The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-02
EX-SENATOR WOLCOTT DEAD
At MONTE CiRLO, or corr, cow
PLICtTED BY err.
4 Marked Figure In Politics Both In Colo
RADIO and At Washington Wan Not
Afraid or Poker Story-iI cod
speech Of 1900 Had Lone Bccn III.

DESvER. March Former Senator Ed
| ward o Wolcott died to-day at Monte Carlo.
The Information came TO his sister here to-
/ day in a laconc telegram announcing
/ merely the fact. Miss Wolcott, who IL at
| the head Of famous school for girls here,
was unable 10 say what caused her brothers
death. but a telegram 10 his law partners
said influenza complicated with govt was
| the cause.
Mr. Wolcott had been sufferer from govt
for several years and when he was last in
! Colorado, just before the close OF the Presl-
dentm campaign, he complained OF suffer
ing much from it. He made one speech
here the first week in November and an
nounced his intention of going to Carlsbad
FOR treatment. He went from here TO salt
Lake and thence to Europe.
Mr.. Wolcott was so years old on Jan. 20
last He was heavily interested in mines,
shelters and railroads, and leaves a for
tune estimated at from four to five million
dollars. He had no children and was
divorced several years ago.
Senator Wocott was born in Longmeadow,
Mass, in 1888 He served for few months
in the 10th Ohio Volunteers in 1864. and two
years later entered Yale College. but was
not graduated He was graduated from the
Harvard law school in 1877, and then went
10 Colorado, from which State he was twice
elected to the United States Senate. in 1889
and in 1895.
When he was elected in 1889 he succeeded
Thomas NJ Bowen. whose fame as poker
player was international. IL was NJ id also
while Mr. Wocott was making his cam
paign that he owed to some extent his
popularity in Colorado to a report that he
had lost $4,000 Mt faro while playing in a
well known clubhouse. The result OF the
publication Of this report was that Senator
Wocott was talked OF from one end Of
Colorado to the other as a dead game
sport
His political advisers were fearful that
the gambling episode might hurt his chances
and urged him to deny it. He smiled at
their fears as he said. Whose business is
it but mine? ! am an unmarried man. and
there ia no one but myself upon whom any
dis grace can fall While il is true that
lost large sum OF money at faro, had
won the money the previous afternoon at
the races.
From the time he became prominent IN
Colorado politics Senator Woclott vas
dlHdNN "a ~ " anu a. IiAlNS ALAAp Nuns w.
He was particularly audacious in the
methods he employed to bring about the
Success Of his plans and It Is said Of him
that he never supported any ticket or
candidate that did not suit his personal
ideas
In 1884 he was accused OF having voted
for Cleveland against Blaine. but in 1889
the Republican party elected him to the
United States Senate and in 1892 he made
the nominating speech for Blaine in the
Minneapolis convention. Again his polit
cal daring was shown in the session Of 1900,
when he made a strong speech in favor
Of the gold standard currency bill. The
speech was especially significant because
Mr. Wocott was prominent silver man
from a silver State In that address he
predicted that united and genuine effort
TO obtain international bmetallism would
in time I've made with the cooperation Of the
Republican party
When Mr. Wolcott's second term expired
Colorado returned Silver Democrat in
his place, Theodore NJ Patterson
Senator Wolcott married. in 1890. the
widow of Representative Lyman X. Bass OF
Buffalo She was daughter Of Mrs +, NJ
Metcalf She got divorce from him in
Denver in March 1900. on the ground Of
To-, tl.,It 80.