The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-01

The deceased was a member of thu
following we'll known orders: Pestalozz
lodge No. $40, D. 0. H., of which he wa!
a charter member; Harugari Lieder
tafel New Haven Turn Verein, Gegen
seitiger Deutsche Sterile Kasse Verein
Freie Brueder Mamie, D. o. H., Con
necticut Rock lodge No. 80, F. and A
NJ, and General Won Steinwehr pos
No. rs, G. A. r.
The funeral services will be held from
his late residence on Thursday after
noon at 2:30 o'clock and Pcstalozzi lodge
No. $40, D. o. H, will have charge OF
the services both at the house and at
the grave. w. f. Stahl e. Son will be
the funeral directors.
A sketch of his life taken from Frank
Leslie's historical publication follows:
Wiegand Schlein, editor and proprietor Of
the Connecticut Republikaner of New Ha
ven, Conn, was born In ODER Ellenbach
Germany, on the 10th Of July, 1897. His
parents were Peter Schlein and Anna Elisa
Harc, both of German birth and descent
Peter Schlein served as a soldier In the
German army during the war against Ma
poleon from 1907 to 1914. and later in life
was successful farmer and butcher.
Wiegand Schein received his education
In the village school of Ober Eilenbach,
which he attended from six to fourteen
years Of age, and from which he was grad
uated in 1851. He acquired an excellent
common school training and as youth de-
veloped those superior intellectual qualities
which have characterized his entire life.
| In 1852 he came TO America, arriving In
New York on the 2Sth of April, and at once
entered upon an active career, first as an
apprentice at shoemaklng, at which he
served two years. He then went to Phla-
delphla, Pa, and completed his trade as a
boot and shoe maker, thoroughly mastering
every branch and, through his skill and In
dustry, gaining the confidence Of all with
whom he came In contact.
IT was about this time that he fully real
lied the necessity of further education. His
opportunities in the fatherland though ex-
cellent and thorough in every way, were
somewhat, limited when compared with the
broader system which now opened before
him, and being Of a very ambitious nature
and possessing that determination which
insures success, he at once set out to i'm
prove himself, especially In those branches
of Intellectual advancement which the city
Of philadelphia afforded. He attended reg
ularly all the lectures and visited the Tur-
ner and Singing societies In order to gain
Ia personal knowledge Of every subject
which such institutions afforded; he also In
terested himself with the public affairs Of
Philadelphia and above all imbibed those
principles of anti-slavery which made him
ever afterward one of the ahlest and
strongest Of humanitarians. He became an
Out anu out dHtl-SluNtEy IldU, uH uDplltlOn-
list of the Garrison type, and thoroughly
Identified with the cause which brought
about the organization of the Republican
party.
MI schlein's life in Philadelphia was one
of constant advancement and activity. lie
especially interested himself In politics and,
In 1885, made number Of public speeches
for the two Republican presidential candi-
fore, one of the few men living who be-
came founder and one of the earliest ac-
tive supporters of the Republican party,
with which he has been continuously iden-
titled and which he has served most eff
cienty during its entire history.
In 1857 Mr.. Schlein moved to New Haven,
Conn, where he found the Germans, to a
very great extent, democratic and pro-
the political affairs of the city, this time
In the direction of convincing his fellow
countrymen of the truths of republicansm.
In It. this respect, he was .n, very successful
Judgment, and sound reasoning, he impart-
ed TO them his own good German-Amercan
principles and materially broadened their
views of the political possibilities of the
year 1858 he organized German Republi-
can club of 165 members in New Haven,
with the result that the Germans cast, In
The state election of 1859, no less than SS7 !
votes in Connecticut. which insured the
election of Hon William A. Buckingham as
governor by majority of 535. In 1860 the
Germans in Connecticut had good Repub-
lean organization and were Instrumental
n carrying the election for Abraham Lin
coln.
Mr.. Schlein was active and influential
Turing these early years of the Republican \
party and became one of the best known
ierman-Americans in the state. He was
ndefatigabe in his efforts to organize tho
ierman element into an integral part of
he great party and emnently successful in
Ms efforts He formed Republican clubs at
Jew Haven, Hartford New Britain, Meri-
len, Waterbury, New London and Bridge.
'ort. and enthusiastically led his fellow
ountrymen into a place in the Republican
With credit and honor, and which have
made them and their descendants a power
nj element in state politics.
rst to enlist for period of three months
n the war for the Union. At the battle of
Bull Run he was captured and held as
prisoner for eleven months, being confined
or nine months he was held as a hostage
o be hung in case the privateers which
7ere held in contempt by the United States
we're hung as sea pirates He was finally
aroled, however, at Little Washington, N.
:, and then returned home.
After the war Mr. Schlein continued to
AXE an active part In politics and public
fairs and from that time to the present
4 Connecticut. Ia 1867 he began the pub
cation of the Connecticut kepublikaner.
ierman Republican newspaper, which for
lore than thirty years has welded an I'M
ortant influence throughout the state.
ince 1897 he had published the paper both
s a weekly and daily. He was strong
ritter, clear and concise in his statements, ,
sarless in his convictions, generous and
ublc spirited, enterprising and progress
e, thoroughly alive to the interests of the I
and active in promoting every
'orthy object. As the editor and proprie-
or of the leading German Republican
ewspaper in Connecticut. he had for near.
generation exercised wholesome in
uence upon the progress and prosperity of ,
he party in the state and especially among !
lose Of German birth or parentage. He (
ad never had taste for office seeking. !
nd in ouly one Instance had he accepted
lice. and that when he was a member of
he board of relief He had always fought
oweyer, for those principles which form {
he basis of true American manhood and in :