St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-25

pays no attention. to what other people are
doing or saying.
Who is he?
Carl Schurz, soldier of fortune
He is the one man in American politics
who is almost always indefnable in a degree.
Schurz for more than score of years has
kept political prophets and wiseacres guess
ing as to just where he would turn up next.
and in what special camp.
Schur is figure in our politics who in
some respects has 10 counterpart. Few men
of national reputation won fame in the face
of more obstacles and difficulties. An exile.
a prosecuted patriot OF the struggle of the
German and Austrian peasantry in 1S4S, for
some degree of freedom and some share in
the government of their countries, Schurz
has in this country won a prominence that
he might never attain in his native land, for
he has won as high political honors as any
foreign born citizen may. He has been
Senator Of the United States and a Cabinet
officer. In addition he has won a national
reputation as an orator, as scholar and as
writer.
Taking all the facts and conditions into con-
sideration it must be said that a man of this
sort must be gifted with considerable more
than ordinary qualities, mental and moral.
Not yet siXty-fve years of age, he was born
in March, 1922 near Cologne in Prussia His
life since he left the university at Bonn, in
which he was a student, to plunge into the
revolution of 1S4S against King William along
with Rudlich and Kinkel, who afterwards
settled in New York and Franz Sigel, who
won his generals commission in our own
civil war. No carpet knight was young
SchurZ. When his friend Kinkel was captured
and sentenced to Imprisonment for life in
fortress in the river Havel. Young Schurz
communicated with his friend and between
the two plan was concocted by means of
which Kinkel escaped one dark night from
the fortress through a sewer, and by the aid
of SchurZ, and by means of long marches by
night, the two reached the North Sea and
shipped to England.
From this time his career was checkered
for a considerable period and varied always.
In Paris he was correspondent for German
papers. In England, like other eXiles, he
gave lessons in mis- own language with some
success. The year 1852 found him in the
United States, and SO good use did he make
of his time that In 1857 he was Republican
candidate for acknowledgement of Wiscon-
sin. In the meantime he had learned
English and earned reputation as an orator,
so that when in 1859 he made lecture tour
through New England, in which he denounced
the policy of Stephen A. Douglass he became
in a certain sense a national character He
was an influential member OF the Republican
National Convention in 1860. President Lin
coin made him Minister to Spain, but he
resigned to enter the army at the opening of
the rebellion. In 1852 he was commissioned
brigadier-generai of volunteers, and was
assigned to command division in the corps
of his friend, General Franz Sigel. He fought
with Sigel in second Bull Run, was made
Encouragement in 1863 and commanded
division at charlottesville, and he was at
Gettysburg, at Chattanooga and elsewhere.
AT the close of the war he started to prac-
tice law and then became Washington CORES
pondent of New York Tribune. In 1866 he
was special commissioner under President
Johnson to look into the condition of the
Southern States. In 1853, he was an editor in
st. Louis and in the same year was the tenn
porary chairman of the National Convention
that nominated Grant for whose election he
worked hard. In the same year he entered
the United States Senate from Missouri 1t
was in the Senate that he made plain his apti-
tude for kicking over the traces, for he OPP
posed President Grant in many ways and the
latter resented it. The year 1872 found him
out of the Republican party and presiding
over the convention of the Liberal party in
Cincinnati which nominated Horace Greedy
for President, but 1876 found him back in the
Republican party again and later he found
himself in the cabinet. Since that time his
career has been known to all men. The
organization of the Mugwump party, if it
may be called a party, gave Mr.. Schurz an
other chance to show his independence. He
Joined the Mugwumps and supported Cleve-
land against Mr.. Blaine. In the last presi-
Dental election he supported Mr.. Cleveland
against General Harrison.
Such, in outline, has been the career of this
somewhat remarkable man. That it has been
busy and varied one no one will deny and
just what the future may end it is q matter
to speculate upon,
As has been before stated the position Mr.
Schuz now occupiesin politics is faaomalous
He stands as it WE'RE in a litsfs5space alone
and the old line party leaders look upon him
as being of another. kind and of no kin.to
them. Many of tlies me- who have been
watching the trend.zof things nol;t;- u for