Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-11-18
NEyADA's NEXT UNITED STATES
SENATOR.

The Argonaut OF last SATURDAY HAS al
article reviewing the Senatorial repre-
sentatives from this State since its adj
mission into the Union. 1t maintains
that Colonel Fair will make as good a
Senator as the best of them. OF this
fact the SENTINEL has 40 doubt. The
impression which seems to prevail IN
some quarters that Colonel Fair is not
an able man is wholly erroneous. In all
of the practical affairs Of life he has no
superior anywhere. While he may not
be able to make a brilliant speech it is
quite certain that his immense store OF
strong, common sepse will serve HIM
well and give him great weight and IN
iuence in the Upper House OF Congress.
The Argonaut says:
As to the qualifications of Mr.. Fair for
the place, there can be no doubt that ne is
the equal Of any who have been Senators
from Nevada. He can not tell so good a
story, and could not SO well enliyen a
dinner-party as Senator Nye; he could not
arrange for Jury trial, or marshal wit
nesses, or have such an influence upon q
jury as Senator Stewart; he will not mine
SO deep-in books upon the silver ques-
ton as Senator Jones; be is not so full OF
poetry, and can not play SO good q game
of poker as Senator Sharon; but upon all
topics touching the interests OF the State
of which for nearly twenty years he has
been an actual and continuous resident,
NO one is better informed. Mr.. Fair is not
q man of education, If education is in
terpreted to mean only classical learning
and scholarly accomplishments. He Is a
man of the highest education in the special
ty to which he has devoted his hfe-namely,
mining-and that happens to be the all
important interests in the State OF Nevada.
OF mining, and all that appertains to 1t,
he is the master. OF fumes, forests, rail-
ways, water-courses, supply OF mines, and
miners; OF the resources and finances OF
his State, no one in it is more thoroughly
informed. No man that has ever lived in
Nevada is more thoroughly representative
than he. No one of its citizens is at all
comparable to him in the nature and ex-
tent OF information concerning that State.
To learn craftsmanship and commercial
law, he may sit at the feet OF Senator
Conkling, OF New York. For an intelli-
gent understanding Of the Constitution of
the United States; he may learn of Senator
Edmunds, OF Vermont. In finance, he
may be instructed by John Sherman, of
Ohio. For eloquence, he may listen to
Senator Booth, of California. But for
mining, all these distinguished statesmen,
~jurists, inanciers and orators must sit at
the feet Of James G.. Fair, of Nevada.
Mining is an important and leading pur-
suit. 1t interests all the States and Terri
tories of the Pacific, and it is quite proper
that the Coast should be represented by
n intelligent miner. Mr.. Fair ranks
among the best miners and mining engin-
GERS of the world. He has no superior, and
probably no equal. His knowledge is both
scientific and practical. 1t is the knowl-
edge OF books and the knowledge of prac-
teal labor in the earth. In the Senate he
will not endeavor to be eloquent; he will
not attempt TO make speeches; but when
legislation is demanded for mines n min
ing, he will BIO on hand and act intelligent
ly. In comparison with the superficial and
fippant elocutionists, the ambitious, self
admiring politicians, and the nice nobodies
of the United States Senate, Mr.. Fair,
with his long life of practical toll and COM
mon sense observation, his great wealth as
the result Of that toll and sense, will COM
mand the respect Of the best men Of the
United States Senate, and they will not
hesitate to advise with him on questions 30
thoroughly understood by him. Upon the
question Of Chinese immigration and their
employment, he may be presumed to be
sound. as his vast operations have been
carried on without them. We prophesy
for him a useful career in the United States
Senate, and one that shall be Of great SER
vice to the mining interests Of the entire
Coast.