The daily sentinel., 1905-03-02

! "A MESSANIE ANNOl NCiNG THE
DEATH OF FORMER UNITED
STATES SENATOR EDWARD O.
WOLCoTr, WHO HAS BEEN so
| JOUIiNING IN ITALY, WAS RE
CEIVED AT THE BROWN PALACE
HOTEL LAST NIGHT.
Edward Oliver Wolcott was born
in Long Meadow Hampton county,
Mass, March 26, 1S4S, son of sam
uel Wolcott, famous theologian and
orator in the Congregational church
His ancestors We're among the early
Puritans who left England under the
reign of Charles /. the first to emil
CRATE to America being Henry VOL
colt, progenitor of all the name on
this continent Henry Wolcott was
the second son of John Wolcott of
Tolland, Somersetshire. and. with
139 others, embarked March 20,
1890. in the ship Mary and John, ar
riving at Nantasket May 80 follow
ing. He settled at Windsor, Conn.
Rev. Samuel Wolcott. father of
E. o. Wolcott was pastor of church
es at Long Meadow and Belcher-
town, Mass, Providence, Chicago and
Cleveland.
Edward took a course Of nsruc
ton at the Norwich academy and az
Cleveland he was prepared for Yale.
which he entered with the class Of
1870. He was not graduated, bu
shortly afterward entered Harvard
law school, where. he was fitted for
his profession. His law studies We're
continued in the Office of c. T. and
T. H. Russell, Boston. 1864 at the
age of is, there being an urgent cal
for volunteers for the defense of
Washington. he enlisted in the 150tl
regiment, Ohio volunteers. When
the necessity for these troops had
passed away Mr.. Wolcott returned
to his studies. In 1871 he removed
TO Colorado, whittier his elder broth
err had preceded him in 1869. He
taught school at Black Hawk, Gilpin
county, Colo, for a short time. and
then opened an office in Georgetown,
Clear Creek county While awaiting
clients he contributed entertaining
letters to the press of the territory
and some of the prominent eastern
Journals. For few weeks he also
edited the Georgetown Miner. Mr.
Wolcott gained little prominence as
a lawyer until 1876, when he was
elected to the Office of prosecuting
attorney for the First judicial dis
trict. comprising the counties of JEFF
ferson. Gilpin, Clear Creek and Boul-
der. Thenceforward his rise at the
bar was rapid.
Having executed his mission as dis
trict attorney, he resigned, and in
1878. being nominated and elected
state senator, at once became lead
ing figure. In 1879 he was made at
torney of the Denver < Rio Grande
railroad and removed from George
town to Denver. where. in addition to
his railroad business, he had a large
private practice. In 1884 he was
elected general counsel of the road.
In 1883 he was elected to the United
states senate to succeed Thomas NJ.
Bowen. for a term Of six years be
ginning March 4, 1859. In the SEN
ate he was conspicuous for his ora
tory and for advocacy of the free
coinage of silver. In January, 1888,
senator Wolcott was reelected to
succeed himself The second term
began aMrch 4. 1895, and expired
March .. 1901. Notwithstanding hi7
attitude on the silver question, Sen
ator Wolcott refused to support W. j.
Brvan as a presidential candidate
soon after the election Of Mckinley
the latter sent Senator Wolcott on
an informal mission to Europe 10
soupd the governments Of Great Brit
ain. France and Germany on the sub
iect of bimetalism. In 1896 he re
ceived the degree Of LID. at Yale
He was married May "a, 1890 to
Frances Metcalf, the widow Of Lyman
X. Bass Of Buffalo, n. Y.
In Colorado Mr. Wolcott was re
.,arded MS one of the greatest politi-
cal leaders the state has known. He
was one of the "old line repuDil-
cans and had at one time vast fol
lowing. OF late years his adherents
while not numerically strong con
tained sufficient balance of power to
cause a split in the republican ranks
and prevent the party from entirely
controllng the state. This was large
Inv due to his political differences WIN
Headers of the anti-Wolcott faction
hwhne he himself could not secure
line seat he prevented the elction two
wears ago Of a republican senator ana
ballowed Teller to return, rather thai'
,rfecs his principles. He was 70