Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1901 — EX-GOV. WAITE IS DEAD. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

EX-GOV. WAITE IS DEAD.

Death Comes to Him Suddenly While Peeling Apples. Aspen, Colo., dispatch: Former Gov. ernor Davis H. Waite of Colorado fell dead here at 9 o’clock in the morning while peeling apples. He had been in good health up to the moment of his death. It is believed that the cause of death was heart trouble. In the summer of 1893 Davis H. Waite won the sobriquet of “Bloody Bridles" Waite, and this name clung to him to the day of his death. The

Incident happened during a silver convention in Denver. Mr. Waite had then been In the gubernatorial chair for about a year, and he was one of the chief speakers. Among other things he said: “This is not a question to be compromised: no question of right or wrong can be compromised. The people of this great state are bound to assert their rights, even if they have to wade in blood up to the bridles of their horses to do so." David Hanson White was born in Jamestown, N. Y., on April 9, 1825. He came to Colorado in 1879, practicing law at Leadville and Aspen. He was a Republican in politics previous to 1892, when he was a delegate to the Populist convention at Omaha. He was nominated for governor of Colorado in that year by the People’s party and was elected. He was a candidate for re-election in 1894, but was defeated by Charles A. Mclntyre, Republican.

EX-GOVERNOR WAITE.