The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-04-10
LIEUT., GOV. LAKE
Is READY TO BOLT
Suddenly Calls a Halt on New
Tactics of Republican Ma
chine in Electing
Delegates.
KENEAlY GIVEN NOTICE
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Protest TO stop Organized Move.
mcn' to hlcrt Men This Spring
10 Control Fan Con-
vcntion.
KENEALY GIVEN NOTICE

Hartford, April "a big stir in the
republican party was caused to-day
when Il was announced that Lieuten-
ant Governor Everett j. Lake, who Is
hot after the gubernatorlal nomina-
ton, had made protest to Chairman
Michael keneay of the republican
state central committee regarding the
method In which delegates are being
chosen for the state convention to be
held in Hartford next fall The lieu
tenant governor threatens to bolt IL
the tactics of the machine are not
changed ere long. He has served no
tIcc on MIR. Kenealy that there must
be a halt. Governor Lakes protest Is
| based on the recent action of Stam-
/ ford convention which, II Is under
stood, chose delegates to all forthcom-
ing conventions while selecting those
for the national convention TO he
held IN June Mr. Lake Is quoted as
being strongly for Taft and being de-
slrous of keeping national issues apart
from those concerning the state at
| this time. He has no fault to find
with the consideration which he re-
| ceived IN the selection of the delegates
at Stamford Two of the delegates
are for Liley and two for Lake. Tho
lieutenant governor feels that he has
been treated fairly by this division Of
| delegates But the selection Of the
delegates at this time was an arrange
ment that IN his opinion was decided
] ~ inimlcal to his interests. II was
! the date that he objected to and not
/ the delegates. lie learned something
that satisfied him that the word had
been passed around TO other towns to
elect delegates 10 the fall election this
spring. In Middletown the pins had
been all set up TO follow the example
of stamford, with the difference that
all the delegates We're to be opposed
i to Lake The lieutenant governor
/ concluded to take a hand In the game
Of political bowling and. as he was
/ about to roll the ball that would bowl
/ over the pins in county town of Mid
| dosex he was informed that a similar
situation was developing IN Stonlng
/ ton. and Bridgeport. II was then that
Lieutenant Governor Lake decided to
have a conversation on the matter
with Chairman Kenealy.
Mr.. Lake pointed out to Chairman
Kenealy that It was not right to be
mixing up" the presidential and the
state tickets.
81 am for Taft for president and as
a loyal Taft man ] protest against in
volving tho presidential canvass with
tho state ticket" said Lake.
Continuing the conversation with
Chairman Kencaly the lieutenant
governor said that IL the chairman did
not at once put n stop to the move
ment which was unjust to Taft and
also TO him tthe lieutenant governor
he desired to register protest against
It. THE Stamford affair Is a small
matter in itself and, perhaps, | will
not take 1t to the state convention
but / protest against it" said Lieu
tenant-Governor Lake.
The result OF the conversation he
tween tho lieutenant-governor and the
state chairman was that Mr.. KeneaIy
promised to put a stop to the move
ment and Lieutenant-Govern Lake
left, feeling satisfied that Chairman
Kenealy will realize the seriousness oi
tho irregularity Of the movement and
put stop to It,
The friends Of Lieutenant-G Governor
Lake are quite wrathy Mt the manner
in which the lieutenant-g governor Is
treated by the machine, They say
that those who are in charge Of the
state organization Of he party are de.
tormned to resort to every means t.
prevent his nomination for governor
Their loyalty to the party organization
is being put to a severe test, and thi'
movement in regard to the election o
delegates has brought it dangerousl!
near the straining point. Lake mer
in many towns in the state, whose re
publicanism is rock-ribbed. have said
when asked what they would do II
case the movement was not stopped
Bolt"
1ncre seems 10 Nc Ho u'uDI WA
u. the Lake men will organize an inde
] pendent republican party, with Lieu
tenant Governor Lake for governor
If he is defeated at the state conven
. tion by methods which they canno
9 reconcile with regularity or fairness
!, They will find an ilustrious eXampl
of the righteousness of bolt in tn
case of Mr. Taft himself, when h
: smashed the republican state machin
a in Ohio.