Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-05-09
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of the glnhc come hcrr in sCarch of fame and fortune. And of all the great men of Gotham who now fill the public eye not one k n born New Yorker,
 I have interviewed 100 people during the past fur7 night with a view of aSccr- taining if possible who is New Works hrainiCSt man. l srlCrtVd the best judges If human natur,', men who should he able tu gaugC pretty accurately the abilities of their fellow men. They were newspaper men. lawyers, politicians, bankers, brokers and bonifaccs. Thcrc was n great diversity If opinion and the hundrcd talcSmcn sc- lrctcd something like 25 candidates. Sen ator David E. Hill was not balloted for, as he is An up country man and not a resident New Yorker. Here are the nominations: Chauncey NJ. Dcpew, John A. Mccall Thomas C. Platt Joseph H. Choatc, Will liam (. Whitney, Henry Clews, Robert c. Ingcrsoll. James (. Carter Dr Charles H. Parkhur>t, Charles A. Dana Joseph Pu- litzcr, Whitc!Iw Reid, James Gordon Bon- nett, Frederic k. Coudort William R. Grace, Picrpont Morgan. Leslie W. Rus sell William M. Evarts. Cx-GOvCrnor George II. lIoadlry, Dr. Edward McGlynn, Russell Sagr, B"urkc Cochran and Richard Crokrr, ex-kinsC of Tammany Hall.
 4 Brilliant Quartet.
 Four candidates led all the rest by de ci>iVr majority. Strangr to say, each had l3 vutrs-4S out uf possible 100. This brilliant quartet were Chaunccy M. De prw, statesman. orator, wifi, lawyer and railroad nagnatc; John A, Mccall, prcSi- dent of the New York Life Insurance com pany. littc-atcur, tlnauCicr and great cor poratc or;.auizcr; Thomas (. platt, great est If living politicians and most success full of business men. and Henry Clrws, kvrnr~t and most far~i!,htcd of Wall street bankers. author, politician On tho best sense rf thrwor,l) and public spirited citi- Zen These four men came the nearest, in that they possessed the genius which commands all the faculties. Rob ert G Ingrrzoll, who, with William (. Whiircy. ranked next to tho big four" in voting strvnSth Uhcy rcccivcd nino and | eight ballots r,>pcctivcly), was designated aS the greatest living orator William C. Whitney was pronounced man of many splendid qualities Of head and heart, but what he lacked most were firmncss and self | reliance l. wa~ pointed out in the ballots how Grover C!rNrl dominated Whitney ! when the latter was Srrrrtary of the navy, 1 from lSN5 tn l$S3, something he could not du with nriJ'w, Mccall, Clrws or Platt. | They would ''boSs'' him were they in his calumet (huatC, Garter, NOuurFt, ENarlS | Russell and \icoll were voted aStute law ycr~, wh,,-: mental energies were all bent in urr direction. Charles A. Dana, White l law Reid, Joseph Pulitzer and James Gordon li,I.n'tt were adjudScd great edi- tors whose raggrrSsivrncSS, sterling honesty and unhcndinE will would prevent their succcetiing as politicians diplomatists or l statesmen. Dr. ParkhurSt and pr. Mo Glynn were viewed ns hrainy bravo men, with zeal like unto that of Peter the Hermit. tkr first crusader; Thomas Byrnes was aptly pictured as tho greatest detective who ever lived. with an almost infnllible insight intu human naturC, and Crokcrr Grace and Cochran n; tho most discerning nf politicians. who knew q good thing when they >aw ii. All of thCso mems men
 tai vIa.r2li,.~. however, arc bent in ono di
 rtrtiun. They have not the all around ability Uf the "hrliny four" Tho big
 four, whom the picked voters hy an equal
 ballot Vr..ri3i acl the hrainCSt quartet 1T
 Gotham, u",' I rytty well known through
 out this bread domain. All of them, odd
 ly en,rs,h possess strong points in com