The Washington times., 1922-08-20
Biennial FLOCK
Of LAME DUCKS
TOVEXHARD|NC
State Primaries Retire Many
Statesmen High Up In
@. o. p. Councils.
by JAMES r. N0URsE.
Universal Service Staff Correspondent

Universal Service Staff Correspondent.
The biennial flock Of "lame
ducks" Is beginning to show itself
above the Congressional horizon:
Every two years this type OF
bird, peculiar to American poll
tics, gets a notable increase when
the voice of the, people is heard
in the Congressional elections,
'lane duck" being the name ap-
plied to a member of the Senate
or House who tries for renom-
nation or reelection and Is in
yited by his folks to stay at
home.
Some Notable Defeats.
The reassembling of the House.
after It's vacation Of six weeks,
brought a number Of those who
failed in the primaries back to the
CAPITOL. Prominent among them
was Phil Campbell, who helped SEMI
tor willis of Ohio draft the drastic
anti.beer bill. Campbell was defeat.
ed in the Kansas primary ana VIII
retire after twenty years as a mem
her Of the House. His chairmanship
of the powerful Rules Committee
and his long record Of service failed
to save him from slaughter when ne
went before his constituents FOR re-
Other members of the House who
are already marked to join the lame
duck" contingent are Copley OF I'LL
nois, who was defeated In the pri-
mary in that State; Herrick, the
daredevil flying man from OKLA
homa," and Jefferis' OF NepTaska,
who was put UP by the Ola Guaro
as a candidate for the Senatorsnip
only to be defeated by Howell TIE
Progressive.
ducks' thus far designated In the
Senate are Harry 8. New Of Indiana,
Porter J. McCumber of North l'a:
kota and Charles A. Culberson OF
Texas.
Democratic campaign managers
assert that the November election
viii send q whole lot of members OF
both houses to Join the lame duck
flock, It is highly probable that
even before the November election
many of the members now eagerly
striving for further service In either
the Senate or House may be put into
the 'lame duck" class by the pri'
maries in their respective states.
May Be Cared For.
The fate of the "lame ducks" is
mt always finally determiped by
the vote of their respective con-
stituencies in sending them into
retirement. Frequently, an appre.
ciatiye Administration takes care OF
them by handing them good Federal
Jobs, thereby rewarding them for
political services faithfully rendered,
and at the same time preventing
them from passing into political OBJ
scuration. 1t has been generally
believed that New Of Indiana and
McCumber Of North Dakota will be
provided for in some such manner
Gossip has connected New with a
place in the Cabinet, while McCum.
Der is said to be in line for pace
on the Federal Farm Loan Board.
McCumber is known to be very
averse to returning to his old home
town In the great wheat country.
President Harding would make
no new departure II he did appoint
some of the defeated members to
office, as ample precedent exists
for such appointments, Practically
every incumbent of, the White
House has taken occasion after the
Congressional elections to provide
places for members of the party
whose political ways fell into hard
places, leading to their retirement.
II this years crop of lame
ducks is large, as Democratic man.
ayers predict, the President may
find It hard to get enough Jobs to
TO around, all the best places being
comfortably filled. However. ways
IRE usually found to take. care Of
those who have been especially
faithful and for those whose love
Of official atmosphere inspires them
10 remain yet q while longer at the
seat of Government.