Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-31
DOnahuc Raps Lilley,

The Hon Charles J. Donahue re-
 futed some of the charges made
 against him by Congressman George
 l.. Lilley when, at New Haven last
 night, he said:
 Mir Donahue in opening referred to
 the advent of Mir Gompers into this
 campaign as having been styled as an
 invasion" AS the head of two mil
 lion wage workers. Gompers." he
 said, had sought to obtain legisla-
 tive relief which had been denied them. And when we consider that Connecticut an industrial state, rep resents a large portion of that ele- ment seeking remedial legislation and in view of the fact that reform legis- lation has been denied and that the efforts of the workingmen have been met with ridicule, scorn and derision. surely 1t Is time that there should be an invasion of some character that will awaken public sentiment"
 Mir Donahue denied the truth of a statement attributed 10 a state sena- tor that all the legislation sought by the worklngmen of Connecticut had been granted by the last assembly. The committee on labor was hostile in Its makeup.
 Mir Donahue next spoke on the plat form blanks of the right of trial by jury and of representation on the ba- sis of population. eulogized Mir Thay- CT. who. as the head of the ticket. ad- vocates these principles. and then he spoke of his own candidacy as workingman. Turning his attention to Mir Lilley the speaker took up his labor record. and his alleged position as beneficiary of the beef trust.
 He says that Charles J. Donahue Is corporation man. and makes the deliberate uniustlfiable statement that Charles ]. Donahue. when member of the state legislature. voted for the Consolidated railroad and against the people. do not att tempt to deny how voted. was and am yet under the impress sion that the contest was be- tween the Consolidated road on one side and the Connecticut Western. the New England Central railroad. the Boston X Albany. the New York Cen tral & Hudson River road. backed by the Vanderbilt millions on the other.
 And it Is pretty generally conced- ed that Mr LIlley voted with the more powerful side in this case. But this Is not all. If Mir Lilley finds that 1 have cast my vote for a cor poratlon on one and only one occa- sion. he ought to remember that I was representing the town of Derby that I was elected upon a trolley platform. He ought to remember that by instruction of the citizens of Derby. I used all possible effort and Influence to secure a franchise for a trolley service between Derby and New Haven.
 And Mir Llley ought to remember that the consolidated road opposed the granting of a franchise for trolley service between New Haven and sev- eraI cities adjacent to Derby. Mr Idlley knows or ought to know that Senator whitlcck. representing tho fifteenth district was originally op- posed to the Consolidated road in this Montague farm affair. The represent atives of the Consolidated road sgreei fo withdraw their opposition Co the trolley fra1rttse on condition that the rspreSeuistives from our sec ti~n wo1ld support them In their fstt against. not the people. hut the several railruad companies eaumer- ateiL
 T fesr that Mir IIIley Is somewhat infAmed on acrount cf the progress If my csnpaign- hsve been tnco-- recsIy quoted whether Intentionally cr no-. by sgrne rrTorter> who have stfeasie-f meetings thst I have ad- frr<~r-i And f ur L1Ilry Is co-rert- ly guotei oa Orfcter 2S. want to take sivsntsEe of his extremely kind rruf-o<ition where hp s,ste< If he CNr rsoashuel VII hoaestIy feil the psc- pls wh<r- he rpt his funis for tkose I vfll pay an his exposo