The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-15
CARL sCHURz.
Testimonials of Regard from Leading Dem-
ocrats to Their Present Chief Assistant.
"A DISTINGUISHED nEss1AN.8

ADDRESS In which the country was informed that
neither Grant Conkiing. Blaine nor Hayes could
be supported by the truly good and puperfect
creatures OF whom the conference was the vocal
orlhee And yet, no sooner was Hayes nom
mated, even while Mr.. Schurz's friends were
coquettlag with Mr.. Tilden's friends to secure,
as the price OF his support of Tilden, a promise
of the Berlin mission, the distinguished Hessian
took time by the forelock and personally CON
Quoted his negotiation by agreeing to support
Hayes-damp even then with his condemnation
--lor cabinet office. Nobody ever has or ever
can denounce the presidential theft of 1876 with
more vlgor or hearty contempt than ourselves;
but there can be no choice between such a man
as Chandler, who helped commit it but reaped
no benefit from it, and man like SchurZ who
raised one hand in well-feigned horror at the
act, while active with the other in slowing away
his part Of the vulgar swag.
s'GARBAGING LIKE vULTURE."
washington Post. April 5, 1882
From the day that Mr.. Schurz landed upon
our hosp1table shores, to the present hour, he
has never for moment failed to coo like dove
while garbaging like vulture. He is, as we be-
gan by saying, the most eminent as we'll as the
most fortunate political Hessian that has ever
been tempted by cupidity or desperate fortunes
to visit us.
NEEDS COMMON HONESTY"
New York World, Jan. a. 1882
Does it occur to the impartial mind that if
there had been little less sniveling over the
Gus moonshine and damfoolery in general in
Philosopher Schurzs department, and little
more common honesty, it would have been far
betters 1t was well to let Schacknasty Jim and
Scarfaced Charley have their Sunday school
books and Moody and Sankey hymns; certainly,
BY all means 1t was better to let the flute play
ing and total abstinence business and slippery
executive lying go on at the White House.
DON'T LIKE DUDE REFoRMERs.
New York World, Jan. a. 1882.
Be careful that no foreign diplomat so much
as moisteps his lips with drop of Jersey cider,
and BY all means let Philosopher Schurz keep
up his correspondence with the politicians in pet
ticoats who part their hair in the middle and
scream for civil service reform; but pray, would
it not be well also, amid this pathos, to hear two
thousand American citizens present reasons why
they should not be robbed of their honest
LOBBYING FOR HIS RING
New York World, Jan. III 1882.
Did Mr.. Schurz resign his position as Cab
met officer when he was retained by the North
ern Pacific company to restore to it so, 000, 900
acres of the peoples land2 On the contrary,
was not his retention of his post absolutely
necessary to his earning the position which now
enables him as editor of the. Evening Post to
libel and calrminate his fellow citizensl Was
ever such impudence seen before2 And yet the
creature has glimmerngs." For authis moment
Schurz is lobbying for his ring at Washington,
and he naturally hopes that by bowling at
AIDED A WHOLESALE PLUNDERER.
New York World, Jan. 20 1882
By such tortuous construction of law Secre-
tary Schurz has simply aided and abetted in a
wholesale plundero of public lands for the benefit
of corporations,
PERSONAL CORRUPTION CHARGED.
Ne York World, jan 20, 1882
The small capitals here are of course our
own, but the emphasis to which these small
capitals simply invite the attention Of the public
is the deliberate emphasis of a public officer,
Justly indignant at the DISGRACE brought upon
one Of the departments of this government by
a FORMER SECRETARY OF THAT DEPARTMENT,
tCarl Schurz) who took upon himself OBVIOUSLY,
for a FEE OR REWARD, to RESTORE to a Gelin-
quent corporation, lands justly forfeited by that
corporation, without reference of the subject to
the consideration of Congress.
AN AGENT OF Mr.. WILLARD.
New York World, Feb. %, 1884.
Hon. Mr. Wizards Notwithstanding Mr.. Carl
Sehurz- grossly imposed upon the tribe. Seeur-
ing region rich in minerals for an old song. and
then violating the bargain.
THE WATERFOWL swINDLE.
Denver News (Dem.) Jan. 1882.
Now that Carl Schurz has become a bloated
capitalist some of the stalwart organs are un-
kindly asking him to go back to his old home in
Watertown, Wis, and reimburse the unfor-
tunate victims of his very peculiar real estate
enterprise there some twenty six years ago. 1t
is very wicked and heartless of the stalwart
editors to bother Mr. Schnrz with an unpleas
ant matter Of this kind. His massive mind is
so taken up with schemes of reform in the civil
service, and 1t requires so much of his time and
energy to- prevent native statesmen from rob-
bling the government that he cannot be ex-
pected to review the charges Of crookedness
and rapacity which blot his earlier record. If
the Watertownites who got bitten in Schurz's
addition have borne their losses in poverty
for twenty-six years. they are entitled to no
sympathy now Mr.. Schurz was as poor as any
of them, but turned his attention to politics and
is now wealthy beyond the dreams of avarice.
Why didn't they follow his example and become
great reformers, tool
Concord IN. H.) Patriot demo Feb. q 1882,
The New York World is making it exceed
ingly hot for Carl Schurz by parading his
record before the country. Its latest assault
is to republish from the Chicago Inter Ocean,
of 1872, an account Of some real estate trans
actions at WATERFOWL, Wis, in which Schurz
fraudulently concealed from purchasers, mostly
German settlers, the fact that the land he sold
them was unrecorded and heavily incumbered
by mortgages, grossly wronged many persons,
reduced some to absolute restitution, eald made
the neighborhood uninhabitabie for himself.
n GAVE AWAY LARGE TRACTS OF LAND.
Chester CPa) Democrat, Feb. 2, 1882.
Carl Schurz, President Hayess Secretary of
the Interior and great bowler for reform"
during gne iasC Ten years, ~ gelIlnS an unenVla-
bic reputation in connection with the Northern
Pacific railroad land grants There is indubita-
Bile evidence that after the grants had lapsed,
Schurz, in defiance of law as well as Supreme
Court decisions, actually gave to the company
hundreds of thousands Of acres of the public
lands.
Harper's Weekly Journal of Civilization
published, on March %, 1872, cartoon repre-
senting Carl Schurz as Mephistopheles, with the
Legend There is onlyo step from the sub
lime to the ridiculous Wendell Phillips said,
in 1877, THE Swiss soldier always to let. The
concluding testimonial is from the New York
World Of July 20, 1882:
4 "Carl Schurz took upon himself -obviously for
fee or reward while Secretary of the Interior),
to restore to a delinquent corporation lands
Justly forfeited
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