The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-02
SENATOR
WOLCOTT DEAD
Had Gone to France to Mend His
Shattered Health.
NEWS WAS UNEXPECTED
DECEASED NOTED AS AN ORATOR
AND POLITICIAN.

n ENVER. March IA message an
ID nouncing the death of former
United States Senator Edward O..
Wolcott, who has been sojourning in
France, was received tonight at the
Brown Palace hotel.
The cablegram came from Monte
Carlo, France, where the senator had
gone in the hope of obtaining relief
from influenza in the milder climate of
southern France. While the cable
gram did not give the real cause of
his death. it is known that he had
suffered from stomach trouble Tor
number of years.
News Came as a Shock
The news of Senator Wolcott's death
came as a shock to the residents of
this CITY. where his long public ser
vice had made his name a household
word. Politicians now gathered in the
city, attracted by the gubernatoriaI
contest, forgot the contest for a time
and the one topic of discussion was
the senator's death and the possible
result it would have on the political
situation in Colorado. where he had
been a recognized leader for more than
a score Of years.
Biographical Sketch.
Edward o. wolcott was born at
Long Meadow. Mass, March 20, 1S48.
He was the son of Rev. Samuel VOL
colt, a noted Congregational minister,
and his ancestors were among the
early Puritans. Senator Wolcott at
tended Yale college and was a gradu-
ate of Harvard Law school. Coming
TO Colorado in 1871 ne taught school,
edited newspapers and practIced law
in turn. AS a public speaker he gained
brought him into politics. In this
pursuit his rise was phenomenal In
1889 he became the unanimous choice
of the Republican caucus for United
States senator and was chosen for this
exalted position by the joint assem-
bly,. He was reelected in 1895, but
was defeated in 1901, although the
nominee Of his party.
Noted AS an Orator.
As an orator. Senator WoIcott was
unexcelled and his speeches in con-
gress and at political conventions were
masterpieces OF oratOry- What he
deemed loyalty to party induced him
to break bonds with his colleagues
from the west at the st. Louis con
ventfon in 1896 that nominated McKin-
ley. He refused to join a bolt IN
which his own colleague from Colo
RADIO. Senator Teller, was leader,
brought about by the adoption of a
gold plank in the platform. Through
out the agitation for silver he re-
NAMED steadfast to the principles OF
tho Republican party as enunciated IN
the st. Louis platform and at one time
his following was 50 small as to be
dubbed the "high FIVE"
Nominated Blaine.
Senator Wolcott was the moving
spirit in the organization of the inter
national bimetallic congress, which
convened in England, and represented
the United States at the meeting. 1t
was Senator WOlcott who nominated
James G.. Blaine at the Minneapolis
convention in 1892. He was also the
temporary chairman of the national
convention at Philadelphia in 1906
when Mckinley was given his second
nomination. Since his retirement from
the senate in 1891, Senator Wolcott
lived much of the time abroad because
of i'll health. He continued To De d
power in Republican politics OF the
state and had a strong following de
spite the fact that there was a spirit
of opposition against him in his own
party.