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Show I, SENATOR WOLCOTT GONE. Tlio death of former Senator Wol- ' cott, of Colorado, will bo sincerely regretted by all who know him and of him. Ho was a very ablo man and one who had many friends. Ho loved a I Jolco and a good story as well as any j 1 , ono and was tho founder of several nnecdotcs that woro mirth producers. L 'l , At ono tlmo In Denver Wolcott was , Invited to deliver tho Memorial day i ii, nddrcss and consented. Ho prepared j his manuscript and after revising It ( i j was sntlsllcd with what ho was go- Ing to say to tho extent that ho in- i lonncd a friend that ho would mako a . I speech that would bo a daisy, a hair 4 ' curlor, or something of tho sort. A re- porter for an evening paper overheard f! tho conversation and later approached f tho Bonator with a request for a copy, h ' "Certainly my boy," was tho reply. J Tho speech wus put In typo ready ! , j for uso on tho day of dolivery. On tho ' evening provious to Momorial day h ; Wolcott called on tho editor. i i "Sorry I can't lot you uso that I '" j speech of mlno tomorrow," ho began I 1 I whon tho editor cut him off with j "Cnn't lot us uso it; why Senator, I r wo havo tho matter in typo." b ' "Can't help that," replied Wolcott, V , ' "you mustn't uso it." y "And why?" nsked tho nowspaper I 1 "Well," said Wolcott, "you sco It's Hko this. Whon I gavo your man a ; ' copy of that speech I supposed I was j going to deliver It at ton o'clock in li tho forenoon. Tho hour has boon 1 1 l chnnged to four In tho nftcrnoon.J I Now, just about tho tlmo I got warmed up on that speech your paper will I ( como off tho press. Evory newsboy k will buy a bunch of papers and start fi for tho cemetery. Thoy will soli cop- ft' r ios of my speech before It Is hall B, through, or ovon fairly started. And i j it would bo jiiBt my luck to havo some I' cuss got a copy and climb on a monti- I j, mont near tho sponker'a stand and as "', I talk to havo him cnll off "check" i! as I complcto each paragraph. A compromise was effected by , which tho paper agreed to hold tho if ' speech until 4:30. |