Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-11-28

selected by Mr.. Hobart two months be-
fore his death. and eight Senate police,
who carried the casket.
Services at the House.
The service at the house was brief and
simple. 1t was held in the library which
was banked with flowers sent by friends
of the dead vicepresident. Mrs. Hobart,
with her son, Garrett \. Hobart, IT,, sat
near the head of the easket, while near
her were grouped the President and his
cabinet, Judges of the Supreme court.
the honorary pallbearers and the imme-
date friends OF the family and the fami-
~ servants. Rev. David ID. Magic offered
the prayer and read passage Of Scrip
cure. The President. cabinet and Su-
preme judges and those present took Il
last look at the face of the dead the
casket was closed and all that was NOR
tai of Vice President Hobart was car
ried out to the hearse by members Of
the Senate police.
The casket was carried by eight mem
bers Of the capitol police, in uniform.
The church was beautifully decorated
with flowers.
The services at the church lasted an
hour and were conducted by Rev. DR..
Magic. They began with an organ pre-
lude and reading Of Scriptures by Rev.
Charles 2. Shaw, pastor of the Second
Presbyterian church of Paterson. Then
followed the singing Of the hymn ''Near-
err, My God, to Thee" by the Orpheus
club. DR.. Magic then preached the funer-
al sermon and offered prayer. This was
followed by the anthem Weary Hands, y
sung by the Orpheus club. after which
the benediction was pronounced by DR..
Magic.
The earthly remains of the late Vice
President Carrot A. Hobart were con
signed to a temporary resting place in the
receiving vault at Cedar Lawn cemetery
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Carrot A. Hobart was born in Mon
month county, 4. J., June 3. 1914; en-
tered the sophomore class of Rutgers col
lege in 1860. and graduated in 1863 at
the age of 10; thereafter, taught school
until he entered the law Office OF
Socrates futile of Paterson, n
J.; was admitted to the ban
in 1860, and commenced the
practice CT law in the office of that gen
tleman; was clerk for the grand jury in
was elected counsel for the board OF
chosen freeholders in May, 1872; entered
the Legislature in 1873, and was re-elect-
ed to the Assembly in 1874, and was
made speaker in 1876; was elected tc
the Senate in 1879, and in 1881
was elected president of that body
and reelected in 1882: was delegate
at large to the Republican national con
vention in 1876, and was again chosen il
1880: was elected 4 member of the M
uOnal committee IN 1881 and served con
tinuously until 1896, when he was ncri
mated for vice-president by the Repub
lican national convention, and was duly
elected and took the oath of office or
March 4. 1897.
As affecting the presidential succession
the death of the ylce-president places the
secretary of state as first in line in the
event of a vacancy IN the office of Presi
dent Until 1886 the law provided thai
in case Of the death or resignation or in
capacity of the President and vice-presi
dent, the president pro tempore o.
the Senate should become Presi
dent and after him the speaker of the
House of Representatives. There Were
grave doubts of the constitutionality OF
this arrangement, and in case the presi
dent pro tenn. of the Senate or speaker OF
the House differed politically from the
Executive it would mean violent up
heaval in the offices and political af
fairs of the country. The result was
the passage of an act of Congress max
ing the presidential office descend tC
cabinet officers, beginning with the
ranking secretary. The president pre-
fem. of the Senate, which position is now
held by Mr.. Frye, becomes the perma
nent presiding officer of that body an6
: she office Of yice-president remains va
can't
1t has been discovered that the plaS-