The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-28
Student, on Examination of Original Sources, Considers Him Weighed and Found
 Wanting
LACKS SENSE OF JUSTICE
Such is the Result of Reading Uu- biased Account of TnyestiSa- iun--~tommittce's Treat.
 mcnt Fair.

Wil you print for soe country read CTS this statement refused by Hart
 ford paper?
 My story starts some time before the caucus, when neghhor running as Lilley delegate stopped mo in the street to gIvo mo reasons for supporting Mr.
 Lilley He urged that if there wero courageous stand in congress against graft was of itself enough l under
 took to look mp this matter for myself and report It was my vacation time
 and as student with some experience
 in truth-seekiug 1 went to the state library in Hartford to study the case
 from national records There was supplied not only with congressional records and special reports, but also with the two massive volumes of Hearings
 there saw Mir LIley's course from
 the time when he first introduced his
 resolution for an investigation as if is laid bare for all time for students of
 our history on the official records of tho nation No man with the DOW War
 to free himself from local prejudice and personal or party bias can study
 that record and fall to see that great consideration was shown Mir Iilley by the special committee throughout the investigation and that every possible
 opportunity was given him to make | good his charges That tho opening i words of the chairman are sincere, is
 shown by the conduct of the commit | tee throughout "Thc sole object of
 this committee being the attainment Of ultimate truth, the fullest opportunity, 1 of course, will be afforded to Represnn- tatlye I.illey and to all persons Who are affected by these charges to aid the committee in getting at tho truth. our | object is Co do justice to all and to
 maintain the dignity of the house o' l representatives
 So much for the committee, now how
 about MT Lilley? That hc had a slncoro l belief in the guilt of the accused need
 not De questioned here outside oC that ! the calibrc of the man was shown. and 4 these facts must be faced Before th, committee was appointed Mir LilIcy an- peared before the committee on rules i where nc made charges duplicating fcl- ] low members and cited his own cxpcri- ! cnces to show improper methods of tho company accused Note that he Is now | both aceuscr and witness, When ask. | cd for names he makes the definite 1 promise to indicate them "as soon as
 the committee is appointed
 1 But when tho committee was an, I pointed and proceeds at onco very properly to nsk Mr Lilley to keep his
 promise, Mir Lillcv demurred II is ! this failure of MT Lilloy to keep nl7 word and to adhere strictly to the
 truth that must staggcr his most pfc. 1 judlcod supporters. And when you add i that defect in ordinary common sens,
 of justice. that made him, as it tran. l spired expect to be made a judge m q case whore he was nccuscr and wituos,
 too. you have glimpse at tcmrara. ment which when weighed against thr unqucstioncd prohlty and judicial hal. ance Of his democratic opponent. shows such a lack in essentials that this fact alone explains why many republicans
 like myself who put tho good of the
 state ahoad of party subsorvicnco, arc
 oven forced to vote for Judge Robert
 son, j E. ' smshury, oct. 26, l9oS