The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-10-17
WASHINGTON AT HEAD.
Father of His Country is First in
Voting for Eligibles in New
York Hall of Fame.

New York, Oct 13.-The election in
the Hall Of Fame contest was concluded
when the senate of the New York uni
yersity assembled and passed upon the
list of eHgibles submitted to that body
by the committee which for the last
three days has been counting the votes
The total number of names submitted
to the 100 judges was 252. Though the
standard of eligibility had been placed
as low as ffty-one votes, only thirty of
the nominees had reached that standard.
1t was the names of such nominees that
were submitted to the senate, and that
body, in which is vested the power of
absolute and peremptOry veto, on this oc
caslon confined itself to simple confirma-
ton OF the committees findings.
According to this decision the follow
Ing famous men were accorded a place
on the tablets of the Hall of Fame:
Geo. Washington. 81 Nath Hawthorne Y
Apfanam Lincoln. 96Robert Z. Lee. go
Oan!el webster. :. 96Peter Cooper. 49,. GS
BENZ. Franklin. -. 94Horace Mann 80 81
Y. ). Grant. ::.... 92IHenry w. Beecher sc
J0hn Marshail.... 91IEli Whitney...... Sc
Thomas Jefferson. 90James Kent. e5
Kalph W. Emerson S6Joseph Storey. -. "a
H. w. L0ngfelloW 81 John Adams. ..... 81
washington Irving S2Wm. e. Charming. So
Jonathan Edwards SO James Audubon. !. 81
David q. Farragut 70 Elias Howe. ...... 50
Sam f.. b. Morse. 70 VIM. Morris Hunt 80
Henfy Clay .......14 Gilbert Stuart. 90
george Peabody. Il Asa Gray ......... 81
For Citizens of Foreign Birth.
AS pressure had been brought to bear
on the senate to admit American citizens
Of foreign birth to places in the Hall of
Fame, measure having bearing upon
that question was discussed, and the fol-
lowing memorial was addressed by the
Senate to the university corporations:
The New York University senate for a.
number of reasons cordially approves the
strict limitations Of the Hall of Fame to-
native-born Americans. AT the same time
we would welcome a similar memorial to
forelgn-born Americans as follows:
new edifice to be joined to the north
porch OF the present hall, with harmonious
architecture, to contain fifth of the space
of the present hall; that is. not over thirty
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
Throughout the Twentieth century We be-
lleve that less than one-ffth of the cost of
this new hall, and that neither in conspicu-
lty nor in the landscape which it would
command would it in any way fall behind
the present one.
Twenty Vacant Panels.
The Senate recommends the following:
The senate, acting under the rules of the
Hall Of Fame, will take action in the year
1oO2 toward filling at that time the vacant
panels belonging to the present year, being
twenty in number. They invite each mem
Der of the board Of judges to serve as judge
in 1902. Each nomination of the present
year to the Hall of Fame that has re-
ceived the approval of ten or more judges,
yet has failed to receive a majority, will be
considered a nomination for 1902. To these
will be added any name nominated In writ
ing by five of the board of judges or by the
New York university in such way as it may
find expedient. Any nomination by any
citizen of the United States that shall be
addressed to the New York university SEN
ate will be received and considered by that
body.
Vote of Ex-President Cleveland.
Ex-President Cleveland's vote was
Samuel Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Jay,
Jefferson, Lincoln, Madison, Washing
ton. He did not vote for Monroe, but
cast scattering vote which was not an
nounced. Monroe did not poll a single
vote among the class of voters known as
publicists, editors and authors. Wash
only by the fact that Chief Justice Mich
OILS of Louisiana scratched both Lincoln
and Webster Justice Nichols did not
cast any vote except in the classes of sol
dlers, sailors and statesmen. His vote in
GUIDED only Franklin, Jefferson and
Washington.
Justice Bonnifeld of Nevada cast no
vote except for statesmen and soldiers
At the voting he voted for the entire list
and sent in fifteen scattering votes in adj
dition. Chief Justice Fuller sent in a
generous vote. He endorsed John Quin-
cy Adams, John Adams, Samuel Adams
John c.. Calhoun, Salmon 2. Chase
Henry Clay, Benjamin Franklin, Patrick
Henry, Andrew Jackson, John jay,
Thomas Jefferson, Lincoln, Madison
Monroe. Washington, Webster and two