The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-07-18

tne start to year,
ssfving day 1. sof 1855 "a
sswa ;1i family for there Was Il ushsred into
the world on that lay the son who succeed
ed 70 the honors and the estate OF the fam
Nv and has broug hts new fame to tssrecord
sGy being selected as one Of the Democratic
sskandard bearers. Mr. SewaH grew up
an1ong the scenes OF the shipyarlls and the
500 shore, and In due time was inducted into
thesmysterfes Of the shipbutldlng business.
III is firm is now the owner of 40 vessels turn
ont by its yards It sails y
trade which they do. It enjoys the dtstinc-
sstioil of having built the first steel sailing
vessel ever launched In !. America; She !, IS
|StatesDf Maine. Ss Is .3s 538 fs4s. .
tss r. Sewalp s. enterprises on land and sea.
sonEt
ment, andsengage In many lines OF business
tsfds shipping There is hardly a corpor-
shAs issrlot a stockholder and q director. He
has Slong been interested in railroads, and
hast been president Of the Maine Central
snMnlher Of railroads. He is at present the
president Of a national bank in Bath, and Is,
of course, one Of the chief men Of the city J.
G Mr.fSewall believes the decentralization Of
ssilversin 1873 was a financial mistake, and in
spite Of his wealth he has been an ardent
adYocats Of free silver for the last four
Years. He has been prominent in politics
for$nlany years. but has never held any po-
iitacai office. Several years ago he was the
candidate of the Democratic members ~ Of the
hut. as there was no possibility Of his cleo
ton the incident was little more than an
encouragement Of the IN tt OF his
He has been member of the Democratic
national committee for two Or three terms,
and il that position. as well as in his par
tieipation in presidential campaigns, has
come into contact with the party leaders all
over the country and made a wide political
acquaintance.
81 Polatics makes strange bedfellows, and it
often draws lines between, friends and rela-
Fly esstn queer fashion. It Is an odd INCIDENT
the son Of the Democratic nominee. is an ar
because he believed It had s f., failed in in
country t1s. Harold sewall is one Of the lead
ters Of the young Republican. movement
IL Maine and he was one Ct the e. w te
publican convention in st. Louis.
Chicago, July 13.-Mr. sewall has not
iyetadecided whether he will join Mr.. Bry-
an I'M the speec11-n,aking feature Of the
carnpaig He says he can build better
Ships than speeches.. He added:
~. syVhether or not shall take an active
part in the campaign will. be settled by the
executive; committee. AS Senator Jones
Will take two or three days to select this
committee, am not able to say whether
i Shall be making speeches next month.
we may make a fight in Maine i'll the
state campaign The election will be held
IN September, and that win give us am
opportunity to test Maine sentiment. Free
silver sentiment IS growing in Maine and
now is very strong. We have a good
fighting chance there.
IT have no doubt that the national head
quarters will be located in Chicago. This
iss1ny own opinion and does not come
through any action Of the committee or
conference witE:it. The West will figure.
SO largely in this. campaign that it seems
to many that the contest should be direct
ed from this point
Ss Mr.. Sewall found out yesterday that to
be candidate for vice-president is not q
position of rest and retirement. Sunday
was his receiving day, and callers overran
his time and his room at the Palmer
House whenever he was there. Yesterday
morning he found time to go into room
with Mr.. Bryan and Senator Jones and
have the door locked for a little social
visit The three men talked over the prop
osition to launch the campaign at New
York, by having candidates publicly nos
titled there Of their choice as the party
nominees.
= Mr., Sewall, Erskine M. Phelps and
few other friends went to the Auditorium
annex for dinner. Later in the afternoon
the candidate for vice-president had 81
few minutes to himself in his room to
look at his pictures in the newspapers
and read what others were Saying about
him Today he will hold few more con-
ferences with various committees and to-
morrow will start for home