24 5 NORTH SHORE BREEZE and Reminder 
May 25, 1917. 
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W. W. LUFKIN WILL, Eire ae 
TINE .WORK OF OTH DISTRICT. 
Former Congressman Gardner an- 
nounced Monday that until his suc- 
cessor is elected, all the routine work 
of his office will be conducted as us- 
ual by his regular force with W. W. 
Lufkin at its head. In handling all 
questions of a legislative or executive 
nature, requiring official action, Mr. 
Lufkin will have the codperation of 
the two Massachusetts senators and 
the 1 
nembers of the Ways and Means 
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The dealer who recommends Dia- 
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He knows the saving you will make 
And he will tell you it is to your 
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Every Diamond Tire must deliver full value in ser- 
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Gofinittees of the fides of Rests 
sentatives. 
Until further notice, all letters re- 
lative to the business of the 6th Con- 
gression District should be addressed 
to W. W. Lufkin, or ex-Representa- 
tive A. P. Gardner, House of Repre- 
sentatives, Washington, D. C. 
Spring underwear at W. R. Bell’s, 
Central sq. adv. 
All kinds of leather goods at M. S$. 
Miguel’s, Central sq. adv. 
LETTER FROM CON, GARDNER 
To the People of the 6th Congressional 
District of Massachusetts: 
On May 15th, after careful delib- 
eration, I resigned my seat in: Con- 
gress. It was with the greatest re- 
-gret that I took this step; but the 
Constitution of the United States defi- 
nitely forbids any member of Con- 
gress holding any other Federal office. 
This provision of the Constitution is 
operative whether the office held car- 
ries a salary or not. It is true that 
in the past a controversy has existed 
in regard to the exact meaning of the 
Constitution in this respect. Some- 
times Congress has declared vacant 
the seat of members who accepted 
commissions in the Army, and, on 
the other hand, during the Spanish 
War, certain members of Congress 
who accepted commissions did not 
resign, nor were their seats declared 
vacant. 
However, after the passage of the 
National Defense Act of June 3, 1916, 
this whole subject was leet? by 
the Committee on Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives. A report 
was made to Congress to the effect 
that service as an officer in the Army 
at once disqualified any member of 
the House of Representatives from 
continuing to hold his seat. Quite 
recently ine Judge Advocate’s Divi- 
sion of the War Department has pre- 
pared a very thorough report of this 
sane question. Before taking an 
action, I consulted the Judge Advo- 
cate General and by him was inform- 
ed that [ must take my choice be- 
tween continuing to hold my seat in 
Congress and accepting active service 
as a Reserve Officer of the United 
States Army, whether paid or unpaid. 
I took my oath as your Represen- 
tative on December 1, 1902, and I 
have now been over fourteen years in 
your service. Each year has added 
to my pride and trust in the people 
whom I have represented. There has 
never been a day when I would have 
been willing to exchange my seat in 
Congress as the Representative of the 
1 Essex District for a senatorship 
from any state in the Union except 
Massachusetts. Neither would I ex- 
change the memories and friendships 
which I have gathered among you for 
anything else which the world can 
offer me. In wishing you Godspeed, 
I am tugging at the roats of the feel- 
ings with which the best fourteen 
years of my life have entwined me. 
Sincerely yours, 
A. P. GARDNER. 
The size of a man’s troubles is us- 
ually determined by his! imagination. 
