The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-06-22
WILLIAM TYLER PAGE
ENTERS SENATORIAL RACE
Author OF Americas Creed,
Seeks Republican Nomination
In Maryland.

ftrcd candidate to day, when VII.
liam Tyler Page, clerk of the House
of representatives jumped into the
field
This caused a furry among the
Republicans in Washington. A native
of Frederick county, Mr.. Page is a
resident of Montgomery county.
He is going on CHS own" he sage.
He does not know how the run of the
leaders in the State will take his can
didacy, or even how the run of the
anti-France leaders will take it. In
serious way, he has consulted only
Republican leaders of Montgomery
county. Asked whether he included
Galen L. TAFT, State chairman, a res
ident of Montgomery, in the group, he
said, "No."
! At the same time, Mr.. Page evil
IDENTIFY has great hope that the ac-
tivity of Western Maryland Republi-
cans against Senator France will re-
bound in his favor. He is life long
friend of some of the Western Mary
landers most active against the Sen
ator, including D. John Marley, of
Frederick, and, through his interest in
Sixth District politics, he has been in
touch with others of the active anti
France men in the district.
Mr.. Pages candidacy, it is said, is
not the fruit of the late activity
against the Senator. Not only was
it not developed by that activity, Mr..
Page says, but it was not suggested
by it. He has been considering the
matter some time, and his friends
have been talking about it. One OBJ
stacle in the beginning was the pos
sible candidacy Of Representative
Frederick N. Zihlman. Living in Mr..
Zihlman's district, and cooperating
with him, Mr.. Page would not have
been willing to have gone in, had Mr.
Zihlman been a candidate.
In announcing his candidacy, Mr..
Page addressed the following state
ment:
ITO the People of Maryland:
II hereby announce my candidacy
for the Senatorial nomination.
81 am a man of modest means.
"My availability has been suggest
ed, possibly because of my long and
varied experience in connection with
Congress. =
Frankly, l aspire to the office. 1t
offers opportunities for greater SER
vice, and as it cannot seek, it must be
sought:
Il desire above all things that our
commonwealth, especially in these
troublous times, shall be counted as
again worthy to participate creditably
in the rehabilitation of our beloved
country and in the perpetutation of
our institutions upon a constitutional,
stable and prosperous basis.
Il have no personal platform The
only platform l recognize as authori-
tative is that of my party, adopted
in national convention at Chicago, in
1920, upon which President Harding
was elected.
Furthermore, l have no nostrums
to advocate nor quick remedies to
YracoYsihn ThnYn &c. 10 H.
sort of thing.
zone pledge only will 1 make,
namely:
"That l will put first things first
and regard my commission as a high
trust by the people of Maryland in
their sovereign capacity to be fulfilled
by the exercise of such judgement and
wisdom as l possess and in the light
of my experience, wholly for the hon.
or and for the peace and happiness
of all the people of the United States
and therefore to the credit and the
welfare of the people of my own ma
tive State of Maryland"
This viii be Mr.. Pages second at
tempt as a candidate before the
people. Twenty years ago he was the
Republican candidate for Congress
against the late Joshua Frederick
Cockey Talbot, in the Second district
Unsuccessful in that effort, he de,
clined to seek another nomination.
Since boyhood Mr.. Page has been il
the employ of the House of Represen
tatives. Born in Frederick in 1868
the son of Walker Yates Page, he be-
came a page in the House when 1;
years of age, after having attended
the Frederick Academy and the pub
lie schools of Baltimore. He passed
through the stages of the House.
clerical force, and in 1919 was elected
chief clerk.
He gained considerable fame sever
al years ago when he was awarded thu
$1,000 prize FOR the best American
Greed.