Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-08
IAKG IS ON TIME
Takes Up BIs Quarters Is Elm
 CIly- Republicans Easy.

New Haven. Sept s.-Lieutenant Governor Everett J. Lake arrived by automobile from Hartford last evening and went at once to the Tontine hotel, which Is to be his headquarters during the convention that opens this evening. George E. Sykes of Rockville came ahead of MT Lake and completed arrange ments for him. Congressman George L. Lilley of Waterbury will arrive ht the New Haven house this morn ing and take up headquarters there The delegates favorable to Governor Woodruff will also have rooms a. the New Haven house.
 The convention will be called to, gether this evening at the Hyperion theater and United States Senator Brandegee will be the temporary chairman. After he has delivered his acceptance speech the rest of the evening will be taken up with the work of the committee on creden- tials, and if there are contested dele gations 1t will be decided which shall be seated. The committee on permanent organization will meet. and its report will be submitted to- morrow morning.
 The permanent organization will be effected tomorrow morning, the convention opening again at 1V o'clock. It is then that the nominat> ing speeches will be made, and reso- lutions, if there are any, passed !
 It has been decided that Judge John H. Light of South Norwalk and not Frank T. Brown of Norwich will present to the convention MT Lilley'i name. MT Brown will be one of those to second the nomination. It was not announced last night who would present MT Lakes name, bu. 1t is generally understood that Mayor E. w. Hooker of Hartford will either nominate him or second the nomina. tion. Governor. Woodruff's name |swill probably be presented by Col onel I. M. Ullman of this city, who nominated him two years ago.
 So far as Is known on the eve of the convention there will be but one man nominated for lieutenant gov- ernor-ex-Mayor Frank B. Weeks of Middletown. MT Weeks was a cans didate two years ago, but was de- feated by Mir Lake. It was said last night that the nomination would be unanimous because MT Weeks has agreed not to run for governor two years hence. Friends of his vigor- ously denied this, however.
 The Taft Marching club will meet tonight to arrange for big blow out for George L. Lilley when he returns from the convention We'd nesday night.
 Colonel Norris c. Osborn, editor of the Journal-Courier made a state ment to a representative of the Hartford Times the other day. It was in, substance that his paper would not support Lilley If he got onel Osborn further frankly ac- knowledged that his paper would support the democratic nominee for governor if the democrats named the right sort of man for head of the ticket. The Journal-Courier has been one of the old-time mainstays of the republican party in Connecti- cut. It has been of late, under the new management, an independent, paper.
 One of the interesting questions that is being discussed by republi- cans Is as to whether any criticism will be made of Congressman Lilley with reference to the congressional investigation in which he figured so prominently. Whatever criticism would come along this line, could only come from the orators who presented the names of Governor Woodruff and Lieutenant-Governor Lake. But it isn't at all likely, it was held, that such speakers would introduce such matters into their speeches notwithstanding all en- thusiasm they put into their talks for their respective candidates. It was also declared that it would be in very poor taste to touch upon such a subject, inasmuch as practi- cally the entire press of Connecticut democratic as we'll as republican, and the majority of the citizens of the state were unanimous in believ- ing that Lilley never got half show in that congressional inquiry started by Lilley. And why, therefore, try to kick up a muss?-Hartford Times
 All Delegates Named.
 By the convention held in the senatorial district. yes terday afternoon, which elected two delegates at large who favor Lilley for governor, the roll of the republi- can state convention which meets to- night in New Haven. was completed. Below is given the Hartford Cour- ants tabulated score:
 Counties. Lilley. Lake. Woodruff | Hartford .......42 59 3 New Haven .....62 2 32 New London ....63 8 o Fairfield .64 12 4 Windham .......47 4. Litchfield .....S0 A 4 Middlesex ......36 g 8 Holland ........1s 2S O
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