Putnam patriot., 1925-11-06
Senatorial Nomination

Everything depends on the record which Congressman John e Tilson Hli make. as leader of the house of representatives at Washington. whether he Will enter the race for the Republican nomination for Unit ed Satatea senator at the Republican state convention next year against Senator Hiram Bingham There is no doubt Shat Congressman Iilson de- Feleped unexpected strength last year at the convention which nominated Colonel Bingham. He did not enter the race until a few weeks before the convention and by that tune the plans had been all made for the nomination If Colonel Bingham Had he enter ed the race earlier the victory of Colonel Bingham would not have been so certain As it was Colonel TIlsOn led all the other rivals of the success ful candidate The success of Colonel Illman at the Republican city con- ycntion may have an effect on the result of the race for the nomination for senator. Colonel Jllman is again iu the saddle in Republican politics in the third congressional district and he k as much opposed, as he has ever been 10 the state machine. He is very friendly to Colonel Tilson and the friendship is reeiproeated by the lat ter. IT. with the prestige of having beaten the state machine twice in succession in New Haven politics, he enters the state campaign in behalf of the nomination of Colonel Tilson the chances of Tilson,s winning the nomi- nation will be improved and perhaps d. b. kas nrile Colonel Tilson has now a na- uonal reputation for sound statesman ship and this reputation will be ap- prteiably enhanced fl he is 3 con- sncaous success as house leader He Wiil be a bigger man before the con VeHtiou of 1926 that he was before Che convention of l924 Colonel Ull- man and Senator Bingham were, in the past ou more friendly political terms that they have been of late. l. k Weil known fact that the sena- for owes his introduction into Repubh- can politics to Colonel Gilman The friends of the latter. or some Of them at least. are mol satisfied that Sena- tor Bingham always shows by his course ln politics that he has keen appreciation Of Colonel Uilmans help fulHess The friendship political and personal. between Colonel Eilman and Congressman Tilson has been of long CT standing and it has never been in terrupted
 High School Grants
 The recent payment by the state of grants 10 eighty four towns of the sum of Si79.SIt97 for the promo tion of high school education in the rural communities is substantial evidence of the work which the state is doing Co give the boys and girls of small towns the advantages of high schools without burdening the towns. which receive the grants. with fnan- eial obligations for their maintenance. ] There IS no longer any reason. which the state can overcome. why every boy and girl living in rural eommuni- ties should not have a high school edn- cation Rural Connecticut is no long er unattFaetive by a lack of educa- tiOnai facilities Windham county came in for its share of this grant The following towns. in that county. were included in the list of grantees Woodstock. S3Z7i.07; Ashford. sl.- i69; Canterbury. sl ,2s2.25; Brock lyn. S2.996 2t; Chaplin. sl,l95.7t; Columbia, g. Q50 94 Eastf0rd. S9la.- SO and Pomfret. S9a5. Of the total amount the gum of s54. .e22.74 was paid for trans ftation of pupils. liv-