The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-11-19
M'KINLEY AND HOBART.
THE NEXT PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENI
AND THEIR FAMILIES
The Familiar Stories of Poor Boyhood and Struggling
Manhood Repeated---Typical Americans
Of the Same Age.

Garrett Augustus Hobart, Vice
President-elcct Of the United States
was born June 3, 1911, at Long Branch
Mammouth county, N. J. His ances
tors were English on his fathers aut
Dutch on his mothers side. He grad
uatcd from Rutgers College in 1868
taught school for three months an1
then commenced the study OF law will
the late Socrates Tuttle, u distinguish
ed leader Of the Passaic county bar
Hobart also became q member Of Mr.
Futtlo's family, and on July u, 1860
he married Mr.. Tuttle's daughter
Jennie, q lovely and accomplished
| lady, who inherits much of the kecr
intellectually and sparkling wit for
which her father was noted through
out New Jersey. This union laid fol
; MIR. Hobart tho foundation of Il domcs
tic life OF singular felicity.
From the entrance Of Mr.. Hobart
upon his duties Of manhood he dcvel
oped qualities Of q remarkable nature
and almost Immediately upon his ad
mission to the bar he hogan {. 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 cndowmcnts OF ability.
energy, enterprise and popularity such
as are seldom seen in combination in
one individual.
His first public Office was that OF
City Counsel OF Paterson, to which he
| was elected in 1871. Then he was
elected to the assembly and made
speaker in his second year. In 1876
his fellow citizens Of Passaic county
sent him to the State Senate, and in
1881 be was chosen president OF that
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. being for most of the time
vicc-prcsident and member of the
executive committee. In more than
one presidential contest he has been
mportuned to accept the chairman
chip OF the national committee, IL post
which the engrossing demands Of his
largo private business compelled him
to decline. In politics Mr.. Hobart has
been one Of the most successful OF mon
TACT largely due to q geniality anG
bonhomic OF nature rarely met with
| and to a largc-heartedncss and gcncro
sity that have given him q personal
following equaled by few public me-:
| in his State.
Mr.. Hobart's strongest points are his
executive ability, his power to see tC
his fertility and practicality Of re-
source. His ability to manage mum,
Der OF important matters at one time
has often been q cause of WOndermcn nt
to his frien Is. In business Mr.. Ho.
| barts experience has been even more
extensive 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 he 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.
MIR. Hobart is u gentleman of the
finest artistic tastes, cultivated bv ex.
tensivc study and travel, and his home
| life is of the most delightful kind On
one OF the shadiest, most arstocratic
and quictest streets of Paterson stands
u roomy 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-elcct is decidedly fine look
ing; Of medium height, slightly full
in figure, with dark hair and eyes, and
q wonderful pleasant mouth and hand
some teeth. She is a brilliant convcr
sationallst' a wide reader and thor
oughly up in politics. AS a hostess
she is at her very best. The clepanl
hospitality Of the Hobarts is wcll anC
widely known, and many famous mar
In science, art, literature and politics
have gathered around their mahogany
At present, however, Mrs. Hobart !,
in mourning. About u year ago, while
on a trip to Europe, their oniv dauu n
ter, cultured and lovely girl of 30
sickcned and died in Italy Of diphthcri.
and was lttd to rest near Lake Como
There Is q son, q handsome, mani,
nancsako of his father. whom thrT
call junior" lie has u private tutoI
at nome, aud IL learning to play tn,
violln, and Is deeply Interested in hi
fathers political career.
Mrs. Hobart is connected with SOW
eral charitable institutions in Patcr
son, notably as one Of the manaorr
Of tho Old Ladies' Home, of which or
ganizatiOn she is president. She i
also mentioned in the recently organ
lied Womans Exchange, which ha
proved such q success. She Ia a wo
man of deep religious feeling, and ;
valued member Of the church of tn,
IS"dccmcr Presbyterian.
Mr.. tloOhrts political prosperity hA
been due to the fact that he has nuv.
been boss, but always a pcr,uadcr O
men. Flo has been u 'Cader and q,
advisor all through his political ca
rccr. His influence has always bee,
for good in Now Jersey politics. Hence
his enthusiastic admirers advocated
him as the proper man to represen
the East on the national ticket. The,
attributed to him the success OF las
Fall which was the climax of the ii Oh
OF twenty years to ditch the Demo
cratic machine. All tho Republican
In Now Jersey joined in The Vice
Presidential boom somewhat to GO
annoyance OF Mr.. Hobart bim=clf. |
grew so fast that when no did attemp
TO check it he found it impossible
Democrats as we'll as Republican
shouted his praises. No man is NOR
approachable and tho poorest lahore
In Paterson finds him az easy of Access
as the banker or the politician.