The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-10-27
BLOW DID NOT ALMOST KILL DEL.
OCUACY WHEN ROBERT TREAT
PAINE, j., DESERTED.
Has R:l,u7c.i Ii. Faith Of lis Eatis7s
Escanss Of Ills Desire TO See
Elss::tsi a President Thai viii
!3vite Booker I. Val.
irgtcn to Diar:'H.

Probably there are many readers OF
The American who have managed to-
exist without even having heard OF Mr..
Robert Treat Paine, Jr.. of Boston. Mr..
Paine is the sublimaied gentleman who
some days ago renowned the Demo
cratic faith and enlisted under the
Roosevelt banner because of his desire
to see elected a President who would
invite Booker Washington TO dinner.
and perhaps afford other col0red citi-
zens an opportunity 10 dine at the
White House. While severe blow,
Mr.. Pame's desertion has not left the
Democratic party entirely hopeless. but
for the brief moment it brings him into
the parti-hued spot light. From Alaba-
ma comes the statement of the editor or
the l.uverne Critic. formerly resident
of Washington. ID. -, u statement TO
this effect:
Robert Treat Paine, acting for his
wife. bought. through his agents In
Washington. II. c. Il piece OF land in
Virginia near Fori Myer and Arlington,
laid of into town lots. named 1t Clar.
cnton. and sod to people with bind
| ing contract that said lots should never
| be sold 10 negro. own three OF
these lOts-ll9. l3u aud l2l-and have
| the contract aud the deeds for them."
Thus il would seem that while Mr.
Paine prefers Il President who will eat
with c0lored folks, he blacklsts them
| when it comes to selling town lots.
There is another incident in the life OK
Robert Treat Paine which reveals his
superlatlvely assinine qualities TO per
fiction. In the city of Brooklyn there
lives q Robert Treat aine who year
or two ago received through the mail
number OF dividend checks which were
evidently not intended for him. In
yestigation disclosed the fact that they
were the property of Robert Treat
Paine. of Boston, and he forwarded
them to the Boston person, with po-
lite note of explanation. In return for
his courtesy he received this note:
Your letter. with its Enclosure. has
been received by me. l hope you Will
allow me to express my sincere regret
that YOU should bear the name that by
right of lineal descent belongs to me
and my family here in Boston. There
Is no other direct male descendant OF
Robert Treat Paine. signer Of the Dec
l,raton of Independence. who was the
nrst to bear that name. If the name
was given you in honor CT the signer,
think such n practice should not re-
ceive the sanction of thoughtful per-
sons"
The Brooklyn Paine thereupon wrote
the Boston Paine as follows:
For the reason that II is impossible
to stop the bray of the donkey without
killing the ass | will allow you to ex-
press your sincere regret. The family
10 which have the honor 10 belong tx
listed for many years prior TO the sign.
ing of the Declaration of lndepend-
ence. and your statement that the
signer was the first TO bear the name
suggests thoughts as to his antece.
dents. have never been sufficiently
interested to look up my genealogy,
f and l certainly shall never attempt II
: now. lest l might find that one of its
withered branches reached out to you. -
This closed the incident. Now comes
Robert Treat Paine, of Boston, whO
. again makes public his claim to being
! the prize ass of North America. Why
he is not in ward for incurables in
the foolish house is Il question which
{ should chiefly concern his neighbours
: Nashville CTenn.l American.