The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-04-11
SCOTT BULLITT DIES SUDDENLY
 SEATTLE HOME
Prominent Lawyer, Demo crat Passes Away
 on Sunday
WAS FORMER SHERIFF
 IN KENTUCKY COUNTY
Came West as Attendant at Wedding, Then Mar
 ried Bridesmaid

SEATTLE, April 11.--IA. Scot Bullitt, Democratic National Com. n1itteeman from the State o1 Washington, candidate tor United States Senator and Governor at recent elections, died suddenly al his home here Sunday. Death was due to complications following al attack of influenza. He was 54 years old.
 In 1926, MT. Bullitt was a can. didate for the United States Sen. ate from Washington to succeed Senator Wesley L. Jones'. At tlat time the following character sketch of MT Bullitt was written by Lewis c, Humphrey, of the Louis ville (Kentucky) Herald-Post:
 Kentuckians still talk of z young sheriff in Louisville whs gave our city it's first honest cleo. tion after years of fraud and vio- fence at the polls,
 That young sheriff was A Scott Bullitt, member of ons of Kentlicky's oldest and 5es known families, who is now can, didate in the State of Washing. ton for the United States Senate to succeed Hon. Wesley L. Jones When appointed sheriff MT. Bullitt was a promising young attorney just out of Princeton University with all the dynamic energy anc enthusiasm which have since char acserized his professional and po- litieal life. A city and county election had been set aside by the Kentucky Court of Appeals for fraud and violence. The ap- pointment of the new officials te fiil out the unexpired terms lay ir the hands of Governor J. c. V Beckllam, the leader of the reform forces in Kentucky at that time At this crisis Governor Beckhan appointed IA. Scott Bullitt as sher- tiff of Jefferson County, at the in stance of Rev Carter Helm Jones then a leading minister of Louis ville-later of Seattle, Rev. John s. Lyons, Richard w. Knott, ther editor and owner of the Louisville Post and other leaders in the civ Se i;fa of T Tn,tie,srf1la
 Returns To Law
 After strenuous six months a: sheriff Mfr. Bullitt returned to tht practice of law with the conmen- dation of every good government body in Louisville. The Louisville Herald and the Louisville Post then separate papers, the former a morning Republican paper, the latter an Independent afternoon paper, and the Courier Journal and the Times, Democratic papers were all outspoken in their edi- torial praise of MT. Bullitt's course in office. He left behind him g record in Louisville like that wSaic1 Grover Cleveland left behind hin as sheriff in Buffalo a genera tion before.
 Two years later he was elect ed County Attorney for Louisyille and Jefferson Counties for a term of four years. He was indorsec four years later by reelection by a large majority for another term
 "As a lawyer, as public offic- iai and subsequently, as a Major in the Military Justice Division oi the Judge Advocate Generals De partanent, Scott Bullitt fulfilled his early promise of ability, cour- age, integrity and high ideals, com bined with the practical common sense so characteristic of the Bul- his family in Kentucky and Phil delpl1ia. Added to this was gift of oratory and personal magne- tis1n and popularity with all class es, which made him the outstand- in gpolitical figure in Louisville until he moved to the State oi 
 Ten years ago Scott Bullit' made a trip to Seattle to be besi man at the wedding of his broth CT, Keith Bullitt. Six months lat CT Scott was married to one of tht bridesmaids, Miss Dorothy Stim- son, the daughter of c. D. Stim- son of Seattle. MT and Mrs. Bu- llitt returned to Louisville for c brief residence Then they moved
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