Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-29

uoie cAPoiicueeu, II uot pctteT du- visers and managers.
 Of course the weather was against our republican friends last night, but cutting the weather out of 1t the party in this city is having a hard time trying to stir up enthu-
 siasm. In the good old days such meeting as the one held in City hall last evening would be termed a dis, nal failure. Congressman Hill, the principal speaker of the evening, wasn't able to put much life into the session, for it took the greater part of his time, explaining about that skunk he saw in the road, when he didn't have his gun, and apologizing for his fellow member of congress, the Hon George L. Lilley. MT Hill, says he didn't mean to reflect ol congress when he said that about the skunk and the manner in which he tried to square himself wouli lead one to think he was afraid some Boutell committee might get after him. He advised those who want to judge George L. tLilley to look through republican glasses. That's the kind that has, been used, MT Hill. It is republican row all through. A republican congress took up the submarine investigation, a republican speaker named the com. mittee, and it was a republican com mittee that placed on the head of Lilley all that has been said in the way of liar, traitor and perjurer. I It was republicans that were called from Waterbury to Washington to tell their innermost thoughts which they are foolish enough to whis-.j per to Congressman Lilley as one friend might in confidence talk te another. It is republican rumpus from the start, and the democratsI have had nothing to do only look on, and wonder if things are really as rotten at Washington as repre- sented by Congressman Lilley who attacked the skunk and Congress, man Hill who saw the thing but ] didn't have his gun. MT Hill is quoted as follows in regard to the skunk episode and the vote on the Boutell report On the Lilley submar- inc investigations: "The editor of the Journal-Courier inferred that I | charged that congress was rotten when I said that there was skunk there.' I didn't have congress in i mind and no man has any right to draw any such inference. The actual vote on the report of that investi- gating committee was 158 in favor, S2 against and of the 29 New Eng land representatives, 19 were press ' ent and voting. Twelve voted no On the report of the committee and z aye. Of the 12 nays one was a democrat. Of the seven ayes two were democrats. Striking out the democrats, II of MT Lilley's New England republican colleagues voted no and five voted aye. Before the vote was announced one of the five came to me and told me that he was against the report and only voted in favor of it because he was old that that was the only way to stop the controversy. Changing his Tote in accordance with his own dec, aration it would leave Mir Lilley's New England republican colleagues, Ill of them thoroughly familiar with he situation, standing 12 in his avor and 4 against him. This is a of three to one, which is Ilmost exactly the proportion by which he was nominated in the Con- lecticut republican convention. Un- Ter these circumstances it seems to ne that any further discussion of his question is entirely useless" Hill might as we'll try o make water run up hill as to turn eminent in MT Lilley's favor in re. ard to this submarine business. Lil- ey put his foot in 1t squarely and
 
 ow he is paying for it. Where Tere all the New England members f congress when the report was be- ng discussed. How many of them ook the floor to help him out. It } easy enough to count noses now. ut the time to have made noise Ias when that republican committee -as putting the odium of liar on