The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-14
But Politicians Continue to Act on Motto Made Famous by Jay Gould Lilley Is
 Confident. 7
E. s. SWIFT GIVES OPINION
Waterbury Man Openly Says People
 Do Not Do the Nominating--Sure 1, to Win in Year of National :.
 Campaign. 4

The movement throughout the state against Congressman George l.. Lilley, of Waterbury, who wants to be gov- ernor and who has said that he will be governor, no matter what anyone else wants, is slowly and quietly gain- ing proportions. and while Lake is ap- parently 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 date for the convention ar- rives
 Following the noble example set by the late Jay Gould in his ultimatum. The public be damned" Congress man Lilley has admitted openly in tho past few weeks that Woodruff Is stronger with the people, but that he | (Lilley) holds the nomination in the hollow of his hand, owing to letters received by him from various political leaders throughout the state year ago, in which letters the sergeants-at- arms of the republican machine prom sed Lilley the delegations from their towns. Lilley has implicit faith in these politicians, and believes they will deliver the goods. The only question is: How long will the people of Connecticut allow relatively small number of political dictators to give or sell voters by the thousand to men who are making personal canvasses of the state in their own behalf? The business men believe that the time has come for the close of the system of passing around the gubernatorial honor. and that 1t might be a good time to settle down to work out a good business system for the state to be run on, with good business man like Governor Woodruff at the head to organize it.
 Iilley admits that.it is good thing for him that 1t is a presidential year. as this, he believes, preclndes the pos-i sibility of his defeat, even in Connect-
 cut which has for many years been republican. And meanwhile over in the eastern part of the state the el- ders have discarded the Lilley buttons and the children are wearing them, wondering what it all means; for never before has a candidate for gov ernor toured the state in his automo. ! bile with his wife passing out buttons with picture of the candidate for the people of the rural districts to wear, Up in Windham county Lilley gave out photos on buttons to the country peo. pie, 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 funerals weddings and other holidays. About the same time, but not on holiday, Governor Woodruff delivered great plea for good citizenship at another place in Windham county, and though no buttons were distributed, his speech struck home to the hearts of the people, and what he said has moi been put away on a shelf,
 The opinion of the men of the state
 who believe that the choice of tho
 people should be a governor, rather than a person who Is willing even "a
 break speed records in His auto to
 arrive at the desired goal, was voiced
 by Edward S Swift, president of the
 New Haven Computing Machine com.