The sun., 1900-09-07
WILLIAM MORGAN DEAD
Comptroller Of leW FORK State Passes
Away al AlbaA..
SOON AFTER DENOMINATION.
Republican state Committee Has
the Power to Fiji the Vacancy
ON HE Ticket Caused
by His Death.

Albany, Sept. 6. = State COMPTROLLER
William J. Morgan, who had been ailing
for the past two weeks, is dead. Heart
failure was the immediate cause of
death.
Comptroller Morgan had just been hon
ored with Il denomination by the Repub-
lican party in convention at Saratoga.
He returned home from the convention
Wednesday morning. During the after
noon he complained of pains about the
heaf a4d 1AT. Alilbank was called. lie
grow ,apidly worse, however. III his
deathbcd We're his three daughters and
Deputy Comptroller Theodore T.. Gil
man. His two sons are iii Europe, one
of whom Is eonyalescing in London
hospital from i long and serious illness.
Governor Roosevelt under section 81 of
the public officers Inv will make the APP
pointment T. I'LL the vacancy for the un-
expired term (uused by Colonel Morgan's
death. As far Ms the vacancy on the
now state ticket IS concerned the Rcpub-
lican state cnll!Aittee has the power to
fill all vacancies caused by death, with
drawal Of candidates, etc.
dispatch from Saratoga says:
''EiNaid Laulerbach, Lieutenant Gov
ernof Naadrltfr Secretary of State Com
mittee F0X ami few other politicians
Were III thl corridors congratulating each
other on the work Of the convention when
State Comptroller Aiorgan's death was
announced
MIR Morgan had hcon at Lake George,
few miles above here pretty nearly
all the summer aud on Tuesday morning
was taken i'll. The physicians said he
was suffering with gastritis and ordered
him not to leave his room. He, however,
dressed and took a train for Saratoga
There was meeting of state officers
called at Albany on that day, and upon
reaching Saratoga he concluded to go
right through. When he arrived there,
he was compelled to go to bed and did
not return to witness the nominations"
The body will be taken to Buffalo on
the Empire State express after the holding
of brief services at his Albany residence
The services in Buffalo will be held Sun
day afternoon at 2:30 O'Clock at the
Richmond Avenue Methodist Episcopal
church.
Colonel Morgan's Career.
Colonel William j. Morgan, the de-
ceased Republican comptroller of the
state of New York, was born in Canada
in 1910, and came to this country with
his parents ten years later. He was
educated in the public schools of Buffalo,
and at the opening of the civil war en-
listed as a private in the One Hundred
and Sixteenth New York volunteer in
fantry.
He participated in all the battles in
which his regiment took part, including
those of Cedar Greek and Port Hudson,
in the latter of which he was wounded
four times. His escape from death was
almost miraculous, and he was breveted
lieutenant colonel for gallantry.
He returned from the war in 1864 and
became member of the editorial staff of
the Buffalo Commercial, and saw service
with that paper for 20 years, being an in
innate friend and adviser of the late
James d. Warren, who so successfully
managed the affairs of that great journal
and who has been succeeded by his son,
William G. Warren, the present state
committeeman from Buffalo.
Colonel Morgan was appointed canal
appraiser by Governor Cornell and served
as chairman of that board. He was also
appointed collector of the port of Buffalo
by President Harrison, and in January,
1891, came to Albany with the Hon.
James A. Roberts, newly elected comp
troller, as his deputy.
Mr.. Roberts succeeded long regime of
Democratic holders, and on assuming
charge of the financial department of the
state inaugurated many reforms. He
was ably assisted in his effort by his dep
uty, to whom he took occasion to pay
tribute in one Of his annual reports,
thanking Colonel Morgan publicly for the
assistance which he had rendered him.
In 1898 the Republican convention seal
ed with its approval Mr. Morgan's pro-
motion to the head of the comptroller's
nffina