Seward daily gateway., 1925-12-04
CARROLL SMALLY PAGE DIES AT
 HYDE PARK, VT.
WAS TWICE ELECTED TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE-WAS PROMINENT FIGURE IN VER- MONT'S POLITICAL HISTORY
HOME, sHoWPLAcE IN VERMONT
Was Strong Odvocate of Naval Ex- pansion-Former Governor of
 His Home State.

His Home State.
 HYDE PARK, Vt., Dec. 4.
 Carroll SmaIly Page died here
 last night.
 Senator Carroll Smalley Page was the oldest member of the United States Senate in point of years al though not of service. He was born January 10, 1843, and the senior among Senators, in age, of Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts,, republican leader; Senator Dillingham;, his col league, and Senator Nelson, of Minn- esota, all of whom were only few months younger.
 In Vermont's political history, Sen ator Page was a prominent figure. For over half a century he had giv- en of his time and talents to pub lie service, his state and the nation He served both in the state and na- tional legislatures, as Governor of Vermont, from 1890 to 1892 and was stalwart among republican leaders produced by New Egland, having Oc- cupied many positions of party trust and responsibility. Activities of Sen ator Page in the Senate largely were agricultural, naval and financial. En- tering the Senate upon election in 1908 to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Senator Proctor he was as signed to the Senate agricultural committee and was an active mem- Der until his retirement. He was interested in agricultural affairs, especially those pretaining to the livestock and dairy industry. This, doubtless, resulted from his busi- ness, wholesale trade in raw calf skins. At one time Senator Page was credited with being the 1arg- est calfskin dealer in the world-a business which, it is said, be bought from his father when a minor and developed thru connections all over the world.
 As a member and later as chair man of the Senate naval affairs con- mittee, Senator Page also was prom inent in development of the nations naval policy and upbuilding during the last two decades. He was strong davocate of naval expansion, aligned with the "big navy" group in Cong ress and spoke frequently in support of naval increases.
 Senator Page was twice reelected to the Senate, in 1910 and 1916, his final term expiring March 3, 1923. In August, 1921, he announced that he would not stand for reelection, declaring that a man who had been in public service for more than 50 years was entitled to a rest.
 In his home state, Senator Page was referred to as ''the stormy pe- trel of Vermont politics." He be- gan public service, in the state house of representatives, in 1869. He served there until 1872 and from 1874 to 1876 represented Lamoille county in the state senate. His real rise to political place probably began in 1872 when he became secretary of the republican state committee, of which he was a member until 1890, the last four years as committee chairan.
 Senator Pages first hard political contest was in his successful guber- material campaign, in 1890. By in tensive and systematic campaigning, he surprised political leaders by en- tering the Montpelier convention with sufficient pledges to capture the from Urban A. Water bury. The contest, as in past years, involved the "old soldier question Civil war veterans had been a con- trolling factor but MT. Page won despite the fact that he was not a veteran. He was defeated in an at tempt in 1900 to secure a nomina- tion for Congress, political contem- poraries declaring that his rise in politics had become a menace to Senator Proctor and his associates.
 Senator Pages home was at Hyde Park and the show place of the neigh borhood with it's picturesque views of the Green Mountains. He was born at Westfeld, Vt., a few miles