Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-10-15

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IN Greatest President of All.
Sundays Enterprise.
Cooper's Hall was crowded last evening
by people who were anxious to hear what
Congressman Cassidy had to say on the
political issues of the day. The hall was
handsomely decorated, and Cara's band
furnished music for the occasion. Upon
the platform were Hon. j. G. Hagerman,
Judge Seawell, F. M. Huffaker, H. P.
Flannery, Thomas H. Crane, Hub Stew
art and many other shining lights of The
Democracy.
DR.. +. M. Conn, Chairman of the DEM
ocratic County Central Committee. intro
duced j. G. Hsgerman as President of the
meeting. Mr.. Hagerman, upon taking
the stand, said that the people did not ex-
poet a speech from him, IS they had come
to listen to Nevsda's Congressman. Geo.
W. Cassidy, who had served the State for
two terms and would serve it one more
| term at least.
Hon. George w. Cassidy, who upon the
platform apologized for his condition, say
ing that he was fatigued from his recent
exertions Oh the stump and was out Of
voice and could not do justice to himself
or the great party he represented. He
thanked the audience for their kindly
| greeting and then proceeded to say that he
did not propose to deal in personalities or
abuse; that he had rather be defeated in
his race for Congress than to misrepre-
sent an opponent. He had come to Storey
county to discuss the public acts of public
men, and in reviewing the public record
of the leaders of the Republican party he
would be impartial. Mr.. Cassidy then
said that no political party ever existed
whose record is more glorious than the
old Democratic party. Applause. The
Democratic party made the Union OF States,
and guided its destinies for 60 years, and had
been the source of the greatest blessing to
| the people. not only for the present time,
but for all time to come. The speaker, in
abiding to Blaine, said that the Republi-
cans sought to impress upon the public
that in case of Blaine's election a vigorous
foreign policy would be inaugurated; that
| all nations will be engaged in war with
this country, but, said Mr.. Cassidy, no
man will deny that there was a good deal
| Of vigor in the Democratic party; the war
| Of 1872 was fought under a Democratic
| administration to compel foreign coun-
| tries to recognize the rights of American
citizens. The Democratic party says that
once an American citizen, always an
American citizen, and the party always
recognized the right of any foreigner to
%renounce his allegiance to any potentate
and become a citizen of the United States
Mr.. Cassidy quoted the case OF Martin
| Costa. a Hungarian exile who had declared
his intention Of becoming an American
citizen, and who, after two years in this
- ~k,r~al 20 AnCtrfo DhQTn he
was imprisoned, but Capt. Ingraham i'll
command Of an American war ship, went
into the port, and, putting his guns in
position, demanded the release Of Costa,
and the man was given up. The Aus
trian Government waited Capt. Ingra-
ham degraded, but the Democratic
party, with William L.. Marcy as Sec
rotary of State, said no, and Capt
Ingraham was complimented by q Demo
cratic Congress for protecting the rights
of f~oreign-born citizens. Compared with
the action of the Republican party the
Democratic party rises supreme, said Mr.
Cassidy, and within a few years under Re
publican rule over 100 American citizens
have been thrown into prison in ireland
on suspicion, without a trial or jury, where
they can stay and rot so far as the Repub
lican administration cares, and yet j. Il
Blaine, when Secretary of State, never
said a word or wrote a line in the shape o,
a protest. Mr.. Cassidy compared the case
Of insolvency with that of Costa in order
to show the difference between the two
parties relative to foreign-born citizens.
The speaker then took up tho silver
question, and stated that in 1878 the Re
publican party destroyed silver and tina
in 1878 the Democratic party in Congress
fixed it all right. The Bland bill was
passed by a Democratic House and amend
ed by a Republican Senate, SO that the full
force of the bill was destroyed and thu
coinage OF silver limited to between two
and four millions of dollars a year. Mr.
Cassidy then claimed that there were nc
sectional issues before the country, tina
the war had settled all such issues, anG
that nothing was left but local issues be-
fore the people. He said that Republican
hostility to Nevada had crippled its pros
perity and closed down its mines, and al
because the Republicans tried to destroy
silver.
The speaker referred to the experience
of Cleveland as Mayor of Buffalo and Gov
ernor OF New York, and compared the ex'
p%erience with that of Grant, Hayes and
Arthur. In referring to Lincoln the
speaker characterized him as the greatest
President of all. He said that if Cleve'
land was elected he would call to his side
such men az Randall, Thurman, Bayard
and Mcdonald. No man for 80 years had
shown the Jacksonian backbone displayed
by Grover Cleveland. Mr.. Cassidy then
closed his address by giving an account OF
his stewardship, which was very satisfac-
tory to the audience.
At the close of Mr.. Cassidy's speech he
was followed by Judge Seawell and F. NJ
Huffaker, who made short addresses.
Chauge of Base.