Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-22
POLITICAL POINTERS
Congressman LilIey Making Strenuous Efforts to Keep Up With His
 Ticket
BIC RALLY IN NAUCATUcK

The large picture published in the papers illustrating certain alleged phases of the career of the republican nominee for congressman-a large George l.. Lilley, has made all who know MT Lilley very we'll smile largely and obviously Concerning thls of1lce Of congressman-at-lar Mir Lllley has not yet recovered from the slashinS he received at the election two years ago, and this year he has made up his mind that if money can do 1t he will run ahead of his ticket. Two years ago he ran over 50D behind his ticket and nothing hurt his feel ings in a long time like that cutting. To bring his name to the head of tke ticket, Mr Lilley has secured the ser vices Of quite number of papers. The publicity department of his campaign is very busy and sometimes has to stay up nights to obliterate the effect of matters that appeared during the day in democratic papers, somehow have got hold of lot of truthful his tory that is liable to hurt MT Lilley's record in congress and of course his chances of going to Washington again.
 It is the intention of the people of Waterbury this fall to cut Mir Llley worse than he was cut before, not be- cause he is George l.. Lilley. but be- cause he is an agent of bad and dangerous element in this country. He has denied time and again that he is anybody's agent, or that he wears anybody's linen, but the evidence is against him and on evidence alone the public give verdicts. A month ago his friends were boasting that his record on the beef trust scandal was that of a man; that is, that he voted neither for nor against the protection of the people nor against the beef trust.
 That is precisely what he did, voted Deither for nor against the protection of the public health, but the records perhaps will show that he did y0te for the presidents order, just as tha congressional record is made to show many things that have never happen ed in congress.
 
 scandal was the only stand Mir Lilley could take. He was between two very hot fires and to budge an inch either way would very seriously affect him He could not afford for mo- ment to vote against an investigation of the beef trusts methods of doing business neither could he afford 10 vote in favor of them Mir Lilley stood like scores of other congressman stood on that matter, but he was more closely allied to the trust than many of his fellow congressman and while President Roosevelt succeeded in the end in pulling many of them by the nose into standing by this order. he did not succeed in pulling Mir Lllley. As q matter of fact the beef trust in- vestigation was for the lime light of political effect. and Mir Roosevelt knew 1t would have some on the mind of the voting public in this coming election.
 The issue is not Mir Lilley nor his opponent Mir Donahue. as Mir Lilley's press agents would have the public believe. but the party of honest gov ernment against the party of trusts.
 A number of democrats met in City hall last night and talked over plans for the November election. The press committee positively refused to give out anything that took place, and dismissed the reporters with the re- mark that the deliberations of the | session were not public property.
 The board of registration will be | in session to-day in the city court | room until s o'clock tonight. The hours tomorrow will be from II to I and from 4 to s. The board is very | much disappointed at the tardy | of the ito be mades" and say that unless they get move on them they won't be made at all. not this year anyway.