Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-03-25
THE APP0INTEES.
Mr.. PendIston Minister to Germany,
Mctane to France and
JACKSON MINISTER TO MEXICO.
Sketches Of These Gentlemen Show
Them to be Eminent!y Fitted
For Their Offices.
THE GOOD SENSE OF THE PRESIDENT.

POAH0SVo AOA EOiSlbu hlSolOLs uduS Ny tue
President, except that of Mr.. Phelps, Minis
ter to England, sketch of whom the RsG-
IsTER published yesterday:
The Minister to Germany,
Mr.. Pendleton is possessed of fortune
that will enable him, with his salary, to
creditably represent the Government in
Berlin. He will be 60 years of age on the
10Th of July, but he does not look to be
above so. Gentleman George" was born
in Cincinnati, and was educated in the pub
lie schools of that city and in Europe. After
his return from abroad he studied law, was
admitted to the bar, and has since
practiced his profession in Cincinnati.
His first public service was rendered to the
Buckeye State in its Legislature In 1856.
He served as Representative at Washing
ton during the war, having been member
of the House in the Thirty-ffth, Thirty
sixth, Thirty-seventh and thirty-eighth Con-
crosses. In 1864 he accepted the nomina-
ton for Vice President on the
ticket with Mcclellan, which was
overwhelmingly beaten by Lincoln
and johnson. Mr. Pendleton, as q
member of Congress, had opposed the war,
and at that time was the favorite of the
peace party. He was the Democratic can
didate for Governor of Ohio in 1869, and
was defeated; was elected to the United
States Senate as Democrat, to succeed
Stanley Matthews, Republican, and took
his seat March l9, 1874 His term of ser.
vice expired March last, he having been
defeated for reelection by Henry B. Payne.
Pendleton is a man Of ability and OF fine
address. The old generation will remember
his vigorous opposition In the House Of
Representatives, in 1862, to the act creating
legal tender notes, quite as distinctly as the
men of to-day recognize his handiwork in
the Civil service law. In 1864 he was the
leading opponent of the forces that rallied
to the defeat of the Thirteenth Amendment
to the Constitution, but his efforts were as
unsuccessful then as they had been in
the preceding Presidential campaign.
Mr.. Pendleton is the president and lar
gest single stockholder oil the Kentucky Cen
tral railroad, extending from Covington to
Lexington. His family consists Of a wife
and three chilGrel. In his earl ly manhood,
almost Immediately upon his return from
his tour through Europe, he was married to
Miss Alice Key, a daughter of Francis
Scott Key, the author of The Star Spangled
Banner" She was a resident Of Baltimore
at that time and niece of Roger B. TaneN
Chief Justice of the United States. Mrs
Pendleton is q woman of rare accomplish
ments, and when at home the hospitable
mansion where she presides is centre OF
the best society.
The Minister to France.
Robert NJ. McLane owes his appointment
to Senator German, who, in procuring it,
removes from his path a possible rival for
the Senate in 1886. Mr.. McLane is one OF
the few living representatives of the ancient
Democratic regime in Maryland. He was
born at Wilmington, Del, June %. 1915,
and is q son of Louis McLane, who was
Minister to Great Britain, Secretary of the
Treasury, and Secretary Of State under
Jackson. He was educated at the College
Bourbon, Paris. Jackson made him
cadet at West Point, and
from 1887 to lS43 he served in the
regular army reaching the rank of ieuteu-
ant and obtaining some distinction IN the
Seminole war. He then became q lawyer
and settled in Baltimore. From 1917 to
1851 he was in Congress, and in 1853 Pres
ident Pierce appointed him commissioners to
China, with the powers of minister plenlpo.
tentiary, and accredited also to Japan, Co
rea Siam and Cochin China. In 1859 Pres
ident Buchanan made him minister to Mex
leo, but he resigned the next year, and the
outbreak Of the war found him in Baltl-
more.
Immediately after the attack on the Mas
sachusetts troops in that city in April 1861,
Mr.. McLane took steamer from New
York for Paris, where he remained until
the close of the war. He was delegate to
he ST. Louis convention which nominated
Trlden in 1876. In the same year he was
elected to the Maryland Senate, and he
afterwards served as a member OF the Forty
Sixth and Forty seventh Congresses.
asst year Mr.. McLane was elected Gov
ernor of the State. Mr. McLane is pol
ished gentleman of the old school and an
accomplished French scholar.
The Minister to Mexico.
Kentucky gets its third disappointment
in the assignment Of Henry r. Jackson, OF
Georgia to Mexico. This place was coVet-
ed by ex. Senator "Cerro Gordo" Williams,
who had the backing of his entire State.
Gen. Jackson, the sppointee, is an old-time
Democrat He is said to be a brotherln-
law of Howell Cobb He served with dis
tinction in the Mexican war, and is the au.
thor of beautiful military poem entitled
.sMy Wife and Child" He was at the
Charleston Convention in 1860. His pres
ent residence is Savannah. he was strongly
indorsed BY the delegation Of his State, and
had a special champion in Senator Brown
After the Mexican war he practiced his
profession in Georgia and, though taking
an active part in politics, did not seek any
psrsonal advancement. When the clyl
war broke out. and a conflict became newt
able, he entered the Confederate army. de
! earned the rank of Brigadier-General and
served with distinction in the field
Once more upon the return of peact
he settled down quietly to thu
practice of his profession, and hi
ability as lawyer placed hin
in the front rank in his State. Genera
jackson sought no political perferment TO
himself though prominent and lpHaenda
in his party. He has been cordially au'
earnestly commended to President Cieve
land as a man who would reflect credit ant
honor upon his administration
The appointment has come to Genera
Jackeon without any selfseeking on hi
part. Both thS Georgia Senators and tn
members of the House from that State hsv
recommended him, and the selection IS on
that is made because Of the qualifications Q
the man.
THE NOMINATIONS.