The San Francisco call., 1896-06-25

bear message from the Old World, Gar
ret A. Hobart has the hearts of the people.
Nobody here or in big New York city
thinks of calling him anything but plain
Gus Hobart. That's how he likes to be
addressed, for his hatband always fits his
head and never requires stretching. Mr..
and Mrs. Hobart have but one child living,
bright, interesting little fellow of twelve
years, who has been named after his
father Garret Hobart Jr. The boy takes
great pride in his fathers nomination and
confidentially informed some of his play
mates the other day that he was going to
be a good boy like his father used to be
and was going to study very hard, so that
when he grew up to be New Jersey man
he might become President of the United
States. Then he would make good laws
and give everybody work that wanted it
and make everybody happy. If young
Hobart continues to stand upon that
platform until he grows up big New Jer-
sey man. l have no doubt that he will not
only be President, but the best President
the United States ever had.
AS in the case of Mr.. and Mrs Mckinley,
and as in the case of every other man and
the door of the Hekarts. There ara two
graves upon whicae iather and Inetl1Se.
have time and again poured out thei,.
hearts sorrow, one little girl and the
other beautiful, brilliant talented and
accomplished young woman of % years
This young woman, the pride of her
parents, the sunshine of their home. died
in Europe under peculiarly sad and dis
tresslng circumstances while the family
was engaged on a continental tour. The
papers gave the full details at the time
and it is not necessary now to speak of the
matter at greater length. Had Mr.. and
Mrs. Hobart possessed less vigorous con-
stitutions the shock would have killed
them. Their lives were bound up in their
daughter. and her death coming with the
unexpectedness of a thunderbolt COM
pletely Frustrated them and left scars upon
their hearts that time can never heal
Mr.. Ho bart's offices are in this city,
where he has lived for the past thirty
years, and are plainly furnished. Every
thing speaks of business. The directory of
the business enterprises in which he is en-
gagged is as long almost as the list of offices
in the Crocker building in San Francisco.
There are sixty OF those enterprises in
which he is a director or other officer.
Among these he is president OF the Pas
sale Water Company, of the Aveuacka-
monk Water Company, of the Morris
County Railroad and the Paterson Elec-
trio Railway Company, director of the
New York, Susquehanna and Western
Railroad and the Lehigh and Hudson
River Railway Company, of the First Ma
tional Bank of Paterson, of the Paterson
Savings Institution, the Barbour Brothers
Company, the Barbour Flax Spinning
Company, the Pioneer Silk Company, the
Peoples Gas Light Company, the Pater-
son Electric Light Company, and counsel
for the East Jersey Water Company, the
West Milford Water Storage Company,
the Montclair Water Company and other
allied interests, director in the Long
Branch Water Company and the Highland
Water Company. He is treasurer of the
Cedar Lawn Cemetery Company and sew
eral land CO companies.
Some of Mr.. Hobart's most notable
achievements have been the discharge of
the trusts of receiver of the New Jersey
Midland Railroad Company, OF the Mont
clair Railroad Company, the Jersey City
and Albany Railroad Company and of the
First National Bank of Newark. In 1880
this important work was done with an
energy and ability that drew from the
Chancellor OF the State the warmest ex-
pressions of approval the complicated
business being wound up and the depos-
itors paid in full inside of six months.
That the Republicans have a candidate
for Vjce-President possessing the execu-
tive ability to fill that or any other office
in the National Capitol cannot be dis
puted, his life from boyhood being one of
intense activity and prominence in busi-
ness and in affairs of state. He was born
June 8, 1914, in Long Branch, N. j., of old
Knickerbocker stock, his ancestors on his
mothers side being Dutch and on his
fathers side English. He graduated from
Rutgers College in 1868, taught school for
three months and then commenced the
study of law with the late Socrates Tut
tie, distinguished leader OF the Passaic
County bar, whose office was in Paterson.
n. ]. Mr.. Hobart also became member
of Mr.. Tuttle's family on July 81, 1869,
marrying Mr.. Tuttle's daughter Jennie.
The first public Office which Mr.. Hobart
held was that of City Counsel of Paterson
in 1871. In 1872 he was made counsel for
the Board of Freeholders of Passaic
County, but declined reelection. In No
yember, 1872, he was elected as Repub-
lican to represent the Third District of
Passaic County in the State Assembly, re-
ceiving the largest majoriay that the dis
trict had ever given. He was reelected
to the Assembly in 1878, and was chosen