The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-23
Especial Cor. of III. rranscrIrtD


 the coming general election. The revolt in tho republican party--and 1t is nothing less than a reyolt-is talk ing on proportions which make lt not only wise. but absolutely necessary that Mr.. Taft should not appear on the same platform with the Waterbury candidate for governor, It was prac- tcaly settled several days ago that Mr. Taft would find an excuse for changing his plans so far as this state is concerned. but. If the announce ment of this change had not been made q protest against the giving Of the slightest support to Lillnr signed by republicans of tho highest promi- nence. would have been Immediately forwarded, which would have been conclusive of the matter. When Mir Tilley was nominated it was taken for granted by many persons that tho re publican machine. of which two mcm- bers of the board of railroad commits sionors are the head would have the powor to brlpS about his election in
  Lilley as member of the National house of representatives last winter, But this has proved a mlscalculation,
 The republican In Connecticut who has long yielded political sway com parable to that of General Brayton in Rhode Island, Is c. S Fyler, the head Of the state railroad commission. He and his associate, Andrew Gates, both of whom arc dcsirous of being rcappointed to the offices they now men who were most active in minimla- ing opposition 10 Mir. Lilcy in tho re- publican state convention, So great was their confidence. and go careful was their preliminary work, that re- publicans of the cmincnce of Senator Bulkeley arquiesccd in tho movement to place LilloN in the governors chair. This triumvirate is now confronted with the prospect of a defeat on No- yember !. Indeed, the fact that thc rule Of Fyler and company inside tho party is to he broken has begun to be quite as prominent as tho prospective defeat of MT. Lilley and the desire Of many active republicans to hriue about this result Is an important fea ture of the revolt within the party that is destined to bury Lilley and thr machine in one political grave.
 II is a curious fact that, with tho exception of Colonel Oshorns New Haven Journal-Courer, tho newspa pers of the state have been generally favorable to Mir lilley, or eHpeotant of his election, But it seems noces. sary to say that grave g is tho forma arragnment nf the character and con duet of Mir Tilley which ls 3 part oi tho official records of the Congress oe tho United States, the most serious objections to eleyatiug him to tho eovernorship arc not printed and arc not likely to be printed. These things relate to his methods as business pan, to his race-track associations and the whole tono and character ol the man as he is known to the busi. ness men of the atatc Mn Lillcy it rated millionaire. He has beer highly successful as the Waterbury representative of swift X Co. of Chi cago, and in other lines of activity He is a large owner of real estate ir Winsted and Torringtou, lIo is spend ing his wealth freely in the effort tr become governor.
 Active work to prevent Mir. Lillcy's election was begun immediately after most influential and active republican business men of the state Fear thai the lndorscment of him at the poll, would bc dctriment to the manufac. turing interests of the state in tho coming revision of the tariff may have had something to do with the early opposition to Mir. Lillcy, but that con. sideratiun is uf little weight at present in comparison with the earnest deter. imitation of hundreds of the most reputable republicans all over the state. These men have read the rec, ord of the proceedings of the house of representatives at Washington, ant they feel that in the absence of any satisfactory defence of his conduct or attempted vindication from the charges made against him hy the ma. jUrlty of his associates, including Mir Sherman, the party candidate for the office Of vice president the election oi Mir. LilleN Co the governorShip would be an intolerablc blot on the state, and they are determined tO make such q thing impossible. So widespread ant general is this feeling, and SO thor, ough Is the work that is being done to save tho state from tho lowering Of tho tone of it's state government dertakcn, that majority of 5000 tc 5000 against Mr. Lilley in the ropuu, lcan city of New Haven Is confidently predicted, In Hartford, according tc present Indications the majority against him will run into the thous, snds, Mr. Ltlley's agents have count. cd q good deal on the votes of the Wdrklngmen tO offset the influence of the manufacturers who are active against him, But in tho shops of Hartford the mechanics are practical ly \ unit against him, and there ls good reason to believe that it will he tho same with the other wage-earners in the state
 Mr. Taft will receive some thous. auds of democratic votes in the state provided he lends no aid to the ef- fort to enable Mir Lilley to ride into the goyernorship on the national pa,. tN band wagon. This situation joined