The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-11-22
.THE DEATH ON HOBART.
Vice Presidents Funeral Will Be
Held on Saturday Next,
THE PRESIDENT WILL ATTEND.

Vice Presidents Died In NoNom bers
Paterson. n. j., Nov 22.-Vice Presi-
dent Hobart died at his home in this
illy at $3.50 o'clock yesterday morning.
The vice president had been failing
since late Monday afternoon. although
the reports given out at the house we're
chat he was holding his own. AT mid
night he became unconscious. Al
O'Clock yesterday morning he had an
attack of angina pectoris, from which
he never rallied. Mrs. Hobart, DR..
Newton. Mrs Newton, who is a cousin
of Mrs. Hobart, and Miss Alice Wad-
dell, the nurse, were at the patients
bedside constantly from the time he
became unconscious.
Mr. Hobart realized a few hours be
fore he became unconscious that he
was near to death, and said to those
about his bedside. 81 know that my
time is nearly up but death is welcome
to me"
The funeral win be held on Saturday
next at O'Clock p. m The funeral
will be attended by the president and
his cabinet, the supreme court, the
senate in a body and a large commit
besides many other high dignitaries
of the government who will journey to
Paterson to pay their last tribute of
respect to the memory Of the vice
president Every senator has been in
vited to be present, and the senate will
meet at the Fifth Avenue hotel in New
York Saturday at IL o'clock aud thence
travel in a body to Paterson.
Sergeant-at-Arms Bright has engag~
ed a special train to convey the presi-
dent and his cabinet and the United
States supreme court to Paterson. The
train will leave Washington at o'clock
Saturday morning and will arrive in
Washington on the return at IL p. m.
The services will be held in the
Church of the Redeemer, at Paterson.
and the interment In the family plot
at Cedar Lawn, where the only daugh
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Hobart was buried
six years ago. Rev. DR.. Magee will
preach the sermon. The church can
accommodate not more than 800 per-
sons, and it was suggested that the
services be held in the Armory, which
will accommodate 10000 persons. But
as Mrs Hobart wishes the funeral to
be as quiet as possible there is little
likelihood that the program will be
changed.
The mayor and aldermen of Paterson
have suggested that the body lie In
state at the city hall on Friday or Sat
urday morning, and this suggestion
will probably be carried out.
The death of Vice President Hobart
naturally recalls the death of Vice
President Hendricks, who expired sud
denly of paralysis Of the heart Nov.
%, 1888. At the time the question Of
the succession of the presidency had
not been settled by law, although SEN
ator Hoar's bill providing for the presi-
Dental succession through the cabinet
had been submitted on Dec. 4, 1888, and
had remained unacted on.
The news of Mr. Hendricks death
was received in Washington late on
the afternoon of Nov. 25. Notices were
sent at once to all the members Of the
cabinet and special cabinet meeting
was held that night. President Cleve-
lands first act was to dispatch a tele-
gram of coincidence to Mrs. Hendricks,
after which a proclamation was pre-
pared making an official announcement
of the vice presidents death to the
public, establishing a usage which was
followed yesterday by President Nc
Kinley.
On the morning following Mr.. Hen
bricks death meetings of such mem
bers of the house and senate as were
in town were held at the Capitol and
committeeman from both legislative
branches were appointed to attend the
funeral services, which were held in
indianapolis on the Tuesday following.
President Cleveland at first express
ed his intention of attending the fu-
neral, but there was an immediate pro-
test from all his advisers, seconded
by the press of both parties, against
his subjecting himself to even the
| slightest possibilities of an accident IN
cident to travel at a time when there
was no provision for a successor in his
| Office, and when his death might have
entailed serious consequences. After
some days the president deferred to
the advice of his friends and remained
in Washington. The cabinet, however,
attended the funeral in a body and
the supreme court adjourned over till
after the services.
The law applicable to the vice presi-
dency was enacted Jan. 10, 1886. II
provides that In case of removal, death
resignation or inability Of both the
president and vice president, the Sec
retary of state, or secretary of the
| treasury, or secretary of war, or at
torney general, or postmaster general
or secretary of the navy, OF secretary
of the interior shall act as president
until the disability of the president OF
vice president is removed or a presi.
dent shall be elected. The effect of the
law is not to provide a succession tC
the vice presidency, but merely to en-.
sure succession to the presidency.
By the death of Mr.. Hobart Senator
William P. Frye, of Maine, becomes
president pro tempore of the senate
and will discharge all the duties of thu
vice president as presiding officer o
that body. Senator Frye accordingl!
will continue as presiding officer til
the end of President McKinley's ad
ministration, unless he chooses to re
sign or the senate wishes to elect an
other senator to the Office
A curious coincidence of the dealt
of Vice President Hobart is found il
the fact that of the six vice president
who have died in Office four died with
In a few days of the same day Of tn
month in the year of their deaths, tn
death of Mr.. Hobart being Nov. 2l, 1895
that of Mr.. Wilson. Nov. 20, 1875; Ell
bridge Gerry, Nov. 2S, 1914; Mr.. Hen
) bricks, Nov. "a, 1885. The other tw