Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-14
BRYAN AND SEWALL.
NEBRASKA AND MAINE FURNISH
THE WINNERS.
The Way In which the second Place
Was Fi1ed--A Good and Strong
Ticket.

ton since the Democratic party, in
1860, was rent asunder on the slave
ry question. Arthur Sewall, of
Maine, Bath ship-builder and an
ardent free-coinage man, was named
for Vice President on ticket headed
Dy William j. Bryan, the eloquent
young orator from the prairies be-
yond the Missouri. Over 100 dele
gates to the convention, all of whom,
with the exception of the gold dele
cation from Wisconsin and a portion
of the delegation from MINNESOTA,
came from east of the Alleghenies
yesterday refused to participate in the
nomination of presidential candi-
date, on free-silver platform. Over
$50 to-day declined to participate in
a nomination for VicePresident.
Many of the gold delegates had left
the city.
Whether the seceders will place a
third ticket in the field as the minori,
ty did at Baltimore, in 1860, is a mat
ter for future development. The sill
yer Democrats who controlled the
convention, absolutely, hope to secure
support from the Populists Of the
West and South and the silver Re
publiCans to compensate them for the
loss which the platform and ticket
must inevitably entail in the East.
They hope to see all the hitherto dis
cOrdant elements Of silver rally to the
standard which they have raised.
The nomination of Sewall for Vice
President to-day was perhaps even
more of surprise than that of Bryan
for President yesterday. Bryan had
set the convention afame with his
elOquence and his name was on every
lip when the balloting began, but
SeWalls name in connection with the
vice presidency had hardly been
mentioned. John r. Mclean, the
Cincinnati editor, was the most prom
inent candidate in the field, and had
the nomination been made last night |
he would probably have been nomi-
mated. But the leaders decided to
allow the balloting to go over until
today so that opportunity might be
had to thoroughly canvass the situa-
ton and to learn Mr.. Bryan's wishes
in regard to his running mate. The
name of Sewall, ex-Congressman
Shiveley, of Indiana, who has recently
been nominated for Governor of the
State; Mclean, Sibley, of
Pennsylvania; Bland and others were
and Senator Jones and
some of his associates Of the silver
leaders came to the conclusion that
for geographical and other reas,
ons the Maine man was the most
available candidate to place on the
ticket with Mr.. Bryan. The strongest
argument in his favor, perhaps, was
that his nomination would at once
silence the cry that the silver cause
was sectional.
On the first ballot fifteen candidates
we're voted for, Sibley, of Pennsylva-
lia, receiving 1853, the highest num-
Der of votes. The other votes were
divided as follows:
Mclean, 10; Sewall, 100: Harrity,
Il; Judge Walter Clarke, of North
Carolina, so; Senator Daniel, of Vir-
yinia, II; Bland, 81; Blackburn, 20;
*. Congressman Williams, of Illinois, I
z; George Fred Williams, of Mas
l6; Boies, 20; Pattison, of
pennsylvania, 2; Senator White, of
l; Fithian, of Illinois, and C
senator Teller, of Colorado, l each. g
On the second ballot there was an q
tempt to stampede the convention \
or Bland, who on this ballot received r
81 votes. Mclean moved up to 1913, c
ibley fell back TO l13 and Sewall
ropped to 81 1t looked as if the
after was disastrously beaten. But
enator Jones, with his sixteen Arkan-
as votes, stood firm. He rallied the
blowers of the Maine man, and on
he next ballot Sewall secured :.
7 votes. In the meantime there ap-
cared to be general movement in c
avor of Mclean. Some of the |
'land men deserted him and went to C
lcLean, who led on this ballot, with \
10. t,
After the announcement of this {
ote, BANDS name was withdrawn by il
rov. Stone of Missouri, who read fl
lessage from the Missourian, pos
vely declining to allow the use of
is name for the vice presidency.
Mclean then withdrew and there &
as a stampede to Sewall on the a
fth ballot. !,
Sewal's nomination was made 'un- =
limous before the conclusion of the .,
III call, amid scenes of jubilation y
ld rejoicing, in the course Of which +
lie State standards were paraded
bout the Coliseum in the wake of
lie colors Of Nebraska and Maine. =,
Campaign Headquarters.
1t seems probable that the cam: y
align headquarters will be transfer r
d from New York to Chicago, in
der to bring them nearer to the
~ ~ Tho oonnipu fror GanotAr n,