Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-10-10
THE srsrlNEs:s ATTITUDE.

THE SESTINEL'S ATTITUDE.
1t is urged by the bitter and relentless
enemies Of Hon. Geo. W. Cassidy that
he Is responsible for the utterances OF the
Eureka SENTINEL, and that he is properly
held accountable for everything it says.
Also. for the sake OF political capital
against the Democratic candidate for
Congress, and in the interest OF the he
publican nominee for that office, the
course Of the Reno journal, Mr.. Pown-
ing's paper, and of Mr.. Cassidy's paper,
or that Of which he is part proprietor,
the Eureka SENTINEL, is compared, or, If
you please, is ''contrasted," There is
much that could be said about each OF
these topics were the situation different.
The present editor OF the SENTINEL feels
bound to say, however, that the articles
published in this paper with regard to
Hon. c. c. Powning and the criticisms
upon the recent Republican speech meet
ings held here and on Ruby Hill are not
such articles as Mr.. Cassidy would have
published had he been debating the
policy of this paper. The SENTINEL is
a champion of Democracy and not Mr..
Cassidy's personal organ. Whatever
part the paper has taken or may hereafter
take for the interest OF Mr.. Cassidy in
the present political campaign, is because
Mr.. Cassidy is a prominent exponent OF
Democratic principles in this contest,
and, perhaps, to some extent also, on
account of the friendship felt for Mr..
Cassidy by the present editor. Mr..
Cassidy's association with the Eureka
SENTINEL does not exist during this
campaign. This may account for the
difference in the tone OF the two news
papers. Mr.. Cassidy's candidacy for
Office does not emasculate the paper in
which he holds a property interest. The
Democratic newspaper. II Mr., Powning
prefers to put the gag on his paper, the
Reno Journal, because OF his candidacy,
that is an affair between Mr.. Powning
and his Republican friends.
The fact Of the business is that, not
withstanding the charges Of vituperation
and indelicacy that are heaped upon this
paper, the SENTINEL's course, until with.
in the last few days, has been one of
almost DpparaIlala1 oolrorass opl ForLoar-
ance. The SENTINEL has not maligned
Mr.. Powning in a single instance. 1t
published at one time an extract from
Mr.. Powning's paper, which was fairly
presumed to be his own writing and the
expression of his sentiment in regard to
miners wages. He disclaims the article.
The SENTINEL has republished three or
four articles in regard to Mr.. Powning
from the Virginia Chronicle. All but two
Of these were written in a sportive vein
and were not regarded as assaults upon
Mr.. P~owning's reputation. The other
two contained direct charges already
published and under discussion in the
newspapers in the State. One of these
two articles, however, was reproduced
only when it had peer stripped of the
gross personal abuse contained in the
original.
Now, while the SENTINEL was pursu-
ing this conservative course, what
was the course of the Republican
press against Mr., Cassidy, whose news
paper is being charged with unmanliness
and dishonor? Was his name not
coupled with a palpable lie and pub
lished conspicuously in big type as a
standing advertisement by two-thirds
Of the Republican newspapers Of Ne
vada? Was not this disgusting scan
dial staring his %neighbors and friends Of
both parties in the face here in Eu-
reka day after day in almost every
public resort and private dwelling in
his own home? Has the local Repub-
lican press here hesitated to pick up
and reiterate under startling head
lines any villalnous calumny concocted
abroad in filthy minds for the purpose
of robbing him among his own neigh
bors of that which is most precious on
earth--a mans good name? These
questions are already answered by those
who have read them.
1t looked as though some persons were
as bitter against Mr.. Cassidy for his
Congressional record as the leeherous
Mormons are. This persecution at last
got to be internally monotonous to the
present writer, whose disposition is to get
along in the world in accordance with
the principle that the easiest and cheer
fullest way is the best. With a strong
sense of the ludicrous, he has studi-
ously suppressed it. But at last for
bearance ceased to be a virtue. Al