The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-05-29
THE TWELVE GREAT AMERICANS.
Kansas City Star.

Kansas City Star.
Eleven newspaper men met
supper in the rooms of the WasI
lnglon Press Cub, a night or tw
ago. The question was aske,
WHO are the Twelve most dlsIii
snished Americans I" This que.
ton was subsequently, explaine,
that "distingEished meant The n.
iive-born American, whose name
Tor some cause or other. was fami
lar 10 The greatest number of pee
pie in the world, the natural sc
qnence being hat those most EN-
nent III their respective walks o
lie were 10 be selected" Tn,
eleven men prepared their lists o
Twelve names. 1t was found tina
all ni them included Blaine. Cleve
land had nine votes; Jay Goult
seven Depew, Cardinal Gibbons
and Dana five each Edison, Low
ell and Henry George four each
Carlisle and John l.. Sullivan three
each. and quite IA number scatter
M with two or one.
If this sort of ballOiing is no,
inslruciing, il is at least interest,
ing. For instance, the Philadel,
phla Journalist who omitted Mr..
Cleveland, named George W.
ChildS, and The Chicago man whu
also ignored Mr.. Cleveland, pleas.
anily nominated sold Hutch"
Under these circumstances the
Tx President has no cause TO com
plain. OF course the ballotinc un.
Ter the restrictions quoted is Tie
widest sort Of guess work, but
there are some surprises which call
Tor comment. The present Presi.
dent, Mr.. Harrison, did not receive
IA single vote. Even the men who
included Cleveland couldn't 60 TO
The extent OF including Harrison.
Only four men voted for Thomas
Edison, although his fame has
spread over the entire civilized
earth. Perhaps no American is
more generally known 10 all class
es of people than The pugulist Sui
Ivan, yet only three votes are ac-
corded him. l. there a man, wo.
man or child IN America or Eu.
rope who has not heard of Buffalo
Biz lie received one vote. Ed
win Booths two votes we're doubt.
less all he deserved under The cir.
cumslances, as actors have rarely
a reputation extending beyond
their native country.
The five votes cast for Mr.. Dana
may be taken purely as an exhibi-
ton of loyalty on The larl of news
paper men, for nobody believes
That Mr.. Dana enjoys a worldwide
celebrity. American authorship
suffered severely at The hands of
these Journalists, as Lowell receiv.
four votes, and Holmes, Whit.
tier and Howell Two each. Amer
cas- sculptOrs, painters and must
were wholly ignored. One
vote was cast for Theodore Thorn.
as, but The voter evidently forgot
that Thomasi is German born. The
five votes for Cardinal Gibbons do
justice 10 that preIate's intellect,
but 1t ear hardly be said that his
name carries a worldwide famil.
In the world of business
Jay Could PLAYS an important
part. 1t would appear that his
should be on every list, and
It is moi all certain that z. d Ar
mour, who has two votes, and
Pullman, who has none, should be
ignored.
While or this subject, il is inter.
to record Congressman
Of Indiana, who was invil
I'd TO make a guess. His names
comprise: Cleveland, Harrison,
John l.. Sullivan, Gould.
Sherman. Carlisle. Armour, Fred
Levi 7. Morton, Voorhee,
and ingalls,. Harrison and Voor.
lees may be excused on the
ground of State pride, but why he
should include Fred Douglas, Nor
on and Ingalls, is a dark mystery.
)f course there will be nearly as
many opinions as voters, but il
'ught 10 be easy to start off with
tx names for every list. These are
Cleveland, Gould, Edison.
'ohn l.. Sullivan and Buffalo Bill.