The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-07-24

ohc of the most notable men OF
w" ern Pennsylvania, was yesterday
. =" ried away full Of years and honOrs
20 the land, to which the princes OF
this earth as well as the humblest OF
our race, must sooner or later likewise
journey. Hon. Andrew Stewart, ol
Uniontown, a man of political integ'
rity; of firm and positive Republican,
ism; of unAinching devotion to what
he considered the absolute necessity
of the country-s protective tariff;
died ut his residence yesterday morn
ing at ten O'Clock.
Mr.. Stewart was born in 1892, on
the eleventh Of June. and was consc-
quently in the eighty year of his
age. He studied law in Faycttc
county, and was admitted to the bar
in 1915. AT an early age he began
to mingle in politics, and served three
years in the State Legislature as rep
resentative from his native county,
Fayette. In 1917, Mr.. Stewart was
appointed by President Monroe,
United States District Attorney for
Western Pennsylvania, and filled the
duties of the Office with great credit.
In 1921 he was sent to Congress and
continued in active membership until
1929. During this time he displayed
so much ability and vigor that his rep
utation rapidly extended until it COW
cred the entire country. Again in
1881 he was called to seat in the
Legislative hall at Washington and
was retained there until 1885. Eight
years after he was chosen a third
time to this honorable place, and was
not retired until four years later, in
lS4T. During his long public life he
was intimately associated with Clay,
Webster, Calhoun, Geo. Evans, of
Maine, and other representatives and
leading men who lived their allotted
lives, and passed away to be born
again in history to each following
generation In lS4S Mr.. Stewards
name was prominently spoken of in
connection with the nomination for
the Vice Presidency. His perhaps
was the most prominent, but the NOM
ination was lost to him through the
treachery Of tho chairman of the
Pennsylvania State delegation. Mr..
Stewart is best known to the country
however, by his persistent and ener-
getic advocacy of protective tariff.
He has devoted himself to this end
with such esgerness that the sobri-
quet Tariff Andy" will probably
last as long as his name is remember
ed Years ago he retired to a hand
some estate near UniOntown, and
though occasionally mixing with the
political world through the Medium of
his vigorous pen has since thrust him.
self forward but little before the eyes
of the country. He was genial,
hospitable gentleman of that school
which seems to be rapidly passing
away, to which an open house was
always the first law Of social inter-
course.
A few years ago Mr.. Stewards son
William Stewart, Lieutenant Com
mander in the United States Navy,
and executive officer of the Oneida, y
met with q watery grave off the
coast of Japan. The particulars of
the sad affair still embitter the minds
of the American people. The Onei-
da was run down and sunk by an
English mail steamer which passed
on her course, without an effort to
rescue the brave sailors. Since that
occurrence Mr.. Stewards health has
gradually failed, and his death, though
sudden and unexpected to the public,
is not a matter of much surprise to
his relatives and intimate friends
Pits. HAIL.