Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-10-18
Mr.. CRONlN As A WRITER.

A short while ago, a. readers Of
TnK TrxEs will remember, We took
occasion, a. q matter Of professional
courtesy, to welcome Mr.. John
Cronin into the domain of diurnal
literature. MIR. Cronin made his
debut, as will also be remembered, in
. very clear argument in defense, OF
the nish. Tie sfgdment vs. clear
because the writer had . personal
feeling In what he said. and, by req
son of nativity aud religious faith,
was we'll prepared to treat upon a
subject of that kind. His debut
was therefore q success, and We %
spoke Of it. Whether because Of our
remarks on that occasion or because
the gentleman exhausted his store Of
cerebral power in the first effort, Mr..
Cronin has been silent since, except
on two or three occasions-occasion
We presume, which were especially
inviting and peculiarly suited to his
abilities. One OF them was when
Mr.. Keith, Republican nominee for
District Attorney, was passed in re-
view and his assumed deficiencies
placed under the microscope of
somewhat finished literary effort.
Mr.. Cronin, it is important to Oh
serve, is himself candidate for Dis
trict Attorney on the Mongrel ticket
OF course no personal feeling prompt
ed his snimadversion upon his
competitor. 1t simply grew out of a
plain duty to an expectant consti-
tueney of readers, and was produced,
a. press writers produce all their
articles. in an involuntary way. 1t
was wSl written, aud sparkled with
legal points drawn from Blackstone
and Kent.
Since that criticism was given to
the public we have scarcely heard of
Mr.. Cronin. The mental excitement
which attended its production was
followed, Of cou. Sc, by correspond
ing depression, from which, con
sidering the circumstances, We
feared the gentleman would not
rally. We were about to make in
4diry among the doctors as to his
possible nervous prostration or other
sickness, when suddenly there APP
pears another logical, sca,hing and
dignifed article from his trenohant
pen. Instead If being incapacitsted
for further work or having ex-
hsusted the fund Of his literary lore,
Mr.. Croniu appears to have been for
sometime past closeted and in the
preparation of third effort 1t
would he uncharitabie here to allude
to Esop's fable Of a mountain labor
ing to bring forth mouse. II
would be unchsritablc and pro-
fessionally indelicate. We should,
therefore, much rather say that
mouse labored and brought forth
mountain.
The mountain, to accept the figure
of metonymy. which the mouse
brought forth, is in the form of an
attack upon Mr.. Miller, Republican
candidate for Constable. We are
sorry that Mr.. Cronin has wasted his
pains upon candidate for so unim-
portant an Office. 1t is bad begin
ming. A writer like himself should
not descend in his criticisms Of q
ticket below the candidate for
Justice of the Peace, il, indeed, he
should go below the Assemblymen.
But since Mr.. Cronin has done So,
We are obliged to take coenizance Of
him a. the critic OF Constable's
qualifications. We regret that he
has not followed closely the line Of
truth, without which any writer,
even Mr.. Cronin, cannot hope TO
reach a high mark. Ability without
integrity is like flowers without
scent. MIR. Cronin charges that Mr..
Miller has endeavored to make it APP
pear that his opponent, Mr.. Lester,
is partial to the Catholic religion,
and would, If elected, perver, the
functions If his office in favor Of the
Pope Of Rome. He also AYERS that
Mr.. Miller has endeavored to draw
the wife Of his opponent into the
filthy pool Of politics and bedraggie
her skirts with the ISLANDERS of a