Oxford eagle., 1896-07-16

Nl-~-Tr--id~ut-Ih~ N.m- sr Btsna va.
Wtthdrswu. .nd Mclean Refused to 10 /.
t-nsiifst~. sast, the Nsfn~ N.a wss Ua.a-
tuasu-ly Ns1sfs.t~sI on the E1fth B.IIss-
skrtsb Of His life.
CuicA Aso. July I2-The national dem
oeratsc convention closed up it, ticket
and al iourned sine die shortly after
three o'clock yesterday IL selected
for vie--pre>. the Maine shfpowner
and shipbui,der. Arthur >ewall. for
many years chairman - the demo
cratsr state cpmmittrc e that state
Z De result was nut reached without a
Struggle. The same aumb~r vf bal
lots were required - maze . A. 10
make the nom nation fpr president -
Wa. Ave Sixsecn eaati1as@s were
placed IN nominations or voted fsr.
with or without their crsasens. IN th~
first ballot All bat fslr Qu5cxly
dropped out - sxht Th~v ve~-
MessTs Bland. >ihisy. NcLeaa and
>ewaiL
After the srss ballot. movement
was started lehicsy a. the inssixssi.-n
Of Gov. Alizrld q IllinuiSi - tarers
the nomination. 20 Biznd. - Missouri
silver Dick Biand. a. hfs sPsussr.
Senator Ncsc. duhh-f hin The Ms
sour deleyati0n kept ous q The lsS--
Hlent al srSf. bat Ve~erv~si IL vose n
order - east it fer BznA a.
a later stage n th~r- va .
:rotahility of thereby ssrzinx
the scale in hs avpr Thls as8
not happen On the s-,asni baIist. zna
Missyuri VOTED for othrr -aa,iisia -.
bat on th> tAir'i ballot Missouri pre-
seated Mr.. B,aad's uam~. explaining
that u did So witheut aathorisy foaa
him amt AWAITED results. They u~r~
rot encouraging NJ BsanA received
about afty vgt-s fevscr "a th- tair4
hallos WiEh hs d~lr-atlua supporting
b m than he dti ga the second ballot.
81 hcn they voted ter other c3nsts dates.
I pm this shawiaS tspr stone
presented % she cunrrufaau a dispatch
reviewed from Nr Biand mentbouins
th~ Advisahility q nuruinattax two
eaadnlasrs frpm th~ west aaa prompt
iy NIthdr~s Mr.. Blaud's name.
Mr. >iblry. - P~HnSviTsn started
IN vith a rush, receiving ls3 votes On
the first ballot. but Io~t - votes on the
Second. and vas w.thirAwn by a teIe-
gram ADDRESSED - Hon Amos Cum
mings. of New YurS. before the thirsl
baliot could lie taken. though he still
retained scattering supporters
Nr. McLean's name was not form
ally placei IN nomination. but was
brought before the convention by the
Ohio delegation voting for him start
ing with III votes he ran up ~ 81 On
the fourth ballot and then the chair
man Of the Otio delegation read a
telegram frora him stating that all
votes east for him were east against
his expressed wish and without aa-
thurity. Although the chairman OF
the Ohio delegation qualified this
declaration by saying it was the voice
OF Mr.. Mclean and not that OF the
delegation. the convention listened 70
MIR Mclean and he passed out
Mr.. Arthur SewaII. OF Maine. the
successful candidate, though present
in the city as member Of the national
democratic comm .ttee and in the con-
veutiou Just before his nomination.
and though for maay years he has
been the chairman of abe democratic
state committee of Maine. was person
ally known % few members on the
fiocr- lie was placed in nomination
by delegate from the distant state of
California. who gave No personal de-
tails as to the candidate The seconsier
Of Mr. >evali. 8lr. Thomas. Of Colo
RADIO. added little To- the information
possessed by the convention. excerpt
that he testified - Mr. >ewalIs busi-
ness ability a. Il shipbuilder. railroad
president and hank president
Ou the first ballot Mr. Sewai re-
ceiyed lO0 votes On the second he
dropped down 10 80. and jumped up
sgain - - on the third ballot After
the withdrawal of Bland and >ibley
he reached second place On the fourth
ballot. standing z6I to MeLean's s9J.
and was nominated unanimously au
the ffth ballot
There was nothing more then for
the convention To do but 10 pass the
customary votes OF thanks and adj
jOurn, aud il did so in comparative 81
lencr-