Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-02-24
Body Of Deceased Statesman
10 Lie in State in Rotunda Of
CoIorado'S Capitol Building
in Denver
MASONIC ORDER TO
CONDUCT FUNERAL
Deceased Is Regarded as Hay-
ing Been Typical Citizen Of
Better Sort, of West Thirty
Years in PubIiF Life

tsy MORNING loussAt eerols4 ttAssp wissl
Denver. Colo, Feb. s3.-HiEhest
state honors win be paid 70 the mem- I
DRY Of former United States senator /
Henry Moore Teller whose death ear
Is today at the home of his daughter,
Mrs q f. Tyler M this city marked
the passing of the last Of the earlier
INV statesmen of Colorado. At the re-
guest Of GOV Il. NJ Ammons, members
of the former senator's family have
expressed a willingness for the body
TO Vie la state In the rotunda Of the
state capitol, Wednesday, probably
from 10 o'clock in the morning until
! o'clock IN the afternoon
Members of the Masonic order, Of
which Senator Teller was Il tnirtN
third degree member. will conduct the
public funeral services. probably sub
seQuent 10 the private services which
will be held in the TYLER home w. S. I
Pickerall, grand master OF the Colo
RADIO Il. a A., viii Doe In charge of
the services.
Today Governor Ammons. in "a pub
lie statement started movement To
have Colorado statesmen represented
I'm the Han of Fame at Washington. ,
u. c. by a bust OF senator Teller. /.
The state Is entitled to two represent
atiOns and Governor Ammons. In hisI
statement declared that none other
than that Of Senator Teller would bet I.
ter represent the type of citizenship I
.of Colorado and the west
Thirty Years in senate
In 1876, with the admission Of Cox /
orado as a state of the union, Senator
Teller was chosen 10 represent her In
the United States senate and there he
octcd ia that capacity FOR thirty years.
both as republican and democrat. Dur /
ing President Arthur's administration.
Senator Teller served as secretary off
the interior and there he fought for
the policy which would open up the
vast wetern territory to settlement and
civilization: there he wrought the
work of development, not oGlv OF Col 1
orado, but the western half Of the ma
ton.
Always, I'm the senate. he had stood
for the advancement of the new coun- /
try and realizing their vast resources
had been acuatcd 90 bring his great |
est influence to bear against the de
inonetization Of silver And il was
IN that effort that he declared In de- [
bate on the floor that the four silver
producing states could not cooperate
with the United States. should the
gold standard be adopted
Fighting AGAINST the gold standard. .
Senator Teller made stirring fie
ufe IN the national republican con-
Nention In 81 Louis 1895, when he led +
me oolt or republicans after the gold
standard platform had been adopted
Talked Little OF Himself
Concerning these incidents of his
life-incidents which spelled progress
the nation and the west-Senator Tel +.
lerler seldom referred and even though
asked In his later days 20 compile
notes for biography. he replied
No, my record IS my life. ] must
stand or fan by that before poster
senator Tefers reputation became
nationwide when he made his fam
Gus speech In debate in congress upon +
the repeal Of the sherman law which /
provided for the decentralization VI sill +
yer Then Senator Teller made his
famous statement, known as "tho sen- /
sation of the senate" He said IL
say It In cool and calm deliberation. +
weighing We'll my words thHt if the
republican party stands for the gold +
standard the -four silver producing
states viii not hereafter ba able 90
act In cooperation with this tthe
United StatcO or another body" !
In the councils Of the republican +
party and subsequent To- 1896 boo the
democratic party Senator Teller was
% power lie bottled the republican
party during the convention ia ST.
Louis I'm 1886 after tho gold standard
plank had been adopted His actions +
I'm that convention Won such respect
fer him In Colorado that notwith
standing his reuunciaton Of the re-
nlIlIIIlln ha5 f.I fss
the United State sennte whore he CON
tinucd his work as one OF the leaders
of that body
Railroad Builder.
one of the late senator's most amhi-
tious commercial cndeavors was the F
construction Of the old Colorado Cen
trail railroad, "A pioneer road through .
the extremely mountainous sections of
the state This road later was taken
over by the Colorado and southern .
railway and is in use today This
road was his dream and with tho aid {
Of the late General Frederick -.
Grant who acted as engineer Of the /.
project. the dream was contaminated
Senator Teller was president of The
Colorado Central railroad for five
years
senator Teller would have colebrat-I +
ed his elehty-fourth Anniversary MAY
28, and had lived almost fourteen
Years longer than he always said had .
been his expectation.
ln 500 he finally retired from pub-
hc NE, ana was forced 60 live quietly
because Of his falling health.
Henry Moore Teller ON March q.
l9oH. completed more than thirtvI
years service in the United statcs SEN
ate. e. period which WAS Interrupted
only by three years as secretary of
The inierier IN the cabinet Of President
Arthur AT that tin q Senator Teller
81 e%Ae" + dtAfft to retire from pub
llc service m Whlch n large part Of his
life had heon spent Subsequently, h,.I
served as a member nf tho uatfnna1