St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-09-06
COMMONWEALTH
OF MASSACHUSETTS
Boston, August IT, 1916.

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Then personally appeared before
me. the undersigned, Frederic A.
Crafts, a Notary Public within and
for the County and Commonwealth
aforesaid, Arthur M. Rich, who
deposes 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 Washing
ton, D. c., until about two years
ago when he came to Massachu-
sets; that he graduated from st.
Johnsbury Academy, St. Johns
bury, Vermont;
That he went to work in law
office at Newport, Vermont and
continued to work in law offices for
a number of years; that he was
very anxious to study law and be-
come a lawyer;
That he was unable to go to
college or work his way through a
professional school because of lack
of funds and because he had a de.
pendent mother; that William s.
Bean, of said Newport, who was
clerk of the Committee on Stand
ards, Weights and Measures, of
which Senator c. S. Page of Yer
mont was chairman, informed him
that Senator Page at that time had
another appointment on said Com
mittee, that this would be an OPP
portunity for said Rich to work
and earn living and at the same
time attend a law school nights in
Washington, D. c.;
That the salary paid was 1925
a month; that at this time said
Bean informed him that Senator
Page would like to see him in Hyde
Park, Vermont; that he immedi-
ately 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 appoint
ment on said Committee, that Of
Assistant Clerk or Messenger. and
promised him the position;
That Senator Page told him to
report for work in Washington, d.
c., on January 1, 1910, which he
did;
That he was enrolled and placed
on the pay roll at the Senate Dis
bursting Office az Assistant Clerk
or Messenger of the Committee on
Standards, Weights and Measures,
the salary being 1920 a month.
III
Senate was in session, and once a
month when not in session;
That the first time he was to re-
ceive his pay, the Committee
Clerk, Bean, told him to get his
pay at the Senate Disbursing Office
and take the money to Senator
Page. that he received that day
SEQ, being two weeks pay, for
which he receipted as said Assist
ant Clerk or Messenger;
That Senator Page then told him
for the first time, that he was to
receive only one-half of said aslary,
that from that time on he only re-
ceived one-half of said salary, or
$50 a month, the other half going
to Senator Page;
1ndL uC dbC0 Will oCb-
ator Page. but found that 1t 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 a month
for a 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 ap-
proximately $12 a month, leaving
SIS a 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 return:
That the latter part of May. 1911.
Senator Page informed him that
he would have no further work for
him during the Summer. that II
was expected the session Of con-
gress would close very shortly, but
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