The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1921-09-15
Ell SENATOR PACE


Hon. Carroll 5. Page is not 70 be 3
candidate for reelection 10 the United
States Senate. Ia his home news.
paper last week h. made the an
nouneement in the following oommun-
icati, n.
The question has been asked me,
and should expect as the weeks null
tiply IL would be often repeated DO
you intend 70 be a candidate IN 1922
10 succeed yourself as United States
senator?' The question is a proper
one and in Justice to my friends
should be finally answered now. Ny
answer is No
1T is fifty-two years since. as rep
resentative from Hyde Park. | first
entered public life While my official
service has not Of course been contin-
uous, have. nevertheless, been active
ly interested in public affairs all these
years. | shall always be proud Of the
generous support that has made that
service possible. have tried TO give
the best that was in me, according to
my opportunities, for the good Of the
people who have called me to serve.
Il am today the oldest living United
States senator and when my present
term expires, shall have entered my
eighty-frst year. The time has come
when home is the dearest spot on
earth and at the end OF my present
term ] want to spend the years re-
naming to me back with my old
friends in Vermont.
Sincerely yours,
"Carroll s. Page"
Senator Pages decision will be tax
en- as proof absolute that he still re-
tains the same clear judgment and
common sense and the same ideals Of
public service that have marked his
,areer from the beginning. II is no
Easy thing for man to take the step
Senator Page has taken. One grows
,asily into public service and there is
aid to be nothing so satisfying TO
hose who enjoy it as membership in
he United States Senate. 1t is es-
e1tially the province of those in adj
anced years, or at least past the =
rime of life. Personal associations u
ecome close and delightful in that ''
cry exclusive body of less than a y
indred men who outweigh any other y
ody in the government. The author ~
y and prominence resulting must be
cry gratifying to the individual mem -
ers. There is always the opportunity y
II conspicuous and name-making SER al
ce. All Of these powerful motives ~
nd to keep senator's in the harness. ID
heir constituencies are generally y.
nd to them so that they do not feel VI
leasiness and distrust in that quar- 80
r. AS they begin the inevitable de- VI
Inc in vigor there continues a feeling ~
at the office should not be taken al
ON them out of regard for their past III
,,,i.o Irs.arcas ~ forcod rat;ro tH
Twice. INSTANCES VI lofCeu Tcllft- =,
emit from the Senate for this cause 'h
We been rare. ~
Very likely if Senator Page had dc III
-ed reelection and had been able TO
axe canvass sufficiently active 10
set opposition he would have won =
t. So in announcing his retirement
this seasonable moment he is really
living more than All even chance TO /
ntinue in his seat a. Washington
, may and should be credited with
lcerity and unselfishness. He has
t let personal ambition stand in the
" Of clear duty to his state and /
ton.
Senator Pages long public career Il
) been notable il not fame making II
has been hard and consistent II
rker. He has read home sentiment |,
sely and recorded it faithfully. He II