Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-02-02
SOME REC0LLECH0NS
OF CARL SCIURZ
a ve4srsH Washington Correspond
snrs tssssgrs of the Great Foreign
e. Fsesy Years Ago.

Warrington. D. G.. Jan. 26.-(Special
Correspondence Of The Republican,
hs9 knONn Of carl Schurz before the
var. and had read with the greatest
Interest bis paper during the campaign
81 isse. EditOrially il was one Of the
strongest among the great republican
papers ~ the country. and had a very
dectaeG influence on the election. Dur
ing the var / had watched his course
- 4 commander, and with nearly all
Others paE much disappointed in him.
] suppose the glamour Of the foreign
officers FbO had helped Washington in
the great 1-ggle for Independence
still fingered with US, for We took IL for
granted thai every foreigner who Of
fered his services possessed command
ing military talents. We belittled oar
own military aptitude TO exalt the for
eigners. But Schurz. Oseterhaus.
Which and -- nber Of others proved
great dissppoinimeuts.
/ never met Schurz personally until
jn 1865 Al that time / was spending
some months in Missouri. Schurz was
1hs leader Of the republicans OF that
state. During the campaign | met him
frequently and heard him make
speeches. ana now, after the lapse Of
nearly forty years those speeches still
finger with me. ] had grown up among
q group OF orators whose wild gesticu-
lations and tremendous lung power
we're conspicuous features Of their ora
tory. / had heard men who. by some
1yitChery Of word painting. or dramatic
ROVER Of voice or Couutenance. could
readily turn a peaceful meeting into an
indignant mob SChurZ' orat0ry was
q revelation TO me. He always spoke
in a conversational toned and used but
Jew gestures. When desirable b. could
throw an intensity into the tone Of his
voice that was marvellous. without in
creasing the volume Of sound. on the
platform he always stood at the side
II the table or desk. sometimes leaning
his elbow thereon. and reasoned with
his audience. making no effort 10 cap
ture them By dramatic demonstrations.
hut rather 10 take them captive by his
sheer power Of reasoning. His Ian
guaEe was classic in its purity. and his
pronunciation q English was perfect.
the Only distinguished mark Of his for
eign origin being his frequent use OF
German idi0ms.
His loyalty 10 the union and to the
republican party al that time was Of
abe intense order. and he could see
nothing good in those who had at
tempted 10 destroy the republic. or
who had sympathized with that at
tempt. Missouri had been maintained
man element IN its population. and
about the close Of the war the legis-
1ature had enacted a law making the
qualifications Of electors. This law
was of the most radical kind. contain
ing a large number 81 Specifications.
ard man guilty 81 having violated
any one Of them was made ineligible TO
vote. or 20 hold office. At every cleo
lion two ballot boxes were prepared. II
a mans vote was challenged and ne
had never been guilty or any ~ the
specifications. his vote was rejected
and deposited IN the box marked Tor
such votes.
AZ the time 7 am speaking Of there
was a republican paper published a.
Bonneville. by a man named Blair.
was spending a few weeks in the place.
and the editor desiring To take "A va
cation. asked me 10 edit his paper for
Two or three weeks. ] wrote an edi-
torial taking the ground that a. the
war was over. its bitterness should be
forgotten at as early date as posi- I
hle and 20 that end the election law
should be either repealed or greatly
modified; that Il mattered not what
might have occurred in the past the
people of Missouri was then loyal 20
The union; and. finally. that there were
some Specifications in the act. that nut Z
1ew men in Jh~ north had been guilty
81 violating, Et least in spirit. and 81 z
was unjust ard bad policy 20 keep the +
elective sFaaeh3ssa away from the best 4.
and most lnt.i,iEeHt citizens II the 5
state. This I feel sure. was the first I
editorial On republican paper iu Mis-
snuri advocating ~ repeal ~ the law .
Mr.. Schurz was candidate for United