News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-07-05
Us. SENATOR C.S. PAGB
Announces His Candidacy
For Recollection
WASHINGTON, D. ca
July 4, 1916. !

TO THE PEOPLE OF VERMONT:
/ am candidate for reelection
to the United States Senate.
Noextended reasons for this an
nouncement are necessary. For
many years | have been before
the people of Vermont in both
business and official life. Any
thing l might say of myself
would neither add to nor detract
from my record. 1t has been
made, and upon it I expect to
stand or fall.
My position upon all questions
coming before Congress is amat-
ter of public record. | have un-
doubtedly made mistakes, but I
have never lodged the RESPONSE
bility of voting on any roll call.
/ know that | do not need assure
Vermont that | have always
voted conscientiously and as in
myjudgment would best conserve
and promote the interest of my
state and the country
Whether | have or have not
given prompt attention and
painstaking care to every require
ment of my constituents is tor
Vermonters who have entrusted
their interests to my keeping to
say.
l stand squarely upon the Re-
publican National Platform. Es-
pecially as a member of the Com
mittee on Naval Affairs have l
earnestly advocated prepared
ness in that department of our
National defense.
The rule of promotion in the
United States Senate, through
seniority of service, has given to
Vermont, because of her retention
Of her Senators, a measure of in
fuence which none of the smaller
and very few of the larger states
have enjoyed.
Every one conversant with
National legislation understands
that the real work of the United
States Senate is done in commit
tees. My position on important
committees-especially Naval Af-
fairs, Banking and Currency,
Education and Labor, and Agri-
culture and Forestry-give me a
standing in legislative matters
which no new Senat tor could hope
to reach in less than eight to
fifteen years.
On the Committee on Agricul-
ture and Forestry my rank is
such that with the change of adj
ministration which we conhdent-
ly expect on the 4th of March,
should automatically become
chairman. This is the position
occupied by Senator Proctor at
the time of his death, and is
vastly more important to Yer
mont than any other in the en-
tire line of chairmanships.
1t behooves Vermont to send |
as her Senator the man who can
serve the State and the Nation
with the greatest possible eff !
cheney at this critical time. If |
am that man l should be return
ed. fl am not there should not |
be the slightest hesitancy about
retiring me and selecting another. |
l have received hundreds of
letters urging me to announce
my candidacy and offering as a
reason therefor the fact that we
are today confronting critical
conditions, both social and eco
nomic, with possible foreign COM
plications so disturbing and peril
Gus as to demand, in the halls of
Congress, that matured judg-
ment and experience which can
come only through long service.
l keenly appreciate the many
expressions which have come to
me approving nv senatorial
stewardship. hope for the en-
dorsement at the primaries of
both my former supporters and
the young men of Vermont who
have come to the polls since my
last election and who now share
the responsibilities of State and
Nation.
If the people of Vermont see fit
to honor me by a reelection,
shall be duly grateful.
CARROLL S. PAGE.