The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-29

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 made up of explanation of the opposi- ton to him as based on the acts he had
 done in congress pinching the pocket books of some few very rich men who were disgruntled because he had dared
 to oppose their interests But he said he would rather stand on his record in
 congress just as 1t was then that ot some other congressman who had been
 read of considerably later whom he be. lIeyed would be acceptable 10 those opposed to him,
 He declared that he favored a public
 utilities commission that he would be fair to the corporatls ns but also to the people and that he was against the lob-
 by and would work for It's suppression.
 Although the campaign is nearly at It's close and this Is probably the last time Mir Lilley will face a New Ha-
 ven audience he made no reference at all to the strong objection against his roseate reform promises that the plat form on which he stands and which he has placed under his own feet has no mention of them and that his party has shown no disposition in the past to do otherwise than set obstacles in the way of such reforms he said noth- Ing. He simply reiterated the claims he has made right through the cam paign that by electins him tho voters would be securing a governor who would bring about a public utilities commission and an employers liability act, There were doubtless many in his audience last night and certainly about the city who would like to hear what he could say about his chances of sue cess in the face of the conditions which faced Governor Woodruff and would probably face him in the event of hls l election
 There was no further reference to that famous Roosevelt letter either. nor did he give the public peek al the original and an explanation of how 1t was actually written and what 1t really means He said nothing, furthermore, regarding the coming of Taft Into Connecticut and replied not to the statement that the treatment accorded him at that time was unique and unusual from presidential can didate to a gubernatorial candidate in the same state, MT. Liley's speech followed the same lines as that he has been giving throughout the state and did not touch at all upon any of the newer matters which have been set l before him for explanation by those who declare he in unfit for the office and should be defeated
 Ex-Governor Mclean followed Mir. Liley. He devoted the major portion of his speech to national topics. Tn opening he pleaded for the calm spir- tied unprejudiced man as the great man to determine the truth in political life and 10 act lntelligently for the welfare of the nation Regarding Mir Bryan he said he did not sec how any man who voted for Cleveland could vote for Bryan and he read from letter which he asserted was written blythe dead expresldent which referred to Mir Bryan as an undesirable can didate. Continuing he also said he did not see how any man who voted for Bryan in 1898, believing in him and his Ideas, then could vote for him now. But he said, i've should have nothing against him. We should rather love him for the enemies he has made who vote the republican ticket. We hope he will be spared to run again in 1912 and l9l8 and as long as possible. for then we are sure of winning and IL will not interfere with his regular oc- cupation
 Taking up the matter Of the tariff he said that free trade Is the golden rule Of commerce but held out that it was lmpractieable and like the rule of do- ing unto others what we would they should do unto us' could not be ob- served except 10 the detrlment of the nation using 1t. He declared that England was suffering now because of free trade which was setting men out of work because it's manufacturers could not compete with those of Japan.
 He then paid tribute to the great work of President Roosevelt In up- roofing wrong doing without destroy ing the good and when this was greet ed with great applause he remarked that those who applauded that senti- ment could not very we'll vote against MT. LIlley for governor.
 Taking the topic of competition he agreed that its days were numbered and believed that cooperation repre- hn m of the future, he declared, will be industrial and not military. Railroad regulation he declared necessary but denied that MT Bryan was the orig inator of the idea and said that they were regulated already. Then he touched on the panic which he ex- plained to be due to the ever prosper ous condition of the country and the temptations to unlawful dealings which had been too great for some people to resist This panic he class ed as a gamblers panic whiclr will be over as soon as the gambling Is stopped.
 After finishing with national topics he came to his plea in favor of the candidacy of MT. Liley He said that he came to speak for him, not because of sympathy with him be- cause he himself had undergone a similar experience some eight years ago, but because he was convinced on the statements of members of con- gress with whom he had communi- cated that Mr. Lilley had not been given fair chance to prove his case at the Investigation and that he be- lieved he could have made a good | showing if he had been allowed to get at the papers and people which were necessary to do so, He reviewed | much of the submarine case and held | that the people of the state should | vote for MT. Ltley as a man who had | attempted to do what was right and |