Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-10-27
BLOW DID NOT ALMOST KILL DEM.
OCRACY WHEN ROBERT TREAT
PAINE, JR., DESERTED.
Has Renaunced the Faith of His Fathers
Because OF His Desire TO See
Elected a President That Will
Invite Booker 7. Wash.
ingtOn to Dinner.

Probably there are many readers or
The American who have managed to
exist without even having heard of Mr..
Robert Treat Paine, Jr, of Boston. Mr..
Paine is the sublimated gentleman who
some days ago renowned the Demo-
cratic faith and enlisted under the
Roosevelt banner because of his desire
to see elected Il President who would
invite Booker Washington to dinner,
and perhaps afford other colored citi-
zens an opportunity TO dine at tS4s
White House. While a severe 10
Mr.. Paine's desertiou has not let
Democratic party entirely hopeless
for the brief moment it brings hin
the parti-hucd spot light. From Al
ma comes the statement of the editCNa
the Luverne Critic, formerly reside
of Washington, ID. c., statement u
this effect:
Robert Treat Paine, acting for his
wife, bought, through his agents i'll
Washington, ID. C., piece of land in
Virginia near Fort Myer and Arlington.
laid Off into town lots, named it Clar-
endon, and sold to people with bind
ing contract that said lots should never
be sold to Il negro | own three OF
these lOts-l19. 12O and l21-and have
the contract aud the deeds for them"
Thus it would seem that while Mr..
Paine prefers Il President who will eat
with colored folks, he blackiists them
when it comes to selling town lots.
There is other incident in the life OF
Robert Treat Paine which reveals his
superlatlvely asSinine qualities to per-
lection In the city of Brooklyn there
lives Robert Treat aine who year
or two ago received through the mail
number of dividend checks which were
evidently not intended for him. In
vestigation 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. | hope you will
allow me to express my sincere regret
that you should bear the name that by
right of lneal 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
|, ration of Independence, who was the
nrst to bear that name. IL the name
was given you in honor CT the signe d
think such Il practice should not re-
ceive the sanction of thoughtful per
sons"
The Brooklyn Paine thereupon wr0
the Boston Paine as follows:
For the reason that It is imposslt g
to stop the bray of the donkey witho
killing the ass | will allow you to 1
press your sincere regret. The fam
to which have the honor to belong
listed for many years prior to the sif
ing Of the Declaration of Indepen'~
ence. and your statement that the
signer was the first to bear the name
suggests thoughts as to his antece-
dents. I have never been sufficiently
interested to look up my genealogy,
and | certainly shall never attempt Ii
now. lest | 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 i'll ward for incurables in
the foolish house Is u question which
should chiefly concern his neighbours
Nashville (Tenn.) American.