The Dickinson press., 1896-07-18

order at S:l5 by Chairman White. A
motion was made to adjourn until 10
o'clock tomorrow. 4 rOll-call was de-
manded. which resulted favOrabIy 10
the motion. and the convention ad-
jOurned ut 9:3O.
Saturday ended the most rclnarka-
bic national convention since the Dem
ocrltic party, in 1860. was rent
asunder OH the slavery issue. The con-
vention completed the work which
split the party in twain on the finan-
cial issue Arthur <:ewall of Maine, a
Bath shipbuiltler. and an ardent free
coinage man, was named for the vice.
presidency OIL Il ticket headed by Will
lam J. Bryan. the eloquent young ora
tor from the plairies beyond the Mis-
souri,.
On the first ballot fifteen candidates
We're voted for. Siblcy receiving 1GSS,
the highest number of votes. The 9th
or votes were divided as follows: Nc
Lean, 40: Sewail. 100; Harrity, 81;
Judge Clarke of North Carolina. so;
Daniel of Virginia. II: Bland. 81;
Blackburn. 90; cX-cOngrcssman Will
Jams of Massachusetts. 16: Boies. 10:
PattisOn. l: White of California. 1;
WI ill!u lelPf
of Colorado. each. On the second
ballot there was an attempt to stan-
petle the convention 10 III: nd, who on
this ballot received @04 votes; Me-
Lean moved up to 1873. Sibley fell
back to 113 and Sewall dropped to
81. 1t looked rs if the latter was
disastrously beaten. Senator Jones,
with his 16 Arkansas votes. stood firm.
He rallied the followers of the Maine
man, and OH the next ballot Sewall
secured ninety-seven votes. Meantime
there appeared to be general move
mcnt in favor of Mclean. Some of
the Bland men deserted him and went
to Mclean. who led on The ballot with
2lO.
After The announcement of this vote
Bland's name was witlldrawn>by Gov.
Stone OF Missouri. who read a message
from the Missourian. positively declin-
ing to allow the Use of his name for
the vice presidential nomination. The
Bland votes, on the next ballot. went
to Sewall liz large blocks. but Mclean
captured enough to give him seeming
ly lead of 2S4. against ISL for Sew
all. During this roll call there was
trouble in the Ohio delegation. which
was polling IA anti-McLean votes,
locked up by the unit rule. There was
also Il big revolt against Gov. Altgeld's
domination in the Illinois delegation.
EX-Congrcssman Fitbian made fiery
protest against the nomination of the
Ohio editor. 1t was at this critical
juncture that McI.ean's telegram was
read by one Of the Ohio delegates.
The telegram stated that it was Mr..
McI.cans wish that he should not he
balloted for. Delegate Sloan, howcv-
er. after reading the telegram. dis
tinctly stated that while the telegram
expressed Mr.. Mcl4eans wish, it did
not express the sentiment of Ohio,
which OH the fifth ballot continued to
cast 4G votes for Mclean. The tclc-
gram. however. shattered the Mclean
forces, and Indiana, Iowa and other
states flockcd into the camp of the
Maine man. Scwall's nomination was
unanimous before the conclusion of
tllt. roll call. and scenes of jubilation
and rejoicing, in which the state
standards were paraded about the Col
iseum in the wake Of the col0ys of Ne
braska and Maine.
Mr.. Sewall was born in Bath, Me-,
Nov. 25. 1888. The estate on which
he was h1in and whore lie now re-
sides. has been in possession of the
Sewall family since 1850. His grand
father fought in the War of the Revo-
luton. Ey occupation Mr.. Sewall was
originally shipbui!d"". and lie is now
largely interested in shipping. rail
ways and banking. Fer wears lie was
the president o: tie Maine Central
railway. from which position lie re-
tired two years ago. He is now pres
| ident of bank ut Bath, is Interested
| in the Bath Iron warkS and a number
| of other commercial enterprises. AL
though lie has for years employed
large numbers of men, he has never
had any serious labor trouble. Mr..
Sewall was married in 1853 to Miss
Emma ID. Crooller of Bath. lie has
two children living. both of them sons.
Harold nj. and William ID. Scwall by