Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1899-11-24
Vice President Succumbs To
Heart Disease.
lie Is the Sixth Vice President
Who Has Died While
In Office.

ing. AT his bedside we're Mrs. Ho-
bart, and his son, Garret A. Hobart,
Jr,, together with DR.. William *.
Newton and his wife and private
secretary.
Mr.. Hobart's death had been ex-
pected for some hours. The begin
ming of the end came yesterday af-
ternoon when there was a sudden
failure of the heart and from this
attack, MIR. Hobart never rallied.
He had been sick for a long time,
and had suffered frequently from
heart failure, and his strength had
been undermined. Gradually the
failure of the hearts action be-
came more apparent and soon af-
ter midnight last night, Mr.. Ho-
bart became unconscious. He re-
mained in that condition until his
death.
Mr.. Hobart's death was due di-
rectly to angina pectoris, complica-
ting myocarditis.
Vice President Hobart was born
in Monmouth county, New Jersey,
June 3, 1914. He entered the sOph-
omore class of Rutgers college in
1860 and graduated in 1868, at the
age of 10; he then taught school
until he entered the law Office of
Socrates Tuttle of Paterson, N. J.
He was admitted to the bar in 1869,
and became the city counsel of Pat
erson in 1871. He was elected
counsel for the board of Chosen
Freemen in May, 1872, entered the
Legislature in 1873, was reelected
in 1874 and made speaker in 1876.
His constituents sent him to the
senate in 1879, and he was pres
ident of that body in 1881 and 1882.
He was delegate at large to the
republican national convention in
1876 and again in 1880. He be-
came a member of the national re-
publican committee in 1884 and
served until 1896, when he was
nominated for vice president and
elected. Since his election to the
vice presidency Mr.. Hobart has
played an important part in po-
litical affairs.
The law applicable to the vice
presidency was enacted January
10, 1896, by the 10th congress, first
session. The main features we're
as follows;
"Be it enacted, etc, that IN case
of removal, death, resignation or
inability of both the president and
vice president of the United States,
the secretary of State, or y sec
retary of the treasury or II x
of war, or attorney
general or secretary of the
navy, or x y or post master gen
eral, or II secretary of the in
terror shall act as president until
the disability of the president or
vice president is removed, or a
president shall be elected.
The law further provides that
when one of the above cabinet Of
fcers succeeds to the presidency,
he shall call a special session
of congress, A proyiso limits the
of those who would be
eligible to the presidency under the
terms of the constitution and who
have been appointed with the adj
vice and consent of the senate,
The effect OF the law is not to
provide a succession to the vice
presidency, but merely to ensure a
to the presidency.
by the death of Mr., Hobart, Sen
ator William p, Frye of Maine, be-
comes president pro tempore of the
senate and will discharge all the
duties of the vice president as pre-
siding officer of that body, The
senate rules specifically provide
that no election is necessary at the
of the session. Senator
Frye accordingly will continue as
officer till the end of Pre-