The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-31
A CHARACTERISTIC Rrropr.


Times should have permitted itself to
be deliberately imposed upon, in its
issue OF Wednesday evening, by cor
respondent writing under the date
line of Waterbury. 1t gives us an un-
expected but none the less welcome
opportunity to again illustrate the Lii
ley method OF campaigning, whether
the object OF his reckless attack be
United States congressman or the ed
itor of The New Haven Journal-Cour-
Ter We should not notice the ma
liclous falsehoods at an so far as they
relate to us, were It not for the fact
that they display the same dangerous
Indifference to the truth and the same
brutal disregard OF the good name OF
others, which has compelled every
open minded man, who has read the
stenographic report Of the Lilley in
vestigating committee, TO view Mr..
Lllley's possible elevation to the gov
ernorship Of Connecticut with pro-
found humiliation
In speaking OF the attitude Of The
Journal-Courier towards Mr.. Lilley's
candidacy the Waterbury correspon-
dent alluded to says that "the general
opinion Gin that city, now is that this
attack is inspired by the sub marine
boat interests which came near suf-
fering at Lilley's hands last spring.
That is the most Lilleyesque assertion
yet made, and can safely and logical
ly be filed away with that gentleman's
assurance. given the congressional
committee on rules under the sharp
examination OF Mr.. Dalzell. that he
was led to open his eyes to the dis
honesty of the Holland boat people by
the deliberate attempt made by three
of his own constituents to influence
his vote as a member of the commit
tee on naval affairs In manner to
arouse his suspicious and provoke his
Indignation. These three gentlemen
were John p Kellogg, assistant states
attorney and at one time chairman of
the republican town committee OF
Waterbury; Franklin A. Taylor, vice
president and general manager of
the Randolph Clowse company and
Charles Ferry, metalurgist of the
Bridgeport Brass company, OF which
F. j. Kingsbury, jr., Is president
If one will turn to the stenographic
report of the severe examination of
these three gentlemen by the investi-
eating committee, he will be carried
lrresistibly to the conclusion that Mr..
Ldlley used their names without war
rant and misconstrued their motives
with almost fiendish malice As Mr.
Lilley himself said to one OF them,
who asked him In the presence Of the
editor of this newspaper, why he had
used them so badly Il had my back
against the wall and had to fight my
way out" That was his only excuse
for besmirchng the regulations OF
honorable men, two of whom were
personal friendA and 1t Is his excuse
now In undertaking to explain, In a
manner, an opposition to his candida
cy, which is personal in no sense
whatever but which Is based exclu-
slvely on the revelation made at
Washington to his reckless and au-
dacious use Of hotel lobby gossip If
more Is needed to better understand
the unreliable operations Of Mr.. Lii
ey's mind in connection with political
matters than the submarine invest-
cation, the letter printed in the col
umns of the Hartford Times is sufH-
u, \
It, It is obvious that 1t meets with his
heartiest approval for It reflects the
manner In which he does things when
his back Is up against the wall.
In spite of the fact that we have
stated In manner, which permits Of
no Intelligent doubt that every COM
munication whether signed or un-
signed, which has appeared In these
columns has voting citizen back Of
1t, the Waterbury correspondent of
the Hartford Times, speaking OF a
communication printed in the columns
Of this newspaper under Waterbury
date line, says that Waterbury men
claim to have knowledge coming d.
rectly from the Journal-Courier Of
! flee" that 1t was written in this office.
We assert without fear Of contradict
\ ton that any aspirant to public Office,
who feels obliged to meet q Just crit
icsm of his public acts with such
mad aspersions, instead of making
good with the proof of his original
charges is At only for the meditation
Of private life. The friends of Mr.