Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-30
ARE THERE TWO
 GEORGE |. LILLEY'S
Tho We'll Known Congressman Denies Connection With Trusts, Coult
 Documents to the Contrary.

In his speech in the City hall Sat- urday evening. George L. Lilley, who wishes to be returned to congress, is quoted as follows in reply to an ac- cusation made by his opponent. the Hon Charles Donahue of Derby:
 Now as to his beef trust charges. The fact is, l have been fighting the beef trust all my life. When l came here twenty-five years ago man named Swift, now dead. became my partner. he supplying most of the capital and the hard work, and you can be sure that for anything ever got beyond my share had to fight for, and fight hard.
 Tt was just matter of strict Yankee business on both sides. I took their goods on commission and sold them, and had to pay for them on sight draft, too, sometimes before the goods arrived, and sometimes when had no money in the bank and had to scratch among my friends to get 1t. Isn't 1t rather funny that such corporation should spend @100,000 to elect me, as one of my opponents charged in previous campaign? Isn't 1t also strange that after this munificence. when the only measures in which the beef concerns had any direct interest came before congress. namely, the meat inspection bill and the pure food bill. l voted against them, and for the bill as endorsed by President Roosevelt?"
 The following, taken from the file of the suit of 622 in the superior court. known as the suit of George L. Lilley and others, meaning the Swifts, against the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Go, 10 supposed to tell the truth. nothing but the truth. and the whole truth: "To the Sheriff of the County of New
 Haven. His Deputy. or either Con-
 stable of the Town of Waterbury.
 within said County-Greetlng:
 By authority of the state of Con- necticut, you are hereby commanded to attach to the value of $5,000 the goods or estate of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co, duly organized corporation, transact ing business in said Waterbury, and 1t summon to appear before the dis trict court of Waterbury, to be held at Waterbury, in and for the district of Waterbury, on the first Tuesday of September, 1903. there and then to answer unto George l.. Lilley, of said Waterbury. Edwin c. Swift. Lewis F. Swift and Charles H. Swift. all of Chicago, III. parties transact ing business in said Waterbury under the firm name of Lilley, Swift & Co, in civil action." etc.
 The above is the first paragraph in an injunction by Mir Lilley and the Swifts to restrain the railroad com pany from running its cars upon a spur track which ran alongside the Lilley, Swift & Co.'S plant and the Bohl property. with the object of pre- venting the unloading of goods to the Bohl company, because the latter was not trust agency Still. in an al- legged interview with the Waterbury Republican. whose manager repre- sents MT Lillev officially in this cam paign. Mir Lilley says and thereby denies his complaint to The second highest tribunal of justice in the state:
 "I am glad you put that question:" said Mir Lilley. "It gives me the op-' portunitv to say in the first place that I haven't a dollar invested in the beef. trust. About fifteen years ago was induced to purchase 100 shares at par of Swift & Co. paying therefor $10.000. Soon after the company passed it's dividend and my stock declined to 67. at which price sold out at net loss of $3.300. and that is the only financial interest have had in my life with any corpora ton. That loss of 8 300. which was made m of my first savings, cured me of all desire to own stock of any kind. Since then my investments have been confined wholly and strict Iy 10 real estate in the Naugatuck valley. all of which is in full view of the assessors. have been associated with 1t. but solely as commission merchant. have no more to do with It's business practices or with its prices than those who eat its products. For many years was practically in it's employ as local sales agent of It's goods. but am as innocent of It's virtues or its faults as any other employe 1t had or has"