The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-22
AssnuIts ON sewaII.

| It Is pretty generally recognized that the
withdrawal of Mr. Sewall from the dem
ocratic national ticket would cost that
| ticket a great many democratic votes.
Democrats who are not altogether salts
fed with the work of the Chicago conven-
ton, but who will support the ticket
as it now stands because Of its regularity
would fall away from the ticket II Mr.
Watson were TO be put on It in the place
Of Mr.. Sewall. This fact is leading some Of
the prominent republican papers. includ-
ing the New York Tribune TO align them
selves with Mr.. Watson in attacks upon
the Maine man. They hope to drive him
into resigning. But they are bucking
against the wrong man. Mr.. Sewail is a
typical "down-easter." extremely hasd-
headed and as tenacious as a bulldog
He is a democrat from principle, is in fun
accord with the Chicago platform, and
has several times announced in positive
terms that he will not retire from the
ticket. He cannot be run off, and there is
no power TO take him off, so he will re-
main in second place on the ticket to the
end
What are they saying about Sewall now?
It is this: that he is secretly knitting"
the democratic ticket-that is the Fri
bunes story. He is accused of circulating
Mckinley campaign literature of endors-
ing the republican platform, and of beg
ging protection for his own interests and
a virtual monopoly for himself and asso-
ciates. The foundation for this extraor-
binary charge on the part of the Tribune
is the fact that somebody-not Arthur
Sewall-has written political letters on the
business letter-paper of the American
Merchant Maritime Association, with
which Mr. Sewall is connected. Mr.. Sew
alls name appears on the letter-head of
the association, and the Tribune seeks to
make it appear that the sentiments en-
bodied in the letter are those of Mr.. Sew
ALL written with his full knowledge and
consent.
The injustice of holding Mr.. Sewall re-
sponsible for the expression of the asso-
citation, whose very name indicates that
1t is made up of a large number of people,
is apparent. 1t is very we'll known that
few of the leading business men of Maine
are democrats. The probabilities are that
large majority of Mr. Sewall's associ-
ates in the American Merchant Maritime
Association are republicans; indeed, it is
practically certain that they are That
being the case, nothing would be more
natural than that the majority should or
der certain circulars sent out, without
Mr.. Sewall's knowledge. The circulars, be-
ing association correspondence, were writ
ten on association paper.
The probabilities are that nobody
thought of the fact that Mr.. Sewalrs
name appeared on the letter-head, during
the preparation of the circulars, or that
the republicans were so hard up for cam
paign thunder that one of the biggest of
their organs would seize upon so flimsy
an excuse to attack an opposition candi-
date. The appearance of the democratic
vice presidential candidates name upon
the circular, in any manner, was probably
a clerical oversight. The Tribune, of all
papers, ought to deal gently with clerical
oversights, in view of the fact that some
thing of the kind occurred when its guber-
| material candidate Blacks soiled linen
used to go to the laundry through the
mails under his congressional frank.