The record-union., 1899-11-22
DEATH OF THE VICE PRESIDENT.

DEATH OE' IdE VICE HflEOlOEINI L.
The death of Vice President Carrot
A. Hobart does not come as a surprise.
During his long illness the fear has
been general that he would not sur
vive, though the hope of restoration
was universal. For the Vice President
had the respect and admiration of the
people of the United States, and he lay
in affectionate touch with the heart of
the nation His manly bearing, his
far-seeing business wisdom, his per-
feet fairness and dignified and patient
conduct as President of the United
States Senate, his high standing in the
commercial world, his unquestioned in
tegrity and his broad and generous pa
triotism, had won to him the people OF
the country.
Mr.. Hobart was born at Long Branch,
N. j., in 1914. He was graduated from
Rutgers and in 1866 took up the study
of law, coming to the bar three years
later. His success dated from his entry
upon practice and five years later he
was elected City Attorney Of Paterson
and next Prosecuting Attorney for Pas
sale County, and then was sent to the
House Of Assembly of the Legislature.
He gave such satisfaction in these posi-
tions that he was reelected to the As
sembly and was made Speaker. In
1875 he declined reelection to the As
sembly, but in 1877 yielded to the pop
ular demand and was sent to the Sen
ate, being reelected to that post in
1879 by the largest majority ever given
to a candidate for Office in Passaic
County. In 1881 he was chosen Presi-
dent of the Senate and became mem
Der of the Republican State Committee
and inaugurated the war against the
corrupt ring that had dominated New
Jersey for many years. He won his
fight after years of persistent and un-
firing effort and doubly endeared him
self to the people in consequence. His
party made him Chairman of the State
Committee.
In 1884 at the famous Chicago con-
vention New Jersey named him as her
representative upon the National Re-
publican Committee and he held that
position until 1892, when he was chosen
Vice Chairman of the committee. Dur
ing the whole time he was battling with
the corruptionist ring in his native
State, and in 1895 achieved final and
full success when Governor Griggs was
elected, and New Jersey for the first
time since the war was placed safely in
the Republican column
While the, law was his chosen pro-
fession, he early manifested such
strong inclination for business pursuits
that he was early prominent in that
line as receiver of wrecked railway
which he put upon safe ground. This
led to his being given a second task of
that order, which he handled with equal
success, and then he was appointed to
save the wreckage of a national bank.
which he did, put that institution upon
its feet and paid the depositors a hun
dred cents on the dollar
These successes covering twenty
years VI TIME, put MIN so into the line
of business and financial management,
that thereafter the most of his ener-
giles were devoted in that way, and he
became identified with a number Of
foremost enterprises, water works, gas
companies, banks, savings institutions,
spinning, silk and railroad companies
and other Industrial concerns So
prominent had Mr.. Hobart become in
the councils Of his party. so distin-
guished in his State for wise and just
business management, and so generous.
broad and true his beliefs concerning
the policy of the nation and the rights
and obligations of citizenship that his
selection by the party as its nominee for
the Vice Presidency was a natural
thing and was accepted as an act of
sound judgment and as fit acknowledge
ment of true worth and high ability
His death will be sincerely mourned
throughout the Union, but in the State
of his nativity which he loved so well,
and in which he developed all his pow
ers. the mourning for his untimely
death will take the form of profoundest
grief.