The Dolores star., 1905-03-31
MEMORIAL SERVICES
FOR EX-SENATOR E. o. woLcorr.
immense Gathering in Broadway The
ater at oenver-Addresses by Emi.
ment Citizens Of Colorado,

NAt htdtH sStlidtOV
y. Woicott 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 five rows of
seats mad been put aside for the use OF
tnem and their families and they were
al taken. Governor Mcdonald and the
s.ate omcials. with their assistants,
nhea the boxes on the right side of
ihe 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 +. Vaile and
W I. Waterman, the law partners OF
Mr. Wolcott.
me memorial services were held I'M
der the auspices of the Colorado Re
publican Club. of which John w.
springer is president. But 1t was
more than memorial services held in
memory of a Republican by Repub-,
licans.
Senator Wolcott was a Republican
reader. and il was deemed fitting that
Republicans should take charge of the
- ''N'7' nut u WIS iHe INC
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. Bayle:. the double quartet and the
audience sang Christ for the World"
written by Samuel Wolcott, the father
OF Senator Wolcott
Justice John Campbell of ts, 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
thelr chosen representatives. twice
elected to the United States Senate
Edward Oliver Wolcott. they honorcd
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 o.
his high Office
After a solo. "One Sweetly Solemn
Thought" by Mrs. w. J. Whiteman,
Hon. Joel +. Vale spoke of Senator
Wolcott as 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.
uons from his speeches.
Hon. A. NJ. Stevenson spoke on Mr..
Wolcott as THE Statesman" He
said:
hn A lAx Il L Int
ton was Secretary of the treasury.
Oliver Wolcott was comptroller of the
tfeesury. In 1896. 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 Statement When
he addressed the Senate every mem
Der was in his seat and the public gal
leries and those of the diplomatic
corps and of official Washington were
always filed.
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 conn
try. He believed then that the free
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 monetary com
mission to visit the leading nations o.
Europe and try If possible to agree
upon the relative value between gold
and silver as money. with free mint
age at common ratio. President Nc
Kinley appointed him as head OF the
American commission.
The commission went abroad and
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 I'm 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