The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-22

The vice president said with a smile:
How do you do. Mr. Bryan. 1 am
glad to meet you. Your name is al
ready very familiar to me-
Both men laughed and Mr.. Bryan
replied:
And yours to me, Mr.. President"
Ihen they chatted on various topics
his eye, said:
Mr.. President (the vice president is
always addressed in this manner when
ne IS in the senate because he Is presi-
dent of the senate, Mr.. President, I
nave only one grudge against you"
ident -
We'll you remember when I was
stumping through New Jersey
stopped at your town of Paterson. Just
as the crowd gathered to hear me all
eiie eleetrlc lights went out and I was
I,oiipeiied to make my speech in abso-
,u.e darkness. wondered what the
ma t.a tter was, and subsequently I found
mat you We're the president of the cleo
tr1c light company"
Both men Joined heartily in the laugh
that Followed, and soon Mr.. BRYAN was
on his way to the white house to ,oay
MS respects to the president.
Mr. Hobart was a natural politician.
tie seemed, from his early youth, to
the political life came easily TO him
ana most of his days were identified
with political movements in city. COM
ty, state or nation.
Almost Immediately after he had
been admitted to the bar he made His
entry into public life.
Ills hrst office was of the humblest,
for he was elected by his neighbors to
be Judge of election of the Fourth ward
OF PATERSON at q compensation of 81 q
DAY for the two days he served through
the year.
What wide gap between that hum
bic position and the lofty position of
VICE president of the United States!
- was very happy in those days"
frequently remarked Mr. Hobart, land
most OF all l appreciate the confidence
winch my neighbors and friends i'm
posed IN me even for SO lowly place"
rms feeling of gratitude to his
friends was one of his most marked
characteristics.
This was his first office, but it was BY
no means his last
Later he became clerk Of the grand
jury then city counsel of the board of
freehoiuers, a member of the assembly
and finally the speaker; member Of
the senate, and finally it's president.
This was the last political office con-
ferred upon him by the people until he
was elected vice president
he always entertained the liyeliest
sentiments of thankfulness toward
those who had stood by him in his early
contests.
In a drive which he took with a
friend last summer through Passaic
county he pointed out the general store
and tavern from the steps of which he
delivered what was practically his first
political address
IL was a quaint old place.
1T was .quainter still in my day"
10 nrtI I,
spoiled it by improving it, but I Shall
never forget that spot t&
Indeed he remembered every house
and every farm in district covering
70 miles, every foot of which he had
stumped.
He could tell the names Of every voter
who had lived on the various farms,
and although many of the men who had
voted for him had long since passed
away, his enjoyment was keen wnen he
ran across familiar name or remem-
bered face.
Mr.. Hobart's great ambition was to be
a United States senator. He made no
secret of this strong desire, but it was
an ambition destined to be unfulfilled
and he saw others grasp the prize OH
which his heart had been set.
His first attempt to be a senator was
in 1883, when he was the candidate OF
-
ture against Senator John r. McPher-
son, then candidate for denomination
1t was session Of extraordinary ex-
element, because there was a demo-
cratic combination against Mcpherson,
and the chances of republican success
were thereby increased
When the two houses met separately
there was no choice, the senate favoring
Mr.. Hobart and the house Mr. McPher-
son.
Amid breathless silence and before a
crowded house the final vote was taken
in joint meeting, a2d resulted: McPher-
son, 40; Hobart So; Ludlow, dem, 2.
After that he was not candidate in
the accepted sense of the term, but his
intimate friends We're aware that Mr..
Hobart would have esteemed it high
honor to represent his state in the fed
eral senate.
One of his most distinct characteris-
tics was his diff1dence as a public speak
er and advocate. So pronounced was
this tendency that it was with difficulty
that he could persuade himself to APP
pear in open court.
AS matter of fact, he avoided this
as much as possible. and as soon as his
law practice was established on firm
basis he gave up court practice and
confined his work to his office practice.
The same shyness was noticeable in
his political life.
He never was a campaign orator, and
II was impossible for him ever to be
one. Not that he lacked tiuency or
thought of expression, but simply be-
cause of his uncomfortable tmidity,
This was overcome, partially at least,
in the campaign of 1885, when, yielding
to the Qualifications of the national and
state committee, he consented to make
a flying trip through New Jersey.
1t was brilliant success and the
mi, -r,f thn tod hi
immensely.
Mr.. Hobart was natural money
maker. The power of acquiring things
without the faculty of acquisitiveness
was his, for there was nothing sordid
or mean in the methods he employed
for building up his fortune.
1T doesn't pay to be narrow" he
said on one occasion. always try to
take the broad view of things. Be gem
erous in your views and acts, but don't
be generous at the expense of yourself
and those daDeO5aDt upon VOL,