THE SCBANTON TBIBUNE:--WEDNESDAY, MOBinNGr.JTTLY
PERSONAL POINTS
ABOUT M'KINLEY
Some Interesting Incidents of His Lone
and Eventful Career.
HIS GREAT STRENGTH OF CHARACTER
Be Is an Interesting Figure, Is
Affable and Courteous, nnd Is Pre
pared to Meet Anything That May
Turn l'p--Ilii Physical Condition
It Perfect and He Knows When and
How to Talk.
From the Pittsburg Times.
A study of Major William McKinley
Just proceeding and following his nom
ination for president by the great Na
tional Republican convention at St.
Louts was one of the most interesting
imaginable for those who were favored
with the privilege at his home In Can
ton. It is a fascinating occupation to
alt and Watch the bearing of a man up
on whom the eyes of a great notion are
fastened, one who Is soon to be the ruler
cf more than TO.IHW.WO people, anu
serve how be acquits himself.
For ak past Major McKinley has
been under the closest scrutiny a man
can possibly be subjected to. lie has
not only been made the a ubeject of keen
study and observation for purposes of
newspaper work by a score or more cor
respondents representing the leading
Journals of the country, but numerous
Individuals have called at the house on
North' Market street for the sole pur
pose of making a close personal Inspec
tion of the mat who Is to be the next
president of the United States to see
what manner of man he is and how he
carries himself. Everybody, In fact,
who has approached the house has
been keeping the closest kind of tab on
McKinley, und the lesult of It all is
the general verdict that McKinley Is an
astonishingly well balanced man, and
one ,who nvr loses the perfect equi
jose he Is endowed with.
Major McKinley Is a very Interesting
figure. He Is affable and courteous ut
all times, well poised and prepared to
meet anything that may turn up, never
letting matters vex or fret him while
his physical condition Is so perfect that
no amount of hard work can wear him
out. He Is not a babbler, but knows
When to talk and when not to, and Just
What to say when he does talk, measur
ing beforehand the full value of every
word he Is about to utter. His manner,
however, Is extremely pleasing. His
cordial, agreeable way never falls to
win him a friend every time he makes
an acquaintance, and then he keeps
him afterward. He Is just as good a
talker In private as he is In public, and.
In spite of his serious front, he has a
large store of wit and humor, but he
keeps these well under restraint, and
consequently often appears more sol
emn and stately than he really is. He
wears the great honor bestowed upon
him with becoming modesty, and take
htm when you will, he Is always a solid,
sensible, practicable mun, who loves to
sit' down and smoke a good cigar und
chat unreservedly with newspaper
friends whom he knows will not abuse
his confidence.
"William K. Sefton. one of Canton's
leading citizens and manufacturers, is
an old army comrade of Major McKin
ley. He served in Company O of Mc
Klnley's regiment, the' Twenty-third
Ohio, during the war. In speaking of
the major's character Mr. Befton says:
'In all his Intercourse with the Twenty
third McKinley was the same affable,
courteous and pleasant gentleman that
lie is today. He was esteemed and re
apected by all his comrades, and was
recognised as a young man In whom
could be placed Implicit confidence. He
possessed a good physique, and was al
ways able for duty and ready at all
times to do his part in any of the work
devolving upon the private soldier or
officer. Up to this day he Is held In the
highest esteem by every one of his old
comrades, to whom he has been a tried
and true friend, assisting them in every
way to present their claims for recog
nition by the government. His bravery
wa recognized by all. He was as brave
In war as he Is In peace, never trying
to evade any Issue presented to-liim."
The Twenty-third Ohio, by the way,
had for its first colonel General Rose
crans. Justice Stanley Matthews was
the first lieutenant colonel, and the first
major was the late ex-President Ruth
erford B. Hayes. General Robert Ken
nedy, "Fighting Rob," was a lieuten
ant In the regiment. So also was Gen
eral Russell Hastings, of Cleveland,
Who tor many years was United States
marshal for the northern district of
Ohio; and a boyhood companion of Mc
Kinley. General Hastings told me the
story of McKlnley's famous exploit at
the first battle of Autletam. where,
while acting as commissary officer, he
took to the front during the heat of the
fight conked rations to feed his hungry
comrades, who had been without any
thing to cat for twenty-four hours. The
regiment fell back in squads to cat and
drink, nnd young McKlnley's comrades
never forgot his care for' them. A few
days after this he secured a furlough
and called upon Governor Tod on his
( jb IBfe
COLONEL JOHN HAY,
One ol Major ncKinlcy'a Most Able Lieutenants. '
from ths Chicago Times-Herald. By toe Courtesy of a It Koblsut.
way home through Columbus. The
governor surprised the young soldier by
presenting him with a commission, Gen
eral Hayes, who had been wounded at
South Mountain and was at home, rec
ommending the promotion.
