The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-14
QUADRENNIAL INSURANCE EXAMINATION PROCEEDING Connecticut Mutual Life Inquiry Practically
 Completed. BULKELEY'S DEFEAT Ambitious More to Put Civil War Officers on
 Half Pay.
BULKELEY'S DEFEAT

Especial Journal-Courier News Service.)
 Hartford, Oct 11.-Insurance Commissioner Macdonald is conduct ing the quadrennial examination of the Connecticut Life Insurance com pany and will finish It in November. The examination has been in progress four months. The quadrennia ex- animation for Connecticut companies in 1908 will come up in regular order. Commissioner Macdonald, who has been in office since July 1, has made e good impression in the department
 His predecessor in the office, Ther- on Upson is living on his farm in Shelton and is having all the comfort which that kind of life can afford. He was in Hartford at the last meeting of the Andersonville monument com- mission of which he is member. The commission has completed arrange ments for the dedication of the monu- anent on Wednesday, October 23. The paty of 100, which will attend the event, will leave New Haven at o'clock, Monday, October 21, and will arrive in Andersonville at Il D. m Tuesday, October 22. colonel Frank w. Cheney of the Sixteenth Connecti- cut is the president of Dae commission and is in favor of the simplest cere- monies at the dedication. The cost to the State all told will be $1S,500. The number of Connecticut men who died at Andersonville and in memory of whom the monument has been erected, was S14. The Boston sculptor, Bela L. Pratt, who made the design is Q native of Norwich.
 President Andrew Kingsbury of the Permanent Farmers Alliance in the General Assembly will not call a meeting this year. He i1 considering the advisabiliY of inviting the mem bers of, Farmers associations in past General Assemblies to attend the first meeting of the Permanent Alliance in 1908. That course will probably be adopted No lines of work have yet been laid out for the alliance.
 One thing has been lost sight of in the political forecasts for 1908. This lost parcel is the history of Gov ernor Bulkeley's determination in 1890 to be renominated, He was in the last six months Of his term of of flee, which had been characterized by eminent services. The Republican caucus in Hartford which elected del- egates to the State convention was held, September 10, and the conven- tion was held September IT, 1890 in New Haven. The Hartford delegates were General Henry c Dwight, the Hon John R. Hills, Charles J. Cole and l.. B. Plimpton, all past masters in political management. Governor Bulkeley went into the convention with his heart set on securing a re- nomination. United States Senator Platt was chairman. Samuel E. Mer- win of New Haven, Lieutenant Gov ernor, was the aspi'rant for leadership on the ticket. An informal ballot was ordered. The number of votes cast was 449. Of these Lieutenant Governor Merwin had 398 and Gov ernor Bulkeley 51. Since the conven- tion of 1890 no governor of the State has been in a Republican convention as a candidate for a second term.
 The talk that Senator McGovern will not be candidate for the office of mayor of Hartford, succeeding Mayor William F. Henney has not a particle of foundation in fact. Sena- tor McGovern is a candidate for that office and will have a large and effec- tive support throughout the city He has carried the Second senatorial dis trict twice with ample pluralities and received a larger vote by 2S8 last November than Senator Luther re- ceived in the First district. Certainly Senator McGovern's political strength in Hartford makes him a formidable contestant,
 An organization of field staff and line volunteer officers of the Civi war together with general officers with the object of supporting a bill in congress placing the volunteers or a retired list at half pay has beer effected in the State. The headquart. CTS are in New Haven and General A II. Embler of the Southern New Eng. land Telephone company Is the treas urer. There are thirty volunteer off. cers in this city, who are eligible tc membership in the organization. Pa. pers have been received here from 4ae New Haven body for signatures Every city and town in the State vii be canvassed in the interest of tht new organization. The volunteer re.