Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-07-17
ARTHUR SEWALL, MAINE
1.-THE SAILS OF WHOSE VESSELS
WRITTEN THE SEAS"
Delegation From Warrington Took
Hand In Nominating, and
Were Victorious.

cratic party, in 1860 was rent asunder on
the slavery issue Today the convention
completed the work which split the parry
in twain on the financial issue. Arthur
Sewal of Maine, a Bath shipbuilder and
an ardent free coinage man, was named
for vice president on ticket headed by
William j. Bryan, the eloquent young
| orator from the prairies beyond the NJ
siourl. over 1G0 delegates 20 the conveu-
ton, all of whom, with the exec ption of
the gold delegation from Wisconsin and a
portion of the delegation from Minnesota,
| came from east of the AlleghanIes, re-
! fused to participate in the nominate OF
the presidential candidate on "A free silver
platform over $50 today declined 20 Ial-
| ticipate in a nomination for wee prcSi-
dent. Many of the delegates had left the
city in disgust. Whether the secejers
will place a third ticket in the field is
matter for future development. The s!l
yer democrats. who We're controlling the
convention absolutely, and who aliena'cd
the east in order to erect the
support from the populists of the
west and south and the silver re
| publicans to recompense them for the loss
which the platform ana ticket must IN
evitably entail in the east. They hope to
see all the hitherto discordant elements of
silver rally to the standard which they
have raised.
The nomination of Sewall for vice Pr csi-
dent more of a surprise than that of
Bryan for president Bryan had set the
convention afame with his eloquence, and
his name was ON every lip when the bal
loting began, but Sewall's name in CON
nection with the vice presidency bad
hardly been mentioned.
Mclean Mns a Day Late.
John II. Mclean the Cincinnati cd,t or,
was the most prominent candidate in the
| field, and had the nomination beeh MADE
last night he would probably kave been
named. But the leaders decided to allow
the balloting to go over until todav so
that an opportunity might be had t. thor
oughly caucus the situation, and 20 Learn
Bryans wishes in regard to his rum ng
mate. The names of Sewall, of -x-ron-
| gresham Shively of Indiana, who has re-
Gently been named for governor u the
Hooser state, Mclean Sbley of feEnJyl-
vania, Bland and others We're canVassed.
| and Senator Jones ana other advocates of
| silver came to the conclusion that for geo
| graphical reasons the Maine man was the
most available for the place on the ticket
with Bryan. The strongest argument in
his favor perhaps was that his nomina-
| ticn would at once silence the cry that the
| silver cause was sectional. an imputarion
| the Arkansas senator was quick to repuke
when Senator Tillman aVowed that such
was the case in the convention on Thurs
day.
Mr.. Mclean decided not to he a candi-
date, and gave directions to his friends
| in the Ohio delegation nct TO present his
| name, but the Mclean sentiment was
| so strong that ii could not be suppressed.
Just as the contest had narrowed down
to a race between Sewall and Mclean,
| the latter, through a personal telegram,
which was read from the stage. withdrew
his name. and there was "A stampede for
| Sewall. The latter nominated. as
Bryan was yesterday, on the fifth bal
| lot
w. r. Burke of California, nominated
| Sewall. on the first ballot 10 candidates
We're voted for, Sibley of Pennsylvania
reaching 163 the highest number of votes.
| The other votes We're divided as follows:
Mclean 40. Sewall 100. Harrlty p. Judge
| Walter Clarke of North Carolina 30, Sen
ator Daniel II, Bland So, Blackburn 20.
| ex-Congressman Williams of Illinois -,
George F. Williams of Massachusetts, 16.
Boies 90 Pattison 2, Senator White of
California /. Fithan of Illinois and Sena-
| tor Teller of Colorado one each.
| Looked Like Defeat.
| ON the second ballot there was an at
| tempt to stampede the convention to
| Bland, who on this ballot received Poi
votes. Mclean moved up to 15S. Sibley
fell back to 1l3 and Sewall dropped to
81. 1t looked if the latter was disas-
trously beaten. But Senator Jones, with
| his 16 Arkansas votes, stood firm. He raj
lied the followers of the Maine man, and
| on the next ballot Sewall secured 81 votes.
Meantime there appeared to be general
| movement in favor of Mclean
| Some of the Bland men deserted him.
| and went to Mclean, who led on this
| ballot with 2l0. After the announcement
of this vote. BANDS name was with
drawn by Governor Stone of Missouri
who read a message from the Missourian
positively declining to allow the use of
his name for the vice presidential nomin-
| alton.
The Bland votes on the fourth ballot
went to sewall in large blocks. but Nc
Lean captured enough to give him seem
| ingly a safe lead of 29i, against 261 for
| Sewall.
During this roll call there had been
trouble in the Ohio delegation, which was
polled, and showed IA anti Mclean votes
| locked up by the unit rule. There was
also a big revolt against Governor Alt
| geld's domination in the Illinois delega-
ton. Congressman Fithan made
|
the Ohio editor 1t was at this critical
| juncture that McLean's telegram was
read by one of the Ohio delegates. The
| telegram stated that it was McLean's
wish that he should not be balloted for
| Delegate Sloan, however, after reading
| the telegram, distinctly stated that while
the telegram expressed McLean's wish
| 1t did not express the sentiment of Ohio
which, on the fifth ballot. cast 46 votes
| for Mclean
FiOcised TO the Maine Man.
The telegram however. shattered the
Mclean forces. and Indiana Iowa and
other states fiocked into the camp of the
Maine man. SewalIs nomination was
unanimous before the conclusion of the
roll call. amid scenes of jubilation and
rejoicing, in the course of which the
state standards were paraded about the
coliseum in the wake of the colors of
Nebraska and Maine. 1t seems proba BILE
tonight that the campaign headquarters