Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-27

the characters of upright and inno-
 cent men, Speaking of the con. gressionai committee that heard the
 charges Dr Bowen says the person
 nel consisted of men of superior at. tainments and of the highest charac- ter. The hearings in the case were dignified and impartial, commencing on the 9th of March, 1906; and clos ing on the 30th of April, every word of which is published and before the people. It Is the campaign slogan that MT Lilley should have been ap- pointed the chairman of this commit tee. How could he, for before the committee on rules had he not i'm peached the integrity of his fellow members? Surely he could not be the judge of his own case; the claim is brazen and absurd"
 After speaking of the decision and the way 1t was received everywhere, Dr Bowen says: T point out enough to show that in Washington, and through the whole country from the Atlantic to the Pacific, he is thor oughly discredited man, that his word is not believed, and that his actions were not sincere towards his country, but were in favor of his evil dent clients, rival boat concern, and now We are told to go to the polls and vote to make him the governor of this good state of Con- necticut-'The Land of. Steady Hab- it's"
 The letter then continues to the close thus:
 There is no one act that will more quickly arouse ones spirit of inde- pendence than that of a presumed authority of one individual over another, and extensively asserting it to the latter's detriment. Next to this comes the feeling of disgust for an individual who meekly and hum- bly bows his head and obeys his self appointed master, showing a mental slavery, more revolting than the phy- sical bondage that existed in the south prior to the civil war. These two characteristics have been the leaders in the present campaign; an arrogant machine dictating the pol icy of a powerful political party, its platform, and it's candidate; this too against the protests of many strong minds who have from time to time and in various ways pointed out the ruinous effects of such course; and the humble manner in which the press and the people have swallowed the dope the machine boss has brewed and have not yet aroused from the consequent lethargy.
 'In commercial life, when we find a man fitted for his job" as we ex- press 1t, and who docs his job we do not open the back door and kick him out, and place an untried one in his position, but strive in all ways to re- tain him. The friends of Governor Woodruff would have been glad to give him another term to enable him to carry out certain business changes in the management of state affairs. MT Lilley Is now championing them in his speeches as though they were his own. The friends of Lieutenant Governor Lake had a strong founda- tion for thinking that he should be for as a member of the house, the senate and in his present office he has done excellent work for the state, and of late it has been the custom to advance the lieutenant gov ernor. In addition the state is full of active business men managing large interests, linen of affairs" as they are termed, and of sufficient growth to be considered as gubernatorial timber. No lacking of excellent ma terial. We might think that these men are doing the objecting but 1t is not %; they were defeated at the