Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-20
POLITICAL POINTERS
LiIley Gives Away Band Uniforms as We'll as Mary Builons.

The Ansonia band is in receipt of
 check from Congressman Lilley te help pay for the new uniforms recent
 ly purchased by the band. Con-
 gressman LIlley is much interested in the band, being personally acquaint-
 ed with some of the members and
 showed his regard for the boys by
 joining with them in securing new
 uniforms. Sentinel.
 Statistics of the caucuses held
 about the state last night for the election of delegates to the state con- yention show six sure men for Lilley. six pledged men for Woodruff and five pledged men for Lake. Lilley's men are four from Orange and two from Madison. In both Norwalk and Madison there were warm contests. In Madison A. D. Munger, Lilley man, was elected on the first ballot without trouble. For the second del- egate there was a contest. Charles w. Scranton of the Farmers club was nominated by Woodruff men, Frank B. Bishop by Lake men and H. R. Norton by Lilley men. The Lilley men were out in force and Mir Nor ton received 34 votes, two more than necessary to elect. MT Bishop receiv- ed 13 and Mir Scranton 12 votes. Meriden went for Woodruff, choosing six men who favor a renomination. The second man is also to favor the governor Up in Rockville four men pledged to Lake were chosen, and one chosen in Norwalk
 The Hartford Courant's table gives Lilley 145, Lake 3S and Woodruff 16.
 Editor Osborn of New Haven gives some of the state editors a call this morning for publishing wild cat stories that should not be allowed space in any first class newspaper. He closes his article with the follow ing paragraph: These are but sam pie replies to the repeated charge made in the columns of this newspa- per that George l.. Lilley of Water bury should not be nominated for governor of Connecticut this year or any other year, charge based upon a careful study of his public record and subscribed to by hundreds of our republicans. We are sorry that our contemporaries thinks so poorly of us that 1t Is willing to lend itself to campaign of vicious misrepresenta- tion. That hurts. The articles them selves makes us grin"
 The visit of Major Tilson to New Britain yesterday, when he called on Hart :on, the leader of the Lilley forces, caused more or less comment in New Haven. The major is a can didate for congressman-at-larg and he needs the delegates that will go to the state convention. No doubt his visit to New Britain was induced by a desire to confer with New Britain leaders about these delegates. Inci- dentally. it looks as if the major is tying his hopes to the Lilley band wagon.
 The Hartford Courant is so sure of Lilley's nomination and election that it filings the following warning and advice at the Waterbury man: "Once elected, Mir Lilley will be up against a great opportunity. He then must justify his packers or his traducers. If ever 1t was incumbent upon man to make good. 1t will be incumbent on George Lilley next winter. We have every reason to believe that he will sense the situation clearly and will give the state a clean and pro- gressiye administration. He is a shrewd man and experienced and he knows the state and what the oppor- tunities of governor are. In our opinion he wants the office for the purpose of performing it's duties as they should be performed" The C.urant should remember that old saying about many a slip, etc.
 According to story current here efforts to induce Candidate Taft and Chairman Hitchcock of the repub- lican national committee to take a hand in the Connecticut struggle for the nomination of a governor have been a flat failure. Congressman Lilley's friends insist that Taft and Hitchcock both personally favor him. and that the Connecticut situation is much to their liking. Charles F. Brooker, national committeeman from Connecticut, and chairman of the executive committee of the na- tional committee, came out for Lil- ley some time ago. Friends of Lieu tenant Governor Lake it is now learned appealed to Taft and Hltch- cock to take. some part in the state fight. Lake is stalwart Taft man and had considerable to do with the Taft movement In Connecticut. It is said his friends tried to make 1t ap- pear 10 the national chairman that the nomination of Lilley would se- riously threaten Taft's chances in the state. Some of the New Haven faction opposed to Lilley it is now learned appealed to Horace Taft, who runs the Taft School for Boys al watertown. IL Is understood that they finally induced him to lay the matter before Candidate Taft. al- though he is said not to have sym pathized with the idea of appealing to the candidate. The reply that is said 10 have been received discour- aged further effort to induce nationl- al interference T. is said to have been a reiieration of his position that he would not interfere in any state fights. and certainly would not interfere in Connecticut.