Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-11-23

noon and recovered, but the heart con-
tlnued crippled and never responded to
the treatment
Tbs flags on the city and other public
buildings We're half-masted when the
news Of the vice presidents death be-
came known Flags on many private
buildings and dwellings were also hung
at half-mast The bell on the city hall
tolled at intervals during the afternoon.
Sketch of His Career.
GaTet A. Hobart was eminently sue
cessful both in business and politics.
His reputation as man of affairs and
as one of the shrewdest business men in
the country was perhaps greater than
his reputation as a political leader and
statniIlss.an until his election to the vice
presidency three years ago. Mr.. Hobart
was born in 1874 at Long Branch, N. J..
His ancestors on his fathers side were
English and on his mothers side Dutch.
Thirty-three years ago he was graduated
from Rutgers college and began teach
ing school. Three months later he en-
tered upon the study of law with Socra-
ties Tuttle, prominent lawyer in
Passaic county and who was at that
time mayor of Paterson. Young Hobart
is said to have arrived at Paterson with
but $1.5O in his pocket and from this
small beginning he made his way un-
aided to wealth and prominence. In
1869 he was admitted to the bar and in
the following year he married the
daughter of Mr.. Tuttle
Mr.. Hobart made his way rapidly at
the bar Of his native state and his bent
led him early into politics. In 1871 he
was made city counsellor Of Paterson,
and in 1872 was elected to the state as
sembly, of which body he was chosen
speaker in the following year. At the
end of his second year in the assembly
he retired to devote himself to the law
and to the numerous business interests
with which he had become identified.
But the demands of his party would not
admit of his remaining long in private
life, and i'll 1876 he was elected to the
state senate, Of which body he was
chosen president in 1881. From 1880 to
1891 he was at the head of the state
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and, as such, planned some Of the most
brilliant campaigns conducted by his
party. From 1884 to 1896 he was
member of the national Republican ex-
ecutive committee and had much to do
with the management of the national
campaigns during those l2 years.
During all these years his business
pOnnnntinyc hono 6,,r,o .lo,, !
His keen insight into affairs made his
advice and counsel of such value that
he was sought after by some of the
largest corporations in the country, and
at the time Of his election as vice presi-
dent he was a director in no less than
TO different companies. Probably the
greatest business honor which he at
tained was his selection as one of the
three arbitrators of the Joint Traffic as
sociation, composed of 81 of the most
prominent trunk lines of the country.
Through his business connections and
his law practice he built up large
fortune.
After his nomination and election to
the vice presidency on the ticket headed
by Mr.. Mckinley he came to Washing
ton and took up his residence in the old
Cameron mansion. Socially, the vice
president and his charming wife divided
the honors with President and Mrs.
Mckinley. Vice President Hobart's
genial temperament and charming per-
sonality made him very popular, not
only in the senate, over which he pre-
sided with dignity and ability, but with
all who came in contact with him. Mr.,
Hobart left but one child, Garret A.
Hobart, Jr., a boy of ID. Fanny, a girl
OF ~, died in 1895, i'll Italy, while there
with her parents.