Evening journal., 1900-10-13
EMINENT
AMERICANS
SELECTED
Jury Of Well Known Men
Chooses Names For Hall
Of Fame
WASHINGTON HEADS LIST
Abraham Lincoln and Daniel
Webster Come Next
In IOrder
MANY NAMES WERE SUBMITTED
About TWO-thirdS Of Senate Body,
Composed Of Deans and Senior
Professors, Present
MANY NAMES WERE SUBMITTED

New York, Oct. 15.-The election in
the Hall of Fame contest was con-
cluded yesterday when the senate of
the New York university assembled
and passed upon the list of eligibles
submitted to that body by the com
mittee which for the last three days
had been counting the votes.
The total number OF names submit
ted to the 100 judges was 252. Though
the standard of eligibility had been
placed as low as 81 votes, only 80 OF
the nominees had reached that stand
ard. It was the names of such nomi-
nees that were submitted to the SEN
ate, and that body, in which is vested
the power of absolute and peremptory
veto, on this occasion confined itself
to simple confirmation of The commit
tees findings. According to this de-
cision the following famous men were
accorded g place on the tablets of the
Hall of Fame:
George Washington, 81 (the full
vote); Abraham Lincoln, 96: Daniel
Webster, 96i Benjamin Franklin. "a;
U. S. Grant, 92; John Marshall, 81;
Thomas Jefferson, 80; Ralph Waldo
Emerson, Sc; Henry w. Longfellow,
"a; Washington Irving, 50; Jonathan
Edwards, 50; David G. Farragut, 79;
Samuel +. B. Morse, 70; Henry Clay,
"a; George Peabody, 70; Nathaniel
Hawthorne, 70; Robert e. Lee, Go;
Peter Cooper, 6S; Horace Mann, 67;
Henry Ward Beecher, &c; Eli Whitney,
sc; James Kent, 65; Joseph Storey, Ga;
John Adams, 81; William Ellery Chan
ming, 58; John James Audubon, 81;
Elias Howe So; William Morris Hunt,
81; Gilbert Stuart, So; Asa Gray, 81
4 About two-thirds Of the senate body,
which is composed of the deans and
senior professors of each faculty, were
present. Chancellor Henry M. Mac
Cracken. president Of the body, oc-
cupied the chair.
As pressure had been brought to
bear on the senate to admit American
citizens of foreign birth to places in
the hall OF fame, q measure having
bearing upon that question was dis
cussed and a memorial was addressed
by the senate to the university corpo-
rations recommending that a new edi-
flee be joined to the north porch of the
present hall, to contain a fifth Of the
space Of the present hall; that is, not
over 80 panels, ten to be devoted, the
first year, to the commemoration Of
ten foreign born Americans, who have
been deceased for at least ten years.
and an additional Panel to be devoted
to one name every five years through
out the Twentieth century.
motion was adopted recommend
ing that leach nomination of the pres
ent year to the Hall of Fame that has
received the approval Of ten or more
judges, yet has failed to receive a ma
jority will be considered a nomination
for 1902 To these will be added any
name nominated in writing by five of
the board Of judges or by the New
York university in such a way as it
may find expedient. Any nomination
by any citizen of the United States
that shall be addressed to the New
York university senate will be receiv-
ed and considered by that body"
Ex-President Cleveland's vote yes
terday was: Samuel Adams, Benjamin
Franklin, jay, Jefferson, Lincoln, Mad
ison, Washington. He did not vote for
Monroe, but cast a scattering vote,
which was not announced Monroe
did not poll a single vote among the
class of voters known as publicists,
editors and authors.
Washington was saved the honor Of
first place only by the fact that Chief
Justice Nichols, of Louisiana, scratch
ed both Lincoln and Webster. Justice
Nichols did not cast any vote except
in the classes Of soldiers, sailors and
statesmen. His votes included only
Franklin, Jefferson and Washington.
Justice Bonnifield, of Nevada, cast
no vote except for statesmen and sol
diers. At the voting yesterday he vot-
ed for the entire list and sent in Is
scattering votes in addition.
Chief Justice Fuller sent in a gener-
Gus vote. He endorsed John Quincy
Adams, Samuel Adams, John C. Cal
houn, Salmon P. Chase, Henry Clay.
Benjamin Franklin, Patrick Henry
Andrew Jackson, John Jay, Thomas
Jefferson, Lincoln, Madison, Monroe,
Washington, Webster and two scat
tering votes.