The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-03-19
Cia qtoT. ef Arkansas, Named
f.r Max can Mission.
A F,Gr4 TING REPUBLICAN,
SIXTY YEARS OLD AND
CAPTAIN IN UNION ARMY.
WAS UNITED STATES SENATOR
Perry ~eath for Assistant Postmaster
General Cousin William Osborne
Gets Great Plum, as Does
Henchman Gowdy.

Washington March 1S.-The Presi-
dent to-day sent TO the Senate the follow
ing nominations:
Powell Clayton, of Arkansas, to be en-
voy extraordinary and minister plenlpo-
tentiary of the United States to Mexico;
VIM. M. Osborne, of Massachusetts, Con-
sui General of United States at London;
John X. Gowdy, of Indiana, Consul Cen
eral of the United States at Paris; Jos.
H. Brigham. of Ohio, to be Assistant
Secretary of Agriculture; Perry ). Heath
of Indiana. to be First Assistant Post
master General.
Powell Clayton is the leader of the
Republicans of Arkansas. He has been
a delegate in Republican National con-
ventions almost since the war and for
many years has been a member of the
National committee for Arkansas. He is
63 years of age and a native of Pennsyl-
vania. He entered the Union army
from Kansas, a Captain in 1861, and
was successively promoted until he reach
ed the rank of brigadier general At the
close of the war he settled in Arkansas
and became planter. In 1868 he was
elected Governor of the State. In 1871
he was elected United States Senator and
served until 1877.
AR. Clayton has been very active in
politics. He is one of the old stalwart
Republicans and one of the most ag-
gressive He has had fierce contests In
his State and one of his brothers was
killed i'm Arkansas during a political
campaign Mr.. Clayton was one of the
carly advocates of McKinley's nomina-
ton and as a member of the National
committee and delegate to the conven-
ton was hard worker for the successful
nominee.
John X Gowdy is chairman of the In
diana Republican committee. He was an
original Mckinley man in that State and
managed the preliminary campaign
which gave the Ohio candidate the solid
Indiana delegation Mr.. Gowdy was a
captain in the late war. He has never
held any large office, but has held a num-
ber of county offices. He lives at Rush
vile, Ind. He is about 80 years old and
has been more identified more with
farming interests than anything else.
Mr. Osborne, appointed Consul Gen
eral to London, is a cousin of President
Mckinley. They were boys together and
men close to the President say it was a
personal appointment. Mr.. Osborne was
very active during the preliminary cam
paign before the nomination last sum-
mer and travelled through many States
in the interest of Mckinley. He was
Secretary of the National committee dur
ing the campaign, with headquarters in
New York Mr.. Osborne is probably
nearly sixty years old. He has been a
member of the board Of police commits
sioners of Boston.
The new Assistant Secretary of Agri-
culture lis a farmer living near Delta,
Ohio, in the western part of the State.
He has an excellent war record as an Of
fcer in the Union army, and is we'll known
in Ohio political circles, having been his
party's nominee in several hot fights.
Among the agriculturists he is widely
known as master Of the national grange,
which office he has held for some time.
He has lectured to oranges in all parts
of the country and was warmly endorsed
by Oranges in all parts of the country
ably will be the tallest man in depart
mental life, towering six feet five inches
in height.
Perry Heath is known to all newspaper
men in Washington and quite generally
to public men and newspaper writers in
all parts OF the country. He lived in
Marion, Ind, for some years before COM
ing to Washington as a correspondent for
several western papers. After some
wears of newspaper service here he went
to Cincinnati as editor of the CONNER
cial Gazette, since consolidated with the
Cincinnati Tribune On resigning this
position he entered actively into Mr.. Nc
Kinley's canvass end was one of his
lieutenants before and after the conven-
ton. During the campaign he was
chief Of the Republican literary bureau.
He h fairly well to do as the result of
fortunate real estate investments IN
towns in the Indiana Natural Gas belt.