Putnam patriot., 1925-04-03

Washington. U. O., Apr |, laZo.~- While Congressman Tilson of New Haven. floor leader of the next House, is in Europe on war department mission on which he is inspecting mr- milton plants. Speaker-to-be Long worth is coming before the public as a candidate for the real House leader.
 In other words, Longworth shows signs of intending to make the speak ership a more powerful and assersive office than it has been for the last six years under Gillett of Massachusetts. Tilson will have to look to his fences when he returns. For the last six years the floor leader has been the actual leader of the House Republi- cans. Speaker Gillett kept in the background and made no effort to grasp the reins. He made his office mostly decorative and judicial one.
 To Regain Power
 Iongworth wants, it looks, to take back to the speakership some of the power 1t was nominally shorn of when the Cannon regime fell. He has al ready issued one statement telling what Congress probably will do and what it should do next session. Gil lett never issued any statement of this nature when he was speaker He left this business to the floor lead CT. So it is that Tilson must be watchful or he may find himself floor leader in name only.
 Interest In Chapman Trial
 The Chapman trial in Hartford has been absorbing much attention in the nations capital. Indeed, it is more subject of conversation and con- suming interest than affairs of state. And, such is human nature, Chapman is in the way of becoming sort of popular hero in Washington. Many here would not be sorry should Ai- corn fail to get conviction for mur- der.
 Revenue Receipts Drop
 Internal revenue receipts in Con neeticut dropped off the first eight months of this year compared with the same period last year. reveals the treasury department. The figures are Sf9,3G4. .00 and S20, ,6S9. 900, respee- lively. However, the income tax re ceipts, taken alone, increased from Sf2. .92s, GOO for the eight months of last year to SIP, ,966,0 900 for the same period this year.
 They are already beginning to talk of next years senatorial fight in Con. necticut. Bingham, it is assumed, will be a candidate for the nomination and he will be Opposed, 1t Is believed, by a candidate of the anti-Roraback fac ton. This latter candidate may b. Tilson or 1t may be someone else rilson today is a potential candidate It is possible he holds that the office of House floor leader is preferable Go that of senator, but he feels that he cannot desert his friends who sup ported him at the convention last Nc vember when he was the leading op= ponent of Bingham.
 Chance to Beat Rorabsck
 If the anti -Roraback men will unite on another candidate Tilsen will get out of the race and throw his sup port to that man. Such a consuma- tion may result. The foes of Rora- hack say that the Tilson campaign for the nomination last fall did not bring out the full strength of the opposi- tion to the state boss. They say that Tilson spent little time on the cam paign, being busted with his large job at eastern headquarters of the ke- publican national committee, and that he spent no money. It is believed that a campajgn against Roraback,--and this means against Bingham, started early next year, with some money back of it, will stand a good oppor- tunity of succeeding.
 Mr. Bingham hied himself to the calm and joys of Florida soon after the Senate adjourned. Senator Me Lean hung around Washington till this week when he left for his home in Connecticut. The Nutmeg state con gressmen. with the exception of Mer- ritt of Bridgeport, left Washington some time ago. Some or all of these persons may find occasion to visit th's city off and on during the recess.
 Job Seekers Keep Out!
 Senator Bingham has been intro dueed to the inside mysteries Of pa tronage He is clerk Of the Senate Republican patronage committee,--- with most of the work to do,-and had to divide up about 150 patronage jobs among about 50 senators. He gained no extra patronage for himself in the proeess.--indeed, he gave himself a little less than the average in order to be above criticism, and desires to have it known that no army Of job seekers need apply at his office.
 The move Go get Coolidge to attend the celebration of the Connecticut I tkaskr