The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-01-10

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President James w. Strong of
Carleton College. says in suggesting
Mes~rs. Window aud Davis:
IF statues Ut representa- i've men
of Minnesota no longer living are To
i be placed in ii Hall of Fame. | have
no hesitation in naming as those who
have in my Judgement rendered the
country and the world the most dis
| tinguished services, William Window
| and CuslrnIan K. Davis.''
Mr., E. K. tombstone. editor of the
| Minneapolis Times. writes in suggest
ing Messrs. Davis and Pilsbury:
Il would respectfully suggest for
the Hall of Fame. Hon. eastman X.
Davis. United Statss Senator, and
Hon. J. $. Pilsbury. There are many
names-those of Ramsey, Sibley and
otllers-which suggest themselves,
but in my judgment tile Two named
are pre-eminenlly tilting. The OBJ
jeci ion | have To the name Of Secre-
tary Window is that while he served
the State as Senator lie served the
country i'm the cabinet and his af-
hllatiOns with the Static were broken
many years before Iris death-the
severance being marked and opera
ting against his reelection to the
United States senate"
Among, Those who have suggested
| . Of inn 4, ;nf
ment or with none at all, ale Mr..
Ransom Metcalf OF West Duluth. sug
gesting Cushman X. Davis and Igna-
titus Donnelly; Mr.. A. HI. Wimchell. of
Minneapolis. suggesting Cushman X.
Davis and John S. PiIsbury; Presi-
dent James Wallace, Of MacaIesl er
College. suggesting CuslIman X.
Davis and Ex-Governor Alexander
Ramsey; and Mr.. e. Louis De Leslry
suggesting Cushman X. Davis and
Ignatius DOnnelly. In proposing
D0nnelly, Mr.. De Lestry Says that "a :
though decred by literary gnals who
frnwned at his great ness. his work
will live if for no other reason than
the SLupendous scope of its research. :"
Mr.. G.. f. Macdonald, Of lie 81
Cloud Times. says in suggesting
MeSSrs. Sibley and Pilsbury:
Il beg TO suggest the BameS of
Henry S. Sibley and John Sargent
Pilsbury. The first named was one
of the earliest settlers of NJ nnesoia
in Territorial days and did much TO
develop and build up the State. He
was also the first governor u& Mime
sofa. IL general in the Union army
during the war and il man who died
honored and respected by all the in
habiLants of Minnesota regardless of
class or party. John s. Pilsbury
served three terms us governor of this
State. He was elected an honorary
Ilfe-regenb of the University of Min
neS0ta, because Of his efforts in
building up that institutions and be +.
cause of the further fact that lie con-
Lributed great financial assistance 10
it. Without more elaboration. l
think [ can truthfully say there are
no two MInneSotans who have passed
away better entitled TO Il place in tile
proposed Hall Of Fame"
Mr.. William W. Payne, of the
Goodsell o ,servatory Of Carleton
College and editor of popular AS
tronOmy," writes:
"Personally would suggest three
names as most worthy from recent
times: G. X. Davis. Bishop Whipple
and John S. Pisbury. all of which
have passed away quite recently. Mr.
| Davis was of great legal reputation
among us for years. Then without
previous preferment, he wentinto the
senate. aud there, us is we'll known,
he nude Il m lrk as a senator, and az
one prominent in committee work
John s. Pilsbury was for three sue
ceSSive terms governOr-no other
having been 80 often chosen in this
state and few others so often out of
it. He did most beileticent work for
the State IN freeing it from railroad
bonds In educational lines, he was
a conspicuous donor or Bishop
Whipple's influence, the country
knows and that it was lie who for
many years practically stood back of
the country's policy and dealings
with the Indians"
Mr.. j. Frank Dean, Of Owatonna,
editor Of the Evening Journal. says in
an editorial discussion Of Minnesota's
place in the proposed Hall of Fame:
"Fhe selection is not easy to make
but we think that by Il general con-
census Of opinion it will be admitted
that the late Senator Davis did more
towards shaping the Nations his
tory, as that term is generally under
stood, than any other Minnesotan,
living or dead. His name will always
be associated with the agitation for
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