The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-29

p,settv ll This city. Tie @Crowhar toN-
al Connecticut. Who has just been
,l,-tsd ,e succeed Gen. Joseph II Hawley
TINTED states senator from the Nutmeg
s,,+o las occupied unique place in
Connection politics for tweniy-fivo years.
~ an. luE though he served for two
Governor Of the state, lac was
ao,.,. elected lo the office directly by the
,c.,o uo fr-' time he got possession
:, office through the General Assembly
end ,tc -ecorI ho retained II by an appeal
nihe -uuomo Cou.t.
f.ir Tradition along the Connecticut
No. near where senator Bulkelev was
o,uls- 70 fha, the frat word he war heard
>. .t. ,a- senate and that At his first
g,rre at B., geography he pointed lis child
IN rprsr .t Washington and then hinilingly
D.,i,6 az i.t. nurse Certainly for the last
,n,r,v vca5, he hrs had his eyes fixed in
,.o diic,u.u of the nation's capital,ond for
,letfa.ioclve wears he has openly declared
tir..,N a c.uddntr for the first vacant
srai boz 'ie senate
m. POLITICAL preparation for the Office
logan uat thirty years ago when he won
ont ir a ward eight for n seat in the city'e
Common Council From there he entered
tho AMermanic chamber,
Then for eight wears, beginning with 1880
he WIS the head OF the city government
hopsndal Mayor introduced such financial
reform, that Hartford became a model II
vesonlva short stop from the City Hall here
IN tho tapiol on the hill and Mayor Bulke-
Low ,,adc II In 1899. thanks TO the Legis-
hiurp He did not receive tho majority
ef yotea required in Connecticut TO elect a
Governor. but as the Legislature WAS Re-
publican IL gave him the Office and he
took his scat in January Of that year.
Then came at the next election the dead
locked Assembly which carried Coy. BULGE
lev over another term. 1t was during this
session that he won his title OF -Crowbar
Governor
None Of the candidates for Governor had
amaiority Of the votes and the Legislature
could not elect because the Senate was
Democratic by ma iority OF 8, while the
Republicans held the House by 10. In the
deadlock that resulted Gov. Buckley held
over.
The Comptroller, Nicholas staub OF
New Milford. was the only Democratic
State official In power, He had charge OF
the Capitol and took the position that
Gov. Buckley was an intruder after the
cloee Of his first term and had no official
rights whatsoever in the Capitol.
The Governor WINS In the habit OF walk
ing from his executive chambers into the
Senate hall when he felt like It. One day
the Democratic Senators wanted TO hold
a secret n ing and at their request Comp
,roller Staub locked the Governor out OF
the Senate chamber. Mr. Bulkeley
promptly got crowbar and broke his way
In. The next week all the Republican
legislators wore miniature crowbars on
their watch chains az souvenirs OF the VIC
tory and the name that has stuck to Sena-
tor Buckley ever since was conferred
on him
Senator Buckley has the distinction OF
being the only Governor so far as known
IN this country who paid out Of his own
pocket all the State expenses during his
two years in Office. The deadlock in the
Legislature prevented the passage of any
appropriation bill to pay running expenses.
When the question Of borrowing the neces-
,ary funds came up Gov. Bulkeley came
forward with 500 900 which he put at the
disposal Of the State relying ON the next
General Assembly to reimburse him. The
GHt act Of the Legislature Of 1893 was 10
accept the accounts Of the former Governor
and pay him without question.
When the question came up OF an appro-
pnation for Connecticut's representation
at the worlds fair at Chicago. Senator
Bulkeey saw that the Legislature would
make no appropriation for the purpose
and called a meeting Of manufacturers
aud others ana collected by private sub
scription a larger fund than would have
been asked from the State Treasury.
At tho dedication of the worlds fair
In October. 1902 Gov. Buckley refused
10 parade until he was allowed to he es-
corted by the Foot Guards of the State
whom he took with him for the purpose.
There was wrangle between Connecti-
cuts representatives and those in charge
Of the parade, the latter urging that it was
civic AFFAIR and that the Nutmeg State
was the only one demanding a military
display
ia" Foot Guards are as much my escort
as my staff replied Gov. Bulkeley. Where
20 they viii 60 | brought them here fer
nat purpose" And they went.
Since stepping down from the Capitol
senator Bulkeley has been the adviser
'n'chief Of the manag rs Of the Republican
iariy 10 Connecticut. always with the I'M
oers'ardug that Washington was still on
'he map. Whenever the wheels OF the
mry machine needed lubricating the cam
ta'sn managers have always relied on the
former Go vernon to furnish the oil.
dis reputation for generosity has made
nm chain Of friends that extends across
Sohneo'cui His popularity among the
1'snd Army men has been demonstrated
frequently at national encampments.
liz pluck ana perseverance in the pursuit
whatever he sets out 70 accomplish not
On'y landed him in tho United States Sem
A'e' hui also won for him wife, according to
.s -'ory told here At dinner party one
evening some Of the guests we're ioilyinR
a4' ol hls popularity with the Hartford
S.rls' When the wife, who, before her mar
n3s9' twenty years ago was Miss Fanny
D. Houghton Of San Francisco. turned TO
u', ~ ana said iokingly:
Vel, ! made him come acroas the co,ln-
ny FOR me
les that's right" quickly replied the
generally do
n. We bulkeley II president Of the Colonial
LoIIes ~ Nonnecticut and both she and her
IL. 'aNn are identified with tho various
na attol.oaI societies. These associations arc
80 responsible for Mr.. Bulkeley's
f.t'4l interest m autigries Daaln from, IL.