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Pacific Press Publishing Company · New York · February 2, 1893

This sort of talk may sound strange to American ears, but they will soon become accustomed to taking into account church influence in all political matters. This has long been the case in the Church and State countries of the Old World, and it will very soon be the case here. Nobody doubts that Mr. Burchard’s “Rum, Romanism and Rebellion” defeated Mr. Blaine eight years ago; nor is it a matter of much doubt that Indian Commissioner Morgan’s hostility to Romanism had a marked influence upon the result of the late presidential campaign. This makes it inevitable that in all future, national, political contests in this country the Roman Catholics must be reckoned with by any party that would win.