Life — January 13, 1921 — page 11: what you’re looking at

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-LIFE- What News from Washington? Senator Sounder Joins Staff of Life as Special Correspondent By GLUYAS WILLIAMS Senator Sounder Wires Letter of Acceptance To tHe Epitor or Lire: Replying to your favor of rece date, I beg to say that I shall be most happy to serve as your Washington correspondent. It seems to me that the arrange. ment is extremely satisfactory from both our points of view For some time past I have been feeling that I could be doing something better with my time in the Senate than playing lit-tat-toe with the pages, and the writing of my letter to you will be just the thing for my purpose. As for your end of the bargain, modesty forbids me to point out my rather unusual qualifications for the task, but if you will turn to page 6947 Vol. XLCXVIII, of the Congressional Record, you will find that in my speech, “The Menace to Americanism of the Brazilian Boll Weevil,” I have described myself as “a man of extraordinary intellect, with an amazing grasp of the prob lems of the day, a thinker, a statesman, but, above all, a patriot.” That, I take it, is the sort of man you want. ator Sounder K 3 HAD TAKEN THE DEMONSTRATION AS MEANT FOR HIMSELF Special Correspondence. \WASHINGTON, Jan. 13—As you may already know, Congress convened who happened to be in the Senate at the time, had taken the demonstration as Yj meant fot himself. Perhaps I am over- on December 6. A slight incident marred Es meek, but I could not bear to put the dear the opening session; on account of the fellow into an embarrassing position, and public prominence of one of the partici- so I sat down, and let him have his little pants I should not refer to the matter if moment of triumph. 1 did not feel that I owed it to myself to He made a very fair speech on the have the true facts made known. whole; one point especially was worth An agreeably large crowd of my fellow- while—the absolute necessity of harmony countrymen had gathered at the Capitol i, and agreement. Nothing bothers me so to greet me, 2nd my appearance in the much as when people don’t agree with me Senate chamber was the signal for a really or dinners cither, for that matter. gratifying outburst of applause from the The amount of work before the Senate floor and the. galleries. I had risen to is truly amazing; ever since the session acknowledge the ovation with a few well- started T have been at my wit's end to chosen words. when I perceived that Sen- 1 assurep JOHNSON AND BoRAH THAT THE KNOW Where to begin, and indeed I haven't ator - president - elect - designate Harding, LEAGUE WAS REALLY QUITE DEAD fully made up my mind yet. I have, how- ever, been very busy in getting others started. For example. knowing that Johnson and Borah couldn't do a thing while the League was still on their minds, I took them aside and assured them tha: the thing was really quite dead. I also made it plain to Hitchcock and the Democrats that I had enough votes Jined up to pass their precious League. Rather neat on my part, what? Besides this, I assumed the responsibility of giving our new Senators, Carter Glass, of Virginia. and J. Thomas Heflin, of Alabama, a cordial welcome. “ Mr. Heflin,” I said, “our friend Glass is a very shrewd man, yet hew is it that I can see right through him?" After a minute or two they joined me in hearty laughter, and everything was on a friendly basis at once. My ready wit, I may say, is quite notorious in the Senate. The weck has not passed, you may be sure, without a con- tribution from me in the way of constructive legislation. When Senator Elkins introduced bis bill providing that a house shall be built for the Vice-President, I immediately offered an amend- ment which will include Senators in this housing arrangement. AFTER A MINUTE OR TWO THEY JOINED ME IN HEARTY LAUGHTER Senator Sounder. comicbooks.com