The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-12
Bland Too Short of Doodle
to Fill the Bill,
STONE UNDER SUSPICION
His Withdrawal of Bland Causes
Criticism.

Some of the Missouri Candidates
Friends Think His Letter WAS
Used TO Defeat Him for the Presi-
Dental Nomination when stone
Feared He Would Win If the Epis-
tie Was Not Sprung on the Con-
ventiOn-Bryan Really the Legatee
of Tener-PopuIIsts Expected TO
IndOrse the TicI0et-BoIt of the
Newspapers.
Chicago. Ill, July Like the republl-
cans at St. Louis the democratic conven-
tion to-day concluded It's remarkable de-
liberations by naming for second place on
the ticket a man who will have TO be in
troduced to the country. Last night Sc
wall of Maine had scarcely been heard OF
among the delegates, and to the many was
total stranger. To-day when he was
given the Vice Presidential nomination the
first question that was on eyerybody's
tongue was who is her"
Bryan, the dark horse, who won the
leading place on the ticket had a national
reputation as an orator, and as one of the
free silver champions who puh aly declar-
| ed he would leave the democratic party
on that issue. But outside Of his own neigh
borhood Arthur sewaH was an unknown
quantity. He had served a term in con-
gress, but had not come under the glare
of the great national searchlight. Hun
oHo Of 4l,aH b. T,,1
lots for him had never heard his name
pronounced before to-day. But the advo-
cate Of the Maine ship builder and mil
lionaire argued that he could bring both
| the electoral vote Of that state and a good
big barrel to recommend MIN, and after a
struggle between nearly a dozen other as
pirants, he was selected He is a straight
out silver man of the 16 to brand, al
though counting his wealth by the millions
and the west which dominated the con-
vention without even a mite Of courtesy
to the east now hopes that he
will be a sop to the Atlantic coast.
Maine is naturally republican
state but with Sewall it is hoped to
carry it if there is anything in the claims
that were made for the silver strength
there. The Maine delegation in the con
vention was composed of fourteen silver
men and eight for the gold standard
and Sewall, who had been a national
committeeman, was turned down for re-
election to that place.
Mr.. Bryan did not want a rich man
as a running mate, it is said, although
he and the Nebraska delegation took no
open hand in the nomination. The Ne
braskan's idea was that the campaign
s4I,a n
against the rich-the ticket is an appeal
in itself to the dinner pals and ban
danas Of the country. He himself is q
man of very moderate circumstances
and, as Mr.. Bailey of Texas put it, said
to his advisers that there would be a
campaign that would run without money
better than with But the senatorial syn
dicate to which Mr. Bryan owes his
nomination, for 1t is now an open secret
that IL was the Teller managers who took
him up when the Colorado man could not
be made to go. would not be led into such
blunder. They know that it takes
money to run a legitimate campaign, and
like preceding president makers for gem
erations past, they united upon a barrel
attachment for the second place. Mclean
of Ohio, James Sibley of Pennsylvania,
and St John of New York were all will
ing to go down into their pockets to the
amount of q hundred thousand or less
for the honor. Bland of Missouri
who came very near getting the place
was about the only one of the candidates
VINO was not competent IN this require
ment, though nobody claims that it was
this that defeated|him in the second race
to-day. But it might be Interesting TO
know the real facts in the history OF
the MissOurian's campaign. 1t is said
and circumstances seem to strongly bear
out the charge, that Bland was deliber-
ately beaten by Gov. Stone of Missouri
and others who were in the senatorfaI
syndicate to nominate Teller Gov Stone
has presidential ambitions himself, ana
according to the alleged betrayal had
secured from the unSuSpecting Missouri
farmer a letter authorizing the witn-
draWal of his name from the convention
when ii appeared that any other candi-
date was stronger. This letter was read
by Gov. Stone when the withdrawal took
place. The peculiar thing about this acr
was that without BANDS withdrawal
Bryan could not have been nominated
at least, until another ballot was taken
and the combine. which had secretly
agreed upon Bryan as Teller's SUCCESSOR
was afraid to trust to another ballot
The stampede had gone as far as # coul6
be worked, yet the Nebraskan lacked i
number Of votes of nomination. Nothine
is more dangerous than a stampede thar
does not carry everything before it, If
there had been another ball
lot Bryan would have been
demoralized 1t was here that Gov
stone came forward and pulled Bland ollt
Of the race by reading the letter he had
secured from him, Il IS said for this very
purpose Of using it In such emergency.
With Bland withdrawn and the vote of