New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-07
BAR PAUL JONES
In HALL OF FAME
Hero of u. S. Navy and
Roger Williams Fail Of
Place in Hall.
CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN
ONE OF LUCKY NINE
StOneWall Jackson Also Meets
Defeat, Along with Sheridan
and Nathaniel Greene.

John Paul Jones. hero Of the
American Navy, dare devil sea fighter
and coiner Of ringing phrases one of
which, 81 have not yet begun TO fight"
so astonished Captain Pearson, e ii.
VI. S. Scraps. that he surrendered to
the sinking Bonhomme Richard has
been blackballed from the Hall Of Fame
at its fourth quinkuennial election.
The results were announced yesterday
by Henry VI. MacCracken. chancellor
emeritus Of New York University.
Another unsuccessful nominee was
Roger Williams, that Cody minister
who founded Rhode Island. and was the
first 10 establish political community
with absolute religious liberty as its
chief corner stone.
And to makC matters worse. these
worthless were once elected 10 the Hall
Of Fame for Foreign Born Americans.
But this so irked present-day and
prominent foreign born Americans, who
thought that all candidates should be
Judged impartially, that II was decided
TO strike out the Foreign Born" clause.
Therefore, in all fairness, those al
ready thus elected Alexander Hamil-
ton, Louis Agassiz, Jones and Will
iams-we voted upon again in COM
petition with other Americans.
DR.. MacCracken announced the newly
chosen. They are:
Charlotte Cushman. 1866. tragedi-
enne. VINO gained fame especially IN
the roles of Lady Macbeth. Rosalind,
Queen Katherine. Romeo. Cardinal
Wolsey, Meg Merrilies and acted with
Macready in an American tour
Daniel Boone, 173i-lS2O, pioneer. eX-
plorer, hunter, woodsman and Indian
fighter.
Francis Parkman. 1928 '93, historian,
who wrote THE Conspiracy OF Pontl-
ac." France and England in the New
World" "A Half Century Of Conflict
THE Iesuits in North America etc.
Mark Hopkins. 1802-1SS7. president
Of Williams College, eduactor, profess
sor of moral philosophy and rhetoric.
Elias Howe, lSl9-lS67, inventor OF
the sewing machine.
Joseph Henry, 1797-187S. scientist,
whose magnetic discoveries paved the
way for ). +. b. Morse's invention of
the telegraph
Rufus Choate. l799-1S59. lawyer,
United States Senator from Massachu-
sets. orator, author and politician.
Joseph II. Choate. of 5 East Sixty
third Street, is his nephew.
Louis Agassiz, lS0,-'73, naturalist,
born in Switzerland.
Alexander Hamilton. i757-1S0s,
statesman, born in the West Indies
John Paul Jones was born in Scot
land and Roger Williams in Wa!es.
Their names will come up again for
election in 1920.
Fewer names were chosen than ever
before. At the first election twenty-
nine were passed; at the second. eight
exclusive Of three foreign BORN; a.
the third. ten.
The names which. according 10 con-
stitutional rule. must be passed by
100 or more electors. were selected this
year by ninety-sevcn. as three electors
Curtis Guild, former Governor Of
massachusetts; St. Clair Mckeiway,
former Chancellor of the University
Regents at Albany, and Thomas R..
Loundsbury, former professor OF Eng
lish in Yale University are dead Two
others, James Douglas. of New York
City, and Ambassador Walter II. Page,
were unable TO send in choices.
Dr. MacCracken remarked that the
electors apparently were unwilling TO
choose soldiers this year for the Hall
Of Fame as Nathaniel Green. Stone
wall Jackson, Philip Henry Sheridan
and George Rogers Clark. each of whom
were nominated. failed 70 receive the
required number Of votes.