Show HON THOMAS FITCH eltoh tile tim jamestown N Y journal bourn at speaks thus of hon ron thomas fitch and a lecture he recently delivered the tho ithe senator is a middle aged man of noble presence fine culture and great natural abilities ho he gave a glowing description of the tb coming corning Emp empire I 1 freyl frell on tho the pacific beginning and closing his lecture with an eloquent reference to the dedication by vasco nunez de do balboa the discoverer of the pacific in ju 1513 of all that vast and unknown country to christianity and civilization the description of this w wonderful 0 empire its rich mines its frowning Sl sierras erras its pre canyons its vales of tropical luxuriance its medical springs Its stores of salt balt and silver and gold its magnificent fruits its pure and life lire far surpassed the wildest visions of or the arabian tales and yet kept within the sober bounds of truth for an hour and abd a half halt the senator had his audience spellbound swi spell bound by his eloquent word painting or as he referred to the quaint humor of the Paci pacific convulsed with laughter the wit of the lecaire lecture was as keen keell aa as a 0 damascus blade and salt as the waters of the sea of utah such a lecture fills one with pride III in a country so richin rich in scenery so wealthy in all useful productions and capable of such magnificent development and especially was it calculated to make one proud of the growing state of nevada which has sent forth as oyt one af pf of its senators a man not a mere politician but a gentleman of or culture and so well worthy of the honors he weamer wearer A nevada contemporary thinks the above very good excepting the allusion to thomas as a nevada senat senator br and th the estat statement restatement ement that lie he Is ia nota invie mere politician an |