, 1896-07-13
THE VICE CANDIDATE.
MR.. SEWALL SAYS THE NOMINA-
TON WAS ENTIRELY IN
EXPECTED.
He is of the Opinion That the Demo-
cratic Ticket Will be a Taking One
in the East-The Maine Shipbuild-
er's Ancestry Numbers Some OF
the Revolutionary People.

Chicago, July 11.-According to his
own assertion, the Hon. Arthur Sewall
had no idea when he left his home al
Bath. Me-, that his name would even be
presented to the late national conven,
ton for the second plac, on the nation.
al ticket. 1T was wholly unexpected,
he said. Il had no thought CT such :
thing when / came to this convention
that my name wouli be presented 70!
any office. However, | must confess
that the sensation of being The vice
presidential nominee on the national
ticket Of the democratic party is decid,
eddy pleasant"
AS soon as it became known that Mr.
Sewall had been nominated, there was
a rush of friends and admiring demo-
Gratis to extend their congratulations to
the next vice president" as nearly
every one of them expressed it.. In the
crowd that pressed around him was a
gaunt, hungry-looking female. attired
in a faded black dress and a bonnet of
the style of a generation ago, who an
Ounca in a rasping voice hat she
had been a-sittin' on nettles" the
whole afternoon at the convention for
fear she would not have the pleasure of
seeing him nominated. Another to en-
tend his congratulations was a minis
terial-looking individual from Iowa,
who, as he departed. said:
THE blessing of God be upon you,
and may the light of his conscience
shine OF your path and guide you to
victory in November"
During the afternoon he received
hundreds of kilograms from all parts of
the country, expressing the congratula-
tons of friends. In conversation with
the representative of the Associated
Press. Mr.. Sewall said he believed the
ticket would be a great deal stronger
throughout the east than the western
friends of silver realized at present.
HE is A SILVER MAN.
las to my own state, he continued,
the cause Of free silver is growing rap
idly. Two years ago | could count on
my fingers the democrats in Maine who
favored the free and unlimited coinage
of silver. Now the vast majority of
them are of that belief, and their num-
bers are increasing every day. l an
ticipate a lively campaign this autumn
in Maine, and | feel assured the result
will be flattering. indeed. 1t is MOI i'm
possible for the democrats to carry the
state. They did it in 1850 and l see no
reason why they could not do it this
fall.
Il have great confidence in the sue
cess of the ticket throughout the coun-
try. | heartily believe in the princi-
Piles of the platform and will do every
thing in my power for The success and
victory of the democracy"
The vice presidential nominee is a
man very nearly twice as old as the
head OF the ticket. He is a splendid ex-
ample of physical manhood, carries
himself with a soldierly bearing and is
what might be termed a fine looking
man. His hair and mOustache are
slightly tinged with gray. but the
wrinkles of age has scarcely made their
appearance on his face. He was BORN
at Bath, Me-, November %, 1885.
The estate upon which he was born
and where he now resides has been in
the possession of the Sewall family
since 1850. His grandfather fought in
the war of the revolution. BY occupa-
ton Mr.. Sewall was originally a ship
builder. and he is now largely interest
ed in shipping, railways and banks.
For nine years he was president of the
Maine Contra railway. from which po-
sition he retired two years ago He is
now president of a bank at Bath, Is in
te-ested in the Bath iron works and a
number Of other commercial enter
prises. Although he has for years en-
ployed a number of men, he has never
had any serious labor troubles.
Mr.. Sewall was married in 1853 to
Miss Emma D. Croker of Bath. He
has two children living. both of them
sons, Harold M. and william d. Sew
all, by anne
Mr.. Sewell was not at the convention
when he will return home. He expects
to remain in Chicago for several days
however.
Mr.. Sewall was not at the convection
hall when the nomination was made.
He had been there during The early
stages of the balloting. but at a point
when it got real interesting and the
delegations were coming his way, he
left the hall and waited to hear the
news at a restaurant, where he took
lunch. He did not return to he con-
vention hall but went Immediately to
his room at the Palmer house. He had
scarcely reached the hotel, when teie-
grams began pouring in from all parts
OF the country c~ongratulating him.
Some of them were from personal
friends, but many of them were from
leading democrats, and all were OF the
general tenor that his nomination had
added great strength to the ticket