An old member of the Stark county
bar. In spinning reminiscences of Mc
Kinley as a lawyer after he had hung
out his shingle in Canton, says that he
early gave promise of developing Into a
line lawyer. " He was an excellent ad
vocate, and made some of the best Jury
arguments ever heard 'at the Stark
county bar. Two cases especially there
were In which McKinley greatly distin
guished himself. One was that of a
number of miners prosecuted on the
charge jof riot, and McKlnley's argu
ment to the Jury on behalf of the ac
cused men was a notable effort, and Is
remembered to this day. The other
case was that of Dr. Gans, a leading
physician of the county, who was put on
trial for alleged malpractice and de
fended by McKinley. The tatter's speech
In behalf of his client 13 said to have
been on n par with any of the subse
quent oratorical efforts of his life, and
was the subject of much talk among the
legal profession In all the counties com
posing the Judicial district.
During all this time Major McKinley
was an ac tive participant in Republican
campaigns, and early gave evidence of
the power he has Bince"deVeloped as u
public speaker and orator. His plan of
political speaking has always been the
same. He first thoroughly masters the
subject In hand and then presents It
forcibly. Upon one occasion, however,
Major McKinley did not deliver the
speech he intended to, and which he
had thoroughly prepared for. Hera Is
the story that Is told of it:
General. Charles F. Manderson, at one
time a resident of Canton, but who left
here for the west to grow up with the
country and become a United States
senator from Nebraska, was going to
speak at a political meeting at Marl
boro, in Stark county, and so also wua
McKinley. They drove over from Canton
together, and while jogging along the
road General Mahdcrson asked the ma
jor for a few pointers. The latter very
kindly explained the situation and ad
vanced arguments in .support of the
Republican position. Tim major, ns
usual, bad his subject well in hand, and
in addition .had a copious supply of
notes, giving certain statistics in cor
roboration of his urguments. lie told
General Manderson about what line of
thought helntended to pursue in maklnx
his speech, and the latter, who was to
speak first, agreed to say very little und
leave the bulk of the argument to Mc
Kinley. . ' '
General Manderson made his bow to
the audience nnd began his speech. As
he became warmed up the recollection
of whut McKinley had been talking
about on the way to the meeting grew
stronger, and he began pursuing the
line of argument the major had pre
pared for himself. The general laid
down his proposition just us McKinley
had rehearsed them to him in the cur
liage, and finally said by way of u
clincher: "And I can prove every word
I say. Major hand me those docu
ments," and proceeded to read at greut
length from McKlnley's notes. When
General Manderson finished there was
very little left for McKinley to say.
The incident was looked on us a great
Joke on the major, und no one enjoyed
it better than the man upon whom it
was perpetrated.
The story of Mujnr McKlnley's first
canvass for congress over twenty yeans
ago, Is interesting, us compared with
the scenes that ure now being daily
enacted around his home, lavid Lit
tle, a Columbiana county mnn, tol l ore
section of it. This Is the tale: "When
the major mine out as a candidate for
the Republican nomination for contuse
In the Eighteenth district, he was
known over the county only as a likely
young lawyer from Canton, and his
chunces Were none of the brightest
w hen he came to Columbiuiia county to
go up against old experienced leaders.
A doctor friend of mine und myself
had the job of introducing the major
to the voters hi the central part of the
county. The doctor took him in hand
llrst. He had u huge country practice
and drove him around In his buggy over
the circuit, introducing him to all his
patients. For two days the major was
shaking hands with Blck fainneis.
There was a large kick from the ma
jor's opponents over the laige number
of disabled farmers who came to the
primaries afterward and voted for Mc
Kinley. The two day's tour with the
doctor explained It nl.
"When the doctor was done with the
major I took him in tow, and we made
a tour of the barber shops and other
public places of my town. One noon
hour we called nt flif planing mill, und
there Major McKinley, with his nice
silk hat covered with sawdust, made u
speech to the workmen that captured
their entire vote. A Memorial day ud
dress that the majormade at Salem was
quite a factor In his success. I don't
believe he ever mnde one that stirred
an audience more. I have heard him
talk years afterward of the great re
ception he got in that old Quaker town.
