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Show Hit. IK III II till). TrlKdltpatchni of today bear the news of tho death of Irr Hurcharil, the originator of ths lilslorlo hrase, "Hum, It?nianlim an I llet-rlllort." Hut for this accldeutal Invention th" world woul I not hare known that the Hererend Dr. Hurchard ever existed There It nothing particularly greater striking In this word combination that It should have madu anybody famous. It was ths unseasonable moment of lit origination that dll tho work. With Dr. Hurchard and his eroech It was much like ths slipping of a email rind epporently In-tlgnlflcant In-tlgnlflcant cog In an extensive leco of machinery. The slip Itself watntrlvlel aflalr, )r u, but II was m near the maitt rwhet I that thrro was no chance to rectify thu damage before the whole business was out of gear and au went to smash. It will bo remembered that during thsClereland-llliliie raniilgn, Doctor Doc-tor Hurchard was among the guests Invited In-vited tu a political gathering lu New VorklnlionorofMr.lllaliie, and In an cfllclout nddr-vs on that oceasl)n lis (laced Mr. Hlalne In the light of a mighty deliverer, who had come to rescuo the Itspubllo from Its threo gre-vl oppressor Hum, ltamtnlsm and HeUlllon. It has been Inrarlat ly charged by Itrpiibllcana that the speech cost Mr. Illline his election tulho l'usldcncy. We should tsriluctatit to Ullers tho result so serious. It It no compliment to our elective system to think that so utterly foolish a remark, coming from si Irresponsible a source, should count for to much umong American voters. In any case the Insinuation waa very gravu against the character of Cathollo rlllxens, mil should have 1-reii met long ago with a general remonstranco Irom that sect. A rottr who can ta so turned from ths natural ccursu of his conrlctlons Is not worthy of any very rc-nll lo trust. Huch an lmsitatlou, If true, would thoroughly Justify lbs record of Presidential elections, elec-tions, which ahowa that nu Koman Cathollo hnsytt occupied tho White House. Ileublkns are dolog tin Ir arty no credit In ncknow lodging tliat Us success Is dewndent uou voters of that character. At for Dr. Hurchard, let lilni go henco In -iate. The charge that certain cer-tain carilug organs are making, that lilt tieecli waa the culmination of a ronslracy, and that lis wot aldn "certain sum" by a Democratlo eilltor for Insrrllng In It the Inrldlout lllng at Homan Catholics, Is simply nonsense. There Is not the slightest evidence that Dr. Hurchard was anything more than tills unseasonable Intrusion nf ersonal rludlctlreneea would suggest merely a fanatical preacher with bad taste and narrow i-rrciitton. |