The New York herald., 1922-11-08
Morgan C. Bulkeley.

Morgan Il. bulkeley.
The blood of the men who made
America great flowed in the veins
of MORGAN G. BULKELEY of Connect
cut. who at So died Monday night
at his home in Hartford. He came
from pioneering stock--the stock
that conquered a new country,
cleared the wilderness, unlocked the
treasures of forest, soil and mine.
Ever since 1884 Bulkeleys have been
toiling to develop the land. MORGAN
G. BuLKELEY inherited from long
line Of forbears those qualities that
raised him to high place in business,
in politics, In the community life.
Men Of the Bulkeley type know
their strength, know their ambi-
tions, know what they want and go
out to get IL. He was not a boy
when the civil war began: he had
reached "a. and had been eight years
worker. a producer, and was well
along the road toward material sue
cess. But he dropped everything to
volunteer, enlisted in Brooklyn in
the Thirteenth New York and served
to the end of the war. When the
Union had been preserved by the iron
fiber of BULKELEY and others like
him he returned to civil life, to
business. to politics.
The Republicanism of these ex-sol-
diers was living, vibrant, burning
faith. There was nothing feigned
about their devotion to the party
which came into being to hold the
Union together. Men who offered
their lives to preserve the nation did
not take their partisanship as a joke
or as gentle intellectual diversion.
They we're deeply convinced that the
welfare Of the United States de-
pended on Republican control in
ward, city, State and nation, and they
set out to maintain that control.
In this unshakable belief in the
necessity for Republican party gov
ernment will be found the key to
much Of the political generalship of
the period in which BULKELEY
rugged, uncompromising direct, was
power in Connecticut public affairs.
He went to Hartford in 1872, on the
death Of his father, and thereafter
was identified with the 4Etna Life
Insurance Company, of which he was
president forty-three years, and, was
conspicuous in State and national pol
itics. He was the exponent of vigor-
Gus, straightout, fighting methods in
politics, practical man who knew
the ins and outs of party strife from
experience in the field.
He was Councilman and Mayor of
Hartford and Governor of Connec-
ticut by vote of the Legislature when
he failed to get majority Of the
votes cast at election. The politics
of Connecticut was in chaotic condi-
ton; Governor BULKELEY was vio-
lently assailed. passionately defended.
He used a crowbar to break into
room In the Capitol when an at
tempt was made to deny entrance to
him: Governor HILL of New York.
one of the most resourceful and
astute OF Democrats. refused TO rec
ognize him; appropriations were held
up. And MORGAN G. BuLKELEY
through 1t all did exactly what he
believed necessary and right in the
public interest
In 1905 Governor BuLKELEY was
elected to the United States Senate.
and with the expiration of his term
in 1911 his public career ended. He
was beaten for reelection by GEORGE
p. MCLEAN. who for the second time
came up for reelection yesterday.
When MCLEAN was elected in 1911
by the Connecticut Legislature SOL
itary lawmaker voted for BuLKELEY,
q hopeless ballot but a gesture of de-
fiance and a testimonial to stanch-
ness typical of the hard. uncompro-
missing, determined men who fought
to win in the politics of that day.
A virile. typical American passed
when MORGAN G. BULKELEY died.