The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-09-07
COMMONWEALTH
OF MASSACHUSETTS

Boston, August II, l9l6.
Suffolk, SIS.
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
deposcs and says:
That he lived in the State Of
Vermont from the time he was
eleven years old, except for a few
months when he was in Washing
ton. d. c., until about two years
ago when he came to Massachu-
set,s; that he graduated from st.
Johnsbury Academy, st. Johnsbury,
Vermont;
That he went to work in a 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 lawyer;
That he was unable to go to col
lege or work his way through a
professional school because of lack
of funds and because he had a de-
pendant 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
Committee, that this would be an
opportunity for said Rich to work
and earn a living and at the same
time attend law school nights in
Washington, d. c.;
That the salary paid was S125 a
month; that at this time said Bean
informed him that Senator Page
would like to see him in Hyde Park,
Vermont; that he Immediately went
to Hyde Park and told Senator
Page 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 l, 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 $l20 month, pay
able twice a month when the Sen
ate was in session, and once
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 $50, be-
ing 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 re-
ecived 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
small room and two meals a day,
that his lunches at the United
States Capitol where he was oblig-
ed to eat at noon cost his approx
imately S12 a month, leavin" Sls
a month TO pay for laundry, car
fares, clothes and incidentals;
That when he went down there
he had 10 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 Con- |
gress would close very shortly, but |
that he expected to see him again