Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-10-13
GEORGE CASSIDY'S PORTRAIT !!
PAINTED FROM LIFE BY THE
..CHRONICLEo EDITOR.
His Mendaeious and Corrupt Career
Accurately Shown Up.


resentative for Congress. When the
present editor of the Chronicie lived in
Eureka he had the advantage of close
inspection of Cassidy from almost every
day contact with him. 1t was under
these suspicious circumstances that on
the Sd day of June, 1873, in the
columns of the Eureka RepUblica1a that
he produced this strong and life-like
portrait of George Cassidy, 1.-the
brazen apostle of dishonesty" as fol-
lows:
1t is pretty well understood that
George w. Cassidy actually cherishes
a hope that the people of Nevada will
send him to represent them in Con-
gress. 1t is not very surprising that
the man should entertain the idea.
The people have already sent him to
the State Senate. \ man who, if hon
est, might worthily fill the office Of
Constable would naturally have his
head turned and his estimate of his
own importance absurdiy exaggerated
if suddenly elevated to a high and hon
orable position for which he was totally
untitled for lack of brains, education,
manner and character. Mr.. Cassidy
has had the misfortune to be thus
elated. His chief aim to political con-
sideration a, the hands of his party is
aptness in the small trickery of a ward
wire puller-the cunning little plots by
which bar-room statesman fixes
and trades and bargains for the
Of himself or friends for
in city or county offices or
to places on the police force. George
Cassidy's ideas of craftsmanship have
never risen above this petty and dis
honest level, and he carried those ideas
with him into the Senate chamber.
The most distinguished act of his Sen
aterial career was the open reputation
Of the pledges which secured his cleo
ton over his opponent who had the adj
vantage of being a gentleman. The
main issue between Cassidy and the
gentleman was the modification of the
bullion tax. The gentleman believed
that the tax should be modified. Cas-
sidy gave his word of honor to the peo-
Die that his vote should be against any
and on that pledge he was
elected. How shemelessly he fore
'wore himself has not been forgotten.
with fOOlhardiness that showed an ig-
lorance of even what ordinary honest
men consider decent, this person who
,spires to seat in the House of Rep
'esentatives not only broke his word,
,ut glori6ed in it and coarsely sneered |
It the voters who had elected him On |
lis pledge by announcing his belief
hat "platforms were only intended to |
'atch votes" A common thief usually |
eels some little shame when detected,
md will attempt to excuse his dis
Not so with this man Cassidy
Who would go to Congress.
1t would be interesting to get at the
elbows private thoughts. There was
lever rascal yet that did not consider
himself better than the average man.
cassidy, too, who for money broke his
'ledged word, and who forgot that he
vas dull, ignorant, gross and vain, had
he audacity to attempt to brazen out of
lis villainy, doubtless in his heart flat
ers himself thet he is no more than
theirs, and that the people like himself,
re dead to feelings of homer and de-
ency. Congress, indeed! A fine rep
sentative IN the halls of the nation,
ruly VIGOROUSLY corrupt, living on
he fruits of shameful political bargains,
enseIy ignorant, vain, corase, narrow,
Wiling to sell his vote to the highest
idder, and caring no more for what
ecent men hold sacred than common
trumpet cares for the principles which
uide a chaste woman, and quite as
cad to shame. We would not insult
he people of Nevada for an instant by
the possibility that such a
lan could be sent to Congress from this
tate. 1t is the colossal vanity and
ssurance of the man that earns this
ttention, and the fact that he has a
aper through which he makes those
characteristics manifest.
he paper is like himself-indecent,
for hn / .