Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-26
JOHNNY ON THE SPOT
How LiIley Men Crowded OuI
 Woodruii's Supporters in Waterbury.

New Haven, Aug 26.--Local Lake ! men were much encouraged syester- day over the news received that in one day the lieutenant-governor had captured more delegates from republican caucuses than Lilley. But few among them were there who held out hope that Lilley might be defeated In the convention. A dernier hope was that seme orator would come along and inspired by the moment would rouse the dele gates into passion for either Lake ! or Governor Woodruff that could not be damned before the vote was talk en, and that someone other than Lilley would be. nominated.
 Experience has proved that re, publican conventions in Connecticut cannot be stampeded and the les. son has not been lost on the gentle men who now control the machine ! and have dominated it ever since 1900. ...
 In that year in the famous con- test between Fyler and Fessender, the now Senator Brandegee, who was then a Fessenden man, came near stampeding the spring conven- tion at Hartford notwithstanding the majority of the delegates had been chosen for Fyler and Mclean and Fyler at that time saw the dan ger in another reliance on pre-con- vention inventories, and when the state convention was held in the fall at, which Mclean was to be nomi- mated for governor, he had but tressed himself against another stampede. The late William C.. Case than whom there was never in this state a more engaging politi. cal convention orator, was a proxy delegate to the convention from Granby. He was simply held in re- serve. Fyler planned that if Fes- senden, Brandegee or anyone else made a speech which should indi- cate stampede away from Mclean that Case should arise to call the unreasoning and hurrying hosts back. But there was no stampede and Case was not called on to speak.
 This little past history is apro- pos at the present time as it is said on good authority that former Gov ernor Mclean, himself a convention orator of the first rank, Is to be a proxy delegate from the town of Simsbury In the next republican con- vention to be held in this city early next month
 He, too, 1t is said,. will be held in reserve, to be called in case of an impending stampede against Lilley, or he may be given service in any event to second the nomination of Lilley. ---
 It Is. generally understood that Frank T. Brown of Norwich will place Lilley in nomination. As for Lake, 1t Is supposed that he will he placed in nomination by Senator Stiles Judson of Stratford. This was said to be .-e programme some time ago.
 And finally, as to Governor Wood ruff,- 1t is the concensus of opinion that in all propriety he should be placed in nomination by some mem- Der of the New Haven delegation, all of whom will vote for the gov ernor, at least on the first ballot. A first ballot, as all know, gener. ally is response to an oral indi- cation of its expression, and inas- much as Colonel Ullman placed the governor in nomination two years ago, 1t is confidently expected by the governors friends that the col onel will be regarded as the logical mouthpiece of the New Haven dele gates in the forthcoming conven- ton. . E |
 It is now said that it was an over sight that a resolution was not in- troduced at the recent republican city convention in indorsement of Governor Woodruff. It is under. stood that Frank c. Bushnell. who was a proxy delegate to the conven. ton, had such a resolution in his pocket, but that before the custom ary time had elapsed in which un. finished business of this character is | the convention had | elected chairman, secretary, dele gates and adjourned sine die. If l