Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-08
CONSPICUOUS AMERICANS.
A New Workers. OR-Hand List o.
Them.

Them.
From the New York Press.
Who is the most conspicuous American?
Why, Chauncey NJ. Depew, l should I'M
hesitatingly say. With nothing to depend
on except his own individuality he has
made his name household word through
out the United States, while there is not a
capital in Europe where the sound of 1t
has not been heard by the masses as well
as the classes.
We have no such person as conspicu-
Gus poet in America. The country Is full
Of feeble rhymester:- Our most conspicu-
Gus writer .s-mind you. l do Lot say best
William Dean Howells. No other living
American litterateur is SO well known IN
the length and breadth OF the country.
Our most conspicuous banker is. without
doubt, ]. Pierpont Morgan. Our most con-
spicuous engineer is Alphonse F'reley. Our
most conspicuous architect IS dead,Rlcn-
ard Morris Hunt. Stanford White. Henry
Ives Cobb, Bruce Price. Daukmar Adler,
Robert H. Robertson and a few others
rank about the same. Perhaps If 1t were
absolutely necessary to name the most
conspicuous of the lot, should name Rob-
ertson. White is growing.
The most conspicuous American preacher
is dead-Henry Ward Beecher. No living
preacher can approach him. Talmage Is
played out completely. You don't hear OF
any great amount of personal magnetism
in the pulpit these days, no vast crowds
fiocking to hear sermon L never go TO
church now. because preachers bore me.
Our most conspicuous orator is an Irish
man-Bourke Cochran No man In the
United States can approach him in down.
right orator. The woods are fuli OF after
dinner and stump speakers. Our most con-
spicuous editor is Charles A. Dana. Our
NEST conspicuous merchant, retail. Is John
Wanamaker. and, wholesale, Claf1in This
about Clafiin is said with reservation
frr 10 . ah hon IF 1af lin, nd moi
Clafiin himself, that is conspicuous.
Our most conspicuous lawyer is Joe
Choate, though the leader of the bar is
James c. Carter. The most conspicuous
Gus physician is DR.. Bull. The most con-
spicuOus politician is Mark Hanna. The
most conspicuous statesman is Edward j..
Phelps. 1t may be that there are plenty
fill this bill according to Tom Reeds idea,
but Phelps is a man of extraordinary
breadth, depth and fineneSs. The most con-
spicuous heavy swell in America Is Ollie
Belmont. None can touch him. He is Fred
Gerhard, Berry Wall. Louis Onativia and
Tommy Taller, rolled into one. with more
sense in his little finger than they have in
their heads Ollie Is the Coils p. Hunting
ton of dudedom. He cares for the good
opinion of only one person in the world,
and that person IS Ollie Belmont.
The most conspicuous railroad man in
the United States is Frank Tho mson OF the
Pc nnsylvania road. The most conspicuous
manufacturer is Henry o. Havemeyer. The
most conspicuous iron founder is Andrew
Carnegie. Our most conspicuous shipbuild-
er is Charles H. CTamp. Our most conSpic-
uous carbuilder is George NJ. Pullman.
Our most conspicuous Well street specula-
tor is James r. Keene. Our most conSpic-
rous fisherman Is Grover Cleveland. Our
most conspicuous hunter Is The Rev. DR..
William s. Rainsfcrd. Our most consp.cu-
Gus governor is Pingree of Michigan. Our
| most CONSPICUOUS woman Is Mrs. Mary
| Elizabeth Lease. Our most conspicuous
theatrical mar ager is Charles FrOnman.
Our most conspicuous actor is John Drew.
Our most conspicuous actress is Ada
\ Rehan.
Our most conspicuous gas man is E. C.
| Benedict. the friend of Grover Cleveland.
Our most conspicuous butcher Is Philip D.
! Armour. Our most conspicuous Spectator
/ in all lines 10 John d. Rockefeller. He
| makes all other SPECTATORS look small. He
i takes chance with millions where other
| men hesitate with few hundred thousand.
| Somv people declare that he never takes q
/ chance; that he has everything cinched be-
| fore he goes in. 1t may be true. Our most
/ conspicuous millionaire Is J. Pierpont Nor
| gan. After him comes Rockefeller. then
| Huntington. The names of these men are
| familiar the world over. Our most con-
| Spicuous mine Cwner is William A. Clark
of Montana, the silver King" Our most
conspicuous farmer Is Horace Boies. After
him comes "Slver Dick" Bland Our most
conspicuous turfman is Michael F. Dwyer.
Our most conspicuous soldier Is Gen. Miles,
| not because he Is the head of the army,
| but because he Is Miles. He was the most
conspicuous man IN the army years before
he became the ranking major general. Our
| most conspicuous sailor Is Lieut.. Robert E.
| Peary. After him comes Fighting Bob
/ Evans.
1 Old friends may disagree with my selec-
tions OF consoicueus men. bat they must
understand that the word governs. It does
not mean the best. the ablest. the purest,
| the most talented. but open to view,' u
/ catching the eye," plainly to be SEEM"
/ etc. Take the case of James Ramfeezie
/ keene as the most conspicuous Wall street
SPECTATOR. A. ]. Wen would buy out
| keene. ana as for big gamblers, commend
/ me to the firm of Fiowers-Anson r. John
/ d., Frederick 8. ard Uncle Roswell r. No
body knows the great deals these men are