that finally did boil it down to henry clay, daniel webster, john c. telcalhoun -- no-brainers. but there were two slots for the toy center. the great progressive republican from nebraska, father of the tva another progress of legislation, that the first vote from the outside panel. but the nebraska senators decided that they were not going to let him brace holes, so they agreed that this would be unanimous. so they said -- they selected a senator from wisconsin, another progress of senator, and then robert taft of ohio, who had been the republican leader for a very short period of time. and that was set. and then in 1999, trent lott looked around and saw some other interspaces. -- empty spaces. so we in the senate office -- senate historical office played that role. we ran a competition and they ran up -- ended up with one republican and one democrat. there were more space is available on the walls there, and so that is for future generations to decide. but it was a good exercise by saying, what you mean by outstanding? no one would agree with best, but outstanding -- why did t

at the end of his the henry clay's boiler explodes and kills like a hundred 50 people or something.right outside junkers. this was basic commuter transportation at the time. >> like rival subway trains. and not only that it was a spectator sport. it really mattered to people that they were on the fastest boat. >> the ones who weren't panicked and hang on for dear life were cheering on their steamboat. >> to set the passage, the one who are excited about the raising and the ones who insist on being towed behind a boat so they would be close to the border. >> in your book, but that was, all that, we know sort of in a kind of consciously reworked sense of awe. that was okay. but then all of these people end up respecting the commodore who are fighting them to the death or steamship lines and realize. but then you get down to jake gold and big jim fisk, who seems to just hated. and a lot of people seem to have hated. because they stepped over the whole pound. >> and that's interesting, too, in the sense that you go from this early era of a steamboat for a lot of business reasons, really