Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-29
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| received here during the afternoon
that second operation performed
today was successful. What devel-
oped to cause his death is not known.
| Mr.. Sewall was operated on sup
posedly for throat trouble two weeks
| ago today, the second operation be-
ing performed today and apparently
| was more serious than thought. He
died early this evening.
Mrs. Sewall and son., Arthur Srd,
are here and We're planning to so to
| New York tomorrow. Besides them
, Mr.. Sewall leaves two daughters.
Camilla. wife of U. S. Senator Walter
+. Edge of New Jersey. whose home
is in Nentnor. n. j.. and LAM. who
/ marie. John Winslow Williams,
i baltimore, Md: another son. Loyal
| Farragut Sewall of New York. Will
liam d. Sewall a we'll known Bath
| banker is brother.
Mr.. Sewall was born in Bath. a son
! of the late Arthur Sewall. a promin-
ent shipbuilder and candidate for
vice president on the ticket with Will
liam j. Bryan in 1896. His early
education was in the public schools
and he graduated from high school
with honors.
| He was a member of family long
the state and stood prominently
among the men in this section who
nave an intimate knowledge Of the
affairs of then alton and Of the world.
Always was he a student of politics
and always had he kept closely in
touch with affairs in Washington.
His clear cut. concise speeches in
| campaigns made him friends. His
unfailing good nature. his great in
! terest in the affairs of the people, his
supreme desire to have Names pres
tige in Washington the best. his
| carer of full achievement made him
known everywhere.
! He was one of the best informed
trained debaters and best student OF
rational policies in Maine. From the
, high school he went to Harvard,
| where his avocations were all seri-
GUS He was founder Of the Har-
Vard Union. the great Harvard de-
batting society, which exists TODAY.
! and along with Teddy Roosevelt and
many other young men who later be-
came prominent. he bore leading
TART in debates which attracted at
tent1on all over the country. For his
| proficiency in debates he was award
, ed class prize at commencement.
lie graduated from Harvard in
| -es2 and continued in the law school,
receivinghis degree in 1855. He was
then a Democrat and was appointed
ny PRESIDENT Cleveland as vice consul
at Liverpool. lie made GOOD and was
! MADE consul general at Samoa. 1t
: was here that he came TO be a ma
! uCnal figure. disagreeing with the
Eusilanimous policy of Secretary
Eayard and President Cleveland on
the Pacif1c and historic conflict over
| the samoan succession and standing
as bulw3rk against G armany's pur-
pose TO siege that island. Mr.. Sew
Gil uttered a vigorous protest. re-
signed from office. came home and
| DeIcIe a senate committee offered his
testimony with such remarkable tact.
abiiity, clarity and candor. that it
aroused the attention OF the world
senator Frye of Maine made MIR
Sewails stand for public rights and
| conscience. even though against his
party, the strongest passage of his
canpaign oratory that wear.
| At this time Mr.. Sewalls Diplomat
&c career seemed ended. lie had
! broken with his party on the Card
| maj principal of it's international
| policy. He announced himself
| nenceiorth as Republican at a
| time when Republicanism seemed TO
/
was triumphant. For some time he
had opposed the free trade for
revenue policies Of the Democrats.
He became believer in the general
! policy of protective tariff.
| He was selected by President Uar-
rison to the commission which nego-
| tiated the Berlin treaty of 1889 for
J Joint government at Samoa for the
powers and was later rcappointed to
| bis former post. Here he was n
| friend and companion to Robert
| Louis stevenson. the author. He Sc
! cured the site of the naval station
| for the United States at Page. His
| service there was an honor to him.
| He stood ct a critical time against
| the invasion Of Germany. He became
| an out and out expansionist long be-
| FORE expansion was even a fact or
| policy.
He came home from Samoa one of
the most prominent young men in
| the Republican party. marked with
brilliant future. He went to the
National Republican convention in
| 1896 for Mr.. Reed and that same
year was elected to the House of
Representatives and in that session
was the pioneer against the Fee Sys-
tenn in Maine.
When the news of the nomination
or his father as a running mate to
Bryan came in 1896 he had been en-
gagged by the Republican State COM
mittee for lengthy campaign tour.
iii sdates had been published. 1t has
often been said that Mr.. Sewall
showed his deep ingratitude in cam
paigning against his fathers cause.
but the facts are that the moment
Harold Sewall learned of his fathers
nomination he went to him and told
him he was about to cancel his
| dates upon the stump. His father
told him that being n Republican
and believing IN its principles there
was no occasion for withdrawal in
any degree from the work planned
and advised him to pursue his cause
faithfully.
When Mckinley was elected Ne sp-
pointed Mr.. Sewall minister to Ba wall
There Mr.. Sewall received the trans
fer of sovereignty Of the Island to the
United States in 1898 and raised the
first American flag over the island in
token Of sovereignty and Mckinley ap-
pointed him special representative Of
the United States until the territory
was organized. In this he made good.
his executive capa city, his tact and his
diplomacy were all in evidence. IT
was while at Hawaii that the Philli-
pine commission was sent to the East.
The war with Spain had obscured this
great Hawaiian question and had dis
tracted attention from the Pacific TO
the Atlantic: but when Dewey took
the PHILIPPINES the great policy Of ex-
M sion which Mr. GeWalI cont