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Show RUM, ROMANISM, REBELLION. , General George ; B. Wam of Indiana In-diana and Washington who is now ' Turkey as the agent of an Amerlcar? j shipbuilding firm, has written an ar tide in the Washington Post on tne subject of the famous "Rum Romanism Roman-ism and Rebellion" i,K,,dentvlUJLt popularly supposed to have 'defeated James G. Blaine' for the pvej fency 1884. ' General-Williams makes this spe ciflc statement, after relating the details de-tails of the meeting at which the Burchard address was made: "Burchard made his address and y .as liatened to attentively, and Mr. Blal nt made his reply, and I am ready to take f.. solemn oath that the words Rum, Romanism and Rebellion' were never uttered by Burchard. I waa in New York on the day Mr. Burchard and his associates were to call, pay their respects, re-spects, present their address, etc. I was a visitor to Blaine's rooms at th-i Fifth Avenue hotel. I with others of Mr. Blaine's guests attended to witness' and hear the proceedings. The scene is before me as plainly as if all had occurred oc-curred yesterday, and, if necessary I could give the position of the various actors .present." General Williams was. a delegate from Indiana to the Republican convention con-vention at Chicago and was chairman of the committee on organization. Mr. Blaine in the' campaign was a visitor at General Williams' home at IaTay-ette, IaTay-ette, and went there under protest to make a flying trip througn Illinois ana Wisconsin. According to General Williams, Wil-liams, Mr. Blaine wanted to go directly from Lafayette to New York, but was against his will persuaded by Joseph Medill to go to the west. In leaving General Williams' house Mr. Blaine said to him: "Williams, I want to thank you for all your attentions, and to say in your presence that if I fail of election in this campaign I believe it will be in consequence of my leaving your haven of rest for this uncalled-for trip to Illinois and Wisconsin. My place, after a day or two of repose, is in New York." ' F years later. General Williams I says, when Blaine was secretary of state in Harrison's cabinet, he said to Mrs. Williams at ti White House reception, re-ception, referring' to his visit to her home during the campaign of 'St: "And it has always been, my firm conviction that had I remained under your roof twenty-four or forty-eight hours longer, long-er, and gathered the rest I so much needed, I should 'have been president during the past four years." |