Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-10-03
GORGE CASSIDY'S PORTRAIT !!
PAINTED FROM LIFE BY THE
"CHRONICLE" EDITOR.
His Mendncious and Corrupt Career
Accurately shown Up

!
To-day men who read the Chronicles
studied eulogies of George Cassid.
wonder how a man who mas known
him so well for years can deliberately
sit down and endorse him as fit rep
resentative for Congress. When the
present editor of the Chronicle lived in
Eureka he had the advantage of 4 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 Republican that
he produced this strong and lfe-like
portrait Of George Cassidy, sthe
, brazen apostle of dishonesty" as fol-
| lows:
1t is pretty we'll understood that
George w. Cassidy actually cheriShps
| 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. A 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 nh>urd,y exaggerated
if suddenly elevated to Il high and hon
cradle position for which he WAS totally
untitled for lack of brains, education,
M h.,rn
has had the misfortune to he thus
eIated. His chief aim to political con-
sideration IA. the hands of his party is
aptntss in the small trickery of a ward
wire puller-the cunning little plots by
which a bar-room statesman fixes
estates" and trades and bargains for the
appointment of himself or friends for
deputyships in city or county Offices or
to places on the police force. George
CaSsidy's ideas Of statesmanshi,, have !
never risen above this petty and dis
honest level, and he carried those ideas !
with him into the Senate rham"er. .
The most distinguished act If his Sen
atorial career was the open repuiiati,n /
OF the pledges which secured his elpr-
tien over his opponent who had the adj /
vantage of being Il gentleman. The
main issue between Cassidy and the .
gentleman was the modification of the
bullion tax. The gentleman ht.lieved
that the tax should he modified Cas-
Sidy gave his word of honor to the peo-
pie that his vote should he against any
and on that pledge he was
elected. How shamelessly he fore
swnre himself has not been forgotten.
with a fUOlhardnes> that sh' we'd an iy-
norance Of even what ordinary honest
men consider decent, this person who
aspireS to a seat in the House of Rep
not only broke his word,
but glorifed i'm it and coarSeIy s1e-red
1t the voters who had elected him on
his pledge by announcing his belief
that "platforms were only Intended to
catch Votes" A common thief usually
feels some little shame when detected,
and will attempt to excuse his dis
honesty. Not 50 with this man Cassidy
who would 60 to Congress-.
1t would be interesting to get ut the
fellows private thoughts. There was
never a RASCAL yet that did not consider
himself better than the average nun.
cassidy, too, who for money broke his
pledged word, and who forgot that he
Was dull, ignorant, gross and vain, had
he audacity to attempt to hrazrn on Of
lis villainy, doubtless in his heart fiat
ers himself that he is no more than
'thers, ard that the people like himself,
ire dead to feelings of honor ana de
ency. Congress, indeed! A fine rep
esentative IN the halls of the nation.
ruly! VIGOROUSLY corrupt, living on
he fruits of shameful political bargains,
|enseIy ignorant, vain, colase, 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 princ plies which
uide a chaste woman, and quite AS
cad to shame. We would not insult
ne people of Nevada for an instant by
the possibility that such a
tate. 1t is the colossal vanity and
ssurance of the man that earns thi,
tten.ion, and the fact that he h Il
aper through which, he makes those
characteristics manifest.
he paper is like himselt-nlecpnt, .
nd held tor the highest bidder. 1t is
DIV sold to Il man upon whom, hut a
w years ago, it heaped the foulist
'nse We wish General Williams joy \
his journalistic bargain and new