The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-09-21
LILLEY CAMPAIGN
LIES ARE NAILED
Continued from First Page.)

Washington, / never saw him but
three times In my life, and only twice
to have any conversation with him.
Upon one of these occasions he in
formed me that In 1882, or there
abouts, Thomas Lord, his ancestor ten
generations removed. had settled in
Connecticut. My ancestors came from
the same state some nine or ten gem
erations back. That Is az close as the
relationship between Mr.. Lord and
mayself lies, and 1t Is as close as
the Republican" and Mr. Iilley get
to the truth.
Now, II as the Republican" says,
the Suns opinion Of L.illey Is Of no
value because Its managing editor is a
brother Of mine then the converse Of
that proposition should also be true.
Therefore, as Mr.. Lord is not broth
er of mine and Is no relation OF mine,
1t argues that the Suns opinion of Mr..
Lilley Is of some value. However. be
that as It may. here is one of the lies,
advanced IN behalf of Mr.. Lilley's
cause, nailed
Now regarding the interview print
ed In the Sun. ! say now. as | said
upon the witness stand. that every
word and every syllable which ! at
tributed to Mr.. Lilley he did say, and
he said without qualification, or reser-
walton. Furthermore, ! told the Bou-
tell committee that | knew of two
other reputable men, both members of
congress. one a democrat and the
other a republican, who had advised
me that he made 10 them substantial
ly the same statements that | quoted
him as saying In my interview This.
however, was not a question for the
committee TO consider. and they did
not go into II further
want to say further that Mr.. LII
ley himself did not at first deny the
Interview, 1t was published in the
Washington Herald as we'll as the
sun. and should not have escaped Mr..
Lilley's attention. Although | was on
the floor of the house with him he did
not seek me and demand to know why
l had written such a story II II was
llVI lluts Hfllitl ulu lie rise IN MS
place in the house. as It was his right
and privilege to do. and denounce the
publication had II falsely attributed
anything to him. He has not done so
yet, 1t was not until late In the aft
ernoon when Mr.. Sherman and Mr..
Griggs, whom he had also accused,
went TO him and in vigorous terms de-
manded an explanation. that he turn
ed pale and tremblingly denied that he
had said what was attributed TO him.
Furthermore, II my recollection serves
me correctly. although he made sew
eral general denials OF various inter-
views, Mr. Lilley never specifically
denied undd oath the accuracy Of my
interview
state now, as ! stated upon the
witness stand, that In making the de-
NAL which he did to Mr. Sherman and
Mr.. Griggs, Mr.. Lilley stated what he
knew to be absolutely. unequivocally
and deliberately false.
The Republican" says that I ad-
mitted taking money from the Flee
trio Boat company. That is another
falsehood, as deliberate as any of the
others. / did state then, and | state
now that ! had done some work for
Mr.. c. S. McNeir, a Washington attor-
ney, one of whose clients happens to
be the Electric Boat company Not
ali OF II was literary and not all OF It
had to do with any one client The
company did not know me and ] did
not know It. None of this work had
anything to do with the Sun or any
other paper which | represented, II
was largely magazine feature stuff, as
newspapers understand It, and had to
do with the submarine boat az type,
rather than any particular design OF
| boat for in the principal article which
| / wrote | called attention to the good
points of the rival boats, and accom-
panied the story with pictures of
both boats. None of this matter was
ever printed in the Sun, or even of
fered 10 the Sun. Mr., Lilley's investi-
cation resolution and his interview
were matters of news strictly, and Of
course were printed.
! trust you will pardon me for en-
tering into this matter at so great
length. ] would not do so but for the
fact that Mr.. Lilley's record in con-
1 gress is an issue In your gubernato-
rial campaign. My opinion of Mr.
Idley may be biased; It may or may
not be OF any consequence. ! ask nc
man to accept It. All ] would suggest
is that before the people of Connect
cut vote to make him their governor
that they should read the estimate OF