The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-11-22
:EDDAYH on HOBART.
visa hssiaent's Funeral win Be-
Held on Saturday Next.
THE PRESIDENT WILL ATTEND.

city at $3.50 O'Clock yesterday morning.
The vice president had been falling
since late Monday afternoon, although
the reports given out at the house were
that he was holding his own. At mid
night he became unconscious. At
O'Clock yesterday morning he had an
attack of angina pectoris, from which
he never rallied. Mrs. Hobart, DR..
Newton, Mrs. Newton. who is 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 few hours be-
fore he became unconscious that he
was near to death. and said to those
about his bedside: II know that my
time is nearly up, but death Is welcome
to me-"
The funeral will be held on Saturday
next at 2 O'Clock p. M. The funeral
will be attended by the president and
his cabinet. the supreme court, the
senate in body and large commit
tee from the house of representatives,
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 II o'clock and thence
travel In body to Paterson.
Sergeant alarms Bright has engag-
ed 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 Oh the return at II 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 dau~h-
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 1t 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 hal on Friday or Sat
urday morning, and this suggestion
will probably he carried ont.
The death of Vice President Hobart
naturally recalls the death Of Vice
President Hendricks, who expired sud
denly Of paralysis of the heart Nov.
rs, 1889. At the time the question OF
the succession of the presidency had
not been settled by law, although Sem
ator Hoar's bill providing for the presi-
Dental succession through the cabinet
had been submitted on Dec. 4, 1888, and
had remained Enacted on.
The news of Mr.. Hendricks death
was received in WASHINGTON late on
the afternoon of Nov. rs. 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 proclamation was pre-
pared making an official announcement
of the vice presidents death to the
public, establishing q usage which was
followed yesterday by President Nc
Kinley
On the morning following Mr.. Hen
bricks death meetings of such men,
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 flu
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 time when there
was no provision for a successor in his
Office md 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. 49, 1885. 1t
provides that in case of removal, death,
resignation or inability Of both the
president and vice president, the sec
rotary of state, or secretary of the
treasury, or secretary of war, or at
torney general or postmaster general,
or secretary of the navy, or secretary
of the interior shall act as president
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