River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-20
CARL SCHUR
S ESSAY
HIS POLITICAL BE
PREHEN<
:FS AND APP.
Ms.
A Man Pre- Eminent
tai Vagaries Profe,
that Roosevelt May
I'm DipIom acy.
Tie I'M peran1eRs
- Grave Fear
rove Deficient

Iue FeneruOl9 VIII .3cnurE must at
ways command from good Republicans
the respect which members of that great
national party always pay to those who
have done good service to the country, es-
pecially in the day of grave peril and en-
the field of war.
But although Republicans, in estimat-
ing the weight of influence to be attached
to the utteranees of Mr. Schurz, cannot
forget nor underrate his services to the
country in times of peace as we'll rs in
war, they can only read his latest contri-
button to the literature of the presiden-
tial campaign with intense amusement.
Mr.. Schurz as at his best. that is, most
amusing, in that passage of his letter
where, with an evid ant effort to be fair
he deplores the Temperament Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt. He says:
l have such faith liz, original good
ness OF his impulses that deem him capa.
bic OF abandoning again any of the wrong
ways he has lately taken, except one And
there something stands i'm the way for
which he Is not Responsible; his tempera-
ment, which is altogether too strong for his
reason
l do not deem President Roosevelt capa-
Die or seeking an opportunity for plunging
the country into foreign war merely to
crafty his ambition or to give play to his
fighting spirit. But do think that when
ever there are two ways ofdeciding n mat
ter of controversy tn slow, patient,
diplomatic, peaceable way and the other
the short cut by the use IL force - Mr.
Roosevelt will be temperanentally inclined
to choose the short cut, an it will require
with him an uncommonly strong effort Of
self-restraint to resist tat inclination,
which effort, IL made at al is not always
successful.
This, coming from Car Schurz, is de-
lcious!
The Schurz Temprament.
Among all the examplS of ''tempera-
ment" overriding good Sese, reason and
calm judgment known tolAmcrcan poll
tics Carl Schurz stands Tk-eminent. For
him to look upon the Strdy, practical
Roosevelt, who has takeIfp and carried
firmly every burden even II upon HIM
for Carl Schurz to look bon this man.
and drone out his doubt is to his abil-
ity, in case of an imports controversy,
to seek the "slow, patti, diplomatic,
peaceable way" is enough cause mirth
in Democratic camp8k meeting in
Iowa.
Seventy-fve years ago RI half year
more this critic of the Ijsident of the
United States was born Prussia. He
joined the insurrection otS49, was ar
rested, fed to Switzerlan3 and came to
these shores in 1852. Hdecame an ar
dent Republican, and VIZ the war of
rebellion began he " American
minister to Spain, so A.y had he
arisen to power and infu in the land
of his adoption. One YES nothing
"slow" about these point our critics
career.
And there was nothing ow," either,
when it came to action. resigned his
position, and came bac& the United
States to enter the Union ly. He rose
to the rank of major ger |, and after
the war was sent by Mis ri, as Re-
publican, to the United ties Senate.
There was nothing ''slt about that
phase of the rise of Mr.. n, either.
1t was while he was The United
States Senate that the + qualities
of Mr. Schurz attracted ona atten-
ton. There was nothing w, patient.
diplomatic or peaceable" ways and
means adopted by him acking the
leaders of his own parl Je led the
movement against Presi, frant, pre-
ceding his second nomh and cleo
ton. Nothing could. e4 he bitter
ness with which he for rant's adj
ministration and strove Tx every
thing it proposed. CIR, . accused
Of "militarism" and 70 upset
all the traditions of tt lblc. It
was at this time that ugwumps
began their dismal exis with Mr..
Schurz as their leader &, Senate.
OldsterS among Republ ill recall
the scene at the hote where
Schurz and his followe gathered
to hear the returns VIII, t defeat
ed Horace Greeley. 1t hen that
the Temperament" Of NJ n got the
better of him. He sat a piano
and pounded out the lul notes Of
"The Heart Bowed u Thence
forth that gem of opera ave been
adopted as the mugwu Campaign
song. But strangely Ell &c wasn't.
However, they haven't Z.
But to return to Nj rz His
Temperament" had the l him until
President Grant was sue " Presi-
dent Hayes, when, fl there in
particular, Mr.. Schurz ed to be
Secretary of the Interio Dably he
was a good Republican he four
years of holding office. Mt "nop
around" and call hard ma N execu-
tive office, and now NJ. had q
taste or two OF crltlcls f. His
replies to his tormento, not de-
void OF tartness and .;
Political Chs
When he left the ca Schurz
fell, like Lucifer, star .orning.
and came down to bein br of a
New York paper-daily, known
to the public as the Ne yening
Post. From that MON, illiant.
cratic, revolutionary kerous
Carl Schurz remained, as the
public can judge, Mug n 1884
he retired from the new, ID; but
his recent letter shows T. ! mug
wump still. There's m, than
there is 10 most mugwuL out his
talk about the dangers sevelt's
solid Dutch-Amercan ment"
affords ground for shable
laughter.
The chameleon is not ngeful
of color and tint than ha mind
and course Of Carl Schi ie be-
came a public man. HI ed by
the demon OF egotism, which
forbids him to believe ne in
the world, or all the pc r in
the world know enoug along
without his advice, coun fort
He Is afraid to trust a him