The major won and he was sent to con
gress." Major McKinley is a versatile speak
er, but his political enemies used to
make the unfounded .charge that he had
but one speech. This story in connec-
tlun with the single speech charge Is
told by the major himself: v He vas
stumping Carroll county In company
With a young lawyer from Columbiana
county In his third campaign for con
gress. The major had that old familiar
Illustration of the possibilities of Ohio
Citizenship that "Every bqy in this
township has the opportunity of becom
ing president." After they had can
vassed 'the county and were returning
across the borders In a buggy, the two
young statesmen compared notes with
evident satisfaction to themselves.
"My enemies say," remurked McKinley,
"that I have but one speech, but you
must have noticed that my speech was
different each time." "Yes," said the
other. "I noticed that you got that boy
In a different township every time."
Major McKinley has often said that
the greater part of his success in hie
has been due to his mother. To her lie
has always given the praise when
speaking on the subject. His Ideals of
early manhood, he says, were shaped
by her directing mind, and her devotion
to principle kept him In the right path,
preventing him from straying Into those
pitfalls which are strewn so thickly In
the way of the young politician, and
some of the old ones as well. One of
the pleasant things In her declining
years, the most pleasant. In fact. Is the
contemplation of the political honors
which have been showered so thickly
upon her son, not that she Is fluttered
by them, but, as she quaintly remarks:
"I know that William will not want
for friends when I am gone."
HOW TO KEEP COOL.
The Cranks Are nt Work I'pon .Me
chanical Processes Whiefc .May Yet
Accomplish Wonders.
From the New York World.
A Western Inventor recently patent
ed a scheme by which hu claims he can
artificially cool a whole community at
little expense. At certain Intervals ho
would erect skeleton tower?, like wind
mill towers, each having an electric
trolley wire running to the top. The
wire transports peoullurily made
bombs to a chute at the top, where they
ure exploded by electricity. The bomb
contains liquified curbonic acid gas,
which when liberated will evaporate
and severely chill the surrounding at
mosphere. A Canadian inventor patents a unique
system by which air pusses through
a conservatory before being cooled and
circulated. By this meuns it is not only
purified by the natural process of the
plants, but scented with violets, hya
cinths or what not.
A Nashville citizen In substitution for
pavement sprinkling, would resort to
u scheme by w hich cuolness and sani
tation might be jointly accomplished.
He would line the stretts on either side
with large pipes, just under the curb.
At short Intervals these would contain
spouts, flowing spreading streuins up
on the concrete streets. This ay tern of
Hushing jets being turned on ut certain
times each day. it is claimed, would
cool the entire city us well us eleai.se
the streets.
An enterprising buckeye Inventor re
cently patented a contrivance by which
any person suffering from the htat muy
convert himself into u fountain of cold,
crystal water. The contrivance con
sluts of a loosely lifting collar of rubber
and a lurge basin or dish several fett
in diameter. The .collar tits over the
neck and shoulders. It contains many
perforations on the under side. The
wearer sits In a chair In the middle of
the basin, connects a hose to the collar
and enjoys the continuous, slowly flow
ing current of any tempeiature over his
limbs and body.
For a shower bath proper the most
tempting design in modern specifica
tions Is a cycllndrical frame of pipes,
covered with a curtain of waterproof
material. The user steps In the center
of the frame, draws the x-urtaln, turns
a faucet and receives against his body
the delightful spray of a thousand little
water Jets, protruding from every side
in the frume up, down, diagonally and
on all sides. The effect is really a cold
vapor bath.
AN ICE WAT En HF.D.
If you are a chronic sufferer from
heat, besides supplying yourself with
some or the ingenious devices men
tioned, you should purchase a mattress
and pillows, as recently patented made
of a light wutcrA'ouf material, to be
filled with Ice water. This might be
comfortably combined with a device
patented by a Jacksonville inventor,
who would Inclose your bedsteud ill a
conical suck of mosquito netting, this
inciosure terminating In a metallic
cyclinder ut the top. Inside the cye
linder revolves an electric fan, arranged
to draw the air directly up, sending it
out at the top. You ure thus left to
sweet repose in u coolness without
either druft against the body or the
stilling atmosphere usually produced by
mosquito netting.
