The morning journal-courier., 1908-08-08
tric Boat Co, against which the in- vestigation was directed.
 Heal Purpose of Mir. LlIIey Exposed.

'iiN PVdt 1ost dEdlHSl NHltH tHt lH- vestigation was directed.
 Real Purpose of Mir. LIIIey Exposed.
 Read what the committee says on this point: By stating on his honor and responsibility as member that he had information not based upon hearsay that required investigation respecting the conduct of his col leagues, he invoked the entire ma chinery of the house of representa- tlves to institute proceeding against q private corporation for the henefit of another private corporation. Your committee therefore has no doubt that MT Lilley's resolution was not ntro- dnced to secure an investigation but was introduced to secure legislation" '"
 Dr. Jekyll and Mir. Hyde.
 The evidence fully established that Mir Lilley, 10 whose sensitive nostrils the Electric Boat company Is stench, at the very time he was reported In the newspapers as charging members of the naval affairs committee of the house with being "traveling salesmen for the Electric Boat company" was himself alone of all the members of that committee. soliciting a contract and that contract in the interests of the Lake Torpedo Boat company; es- abolished also that after writing 10 among the well-meaning members of congress the Lake people have more friends bsause they have never em- ployed the methods of the Holland i type people" MT Lilley himself made use of anonymous letters full of lase statements written by the agent of the Lake people to hlacken the char acter of his colleague Loud; estab- fishes further as crowning infamy that after MT. Lilley's holy enthusiasm to purify the house of representatives rose to such a pitch that he deter mined to demand on investigation, he offered to James S. Sherman. now re- publican candidate for vice president of the United States, to withdraw that l demand If the action of the naval committee could be so changed that competition for submarine boats could again be thrown open Tn other words If legislation could be sc shaped that the Lake Torpedo Boat company could secure contracts fol it's hoats although these boats had been beaten in fair open competition DastardIy Attempts to Jnjurc Innocep, |
 I realize that the above synopsi, of the investigating committees re. port cannot have the compelling force of the complete document, with ts masterly chain of evidence, its com. plete exposure of the dastardly at tempts to injure innocent public men and the multltudinous details which confirm the justice of its findings However, trust that enough has Deer shown to convince conscientious vot CTS the state over that MT. Lille! should not be made governor.
 Crushing Moral Verdict
 Men of character throughout ou broad land have only one standard O honor, one law of conduct and thu same definition of good repute. Coo in Washington means good In Conhec ticut, and evil in Washington mean evil in Connecticut. A crushing mora verdict, supported by all too abun dant sworn evidence, and pronounc ed by five distinguished and who'll disinterested men in Washington, vii carry conviction to conscientious cit izens in this state, and MT. Lilley wil not be allowed to graduate iron Washington with the damning resolu ton of congress transposed into a al ploma to entitle him to higher homo from us.
 Attempts to Weaken Report of Com
 mittee.
 Attempts will be made to weake the report of the committee by allega tons of bias, of unfair procedure, 0 unjust restraint But no scraping 0 mud from MT Lilley to bespatter tn committee can leave Mir. Lilley clear He stands forth from that investiga ton a tnOrOuRnly ulScTeulleu ilidi Through his own undisputed word and acts his lack of the essentla qualities of true manhood becom painfully apparent Moral stamins honor, high -mindedness, respect fo the reputation of others and apprecia ton of the dignity of public office. ap pear absent from his makeup; an his readiness to allow mere suspicion! innuendoes and anonymous reports t control his action in weighty affairs shows a. rneanness of mind and a dis trust of human nature which rende him wholly unfit for public office
 Republican Leaders Rare OpporMnit
 The republican leaders who are pror ping Mir Lilley in his unstable positio ! are apparently willing to throw ava the finest opportunity of their lives do themselves and the state an ines timable service, Why can they no fairly say to MT Lilley that, wlthou ! passing judgment upon him. the Con gressional record made by him durin