News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-09-06
COMMON EALTH
OF MASSACHUSETTS
Boston, August II, 1916.

DOstOu, AuSubI LIS lolo
Suffolk, IS.
Then personally appeared before me
the undersigned, Frederic A. Crafts, a No
tary Public within and for the County
and Commonw wealth aforesaid, Arthur M
Rich, who deposes and says:
That he lived in the State of Vermont
| from the time he was eleven years old. ex
cept for few months when he was il
| Washington, ID. c., until about two years
ago when he came to Massachusetts,; tina
| he graduated from st. Johnsbury Acad-
| envy, st. Johnsbury, Vermont;
Then he went to work in law Office
at Newport, Vermont, and continued t(
work in law Offices for number OF years
that he was very anxious to study law anc
become lawyer;
That he was unable to go to collegt
or work his way through a professional
school because of lack of funds and be-
cause he had dependant mother; thai
William s. Bean, of said Newport, who
was clerk of the Committee on Standards,
Weights and Measures, of which Senator
g. S. Page of Vermonl was Chairman, in
formed him that Senator Page at that had
another appointment on said Committee,
that this would be an opportunity for
said Rich to work and earn living and
at the same time attend law school
nights in Washington, ID. g.;
mat the Sdlary pdlu WIS gl1O nontu
that at this time said Bean informed him
that Senator Page would like to see him
in Hyde Park, Vermont; that he imme-
diately went to Hyde Park and told
Senator Page of his ambitions;
That Senator Page told him that Mr..
Bean was his Secretary also Clerk OF the
Committee on Standards, Weights and
Measures, and that he had one more APP
pointment on Said Committee, that of As
ssstant Clerk or Messenger, and promised
him the position;
That Senator Page told him to report
for work in Washington, ID. C., on jan
uary 1, 1910, which he did;
That he was enrolled and placed on
the pay roll atothe Senate Disbursing
Office as Assistant Clerk or Messenger Of
the Committee on Standards, Weights and
Measures, the salary being s120 month,
payable twice a month when the Senate
was in session, and once a month when
not in session;
That the first time he was to receive
his pay, the Committee Clerk, Bean, told
him to get his pay at the Senate disburs-
ing Office and take the money to Senator
Page; that he received that day $50, being
two weeks pay, for which he receipted as
said Assistant Clerk or Messenger;
That Senator Page then told him for
the first time, that he was to receive only
one-half of said salary, that from that
time on he only received one-ha of said
salary, or $50 month, the other half GO
ing to Senator Prge;
That he demonstrated with Senator
Page, but found that it was useless and
that he would have to take that amount
or go home, and he therefore gave up all
hopes of law school that he found that he
was obliged to pay $50 month for small
room and two meals a day, that his
lunches at the United States Capitol where
he was obliged to eat at noon cost him
approximately s12 a month leaving s1S
month to pay for laundry, car fares,
clothes and incidentals;
That when he went down there he had
to pay his carfare and also upon his re-
turn;
That the latter part of May, 1911, Sem
ator Page informed him that he would
have no further work for the Summer,
that 1t was expected the session of Con-
gress would close very shortly, but that he
to see him again in December.