The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-09-23
Hg7ADA's REPRESENTATIVE.

The campaign in Nevada OPEN
well, with fair prospect Of lively
times before the close. The TIVE
candidates for representative in Con
gress, Powning, republican, and Cas-
sidy, democrat, are said to be mar
haling their forces for vigorous
and determined struggle. OF course
1t is too early to speak definitely as
to the result, but the indications
point strongly to the defeat of the
democratic nominee. Two years
ago Nevada cast 1898 yotes-9,815
for Cassidy and 8,57S for Daggett,
republican, the former having a
majority Of 1927. Party lines were
closely drawn on that occasion, and
we believe less money was used
chan ordinarily in Nevada elections.
Since then there has certainly
been some emigration, chiefly
of democrats-miners and labOrers.
4 reasonably careful estimate
places the coming vote under 1900.
Now. il Mr.. Powning can hold the
ote that was pOlled for Daggett his
election is assured. There is no APP
parent reason why he should not
receive the solid support Of his
party. He is young M IN Of UNI
questioned ability, has ever been d
staunch republican. and served his
party faithfully and ably in the
legislature. He was the choice Of
the convention, leaving all competi-
tors a long distance behind, and
there ought to be no question that
he will poll the full vote Of the
party. Again, the gentleman has
the advantage of having for an op
ponent a man who should be de-
feated, who deserves defeat even at
She hands Of his own party. Cas-
sidy was elected as a democrat,
and pretended to belong TO
that party, but whenever a
steal was before the House
or any dirty job, he was certain to
be found with the republicans,
helping it along. He was not quite
so foul-mnuthed as ButteTWOrth, Of
Ohio, bat his blackguard talk con-
vfcted him of bad breeding, low as
sociations and vulgar thoughts. 1t
was q surprise that the sage-brush
democrats could have so far lost
self-respsct as to renominate the
man who had disgraced them.
With such man for an opponent
Mr.. Powning should be able to at
tract democratic votes, for it GER
tainIy cannot be possible that the
Nevada democrats are all so
lost to decency as to want
to be represented by a per-
son of Cassidy's character. Mr..
Powning has another advan-
tage which ought to bring
him few hundred votes
OF at least keep them from
Cassidy. There is a considerable
number of people in Nevada whose
interests AID sympathies are iden-
ticsl with those Of the majority
class OF Utah. In other words they
are Mormons. In politics they are
democrats. and two years ago they
voted for Mr.. Cassidy. To their
--otes is due his success, for the par
Ties we're so nearly equal that hsd
Che NIormons and their sympathiz-
ers voted for Daggett the democrat
5vouId have been cleft. After seek
inc their votes Mr.. Cassidy betrayed
+bem. not because he was particu-
IarIy Mortified at their practices, but
being q demagogue, he saw it was
,opnIar to abuse the MOrmons.
What does a man Of Cassidy's moral
character care about another mans
marital relations? It doesn't worry
him, whether a man has one wife,
none. or a dozen. He was shreWd
enough, however, to see that a pro-
fessedly moral man wave sweeping
over the land in regard TO the Nor
mons, and he was quick enough to