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IN the reuaeii q. the Republican
rsrsy. asd sshscsu-ai IN 1896 in sAe
democratic rst'y s~saior Teller ~.ss
= p"~cs. 10 hsslicd the Republican
party Surins the eoav~sisea In ~.
l.oais 1885. ~k.a the gold standard
plank had b~~n adopted. il,s o..
tioas In that eon,ansioa won such
r~s?tes for h'n 10 Colorado shss.
ot~tshsisudisE hi. r-nunciaiion q
tho Republican party. he vss re.
elected to the United Mates seaatc
where hc contiau-i his work ~ cnc
of The leaders of that Indy.
Ono OF the late Senator's most AM.
bilious commercial cadeavorS was
the construction Of the old Colorado
Crnsrsi railroad. a pioneer road
through the extremely mountainous
sections Of the state. This road ia;-
or was TAKEN over by the Colorado 4
Southern RAILWAY. and IL In ,fAr to-
day.
sseaasor Teller aiaays told of his
hard~hips In pushing that road
through the uiountains with = great
degree Of pleasure. II was his dream.
and with the aid Of the late General
Frederick D. Grant. who acted as on
sinccr Of the project. the dream was
consnmmated. Senator Teller. even
In his last days, never hcsttatcd to
give much credit to the work Of
Fred. thu. son o' my old frteni 4.
General 4. S. Grant
Senator Teller was president of the
Colorado Central Railroad for five
years.
keenly Interested in tho political
affairs, even though feebly III. Sen
ator Teller kept well Informed OF ma
tional conditions and during the last
presidential campaign and the
stormy days for the Republican par
ty which preceded It. Senator Teller
forecast accurately tho outcome, cv-
IN to the holt In the Chicago convcn-
tion and the formation Of a new
party. .
Senator Teller ranked high in Ma
sonry. He was the first grand com
mander Of knights Tcmplar of Colo
RADIO. and for several years was
grand mnster OF the Colorado A. F.
and A. NJ. He received his thirty
third degree in 1852. and wa one
OF the Oldest living thirty-third de-
gree Mas0ns in the United States.
| Senator Teller would have celc-
brated his eighty-fourth anniversary y
May 23. and had lived almost II
years longer than he always said had
been his expectation. 50 strong wat
he in his belief that the three score
years and ten milestone would bt
tho last, that on his SEVENTEEN ami.
versary, when he became seriously
III, members of his family despaired