The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-24
SENATOR STEWART
Of NEVADA DIES
Passing of One of the Strongest
and Most Picturesque Char
acterS of the West.
SERVED HIS STATE MORE
THAN QUARTER OF CENTURY
At Ripe Old Age Answers Final
Summons i'm Hospital at
Washington.

WASHINGTON. April 23.-Furmcr
United states Senator William y, Stew
art Of Nevada died at the Georgetown
hospital here today. following an opera
ton. The body will he taken to Ne
vada Sunday.
Mr.. Stewart had been at The hospital
since March 30 On March 81 he un-
dcrwcnt IN operation, the nature OF
which the physicians haNo not madc
public \ week ago his condition be-
came worse, aud he sank steadily until
this morning when at 7:O5 o'clock he
passed away.
Mr.. Stewart was 50 years old and had
been i figure in this city during the
better part of the last half century. For
twenty-eight years, altogether, he repre-.
sented Nevada in the senate, a lapse
between 1870 and 1887 intervening to
prevent continuous service record from
1865 to 1905.
Washington Home Raced.
"Stcwart Castle his former home
on Dupont circle, i'll this city. was long
one OF the landmarks of the national
capital, but there is today in the center
of the fashionable residence section a
bare lot with only the cellar excavation
telling the story Of the pulling down OF
that historic structure,
Senator William a, Clark ot Montana
planned 10 build palatial structure on.
the site. but after The raZlng of the old
residence and Il disagreement over the
ulans, never replaced il and built the
Clark home in New York City instead.
Senator Stewart made many notable
speeches on the floor of The senate in
advocacy of silver and his characteri-
,ation of the decentralization of silver
as H'thc crime as '73'' is marker in
political history. After his retirement
from congress he divided his time be
tween Washington, where he had many
interests during his life of huctuating
fortune, his farm III nearby Virginia,
and The west. where at his old home, at
Bullfrog. New, and elsewhere he had
varied mining interests and experiences.
Most all tho old residents Of Wash
ington and many Of thc new knew Stew
art either personally or by sight, for
his tall figure. topped with widc
brimmcd soft hat and his long white
beard and his compIcxion as clear AS a
youth S, were conspicuous on the streets
Of the city
All Children Loved Him.
Mr.. Stewart was the living incarna-
tlon of Santa Clans and on this account,
AS well as on account of his kindly dis.
position, he appealed strongly TO the
imagination of children.
Probably " no more picturesque nor
rugged character was ever known to
the senate. He was much in evidence
around the senate chamber, until with
IN thc last few weeks.
MIR StpNVnTt was q pottNr Of NoN,
York, and went west in the early davs
of the California gold discoveries. There
he welded the pick and shovel rs an
everyday miner.
Except for the first campaign Of
BRYAN, in 1896. when the silver issue
was most prominent, Mr.. Stewart was
Republican. He was. however. man of
independence, and often voted contrary
to the wishes of the party caucus. He
took prominent part in the setting
aside Of the Force bill. in 1892, and he
never failed TO east his vote in The
interest of the white metal, whatever
the attitude Of his party on that subject,