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

The campaign In Nevada open
well. with a fair prospect of livel,
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 a vigorous
and determined struggle. OF course
It 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 1888 yOtes-9,6l5
for Cassidy and S,57s for Daggett.
republican, the former having q
majority Of 1927. Party lines were
closely drawn on that occasion, and
we believe less money was used
than ordinarily in Nevada elections.
Since then there has certainly
been some emigration, chiefly
of democrats-miners and labOrers.
a reasonably careful estimate
places the coming vote under II 600
Now, if Mr.. POwning can hold the
Ote that was pOlled for Daggett his
election is assured. There is no ap-
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 a
staunch republican. and served his
party faithfully and ably in the
legislature. He was the choice of
the convention, leaving al eompeti-
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 fcul-mouthed as Butterworth, of !
Ohio, bat his blackguard talk con-
Victed him of bad breeding, low as
and vulgar thoughts. 1t
was a surprise that the sage-brUsh
democrats could have so far lost |
self-respact as to renominate the
man who had disgraced them.
With such a man for an opponent |
Mr.. POwning should be able to at !
tract democratic votes, for it GER
tainly cannot be possible that the |
Nevada democrats are all so
lost to decency as to want |
to be represented by per-
son Of Cassidy's character. Mr.. !
has another advan-
tage which ought to bring |
him a few hundred votes |
or at least keep them from |
Cassidy. There is a considerable |
number of people in Nevada whose
interests ard sympathies are iden-
teal 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
votes is due his success, for the par |
ties were SO nearly equal that had
The Mormons and their sympathiz-
ers voted for Daggett the democrat |
would have been '1eft." After seek |
inc their votes Mr.. Cassidy betrayed
chem. not because he was partieu-
larly Mortified at their practices, but |
being O demagogue, he saw 1t was
to abuse the MOrmOns.
What does a man of Cassidy's moral |
care about another mans |
relations? 1t doesn't worry
him, whether a man has one wife,
none. or a dozen. He was shrewd |
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 toi