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ASHINGTON, May 16.— To my way of thinking, cae) (5) a) aa Sounder Forms Don’t Worry Club Also, Senator Lodge’s Feelings Are to Be Duly Considered Apm s1yi poas sos20u0qy May Suv Ave Sp Oc ou Dee Sen Congress should never sit dur- ing election year. It is asking too much of any man who is beginning to think about re- A AS | election, to give his attention to fea tariff revision, foreign treaties, 7. for Democrats. Thus red card gives complete statistics of- «ts prove that the Taxation 6 Bill is one of the most nota- ble achievements .of any Con- OF gress; and its companion blue poe card, with equally reliable fig- ures, shows that the junior and the general welfare of the class of the Baptist Sunday School could have framed a nation; it is apt to distract him. I felt so strongly on this point better measure. All a “Don't that I went down to the White Worry” candidate has to do, in House the other day, and urged preparing his campaign speech, the President to adjourn Con- v is to refer to the card, red or | gress until after the first Tues- 4000 day in November. “The country,” I said impres- sively, “will have to get along either without Congress for a few months, or without some of our legislators after No- vember 7.” He refused rather tartly, and added quite unnecessarily: “Under either condition that you present, Senator, the country would, I imagine, stagger along very nicely,—and so, for that matter, should I.” The x oe OK MUST admit that IT was so taken aback by the rebuff that I boarded the wrong car, which took me to the Zo6- logical Park, instead of the Capitol. As far as I am concerned personally, the President’s obstinacy works no par- ticular hardship. I have long since given up worrying about an election cam- paign. Give me a few stock speeches on Americanism and The In- “ telligence of My Constitu- ents, a good line of abuse for my opponent, and the voters will do the rest. But the less hardened cam- paigners were plainly show- ing the strain of their anxiety, and I determined to instill in them a little of my own confidence. I have there- fore organized the “Don't Worry” Club with myself as president, Senator New as vice-president, and Henry Cabot Lodge as secretary and treasurer. Any member of either house, who is standing for re- election in the fall, is eligible. I shall be blamed perhaps for making the club non-partisan ; but when the country at large Rama ‘Feet NATIONAL PROSPERITY Sounder BY A RF. for chart speakers (patent pending). handy statistical Republicans read this way has stopped drawing party lines in censuring Congress, I think it’s time for us legislators to stick together. At our first meeting, I gave a little “glad talk” designed to put the “don’t worry” spirit into our members. At suitable intervals we shall hold other little “smoke talks” and “sing songs,” all calculated to keep the candidates in good spirits. * * * At from this, I have organized a service bureau for the convenience of members. Every act of Congress is analyzed and the results are printed on two cards, red for Republicans and blue Out of respect to Senator Lodge no one is allowed to tell a story about an Irishman. campaign blue, as the case may be. Likewise, on cards of my own devising, I have had charted the condition of the country, unem- ployment, and so on. Held right side up, the charts show the unequalled prosperity of the na- tion under a Republican gov- ernment. Held upside down, they fur- nish proof for Democratic candidate: of the economic chaos of the country. ek * N order to keep the atmosphere as cheerful as possible we have adopted certain little club rules. Thus no one is allowed to tell a joke about an Irish- man, lest it might unpleasantly re- mind Senator Lodge about the voters in his Boston district. And by unani- mous consent, we have eliminated strawberries, blueberry and_ raspberry pie, or indeed anything that might recall the Newberry complex, from the menu of the Senate dining room. Another little idea of mine has been to hang suitable mottoes in tasty frames round the cloak rooms of the Senate and House. Some of the most ef- fective are “Keep Smiling,’ “There’s Always The Cor: ference To Fall Back On,” “You Don’t Have To Fool All Of The People All Of The Time—Only A Plu- rality,” and “Don’t Worry —Let The Voters Do It For You After November 7.” The club has fulfilled my highest expectations. .\lready the members are beginning to forget the record of Con- gress that they will have to take before the people, and are beginning to smile again. Sounder. comicbooks.com a seas