The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-09-22
SEWALL'S STAR IS SINKING.
BOTH POPULISTs AND DEMO.
Gratis VERY TIRED OF HIM,

A ASPHA4SSS 44 4 uIu ARStuSE
Bryan if the Maine Plutocrat Shall
Continue to be His Running Mate.
CHICAGO, Sept. Is George F.. Wash
burn, Chairman of the Western branch
of the POpulist National Committee,
said to day about the Maine election:
The results are just what we ex-
pected. Maine is my native State, and
l know the sentiment there. The vote
has no more significance than Arkan-
sass reply to Vermont, except to en-
phasiz9 how much of a burden the Do
mocracy has III it's Vice Presidential
candidate"
DO you think Mr.. Sewall should
Withdraw"
Il certainly do, and the State of
Maine also says go. 1 agree with Tom
Reed that 'Sewalls star sinks and Wat
sons RISES The voice of Maine does
not indicate any Encouragement Of
the campaign. 1t is no test of Bryan's
popularity, or even of the silver issue.
No special effort was made in Maine
except by the Republicans. Senator
Jones and Senator Butler have shown
remarkable ability in the management
Of the National campaign, considering
the limited means al the command of
both. The rapid flank movements of
these Generals in concentrating their
fire has at times thrown the enemy into
CONSERVATION. But the friction con-
stantly arising between the two forces
over fusion matters impairs the work.
We shoald concentrate our efforts on
the election of one ticket. If this could
be done, SUCCESS would be certain.
There is an unc erCurrent of feeling
which peTvades the nation in support
Of the claims of Mr.. Watson and his
friends that he should not be recog-
nized. There is force in the statement
that Mr.. SewelI is no more our candid.
ate than is Mr.. Hobart There is also
significance in the attitude of the mid
die ot-the road men, who say that No
Watson means no Bryan / know
that these men, as we'll as the Republi-
cans, have accumulated a mass of evi.
dence against Mr.. Sewall, which they
intend to make public, and which may
force the Democratic party to a defense
of Mr.. Sewall's record during the clos
ing days of the campaign, but 80 long
as the issue a be kept on silver, Nh.
Bryan, as the standard bearer of the
allied forces, can keep the enemy on
the run The Republicans realize this.
Therefore, failing to win on principle,
I believe their trump card will be to
show in doubtful States the inconsis-
tency of Mr.. Sewall's record and how
much of a misfi5 he is on the Demo
cratic ticket.
Mr.. Sewall cannot be forced eff the
ticket. Il would be better for him to
remain than to retire in any way that
would do his party injury. The Maine
election is over. He has demonstrated
his weakness. His party vote in his
own ward was only about one half
what it was four years ago. He has
contended four times for election as
Alderman, and has been defeated twice,
the last time by a shipjoiner, who
polled 121 votes to his 78. understand,
further, that Mr.. Sewall attended the
June convention of his party in his
State, which nominated Mr.. Winslow,
a gold Democrat, on a gold platform,
and although Mr.. 8ewall was there, he
offered no objection to platform or
ticket, and seemingly acquiesced in
the nomination of the candidates and
the adoption of the platform"
Washburn's sentiments in this mat
ter are shared by fully t%wo,thirds Of
the Populist leaders, and there shortly
will be a formal demand by the middle
Of the road men that S9wall resign in
Watson's favor. The penalty for re-
fusal may be the nomination of a mid
die of the road ticket to smash the
Jones machine.
The Populists have been collecting
data concerning Sewall's political rec
ord, and they say it proves that he
never has been a Democrat of any kind.
He ran for Alderman Of Bath four
times, three times as a Republican and
once on a Cit z EMS ticket. Democrats
defeated him twice. It is urged also
that he is a protected and subsidized
ship owner and builder, and a most I'm.
democratic Democrat. The Democracy
of his career in Congress is also inn
pUgned,
This word will be laid before Jones
bu tho 11Doou1 Dropoisip0 POOrIisto vBbr
threaten to publish it if the Chairman