The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-11-17

Garrett Augustus Hobart, Vice.
President-elect of the United States,
was born June 8, 1914, at Long Branch,
Mammouth county, N. J. His ances-
tors wore English on his fathers and
Dutch on his mothers side. He grad
uated from Rutgers College in 1868,
taught school for three months and
then commenced the study of law with
the late Socrates Tuttle, distinguish
cd leader of the Passaic county bar,
Hobart also became member OF Mr..
ruttle's family, and on July 81, 1869,
he married Mr.. Tuttle's daughter,
Jennie, lovely and accomplished
lady, who inherits much of the keen
intellectually and sparkling wit for
which her father was noted through
out New Jersey. This union laid for
Mr.. Hobart the foundation of domes-
, tic life of a singular felicity.
From the entrance of Mr.. Hobart
upon his duties Of manhood he devel-
oped qualities of a remarkable nature,
and almost Immediately upon his ad-
mission to the bar he hegan a career
of professional, business and political
success which has had few EQUALS
among the citizens of his State, and
which could only have been achieved
| through natural endowments of ability,
energy, enterprise and popularity such
MS are seldom seen in com mbination in
one individual
His first public Office was that of
| City Counsel OF Paterson, to which he
| was elected in 1871. Then be was
elected to the assembly and made
speaker in his second year. In 1876
| his fellowcitizens of Passaic county
sent him to the State Senate, and in
Of l,,t
| body. For eleven years he was chair
man of the Republican State commit
tee, and since 1884 he has been New
jerseys representative on the national
| committee. bcing for most of the time
vice-president and member of the
executive committee. In more than
one presidential contest he has been
| importuned to accept the chairman
ship of the national committee, a post
which the engrossing demands of his
| large private business compelled him
to decline. In politics Mr.. Hobart has
| been one of the most successful of men,
TACT largely due to q geniality and
| bonhomlc OF nature rarely met with,
and to large-heartedness and genero.
sity that have given him a personal
following equaled by few public men
| in his State.
MIR. Hobarts strongest points are his
executive ability, his power to see to
the bottom of complicated affairs, and
his fertility and practically of re-
source. His ability to manage num-
Der of important matters at one time
has often been a cause of wonderment
10 his frlcn Is. In business Mr.. Ho.
barts experience has been even more
extC nsive than in politics. His shingle
had not been hanging out long before
he began to promote enterprises of
considerable Importance. In all of
these corporations ne became a stock
holder by virtue of his services, and
usually he also served as counsel and
director Thus the foundation of his
fortunes were laid.
Mr.. Hobart is gentleman of the
finest artistic tastes, cultivated by ex-
tensive study and travel, and his home
life is of the most delightful kind. On
one OF the shadiest, most aristocratc
and quletest streets OF Paterson stands
u rcomy mansion with many shaded,
handicapped and awning-covered win
dows, with wide plazas. This is Car
roll Hall, his home, where Mrs. Ho-
bart is supreme. The wife of the vice
president-elect is decidedly fine look
ing; of medium height, slightly full
in figure, with dark hair and eyes and
wonderful pleasant mouth and hand
some teeth. She is brilliant CONVEX
sationalist, a wide reader and thor
| oughly up in politics. AS hostess
she is at her very best. The elegant
hospitality OF the Hobarts is we'll and
| widely known, and many famous men
in science, art, literature and politics
| have gathered around their mahogany.
AT present, however, Mrs. Hobart is
in mourning. About year ago, while
on trip to Europe, their only daugh-
| 81 nd ,i,,l 81
sickened and died in Italy Of diphtheria
and was laid to rest near Lake Como.
| There Is son, a handsome, manly
namesake OF his father. whom they
call Junior" He has q private tutor
at home, and is learning to play the
violin, and is deeply interested in his
fathers political career.
Mrs. Hobart is connected with sew
cral charitable institutions in Pater-
son, notably as one OF the managers
OF the Old Ladies' Homo, of which or
ganizaton she is president She is
also mentioned in the recently organ
I'D Woman's Exchange, which has
proved such a success. She is wo-
man Of deep religious feeling, and q
valued member OF the church O! the
Redocmer (Presbyterian).
Mr.. Ilobarts political prosperity has
been due 30 the fact that he has Il. YER
Oeen Dos, nut always persuader OF
men. He has been leader and an
advisor all through his political ca
reer His influence has always been
for good in New Jersey politics. Hence
his enthusiastic admirers advocated
him as the proper man to represent
the East on the national ticket. They
attributed to him the success of last
Fall which was the climax of the fight
OF twenty years to ditch the Demo
cratic machine. All the Republicans
in New Jersey joined in the Vice
Presidential boom somewhat to the
annoyance OF Mr. Hobart himself. it
grew 80 fast that when he did attempt
TO check it he found it impossible
Democrats as well as Republicans
shouted his praises. No man Is moro
approachable and the poorest laborer
in Paterson finds him IA easy Of access
rs the banker or the politician.