The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-30
Friday, october 30, 1908.
wANTED--THE TRUTH.

WANTED--THE TRUTH.
 George l.. Lilley of Waterbury the machine candidate for governor of Connecticut, continues to be the most reckless campaigner who ever sought the support of the electorate. His blunders have constituted a contIn- uous performance and wherever he has spoken, as here in New Haven, he has added to his reputation as a side stopper. He has ignored legiti- mate questions put by responsible par ties and he has made amazing charges against Connecticut institutions, which, if true should lead at once to the repeal of the charters under which they are doing business. Because these are the things he has done, the time has come for him to tell all he knows of corporate rascality and lob by viciousness.
 Tn his speech at the Hyperion thea ter, Wednesday evening Mir. Lllley de- clared in so many words that the pub lie service corporations of the state constitute the evil political machine, which should be overthrown, and that they support the lobby, which has done so much to rob the innocent people of the state of their birthright Be- cause A. Heaton Robertson is d. rector in some of these corporations he points ito him insolently as their willing creature. Said MT. Lilley: The real machine in this state Ifs and has been the Consolidated railroad, the telephone monopoly and the gas and water companies, and that a great many of the affairs of our common wealth are discussed and arranged at meetings of their boards of directors" Then follows the disgraceful intima- tion that because MT Robertson Is a director in some of the corporations he is the arch machinst of the lot and that his political mission in life at present Is to exploit the people of Connecticut for the benefit of those corporations.
 This is the attitude of man who is one of two things. He is either a political rogue, or thoroughly we'll informed crusader against evil doing, In order that 1t may be determined which he is, he must at once produce the evidence necessary to substantiate his charges against these corporations and against Mir, Robertson. If he can substantiate them, there will remain no further question of his honesty in that connection and he will be entitled perhaps to ask to he forgiven for past errors and omissions If he cannot substantiate them, he should be re- pudiated by the voters of Connecticut aud by no common vote of rejection. Therefore let insinuation andinnuendo such as we had in the submarine scan dal go, and let us have in their place the offenses of which these corpora tions are guilty or have been guilty how they proceeded to exploit the state who the men are that were em- ployed to do the work the names of the legislators who were bought, the sums paid and the various other things which necessarily enter into the justi- fcauon of Mir. Llley's charges.
 Mir billey has said that he was not given a fair show at Washington; that had he been given that show he would have delivered the evidence and cleansed the federal halls of legisa- ton of foot sore and rabies" Nc such obstacle arrests him here, The public halls of the state are at his dis posal the state press is at his com. mand and so are the columns of The Journal Courier Mir, Lilley as a re- rutable candidate for governor, which his friends declare him to be, has gone