The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-10
Chanute Man Takes Vote on
Great Men of Kansas.
Not One Mention Was Made of
Geo. w. Click.
INGALLS, and PLUMB LEAD
Followed by Anthony, Brown,
Brewer and Lane.
Bristow, White, Dyche, Funs-
ton, COburn in Honor List.

| Kansas City, Mo-, May 10.-A Chanute
man, who some time ago prepared a
/ paper on THE Great Men of Kansas"
| has given out some interesting informa-
| ton following the storm of protest
| that has arisen in Kansas since Bale
| P. Waggener, the Atchison Democratic
| leader, conjured the recent legislature
to vote to place the statue of George
| w. Click former governor, in the Ma
| tional Hall of Fame at Washington.
The Chanute mans information prob
| ably Is more pertinent to the real
| question than thewitticism arising from
persons who in generalitieS compare
| Clicks claim to fame with that of Sem
! ator John ]. ingalls,, whose words were
| like the point of a needle to an enemy,
and who was considered one of the
great men in the senate in his day. 1t
represents the opinions of 30 or more
representative Kansans, to whom he
wrote to obtain their views of the six
greatest Kansans, before preparing his
paper. Among those who replied were
Judge Frank Doster, Marsh Murdoch,
Bishop w. A. QuayIe, Senator w. A.
PETER, John Atwood, d. w. Wilder, ].
K. Hudson, John Gilmore, w. A. White,
former Governor John P. ST. John, w.
E. Connelley, Tom McNeal, Judge L.
Stilwell, Judge Graves and w. P. Hack
ney.
Forty-Six i'm "Great" Glass.
named as the great men of the state.
Not one of the writer's considered the
man elected governor Of the state on
resubmission platform of sufficient i'm
portance to include him in his list, not
even in the sixth place.
In the list of those faVorably mem
toned were the names of Ingalls,.
Plumb, George T. Anthony, Brown,
Brewer, Lane Robinson, Peck, Martin,
Ware, Wilder, Haskell, st. John, Snow,
Cordley, Coburn, Anderson, Doster,
Davis, Mrs. Nichols, Holiday, IAantry,
Harris, Miller, Funston, Hook, Walker,
Wagstaff, D. h Anthony, Pomeroy,
Quayle, Steele, Montgomery, Vail, Hor-
ton, Howe, Hudson, Kingman, Marsh
Murdoch, Gray, White Simpson, Bris-
tow, Dyche, Long and Hoch.
One writer it will be noticed even
put Pomeroy of Z senatorial bribery
fame in his list, but not one of them
was able to appreciate the great quail
tiles Mr.. Waggener sees in Click.
The name of Senator ingalls, occur
red in all the lists but one. Plumb
was mentioned In ten lists, George T.
Anthony in ninee Brown in eight,
Brewer, Lane and Robinson in seven
each, Peck and Martin in four each,
Snow in three each, White in two, and
the others each had one admirer.
PETER Placed Ingalls, First.
The Kansans still living who an
swered the inquiry might object to
having their selections of great men
published, but for the historical value,
of so much interest just now in the
merry little row going around the
state over the action of the legislature,
the opinions of the writer's who have
since died may be published. The
names come in the order of Importance
assigned them by the writer's, and are
as follows:
Peffer-Ingalls, Brown, Robinson,
Plumb, George T. Anthony, John A
Anderson.
Marsh Murdock-Ingalls, Plumb,
Lane, Brewer, George T. Anthony,
Brown.
Hudson-Brown, Anthony, Brewer,
Bishop Quayle, ingalls,, st. John.
Wilder-Brown, Walker, Montgom-
cry, Kingman, Mrs. Nichols.
GraveS-Plumb, ingalls,, Brewer,
Horton, Snow, Cordley.
Doster-Brewer, Ingalls, Plumb,
Robinson, Gray, Coburn.
Gilmore-Ingalls, Plumb, Lane,
Wilder, Haskell, Martin.
Bent Murdock-Ingalls. George T.
Anthony, Peck, Ware, Plumb, Marsh
Murdoch