The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-04

stituents during his two years of SER
vice in the legislature. that when the
nominating convention assembled in
the fall of 1874, they insisted upon
nominating him for third term. This
was contrary to all precedent, but it
was the unanimous wish of his people,
nevertheless; Hobart was reluctant to
be the first to infringe upon the rule.
and with characteristic consideration
of Others. preferred likewise to stand
aside that some other candidate might
receive the honor which had been his
for the usual period.
In 1876 he was elected q member of
the state senate and filled the posi-
ton Of trust with credit to himself and
his constituents.
In 1879 he was renominated unani-
mously by the Republicans of his
county, and reelected to the state SEN
ate by a majority of 1899, the largest
majority ever given up to that time
to any candidate in the county. In
1851 he was elected president of the
senate, and was reelected in 1882.
During these two years in the chair.
he displayed such knowledge of ,parlia-
mentary law, that his decisions We're
seldom If ever questioned, and were
never reversed.
His career as a legislator may be
summed up by saying that he advo-
Gated and devised large number of
measures calculated to promote the
happiness of the vast majority of the
citizens of his state, that he favored all
measures In the interest of the people
at large, in preference to individual in
terests; that he took advanced ground
in favor of the welfare of the masses,
and favored legislation for the protec-
ton of those least capable of protect
ing themselves.
He has always been in favor of the
soundest kind of sound money, as the
best currency in which to pay the re-
turns due to either labor or capital.
This issue was raised in New Jersey
in 1856, when General Thomas d. HoX-
sey, of Paterson. one of Mr.. Hobart's $
warmest personal friends and admirers,
was the Greenback candidate for gov
| ernor. and made q most energetic can
vass for the promulgamation of his
theories in favor of cheap money both
paper and silver. Mr.. Hobart took ev-
cry occasion, in public and in private.
to controvert the arguments of General
| HoXSey, and to show that cheap money
invariably meant that wages alone
would be cheaDened and everything
else would be increased in price. but
! paid for in a deprecated currency.
/ Since retiring from the state senate
in 1882. Garret a. Hobart has never
held any public office. Repeatedly he
has been urged to accept the nominal
tion for member of congress from his
| district. but ne has uniformly declined.
partly because his extensive business
| interests required his constant atten-
tion, but largely because of that I'M
| I'll ttn., fNr Il ne
others which has continually prompted
him to stand aside and allow others
to be thus honored.
Garret a. TIobarts domestic life has
been one of singular felicity. Mrs
| Hobart was granddaughter of one of
1 the early settlers of Paterson, Baltus
| Winters, of German descent. and of
| Esther Dickey, of the well-known
Dickey family of Philadelphia. who,
under the leadership of William Dickey.
came from Ireland in 1893. Mrs. Ho-
bart and her mother We're noted, not
alone for their beauty, but for the TN
usual combination of domestic excel
lence, quick wit and good humor. de-
rived from this admixture of Teusonic
and Celtic blood.
Mrs. Hobart Is decidedly fine looking:
of medium height. slightly full in fig
ure, with dark hair and eyes. and a
wonderfully pleasant mouth and
| handsome teeth.
Her home life is the calm. unriltIled
life of an essentially domestic woman.
She is modest and unassuming, and
likes her home better than anything
else in the world. When she first
heard of her husbands name beirs
connected with the presidency, she
rather shrunk from it, for she knew
| what that meant to her in social
way. But her life is part of that of
| her husband, and she said that what
| ever ne wanted she wanted. IF she
were the wife of the vice. president.
| there is no fear but that she would
| preside over all the social functions
appertainng to that position with quiet
dignity and tact.
Mrs Hobart is brilliant conv arsa =
tionalist. and can intelligently converse
on a wider range of subjects than one
| woman in a thousand. BE it politics.
| music. art, literature. or what not, the
listener imagines that she has made
the subject at hand life study. AMI.
by the way. speaking of art. the picture
gallery attached tn Mr.. HoDart's resi-
dence has few equals i'm the state. 1t is
not large. but every piece is a gem
and some are the works of the grea
masters.
Mrs. Hobart is q woman who is Ee-
loved by all who know her. a domestic
woman, a womanly woman. just the
sort of woman that nature intended
should be the wife of such man as
| Carrot A Hobart