Show former senator SILVER stewart of nevada coiner of phrase the crime of 73 D es at age of 82 washington former united states senator william M stewart of ne vada died at the georgetown hos pital here on friday following an operation the body will be taken to nevada mr brewart was 82 years old and had been a figure in this city during the better part ot the last half century for thirty bears altogether he represented ne vada in the senate a lapse between j 1875 and 1887 intervening to prevent I 1 a service record from to 1905 senator stewart made many not able speeches on the floor ot the sen ate in advocacy of silver and his characterization of the tion of silver as the crime of 73 is a marl er in political history after his retirement from congress he dl vided his time between washington where he had many interests during WILLIAM M STEWART ex senator from nevada his life of fluctuating fortune his farm in nearby virginia and the west where at his old home in nevada he had varied mining interests and ex per lence mr stewart was the living ancar nation of santa claus and on this ac count as well as on account of his andly disposition he appealed strong y to the imagination of children probably no more picturesque or rug ged character was ever known to the senate he was much in evidence around the senate chamber until within the last few weeks mr stewart was a native of new york who went west in the early days of the california gold discover les and there wielded the pick and shovel as an every day miner except in the first campaign of bryan in when the silver issue was most prominent mr stewart was a can he was however a man of independence and often doted contrary to the wishes of the party caucus he took a prominent part in the setting aside of the force bill of 1892 and he never failed to cast his vote in the interest of the white met al whatever the attitude of his party on that subject |