Putnam patriot., 1924-03-07

Washington, D. C., March 6. 1924.
 The tax bill has gone to the Senate and congressman are emitting sighs Of relief and taking things comparatively easy after the strenuous days just passed.
 Connecticut gained the distinction of casting over third of the vote re- corded against the makeshift measure that overwhelmingly passed the House. Of the eight votes in the negative. Congressman Fenn. Merritt, and Til- son accounted for three. Freeman and 0'Sulliyan, the latter the only Demo erat in the delegation, voted in favcr of the measure.
 The House vote stood 403 in favor, eight opposed, and fifteen not voting. Every New Englander voted for it ex- cept the three Connecticut men, and Hersey of Maine. who was recorded as not voting. Nobody is enthusiastic over the bill, for it is a compromise through and through. 1t is more like the Garner plan than the Mellon plan at first glance; the surtax of 37 is C which it carries is closer to the 45 e embodied n the Garner plan than the % rate carried by the Mellon plan. C
 The Senate is expected to change it into a closer resemblance of the Mel lon bill. After which it goes to Calvin Coolidge. who will then decide wheth- CT to veto 1t or not.
 Mir. Tilson Fight. to the End
 Throughout the tax fight Congress- man Tilson was about the most con- snicuous die-hard for the Mellon plan s., frss..a and aaasf, ba xrnia. ed his vigorous disapproval of com promise talk and compromise manou- vers. He finally refused to vote for the measure as adopted by the House.
 In q statement explaining his v0te Mr. Tilson outlined several objections to the bill. including his belief that it would merely delay real honest tax re- duetion, that the surtax rates were too high 10 unshackle capital for invest ment. that certain inheritance tax features are calculated to deprive states of needed capital and that the cuts on small incomes are too high. By this latter point Mr. Tilson meant that the government does not derive much revenue comparatively from these small incomes anyway, and that the heavy tax cuts should have been made OH lilt lAlEN iHNkAAtH NntiA NitA Ebh= erument will stand to gain revenue.
 Plan For Convention
 Congressional thoughts are com mencing to turn to politics. and there fore to the national conventions to be held in June.
 Congressman Freeman says he plans to attend the Republican national con vention in Cleveland, but he does not intend to be delegate thereto.
 Congressman OiSulivan has inti- mated that he does not plan to be q delegate from the Fifth District, say ing that Waterbury. most consistent Democratic city. deserves a delegate to the Democratic convention in New York. It is possible, however, that Democratic leaders will ask Mir. . Sul- livan to be one Of the Democratic dei- eRates-at-large from Connecticut.
 Up Comes the Bonus
 With taxation out of the way, the soldiers bonus Is reappearing on the Washington stage.
 Congressman Tilson. at the request of a member of the Legion Post at Milford. has introduced bonus bill, which. although he does not endorse, he states has more desirable features than most of the other bonus bills ln- troduced Mir. Tilson leaves himself free to endorse this bill later II he wishes to.