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ness of vision which showed him to be q
statesman
High Qualities.

ness of vision which showed him to be 4
statesman.
High Qualities.
when perpiexing questions were upon
him he showed In a marked degree that
highest of qualities-veracity of mind. He
was never muddled with words entangled
with phrases or lost in the mist Of fine SEN
tences. He never mistook words for things.
He saw facts exactly as they were. and
dealt with them accordingly. He knew that
in the conduct of the government and espe-
cialy in times of war, 1t was sometimes
necessary for the public good to disregard
individual feelings. However unpleasant
such duty might be he would not shrink
from it, and he never hesitated to tell
needed truth If it was for the benefit of the
country. although his tact was such that
personal enmity never followed. trust and
believe that when the history Of the mo-
mentous times in which he rendered his
greatest public services comes to be writ
ten he will receive the very high need of
praise which he deserves. Those who knew
him and saw him I'm that eventfuf period
know well what he did and appreciate at
their right value the courage. loyalty ana
ability which he displayed. We mourn MN
as friend. as eminent and patriotic
public servant. faithful to his country In
all relations of life. His death while he was
still in his prime grievous loss. not
only to those who loved him. but to the
country which he loved and which he served
we'll"
senator Depew's Tribute.
MI Depew Of New York said:
-"In mdocean. on one of the great steam
ships some years ago q gentleman extended
his hand and said I am Garret A. Hobart
of New Jersey. 1 know You and want you
to know me- Afterward in the condolences
of fellow assengers on the sea, he said:
The value of success is not much in
L., Il hn
sideration it gives you in the minds of 9TH
ers. l have been successful. and ! want
that understood and appreciated. In TINS
incident came out the character of the man
The freshness, the frankness. the unspoiled
joy of the boy, as happy over the Things
which gave pleasure and Importance to his
friends as he felt sure they would be over
his own advancement.
sThe financial distress which caused hard
times in 1894 and 1898 produced a wide
spread spirit of pesSimism and despair. IL
resurrected the question, is life worth the
living?' which had been discussed nightly at
-Athenian dinners in the time of Plato ana
Socrates. The doubt is not American lts
most emphatic affirmation is evidenced III
the life and career of our friend: lie was
an Illustration of what is possible under
American conditions and with American
opportunities. with equal laws for. all and
no class of privilege barring the way to
the highest places in the land.
AT nineteen he was a graduate OF Rut-
gers College. and for six years teaching
school and studying law: and at twenty
five he was called to the bar and began ms
battle with and in the world Without
money or influence, but with brains. edu-
cation. health. industry and character his
was the typical beginning of most of the
youth of country. His confidence IN
himself and his future led to an early mar
riage and an ideal domestic life. AT nftS-
three he was among the foremost citizens
of his state in every department of its
activities. He was leader in his profes-
sion Of the law and of his political party;
he had been repeatedly honored by his fell
iow-cittZens fu positions of trust and power;
he had accumulated a fortune and was
Vice President of the United States.
The idle and the Incompetent Will md
no comfort here for their favorte theory
that life is luck. He had the good fortune
to be descended from that mixed Dutch
English ancestry which has the inspiration
of glorious traditions of civil and religious
liberty of literature and adventure, of art.
of arms, of indOmitab,e endurance. of con-
quest over all obstacles and of strenuous
endeavor, which no difficulties can discour-
age. 1t was his happy lot to have his ca
reer to work out in this republic and in
the latter half of this marvellous nineteenth
century. With these advantages, common to
millions. fortune withdrew her assistance.
and the brilliant example we contemplate
was the result of the energy and ability OF
this fine specimen of a self-made man.
AT the threshold of his career, by pro-
fession and membership, he proclaimed
himself Christian, and as he began so he
continued until his death, consistent child
of the church. His was not the religion
which in jonathan Edwards period filed
the churches with terror and emptied their
pewS but the religion of the evangelist
Moody, which rests upon the golden rule.
Preferrng always his way, he recos
nized with a broad charity that the paths
pursued by others led to the same heaven
and could be more easily trod by them. He
had no aggressive faith which fought on
dogma other creeds and sects, but he was
a all times active in the good works which
are common to all creeds and all Sects.
The Scholar in Politics.
The scholar in politics is the familiar
theme for academic discussion. His duties
to participate all admit; his usefulness is
often doubted. He too frequently lacks
that touch with affairs and knowledge of
men which are necessary to give him the
weight in party councils due to his char
acter and culture The business man in
politics is the hope of the present and fu-
ture. The measures We carry here are
reflected in the markets of the world and
react upon the farm, the factory, the FUR
mace and the mine. Their influence for
good or evil is felt in every home. They tie
government and it's policies so closely to
the manufacturer, merchant, farmer and
mechanic that business is politics and poll
tics Is business. Men of fortune and large
affairs often affect contempt for those in
public life and denounce with unbridled Ii
municipal matters. They complain bitterly
of taxes and the burden of government
They are entitled to no sympathy. They
are suffering, if at all, from their own want
of appreciation of their duties as citizens
and patriotism. Mr.. Hobart was. during
his whole career. the lawyer and man of
business, who keenly understood and la
boriously lived up to a high ideal of citi-
zenshp. His party found him at the eau
Gus and at the polls. He had time for con-
vcntions and public meetings. He could
promote the best interests of his state by
service in its legislature or remain in re-
trement while working diligently for the
nomination and election of those best fit
ted for the offices to be filled.
Charles James Fox said of Edmund
Burke that he was right, but right too
soon His speeches emptied the house OF
commons in his time, but in our day are
text book and manual for British states
men. Statesmen and reformers OF this
prophetic order SOW the seed but they DO
not govern Wendell Phillips, Lloyd Gar
rison, I.ovejoy and John Brown created
conditions which made it possible for Lin
coin TO act Successful leaders grapple with
the workaday elements about them. and,
combining the conscience and intelligence
of the hour solve the problems which