White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-03-11
B4BBLING BROOKS
~ THE DESERT

The appearance near the center
Of the limelight of the Hon. bibg
Marsh. assemblyman of Nye county,
who is playing a fiddle second only
10 Mad Anthony ZURICH In the NC
Fadden case, brings to memory many
a story, for Billy is covered with
them. Here are only a limited num-
Der oil samples. When somebody put
it into Billy head in 1912 to run FOR
county commissioner against w. L.
Cuddy. who had served two four-year
terms and was conceded TO have .
ninety.nine year lease to the Job, IL
was laughed at as a joke. Billy was
a cowpuncher, broncho buster, roper
of wild horses, r~ed-headed, ~red-eyec,
and notwithstanding his being n
of the discoveries of Goldfield he was
not taken seriously. But II was a
caution the number of old scout who
got in behind Billy's candidacy. Cud-
DIV had held the office on two issues
alone. One was his delsarte bow TO
every man, woman and child he met.
The other was tire fact that he lived
in Tonopah and the Tonopah people
were afraid OF anybody living within
the confines of their small county
who happened to have his postoiiee
address outside of town. Mr.. Cuddy
had worked both issuee 10 6 FRAGILE.
a Tonopah mar who had moved to
Manhattan knew that Marsh had
been in Tonopah before cuddy had
heard OF the place and took 1t upon
himself to write letters 10 some six
or eight leading citizens OF T%onopah,
telling them that Marsh vas in re
ality a better friend of Tonopah end
more of a Tonopah man than Cuddy
ever dared be and urged them 10 get
in behind Marsh's candidacy. Joe
Piercy had just then finished a term
in the assembly and aspired to the
democratic nomination against Cud-
dy, republican. Marsh won the nom.
nation over Piercy and a few others.
The letter writer reckoned that
Pierey, who in reality was only small
fry and ran a little two by FOUR drug
store. would feel swelled up by being
addressed as a leading citizen and
sent him one of the letters. But he
thought Piercy was 4 good party
man and his object in seeking the
Office was 10 do away with the do.
nothing policy of Cuddy. and that he
would do The graceful thing # sup
porting Marsh. II war a bad gGers.
yet as II turned out it wae n good
one. Piorey. who always was a double
crosser and a cheap one al that, was
suffering from q hallucination thai
The writer of the letters had certain
enemies and that ii vas up 10 him
to capitalize this alleged liability OF
the letter writer as MS own asset.
So what he did was To hike In a bee
line for Cuddy's grocery-saloon and
deliver the letter to him. telling hin,
to use 1t. So cuddy did as suggest
ed. Every man he met on the street
and everyone who came in to buy a
drink or shake dice would be shown
the letter. Cuddy would say, See
what that damned So-and-So wro;e
in here from Manhattan about me.
He's got lots 'er en'mies.
But It worked the other way.
cuddy was laughed at and josaed so
much about the latter that he took
to his joint. For a day or two he
showed himself through his front
window and lowed to people. That
issue failed. They went in and
joshed him. He had to take 20 his
cellar or garnet. He was hauled
home In n closed hack and he stayed
there. He always was out with the
glad hand but he could stand
1t to be joshed. So Billy was elected
and that ended Mr.. Cuddy's political
meteor, though he holds a petty Of
fee now, given to him out OF pity