The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-07-12
Jubilant Democrats Highly Plased
with Bryan-a Caucus Fails
to Select, but Convention
Names his Running
Mate.
SEWELL OF MAINE VICE PRESIDENT.
A Western and an Eastern Man Bound
to Win Magnificent Victory
in November, for the
Western and South
ern Silver Dem
ocrats.

As stated in this paper Friday
afternoon the silver Democrats il
the Chicago convention nominated
the Hon. VIM, ]. Bryan, of Lincoln,
Neb., for President, on the fifth
ballot. Vote was made unanimous,
We CLEAN the following from the
press dispatches regarding the past
life of our illustrious nominee: Mr..
Bryan is 80 years of age, was born
March 10, 1860, in Salem, I'll. He
was taught under his mothers care
until he was ten years old, when he
went to the public school at Salem,
which he attended for five years.
At the age of fifteen he went to
the Whipple Academy - Jackson
vile, ILL.,, which is thV7Pdratory
department of the IlIhois College
located at the same place. He
spent two years in the academy and
four years in the college, taking a
classical course. He represented
his college in the interstate oratO-
rical contest in 1880 and was class
orator and valedictorian in 1881.
He then went to the Union College
of Law in Chicago, and while in at
tendance there, was in the office of
Lyman Trumbull. He left the law
school June 18, 1888, and went to
Jacksonville to practice law, re-
naming at Jacksonville until Octo-
Der, 1888, when he removed to Lin
coin, Neb., going into partnership
with A. R. Talbot, a classmate of
the law school. He has taken part
in political campaigns since 1880,
and made number of speeches
He took part in the campaign Of
'88 in Nebraska, and was nominated
to represent the First district in
Congress in 1890. He was elected
by the majority of Glib, although
the district had gone Republican by
3400 when Secretary Morton had
been defeated in 1888, and was
thought to be certainly Republi-
can. He was reelected in 1892 in
spite of the fact that the Lcgisla-
ture had re.districted the State,
and his district in the previous elec-
tion had given the Republican tick
ct about 5000 majority. During
his two terms in Congress he
achieved national reputation, by
his great speeches, and his work or
the Ways and Means committee,
In 1894 he decided to run for the
U. S. Senate, but as the Repub
licans won the Nebraska Legisla
ture, he was defeated. Since ther
he has practiced law at his home
city; also edited a newspaper. He
is a member of the Presbyterian
church.
Bryan is a national figure in poll
tics-has won a national reputation
The convention made no mistake il
nominating him. Democrats every
where are highly pleased at his get
ting it.
Friday night the convention met
and at once adjourned until Satur
day morning at 10 o'clock. Imme
diately after adjournment, a eau
Gus was held, and another one the
next morning, but no agreemen'
could be reached as to Vice -Presi,
dent. Convention met SATURDAY
morning, and six or eight candi'
dates were voted for, for four bal
lots, On the fifth ballot a STAN
pede was made to eX-Ministel
Sewell of Maine, and the vote was
made unanimous for him for Vice
President. Convention then ad
iourned sine die.
Sewell is stranger to this part
of the country. He is a silver Dem
ocrat, and, we learn, has made
some reputation in Congress We
now have a Western and a fal
Eastern man on our ticket, and no
doubt will win magnificent victory
in November
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