The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-09
Is THERE A SPLIT {?
Canton and Paterson Said
to Have Drifted Very
Far Apart.
HOBART NOT CONSULTED
Jerseyman Has Not Seen Mckinley
STAGE the Election and Will
Not Until March,.

Of this week says
Vice President-elect Hobart will go to
Washington on March 2 for the Inaugural
ton. Mr.. Hobart has not been to Canton,
Ohio, the home of President-elect Nc
kinley, since the middle of October, two
weeks before the election, and has no
expectation of going there before the in
auguration. The fact hat Mr.. Hobart
has not attended any of the political con-
ferences at Canton since the election has
occasioned some comment among his
friends in this State and in New York,
where he is as well and favorably known
as he is in New Jersey. 1t is considered
rather remarkable, owing to his position
on the ticket with President-elect Nc
Kinley, and the prominence he took in
the management of the last national cam
paign. especially in the Eastern States
that Mr.. Hobart has not been q party to
any of the political conferences at Can
ton.
MI. Hobart has never made any COM
ment or this fact-he is not the kind of
man to concern himself about such mat
tiers. A gentleman living in Paterson well
acquainted with Mr.. Hobart, said yes
terday: 1T is not Mr.. Hobart's way to
push himself in where he is not invited. If
his advice is sought, and it is proper that
he should give advice he is ever ready to
comply, and it's pretty good advice gener-
ally, too, in political matters. But if
it is not sought, even though 1t is proper
that it should be, Mr.. Hobart will never
push himself in. He merely let's things
run along in their natural channel.
"An important fact is not to be lost
sight of. Mr.. Hobart, as presiding officer
of the Senate, may prove to be a very m
portant person IN legislation. The enate
is very evenly divided on some of the inn
porant questions of the day. 1t is posi-
BILE that on some of these questions Mr..
Hobart's vote win be the deciding vote.
He is too broad a maj to play the dog-in-
the-manger act. That he never would do;
but the emergency may arise on some I'M
important issue where Mr.. Hobart may be
needed.
Senator Tom Plat of New York has
grown to lave a warm regard for Mr..
Hobart. He has always respected him
since he has known him and never had
any personal feeling against him. 1t was
largely through Mr.. Hobart's influence
that Senator Plat was appeased in the
last Presidential campaign. 1t may have
been noticed hat Senator Plat has not
been one Of the conferees at Canton, not
even since his election to the United
States Senate in New York
I'm spite of all that has been said of him
Senator Plat, politically, Is a tower of
strength. His methods may not be adj
mired, but no man, except a man OF
broad mind. could accomplish what he
accomplished In the New York Legisla-
ture last month. To all appearances
Plat never raised his hand to secure his
election to the Senate. There is 10 rec
ord of his having even said publicly that
Me wanted the place. The opposition to
him was open and aggressive and had
a great city; yet in the vote of $50 Re-
publican members of the Legislature only
half a dozen voted against Platt. That is
a remarkable record.
tom Plat is bound to be one of the
big guns in the United States Senate.
He has shown himself to be thoroughly
determined IN anything he undertakes.
ley before McKinley's nomination. He
said he was a pleasant, easy country gen
tleman, but without that knowledge of
cessful Chief Magistrate, or words to
that effect. In all the gossip that there
has been about Cabinet appointments the
East has received little attention, and all
the big places have been assigned to
Western men. A couple of minor places
are still reserved, and it IS said that one
of them is to go ito the East. What will
Mr.. Platt'sI views be on this subject-what
Vice-President-elect Hobart,s?
Both are too discreet to express them
selves for publication on this subject,
but my impression is that they are not
far apart in this matter; that they win
be found not far apart in service, and in
the end will be found masters of the sit
MI. Hobart has completed his range
ments for going to Washington. Mrs.
Hobart, their only son n a maid will
constitute the party. On Wednesday of
this week representatives of the Execu-
tive Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies
his home in Paterson for the purpose
of completing final arrangements. These
representatives are Messrs.. S. w. Wood
ward and Louis D. Wine, the vice presi-
dents of the Executive Committee. Mr..
Hobart will receive and entertain them
at Carroll Hail. his Paterson home. /
Their visit Is in accordance with the Gus
tom that has been established since the
foundation of the Government.
Mr.. Hobart has not yet appointed his
private secretary and will not do so until
and his staff will attend the inaugural
ceremonies, and it is expected that the
First and Second Troops. N. j.. N. G.. will
participate in the ceremonies. This is the
latest plan. It win depend upon an. ap-
preparation by the Legislature, which
must be carried through very soon if at
all. Some Of the members of the Essex
Troop of this city are making their ar
engagements In anticipation that the troop |
will go
The train that will carry Mr.. Hobart |
and his party will run over the lines of
the New Jersey Central. the Reading. and |
Baltimore and Ohio roads. This is to
please Mr.. Hobart's very close friends. |
Messrs. Fahnestock and Baker, directors
of the Jersey Central and officers of the
First National Bank of New York, with
whom Mr.. Hobart has been associated in