Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-29
The Late Ex-Governor Hubbard.

His Early Life and Struggle = His
 Energy and Achfevem ents-SOme of
 the Distinguishing Features of His
 Career.
 The news of the death of Richard Dudley Hubbard creates sincere sorrow throughout the State over which he so ably presided as it's chief magistrate and which he honored as a citizen. He was eminently Q self-made man and the proud eminence he attained IS another example of what may be achieved by self improvement and patient exertion coup led with native ability His native town was Berlin. He was 65 years of age last Decsm-' ber. He was early left an orphan and when ten years of age became resident in the family of OzIas Roberts prominent citizen of East Hartford and 9 man very intelligent and peculiar who did much to stimulate the zeal of the lad for nosledge. At school at East Hartford in 1881 he was classmate of Henry Kellogg. E. N. Kellogg. Etihu Geer and other well-known names in Hartford. He was then boy of 13 and gave no special indication of that mental superiority which began to appear 8 few years later. He was not known among his fellow pupils for any thing more than very ordinary boy. It began to be somewhat different few years later. He was ambitious, and cut of the little estate that was left him he found barely enough to give him 8 collegiate education. He entered Yale college in his 17th year. His native vigor of body and mind, united with his inborn taste, early made him classical scholar and prominent young man among his classmates who numbered some notable names. He was chosen to the editorship of the Yale Literary Magazine; 8 marked distinction of special honor in Yale. He was graduated in 1889.
 Returning to his East Hartford home, he prepared to read law, and soon his marked character began to attract the attention of some of the East Hartford people He took special interest in national and State poll tics. When twenty-four years old he was elected to the Legislature and the following year the people gave him second term. He opposed the law of capital punishment, and this attracted some attention toward him. pr. John T. Pease, an eccentric sud intelli- gent old gentleman, hearing him express that opinion, was led to exelaim, as he brislly rubbed his hands, '.Eh-um-too many boys in the Legislature-too many boysI" The young legislator made his mark in the General Assembly and in . very creditable way, not by crowding himself forward, but by commanding respect and attention by his abilities and by having something to say that had special merit in it. He gained attention also from his displaying unusual oratorical rowers. He soon developed into public speaker and made many campaign addresses, and at the age of twenty five began to be talked about as rising man who would be heard from. Deceased went into Mir. Hungerford's law office in 1843, and went to Hartford to re- side He also soon after took years course of study at the Yale Law school. AS States attorney for Hartford county from 1846 to 1869, nearly a quarter of g century, as Hartford's representative to the Legislature in 1885, and as Q member of Congress, elected in 1867, defeating the elo- quent Hon. Henry 0. Deming, who led the Twelfth Q. V. to the war, he maintained the promise of his early young manhood As 8 Congressman he succeeded 8 long line of Republican candidates, and as Governor of Connecticut he was the first to hold a two years term. He ran against the gifted Hon. Henry c. Robinson, who had he run at later day when he declined the nomination would have been also 8 Connecticut ex Governor. Governor Hubbard for some time past had rather withdrawn from politics and confined himself to his law prac- tice and the society of those favored to be his friends. The well-known law part l nership of Waldo, Hubbard & Hyde was formed in 1867. With such 8 combination it became the leading law office of Connecticut
 After Judge Waldo's death, in 1881, the firm
 became Hubbard, Hyde & Gross. One of his
 last public addresses was at the dedication of the Governor Seymour monument in Hart
 ford's new and beautiful cemetery, at which
 time Hon. Colin M. IngersoIl of this city also
 made one of the chief addresses His last 1 public address in'New Haven as remarked | yesterday was an oration delivered a few
 years ago at Peck's Grand Opera House as
 the closing feature of Memorial day exsr- | Cinan