Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-23
ARE FEELING THEIR MY
Lilley's Friends Sounding Sem timent Throughout the State.

l Think Their Man the Only Logical Candidate-Enumera Many 4.ea sons Why He Should Be Elected Attorney Durant Looking After His Interests Gossip from State Flo. cused on Lilley.
 Friends of the Hon George l.. Lilley have not yet finally decided to place him ill the field for the nomination fol
 congressman-aI They are mere 1 ly feeling their way and in few days expect to make known thedr conclusion All the eastern parts of the state have
 been looked over. Clippings from the
 local papers on the subject have been
 sent broadcast and the returns show
 symptoms favorable to their end. Prac- tically MT Lilley is in the field; it only
 lacks official declaration that he is there to make him an actual candidate
 for the nomination.
 His friends say that no stronger man in their party could get the nomination, in fact, that no other man can get it,
 no matter how hard he may try. MT Lilley's youth in the field political cuts
 no figure with them. They seem
 bound that he shall be nominated and
 are audacious enough to say that he
 will be elected. Here are some of their reasons for saying so:
 They first count upon local pride. They believe this will be large factor
 in the election. And his independence, financially, is one other big feather in their caps. He, they say, will not have first to look out to feather his nest, as hundreds of other candidates would naturally do. Their audacity in this statement is only in line with their effrontery in all political affairs. But their main reason for insisting that he will be elected is that he comes from the most prosperous end of the most populous congressional district in the state.
 Do you think,'' they ask, ssthat if MT Lilley was in congress when this postoffice affair came up, Waterbury would get miserable appropriation of $135,OO0, an amount that is every day given to prairie cities in the west with a population of few thousands?' Un- consciously they slap at Congressman Sperry in this statement in their ardor to push the cause of their favorite. But they insist that taking everything into consideration, the nomination for con- gressman at-large belongs by right to this end of the congressional district. The other end has the congressman regular, and mighty poor one he is, it may be said in passing, so that to even things up they will fight for MT Lilley and this end of the district.
 Attorney Durant seems to be Mir Lil- ley's local manager. It was remarked in fhn Ylnrcopo1 onJ11rp7, fl, Tho nor11 last week that Mr Iilley visited MT Durant at his cottage ill Woodmont, and it was soon after Mir Lilley was first mentioned in the newspapers as probable candidate for congressman- at-large. It now turns out to be fact that while MT Durant was supposed to be baslzing in the sun, clamming and otherwise taking his ease in Wood mont. he was. at large among the ppli- ticians throughout the state. feeling their pulse regarding Mir Lil1ey as candidate for at-large. He will not state how the pulse beat. but it is evident that he found it nor nal and willing to beat to whatever tune he desired.
 It is said that New Haven and Litchfield counties have already gath cred to support MT Lilley's banner in the convention: that he will be liberal 1y supported by Hartford county, and get encouragement from the other counties. Indeed, it would appear from the statements of MT Lilley's friends that he is not only candidate, but has already been promised the unanimous support of the delegates, and this before they have been se- lected.
 The only other candidate for the nomination is MT Frisbie of Talcott Frisbie S1 Go. wholesale druggists, of Hartford. He is also member of the State Central committee.