The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-03

tnan as a politician, although for many
years past he has taken a prominent
part in the councils of the Democratic
party. He is a type of che New Eng
land business and social magnate as de-
veloped in the rough, hard working
communities of Maine
The elder Sewall was a, shipbuilder
in Bath, Me, in the tarly years of the
! century, and his son Arthur succeeded
to the business.
They are an old and illustrious fam
| lily, coming to this country from Cow
entry, England, in 1884
In the colonial times the Sewalls were
prominent in public affairs always
Drummer Sewall, grandfather of the
present Arthur, went to Maine in 1862
and purchased the tract of land where
on now stand the Sewal1 homes and
| shipyards.
William d. Sewall, a son of Dunn
mer, was the first shipwrighE of the
! family, beginning with his first ship in
1923. He always built for himself, and,
as a rule, besides continuing to own the
vessels, some member of the family
! captained them until the number be-
came too numerous for the family to
supply wish officers
In the seventy-three years since they
! OOE5e1 OIL ivy lletNS lOIAGt OQl { DIISS, VI
| full rugged ships, II schooners, 4 banks
all wooden-and in the last few years
have turned their attention to steel
vessels, of which the Dirigo was the
first.
The family had no small fame at one
time as being the owners and builders
of the largest vessels afloat.
Arthur Sewall was born November
20. 1885. He was educated in the public
schools of his native city and entered
/ his fathers shipyard as an apprentice.
In the course of time he and his brother
| Edward succeeded TO the business. They
formed the firm of E. and A SewaIl
| This was in the year 1854. When Ed
ward SewaH died, in 1879, the firm
name became A. Sewall & Co.
A FORTUNE WELL WON.
By successful management of his va
rious shipping interests Mr.. Sewall has
| amassed a considerable fortune. He is
man of sterling integrity and general
worth, and has always held a high
place socially in the community in
which he has lived from childhood.
Mr.. Sewal served in the city govern
ment as alderman two years. He was
director of the Maine Central railroad
and early in the sos became its presi-
| dent. In 1888 he became president Of
] the Eastern road and continued in
that Office until after it's consolidation
with the Boston & Maine, when he
was made a director in the latter COM
! pany. In 1888 he was chosen a member
of the national Democratic committee.
/ In 1872 he was present at the Demo-
cratic national convention in Cincinnati
and saw Horace Greeley nominated. In
1880 he was a delegate at large from
Maine to the national Democratic con-
vention at ST. Louis, and in 1884 was
| preseeEt at the national Democratic
convention that nominated Cleveland,
| and a delegate at large to the ST.
Louis convention in 1892. Although
Bath has always been hopelessly Re-
publican, Mr.. SewaH has been a life
| long Democrat.
Personally Mr.. Sewall is strong
courageous, competent and we'll bal
anced mentally and physically. To use
the common phrase, he carries his age
we'll. He is a splendid example of pny
steal manhood, has a soldierly bearing
! and is what might be termed a. fine
| looking man.
| Although his hair and mustache are
slightly tinged with gray the wrinkles
of age have scarcely made their APP
pearance upon mis- face, and he looks
ten years younger than he really is.
| I1S has SlIOllS, 4AdooINC LCeblC4CS' 1Stll
penetrating eyes, and large, stalwart
figure that seems as solid as a wall
of rock. He is highly esteemed by his
neighborS, who say of him that he
is an ideal citizen and a firm friend.
In 1859 Mr.. Sewall married Emily
Duncan Croker, daughter of promi-
nent citizen of Bath. Three children
were born to thenl-Harold NJ. Sewall,
former consul-general to Samoa; Will
lam D. Sewall, Junior member of the
shipbuilding firm, and Dummer Sewall,
| who died in infancy. Harold Sewau
was sent to Samoa at the time of the
Samoan outbreak by President Cleve-
| land
sEWALL'S REPUBLICAN SON.
The political course of Harold NJ
! Sewall has been somewhat peculiar.
From an active and enthusiastic Dem
ocrat he has become rampant Repub-
lican. This change of front was said to
have been a result of what he consid-
cred the party's failure in administra-
.tion Young Sewall was one of the
leaders of the Reed delegation to st.
! Louis and is one of the leaders of the
Young Republican movement in Maine.
His name will always be mentioned in
connection with the late history of Sa-
moa. He was born in Bath in 1850.
Having been fitted for college in the
public schools of his native town, he
entered Harvard university in 1878.
In 1882 he graduated with high hon
ors and immedia tely thereafter entered
the Harvard law school, where he com
pleted the full three years course and
received the degree of LIB. In
March, 1887, he became consul-general
at Apia, Samoa. In that position he
came into national prominence. The
affairs in Samoa at that time were
very complicated. Germany wanted to
exercise a protectorate over the is
lands, which would have resulted in
her annexing the best of them. Eng
land and the United States wanted
native government.
Harold Sewall soon attracted atten-
ton by his official course. He was
finally summoned to Washington by
Secretary Bayard and frequently APP
reared before the senate committee on
foreign relations. He testified so freely
and fully before hat committee that
Secretary Bayard requested his resig-
nation on the ground that his openly
expressed views on Samoan affairs did
not agree with those of the state de-
partment His resignation was ten
dered and accepted.
The wife of the vice-presidential
nominee is woman of rare mental at
tainments. She is possessed of an
artistic temperament and great ability
as a painter, to which large collec-
ton of water colorS and landscape
photographs made by her on two con-
tinents bear witness.
Mrs. Sewall was educated at a then
famous fitting school at Ipswich and
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