Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-06-27
Silver Party Convention.

silver party 10 Oruer ORLurohy mOfn-
ing, Gen. Pownin0, Chairman, paid
tho following tribute to the Hon. Geo.
w. Cassidy whose sudden death Fri
day afternoon caused tho convention
to adjourn:
GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTIONS;
History but repeats itself. 1t was
but yes. erday that Hon. Geo. w.
Cassidy was with US; to-day he is
gone
To solve the mightiest mystery Of
ALI
For
Like q shadow thrown softly aud
s%eetly from q passing cloud,
Death fell upon him.
Still if
To live in the hearts he left behind is
not to die,
MI. Cassidy has only gone nearer the
Eternal Light---has but crossed the
lowlands Of the State he loved so we'll
to dwell on the mountain-toR He is
dead, add in the vigor OF manhood,
died all too soon. His public life was
one of answering loyalty and de-
votion to the people Of the State and
in that respect he had no superior.
In the State Senate and in Congress
he guarded their interests with I'M
firing vigilance, studying their wants
and seeking to serve them, and to his
credit il can be recorded that Of the
one hundred and one bills which
became laws Of the land while he was
Q Congressman, seven of them we're
introduced by him. He was the ac-
knowledged representative of his
party, always in the thickest Of the
Fight, congratulating his forces Ia
victory, and in defeat covering their
retreat, and we'll abreast of his party's
alignment but yesterday renewed his
fealty TO his party and people by agGin
pledging himself to valiant service in
the silver cause. In private life his
courtesies were broad and generous.
He was always the polite and genial
gentleman, kind and tolerant, sR-
gressivs but forgiving, tender and
blameless in his social relations, de-
voted to his wife, affectlonate to his
friends, these virtues are his eulogy,
more eloquent than tongue can utteh
Let us all forget his faults, il he had
any, and profit by the noble examples
he has &C often given us.
On motion Of Nj. Wren the Chair
man appointed William Webster, NJ.
6. B%onnifeld, A. L.. Fitzgerald, Thos.
Wren and L. III. Wells such a COM
mittee aud they reported the follow
ing
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT:
It is a sacred duty this convention
owes to the memory Of tho late Geo.
w. Cassidy, to tittingly recognize his
many virtues. Stricken down at q
time mort memorable in the history
of the State and the people he loved
90 well; his sudden departure from
this life cast a shadow upon the soul
Of every member Of this convention
at q time when all hearts beat in
unison with independent and manly
action in furtherance Of the material
interests of our State. George W.
Cassidy, ever earnest, candid, and in
te~llectuai, In response to n unanimous
call Of it's memIers, curiosity aud
~vloquently addressed the convention
upon the great question then under
consideration, and now demanding
the attention of the industrial and
commercial world--the free coinage
Of oliver; showing by his zeal and
sympathy that he was in full accord
with the silver party, and closing but
q few moments before his death. The
Individuality Of tho nan was fullJ
displayed in this, his last public
effort,
CONTINUED On Srd puget