Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-10-27
SCENES FROM LIFE GA
POLITICAL APOSTArp
BLOW DID NOT ALMOSy KILL BF.
OcaAcY WHEN RODEET TREAT
PAINE JR., DESERTED.
Has Ren1unced The Faith Of His Fats.-,
Because Of His Desire ie See
Elected a President Thai viii
Invite Booker 7. Wash.
iagLen TO Diner

Probably there are many reado,. .
The American who have MANN VI
exist without ever having heard -, 70
Robert Treat Paine. Jr.. OF Boston W.
Paine Is the snbllmated gentleman ,r %r
some days ago rcnounced The Nm
cratic faith and enlisted under ,n
Roosevelt banner because OF hts ,ue
TO see elected a President who ,"an
invite Booker Washington ia di,"
and perhaps afford other coloroJ
zens an opportunity to dine n, ~,
White House. While Il severe NY
Mr.. Paine's deserti0n has not loft ~,
Democratic party entirely homeless h,"s
for the brief moment it brings lin i"a'
the p%arts.hued spot light. From Ilahu
ma comes the statement of the pd,ton
the Luverne Critic. formerly a resid.1.
of Washington, d. c., u Statement y
this effect: VI
Robert Treat Paine, acting for AL
wife. bought. through his agep,, I'
Washington, ID c., q piece of lnnl III
Virginia near Fort Myer and .ArIinrton
laid OF into town lots, named II ~.
endon. and sold TO people with \ lima
ing contract that said lots should peys.
be sold TO a negro. | own three =,
these lots-119. 40 and l21-and baya
the contract and the deeds for them .
Thus ii would seem that whiIa NJ.
Paine prefers a President who will oa,
with c0lOred folks, he ~blackIists tbo,'
when II comes TO selling town lot, |
There is another incident in the llfa ~
Robert Treat Paine which reveals bfs
superlatively assinlne qualities to mo-"
fiction. In the city of BROOKLYN tbo,,
lives a Robert Treat aine who n rss.
oil two ago received through the mail
number of dividend checks which wo,a
evidently not intended for him, In.
vestigation disclosed the fact that thsv
were the property of Robert Tres,
Paine, OF Boston, and he forwards /
them to the Boston person, with a m.
lite note Of explanation. In return "a,
his courtesy be received this note.
"Your letter, with its Enclosure bs,
been received by me. l hope You will
allow me to express my sincere regret /
that you should bear the lame that nv
right OF lineal descent belongs 10 mo
and my family here in Boston. Tbers
is no other direct male descendant n,
Robert Treat Paine. signer of the Dee. /
Lration of independence, who was tbs
nrst to bear that name. If the name
was given you in honor Ct the signer
l think such a practice should not rp.
eeiye the sanction of thoughtful per.
sons"
The Brooklyn Paine thereupon wrot.
the Boston Paine as follows:
For the reason that IL is Impossible
to stop the bray Of the donkey without
killing the ass | will allow you 70 OF.
press your sincere regret. The family
to which | have the honor 10 belong pT.
listed for many years prior to the sigI. /
ing of the Declaration of Independ.
ence. and your statement that ihe
slgner was the first to bear the name
suggests thoughts as TO bis antece.
dents. l have never been suficiently
Interested to look up my geneaiogy,
and | certainly shall never attempt il
now. lest 1 might find that one OF It's
wlthered 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 a ward for incurableS in
the foolish house is a question which
should chiefly concern his ~neighb0rs.-
Nashville (renn) American.