Wokeck, Marianne SophiaBrown, Nancy EileenSnodgrass, MichaelMonroe, Elizabeth Brand, 1947-2013-11-062013-11-062013https://hdl.handle.net/1805/3658http://dx.doi.org/10.7912/C2/173Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)In 1901, three German American candidates ran for the office of mayor in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The winner, Henry Berghoff, had emigrated from Germany as a teenager. This thesis examines the election discourse in the partisan press for signs of ethnic tension. The first chapter places Fort Wayne in historical context of German immigration and Indiana history. The second and third chapters investigate the editorial pages for evidence of ethnic tension. I also reference a few articles of an editorial nature outside of the editorial pages. The second chapter provides background information about the election and examines indications of the candidates’ ethnicity and references to the German language papers. The third chapter considers the editorial comment about Germany, the intertwining of ethnicity and the issues, and ethnic name-calling. In order to identify underlying bias for or against Germany and to better understand the context of the references to German ethnicity, the fourth chapter explores the portrayal of Germany in the Fort Wayne papers.en-USIndianaFort WayneImmigrationPoliticsGermanyChinaNewspapersGerman American1901ElectionLocal elections -- Indiana -- Fort Wayne -- 20th centuryGerman Americans -- Indiana -- Fort Wayne -- History -- 20th centuryFort Wayne (Ind.) -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th centuryFort Wayne (Ind.) -- Politics and government -- History -- 20th centuryGerman American newspapers -- Indiana -- Fort Wayne -- History -- 20th centuryGermans -- Indiana -- Fort Wayne -- Newspapers -- 20th centuryPrejudices in the press -- Indiana -- Fort Wayne -- 20th centuryPolitical candidates -- Indiana -- Fort Wayne -- 20th centuryFort Wayne (Ind.) -- Ethnic relations -- 20th centuryInvective -- Ethnic relations -- 20th centuryCampaign debates -- Indiana -- Fort Wayne -- 20th centuryChina -- History -- Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901Journal-gazette (Fort Wayne, Ind.)News and sentinel (Fort Wayne, Ind.)Indiana Staatszeitung (Fort Wayne, Ind. : Weekly)Thesis