The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-07
GOWDY NOT ABASHED
HAS NOT LEARNED FRENCH, GUT WILL
GO TO PARIS AND DC CONSUL.

The Man From RushviIie. Ind. Always
''Gits ThNs'-He Carried His state For
McKinlcy and stands Ready For Other
Deeds HE Unique Personality.
They don't sit down and think out a
J problem IN Rushvillc, Ind When man
and a hustler like Captain Gowdy resolves
upon making a president or becoming a
consul general, he simply pecls off his frock
coat tells hiswomen folks not 70 wait din.
ner for him ard ii he doesn't Git thar 10
isn't the tault OF himself or the boys
The consul general cannot help winning
over the wicked French His ruddy limo
cent face with us long tassel of iron gray
chin whiskcrs would force tears of envy
from the bucolic eyes OF Uncle Josh Whit
comb. The flowing tails of his frock coat
rouse memories of a sleepy sunday morn
ing In the village church The sheen of
his expansive white shirt front with it's old
fashioned pearl buttons was like the brief
glory of a sunburst on cloudy holiday in
Rushyille
Am glad I'm goin to PareeY" said
the consul general Il an glad but most
ly on my daughters account You see.
she "a young lady just graduated, and it'll
be great snap for her.
80 don know anything about French
not word, sir. That's the reason I've got
10 pick out vice consul who's had expert
ence and knows something about the Ian
guage. But just now m off 10 Washing.
ton to look after the interests of my In.
diana friends want TO see that they get
show at the places they re after
Oh, / guess the thingll work slick
enough as soon as get over there The
difficult thing Is to get the right sort of
men for the offices of vice consul and
deputy vice consul. have already received
26 applications for the vice consulship and
20 for that of deputy. What am going to
do about ttY Why, ! shall appoint one of
four men whom have in mind, utwhich
of the four l will appoint don yet know.
OF course he's got 70 speak French
Somebody in that office has got TO know
the language and help the consul general
out when be wants help. / suppose, how
ever, / II soon pick it up and get along all
right. The other attaches of my Office are
two consular clerks and negro porter
who has been there SO many years chat
suppose III have to keep him I'll have
70 hold on 10 the clerks, too, for they also
have been in the Office Il long time
II s'pose the Paris Office ain tas good as
the one in London in a financial sense,
but guess we'd rather live in Paris than
London. Ever been there yourselfg You
have been there, and it's a cuckoo of a
town: ! thought so Well, guess Paris
is about my size, though it will be kind
of hard 10 pull up stakes at Rushyille,
where I've lived all my life You see,
person gets kind of attached to place he's
always lived in and where all his friends
are ! was sheriff of Rush county for four
years and auditor for eight.
Il shan't remain long in Washington
this time. l expect 10 go back To Rush
vile and begin my preparations for the
journey to Paris. We shall leave either
by the st. Louis of the American line on
April 81. or by the St. Paul which sails
May . But now l must be off to look
after my Indiana friends who are trying
TO get places They deserve them, and I'm
going to see that they get them If it's a
possible thing. BY byr
Captain Gowdy was one of the organic
ers and leaders of the remarkable cam
paign in Indiana for delegates to the Re-
publican national convention in st. Louis
last year. which resulted in the selection
Of solid Mckinley delegation, thereby re-
moving from the list OF candidates the
name of Harrison, who was spoken Of as
presidential possibility Captain Gowdy
is credited also with having been largely
instrumental in carrying the state OF In
diana for Mckinley.
Captain Gowdy was horn in Rush coun
ty, Ind. in August, 1884 When quite
young man. he enlisted in the Fifth In
diana cavalry as private soldier. serving
for more than three years with ardor and
discretion lie has been "A resident OF
Rushville since 1879. He was editor and
proprietor of the Rushvlle Graphic for six
years He sold this after he was elected
chairman of the state committee New
York Journal