The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-19
Writes Vital Letter to the Cournnt, and the Batter Adds Its Comment.
(I4artford conrant)

and the Lntter Adds Its Comment.
 (I4artford Conrant)
 To the Editor of The Courant'-
 Will you permit me to express my surprise al your answer to MT Defor- cst's recent letter? Your editorial i'm, plies that MT Lilley simply failed to prove his case, and that since he haG conceived an ambition to be governor there was no reason why he shouli not De allowed to gratify that ambition II you VIII recall the report of the con geselonal committee, which was adopt cd by the house you will notice that 1t did not content Itself with giving MT, Lllley leave to withdraw Here are q Few Of It's twenty three findings,
 '2d That Mir, Lilleys resolution was not introduced in good faith,
 "4th, That Mr, Lllley acted In bad faith In making his charges before the committee on rules
 ltn, That MT. Lilley violated his ob- ligation as a member of this house m Formulating and urging before this committee the groundless charge against Representative Loud"
 Now, these findings and the twenty others are either true or not true, li they are true, then not only is MT Lil- ley unfit to be governor of our state, but all of his professions, made on the stump, are worthless because even hls | good faith Is discredted
 | II, on the other hand, the congress slonal finding was unjust to Mir Lllley, the injustice ceases to be a merely | personal one, and reflects upon the state which elected him. MT, Liley may be SO hlck-skinned that he Is indiffer- ent 10 q verdict of bad faith passed upon him by his own peers, but his con. | g n ra \ gs .f ,l. voted for him, l maintain that, if inno cent, he owes IL to the state to right so gross wrong. To claim that con gress would refuse to consider evidence l that would reverse it's Judgment, im- plies that it is more arbitrary than the l French court martial which condemn | ed Dreyfus
 Mr. Lilley professcs to hold that pub l lie office is public trust But he is not faithful to that trust if, merely to l gratlfy personal ambition. he slips out of half-1nished term, leaving the state under the imputation of having sent 10 congress man who Knowingly bears false witness against his neigh bors
 Sincerely yours
 HENRY w. FARNAM. 4S Hillhouse ave. New Haven, Oct. l6.
 Professor Farnom, who writes tho | pV'NN lElAfl1 nus very recently returned from d trip around the world and was absent during the so-called "investiga- ton. He has just the report and per haps does not know that even those who have been using it against Lilloy have admitted that they were ashamCt of Its vindictive and ugly spirit. Possi. bly, too, he is not aware that one Of the most indignant congressmel against Llllep was the immaculate Slb. ley who couldn't stand for any reflec ton on anybody in a congress wher, he was dishursing Standard oil money Possibly, too. Professor Farnam doe not know that Lilley asked to have tn committees books brought into court and Instead the committee turne, around, and refusing that request de manded of him hie private correspond ence, which he had the nerve to refus, Co surrender There is a heap to thi affair besides the report made by th, committee. That Is severe and al shown b. this letter is damaging Blu it !s only a part of the history of th. episode. AS for LIlley going back ti congress, we have no sort of doubt tha I if he had secured the nomination, ther, would have been a demand not that l., return and be vindlcated, but stay a Ihomo and keen out of the way of th. man who had attacked him so bitterly and also out Of. the path of the sub marine lobby. He followed the line O. his original intention, and tho suhmar, iners have followed him ever since, bu' they do not govern Connecticut