Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-07
LILLEY SQUALLS
Closely Questioned By Congress man DaIzell He duplicates
 John P. Kellogg.
LILLEY ASKS FOR TIME

WaSnlngtOn as lne ouIcolne ol lhc statement of Congressman George l.. Lilley of this city, relating to the graft that has been going on in con- nection with the building of sub- marine boats.
 It came to light yesterday that in his testimony before the rules com mittee the Waterbury politician de- clared that a prominent lawyer from him own city had been working for the Electric Boat company and that he had endeavored to persuade him to vote for said company. Mir Lil- ley related the incident to the rules committee as follows:
 Mir Dalzell asked in what way the company had attempted to corrupt members of congress, and MT Lilley answered by relating the following in cident concerning himself:
 LilIey duplicates Kellogg. In the last congress large manu- facturer from my town, all intimate friend, a man who would probably have as much influence with me as any man in my state, told me that ne had the promise of large order if I would vote for the submarine. At the same time there came down here a lawyer in politics who had been a member of the state committee and the town committee where l lived. was then-who probably had as much to do with my being in congress as any man. He came here to Wash ington and stayed with me, and he was certainly employed by the Elec- tric Boat company.
 Mir Sherman-Worked for what?
 Mir Elley-He was employed by Mir Frost, vice president of the Electric Boat company, who. he said, was a college classmate of his and that he was splendid fellow and wanted me to meet him. He told me about the excellent qualities of Mr Frost and urged me to vote for his submarines. He first had tried by getting the closest political influence to bear upon me that he could, and then a large business enterprise that employed thousands of hands. The same iden- tical thing happened very few days before the motion was made in our committee this year on submarines. A new manufacturer from the city of Bridgeport walked into my room over in the new building and told me that they were practically closed down: | that they never needed an order so badly as they did now; that they had promise of an order from the HOl- land or Electric Boat company If he would vote me right on this proposi- tion. I said: What is the size of your order?" He said: Twenty thou- sand dollars" I asked him what the profit was to them. He said: About 5000"
 Now" I said, ''let me see if l un- derstand you correctly. You arc ask ing me to vote S3,5O0,O00 of other peoples money of which I am one of the trustees for the sake of giving you a S20,0O0 order on which you are go- ing to make 5000 profit. Is that your proposition?" He sat and looked at me few minutes. and then said he did not like to have me put it that way. I repeated it to him. and said: If that is your proposition I would prefer to pay you the S2.oco myself"
 That ended the interview, but an attorney came down here and stayed three or four days-the same one and the morning that he went away he left a letter in my box at the New Willard containing a clipping from a Washington paper explaining that the department had sent four submarines to Manila and expected others to fol- low. and urged on me the necessity of voting for liberal number of sub marines. I thought had that letter here. No; it is up home.
 Kellogg Says He's the Man.
 It was generally understood Mir Lilley had reference to City Attor- ney John P. Kellogg. a son of the late Congressman Stephen W. Kel- Iogg, and one of the best known men | in Connecticut. Mir Kellogg is a very candid gentleman and when in- teryieved by a Democrat reporter he hadn't the slightest objection to talking about 1t. He said: ''I am the attorney Mir Lilley referred to. His statement of my interview with him is practically correct. I am per fectly willing that he should repeat every word I said to him on that question '
 Mir Kellogg added that this was | about all he cared to say on the matter. Others feel that the re- marks of Congressman Lilley are \ rather Rough on his old friend, but Mir Kellogg does not appear to be | anyway annoyed over it.
 It appears that Congressman Lil- ley was taken to task during ihe hear ing for submitting to newspaper in- tsrvievs and for delay in pressing his resolution after introducing If- Mr \ LsTIey plead '-timliify~ In interfering with the speaker when he was busy He said lIe always found the speaker | busy when he went to see him. whereupon Mr Cannon declared that that -was a matter existing in LfI- Iey-s own mind
 Did He Mean TayIor2
 Those vho profess to be oa the in- sIie are of the opinion that the large manufacturer h this eitY re- | ferTpd to hT Congressman IIliey ts