Gilpin observer., 1909-03-04
WHAT OTHERS
HAVE TO SAY
The Passing of Teller.

oSShS VI
Press dispatches announce simp
iy that Charles J. Hughes of Den.
yer has been elected to the United
States senate to succeed Henry NJ.
Teller. Literally that was all. Pol.
itically there was much more 1t
was that the election Of Mr.. Hughes
marked the passing of Henry Moore
Teller, the grand old man.
During the one1hirt CT a CEN
tury Mr.. Teller, to a greater or
less extent, has been continuously
before the eye of the nation. For
a large part of that time he held
high rank in the councils of his
party. Few abler men have come
out of the west, and none who long
er held the affections of his people.
Yet, when the final summary was
made up, the only mention he re-
ceived was that his name was among
those entered.
Mr.. Teller's entry into the sen.
ate was coincident with the entry of
his state into the union. His record
.unique in that he served in that body
eighteen years as a republican, and
then, without missing day, he
served twelve years more as an in
dependent and democrat. A few
other men have been elected to the
;enate at different times by political
parties of opposite beliefs, but a per-
iod interviewed in which they waited
for the people to experience a change
Mr. Teller repudiated his old affilia-
ions and took up with the new with
out Interruptions in his service.
Since Colorado has been a state,
one-half of it's representation in the
United States senate, except for three
years, has been Henry NJ. Teller. The
other half varied, as one term fol-
lowed another, and the ability and
character Of that representation like
wise varied.
The home of many men suddenly
made rich, Colorado found it's honors
placed on cash basis, and senate
seat the chief prize on the mart.
One millionaire followed another for
a short sojourn in the glamour Of
Washington life; but, if any one Of
them ever made an attempt to dis
place Mr.. Teller, the contest was not
Of sufficient Importance to be record
ed in political annals.
While the newly rich, and ofttimes
untitled, were struggling among
themselves for the second senator
ship, Mr.. Teller, a man Of moderate
means and of great ability, continued
to return honor to the state which
had given honor to him. His col
league frequently was far from be
ing considered credit to his state,
and at times figured in scandal; but
through it all Mr.. Teller kept his
} own record clean and his character
unsullied.
Thus, when almost so years old
respected throughout the land, re
: vered by those who know him we'll
Mr.. Teller gives back the trust which
) Colorado placed in his keeping, ant
he doubtless feels he truly can say
81 have made the fight; l have KEEP
the faith"
Born in New York state in 1880
b, Mr.. Teller, when he became a yount
: man, studied law and was admitted
to the bar. He sought the great ives
in 1858, and, as Illinois at that tim
S seemed to be long way toward tn
e setting sun, he came to this stat
= and began the practice of his profes
|. sion. He only remained there thre
years, however, as he foresaw grea'
er possibilities in the territory c
Colorado.
= That his Judgment was good whe
!. he decided to take the long jump
q the new and little-known land in tn
). Rockies was proved by the late
events in his life. Fifteen years af
u erward, while the nation was cel'
=, brating it's centennial, Colorado wa
;. admitted as state, and among tn
:. first acts of it's legislator was tn
o election of Henry M. Teller as on
p. of its Representatives in the Unite
!. States senate.
a Chosen as a republican. he serve
in the senate until in April, 1SS
10 when he was called to President A
n thurs cabinet as secretay Of the Ii
n terror. Here he twice honored h
If state-bringing 1t an important cal
n met post after only six years Of stat
O hood. and being the instrument b
which this distinction was given
II state beyond the great America
n plains.