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Perry Heath was born on August 31, 1857. He was one of the six sons of Jacob Watson and Rhoda A. (Perdieu) Heath, of Muncie, Indiana.
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Perry Heath was born on August 31, 1857. He was one of the six sons of Jacob Watson and Rhoda A. (Perdieu) Heath, of Muncie, Indiana.
At twenty-one Perry Heath was editor and proprietor of Muncie’s first daily newspaper, and three years later he was publishing the Pioneer at Aberdeen, Dakota Territory. For the next twelve years he worked as a newspaper correspondent at Washington. There he became engrossed in national politics, managed the details of Harrison’s prenomination campaigns in 1888 and 1892, and extended his acquaintance widely among Republican politicians.
From 1894 to 1896 Heath was editor of the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette and took part in the McKinley nomination campaign in 1896. In the election contest of that year between McKinley and Bryan, fought on the issue of free-silver, Heath had a significant part in directing the publishing and printing for the Republican National Committee. This had not in former campaigns been a function that commanded much attention, but in the unusual efforts put forth in 1896 to educate the public on the money question it became important. Under Heath’s supervision 135 carloads of printed matter were distributed and 350 writers were employed, supplying copy for 12, 000 publications of all kinds. This was quite unprecedented in American political contests.
When the McKinley administration took office Heath was made first assistant postmaster-general, the head of the department being Charles Emory Smith of the Philadelphia Press. When Heath resigned from the service in July 1900, serious irregularities had come to light in the Cuban postal service, then administered by the United States. Officials whose appointments he had recommended were found guilty and received prison sentences for embezzlement and extensive frauds in printing contracts. In 1903 came disclosures involving men in the department at Washington, several of whom owed their places to him. Bristow believed that Heath’s appointments would have justified his removal from office, but when charges were made against him after his resignation, the District Attorney did not find sufficient evidence to indict him. In the meantime he had returned to newspaper work, having bought the Salt Lake Tribune in 1901, and established the Telegram, an evening paper, in the following year.
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Perry Heath married Ella Conway, of Louisville, Kentucky, United States in 1890.