The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-06-09
INDIANA POLITICS.
FORT WAYNE FuRoREs.


excitement. 1t is all along OF the crusade
and "pssky politics" The Rev. Marine, a
very able Methodist minister of this city,
has from the very beginning of the cru
sade taken a very prominent part in the
Temperance reform IN movement. He was the
first man to lift up his voice in commenda-
ton of the course taken by the crusading
sisters of Ohio, and it was by his influence
more than ANYTHING else. that the war on
whisky in this city had its inception
Brother Marine has talked boldly and con-
sistently, though it must be confessed that
in some instances his z. VI has been too much
for his caution. This was notably the case
at Fort Defiance, few days since. In adj
dressing a temperance meeting, he per-
mitted himself to be carried away by his
enthusiasm, and the Germans as a people,
got rather rough handling for their habits
of beer drinking, their materialism. and
the light esteem in which woman
is held in their native Rhineland. The De-
fiance Democrat, possibly from ungenerous
motives, published the Objectionable por-
tons of this address, and possibly colored
them a trihe. And now comes the Fort
Wayne Gazette, the whilom organ of the
temperance cause, and the champion of
woman and her claims upon society, and
fairly filings the apple of discord into the
camp by publishing the incendiarv article.
By 10 O'Clock the utmost excitement per-
vaded the German portion of the CITY, and
by evening it was feared that violence might
be offered the hardy Methodist champion of
the aquatic interest. A paper calling for an
Indignation meeting was circulated by some
OF the excited men, and early in the evening
one of the public halls of the city was
thronged with five or six hundred excited
Germans. An organization was hastily COM
pleted, and committee appointed to
bring before the angry body the
recreant minister. willy nilly. In few
minutes they returned bringing their
victim, but his tread was as firm as that of
lion and his face was not blanched in the
least by fear. He was asked to make de
fense, which he proceeded to do in a manly
manner. He disavowed nothing he had
said, but pointed out where a few misrepre
sensations had been made, and closed with
a burst of eloQuence which almost COM
PEELED cheer from those who few hours
before were almost ready to do him personal
violence. Several speeches were made by
prominent Germans, all of which, though
condemning the course of the Rev. Marine
vet were fair minded and honest. AT this
junction q small round shouldered man,
with keen gray eyes and stiff bristling gray
hair, which stood up all around on end, adj
vanced from the rear portion OF the speak
ers' platform. He came forward in
response to cries of Lowry Lowryw
Excusin himself in a very embarrassed
manner. he said he had only come to look
on, and at the same time he drew forth some
notes, and thereupon launched forth upon
TRADE of an hours length, in which he
lauded everything German to the skies. and.
tainted the preacher who stood at bay, silent
but respectful, until the large audience
burned with shame and indignation. The
orator was none other than Judge Lowry,
who is candidate for congress from this
district. He came only to look on, but his
speech abounded in statistics regarding
German and
AMERICAN EDUCATION IN EUROPE
and in America, which must have taken
hours of preparation. He lauded Bismarck
and uttered the praises of Won Moltke in a
voice which shook with emotion. Three
years ago the honest Judge was the proprie
tor of daily paper which bitterly
opposed the German cause in
the Franco-G German war. The few
words which rose most readily to his tongue
then were not Bismarck and Moltke, but |
MacMahon, Bazaine and Canrobert. At an |
other time when the Germans of Allen |
county ran an independent ticket, its most
bitter opponent was this same virtuous |
threatener of Methodist preacher at bay. |
But this is sufficient to show how much sin
certify there was in the judges championship
this is not the worst. 1t now appears that
the judge concocted the indignation meeting
twenty-four hours beforehand for the sole
purpose of using the occasion for the manu-
facture of political capital. 1t Is the most
astounding piece of effrontery ever
played upon the people of this city. This
morning the city was again in an uproar.
had been bitterest against him
on yesterday, now praised him
loudest. Every newspaper in the city,
republican and nondescript
were for once together In an onslaught upon
the craven Judge who had formed vile
that his own personal interests might be
advanced. Knots of men can be seen upon
every corner and along the streets as
write, discussing this interesting, exciting
topic. We are having truely tempest IN
teapot. That man who wears the judicial
ermiDe and who has always opposed the
Germans, politically and otherwise, should
concoct an arraignment of a Methodist min
ister whose only fault is indisc.etion, before
a deeply insultei and madly indignant
crowd of these people to the end that by APP
pearing as their champion he might hope
for their political support In the
coming canvass. was too much for the most
Indifferent voter. Tonight the indignation
Is all the other way. The judge has over
reached himself He tried to sell the Ger
MANS and he is himself sold. 1t is really /
amusing to hear the comments of the street
idlers. 1t is safe o say that every group OF
three or four, of which one passes dozen
on each square, is engaged in discussing the
relative merits of Judge Lowry and the Rev.
Marine, and no matter whether the speakers
be
AMERICANS OR GERMANS,
one only hears adverse criticisms OF the val |
orous Judge. Your correspondent, anxious
to know just how the situation looks to men
inside politics, has taken the trouble to
interview several of them to-day. To the
question "What do you think of Judge
Lowry,s speech last night2" is returned
the invariable reply: "Oh, d---ni the
id fool has killed himself
deader than a door nail" The Gazette, |
which had the bad luck to bring all this
clatter about our ears, has begun to reap its |
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