Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-04-27
MAY DROP LILLEY
New Haven Paper Thinks he
Has Spoiled Gubernator-
ial Chances This Year.

In the New Haven Palladium to-
day an article headed, ''Lilley, Lake
or Woodruff" gives the following in
teresting political chat:
The developments of the past
month have demonstrated that some
thing Of change has beon made in
the republican gubernatorial horo-
scope in this state.
While 1t has been believed hither
to that Mr. Lilley has had the inside
track In the matter of securing this
nomination, and while this political
worker is known to have landed this
state in his own hands fairly we'll,
prior to the present session Of con-
gress, it is now seen that the poll
ticians who are friendly TO the can
didacies of Lieutenant-Governor
and our present governor, Woodruff,
of our city, are arousing themselves
to renewed action.
The change in the situation has
come about from the investigation of
the summaries matter the result
of which Mr. Lilley has brought upon
himself. While he has undoubtedly
been actuated by the best of motives
in this investigation, and while Con-
necticut people will not believe that
he was In any way governed in his
warfare by affiliation with the Lake
people at Bridgeport-because such
policy would be a suicidal policy that
a man of Mr. Lilley's caliber would
not enter into-yet it is seen that
there is an evident attempt upon the
part of the Washington committee
to bowl him over in the ways that
the political fighters at Washington
know so we'll how to do.
AS We look at it Mr. Lilley may
need political advisers in this state
at any moment, and he may not
There is an evident attempt to steer
him out Of this gubernatorial war
fare by some. 1t is up to him to say
whether he will now run for the gov
ernorship, or to seek to return to
congress to vindicate himself in case
he Is brought to the bar of congress.
1t is apparent that II the congression-
al committee sinks the lance into him
as 1t seems bound to do II 1t can, Mr.
Lilley may wish to be returned to
congress in order to try to prove the
integrity of his motives In this in
vestigation. And certainly his recent
experience In the halls of corruption
at Washington ought to make him a
valuable man for the country there.
! And, II 1t be so that Mr. Lilley is
returned to Washington, that event
would take him out of the guberna-
torial field, in which Lieutenant
Governor Lake has hitherto been his
principal competftor. .--@-s
Z Realizing this possibility of Mr.
Lilley's being out of the guberna.
torfal race. friends of Governor Wood
run have been getting busy of late
They find, as the Palladium intimated
many weeks ago, that Governor
Woodruff is in receptive mood so
far as running for his present Office
again is concerned-vor various rea-
sons. as already stated.
Hence 1t is quite likely that the
hght for the gubernatorial nomina-
tion may finally narrow down to Lake
and Woodruff. And as between the
two. OF course New Haveners would
love to see their own man win. Gov
ernor Woodruff's friends claim that
he has, already, IS towns pledged as
anxious to return him. There are
something like $50 towns in the |
state. So. II the claims of Governor
Woodruff's friends be true, Mr. Lake !
will have TO get busy now in order
to beat Governor Woodruff, admit |
ting that Lilley is out of the race.
One thing Is certain, If Lieuten-
ant Governor Lake was a strong can
didate before this shifting of the
cards came, he will be very much in
the fight hereafter.
However. good bit of time will
elapse between now and the holding
Of the republican gubernatorial
And time works won
ders. We haven't seen the end OF
this Washington warfare yet. And
Mr. Lilley has strong republican ad-
visers in this state, and is a fighter.
there's nothing like keep
ing political interest aroused.