Bisbee daily review., 1914-02-17

to some note because it suffered tho loss of but one man from the, time it was recruited until the day it was mustered out, attributed to the sup. erior sanitary regulations which it was Cassidy's duty to enforce. Ev. cry man in this regiment took an oath to die in his tracks or conquer if they got into action. They were eager to emulate the charge of the Light Bri. gade, but the opportunity never of. fered.
 Cassidy came to Biskee in 1900 and immediately was engaged by the mercantile department of the Copper Queen. He was soon sent to Douglas as the first manager of the Company's g store at that place. Douglas speedily palled upon the energetic and ever active Cassidy, so back to the rugged hills and generous and open hearted people of Bisbee he came.
 Having received a splendid educa. ton in Ireland, the land of his ma. tivity. supplemented by advanced stu. dies in England and further en. hanced by a law course in Lake For est University, of Chicago, from which he was graduated in 1898, Gas. sidy felt the call of the law and be. came associated with the late Judge U. M. O'Connell.
 He was almost immediately appoint. cd United States Commissioner. Soon after his becoming associated with Judge o'Connell a vacancy occurred in the Bisbee postmastership through the voluntary resignation of Joe Me. Cabe. Cassidy yielded to the urging of his friends and took the difficult and exacting position.
 The Bisbee Postoffice. having nb corps of carriers to assist in handling the vast volume of mail matter daily handled through the local office, re- quires a man of unusually systematic bent of mind and much executive and administrative ability, for the Bisbee post office now Is practically a bank and express office in addition Co a mail handling institution.
 MT. Cassidy attacked the difficult position with characteristic energy and determination and soon had so systematized the office as to still complaint and win general commen. dation and approval
 Those were the good old days when a postmaster was expected to do his very utmost for the party to which he owed his tenure of office. A ducks affinity for water is pure aversion compared with Cassidy's liking for politics, theoretical and practical. To- cal and national.
 To the practical side of the game Cassidy addressed himself with q vim and vigor that can best be de scribed as Cassidean. Soon he had evolved an organization out of the scattered. demoralized and nebuiar Republican party which for its sys- tenn and efficiency well merited the dubious compliment Of being called a machine. Here first was the fam ous Card Index applied to practical politics in Arizona. Cassidy's system of cardindexing was Herculean in its general sdope and microscopic in it's detail
 To every voter was devoted a card whereon his name, his residence, the name of his postmaster. the number of his precinct. his politics, his na- tionality his business or vocation, his age, his address by street and number where possible, his hobbies, weaknesses and foibles, his social standing, his financial status, his banker, his religion and the name ct at least two Cf his most intimate friends or associates.
 Some time after Cassidy had com pleted the tremendous work incid 'El to his system, the brilliant, magnetic idolized leader of Arizona Republican ism, the Hon. Hoval A. Smith, con cluded to toss the gage of battle tc the long triumphant Democracy Of this commonwealth. Cassidy was ont of the first whose aid and counse were sought The Honorable Hova A. unfolded his plan to the trarsiixec Mike. It fairly scintilated and corus cated with daring, originality anC plausability. Did Mike accept the of fer? Did he? Cassidy fairly catapault cd himself into the tray. "A word 1T your ear, Hoval,' Mike said. "tis some thing 1 would fain impart to thee. And forthwith Mike revealed unto tho rapt Hoval A. the beauties and eff ciencies of the Card Index as ap piled to practical politics. Mike said Hovel "1 thought we should hay' a fight in this campaign, but verill now I believe it will be a walk away"
 Judge Albert Sames, the silve tongued orator of Douglas, was frs offered the Republican nomination for Congress. Albert, waking an' sleeping, had long cherished, li Ashurst, the altogether laudable am bition of one day sitting in the hall of the nations Congress, and mayhal commanding peoples applause. Al was right and proper the eloquen ! and popular little Judge felt highl! complimented and confessed franki! I and candidly to the fact. But th' Judge hesitated just lcng enough t'