The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-11-22

idcnt Mckinley was deeply moved, and
when Sen. Fairbanks had left he Joined
| Mrs. Mckinley in his private apartments
! His close and intimate relations with his
| colleague made him feel the Nice-lrcsi-
! dents death as a great personal bereave-
/ ment
MRS. NrKINLBY.
Mrs. Mckinley was greatly affected.
I She gave way completely over her srief
and sobbed convusveiy. Mrs. Mckinney
| has but few intimates here. and among
/ her most cherished friends were the Vice
! President and Mrs Hobart. President
Mckinley did all he could to comfort his
| wife and did not return TO his office until
4 the members Of the Cabinet began TO ar
| rive
The members Of the Cabinet were made
acquainted with the sad news as soon as
| the President himself was Informed by
/ means Of the telephone from the White
/ House Secretary Hay sent "a private
/ message 10 Mrs. Hobart expressing his
! sincere coincidence and then gave his at
/ tention 10 the preparation Of a prOclama-
( ton announcing the death Of the VICE
/ President 10 the people Of the United
! States 1t was also necessary TO convey
| the information TO the nations Of the
/ world.
{ Sketch Of Mr.. Hobart.
/ Garrett A. Hobart was born in Mon
! mouth county y. j.. June 3, 1874 and
! took his degree at Rutgers College before
I he was twenty years old. From college
| he went TO Paterson 10 study law with
| Socrates futile whose daughter he after
/ ward married In 1866 he was admitted
fp tho bor orH .orpt, .+onVe fafor. he no-
came a counsellor. He served as clerk
| TO grand juries and i'm other minor Of
I fees. and in 1871 was made City Counsel
/ Then began his political career. lie was
| selected in the next year as counsel to
/ the Board of Chosen Freeholders, and
I declined a second years tenure Of the Of
! fee 10 20 to the Assembly. to which he
was sent again at the next succeeding
/ election. and served during his second
1 term as Speaker OF the House.
! In 1915 ne declined a denomination, and
| two years afterward was sent to the
| state Senate from Passaic county. At
| his recollection TO that body in 1879 he
! received the biggest majority that the
| country had ever given to a candidate
| In 1881 and 1889 he was President Of the
\ Senate. and In 1884 he was the Republican
I caucus candidate for the Federal Senate
| in the Democratic Legislature that sent
John Il. Mcpherson TO Washington.
a STRONG PARTY MAN.
Early I'm his career i'm the state Senate
he became a member OF the Republican
state Committee. and served for more
than a decade from 1850 as its chairman.
resigning i'm 1891. He had been a National
Committeeman from 1854. and i'm 1892 be
was made Vice-Chairman of the National
Committee, and has held the office until
now.
Although starting out in active life as
lawyer. Mr. Hobart soon interested
himself in various business enterprises.
and as n manager Of properties needing
n combination of legal knowledge and
business acumen he was not long in max
ing a reputation as an able man Of az
fairs He was appointed receiver Of the
New Jersey Midland Railroad and was
also receiver Of the Montclair Railroad
and the Jersey City and Albany line.
Upon the failure of the First National
Bank OF Newark in 1850 he was made re-
ceiver and wound up the affairs Of the
bank in six months, paying depositors In
full.
He is recorded as directing the general
management of the East Jersey Water
Company. as President Of the Passaic
Water Company, Of the Acquackanonk
W dtfF company the laAfiNbl lsfAAtl Wti'l
Company Ga consolidation Of trolley
lines). President Of the Morris county rail
road and of the Peoples Gas Company.
Resides these offices he had been I'm many
directorates. among them being the First
National Bank of Paterson. the Paterson
Savings Institution. the New York. Sus-
ouehanna and Western railroad. the
American Cotton oil Company. the Ed
son Electric Illuminating Company the
Iehieh and Hudson River railroad the
Pioneer SILK Company, the Barbour Flax
Spinning Company, and the Barbour
Brothers Company
In 1896 he was nominated as Nj Nc
Kinley's running mate and was elected
Mr.. Hobart is distinguished as being the
first Nice-P President I'm years 10 make
the power Of his position felt I'm Washing
ton. In the present Administration he
has become a factor both as regards So
cial standing and influence as President
Of the Senate upon legislation passed by
that body.
Socially, Mr. Hobart was the first Vice
President to assert precedence over Sir
Julian Pauncefote. dean of the Diplomat
ic Corps in Washington. who claimed a
position next TO the President. Sir Ju-
Ian gave way TO Mr.. Hobart.
I'm the important legislation which has
passed Congress during President McT<in-
lcy's term Mr.. Hobart has had a part
only subordinate TO the President him
self. He was the domestic diplomat Of
the Administration, settling party quar-
rels and getting Congressman in line
INFLUENTIAL PARTY MAN.
He had long been prominent in the pub
lie affairs Of New Jersey his native state
when advanced to his present high posi-
ton, and for years had been an inhuen-
tial member of his party's National Exec
utive Committee Mr. Hobart had never
been a figure in official Washington, how
ever. nor had he ever served in Washing
ton, as had nearly every one of his prede-
cessors. No one looked for any stronger
work from him in the Nice-President's
chair than had been shown by them. But
Carrot A. Hobart resolved, II Is said
when little more than boy, to do what
ever he had 10 do as well as he could and
as rapidly as possible. He therefore took
up his duties In the Senate chamber in
his own virile way.
STUDIED PARLIAMENTARY LAW.
First Of all. some time before March 4.
1907. he addressed himself seriously 10
The study Of the history, the traditions.
and the rules of the Senate. He already
possessed an intimate knowledge OF par
liamentary law. gained when he was i'm
the New Jersey Legislature, first as a
member OF the lower House. then as
Speaker, and later as Senator When he
took up the gayel as presiding officer OF
the Senate he knew just what 10 do and
exactly how 10 do IT, He had both him
self and the Senate well in hand on the
first day Of the extra session that mark
ed the beginning Of the present Admins