Show I WASHINGTON N l WA W A CO CONSOLATION SOL F FOR It LIMPING DUCKS PUCKS LIVE U LONGER SAYS fly nv EIl SEA Service Writer W WASHINGTON Dec Lame It-Lame 11 ducks may limp but they'll live longer This Is the consolation held out outto outto outto to senators in the th last election by John iS W Harreld of at Oklahoma ono on of at that rather Im- Im Imposing Irn im posing group of ot eleven Republic Republic- RepublIcans Republican ans ane an whose Senate tenures tenure end for tor tora fora fora a taw tew years at t least with tho wind wind- windup wind wind-up up uI ot of the tho present short session in March The Tho nation may 1 kill it its presidents presidents dents with overwork but it is nota not D a bit more c considerate of at its Hs It sen sn- sn senator ator according to Senator liar liar- Harreld reId who has been a political freak renk by virtue of ot belne the first Republican elected by Oklahoma to the tho upper house hour within the or of o the thEl oldest Inhabitant In some rome respects respect re It Its Iti worse on ona ona ona a senator than on a president said Harreld A senators senator's door must bo be open every hour of at atthe otho the day L H Ho must see tee virtually everyone who wants want to see lee him The president Is protected from rom tills till indiscriminate visiting list The strain o a the tho Senate Senat ex- ex lains cx-lains Jams why so many senators die In Harreld's opinion lIe He cites the eider La Follette Folletto and of at Iowa as ns examples But Dut there are alO ai two kinds of at the tho species and ho lIe isn't sure sur has lIas a a majority some Som ome conscientiously attend to every very de- de de pay heed to every demand of otheir their constituents and work late at night following the tho Intricacies or of legislation and plunging Into important research The others other pay attention only to the th big bit issues seeking the lime lime- limelight limelight light and tho greatest possible prestige with the least work and depending on their wits and pub pub- publicity pub publicity to tide lide over 1 My ly experience Is l that not more than one or two good detail men come to Congress Con from tram a a single oute otate Harreld reflected And tho brunt of the detail work Is thrust upon them as their constituent constituents begin to Identity Identify them man man has a full tull Job cut out for him to attend to matters ot of legis legis- lecis lation before betor the th Senate mit Dut when hll hi constituents constituent begin to pile pilo the work upon him the senator ship becomes b come the tho Job ot of two or three men The man of o democratic nature easily apI approachable gets the worst ot of o it Jt Tho The human Icebergs ward them off ft or they may be beallIe allIe aglie at escaping out ot of o the tho back backdoor backdoor door After Atter a man reaches the Sen Senate ate hl his work gains gans bulk like a rolling snowball as he lie gains positions of ot committees It dont don't fall zo so hard ot or course on minority members member except for tor ranking committee members Sometimes Sorn Harreld gets as many manyas aa 05 constituent letters letter a a day Senator Harreld takes take his de- de defeat de defeat feat teat philosophically and hopes the rest ot of the th lame lamb ducks tee feel I the Dame am way a The others other lamed by primaries or the election ale 10 Senators Lenroot McKinley Pep Pep- Pepper Pep per r Stanfield Butler W Weller Cameron William and andI andErn I Ernst t Some Som o ot of them are arc thought I to be rather crestfallen but but- butI but I r I haven't iott lott a a wink of at sleep over o it Ha Harreld concluded emphatically cm- cm I Any MAny ot or us win wilt live longer lonier I em-I It If oro not here hare A |