The morning times., 1897-03-03
Vice President Hobart;
His Ideas and His Boy

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The Hobarts leave behind them in Pater-
son an unpretentious looking frame house
ofthIee stories. The houseis surrounded by |
a large lawn, and great elm trees hang
over il. A wide hall runs through the CEN
ter. At the right and left there are parIors |
and at the back OF the ngft-hand pallor |
there is a large library with a picture /
gallery. The walls OF all the rooms are |
hung with fine paintings and everywhere |
about the neementoes of travel. There |
are onderful mosaic pictures frcm Italy /
and carvings Il ON the great masters of |
Japan There are bits of fine china, !
a statue SLOWS here and there, and the |
whole house is a museum embracing the |
collections of the Vice President and his |
family during their EuTopeantravels. Still, |
with all this, everything is so tastefully |
arranged that the Louse is comfortable |
home, and, unlike many rich mems houses, |
it does not seem too fine TO live in. Mrs. |
Hobart was the daughter OF Socrates Tuttle, |
the man with whom Mr.. Hobart studied |
law, and with whom he afterward went |
into partnership. Mrs. Hobart and her |
husband were acquainted with each other
before they reached their teens. They
have been married for a score of years.
Mr. Hobart went TO Paterson when the
town had only 20 600 people. he las
seen it grow into a city of more than
l00, ,0O0 Paterson is one of the chief
manufacturing centers OF the United States.
II has scores OF mills, it is the great silk
making city, and Mr.. Hobart has grown
with it he is said TO be now considerably
more than millionaire. he is Interested
in all the institutions OF the city and has
large investments in railroads in New
York and elsewhere. He has been for
years one of the leading lawyers of New
Jersey and as one OF her shrewdest bust
ness men.
Mr. Hobart is about feet 6 inches
high, and he weighs in the neighborhood
OF $50 pounds. He has round, fun face,
u broad, high forehead and brown hair.
He has bright blue eyes rosy complexion
and a rather pugnacious mustache. He is
about fifty-two years of age. He talks
easily; be is a man of ideas; he is en-
tirely unassuming in his manner. MI
Hobart's father went from New Hamp-
shire to New Jersey TO teach school. He
settled at Long Branch. Mr.. Hobart was
born at Long Branch and spent his boy
hood there until he went away TO Rutgers.
There is q romantic story connected
with that" said the new Vice President
TO Frank Carpenter lately. 81 studied
law with Socrates Tuttle. Mr.. Tuttle
and my father were boy friends. They
sat on the same bench when they " ent 10
school together in New Hampshire, and
after they had finished their schooling they
both taught school. My father came 10
New jersey TO take charge of school here,
and he liked IT so well that he sent back
for his old friend To come down and teach
also. Mr. Tuttle came and taught school
for while. He then gave up teaching,
studied law, and settled down here in Pat
erson To practice. His friendship with my
father, however, continued, and he was al
ready a lawyer OF a large practice at the
time was about to be born. just about
this time he was visiting my father, and
the two in discussing the coming event OF
my birth agreed that il / should be boy
/ should go into his office as a law student
as soon as / had finished school and
should eventually, perhaps, become his
partner. Well, this was what actually
happened. and it was on account OF this
ante-nataI contract that left my school
teaching for the law. / studied law three
years before ! was admitted to the bar,
and in my connection with Mr.. Tuttle had
work TO do almost from the start. During
my first year | made about 81 500; ;the sec
ond year 1 did much better, and my bust
ness increased as long as l practiced.''
Mr. Carpenter asked Mr.. Hobart some
thing about the changes brought about in
his life by his nomination for the Vice
Presidency. The chief one was in the in
crease in his correspondence. He got more
than 100 letters day outside of his regular
business channels, and fully fifty OF these
Were from people who wanted aid. There
are churches all over the country that wrote
for contributions. A minister wrote for
money for a new suit OF clothes, in order
that he might attend a conference meeting
respectfully. The trustees Of a church in
Indiana asked for $3.50 TO pay the arrears
Of q minister's salary, and put the post
script [ the end of his letter, stating that
the church still owes 81 200 on its build
Ing, and that the Lord would reward
Mr. Hobart if he would send check
for this at the same time. There were
letters from young ladies'. Some wanted
new dresses, others money to send them to
school, and a New Orleans girl wrote
6hirty pages, asking that she have $4,000
60 be used in completing her musical edu-
cation, and requesting that Mrs. Hobart
telegraph her at once how soon she could
have the money. Then there were letters
from widows who need support. There
were letters from voters who had mortgages
which they wanted lifted, and, queerest
Of all, there came one day pathetic ap-
peal from girl in the country for IS, tobe
used to buy her set OF false teeth. She
wrote that she had three sisters, and that
they all had false teeth, and that she
needed the same in order that she may ap-
pear as well as they. Then there were
seven to eight letters every day announcing
the births of the finest babies in the Uni
ted States, each OF whom had been named
Garret A. Hobart, and the owners expected
q present by return mail One of the fun
nest Of these was signed by the man and
his wife, and stated that they were so
poor that they can hardly support them
selves. Nevertheless, Il few days ago the
Lord added 10 their responsibilities by
sending them twins One of these they
had named William Mckinley and the other
6arret a. Hobart. The couple requested
that twin baby carriage be sent at once,
and they closed their letter with the pa
thetic postscript 1--WE ask this especially,
as we did not expect twins
Success is not hard To attain,' the new
Vice President said recently II believe
that any young man can succeed Ii he will
rigidIy observe two rules One is to be