The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24
LlLLEY IN A CLASH
Congressman duplicates News paper Correspondents in
 Naval Scandal,
CHAIRMEN STIRRED UP
Declare Story That They Would Stifle Investigation Ma
 licious Lie.

The you're-a- liar stage of the charge of corruption against members of the house naval affairs committee by Rep resentative Lilley of Connecticut, was reached on Saturday and MT Lilley added to his sensation by charging that four newspaper correspondents, whose names he had in little book, were in the employ of the Holland, or Electric Boat company,
 The resolution to investigate the con- duct of the Electric Boat companys all legged lobby methods is before the com mittee on rules, and MT. Lilley had a conference Saturday, with Speaker Cannon. He will formulate a written statement to present fo the rules com mittee when his resolution is taken up. Meantime the affair is still the talk about the house end of the capitol.
 It was MT Lilley himself who used the shorter and uglier word, and he used it to a newspaper correspondent who wrote a story for his paper Satur- day morning to the effect that the Electric Boat company had contributed to the congress campaign funds of both parties, and for this reason MT. Sher- man and Mr. Griggs, the chairmen of the house congressional committees, would look to to it that both the repub- licans and the democrats on the rules committee would see that the proposed investigation would not be made.
 Tt is a malicious lie said MT. Sher- man at the White House, Saturday morning. It was more kinds of lie than that in the opinion of MT. Griggs so far as 1t refers 10 him. "It is de- liberate, unqualified, and malicious lie, . said he.
 By the time the house met at noon MT Griggs had Suffered his ire to rise to so high a pitch that those who gath. cred around him on the floor of the house expected to see him walk up to Mir Lilley and perform his function as a southern gentleman by injecting a vigorous fist into the Connecticut statesman's face.
 As a preliminary to this, however, Judge Adamson of Georgia was dis patched with a brief note, asking Mr. I.iley if he had said what was attrib- uted to him. The house was consider ing some district bill Far back in the hall Mir. I.iley sat alone. He turned slightly pale stirred nervously in his chair, 1dgeted. and fumbled with some papers on his desk as he read the note By no means, he said to Judge Adamson My. Griggs himself appear. ed and proposed to introduce the tes- timony of the correspondent who had written the newspaper article
 You're an employe of Inc Holland Boat company" said Mir. Lilley to the correspondent. who was brought. T have been warned against you, and you arc a liar
 "You are taking advantage of your position on the floor of the house tC insult me, said the correspondent.
 q will go with you 10 any remote spot in this district and repeat the statement said Mir. Lilley, to which the correspondent made no further an swer than that while the gentleman was going to that remote spot he might as well go to a hotter cline.
 Down in front of the speakers desk Messrs. Grggs, sherman, Adamsor and Llley met the correspondent agair l shortly aftcrward.
 Mir. Lilley has been making a number of charges against various members il connection with the submarine matter and others. Several members are quot l cd as saying they heard him make tho remark attributed to him by the cor l respondent The charge of graft i' I quite common with him, and members assert that they want him to do some proving now of his charges.