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Quincy Adams did-die in It," he
replied. He died only few miles
from it.
Wrote Greed in 1917.
Through his THE Americans
Creed" which he wrote in 1917, Mr..
Page was we'll known to patriotic
organizations, to thousands OF school
children ard the country at large.
He started work at an early age.
He was the man" of the family
at 13, working IL hours a day in q
printing shop and paper bag fac
tory. Then came a letter from
Representative Edward Mcpherson
OF Pennsylvania, a. friend of the
family, Offering him job at the
Capitol.
His mother stayed up all night
making him homespun suit and he
reached Washington at 8 am, De-
cember 10, 1881. aboard a milk train.
Mr.. Page was born in Frederick,
Nd. October 49, 1868, the son of
Walker Yates and Mamie Tyler
Page. He was both nneal and
collateral descendant of President
John Tyler and was also the grand
son Of the late DR.. William Tyler
of Frederick. noted for his profess
sional and humanitarian activities.
1t was while Mr.. Page was clerk
OF the House during the World War
in 1917 that he won a national
competition in which there were
more than 5000 contestants, writ
ing an Americans Greed which
carried an award of 81 900 on behalf
of the City of Baltimore by Maj.
James H. Preston. Congress cele-
brated hisf achievement with cere-
monies and had an account of the
proceedings printed in the Con-
gressional Record.
Other ceremonies were held on
the Capitol steps at which Mr..
Page purchased with his prize
money Liberty bonds from Charlie
Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas
Fairbanks and Marie Dressler.
Mr.. Page was Republican nomi-
nee for the House from the I'd Mary
land District in 1902.
Prepared primer"
For the benefit of Representa-
tives-elect, Mr.. Page prepared
primer" 1t covered such subjects
as Meeting of Congress" Gre
dentialS," Roll of Representatives.
elect" Compensation of Repre-
sentatives- elect" "The Oath of
ONCE" Mileage" Once Rooms"
Allowance for Clerks . Stationery
Allowances" Committee Assign
ments, "Franking Privilege" Con
gressional Director" Congressional
Directory" Admission to the Floor"
and kilograms"
The pamphlet was prepared so
that new member might know his
rights and privileges and be better
prepared to take up at once his du-
ties for the best interests of his
constituents. He even used to carry
his role of school teacher" further
by conducting a school" in which
lectures were given to new members
and their Office staffs regarding con-
gressional duties. But school pro-
cedure was reversed-the pupils
asked the questions.
Mr.. Page had number of expert
ences which he used to tell on him
self. One was about the time the
Speaker banged so hard for order
during a heated and bitter debate
that an inkwell fell on his head and
the ink was spilled over his suit. Mr..
Page was a minor clerk at the time.
by all odds, the most uncanny
mood of all was the night of Wood
row Wilson's war address, when he
asked joint session of Congress
to declare war" Mr.. Page once re-
called.
Distant Rumble of Thunder.
"The night itself was ghostly.
1t had been raining all day, con-
tinued raining that night, and the
Capitol was reflected fantastically.
President Wilson had been escorted
there by cavalry, infantry, artillery,
and the horses could be heard out
side, clamping on the wet pave
ment.
In the midst of his address.
when all was tense and quiet, there
came distant rumble of thunder,
veritable portent of war. Then
came a cracking, crunching sound
from above, from the ceiling OF
colored glass.
1t was so uncanny that the
whole place was filled with an un-
easy shifting, perhaps with the
thought that some spy up there,
with a single bomb, might Just
about wipe out the President, Vice
President and the Supreme Court
judges"
Later he found out that the
crunching sound was the shifting
of secret servicemen stationed on
the wide joists above the glass CELL
ing with its coats of arms of the
States.
During his years on Capitol Hill,
Mr.. Page saw the House member
ship grow from 293 to 435. He
served under IA Speakers and had
witnessed the Inauguration of Is
Presidents. The total annual budget
when he first came was an insig-
nificant $3.50 000O,0O
And in these days." Mr.. Page
used to say, "a member Of Congress
wouldn't think Of appearing at the
Capitol unless he was dressed in
Prince Albert black coat and a
stovepipe hat with a boiled, stiff
bosomed shirt"
Cannon Reports Recalled.
Mr.. Pages name came into the
headlines in 1881 when he at first
refused to present to a District
grand jury the original reports made
by Bishop James Cannon, jr., show
ing the expenditures OF contribu-
tions male to the Anti-Smith
Democratic Committee In 1928. Mr..
Page explained that the House was
not in session and its rules prohibit
him from surrendering its records
without specific authorization.
Two days later, however, Mr.. Page
surrendered the reports for inspec-
tion, but they were not impounded,
permitting him to return them to
the files after his testimony.
Surviving Mr.. Page are three
In,yn1atnre NK,.