The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-08-09
CASSIDY SPEAKS FOR NEVADA.

Farming Taking the. Place OF Min
ing-SOme Interesting Figures.
The following is an interview with
Hon Geo. w. Cassidy, reported in a
recent issue of the New York Mail
N Express:
Hon. George W. Cassidy, Repre-
sentative i'll Congress from Nevada,
aud ed ito OF the Eureka Daily Senti-
mel, came to this city to attend the
session OF the Democratic Executive
Committee. Mr.. Cassidy is a repre-
sentative Western man and expressed
himself freely on Western topics to
a Mail and Express reporter. IL has
been generally understood in the East
That since the productive %bonanzas
have failed, Nevada had de.erIorated
IN population and in wealth to such
an extent hat she was unable to sup
port a STATE 20, eminent, and that the
pro perty holuers would ask that she
be reduced 10 a territorial condition.
In answer To this Mr.. Cassidy said
There i~e nc such talk or feeling in
Nevada. While II State rate of tax
alton Is not oppressive, we have in
the treasury about 800 900, and do
not " a dollar. What other State
can make this showing? | seq the
bonds of all your States quoted daily
IN the Wall street markell. We have
never cost the other States or the
Federal Government one cent. Nei-
ther do We get a dollar for alleged
river and harbor Improvements, and
other jobbery, though we are taxed
regularly to foot these OUTLAWS for
the other States. Nevada has con-
tributed from her mines one thousand
millions of gold and silver TO uphold
] the credit OF the nation. In all re-
spects we are in better position than
those who traduce us. In proportion
TO population We name a less number
of llliterate people han any other
other State, aud the percentage of
crime and drunkenness il less.
"It Is not true that We are losing
ouI population. On the contrary, we
are gaming i'll all directions. Neva la
was admitted into The Union in 1864,
with a total population of less than
30,O00. In 1870 we had So, 900, and
according 10 the census of 1880, g.
600. The State embraces Ill 900
square miles, being as large a all Of
New England, New York and Ohio
combinei. The compensation allow
ed for taking The Federal census
will not pay for horse Iced in that
country; 30 one-Lhird of the people
are never reached.
ssAffpfptr - ia rIIxy . q -
formerly, but our people are giving
more attention 10 stock raising and
agricultural pursuits Than in the past.
There are SIX fertile valleys i'll the
sta q, any one OF which ID as large
and productive as the largest OF the
New England States. Mining will
be carried ON probably for q Century
10 come
"Will Nevada give her vote to
! Cleveland or to Blaine ?"
II have not been home for eight
months and do not know. At the
last general election the State showed
an average Republican majority OF
about sOO. II is my own judgment
that il is less now. However, Mr..
Blaine is regarded as strong IN all Of
the Pacific Coast State, on account of
his record on the Chinese question.
The majority will not reach 1000
either way. The State usually polls
about Is, 900 ots This year these
Is, 900 voters will elect three Presi.
dental Electors, a United States SEM
ator and a member of Congress
quite a concentration of political pow
er in a few hands,
In reference to the Mormon ques-
ton, ar. Cassidy holds that the Ed
munds bill wa a failure.
alt keeps ~polygamous Mormons
out of office, but tina, is the sole bens-
eft thus far. BY placing a ban on
the leadsrs-by making polygany
odious-it may IN time have a bene-
fetal effect on the rising generation.
AT present it has simply transferred
the offices in Utah from one set of
Mormons to another set who are
homogeneous, but equally ardent in
the faith. l would take the law.mak
ing power out of the hands of the
Mormon Church entirely"