Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-15
PEOPLE DEMAND WOODRUFF.
But Politicians Continue to Act on
 Motto Made Famous by Jay Gould,

; l Motto Made Famous by Jay Gould. New Haven, July 15.-The move
 ment throughout the state against
 Congressman George l.. Lilley of Wa
 terbury, who wants to be governor
 and who has said that he will be gov ernor, no matter what anyone else
 wants is, slowly and quietly gaining
 proportions, and while Lake is appar-
 ently losing none of his sure dele
 gates, the strength of Woodruff with
 the people and the business men is
 growing stronger and stronger, and
 there is good chance that the Wa
 terbury man may be knocked out
 when the convention arrives, says the
 New Haven Journal and Courier.
 Following the noble example set
 by the late Jay Gould in his ultima
 tum, The public be damned" Con-
 gressman Lilley has admitted openly
 in the past few weeks that Woodruff
 is stronger with. the people, but that
 he (Ltlley) holds the nomination in
 the hollow of his hand, owing to let
 ters received by him from various po-
 litical leaders throughout the state
 year ago, in which letters the ser
 geants-at-arms of the republican ma
 chine promised Lilley the delegations
 from their towns. Lilley has implicit
 faith in these politicians, and be-
 lieves they will deliver the goods. The
 only question is: How long will the | peopel of Connecticut allow a rela- lively small number of political die
 tators to give or sell voters by the
 thousand to men who are making per sonal canvasses of the state in their
 own behalf? The business men be-
 lieve that the time has come for the
 close of the system of passing around the gubernatorial honor, and that it might be god time to settle down to work out good business system for the state to be run on, with a good business man like Governor Wood ruff at the head to orgainze it.
 Lilley admits that it is a good thing for him that it is a presidential year, as this, he believes, precludes the possibility of his defeat, even in Connecticut, which has for many years been republican. And mean while over in the eastern part of the | state the elders have discarded the | Lilley buttons and the children are wearing them, wondering what it all l means; for never before has a candi-l datesfor governor toured the state in his, automobile with his wife passing out buttons with picture of the can didate for the people of the rural districts to wear. Up in Windham county Lilley gave out photos on buttons to the country people, and they wore them through the day, for 1t was holiday. Then they put them away on the shelf with other heirlooms. to be worn only at funer-l als, weddings and other holidays. About the same time. but not on a holiday, Governor Woodruff delivered great plea for good citizenship at another place in Windham county, and though no buttons were distrib- uted. his speech struck home to the hearts of the people, and what he said has not been put away on a shelf.
 The opinion of the men of the | state who believe that the choice of | the people should be governor, rath- CT than person who is willing even | to break speed records in his auto to | arrive at the desired goal, was voiced | by Edward H. Swift, president ofthe | New Haven Computing Machine Co, to a Journal-Courier reporter yes- | terday afternoon. Mir Swift said:
 1 believe Governor Woodruff att tempted to give the people of Connec- ticut a square deal. and that the peo- pie believe his work Is unfinished and | would like to have him go back to Hartford with the new legislature. Tn various towns of the state have met and talked with people who have said that they wanted Governor Woodruff for a second term. One man told me that he told George LilIey that the people of this state wanted Mr Woodruff for another term and NIT Lilley said: The people do noi do the nominating"
 'I told one of the workers for Lil- ley that he could not be elected and he replied that as it was a national year he thought his chanc- es would be very good. asked him if that meant that William H. Taft was expected to carry a man who could not carry himself. and when asked him further if he thought Woodruff would be a drag on the ticket he said: oh, no; he would it.
 Some of Colonel Ullman's most oval lieutenants are in doubt wheth- sr he really wishes to have the dele ration put up for Lilley. They think that the colonel would not feel very lad If he was unable 10 fuIfll his promise by which he is bound to Lii- ey. The lieutsnants do not feel that hey are necessarily bounded by any inwisely written pledges made by heir chief.
 Governor Woodruff did not spend dollar for his nomination two years IEo. and will not in the coming cam ,aiEn. Neither will he sacrifice his Iignity. But George Liiley and his rife are esnvsssing all the factorT -illsges. pinning buttons on them nd telling them to vots for him"