Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-06-06

thence to Paris. There, disguised as
an organ grinder, he effected the rescue
of Kinkel, who accompanied him to
England. Schurz supported himself in
London for while. teaching German
and writing letters to German news
papers, before he came to the United
States in 1852.
When Schurz landed In New York he
could neither speak nor write the En-
glish language, and tbs. political ban
ners of Pierce and Scott which spanned
Broadway were. a sore puzzle to him..
Yet three years afterwnrd he was adj
mitted to the bar in Jefferson, Wis,
and Immediately entered the struggle
against the aggressions of slavery, for
which the Republican party was rap
idly organizing. Schurz worked mainly
through the Germans Of the Northwest,
and five years after landing in this
country the Immigrant boy was nom
mated for Lieutenant Governor of Wis
consin and came within 300 votes Of
being elected.
In 1858 Schurz took an active part
In the Lincoln douglas campaign In ILL
nOis, and 1t was during this that he
formed n friendship with Lincoln which
was ended only by the death Of the
President. In 1850 Schurz went to Bos-
ton, where he made an address on True
Americanism, which was commented on
all over the country. One reading the
speech would find 1t hard to believe
that 1t was written by man who sew.
EN- years before could not speak En-
glish.
A year after making this address Mr..
Schurz was elected chairman of the Re-
publican national convention in Chi
cago, and supported the nomination Of
Mr.. Seward to the last. After the con-
vention he spoke in various States Of
the Union, and on the accession of
Abraham Lincoln to the presidency Mr..
Schurz was appointed minister to
Spain. He reached Madrid in July,
but after he realized how great a strug-
gle the Civil War was to be he was
recalled at his own request. In Decem-
Der he was appointed brigadier gen
eral of volunteers. Mfr. Schurz com
handed division of the Eleventh
Corps under Howard, fought with Ere.
mont and Sigel, and ended his service
under Sherman in North Carolina.
After the war. Mr.. Schurz was an
pointed special commissioner to re-
port on the condition of the seaboard
and gulf states, and after that he be-
came special correspondent of the
New York Tribune. In 1865 he. became
editor Of the Detroit Post and a year
later he moved to st. Louis, where he
purchased an Interest In the Westliche
Post, of which he took charge In 1869
Mr.. Schurz was elected United States
Senator from Missouri.
He found himself very soon forced to
oppose the tendencies developed by the
strenuous war period in the party to
which he had been warmly devoted,
and he threw aside the party yoke by
opposing the plans Of President Grant.
The first open difference came with the
submission to the Senate of the treaty
for the annexation of Santo Domingo,
which he fought with NIL ibis energy. Z
In the Liberal Republican movement
he took prominent part and was
chairman of the Cincinnati convention
which nominated Horace Greeley. He
was actively engaged In the Ohio can
vass. supporting the election of Hayes
as, Governor on hard money plut-
form, and he also took an active part
in the presidential campaign which re-
suited in the election of Hayes. In 1877
he was appointed to seat in the cab.
met.
1t was while Secretary of the In.
terror that Mr.. Schurz put into opera
tion the principles and methods of civil
service reform. seven years before their
adoption by law.
Although Mr.. Schurz held no public
office after his retirement from the cab
met his influence in public affairs was
felt almost to the end of his life He
was powerful antagonist of machine
politics, and because of his strong fol.
lowing his cooperation in all reform
movements was welcomed.
Pay day comes slowly Ia a pan who
watches tAp clock.