Evening journal., 1896-12-23


books of biography and statistics al
hand. He never gets ratified. no matter
what the pressure of work. or how ex-
citing the events of the day.
In the great gubernatorial campaign
OF 1882 Editor Hart PLAYED a peculiar
and effective part. With one side of
his busy head he ran the Telegraph as
the leading independent Republican
journal. ana with the other the Lancas-
ter lntelligencer. the organ of Demo
cratic State Chairman Hcnsol. He was
in daily conference with Chairman Nc
Kee and Hensol. and at the close of the
fight. after bringing Governor Hoyt
over the fence i'm dramatic style. earn
ing his lasting gratitude and causing
Chairman Tom Cooper to observe. i'm
disgust, the jig's up" he insisted that
several thousand Independents should
quietly vote directly for Patttison. and
they did, and the victory was won.
Governor Pattison held a good place
open for Mr.. Hart at Harrisburg for a
year. but he could not bring himself
into close alliance with the Democratic
party. lie has never been a candidate
Tor public affairs. and it would take
big place to wean him from his
chosen calling, wherein he has so long
held an honorable and influential place.
His fealty TO Republicanism dates bacl,
TO the Fremont campaign, i'm 1856. when
he was very small boy, but already
a keen observer of public events. He
has served the party and it's worthy
leaders with untiring zeal and great
ability. lie has always contended for
the highest standard i'm public and Of
hcial life, and has grown gray in the
service Of reform. In political warfare
this editorial son of thunder asks and
gives no quarter. His satire cuts to
the bone as many public men i'm this
state and elsewhere can testify. He
has been highly complimented by the
son of the late Henry j. Raymond. now
conducting the Germantown telegram
as a most vigorous disciple of the old
fashioned Greeley school of journalism.
He rains blows thick and fast in order
as he put it, ITO get through with the
job as quickly as possible" Yet he har-
bors no malice towards any man. and
personally greets friend and foe with
sincere and manly courtesy, and-some-
times at public functions has had
amusing experiences along this line.
Mr. Hart was an early and vigorous
advocate of McKinleys nomination.
and in a speech at the banquet of the
Young Republican Committee inspired
the famous Mckinley meeting at the
Academy of Music where, with Sena-
tor Ihurston and others. he spoke
went to the front to be shot full of
holes as he aptly put it, He is a
Pennsylvanian i'm everything. devoted
to the interests of its people, and in
sists that it must be fully recognized.
In Cabinet appointment and other
wise, by the coming Administration.
Though a hard daily worker i'm Jour
nalism, Mr.. Hart Is well known
throughout the city and state as a
Jealous promoter Of works of religion.
charity and reform. He is an active
director in the Philadelphia Sabbath
Association and the Philadelphia
Tract Society. and is interested i'm the
work of the Home Missionary Society.
AS "a speaker he has displayed the
same versatility and force that he has
as q writer He is equally at home
on the church platform. where he is a
familiar and always acceptable figure.
with prominent laymen; on the politi-
cal stump where he rendered valu-
able services i'm the recent campaign;
IN the county jail, talking touchingly.
and often fIiendless and contrite men
and women; in the poor house sympa-
thizing with the lonely pauDers. who
are always glad to see him. in the
House of Refuge. where the seven
hundred boys give him the grand sa-
lutte and listen TO his Warm-hearted
appeals with the deepest interest. or
i'm the most brilliant banquet halls.
He faces crowd of learned and
grave doctors of divinity with the
same composure that he does the
saucy batteries of the Glover Club or the
merry Five O'Clockers. His famous
speech at the dinner to ex-Mayor
Stuart at the Union League, is still
talked about and is TO be found i'm the
scrap books of many prominent men.
Few of the younger men i'm Phila-
delphia journalism have a wider or
more pleasant personal acquaintance
than Mr.. Hart. but his stocky figure
and grizzled moustache are not often
seen In public places, unless he has
some special appointment to keep.
He is a devotee of rural life and has
delightful home i'm the suburbs of
Media, to which he hastens early
every Afternoon, to spend the restful
hours with his pleasant family. rid
ing with them. or wandering alone.
on foot or on horseback. over the
quiet country roads. AS showing his
deep and abiding sympathy with the
working classes, TO whom he proudly
claims to belOng-his father having
been a Kensington cotton spinner. and
afterwards a mill manager and farmer
where he was bOrn-he declares that
none of the letters he has ever re-
ceive from public men compare in
value to a crumpled Bit of paper tes-
tifying TO his kindly watchfulness
one recent hard Winter. over a dozen
poor families i'm one of the idle mill
districts. In everything relating to
the uplifting of humanity and the
promotion of the public welfare heI
takes a profound and sympathetic in
terest. JOHN =. HYATT.
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