The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-30
Torrington Register Reported to Have Broken Contract With Robertson's Rep
 resentative.
MACHINE BOSS ON THE RUN
Check and Copy of the Advertise mcnt Returned After They Had Once Been Ac-
 Cepted.
(Mlnsted Citinen.l

The Lilley forces have become SC frightened over the strength that Judge Robertsons candidacy for the governorship has been gaining in the past few days that they have placed a censorship on free speech In Torring. ton. They are carrying the censorship to such an extent that they are will ing to break contracts and go to al- most any exremity to keep the people uninformed as to NIr. Robertson's political views
 Last week representative of Judge Robertson visited Torrington and made a contract with the manager of o. R. Fyler's paper, the Torrington Regis ter, to run a political advertisement in that paper all this week, to occupy twenty inches space for four inser- tions and forty inches for the last two insertions. On Monday the copy for the advertisement and a check in payment in full for the same was sent to the Register as per agreement. The Torrington democratic town commit tee had been informed that the ad- vertisement was to appear Monday evening. and they were greatly sur prised. to say the least to find that evening that the advertisement had been left out They hardly knew what to make of such tactics, as it was a | straight business proposition and there was nothing objectionable in the advertisement, as will be seen, the copy of the ad. being reproduced in 1 full below, The same or similar ad- yertisements run in number of pa pers in the state, some of which are Isupporting Mir. Lilloy.
 On Tuesday Mr. Rohertson's repre- sentative received a letter iron George w. Peterson, manager and editor of the RegiYer, with whom th' contract had been made, with tho check and copy of the ad, stating tha' it would be impossible for him to ac Icept the advertisement because of
 the alliance of certain interests evi dently made with the supporters oi Judge Robertson and because of con. alterations of consistency"
 The letter waa written very guard
 edly and showed that the clever ham of Mr. Fyler president and principa owner of the Register, had interteret lin the insertion of the advertisement
 Mir. Robertson's representative, 1t i
 said, attaches no blame to Mir, Peter
 son for violating the contract, knowin 1,t
 + is said that such breach of con
 tract has not been known in Connect
 cut Journalism for years. That tn
 democrats were considerably riled uI
 over the proceeding goes without say ing, and steps are being taken to issu a statement to- the voters of Torring
 ton setting forth the facts in the case Below is the advertisement which i refusing to publish the Register vio
 lated its contracti
 Vote for Judge A Heaton Robert
 son. democratic candidate for eoverno'
 Judge Robertson stands squarely upo the democratic platform. MT Robert
 son favors a public utilities comfnis
 sion, direct primaries election of cour ty commissioners by the people, elec B tlon of, United States senators by tn
 people Mir Robertson Is a man wit his own opinions MT Robertson is
 man of sound judgment, ripcnod D ! his years Of experience MT Robert , sons declaration: I may not win, br f whether | win or lose my motto | and always has been, 10 stick to thf which is right and discard that whic | is wrong If elected shall not onl be satisfied but gratihed If defeate .shall bow to the will of the majorlt , ahd be satisfied"