Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1893 — THREE APPOINTMENTS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THREE APPOINTMENTS.

Office* to Which Gray, Maxwell and Collin* Were Nominated. Among the recent nominations of President Cleveland are those of exGov. Isaac Pusey Gray, of Indiana, to be Minister to Mexico; Kobert A. Maxwell, of Batavia, N. Y., to be Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, and Patrick A. Collins, of Boston to be Consul General at London. Mr. Gray was born of Quaker ancestry in Chester County, Pa., in 1828. When a child his parents moved to Ohio and in that State Mr. Gray grew to manhood. In 1855 he located in Union City, Ind., and in 1889 took up his abode in Indianapolis. He was captain of the Fourth Indiana Cavalry during the civil war and also

served with the One Hundred and Forty-seventh Infantry. He began life as a dry goods merchant in Union City and afterward studied law. At the outset of his political career he was a, Bepublican. In 1876 he was elected Lieutenant Governor on the Democratic ticket and in 1884 was elected Governor. He was a candidate for the Vice Presidency in 1888 and was a Presidential possibility last year. Robert A. Maxwell is 55 years old and has acquired considerable money as a malster. In 1881 he was elected State Treasurer by the Democrats, and after two terms retired to become Superintendent of Insurance, an office of which he was deprived by Gov. Hill. Patrick A. Collins was born in County Cork, Ireland, in 1844. When 4 years old he came to this country. In 1868 he became a student in Harvard Law School, and three years later was admitted to the bar. Meantime he had attracted the attention of the Democrats and in 1868 and again in 1869 he was chosen a member of the House of Representatives. In 1870 and 1871 he served as State Senator. In 1875 he was chosen Judge-advocate-general of the commonwealth. In 1880 he declined the nomination for Congress, but was induced to accept it and was elected in 1882. He was returned to Congress in 1884 and 1886. In 1888 he was Chairman of the National Democratic Convention. For six years he was at the head of the State Democratic Committee.

ISAAC PUSEY GRAY.