Should this not suffice you might em
ploy the unique contrivance designed by
a patentee, who calls his invention a
"fanning cover." An ordinary sheet Is
placed over the usual bed clothes and Is
mounted upon a wire frame, one end
which is hinged to the footboard and the
other to the shaft of a light motor. By
simply touching a switch nt your side
you may cause the cover to shake up
and down at a lively pace, causing a re
freshing breeze and terrifying all deni
zens of the light which seek to disturb
your slumners.
While sitting upon your lawn In the
evening you may enjoy the invention
of a Minneapolis citizen, who utilizes
the water power In an ordinary garden
hose to turn a rotary fan at a high
speed. The fan is mounted upon a
metallic pedestal, and may bo turned
to create a current In nny direction.
While riding upon your wheel you muy
further enjoy the breeze from a small
fan revolving In a guard of network be
tween the handle bars. A friction wheel
beneath rubs against the tire of your
front wheel. While driving In your
curriage you may enjoy a similar adap
tation to your wheels. In fact, you can
not get outside the realm of automatic
fans. If you are in the country, where
no electricity Is to be had, you may en
Joy the comforts of a combination rock
ing chair and rotary fan, you may wear
a new fangled hat, recently patented,
having on the top a fan wheele, to be
actuated by clockwork.
KEEP Otic PAPEIc IP TO PAI1
WITH tiOLU.
I
From the Times-Herald.
We have paper currency to the value of
1475,UU.OUO.
Every dollar of it Is worth today 100
centB.
Its value Is so fixed by the existing gold
standard.
Abolish the existing gold standard and
every dollar In this vast amount of now
sound paper will shrivel to a varying sum
to be fixed day by day and week by week,
by the commercial value of sliver, which
will become the substitute for gold as the
monetary standard of the country.
Let us keep our paper tip to par with
goldl Did we not have enough expert,
ence of depreciated paper during and
after the war?
Let us keep our paper up to par with
goldl
THE PERSONALITY
OF GARRET HOBART
IH 111.
Glimpses of His Record la Public and
Private Life.
TALENT FOR BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
His Early Life and Education Lend
ing I'p to Hi Beginning the Career
of a LawrerEllicicnt Political
Kervice-Wcullhy, but Exceedingly
Democratic in Hit Approachability.
From the Pittsburg Times.
Only those who personally know him
can fully appreciate the justice and
appropriateness of nominating Hon.
Garrett Augustus Hobart. of Paterson,
N. J., for the vice-presidency of the
United States. Although he was not
himself an aspirant for the nomination,
because his political ambitions Involved
an entirely different programme, yet
he at lust reluctantly yielded to an al
most universal demand on the part of
the Republicans of the state when he
consented to be considered a candidate.
There were other reasons why he did
not want a nomination that most men
would ' have worked hard to secure
which would be appreciated were they
fully known, so that to those cognlzunt
with the circumstances he has made a
bigger sacrifice than most people would
Imagine.
The "man from Texas" who wanted
to know who "this man Hobart" was,
simply showed his own limited ac
quaintance, for there Is hardly a man
in the country who knows more really
great men of the United States inti
mately than Mr. Hobart.
HIS CAREER.
Garret A. Hobart was born at Long
Branch on June 3, 18t4. After attend
ing some preparatory schools he en
tered Rutgers college, from which In
stitution he- graduated with honors in
1S63. In the same year he entered the
law office of ex-Mayor Socrates Tuttle,
at Paterson, as a student. Mr. Tuttle
was at the time one of the leading citi
zens of the city of Paterson, If not of
the state. He was a stalwart Republi
can and a brilliant orator, whose elo
quent voice was frequently heard from
the platform during the exciting days
around the organization of the Republi
can party. Schooled by such a tutor,
Mr. Hobart had Installed In him the
principles of Republicanism of the must
stalwurt character, and not Infrequent
ly the young man was himself pushed
forward by his friend and adviser, so
that before long Mr. Tuttle's name was
known nut more extensively as a local
party leader than his brilliant young
protege. Living In the same house as
lie did, It was only natural that he
should fall in love with Mr. Tuttle's ac
complished und amiable daughter, the
Mrs. Hobart of today.
Mr. Hobart was admitted to the bur
in lStiS und three years later was li
censed us a full Hedged counselor at
law. In 1S71 he became a candidate for
and was elected the I'atersun city coun
sel. In this capacity he served one
year and then resigned In consequence
of his being appointed as counsel for
the Passaic county board of freeholders,
taking possession of this office In 1S72.
