The morning journal-courier., 1908-08-08
honor and good name of his fellow member" Alb uno dlsce omnes.
 Lilley's Lack of Manhood.

found his charges utterly broken down, when he discovered that he had been the tool and dupe of able men, when he saw his colleagues cleared of his miserable charges, even then he had not the honor, the r-mlndedness, the moral strength to acknowledge that he was wrong and ask pardon for 1t. AL though his unfounded suspicious had robbed honest men in high positions of their dearest treasure-a good name-he had not the manliness to say, am sorry.
 Pitiful Lack of Moral Scnsitiveness.
 The result of the investigation would have been farcical except for the un- healed wounds of those public men un- justly attacked. and except especially for the pitiful expose of the utter lack of high -mindedness and moral sensi- tiveness which characterized Mir. Lil- ley's conduct through the whole inves- tigation.
 Committees Procedure Regular.
 In defense of MT. Lilley and to ex- cite sympathy for him 1t has been hinted that If the procedure had been different, or if MT. Lilley had not been hampered, etc, etc, etc. he would have made a better showing. The committee states that the procedure was the regular procedure established by preceding investigations in con gress and that Mir. Lilley was de- prived of no right or just privilege. However. the real issue Is not what Mir. Lilley might, could, or would have discovered The real issue is the un- worthy character of Mir. Lilley as made manifest by his own statements and sworn testimony and that of his packers and friends.
 Inaccurate Under Oath.
 No method of procedure or hamper ing could make an honorable man de- ceitful and untruthful, or make him continually inaccurate under oath as MT Lilley was oyer and over agai1 proved to have been, Nor could they force an honorable man to stah the reputation of colleagues by in nuendo, by vague hints in the news papers, and by letters written in hi; office by his own secretary and signed with his own carefully initiated sig knowledge but only disavowed by him long after their despicable purpos; had been accomplished.
 Recklessness With Which He Made
 Charges.
 Read the committees words: Tt is difficult to reconcile the declarations with the acts of MT, Lilley. Indeed they can only be reconciled by con sidering the recklessness with which ] he makes all charges which are cal culated to prove the particular ;hins he desires to prive at the particular moment, or perhaps they can be rec onciled through that convenience O | his memory which will not perm him to remember anything not ir keeping with the particular thing h desires to prove" Again, 'It Is onl! necessary in this case to state th' facts as MT, Lilley himself has testi fled, to show the insincerity and de 1 liberate falseness of his position. Again, "to testify in many instance with the inaccuracy that cannot b' explained in any manner creditable t' him" Again. This interview mus have been between the 18th and 1Stl of February, 1908, under circum stances that must have impressed themselves indellbly upon MT. Lilley' mind, and yet in less than a montl he swore to your committee that h. had not seen him."
 vitals of His Character Found.
 The avowed object of Mir. Lilley il asking for an investigation was tn purifcation of congress. After speak ing of foot-rot and scabies, he said q think the disease ought to be erad icated before it spreads" It ha been. No other member of the six tietl congress caught the infection but Mir. Lilley after an examination which comprehended the very vital of his character, the findings of whicl as reported by the committee is ap pended 10 this appeal, has been erad icated from the respect and frien1l, association of his fellow m embers il congress forever.
 Lake Co. Attorneys Prepared His Gas
 After the Investigation had been fl progress for some time 1t was disclos ed that the statement made by MT Lilley as his own and upon his respon sibility and good faith as a membe of congress by which he secured tn investigation, and practically hi whole case from the beginning. ha been prepared for him by the law yers and officers of the Lake Torped Boat Co.,, concern for which MI Lilley was trying to get contract from congress and rival of the Flee