend Cassidy was proud to train. Ellis
and Cassidy were big guns among the
mud stills, and Bradley. Thornton & Co.
led the chivalry to glory and renown.
Such was the situation when the Legis-
lature met. That the deadly feud be-
tween Cassidy and Bradley was in no
wise diminished in heat and rancor, the
course pursued by the former in his ca
pacity of Senator amply illustrated.
This brief resume of facts and occur
rences justifies the averment that as late
as the time when the Legislature ad-
journed, the bloody chasm which sepa-
rated Cassidy's goats from Bradley's
sheep had neither been bridged nor been
the scene of friendly hand shaking be-
tween the two ininical factions. And
these facts lead us to seek for q cause
for the Sudden change Of tone in Brother
Cassidy's paper-a change which de-
notes very decided leaning toward the
side of the present contro-
versity. We take the liberty to make
some guesses and speculative reflections
upon the subject:
We guess that the Bradley faction (of
whom Lieutenan Mt Governor Adams is a |
leader, have come to the |
that any further wrangling |
with Cassidy, who had shown SO much |
and shrewdness of management |
against them and Tom Williams, was
not wise course to pursue, and SO, tax
ing q hint from the APPEAL, they con-
cluded to let Cassidy know that any as
pirations he might have. looking to Con-
gressional honors or, even perhaps the |
chair, would be favored |
by them. (This, mind, is all q piece Of |
guess-werk of our OWN. We recognize |
This movement by the Bradley faction as |
replete with wisdom. Cassidy is young,
adroit. shrewd and gamey, and his |
friendship is worth securing. We sus-