He was reappointed the next year, but
Immediately tendered his resignation
because of having been elected to the
assembly in the fall of 1S7L he think
ing that no mun should hold these two
olfices, for fear that they might con
flict in their duties. He served with
such distinction in the assembly that he
wus not only re-elected In 1S73. but was
elected speaker over that body of the
legislature. He is universally conced
ed to have been one of the fairest and
ablest speakers the assembly of .New
Jersey ever had.
ELECTED SENATOR.
In 1S75 Mr. Hobart declined a re
nomlnation for the assembly, but in
lS7t he was elected senator from Pas
saic county, in which capacity he served
with such satisfaction that he was re
elected In 1S7 by 1,89 majority, the
largest majority that Passaic county
had tifi to that time ever given for any
candidate. He was elected president
of the senate In lssi and again In lb&.',
and still further proved his consum
mate ability as a presiding officer over a
deliberative body. During his term in
the Semite he introduced u Very lurge
number of bills, the major purt of which
he prepared himself. His knowledge on
parliamentary law, and particularly of
legislative rules und practice, is con
summate. He is frequently referred to
as an authority on these subjects.
tty this time Mr. Hobart began to
show an aptitude for business manage
ment that attracted attention outside
cf his local home. His ability as a
financial manager was widely recog
nized, and everybody saw that the
younir lawyer was becoming wealthy.
A man who can successfully manage
his own business Is regarded as a safe
man to place In charge of the business
of others, especially when the others
have not been so successful In the man
agement. So in 1S74 the stockholders of
the New Jersey Midland railroad, now
the New York. Susquehanna and West
ern, seeing the concern going to general
Smash through extravagance and mis
management, unanimously selected Mr.
Hobart as the one they wdnted as the
receiver of the road, and he was ap
pointed to that position by the court
of chancery.: He managed the road so
well that In a very short time It was
placed on a good footing, and the
stockholders were astonished at the re
ceipt of a substantial dividend. In rec
ognition of his services Mr. Hobart was,
on the reorganization of the company,
elected the president, and Its Improve
ment continued. When it had been
placed In first class condition he re
signed the presidency of the road In
consequence of the pressure of his other
business, which had become to be some
thing Immense. About the same time
he was appointed receiver of the Mont
i lair railroad and of the Jersey City and
Albany road, both of which he lifted out
of the mire and put in good condition
before turning them over again to the
stockholders.
IN BUSINESS AFFAIRS.
The reputation Mr. Hobart thus
achieved by his ability to put defunct
and bankrupt corporations on their feet
naturally suggested him as the right
man for receiver of the First National
bank of Newark when that Institution
went under. The condition of the 'af
fairs of the bank was very bad, and
the stockholders and even the deposit
ors despaired of ever getting their
money back. It was In 1880 that he was
appointed receiver of the bank, and in
side of six months he had so managed
Its affairs that the depositors were paid
In full, and the business of the institu
tion was closed up to the perfect satis
faction of everybody concerned.
The achlevment attracted the atten
tion of big capitalists and the directors
of large concerns, who desired to secure
the advice and co-operation of such a
wonderful financial manager. The con
sequence was that he was Induced to
go Into one company and another, this
bank and that, till the result was that
last year he was a director In nearly
CO different companies and a stockhold
er in as many more. At the same time
his wealth continued Incidentally to in
crease till he became a very rich man.
No one knows how rich he is, but he la
certainly considerably more than a mil
lionaire. And yet he is as approach
able and unostentatious as he was when
he was studying law in Socrates Tut
tle's law office on Ellison street.
Mr. Hobart served for several years
as a member of the New Jersey Repub
lican state committee and In 1S80 was
elected Its chairman. In 1884 he was
elected as a membar of the national
Republican committee and In 1892 was
elected the vice president of the organi
sation. In the same year an effort was
made to Induce him to take the chair
manship of the committee, but he de
clined the honor, preferring a less prom
inent place on the committee. He has,
however, remained continuously a mem
ber of the committee from the time of
his first appointment.
PERSONAL CHARMS.
At the present time Mr. Hobart is
the president of the Paterson Railway
company, which controls the valuable
elctrlc lines of Paterson. For many
years the Paterson street railroads
were run at a loss, but under Mr. Ho.
bart's, management they have been
paying, despite the enormous sums ex
pended for up-to-date Improvements
and the latest things in rolling stuck.
