The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-09
EXPECTED.

BATH, Me, Aug. War between
father and son is what the voters Of
this city and state look for in the
coming campaign, with Arthur Sewall,
vice presidential candidate Of the De-
mocracy on one side, and Harold NJ.
Sewall leading Republican worker,
on the other. There are some old-time
politicians hereabouts, for people live
No a good old age in Maine, but not
even the one with the longest memory
can remember the time when the CON
ditions were SO promising for red
hot political fight as they are today.
In the political annals Of the nation
there is no record of a. similar state of
affairs, where the son OF one of the
leading candidates entered the lists
against his father. In this case it is
not for lack of love and respect, but
Simply as a matter Of principle.
1t must be understood that Arthur
Sewan, the father, and Harold Sewall,
the son. are the best of friends in all
things except the political issue Of the
day, and each respects the other for
the firmness and strength with which
he holds to his opinions. Both men
are stern believers in the sacredness
of principle. The conservative, I'M
bending New England instinct Of hold
ing fest to the last gasp TO that which
is believed to be right is firmly i'm
bedded in the nature of each man, and
TO relinquish that idea at the price of
family advantage would be esteemed
an everlasting disgrace.
OF course, if the father could induce
the son to change his opinions by force
Of honorable argument, he would not
scruple to do ii. and there would be
great family rejoicing, if he succeeded.
But there is little hope of this, al
though no one can predict what the
happenings Of the campaign may lead
tc
ONCE Z DEMOCRAT
Harold Sewall was originally a DEM
ocrat and a worker of great value to
his party He figured prominently in
the Decentralization campaign four
years ago, and was one Of the ablest
b fghters in the ranks Of the Democracy.
Later he was rewarded by being APP
pointed consul general to Samoa. He
was sent away just at the time of the
great excitement at Hawaii, when the
revolutionists on the island favored
annexation to the United States. Mr..
Sewall was in a position 10 gail.
accurate insight of the a$alrs OF haw-
ali. and he did everything in his power
10 induce the administration to regard
the request OF the anneXationists fav-
orably It was a heavy shock to him
when an opposition course was decided
upon, and in great disgust he threw up
his consulship and his Democracy and
returned to this country the strongest
kind of a Republican. From that time
until the present he has been an I'M
wavering worker in the g. o. p. franks,
and for the past two years has BEEN
laboring with might and main in the
cause of Thomas B. Reed. He went to
the st. Louis convention as a delegate
from Maine and was one of the last
10 throw up the sponge under the over
Rhelming pressure of the Mckinley
men.
ARE INTENSE AMERICANS.
Both of the Sewalls, father and son,
are the most intense Americans, and
Arthur Sewall was as much opposed
to the course of the administration in
the matter of Hawaii as was his son,
but his disappointment was not SO
keen. Arthur Sewan is a believer in
the firmest kind of a foreign policy.
His family has been identified with the
progress and growth of the nation
since its inception, and long before it
had thrown off the British yoke by
the war of the revolution. The first
Sewall 10 settle in America was Henry
SewelI. who came to Newbury, Mass,
in 1884 This Henry SeWall was man
of prominence in the affairs Of the
colony, and before his departure from
England he had been mayor of Coven-
try. His son was the famous witch
Judge of Salem. Arthur Sewall is a
Ereat-grandson of Colonel Drummer Sc
wall of the revolutionary army, so it