The Springfield herald., 1905-03-31
MEMORIAL SERVICES
FOR EX-SENATOR E. o. woLcorT.
Immense Gathering In Broadway Tho
ater at Oenver-Addresses by Emil
ment Citizens Of Colorado,

ater at Oenver-Addresses by Emil
ment Citizens Of Colorado.
Denver. Colo. March 27.-Colorado
mourned the death os Senator Edward
o. Wolcott yesterday. Memorial SER
vices were held in the Broadway the
ater In the afternoon and thousands
of citizens crowded and filled the
building until there was no longer
standing room.
Many members of the Legislature
were present. The first Ave rows of
seats had been put aside for the use OF
them and their families and they were
all taken. Governor Mcdonald and the
state officials. with their assistants.
filled the boxes on the right side OF
the house. Henry Wolcott and Anna
l.. Wolcott. brother and sister of Sen
ator Wolcott. and their friends were in
the boxes on the left side. With them
were the families of Joel F.. Vaile and
w. c. Waterman, the law partners Of
Mr.. Wolcott
The memorial services were held un-
der the auspices OF the Colorado Re-
publican Club. of which John. w.
Springer Is president. But it was
more than memorial services held in
memory Of a Republican by Repub-
licans.
Senator Wolcott was Republican
leader. and 1t was deemed fitting that
Republicans should take charge OF the
services. But 1t was the people of the
state who mourned, and they mourned
not that a Republican leader had
gone, but that great Coloradan had
died.
After the invocation by Rev Frank
T. Bayley, the double quartet and the
audience sang "Christ for the World"
written by Samuel Wolcott, the father
of Senator Wolcott.
Justice John Campbell of the Su-
preme Court then delivered an ad-
dress on Senator Wolcott as "The
Citizen" Among other things he
said:
when the people of Colorado. by
their chosen representatives. twice
elected to the United States Senate
Edward Oliver Wolcott. they honored
themselves quite as much as they did
him. That he was not continuously
kept there must not be interpreted as
a lack of appreciation by his constitu-
ents. or that he had not faithfully
represented their interests. For all
concede that with distinguished abil
ity and rare fidelity he discharged the
duties and maintained the dignity of
his high Office"
After a solo. Zone Sweetly Solemn
Thought" by Mrs. w. ]. Whiteman,
Hon. Joel F. vaile spoke of Senator
Wolcott as 1.-The Lawyer"
He told of the dead senator's career
at the bar: of his unimpeachable In
tegrity; OF his brilliancy and wonder
full oratorical powers, and read selec-
tions from his speeches.
Hon. A. NJ. Stevenson spoke on Mr..
Wolcott as "The Statesman" He
said:
when the great Alexander Hamil-
ton was Secretary of the treasury,
Oliver Wolcott was comptroller of the
treasury. In 1875, when Alexander
Hamilton left his high office. oliver
Wolcott succeeded him. 1t was on the
strong arm of this member of the fam
lily that Washington leaned for sup
port. Senator Wolcott was oliver
Wolcott's kinsman.
He was the peer of any senator in
the United States. His friends and
intimates at Washington were the best
and greatest of our statemen. When
he addressed the Senate every mem
ber was in his seat and the public gal
leries and those of the diplomatic
corps and of official Washington were
always filled.
He went to Washington thoroughly
imbued with the ideas and sentiments
of the people of the West. and espe-
cially those of his own state. upon
economic questions. and at once be-
came a leader, both in counsel and
debate. upon all subjects connected
with the monetary system of his coun-
fry 10 hnI
and unrestricted coinage of silver by
the independent action of the United
States was possible.
He soon learned that the contest
had been carried on so long and the
opposition to silver had become SO
strong that even the free coinage Of
American silver was an impossibility.
but he still refused to uncondition-
ally surrender. and almost single
handed and alone he persuaded Pres
ident Mckinley during his first admin
istration to appoint a monetary COM
mission to visit the leading nations OF
Europe and try II possible to agree
upon the relative value between gold
and silver as money, with free mint
age at a common ratio. President Nc
Kinley appointed him as head of the
American commission.
Inc commission went ABROAD anu
met the representatives OF England
and France, and had encouraging
words from Germany.
Il candidly believe that had these
efforts had behind them the loyal sup
port of the bimetallists of this and
other countries an agreement would
have been reached of incalculable ben
eft to the people of Colorado.
He was manly man. He hated
shams and fought in the open. He was
a loyal friend, and has left us legacy
of kind and generous deeds.
Mr. Springer, as president of the
club, delivered the In Memoriam."
He said:
His scholastic attainments. his in
trepid and fearless courage, his lofty
patriotism, coupled with an irresti-
BILE personality, supplemented by his
bewitching oratorical ability. made
him the peer of any man during that
senatorial period. and Colorado be-
came famous as Edward Oliver VOL
colt went up and down the land, sway
ing tens OF thousands with his match
less powers of oratory and brilliancy
of diplomatic address. Out of the
West had burst a meteoric personality,
and his retirement by pOlitical uD-