After graduating from Yale , Ehrich helped his brother William run the Ehrich Brothers Dry Goods Store ( est. 1857 ) . Telling the New York Tribune that the stress of retail had left William with a " shattered constitution , " Louis resigned from his own position in 1886 . His health led him to relocate to Colorado Springs in 1889 , where he served as vice president of the Colorado Springs and Interurban Railway company , director of the First National Bank , and president of the Board of Trade of Colorado Springs , acting in several smaller business ventures simultaneously . Along with his interest in trade and land development , Ehrich was heavily involved in politics for much of his life . Throughout the 1890s and early 1910s , he was an executive member of the Anti-Imperialist League and the Gold Democrats Party , as well as an advocate for free trade , often publishing op eds on the subject . In 1896 , he was the sole delegate from the Rocky Mountain Region at the 1896 Democratic National Convention , also known as the Gold Convention of 1896 . He wrote and published '' The Question of Silver '' to further explicate his views on the Free Silver issue . Despite his early opposition to William Jennings Bryan because of their differing opinions on the Gold Standard , Ehrich reconciled with him by the date of the 1900 election , largely thanks to Bryan 's firm stance against the American annexation of the Philippines
1896 Democratic National Convention
1896 Democratic National Convention
Louis R. Ehrich