New-York tribune., 1910-06-01

in Washington. The burial will be in Wood
lawn Cemetery. and will be private. Later
the body will be removed 20 Winterport.
Me. for permanent interment.
Mr.. Treat was not only an expert in finan-
cial affairs. but was a politician of first
rank. His campaign for Congress in Della
ware in 1888 was the most original ever
conducted in that state. In that campaign
he introduced for the first time the block
canvass, and by II came within 212 per
cent Of the correct result of the voting.
That same year he was delegate -at-large
to the Republican National Convention at
Chicago. He succeeded in unifying the
Delaware delegation in favor of Benjamin
Harrison. and the general afterward tod
Mr.. Treat that he was one of the five men
who brought about his nomination. Trans
ferring his activities to New York City he
laid out the campaign of 1888, and pro-
duced a political revolution on the East
Side.
Mr. Treat came Of an ancestry which in
cIuded many public men. Among them
were Robert Treat. famous colonial Gov
ernor OF Connecticut. and Robert Treat
Paine. one of the signers of the Declara ton
of Independence He was born in Frank
fort, Me. sixty-eight years ago. His
father. Henry Treat. and his brothers were
at the time engaged in the export and i'm
port trade with the West Indies and South
America. and employed twenty-eight YES
sells. Nevertheless, the young man seems
to have had a leaning toward professional
life. After preparing for college, he. spent
three years as principal of the Rockport
Academy. Then. entering Dartmouth with
the intention of becoming a lawyer he was
I aY-a tod ~ +I,3r-
however, he had developed an interest in
finance. and soon after leaving college he
went into his fathers business. where he
remained until the protracted rebellion in
Cuba broke il up
The son then went TO Delaware, at the
, invitation of the Old Dominion Steamship
Company, which was developing a line OF
steamships and railroads. Mr. Treat, with
the idea of expanding business and open
ing UP the country, established large fac
tories at Frankfort and Georgetown. Del,
which became the leading producers in the
state OF fruit packages. butter plates and
fancy three-pIy goods.
The Treat family were traditionally
Democratic in politics. but when Charles
Henry reached voting age he had imbibed
the doctrine of protection and became a
Republican BY request of Thomas B. Reed
in 1876 he made with him the opening
speech al Bath, Me. in his first campaign
for Congress With Senator Blaine that
same year he stumped the state for Hayes.
He soon won a reputation as a speaker,
and before the campaign was over was in
demand all over the country. AS a result
of his work in Delaware in 1883, a Repub-
/ lican Senator was elected in that Demo-
cratic state. and Mr.. Treat himself lacked
] only two votes of receiving the caucus
nomination.
Soon after his business called him to
New York. and at once he took an active
part in the politics of this state. He was a
warm supporter Of Mr.. Mckinley and imme-
diately after his inauguration the Presi-
| dent chose Mr.. Treat as Collector of Inter
nal Revenue for the Wall Street District.
! This appointment came to him entirely un-
/ solicited It was a highly important one
at the time. as the Spanish war had just
begun and TO the office were referred all
disputed questions relating 10 internal rev.
enue taxation that affected the sixty-five
election districts under the Spanish war
act In 1905 he was appointed Treasurer Of
the United States by Mr. Roosevelt, and
he held that office till his resignation in
July of last year.
Despite his public activities. Mr.. Treat
| continued TO engage in business affairs, or
ganizing the Manila Navigation Company.
which built UP a large business IN Manila
nv erecting a large shipyard with all mod
ern appliances. This company afterward
closed out its affairs to Speyer & Co. Mr..
Treat was also president OF the Fentress
| Coal and Coke Company, the Monterey
| Coal and Mining Company. the Knoxville
Power Company and the American Petro-
leum Separating Company.
Soon after his graduation from college
Mr.. Treat married Miss Francis Emily
H,1xford. of Brooks. Me. They had three
daughters, Mabel Gail and Gertrude. He
vas a member of the Masonic fraternity
and OF the Union League Club. OF New
/ York: a director of the Grant Monument
Association of New York. member of the
West Side Republican Club and one of the
hoard Of governors Of the Republican Club.