The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-06

Jerpey bar. whose daughter he after
ward married. Attorney in isog. coun-
sellor In ISL. master In chancsTy in
is7,. then yeArs q legal study and prao-
tios did not prevent technical exeOu-
tive expsrisnce In the First National
Rank Of Paterson. This early hsnt %
experiences perhaps was the initiative
, Of that direction which his legal work
waa destined Co take by making him
cOnsumma'e master Of business detail.
and the industri interests % the Pater-
ann environment cooperated Ivy Offering
his mind many practical problems 10
sOlvs a. the confidence .of the commu-
nifty In him was increased by his evidence
q such capacity. Mr.. Hobart from the
outsst evincsd but little taste for tho cor
troversies 81 the court room. Without
much oraiorical skill. except in the terse
and lucid expression Of what must be said.
he shrank FROM that side II professional
work. His potency was that oG advisory
and organizing insight into business
Affairs. and thess were multiplying on
a great scale ~ the larger industrial needs
Of East New JerNey made necessary the
development 81 its resources and trans
portation.
years Mr. Hohart'a talent for organiTa
tion and his legal ability and mastery 81
technical detail associated him with
sixty or different companies a. prcsi-
dent, counsel or director, many oG them
81 great public importance. To an sc-
ti~ity 30 multifs dous the universal
trust in the mans probity. the knO~l-
edge that his ideal was constructive
and no, destructive the confidence that
he looked rather TO the evolution Of
great BENEFICIAL enterprises than tn the
prospect Of mere personal gain. inevi-
table as the latter became. contributed
quite as much to his executive genius.
Il was Characteristic of him, a. his biog-
rapher puts IL. that even In his most
laborious day. he never appeared over
worked OF overburdsnsd with his caaes.
indicating how easily his supple strength
responded TO need. One OF his last great
business functions prior 20 the campaign
OF 1888 Was his service a. ous OF the three
arbitratorr on questions referred Ivy the
Joint rraffic Railroad Association.
Mr.. hobart was wont TO cay: Il am q
business man: ] engage in politics for
recreation" Hs certainly made that
recreation elective AZ different times
he vac elected 20 the state Assembly and
SesuAte. made himself q dominant fac
tor in each. and was Speaker ~ the
SSrmer II uas said that the political
machinery never ran more smoothly OF
creditablv The hand Of Mr.. ffo-
hart was not distinctly visible. but everv
jobt>rr in legislation knew that IL vas
on The thro.sls- Twice he could have
secured the United states SeuAtorship.
d place which no gr~stly coveted. but
LOYALTY tn his political friends pre-
vented. He had served in the State and
national campaign committees snd was
del-xai. al large Ia every national Re
publican convention from 1879 90 isss
His =lavity his trained sagacity. his
knoW ledge and management ~ men. tbs
temperament which made him p~r-otua
gratA - IN 10 his opponents and the bon
homie which masked clarity 81 aim and
finnne-s Of purpo@@ had made him In 1888
the most asiutp political manager in the
State
The New Jersey delegation 70 me ~
Louis convention in 1893 ie~ the rag -
Carrot Augustus HOBART for the Nic~-
Presidency he was the logical candi-
date 81 his stat. More tnan AIRY o,beV
its nsrt-- factions He had been leader
in turning it, tide aEains. Democratic
traditions His wss a mind robust In con-
viciion. stanch in Prohi'y; and horn
leader he knew how ss we'll a. what"
IN the TACTICS of ta';le.
From the opening OF the convention IL
vas patent that Mckinley and Hobart,
Who had never met but casually. would
he the candidates. The only doctrines in
the platform which counted were the tariH
and free coinage questions. OF the latter
the Republican definition vas not very
bold declaration for gold. yet " Caused
rhs secession 81 = hundred disSidsntR. Mr..
Mckinley was knoSn 20 he irre~olute a.
10 making the issue paramount. Fvsn
tbs. defiant tr,Impet from the Democratic
convention and 'he Bryan bombaheli did
not immediately harden this timiditv.
Perhap- Mr. HOlart's prompt and re~O-
hIt- commitment to the gold standard
issue ~a- the n.-..tsd tonic Emerging
from hi- dislike of III. orators work. his
utf..fp meas IA bis own and adjoining States
were marked hv q l,ISisi,--Slik@ dirsCtne-S
and lr.cidity NOR" 'ncfSivs than ~lOgu-nc~.
II vas characteristic ~ the New Jersey
candidate that the persistent ksynot" If
his campaign logic was IA sucn q para
graph a. tina. among the many quoted Nv
Dr Magic. When premium of a. cents
- offered Ou every 81 cents Of silver held
bv the NINE owners IL can only 10 done
~ rh.. expense ~ every man who has part
~ lot ~ share in the country's industry
aud wealth u vas the in-Iorabls btsi b
ue@s fact which h~ hammered into the
public skull.
Daring the campaign tho two Republi.
can candidates formed a friendship which
ripened subsequent tn Inauguration into
. political and social intimacy rare in
the relations Of President and Woo
President Few political friendships have
bee;. more genuine. and II soon became IN
open secret that Nice-President Hobart
bslDnged a. tho unscknowledRen camera.
not lee potent than the Cabinet council.
From the outset the president % the Sem
ate 80, the seal - the man Of Affairs On
the operation ~ his function. Ms short
inaugural address emphasized the need
,f facilitating lpia neNs in the most DoUev-