Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-07-12

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sas Elected Chairman Of the
National Committee, and the
Headquarters are Likely to be
Removed to Chicago.
Chicago, July 11.-To-day ended thu
most remarkable national convention
since the Democratic party in 1860 was
rent asunder on the slavery issue. The
convention completed the work which
split the party in twain on the finan-
cial issue. Arthur Sewall, of Maine, a
Bath shipbuilder, and an ardent free
coinage man, was named for Vice Pres
ident ON ticket headed by VIM. ].
Bryan, the eloquent young orator from
| ths prairieS beyond the Missouri.
Over 100 delegates to the convention,
ali of whom, with the exception OF the
| gold delegation from Wisconsin, and 4
portion OF the delegation from Minne-
sofa, came from east Of the Ails ghenies,
yesterday refused TO participate in the
nomination OF presidential candidate
on free silver platform. Over 250 TO-
! day declined to participate in a nomi-
nation for Vics President. Many Of
| the gold delegates had left the city in
| disgust. Whether the seceders will
! place third ticket in the field as the
minority did at Baltimore in 1860 is d
matter for future development. The
silver Democrats, who controlled the
| a ohsn1ntQ1Nr 1l
ated the East and in order to erect
the banner Of silver, hope to Sc
| cure from the Populists Of the Wes.
and South and the silver Repub-
! licans cotes TO compensate them
| for the loss which the platform and
| ticket must inevitably entail in the
East. They hope to see all the NTH
erto discordant 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 a surprise than that of Bryan
for President yesterday. Bryan had
set the convention afame with his eio-
quence 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 K. Mclean, the Cincinnati editor,
was THE most prominent candidate in
! the field, and had the nomination be;n
! made last night he would have been
nominated. But the leaders decided to
| allow the balloting TO go over until to-
day so that opportunity might be had
to thoroughly canvas the situation and
| learn Mr.. Bryan's wishes in regard to
his running mate. The names of
Sewall, of ex-Congressman Shively, CT
Indiana, who has recently been nomi-
mated for Governor of the HOosier
State, Mclean, Sibley of Pennsylvania,
| Bland and others were canvassed. and
Senator Jones and some OF his associ-
ates Of the silver leaders, came to the
conclusion that for geographical and
| other reasons, the Maine man was the
most available candidate to place on
| the ticket with Mr.. Bryan. The strong
est argument in his favor, perhaps. was
that his nomination would at once si-
lence the cry that the silver cause was
sectional-an imputatiOn the Arkansas
Senator was quick to rebuke when Sem
atOr Ben Tillman ayowed that such was
. the case in the convention On Thursday.
Mr.. Mclean decided not to be a candi-
date, and gave directions to his friends
in the Ohio delegation not to present
his mama, but the Mclean sentiment
was so strong that it
COULD NOT BE SUPPRESSED.
Just as the contest had narrowed down
TO a race between Sewall and Mclean,
the latter through personal telegram,
which was read from the stage, with
drew his name and th=re was a stam-
pede for Sewall. The latter was nomi-
mated as Bryan was yesterday, on the
fifth ballot. w. r. Burk, of California,
nominated Sewall. On the first ballot
fifteen candidates were voted for. Sib-
bsy. of Pennsylvania, receiving 163, the
highest number of votes. The votes
were divid-d as follows:
Mclean 10; Sewell 100: Harrity 81;
Judge Walter Clark, of North Carolina.
so; Senator Daniel, of Virginia, Il;
Bland So; Blackburn DO ex-Congress-
man Williams Qlls.) %; George Fred
Williams (Mass) 49, Boies %; Pattison
(fenna) 2; Senator White, Of Califor-
MA, l; Fithian, of Illinois, and Senator
Teller, Of Colorado, l each.
On the second ballot there was an at
tempt to stampede the convention for
Bland, who on this ballot received 294
votes; Mclean moved up to 1853; Sibley
fell back TO 113, and Sewell dropped u
81, 1t looiaAas if the latter was dis
astrOusly l~en. But Senator Joaes,
with his 16 Arkansas votes, stood firm.
lie rallied the followers Of the Maine
men. and On the next ballot SeTell Sc
cured 81 votes. Meantime ghere Gp-
peared to be a general movement in ia
vor of Mclean. Some of the Bland men
deserted him and went to Mclean, VINO
ed on this ballot with 210. After the
announcement of this vote, Bland S
name was withdrawn by Governor
Stcne. of Missouri, who read a message
from the Missourian, positively declin-
ing TO allow the use of his name for the
Vice Presidency. The Bland votes on
the fourth ballot went TO Sewell in
large blocks. but Mclean captured
enough TO give him seemingly a safe
lead OF 20 against 261 for Sewell. Dur
ing the roll call there had been trouble
in the Chic delegation. which vas pOlled
and showed II anti-McLean votes lock-
ed up by the uni. rule. There was also
a big revolt
AGAINST GOVERNOR ALTGELD'S
domination in the Illinois delegation.
Fx-Congressman F'ithian made a fiery
protest against the nomination OF the
Ohio editor. Il was at this critical juno
ture that McLean's telegram was read
by one Of the Clio delegates. The tele-
gram stated that it was Mr.. McLean's
wish tint he should not be balloted for.