Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-17
POLITICAL POINTERS
RspsbIIcsBs Rssh ls LlIIey's Aid --BoIslerips Up Losi Cause.

Republicans are In quandary
 just now. Their candidate for gov-
 ernor Is getting 1t right and left and much of the censure emanates from
 republican sources. The submarine
 investigation. In the opinion of Lil- ley's colleagues showed him to be no
 At man for either congress or the governors chair, and naturally the
 republicans of Connecticut do not want him. It was common talk on the streets during the last munich
 pal campaign that Congressman
 Lilley was an active worker in the
 republican party and was the origin ator of many of the letters which so maliciously attacked Mayor Thoms; charges which were In no way true but which were made by inuendo.
 These letters and communications
 were such that vote after vote was
 turned to Mayor Thoms. But the
 circumstances are entirely different in this campaign. There are no
 anonymous letter writers; prominent
 men throughout the state are coming
 out under their own signatures ana
 stating that Congressman George l..
 LiIIey is no fit man to be governor.
 They are not sending their broad
 side from a dark corner and sneak
 ing away after trying to hit man
 in the dark. Their shooting Is
 done In broad daS light and they
 are apparently taking very good
 aim, for their target appears to be
 futtering and is not soaring nearly
 as high as a few weeks ago. The
 republicans have no grounds what
 soever to play the part of the quit
 ter and If they are unable to defend their candidate because of the over-
 whelming facts tbat are against him,
 1t is their own fault. It is not be-
 cause of any abuse that Is being
 heaped upon him. From the latest
 developments of the letter writing
 between Congressman Lilley and
 President Roosevelt the friends of
 the former are evidently trying to
 make liar out of the "my policies" man.
 Samuel George of East Hawkins street was made a voter yesterday and he celebrated the event with a
 supper to his friends. George made
 great speech in which he said he l is an American citizen and dem-
 ocratic man and he will vote for
 Byran and Robertson, and If he can do any more than that for the dem-
 ocratic party he would like to know l it. He was given a rousing cheer. l George has number of boys, all
 natives and all promising democrats too.
 Judge Cowell kept his court in session all day today to give appli-
 cants for the first and second papers of citizenship a hearing. Quite a
 number went through but they will not be able to vote at the coming election, their applications not hav- | ing been on the filt the statutory period.
 c. H. Cables, the real estate dealer l is candidate for comptroller on the
 prohibition ticket. MT Cables is not
 making as much fuss over the honor
 thrust upon him as his neighbor, MT
 Lilley, but all the same his chance
 of election is better than that of the
 republican candidate.
 The present campaign is conspicu-
 ous because of the absence of ban
 ners of either party. Generally dur ing national campaign both the re- publicans and democrats have big
 banners floating in the air, but this year the committees must have de-
 cided it was a useless waste of money The republican machine endeavors | to make a mountain out of the fact that fireman named William c. l Russell was not a voter in Water | bury. Russell, though not voter l until yesterday, when he was made" by the board of registration in the city court room, has long been resident here and never held any official or political position. Deputy Coroner Walter D. Makepeace was also made voter here yesterday. It was only recently ne became legal
 resident of the state. Through the
 machinations of republican politics and politicians he was appointed to the office of deputy coroner, and it was intimated at one time that he was a candidate for the nomination for representative on the republican ticket even before he was citizen or a voter. A resident may be citizen and yet not voter. but only under republican machine politics can man who is neither voter nor a citizen hold office. MT Makepeace came here from New York and had scarcely hung out his shingle to do business when he was appointed to the office of deputy coroner.
 President Roosevelt has felt called upon to correct false impression of his interest in the Lilley campaign which MT Lilley caused to be circu- lated throughout the state of Con- necticut. Mir Lilley now says that If the president will consent to the pub lication of the full text of the unpub- lished letter he will give 1t out It is entirely unnecessary that he should do so. The facts are these and we
 know whereof we speak. The cor respondence was begun by MT Lil- ley, who wrote to the president ask ing him to recall the commendation
 he had given MT Lilley in April after
 that gentleman had made speech
 on naval expenditures. Not knowing to what speech Mir Lilley alluded,
 the president wrote to him to send
 him copy that he might refresh his