The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-03
Haven. Nov. 2, 1908.
 HENRY STODDARD.

The anti-Lilley organization also is- sues the following statement:
 TO the Voters of Connecticut:
 chairman Kenealy of the republi- can state central committee who has also been appointed by Iilley as his personal political agent under the Con necticut law, has sent out various statements refecting on the legality Of the ballots. distributed by the anti l.illey organization. A number Of these attacks have been already fully answered, Mir. Kenealy now attacks the anti-Lilley ballots on the ground that they are of illegal size by the small fraction of an inch.
 "The paper for the ballots of all the political parties was supplied by the secretary of state In sheets Of four to be set up into quarters, each repre- senting a single ballot. In the division absolute microscopic accuracy Is of course impossible, but the anti-Lilley organization, which was supplied di- rectly with the sheets by the secretary of state, took the utmost precaution In q lots shows that those printed and sent out by the anti-Lilley organization are more accurate than those sent out by the republican state committee. To have examined over 100 straight re- publican ballots issued by the repuhli- can state central committee and we find that 30 per cent. of those ballots vary from the prescribed size more than our anti-Lilley paster ballots If the republican state central committee raises the question of the size of the ballots we will meet them on that ground by applying the rule to their own ballots and fight them to the end in the courts.
 "ls it not possible that the anti Iilley ballots seen by Mir. Kenealy have been purposely clipped by out side parties who favor Lilley's cleo ton?
 "The anti-Lilley organization has been absolutely loyal to Taft and to the republican state and local tick cts with the exception of Mir, Lllley. The ticket carries all the Taft electors, l Does not the attack on small local technlcalities of the anti-Lilley ticket l reveal a disposition to sacrifice the presidential ticket in the interests of the Lilley-Fylor state machine2 Does 1t not even go farther and assal on party grounds the right of the inde- pendent voter to his paster ballot?
 "Mr. Kenealy's own inaccuracy is shown by the fact that in his state ment of last night he refers 10 the | distribution of ballots in l6S towns of the state when four towns contain ing cities casting about one quarter of the vote of the state in fact cast their ballots by the voting machine.
 As regards the correspondence of Mir Lilley with MT. Roosevelt we de- sire to point out that Mir. Lilley made a specific appeal for endorsement of his candidacy in this campaign, and secur- cd only the confirmation of words used many months ago with reference to an entirely different matter. We desire also In the same connection to direct sharp attention to the fact that Presi. | dent Roosevelt's release of the core. spondcnce Is dated October l9, or near. l ly two weeks ago. and Is now sprung into publicity in the very last hours of the campaign. giving no time either for a scrutiny of its accuracy or of verfcation, through the president.
 (signed) WILLIAM T. RODENBACH, Chairman of the lAntl-Lilley Republi-
 can Committee.