The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-16

NNblllluAtu llblll IllSL. lABF,l the constitutlonallty of tho law, some one would be sure to be found in the state who would charge that such a step would be taken only to obstruct proceedings and some would even go SO far, maybe, as to say that it would be squeallng on the part of the defend ants Therefore It was given out to- day that the governor-eloct and his lawyers would in all probability de- cline to take any such advantage al- though it would be well within thelt rights Co do so.
 Character of Evidence,
 There has been some talk about the character of the evidence that Fox stands ready to put before the cleo ton court. For instance, 1t Is said that the bills contracted during the preliminary campaign, that ls when delegates Ware being corralled in the counties of the state by Mr. Lllley and ] the men who were working to get dcl- i egates for him, will be inquired into. The claim has been made that in some i of these cases the bills for such oN- pendltures have not been included in l the statements of Mir. Lilley and his agents on Ale in the office of the secre- tary of state. Then canvassers for delegates for Lilley would go into q town, fix up a slate, pick out the dele gates and arrange all the other details 1 incidental to such an undertaking, and then pass on to the near fields to con i quer. II is quite possible that the ex- penses incurred during such proceed ings in many of the towns, in the state were not. in the judgment of Fox included in the list of eXpendi- lures filed by Mr. Lilley when he re- ported to the state secretary how much, his election had cost him.
 Again it is reported that another line of investigation made by Fox has been to ascertain who paid for all the rooms for the delegates at the var- ous New Haven hotels where Lilloy delegates were housed the day before. tho night before and the day of the I republican state convention. II is known to all who follow politics that many delegates, strong determined and ayowed Lillcy delegates put up at the New Haven house during the time they were in New Haven attending the convention. Many of these men were from distant parts of the state, got to New Haven carly in tho day and did not leave the Elm city until latc in the afternoon, after the nomina- tons were made, It is undoubtedly true that Fox will ask who paid for the hotel rooms for these Iilley dele gates. lt is believed that Fox has asccrtained from the New Haven house proprietor that individual bills were not presented to every delegate; :; that all the bills for apartments were paid for in bulk by Mir Liley or his agent, Colonel Isaac Nj. t'llman of New Haven.
 If Mir. Tilley paid such room bills, or if such room bills were paid by Colonel Ullman, such act it will be mentioned hp Fox was in direct viola tlon of the corrupt practices act It would he something of turn in tho lll'h " Ml l4llt''N VI ms dEtlllf NlRlll | Ullman, could prove to the satisfaction of the election court judges that while all such hills wore liquidatad by Mr. Iillcy or Colonel Ullman, that money was an refunded to either ono or tho other by each delegate, and that Liller or tllman was merely acting as inter mediary to save time and 10 avoid a lot of unnecessary delay
 This is liable to be one of the lines of inquiry on the part or tho attorneys for Fox, lt has also been hmtcd that the bill for drinks at the Now Haven house during convention time, an cx- pcnsc that is said to have been mot by Colonel Ullman, acting in behalf of Mr LilleE. was no small amount The details of why this great thirst was a nelection necessity may come before tho attention Of the election court That certainly would be very interesting inquiry all around.