Putnam patriot., 1925-07-17

nre of plausihility. Anyhow, 1t opens up talk here that is interesting. I First of all, Col. Tilson and the rul- CT oi the White House have touched on the possibility of the former becoming secretary of war. IL has leaked out that the matter was brought up when # the Connecticut man saw the president some time ago. At that time Mir. Til son IS believed to have plainly declar- ed that ne does not want Co become secretary of war. He feels that he should serve at least one term in the important office of floor leader to which he was recently chosen by his Repubh- can colleagues. Whether the direct offer of the war secretaryship was made to Tilson Is not known-probably l not-but at all events the colonel told how he stood.
 Friends of the new floor leader in l Washington add to all this that if Til son should jump from the office of floor leader to the war post without i serving a day as leader, he would be opening himself to the same criticism that Senator Bingham invited when he served as governor for a day. There is considerable meat to this argument
 
 be secretary of war. if is felt. Some officials of the war department have urged his selection. But the Connec- ticut congressman is said to feel that 1 his first duty today Is in the House as floor leader.
 Til,on and the Senstorship
 Thus, it looking likely that Mir Tii- l son will not become secretary of war. the question of next years fight for the l senatorship is catching attention here l today. When friend of the New Ha- ven man was asked this week if the colonel plans to run for the Republi- can senatorial nomination. the reply was: "The jury is still out" Probably i the jury will withhold it's verdict for some time yet.
 But If Tilson should not run there is good chance that some other enemy of the Rorabaek machine will try for the nomination against Senator Bing i ham. This might be States Attorney Alcorn; it might be Congressman l Merritt of Stamford
 For the machine foes have not bur ! jed the hatchet. as Washington hears it. 1 formidable fight is in the plan ming. whose aim will be the relegation to the serapheap of the Rorabaek gos- pei mission. The Rorahack folks will not merely put senatorial candi- date in the field They will also put candidate for the goverRorship and perhaps compete for other Republican nominations. Sc they threaten
 Wadhams For Governor
 The man to be run for the governor ship nomination, so rumor goes, will be State Finance Commissioner Nad- hans. h this connection. 1t Is coHsid- cred good politics here for the Rora- back people to be planning. as report ed Co run State Senator Nolcott for lieutenant governor next year. II IS pointed out that Woleott-as does Wadhams-eomes from Litehiield county. where Tilsen developed strength in the convention last winter.
 The anti -Roraback men feel rather ehirpy these days. They say they will present well-developed strength next year. They count on Tilson and the Ullman faction round New Haven, Merritt and John T. King down in Fairfield county, Wadhams and others in Litchield county. and Alcorn and Healy up Hartford way.
 To Be Fired
 Prohibition enforcement has confer red many stories" on New England newspaper men of late. State Direct or Putney of Connecticut today is slat- ed to be fired under the proposed shakeup. So Is practically all of his staff. In fact. only two of the six New England state directors, Potter of Massachusetts and Sheldon of l Rhode Island. are slated to be kept ! in different positions, of course, as the office of state director will be abolished. i The Nutmeg State has been placed with the southern and eastern districts of New York in a new division, to be known as the second.
 The new scheme calls for more at- tention to be paid to withdrawals of whiskey from distilleries and less to bootleggers. l. is ciphered out that practically all of the bootleg whiskey in this land has its source in denatured alcohol withdrawn from distiileries and redistilled.
 The pension bureau announces that Navy s Kenyon of Putnam has been