The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-27
EULOGIzlNG MR.. HOBART.
The House Pays Homage to the Men,
DRY OF the Late Vice President


III "onof oi the tate wee fresi-
uen' MOZART occupied the greater portion
OF yesterdays session Of the House Of
Representatives. and many graceful
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ten by the breath of the DESTROYER. 10 fall
even ne tho leaves that yitber and scatter
in autumn.s soaring blasts The earth
itself. the abode Of man. shall perish; the
visible heavens shall pass away; for there
is nothing permaneut hui law and love ard
tho lirgdo-, Of Cod
eve nance in our Iabors today to do
homage 10 the memory Of one who was not
a member of this House. but who in his
high office rppreseuted the suffrage ana
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The career OF Mr. Hobart IS another OF
| those oft recurring lessons OF the oppor-
! tunities offered to young American man
mood, ana that energy, integrity ana cour-
\ age II seconded by real ability may con-
| quer all the weary paths that lie between
the lowly and the highest estates-and
! lead triumphautly to the most exalted sta
| ton for he rose with no aid. but his merit;
with no friend hut his deserts. and no
I claim TO recognition hut his fitness
The sneaker traced the career of Mr.
Hobart from his birth at Long Branch, y.
j.. to the day of his nomination for Vice
President and then said;
"When Mr. Hobart was nominated for
the Vice Presidency. factions in New Jer-
sey at once lost their identity and party
lines became confused Regard for poll
ties in many in stances gave way to con-
.idenoe in the man What part of the
ton was due to the personality of Mr. Ho-
bart. and the esteem in which he was
held ms a man. can never be accurately
stated. but il may be safely said that the
majority was a magnificent tribute from
the citizenship OF New Jersey TO her gift
ed son. in whose judgment in public as
well as in private matters the people had
come TO place the most absolute reliance.
His example has beer a beneticent in
In no in no
and died tie State which he served and
tcnored, and in the nation which at last
came to know and honor him; and to the
civilized world. which has now heard OF
him and his life. which ia its business
erergy and integrity. private Christian
purity. and political fidelity is model
for all men.
He advanced society-lent dignity TO
common affairs. and elevated every Office
ne hlied
But he is gone He died as the Chris |
tan does. He will be remembered; there
fore, he mas tTiumphed over death bo,h |
mere and beyond
MIR. BTosius of Pennsylvania was the |
next speaker and in concluding his re-
marks said:
The Vice President. whom We mourn. |
was stricken in the midst Of his usefulness |
from the highest public place save one in ]
despite its elevation, he honored more than |
it could honor him. The character and |
relative eminenee of the Office Of Vice |
President has been the subject of diverse |
comment for a hundred years, many regard
ing it as quite subordinate in consequence
and rank. The original constitutional
mode OF selecting the President and Vice
President denoted the estimation in which
the trainers Of the Constitution held the
Vice Presidential office. and yet some of
them and their contemporaries spoke slight
insly OF that office John Adams said: My
country has in its wisdom contrived for us
the most Insignificant office that ever the
invention Of man contrived or his magma
ton conceived" Thomas Jefferson said:
1t is the only office in the world about
which am unable to deeds whether had
rather have 1t or not have it, Whatever
rank may have been assigned TO il ut diff
ferent periods of our history II is the glory
Of its last incumbent that he restored the
Vice Presidency to its true rank. redeemed
il from any obscurity into which il may
have fallen. rescued it from the insigniii-
canoe in which it came to be regarded nv
some, and established its title to the dig
nifty and elevation appropriate To the sec
ond office in the gift Of the American reo-
pie. IL is thus seen what a beautiful and
career has closed on earth He
did not live mans appointed time. TIE
mysterious clock to which Dr.. Home, 20 (
refers. which the angel OF life
wound up 10 run three score years and
zen, ran down before the lapse of the at
lOtted time. But the bounds which are !
liked to the duration q lie do net ALWAYS
Measure its worth His career. though Gu,
,ff in the midst OF its usefulness, has bseu |
, sweet and wholesome example in right ! S