New-York tribune., 1905-04-11
HALL OF FAME ELECTORS.
Last Completed-Tem Women To Be
VOted For IN Fall.

Five years ago the first vote taken on the
names Of famous Americans which were to have
place in the Hall OF Fame Next fall the second
vote is to be taken. The names are chosen by a
special board of electors selected by the New-York
University Senate, and this body has just COM
pleted the list of electors by adding new ones to
those already chosen
Not more than fifty names were to be chosen at
the first voting Every five years thereafter up
to the end Of the present century five more names
to be added giving a total Of $50. Each name
must have majority of the votes OF the electors
Only twenty-nine obtained this majority in 1900
and. including the twenty-one thus left over each
slector will this year vote twenty-six names.
In addition to the twenty-one the regular list
the names OF ten women and six Americans Of for
eign birth will be voted on this year. Special ar
rangements have been made in tho plans for the
Hall OF Fame to comply with the change The de-
cison to have special balloting for women grew
out of the conviction that women should be voted
for separately. 1t was also felt that It would be
improper TO exclude such notable name as that
Of Alexander Hamilton. merely because he hap
pened to be born in the West Indies
President Jesse. of Missouri; President Johnson.
Western College for Women; President Remsen
Johns Hopkins; President Van Hise, Wisconsin;
President Woolley, Mount HolyOke. and President
Woodward. Carnegie Institution, are new members
in the first class of electors
In the class made up of professors of history and
scientists Miss Lucy Salmon. Poughkeepsie;
CharleB ID. WOIcOLL OF washington, u - ana
Simon Newcomb Smithsonian institution the
members,
In the class composed of publicists. writer's and
authors Senator Beveridge, William J. Bryan Vice
President Fairbanks. Mrs. Mary Hallock Foote and
Professor John Bach MacMaster are additions.
New Chief Justices on the board of electors are
n. Z. Young, of North Dakota: w. II. Gabbert, of
Colorado; Walter Clark, of North Carolina; Charles
J. b. Hobson, of Kentucky: ]. A. BreaUx, of Lou
isiana: A. H Whitfield, of Mississippi: Joseph N
Hill of Arkansas; G. o. StockOlOger, of Idaho; Y.
j. Pope. of South Carolina, and John W. Rowell. Of
Vermont.
There are now six women the list including
Presidents Hazard. Johnson. Thomas and WOOlley.
This is increase OF three over the previous list
There are now 10l electors. There must be at
least hundred.
Dr. MacCracken said that a list Of the names
placed in nomination would be sent out by the
middle of May and that the votes, which would be
sent by mail, would be due in October.
Much disappointment has been expressed because
no doctor chosen at the previous ballOting,
and an effort will be made at the coming conVen-
tion Of the American Medical Association, at Port
land, Ore, to unite on one name to be urged on
the electors.
Many of the electors, It is said. spent a good
part OF their vacations at the first election reading
American history. One eectOr Richard Watson
Glider paid a visit to another. Grover Cleveland,
of many OF the men presented. Mr.. Glider said
afterward that he spent half day trying to per
suade Mr Cleveland to give a vote to Edgar Allan
Poe, but without success. DIR. MacCracken was
asked IL he did not think there popular de-
mand for the naming of Poe
Il doubt " the demand for Poe could properly
be called a public demand-it is rather from the
lterati - he replied.
IT is said communications have been received
from William ]. Bryan from Vice President
Fairbanks to their elections.