New-York tribune., 1909-04-24
LONG SERVICE IN TIE SENATE.


Mr. stewart.s first eleven years in the Senate ON
brace a large part Of the most notable portion OF
American political. financial and economic history
Tic u-as an active supporter nf the legislation
ana before tho Fourteenth Amendment was offered
he proposed plan of reconstruction which provided
for universal amnesty and universal sunTage' nut
allowed the states to exempt those who were then
,otors from, restrictions which they might there
after tnopose II this plan had been adopted this
same parties who took the states into secession
would have brought them back into the Jni"n'
and would have controlled their own local AFFAIRS,
rrovided that they would grant TO ali who should
hereafter become voters equal civil and political
rights without regard 20 race, color or previous
condition Of servitude.
HIS plan was not adopted. The Fourteenth
Amendment was reported by committee Of fifteen
Of the two houses. and Mr.. Stewart gave It his
s,,uport The Acknowledgement in the Fourteenth
Amendment and the legislation which subsequently,
followed involved the organization of state govern
nents In the South by negro voters and such whites
As were not disfranchised and were willing 10 par
ticipate These governments were unnatural, and
were soon swept away. When President Grant was
elected Mr. Stewart was a member of the judiciary
Committee, and reported and obtained the passage
Of the Fifteenth Amendment which was adopted
bv the states through the influence of President
Grant He was the author Of the national mining
laws which recognized and confirmed the local
mining regulations which in existence and
provided for the settlement of mining disputes by
the local courts
Al the end of MI Stewards second term. in
March 1872 he ceoIined 70 be candidate for re-
election and resumed the practice of law in Ne
yitda California and the adjoining territories ana
vas constantly engaged in important litigation
In 1sS5-'N he was again electcd to the Senate
During this he devoted himself TO lhe re
monetizafon of silver the subject of irrigation and
,,auy other important questions. His writings ana
speecles on the money question would fill many
large volumes and have been extensively circulated
throughout the United States. He was member
Of the Republican National Convention IN 1883. ana
obtained the adoption # the silver plank IN the
nlatform He was an earnest advocate Of leGisla~
ton looking 10 the restoration Of silver to the place
If occupied before i; demonetized IN 1879
After his retirement from congress in 1881 lie dl-
,ided his time between Washington. his farm in
Virginia and Nevada
Stewart Castle his former home in Dupont Circle
in yvnsIirgtun was long OF The landmarks OF the
national ca ital but Is to-day in the centre fash
ionabIe residence section. bare lot with only the
cellar excavation telling the story OF the pulling
dou-p Of that historic structure. Senator William
A CLARK of Montana, planned to build palatial
structure on the site but after the raztnS Of the
cid house and disagreement over tie plans, never
renIaced H. building the Clark home in New York
civ instead Almost all the old residents Of ASH
ington. and many Of the new. knew Mr.. Stewart
either personallV ar BY sight for MS tall figure