...ardent friend of Mr. Elaine, in the course of his remarks, made an unfortunate alliteration. He alluded to the Democratic party as the party of " Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion." The remark was telegraphed all over the country, and created a sensation. Many Irishmen, who would...

...church in New York city in 1839. At u ministers' meeting during the Presidential campaign oM884, he referred to the Democratic party as the party of "Rum, Romanism and Rebellion.'" The alliterative sentence was quickly picked up by the press, and is thought to have turned the tide...

...Hotel, in New York City. The spokesman, the Rev. Dr. Burchard, in the course of his address to Blaine, referred to the Democratic party as the party of " Rum, Romanism and Rebellion." This phrase was at once seized upon by the newspapers opposed to Blaine, and telegraphed all over the...

...Hotel, in New York City. The spokesman, the Rev. Dr. Burchard, in the course of his address to Blaine, referred to the Democratic party as the party of " Rum, Romanism and Rebellion." This phrase was at once seized upon by the newspapers opposed to Blaine, and telegraphed all over the...

...thoughts were elsewhere and he really heard not a word of it. In this address Mr. Burchard spoke of the Democratic party as the party of " Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion," and because Mr. Elaine did not then and there make some response signifying his disapproval of this slur...

...business." In an address to Elaine at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, the Rev. Dr. Burchard spoke of the Democratic party as the party of " Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion," and Elaine's failure then and there to make some response signifying his disapproval of this statement...

...congratulated him on his nomination, after which one of their number, Dr. Burchard, addressed Blaine and referred to the Democratic party as the party of " Rum, Romanism and Rebellion." To this insult to the Catholics Blaine, in his reply, made no reference, leaving the impression that...

...fatal mistake. To round out a sentence a Baptist clergyman of renown in closing his speech divided the Democratic party as the party of Rum, Romanism and Rebellion, and the state was lost to Blaine by one thousand six hundred and forty-seven votes, and Grover Cleveland was...

...pas by a preacher, who, in addressing Blaine on behalf of a large gathering of Protestant ministers, referred to the Democratic party as the party of " Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion," on the very eve of an election in which Blaine was appealing strongly for Catholic support. The Conkling...

...sharply changed. A New York minister, more alliterative than discreet, made a speech characterizing the Democratic Party as the party of "rum, Romanism, and rebellion," and the phrase proved to be a boomerang. All over the city and the suburbs the struggle was intense. Performances...