Show FORMER SENATOR WOLCOTT DEAD Had lad Gone to Prance to Mend His Rs Shattered Health Healt NEWS WAS UNEXPECTED DECEASED DE EASED NOTED AS AN ORATOR ORATOR AND POLITICIAN n March 1 A message an announcing announcing DENVER LI the death of former United States Senator Edward O 0 Wolcott who has been sojourning in France rance was wa received tonight at the thc Brown Palace hotel The cablegram came from Monte Mont MonteCarlo MonteCarlo Carlo France Fanoe where the senator had gone sane Jn In the te hope of obtaining relief from influenza in the milder mide climate of southern France While the cable cablegram cablegram I gram grm did not give the thc real cause cuse of his death det it is Known l that he bad had suffered from stomach trouble troubie for a number of years News Came as a Shock The news of Senator death deat came as a shock to the residents resident of o othis this city where his long public ser service sr service household vice had made his name a word Politicians now gathered in the city attracted by the te gubernatorial contest forgot the the contest for a time and the one topic of discussion was the senators death and the possible result it would have on the political situation resul in Colorado where he had been a recognized leader for more than thana a score of years ears Biographical Sketch Edward O 0 Wolcott was wa born bor at Long Meadow w Mass March 26 1845 1848 He was the son sn of Rev Re Samuel Wolcott Wol Wolcott cott cot a noted Congregational minister and his ancestors were among the early Puritans Senator Wolcott at attended attended tended Yale college and was a a graduate ate of or Harvard Law school Coming to Colorado Colordo In 1871 he taught school edited newspapers and practiced law lawin lawin in itt turn As a public speaker he gained gained something of or a reputation and this brought him hint into politics In this phenomenal In pursuit his rise was 1889 he became the unanimous choice of the Republican caucus for r United States senator and ad was chosen for this exalted position by the joint assem assembly asem assembly bly bb He was reelected in 1895 but was defeated in 1901 although the nominee of ot his party Noted As an Orator As A an orator Senator Wolcott olcott was wa unexcelled anti and and his speeches in con congress congress congress gress and at political conventions were masterpieces of or oratory orator What he deemed loyalty to party induced him to break bonds bond with his colleagues from the te west wes at the St St Louis Luis con convention in 1896 1806 that nominated d McKIn venton ley Icy He refused to join a l bolt in which his own colleague from Colo Cob Colorado Colorado rado Senator Teller Teler was a leader brought about by the adoption of a agold agold agold gold plank lank in the platform Through Throughout Throughout out the agitation for silver siver he re remained remained out steadfast to the principles of the tho Republican party as enunciated In Inthe Inthe inthe the St Louis ouis platform and at one time his hi following was wa so s small smal as to be dubbed the high high five fhe Nominated Elaine Blame Senator Wolcott was the moving mavins spirit in the organization of the inter international International national bimetallic congress which convened in England and represented the United States at the the meeting It was Senator Wolcott who nominated James G Blaine Blame at the Minneapolis convention In 1892 He Be wa was also as the temporary chairman charman of the national in 1900 convention at Philadelphia when McKinley was as given his second nomination Since his retirement from the senate in 1891 Senator Wolcott lived much of ot the tithe time abroad because of III ill muc health He Be continued to be be a power i in Republican politics of the state and had a strong following de do despite despite spite the fact that there was wa a spirit of party opposition against agi st him hint In his own I |