Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-10-07
Rolss ClSSlDY'S PORTRAIT :!
PAINTED FROM LIFE BY THE
CHRONICLE EDITOR.

His Mesaaeious aud Corrupt Career
Accurately shown Up.
To-day men who read the Chronicles
studied eulogies Of George Cassidy
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 a close
inspection of Cassidy from almost every
day contact with him. 1t was under
these suspicious circumstances that on
the Sd day of June, 1878, in the
columns of the Eureka Republican that
he produced this strong and life-like
portrait of George Cassidy, "the
brazen apostle of dishonesty" as fol-
lows:
1t is pretty well understood that
George w. Cassidy actually cherishes
hope that the people of Nevada will
send him to represent them in Con-
gress It 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 absurd'y exaggerated
if suddenly elevated to high and hon
orabie 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-
.ideration at the hands of his party is
aptness in the small trickery of ward
wire puller-the cunning little plots by
which a bar-rooa statesman fixes
estates" 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
atorial career was the open Reputation
of the pledges which secured his cleo
tien over his opponent who had the adj
vantage of being 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-
pie that his vote should be against any
and on that pledge he was
elected. How shamelessly. he fore
swore himself has not been forgotten.
nth fOolhardiness that showed an ig-
torrance OF even what ordinary honest
nen consider decent, this person who
spires to seat in the House of Rep
not only broke his word,
tut gl0ri6ed in it and coarsely sneered
It the voters who had elected him on
,is pledge by announcing his belief
hat nplatforms were only intended to
.atch votes" A common thief usually
eels some little shame when detected,
md will attempt to excuse his dis
honesty. 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. ,
'assidy, too, who for money broke his I
lodged word, and who forgot that he
vas dull, ignorant, gross and vain, had
he audacity to attempt to brazen out of
is villainy, doubtless in his heart fiat
BIS himself that he is no more than {
theirs, and that the people like himself,
re dead to feelings of honor and de-
sncy. Congress, indeed! A fine rep
In the halls of the nation,
'uly I! VIGOROUSLY corrupt, living on
ne fruits Of shameful political bargains, r
ensely ignorant, vain, ecrase, narrew,
Filing to sell his vote to the highest
dder, and caring no more for what
ecent men hold sacred than common
trumpet cares for the principles which
hide chaste woman, and quite as c
BAD to shame. We would not insult
le people of Nevada for an instant by
Uniting the possibility that such a