The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-06
COMMONWEALTH
OF MASSACHUSETTS

Boston, August II, 1916.
Suffolk, IS.
Then personally appeared before
me, the undersigned, Frederic A.
Crafts, Notary Public within and
for the County and Commonwealth
aforesaid, Arthur NJ. Rich, who
deposes and says:
That he lived in the State of Yer
mont 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 q 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 go to col
lege or work his way through pro-
fessional school because of lack of
funds and because he had a depend,
emit 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,
informed him that Senator Page at
that time 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, 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,
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 /, 1910, which he
did,
That he was enrolled and placed
on the pay roll at the Senate Dis
bursting Office as Assistant Clerk
or Messenger Of the Committee on
Standards, Weights and Measures,
the salary being 1920 month, pay
able twice month when the 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 Discussing Office and take
the money to Senator Page; that he
received that day $50, being two
weeks pay, for which he reeeipted
as said Assistant Clerk or Messen
ger;
That Senator Page then told him
for the first time, that he was to re-
eeive only one-half of said salary,
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;
That he demonstrated with Sena.
tor Page, but found that it was use
less 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 a
small room and two meals day,
that his lunches at the United States
Capitol, where he was obliged to
eat at noon, cost him approximately
$l2 month, leaving $1S 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 it was
expected the session of Congress
would close very shortly, but that he
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