He Is president of the Passaic Water
company, which supplies Passlac and
Paterson. with water, and is a domin
ant spirit of the East Jersey Water
company, which supplies Newark, Jer
sey City and other places. He Is the
governor of the Paterson society for
Establishing Uuseful Manufactures,
the oldest and one of the most import
ant organizations ot the kind In the
country. He Is a director of the First
National bank of Paterson and of the
Paterson Savings institution, director
and treasurer of the Cedar Lawn Ceme
tery company and Interested in numer
ous manufacturing industries in Pat
erson and vicinity.
air. Hobarfs greatest personal charm
Is his affability and sociability. He is
never too busy to receive any one, and
it makes no difference whether It be a
millionaire or a laboring man, a presi
dent or a messenger. His business Is
immense, his office covering almoBt an
entire floor of the Paterson Savings
Institution building. He answers every
letter he receives, no matter how trlval
Its character, and his stenographer.
Miss Anna Chllds, one of the fastest
typewriters In the country, keeps her
machlnce rapping away at a railroad
speed vail the time he U in his otllce. A
large portion of the letters Mr. Hobart
receives are appeals for charity. Sel
dom are these Ignored. "I am some
times ashamed of my weakness." said
he to the writer one day recently, "but
I cannot resist these appeals. I must
stop before I am ruined myself. This
settles It." He threw down six begging
letters before him with a gesture of
fatigue, but u moment later he pulled
out a checkbook and wrote out a con
tribution for each one of the Impecun
ious applicants. No one knows how
much Mr. Hobart gives away every
year for benevolence and charity, but
It must be a. fortune.
Mr. Hoburt lives in a handsome and
yet unostentatious residence on the cor
ner of Carroll and Ellison streets In the
city of Puterson, N. J. Carroll street is
tilled with shade trees and is one ot the
handsomest and most attractive quar
ters of the city. Mr. Hobart has made
many additions to what was originally
rather a plain house. The broad plai
zas and cosy Interior give it a homelike
appearance. Carroll hall Is Liberty
hull for all who come, whether rich or
poor. All are welcome. Scarcely a
Sunday passes but that it is the tem
porary haven of some distinguished
man.
Mr. Hobart has one child, a son. Gar
ret A. Hobart, Jr., whom everbody calls
Junior. He Is a line, manly little fel
low, whose life has been spared through
the most careful attention, for he was
naturally delicate. But he has appar
ently outgrown his boyish weakness
and promises to become a strong, hear
ty man. Inheriting his father's Intelli
gence In many respects. He Is the ap
ple of his father's and mother's eye, for
he Is the only child.
ONE SAD AFFLICTION.
For Indeed a sad affliction recently
came to this happy family and hardly
for a moment In months have the moth
er's eyes been free from the unbidden
tears that would rise ut the memory
of a lovable daughter. On the 1st of
May, 1S5, Mr. and Mrs. Hobart and
their two children. Junior and Miss
Fanny, the latter a young lady, started
with some friends on a pleasure trip
through Europe. Those who wished
them godspeed as the big liner New
York backed out of her pier on that
bright- May morning; little imagined
that Miss Fanny, waving her last adieu
amid the mountain of floweis that sur
rounded her, would be a corpse when
she returned home. The young lady
wan taken down with diphtheria at
Lake Como and died In a few hours.
Her remains were interred at midnight
In the little English churchyard, but
subsequently were brought to Paterson
and given a last resting place In Cedar
Lawn cemetery. The pleasure trip was
broken up, and the sorrowing parents
returned to a lonesome home, for Miss
Fanny was the life of the house, the
center of attraction for the bevy of
young- people who used to make it so
lively and attractive. This was a ter
rible blow to the parents. Mrs. Hobart
has not recovered from It to this day.
Mr. Hobart is a man who would grace
any position to which he might be elect
ed. Unconsciously to himself, the same
agencies that have made him so pot
ent in state matters may make him
very soon a leading factor In national
affairs.
HARD FACTS.
The following five propositions enunciat
ed by Secretary Carlisle tell the story of
the difference between a sliver and a gold
standard so clearly that any one cun un
derstand them. ..No free sliver man has
ever attempted to deny or dispute them:
First There Is not a free coinage coun
try In the world today that is not on a
(liver basin.
