The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-23
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DENVER, Colo, Feb. 23.-Henry
Moore Teller, eighty-fou former
U ted States senator from Colorado,
died at his home here shortly after
midnight today, after an illness last
ing two years Heart trouble and the
infirmities of old age caused his
death
For several weeks Teller had been
ina critical condition. At ten o'clock,
last night he lost consciousness and
died at 1875 a. m. No definite funeral
arrangements have been made. but the
body will probably lie in state in the
rotunda of the state capitol. 1t is ex-
pected the congressional committee In
vestigating the Colorado strike at
Trinidad will adjourn for one day to
| come here and pay its respects.
Teller was elected five times to the
United States senate and also served
as secretary of interior.
/ The distinction Of having been elect
! ed six separate times to the United
States senate was held by the late
Henry Miller Teller, "the grand old
| man of Colorado" At the time he re-
i tired from public life in 1903, he had
l represented the centennial state in the
senate 80 Of the 33 years Colorado had
been a state,
Senator Teller was born at Granger
+ Allegheny county, N. Y, May %, 1890
. and was educated in the common
schools of New York and Alfred uni
versity. After several years of teach
Z ing, he studied law and hung out his
shingle at Binghamton, N. Y. Needing
the call of the great west, the young
lawyer moved in 1858 TO Illinois where
he practiced law until 1861. In that
year he again changed his place OF
residence, settling at Central City
Colo, then a struggling mining camp
, For eighteen years he practiced law
and together with the late Judge
Moses Hallett and others helped to
lay the foundation for the mining law
, code which governs Colorado today
In 1876, when Colorado was admit
: ted to the union, Teller was elected
United States senator for the shor1
term ending March 3, 1877. He was
reelected for the full term and served
until April II, 1882, when he resigned
to become secretary of the interior II
President Arthur's cabinet
In January, 1885, Teller was re-elect
ed to the senate and resigned his cabi
y net portfolio. He served four mor'
terms in the senate, retiring from thu
/ senate in 1909 with the distinction o
: having served longer in the uppe,
y house than any man then a membe
lof that body During his last foul
9 terms in the senate he had varSe.
n political career In 1891 he was elect
e ed as a republican, but four year
n later, during the ST. Louis convention
n of the republican party he bolted tn
+ republican party, together with
3 number of western men. That wa
II the year of the free silver agitation
/. and the first nomination of William
l. Bryan. Teller and his associates re
d fused to accept the platform of tht
"a st. Louis convention which declare
, for the single gold standard, ant
d withdrew from the convention, OF
V ganizing the silver republican party.
" The following year, in January 1897
e he was sent back to the senate as al
independent silver republican At tn
completion of that term, Senator Tel
: er had affiliated himself with tn,
democratic party and as member c
: that party was again reelected to tn
senate in 1903. Senator Teller vol
unfairly retired to private life at tn
expiration OF that term and was sue
} ceeded by F. Charles J Hughes. Fo
\ two years, thereafter, Teller served a
= u member of the federal monetary con
~ mission.
v, Senator Teller was very feeble fo
or several years before his death and su
fered from heart attacks. Despite h.
le advanced age he kept in close touc
Is with the affairs of congress and ever
n day read the Congressional Recor
r. carefully.
le Sen3tor Teller was very proud {
s. his adopted state, Colorado, and one
-e his last public utterances was predi
lTl tion that the centennial state woul
'e develop mineral resources even grea
is er than those at Cripple Creek. Gel
-e