Judge — November 10, 1928 — page 29: what you’re looking at

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plause, and spoke: “You see here a representation of all Rum, Romanism, Rebellion 7 j denominations of this city.... We are your friends, Mr. In 1884 it was James Gillespie Blaine, “Plumed Blaine, and notwithstanding all the calumnies in the pa- Knight” to millions of Republicans, versus in- Poe that have Been enced seainst bebe stand by We 4 : side. € expect to vote for you next Tuesday.... We domitable Grover Cleveland, Democratic gover- are Republicans and don't propose to . . . identify our- nor of New York. The campaign had been one of selves with the party whose antecedents have been vilification ; there were low insinuations regarding Rum, Romanism and Rebellion. . . .” Blaine’s honesty; there was base political use of At these words the Plumed Knight started percepti- undeniable unconventionalities in the private life bly and a look of pained surprise flashed over his mo- Uf Governing Cleveland. Towards November it to tears fos a emp reicinter Gamat orn aeeams became evident that the election would be won or forget. Other preachers preached, fulsomely, with lost by the electoral vote of New York. Less than bombast. A superannuated divine fainted and was car- a week before election day, Blaine came to Man- ried out. Finally, with vigorous urbanity, the candidate hattan, put up at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. As replied, neatly sidestepping a pro-Protestant declara- TIME would have told the story had TIME been tion, but letting Bigot Burchard’s impertinent alliter- “ i s buked. issued November 4, 1884: SR OEN RARE MBE Pues: That night the partisan press rang with mendacious ... At ten a. m. the delegation of six hundred grim assertions that Blaine had insulted Democracy, that Protestant clergymen arrived in mass formation before Blaine had deliberately approved Bigot Burchard's de- the hostelry. igar-chewing politicians made way for nunciation, that Blaine would now lose Manhattan's them as they trooped in, to assemble in fre ballroom. A anti-Cleveland Catholic vote previously conceded him. ... waggish fellow hissed loudly from the balcony, was é speedily ejected. Viva voce they chose as chaitman 72- So TIME would have reported the “Burchard year-old Rev. Dr. Samuel Dickinson Burchard, square- business” of 1884. TIME would have noted how jawed, militant pastor of the 13th Street Presbyterian the “Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion” phrase Church. He appointed a committee to seek Mr. Blaine ‘ She ws in the lobby. Soon it returned, escorting the candidate stuck like pitch, gave Grover Cleveland New and members of his family down the ball-room steps. York's electoral vote, and so the Presidency, by a Dr. Burchard ascended to their side, amidst clerical ap- bare margin of 1,149 ballots. | —_————_0. Cultivated Americans, impatient with cheap sensationalism and windy bias, turn increasingly to publications edited in the historical spirit. These publica- tions, fair-dealing, vigorously impartial, devote themselves to the public weal in the sense that they report what they see, serve no masters, fear no groups. TIME The Weekly Newsmagazine NEW YORK CHICAGO 25 West 45th Street, New York City comicbooks.com