The Cordova daily times., 1922-12-14
By GEORGE R. HOLMES

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-- If you want to know what a Lame Duck is ask President Harding-he knows!
 Lame Duck" is an expression coined years ago by bright news paper reporter as describing man in public life, usually in Congress, who has fallen into disfavor with the folks back home, but who has his hankering to stay in public office undiminished. He has been winged, as it were, but not killed.
 The Lame Duck Brigade of the cap itaI Is unusually filled as result of the primary and election casualties, and the disposition of it's members is not the least of President Harding 8 troubles by any means.
 Not all of those who go out of Con gross want to remain in public life To some it is relief to get out, but to others it represents real tragedy and it is these latter that President Harding is expected to appoint to var ious posts.
 Republican Senators about to re tire from the Republican Senate after years of service include McCumber or North Dakota, with "A years of ser vice, entitling him to the command o1 the Lame Duck Brigade; Poindexter of Washington, and Townsend, o1 Michigan, each with 12 years; Calder of New York, France of Maryland Frelinghuysen of New Jersey, Kellogg of Minnesota, Sutherland of West Vir six years.
 The Republicans did not suffer all ginia, and New of Indiana, each with the casualties. Among the Democrats there are Hitchcock of Nebraska, with 12 years service, and Pomerene oi Ohio, also with 12.
 The National Capital is filled with Lame Ducks from Administrations e1 tending as far back as Cleveland's first. There is one office building in Washington that houses more ex-some' things than probably any building in the world
 Defeated office holders like to stay here. It gets into their blood-the Washington life, with itS assorted mix ture of politics, international negoti ation and social flutterings.
 The Psychology of the Lame Duck which makes him settle down in Wash ington after suffering defeat at the polls was explained a few days ago by one of the most distinguished of the lot.
 sTt's this way" he explained. "No man likes to be defeated, and no man ever was defeated for public office who did not down deep in his heart feel that his constituents had made a mistake. Perhaps he won't admit 1t to himself, but he always harbors a resentment against those who accom- plished his downfall.
 "The Lame Duck hates to go back home and take up his interrupted llfe work amid the sympathy of hls friends and the jeers of his enemies No man likes to be pitied-particular- ly by his own home folks.
 "Here in Washington he can join the myriad other Lame Ducks, and in stead of pity there is only good-nat- ured acceptance of the fate of scores of us.''
 "Also," he continued in a rumin- ative sort of way, there's the wo- men. Whatever may be only bit un- pleasant for man going back home after defeat is sheer, rank poison to a woman. They may have flown high in Washington, with teas, and sup pers, and dinners, and movements of various kinds. The home town pa. pers have chronicled their doings, per haps.
 For them to drop 1t all and 50 back to Main Street to meet the pity. ing looks of the home folks h nothing short of poison. So if they car per