Show CASSIDY SHELVED It is good news that comes from Nevada Ne-vada concerning the election Until last evening all the telegrams indicated that while the sage brush State had given its electoralvote to the Republican Republi-can candidates Cassidy the Democratic Demo-cratic nominee for Congress had been elected The intimation was that Cassidy Cas-sidy had been playing John Kellys game in Nevada trading Democratic votes for President for Republican votes for himself It is a fact that a majority of the few citizens remaining in the State are Republicans and it is also a fact that Mr Cassidy is less popular there than he was four and two years ago The latest news from Virginia City is a telegram from the Secretary of the Republican State Committee saying Blame majority is 700 and Woodburn Republican candidate for Congress has been elected by 900 majority The defeat de-feat of a Democrat is ever a matter for regret and is especially to be deplored at this time when the Democratic Administration Ad-ministration will need its hands strengthened in the legislative branch of the government in order that it may bring about as speedily as possible the reforms that are so much needed in all departments of the nation But the defeat of George Washington Cassidy is not a Democratic loss He is less a Democrat than thatvile political trader Ben Butler his party is confined to George Washington Ca idy and his vote and actions are all selfish If he I can help Mr Cassidy most by working with the Republicans he will be a Republican His Congressional careerpraved him to be more Republican Republi-can than Democratic Happily that career has been cut short and Mr Cassidy will retire to that insignificance among men for which he is so admirably fitted by nature instinct and education We know nothing of Woodburn the Congressman elect however it requires re-quires no knowledge to convince one acquainted with Cassidy that Nevada has made a decided improvement in her solitary Representative to Congress |