Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-01
REPUBLICANS IN QUANDARY.
Local Leaders Anxious to Shipk
 the Leadership.

Kellogg and Hall Want to Be Skipped
 When the Craftsmanship is Talked
 of-A United Democracy Will Drive
 Them to the Woods This Fall and
 They Don't Want to Lead the Way
 The Hon MT Li1ley's Connection
 With the Beef Trust May Be the
 Means of Keeping Him Home from
 Washington.
 The republicans of Waterbury and of the whole state are considerably discouraged ax the conditions that confront them on the eve of the com ing elections. They are aware that they have not been doing the right thing by the people and feel that the under dog is about to have his inning. The prudent ones are anxious to get out of the way and let others bear the brunt of the battle which their knowl- edge of men and things tell them can not but result in a sweeping victory
 
 our neighbor MT Kellogg of the re- publican town committee, wants va cation and would like fo have some one else lead the party in the forlorn hope of winning against a united de- mocracy. It is said that Senator Hall does not care to don the robes which MT Kellogg wishes to throw aside and it is also hinted that Mr Goss is not prepared to step into the breech, so that in all probability the present incumb- ent will have to stick to his post whether he likes it or not.
 The Hon MT Eilley's connection with the beef trust is worrying the leaders too, and it is laughable to note the in genious explanations they are putting forward to hide their own and their party's deeds from the people who are grooming under the weight of the conditions their management of public affairs have brought about It is only fair to Mir Lilley, however, to take his word for it that he has no money in vested in the beef trust and on the other hand no one can be charged with doing him an injustice in stating that during the past twenty-One years he has been faithful agent of the trust in Waterbury and neighboring towns and did his level best to advance it's interests in every possible manner If he had seen the error oflhis way him. self and refused to act further for the corporation that has practically put the price of meat out of reach of the poor man and his family and got out of his own vo1ition the people might be expected to forget his past record .,e. rara al n resent them in the national congress with some show of assurance that he would use his influence to bring about changes that would be beneficial to all the people But these are not the facts. MT Lilley admits himself that the trust has no further need of his service and has asked him to retire so that after he ceases to be a trust. advocate he cannot say that he got tired of the job. The11 trust doesn't want him any longer, but the father of the trusts comes to the rescue and offers to give MT Lilley seat in the national capitol as congressman at large from Connecticut and has the cheek to tell the voters of the state that it is to their interest to help place him in a s.osition where he will have an opportunity to continue the good work he has been engaged in for so many years. It isn't necessary to remind MT Lilley's neighbors that he is good fellow. Democrats as well as republicans are aware of this. If he wasn't a good fellow and a drawing card the trusts would not have re tained him in it's employ for over 20 years He is just the kind of man the trusts pick up and iise to deceive the people, but after the trusts have had him as long as they needed his service it is a question if the people will con slider him the sort of representative they want to state their case and fight their battles at Washington.