The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-09-15
SENATOR BILL STEWARDS
RE TURN TO NEVADA

| democratic state, DIS IL OaQ DeSD
anti-republican for more than 10
years, seemed to warrant the pre-.
diction and the conviction that
, Sparks would be elected. Hence
Stewart was mot a candidate" and
what was thought to be the empty
honor of standing as the republican
| candidate was conferred upon Geo.
S. Nixon, a banker, mine owner and
| ranchman of Winnemucca,
But in the upheavel of politics
and the great Roosevelt tidal wave.
much to the surprise of all, re-
Office in Nevada, and Stewart saw
all too late that he had given up
| too early and Nixon was chosen to
succeed him.
Perhaps had Stewart remained in
the race he could not have been re.
elected, for, although he has many
warm personal friends, his long
career in politics has also brought
him many political enemies. How
ever that may be, at the expiration
of his term of Office on the 4th of
| last March. Senator "Bill' Stewart
announced his intention of return
| ing to Nevada and opening "a law
| office" This he has done in the
structure already described, at Bull
| frog, the scene of Nevada's latest
gold strikes, some so miles south
from Goldfeld.
Two rival camps claim distinc-
| ton as the metropolis of the dis
trict. The town of Bullfrog and the
town of Rhyolite. lying little more
than a mile apart. In order not to
offend either by taking up his resi-
| dence in the other, the old senator
pitched his tent midway between
the two camps.
| Time was in the old Comstock
days when Bill Stewart was ac-
credited with having received fees
as high as 100000 from the bonan-
"a kings, some of whom also sat in
the United States senate. The days
of such retainers are, however.
passed. Still, there is every rea-
son to believe that Senator Stewart
with his determination and energy,
| his experience and knowledge, de-
| spite his advanced age, will yet
| become a wealthy man, provided he
sticks TO mining and eschews poll
tics. But there are reports and in
| dications that he has longings to
return to his familiar place in the
senate and renew the battle for
| pure food, which was one of his
hobbies. Unlike some men in poll
tics who have made a fortune at
politics, Senator Stewart has be-
come dispossessed of a fortune
while In the game.
AT one time he was rated as a
millionaire. But Stewards money
in the big money times came with
comparative ease, and he was al
ways known as a liberal spender,
and even million could not last
forever.
The return of Nevada to the re-
publican column of states has
aroused the political ambitions of
Senator Stewart. and he is said to
cherish the belief that with Senator
NiXOn's help he may be able to sue
coed Senator Newlands four years
hence, Notwithstanding the fact
that he will then be SO years of
age. For the time being, however,
the venerable eX-solon is a success
full mining attorney, as picturesque
along the same brush lined desert
of Bullfrog as he was stalking
along Pennsylvania avenue to the
capitol. His appearance is much
the same, broad somhrero and long
| flowing coatl tails. only instead of
| the somher black of senatorial dig
nifty the hat and coat which Stew
art wears upon the desert are of
| gray material.
Occasionally he comes up to Bel
mont, the county seat of Nye coun.
ty, in which Bullfrog is situated
distance of 165 miles. At other
times he journeys back to Carson,
but it Is always on business, for
Bill Stewards home and his post.
J office address is Bulfrog, New.