The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-07
COMMONWEALTH
OF MASSACHUSETTS
Boston, August II, 1916.

pOSlOHi AuSuSl II, lJlO.
Suffolk, IS.
Then personally appeared before
me, the undersigned, Frederic a.
Crafts, a Notary Public within and
for the County and Commonwealth
aforesaid, Arthur NJ. Rich, who depos-
es and says:
That he lived in the State of
Vermont from the time he was eleven
years old, except for few months
when he was in Washington, d. c.,
until about two years ago when he
came to Massachusetts; that he grad
uated from st. Johnsbury Academy,
St. Johnsbury, Vermont.
That he went to work in a law
Office at Newport Vermont, and con
tinued to work in law Offices for
number of years that he was very
anxious to study law and become a
lawyer;
That he was unable to so to
college or work his way through a
professional school because of lack
of funds and because he had q depend.
ant mother; that William S. Bean, of
said Newport, who was clerk of the
Committee on Standards, Weights
and Measures, of which Senator c. S.
Page of Vermont was Chairman, in
formed him that Senator Page at that
time had another appointment on said
Committee, that this would be an OPP
portunity for said Rich to work and
earn living and at the same time at
tend a law school nights in Washing
ton, ID. c.;
That the salary paid was SIPS a
month; that at this time said Bean in
formed him that Senator Page would
like to see him in Hyde Park, Yer.
mont; that he Immediately went to
Hyde Park and told Senator Page OF
his ambitions:
That Senator Page told him that
Mr.. Bean was his Secretary and also
Clerk of the Committee on Standards
Weights and Measures, and that he
had one more appointment on said
Committee, that of Assistant Clerk oil
Messenger, and promised him the pc
sition;
That Senator Page told him tC
report for work in Washington, d. c.
on January /, 1910, which he did
That he was enrolled and placed
on the pay roll at the Senate Dis
bursting Office as Assistant Clerk OF
Messenger of the Committee on Stand
ards. Weights and Measures, the sal
airy being 1920 a month, payable twic,
month when the Senate was In SEES
sion, and once q month when not II
session:
That the first time he was to re
ceive his pay, the Committee Clerk
Bean. told him to get his pay at tn,
Senate Dlsburslng Office and take tn
money to Senator Page; that he re
ceived that day $50. being two weeks
pay. for which he recepted as SAT-
Assistant Clerk or Messenger;
That Senator Page then told hir
for the first time. that he was to re
celve only one.half of said salary
that from that time on he only r,
ccivcd one.half of said salary, or SO
a month. the other half going TO Ser
ator Page:
That he demonstrated with Sen,
tor Page, but found that II was ust
less and that he would have to TAX
TINT amount or 10 home, and he Their,
fore gave up all hopes of law scho,
TINT he found that he was Obliged I
pay $50 a month for small room an
two meals n day. that his lunchC
at the United States Capitol where
was Obliged to cat at noon cost hi
approximately Sl2 month, leavin
SIS month to pay for laundry, CT
fares, clothes and incdentals
That when he went down thei
he had to pay his carefare and also II
on his return:
That the latter part of May, 1911
Senator Page informed him that
would have no further work for hi
during the Summer. that Il was @
pected the session of Congress Won
close very shortly, but that he c