The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-11

the success Of the measures to which they
were alike committed"
senator Canery's Estimate.
Mr. Gallery addressed the Senate briefly.
He said:
Mr.. President. there are abundant Gp-
portunities to discover what material a
man is made of when he is placed in the
position that Vice President Hobart was.
lie was in daily contact with the members
of this body; he had to pass upon CUES
lions of great moment; and however much
his position would seem to screen him
from that scrutiny into character which
the ordinary man affords. yet there was
abundant and ample opportunity to Hn0w
and to Judge OF the great merits. This
simple tribute OF mine, Mr.. President. Is
sincere. / speak with absolute sincerity
In all the remarks that have made about
the deceased Vice President. | know that
his character and his qualities have been
portrayed before the Senate today in Ian
guage too eloquent for me to attempt to
rival or to equal. / know that they have
uttered the living truth. [ know that no
word OF praise that has fallen from the
lips Of those who have eulogized the de-
ceased Vice President has been said beyond
the truth. | know that all the Senators
who have addressed US today upon the life
of our departed President have been ami
mated solely By a desire to pay their
tribute OF respect and admiration which
we all. as American Senators. feel to the
memory az the late Vice President
Homage Paid by MIR. Allen.
Senator Allen followed Mr.. Cafirey in
doing homage to the memory Of Mr.
Hobart He said:
Mr.. President. there was nothing in
common between the late Vice President
and myself politically; We were anttpodal
He was a most pronounced Republican; 1
an equally pronounced POpulist. He be
Iieyed in the doctrines Of his party: | did
not and do not He did not believe in the
doctrines OF my party. And yet. Mr.. Presi-
dent, on this solemn occasion 1t affords me
a mournful pleasure to DC able to TESTIFY
to the high personal worth and character
OF this distinguished citizen. There was
much in the character OF Garret A Hobart
that was lovable. He was a sincere and
truthful man. He was an intelligent and
honest man, always actuatcd by the high
est and purest of motives.
''Of course. my acquaintance with the
distinguished deceased was not such as to
permit me to speak at length of his vir-
tues And yet Mr.. President. il is not
necessary to have known a man through
out his entire career to enable one to form
something Of an estimate OF his character
and his characteristics. The late Vice
President was typical American. There
was nothing OF snObbishneSs in his charac-
ter Whatever he was VAS upon the sur
face: it was noticeable by all men. He
was a product not only of the soil in which
he sleeps, but he was 4 product Of Ameri
can institutions and was thoroughly
American in all his habits. thoughts in
stincts. and purposes. 1 would say. Mr..
President. my estimate Of Mr.. Hobart is
that he possessed in a rare degree those
qualities which would make judicial Of
fcer. His temperament was judicial
While he was rapid and accurate in the
transaction OF business, he was always
Just and considerable of The rights and well
fare OF others"
The Last speech.
Mr. Kean was the last member of the
Senate to speak TO the resolution. He said:
Mr. President The State Of New Jersey
mourus with the Union of all the States
in the untimely death OF her distinguished
son. Carrot 4. Hobart Great as the loss
with heavier force and with the sense OF !
personal and intimate loss upon the people |
of the city and State among whom his busy
and useful life has been spent. He was !
born in the State of New Jersey His youth |
and early manhood. his college days and |
the ripening seasons Of his life were passed /
amid the familiar scenes and the friendly |
faces OF his native home and az the last. !
when the inevitable summons came, he /
died in the city which mourned him as its |
most illustrious citizen, and in The State TO /
which he brought so much honor and |
distinction II the State ga.e him birth /
and education. training and experience, |
home and success. he. TOO was generous to |
New Jersey. for he brought new honors to /
the old Commonwealth. he reflected new
glory upon its career. already bright with |
of the distinguished patriots |
who had preceded him. and he returned |
with thousand fold interest the bounty OF
his generous parent
From his young manhood he had taken |
a deep interest in public affairs With him
this inclination seemed TO be the outcome
Of Il special genius for public and political
life. He might. indeed, have spent all his |
days in the public service from the day
when fresh from his law studies he was
to political office in his own city
and county. The ability with which these
earlier tasks were discharged made clear
that the path before him when il was de-
sirable in the interests OF his constituency
that he should represent his county in the
State legislature. In the Legislative halls
Of his own State he rapidly made an envia-
BILE reputation as faithful legislator.
wise public servant. and a man whose in
tegrity and honesty of purpose no man ever
questioned He was barely over thirty
when he Mas CHOSEN speaker Of the assem-
bly,. \ few ycsS later he became president
IF the senate. ln both these positions he
displayed the same grasp of parliamentary
practice, the same despatch of pubic bust
less which were so strongly revealed in his
'arccr as presiding officer Of this body"