Show WHY FLOPPED ROBERT R OBERT TREAT PAINE JR one onetime onetIme time Democratic candidate for forgo go governor or of M Massachusetts tins has come out for President Roosevelt The rca rea reason son assigned by Mr 11 Paine tOr for his change changa of heart does no particular p to his IUs intelligence Mr Paine gays he Is for tor Roosevelt because If an educators convention should be held beld beldIn In W and Jf if Booker T Wash attend it it and if If Judge Parker should be President he be might want to ln the educators at the White and n l if he did entertain them he would be sure to hurt the feel feelings tugs ings f Washington Ya b by leaving him out As we road M Mr s rea m w wonder how he ever ver happened to be nominated by the tIte Democrats jr go gov aven even in suCh a hopelessly U alJ state as Npr Nor cnn We e beli behave e that Mr lIr Paines defection will be n a serious s loss to the Democratic party It will be a help rather than thana a hip And seriously was there ever a more farfetched reason for or a cl of pot pol politics lUes it occur to YOU that lUr Mr Paine would have stood vastly l before the country If he had assigned some ot other er reason or no reason at all Ve dont question the right of any Than man to 10 change hi bib politics It is the Inalienable privilege of every American I zen fo to r Whom he pleases He may on way and vote another that praCtice Is most le and he not give any reason rOlSon for doing so But wh when n ainan man does docs give n a reason for changing It should be a good and It should be af aason ason strong to convince ast say ten people of the sincerity of the indivIdual who chang Mr Ir P Paines l nes reason will hardly convince one We Ve Wed d if h he is conVinced by It There mu mut t be sonic some other reason It ItIs Is barely possIble that t Mr Paine Parn has been refused some preferment qt a the hands of the ic party Maybe taybe he wanted a nomination that lle he set et art au th t he failed to 1 And Ad be he h has s been prom promIsed promIsed s s methin b the RepublIcans |