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carry the trafhc of the country between
the interior and the Atlantic coast. Their
quarrels and rate-cutting injured their in
VestorS. demorafized business and promoted
trusts. The members were not capitalists
nor spectators, but the hard-headed and
able managers of these corporations, who
had come up from the ranks and adopted
the operation of railways as both a career
and profession. Their efforts to cure the
evils of the situation were doomed to fail
ure from the jealousies of>large companies
and the fear of small ones. and the lack of
any power to enforce their agreements By
unanimous vote they selected Garret A.
mitted to him involved the revenue of the
disputants. and the movement by one route
or another of vast volume of freight No
judge ever held office by so preca arious a
tenure or had to decide more important
matters. The defeated litigant could re-
| fuse to submit, or by carrying a charge of
injustice. unfairness or incapacity into the
governing body. compel a resignation AS
chairman of the association / was brought
IN frequent contact with him. his work and
his difficulties. He administered that iudi-
cial responsibility for three years, resigning
curing the first year of his vice presidency
There could be no more significant tribute
to his unfailing judgment, tact and char
acter than the remarka BILE fact that there
was never an appeal from his decisions,
nor complaint of their fairness and Justice.
In this demonstration is found the secret of
his success.
Very many In our country rise by their
lft1ipnra
The rapid evolutions caused by steam, cleo
triclty and invention give numberless on
portunities for the far-sighted and co,1ro-
seous to seize the hand of fortune before
their, fellows know of her presence. These
capable men of affairs of two classes
the class who make what others lose and
the class who benefit their associates or
the community or the whole country by
the developments they promote and the en-
terprises they create. The first are the nj
rates of society and of business. They are
the fathers of communism and the foster
fathers of anarchy. The others are among
the benefactors of their time 1t was the
characteristic of our friend that possessins
the far-sighted faculty, and having the
sense and training to keep the curb Of
caution upon the promptings of acouistive
ness and imagination, he drew a large
circle into his plans, and all shared in the
profits of his undertakings
The Vice Presidency.
The founders Of the republic meant to
provide for successor to the President
who should be equally worthy of the chief
maSistracy. But the machinery they de-
vised gave the Vice President no voice in
the government. and created an inevitable
antagonism between him and the President
1t revived in form the old historic str,g-
gle of the able and ambitious heir for
recognition and influence in affairs of state
The contest began during our first admin
islratlon Confidence and cordiality We're
impossible between the Self-Centered Wash
lnston and the imperious Adams With
Adams and jefferson was the mutual re-
pulsion of the Puritan and the cavalier
In Jefferson and Aaron Burr the revol,l-
ZIONIST was seeking to destroy the patriot
The practical Jackson and the philosophic
taihoun We're SO at war The man of ac-
tlon threatened to hang the theorist if he
carried his ideas to their logical conclu-
sions. With the growth of the country. the
strength of parties and their internal dis
sensions: the Vice President was thrown
10 the friends of disappointed candidates
and at dfsaffected states to select. the
nominee and be appeasetl Fillmore and
Arthur discarded the friends of the dead
President. and Tyler and Johnson reversed
their politics and policies. The power in
control at the White House and in Com
greSs sought to minimize the Vice Presi-
dent and make him obscure and innGcuous
Happily for Mr.. Hobart there was no
conflict over candidates in the convention
which nominated William Mckinley. The
partisans of defined policies had selected
him as their best exponent in advance
ihere We're no disappointed and vengeful
interests TO be reconciled. The choice set
tied upon Hobart as the most fit and avail
able running mate for the Ohio statesman
Coming thus into this thigh office. his talent
OF common sense andShis charm of nersnn
ality made him. from the beginning tho
ffsehd and chosen counsellor of the Presi-
dent. He lifted the office out of the rl1t of
conVenti4naiity and possibility to a posi-
tion OF dlgnity, usefulness and trust He
won the warm affection of his party asso-
ciates and the esteem and respect of his
party antagonists. He had the faculty of
tne wisely busy man of always having
plenty of time, and that he shared with
MS friends in that hearty and healthy
companionshp which has made his name
hospitable memory at the Capt.
tol. Though he died in his prime. with
apparently years Of usefulness before him
yet his was full and rich life and a noblv
rounded career. 1t is fitting that such a
man should fall in battle with his armor
on. The conspicuoushess of his departure
gives luster to his example Statesman,
citiZen, husband. father. friend the sum of
MS worth among US is that he performed
win lalthfulness and fidelity, with con-
scientlous care and magnetic ardor all the
duties of public and private life"
senator Sevelrs Feeling Remarks.
Senator Sewell of New Jersey paid a feel
ing tribute to the memory of the late Vice
President with whom his personal rela-
tions covered period extending from early
nanhood. He spoke of events in the late
Vice Presidents private and official career
and of characteristics which had endeared
him to the people with whom he came in
contact. He said in part:
Mr.. Hobart was removed from his earth
~ career at an age when the magnificent
status of his manhood was reaching its
prime; when the grand clements of his
character We're rpening to their full de-
the nation was becoming more and more
apparent. His public duties were marked
by zeal and devotion to the interests of the
people.
The general welfare, rather than the
conserving of private interests, engaged his
Tune and attention, The performance of his
duties as President of the Senate has ever
evoked the favorable criticism of the mem
bers of this body, and the justness and
fairness of his rulings have ELECTED their
Warmtst commendation. The character of
MI Hobart was the open day-neither
darkness nor shadow rested upon it, His
loyalty to truth, his fealty to duty, his un-
swerVlng devotion to the interests of his
constituents have carved for him in the
hearts or men an enduring tablet.
Sensitive to reproach and injury his
sympathy reached out to those who were
hlailShed and forbade the entrance of re-
sentiment. His course in life indicated obe-
dence to duty and resignation; duty nobly
performed toward his neighbor and to him
set resignation to whatever might betide
cheerIully and willingly displayed. All
Air. president, We need no inspiration to
snow that SO noble a soul cannot taste of
annlhllation: Mr.. Hobart has passed to the
better and higher life that lies beyond the
conflnes of mortality-a life, the span of
winch unmeasured by the flight of years is
niled with immortal Significance and