Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-10-02
CASSIDY ON TIE STUMP.

The Belmont Courier of last Saturday
makes the following kindly and SEEM
ingly fair report of Mr.. Cassidy's speech
there, as follows:
Congressman George W. Cassidy adj
dressed the people of Typo Tuesday
evening last on the political issues of the
day. He was introduced to the audience
by Judge George Turin, Chairman OF the
meeting, who made a neat speech, IN
which he e~ulogized Mr.. Cassidy's course
while in Congress. Mr.. Cassidy thanked
Judge Turin for the high compliment
paid him, and proceeded to address the
meeting. He said that he would throw
no mud on the Republican party or its
candidates, but would confine himself to
the discussion of few questions that In
terest the people of Nevada. He then
discussed the Silver and Chinese ques-
tions, remarking that he and the balance
of the Democratic members OF Congress,
with but few exceptions, have been true
to the silver interests of the country,
and had voted in favor of the anti-Chi-
nese bill. He then spoke a good word
for Gov. Cleveland, saying that he would
make an excellent President, if elected.
He told the audience that as Chairman
of the Committee on Pacific Railroads,
he had worked assiduously to force the
u. P. and C. P. r. r. Companies to pay
the money due by them to the Govern
ment. This was followed by a discussion
of the tariff question. Mr.. Cassidy
asserted that this question was a COM
plicated one and doubted whether there
is a man in or out of Congress who
understands it. He claimed that the
tariff is not an issue of the present cam
paign, for the reason that both parties
were in accord concerning this great
question. He declared himself in favor
of revising the tariff so as to raise the tax
on all articles of luxury which, can only
be purchased by the rich, and lower the
tax on all articles which the poor are
forced to buy. He concluded by say
ing that during his term of office
he has worked vigorously to pro-
mote the interests of the people of this
State, and had succeeded in making
Congress pass several appropriation bills
for the benefit of the residents of Ne
vada. He had answered all the letters
received by him from his constituents,
and, if reelected, he would pursue the
same course adopted by him at the be.
ginning of his term; in short. he would
be the representative in the Lower
House of the National Legislature not
of the Democrats, but of the entire peo-
pie of the State of Nevada, and would
treat the Republicans and Democrats
alike. He was loudly applauded by the
audience. Judge Turin her proposed
three cheers for George w. Cassidy,
which were heartily given by many of
the persons present, and the meeting
then adjourned.
Mr.. Cassidy addressed the citizens of
Belmont in the Courtroom on Wednes-
day night last. The attendance was
large. Hon. George Ernst, the Chair
man of the meeting, introduced Mr..
Cassidy. The latter repeated the dis
course delivered by him at Typo on the
night before. He only added that Gov.
Cleveland's vetoes were written in the
interest of the working classes, and also
that he Cassidy favors the present In
ternal Revenue system; that he would
rather vote in favor of imposing a heavy
tax on whisky than to have sugar and
other necessaries taxed at all. Congress-
man Cassidy was frequently applauded.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Cassidy's
speech Mr.. Ernst thanked the ladies and
gentlemen present and declared the
meeting adjourned.
The Grantsville Bonanza of the 9th
ult. makes this encouraging mention of
him:
Hon. George w. Cassidy was with the
electors of Grantsville on Friday. He
spoke to an interested audience in
Miners Union Hall on the political is
sues of the day and showed himself ia
miliar with everything that interested
the ordinary voter. Cassidy is solid
here.
IA :, sta.od 40. cono oo iii