Arizona republican., 1921-07-31
M.E.CASSIDY DIRECTOR OF PROHIB|T|O FOR ARIZONA
 
Prominent Bisbee Republi- can To Fill One of Most Important Federal Posi- tions In State
[RepubIicari A. P. Leased WireJ


 BISBEE, Ariz., July 30.-The ap- pointment of Michael E. Cassidy. of Bisbee. as prohibition enforcement director for Arizona, was announced in a telegram received today by Mr. Cassidy from United States Senator Ralph Cameron of Arizona
 MT. Cassidy said tonight he will resign as claim adjuster for local mining company at once to assume his new post. Cassidy has been prominent member of the Republican party in Arizona for a number of years. From 1906 to 1914 he was postmaster of Bisbee During the war MT. Cassidy was stationed at Camp Cody. N. M, as captain.
 MT. Cassidy said tonight that he was not as yet prepared to outline the policy he will follow as state pro- hibition director.
 Mike. Cassidy, for so he is better known to thousands of friends and acquaintances throughout the state, is the new prohibition director for Arizona.
 A teetotaler is Mike Cassidy and yet he is not a prohihionist in the sense of being a violent dry advo- cate. A liberal in issues such as pro- hibition, he is one of the most active stricklers for law enforcement. That will be his creed and his ambition in his new work
 Mike Cassidy never took drink in his life. He smokes occasionally. but this is not habit with him. He has often remarked to friends that while \ Ahe never has touched liquor, he has fAlt that what other men did was their business and not his. In many fnr fr,o hn ,t,f1 h i- tion amendment he has expressed himself as being in favor of rigid and fair enforcement of it. While he has refused to be committed on his policy in office, on the ground that he is not familiar with it's duties or details, his friends believe he will look for big game in the violation oi the law.
 Forty five years old, Mike Cassidy has been a resident of the Warren district since 1900. Prior to that he had lived in the city of Chicago where he graduated from the law de- pertinent of the Lake Forest univer- sity in 1898. Upon moving to .Arizo- n;s, caused by an attack of typhoid Heyer, he worked for the Copper Queen store for some months in it's office. Following that he entered the Jaw office of J. M O'Connell, the att torney for the Calumet and Arizona Mining company. He remained in this work for a number of years holding the office of United States commissioner, meanwhile.
 Cassidy has always been interested in politics Republican politics par ticularly. While a resident of Chi cago he took great interest in the Re. publican organization of that cit, and formed a friendship with sucl men as Frank o. Lawden. That h. should follow his natural bent in Ari zona. upon his arrival. was not b wondered at From the time of hi arrival, he started doing politics"
 Cassidy is essentially an organizef His sense for intricate detail and hi joy in working out the detail wi stand him in great stead in the or ganization of the work he has takel in hand.
 In the campaign of 1908 Cochis county was the rock on which tn political fortunes of Mark Smith frs split Ralph Cameron, now the Re publican senator from Arizona Wa the Republican candidate for delegat to congress. Cassidy. with severs dexterous aids, organized Cochise an Cochise returned majority for tn Coconino county man which enable him to go to congress. It has bee said that Cassidy card indexed tn entire county. knowing practical every voter. his politics, his frs cousin. his religion, his lodges, hi wife's preference in reading and hab food, and how he could be reached
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