Second There is not a gold standard
country in the world today that does not
use silver as money along with gold.
Third There is not a silver standard
country ih the world today that uses any
gold as money along with silver.
"ourth There Is not a silver standard
country In the world today that has more
than one-third as much money in circula
tion per capita as the United States have;
and
Fifth There is not a silver-standard
country In the world today where the la
boring man receives as fair pay for his
day's work.
LABOR MUST BE PAID.
A population whose labor is Insufficiently
remunerated must become physically and
morally unhealthy, and socially unstable;
and though it may succeed for a while In
Industrial competition, by reason of the
cheapness of its produce, it must In the
and fall, through hideous misery and de
gradation, to utter ruin, Professor Hjx-ley.
RECOLLECTIONS OF
GENERAL GRANT
His Appearance and Maaaer la the
Sprint of 1844.
PENNING A FAMOUS DECLARATION
Circumstances Under Which the Hero
of Vicksbnrc Decided to "Fight It
Out o This Line if It Takes All
8nmmer"Kcaiinlceaces by a War
Correspondent..
From the Philadelphia Record.
During the latter part of April. 18C4,
as I entered the office of the Philadel
phia newspaper of which I was the war
correspondent I received the order to
proceed at once to Washington, await
the arrival there of General Grant from
the West and follow his fortunes In the
great campaign it was known he would
Inaugurate on taking active command
of the Army of. the Potomac.
It was at the time when Grant had
been appointed by President Lincoln
General of the Armies of the United
States, after his signal triumphs In the
West, and Grant's objective point In
coming East was the capture ot Rich
mond, with the aid ot the Army of the
Potomac, with General George G.
Meade In Immediate command of the
army.
I arrived in Washington almost sim
ultaneously with General Grant, who
took up his temporary quarters at
Wlllards Hotel, where for the first time
I saw the man, who, perhaps had more
responsibilities on his shoulders than
any man who ever lived, and who was
destined to crush the greatest rebellion
the world ever saw and reunite the
great country which hail been severed
In twain.
, FIRST GLIMPSE OF GRANT.
When I first saw Grant at Wlllard s
It was in the Corridor ot the hotel. In
the evening. He wore the undress uni
form of a major general; he was quietly
talking In an unconcerned manner with
two or three officers, with one hand in
his pants pocket and fingering a cigar
with the other, which frequently found
Its way to his mouth. A cordon of idle
gazers Btood around him, to whom he
paid no more attention than to so many
fence railings, and after finishing his
cigar he quietly walked upstairs and re
tired for the night.
Hearing the next morning that Gen
eral Grant was about to take the Or
ange & Alexandria railroad for "Bran
dy Station" (the heudquarters ot the
Army of the Potomac) 1 resolved to try
and obtain from him a personal pass,
which I knew would be of great service
to me when I got down to "the front."
Going to the station I found Grant
seated in a car by himself, reading a
newspaper and smoking a cigar. Just
before starting. I effected an entrance
to the car, and advanced to General
Grant, told him who I was; showed my
credentials and asked for the coveted
pass. 1 found the general pleasant and
urbane, and, for him, almost commun
icative. He asked me for writing ma
terial, and handing him my notebook
and a pencil he opened the book and
wrote me a puss.
Arriving at Brandy Station General
Grant went at once to the quarters
had been provided for him at Culpep
er, Va.. about one mile distant. He
did not visit Meade's headquarters at
Brandy Station once. He kept himself
closeted at his quarters during the few
days he was at Culpeper, and saw no
one, except on strict official business.
There was great eurloslty on the part
of the people ot Culpeper, and the sol
diers to catch sight of hint, but without
kuccess. At one time the writer, in
quest of news as a correspondent, went
to Culpeper to See Grant and obtain
some Information. I was denied ad
mission at the door of his quarters, and
an officer In attendance said: "Gen
eral Grant will see nobody except of
ficially. He seldom leaves his room.
He is very busy perfecting his plans
for the coming cumpaign, and don't
want to be disturbed," The first time
he made himself visible was on the
morning of the 4th of May. He hud
given the order for the advance of the
Army of the Potomac across the Rapi
dan before duyllght that morning.
The stirring historical events that oc
curred after the Army ot the Potomac
crossed the Rapldan and plunged Into
the Wilderness under Grant, will form
no part of this brief sketch, the only
object of the writer being to recount
some personal reminiscences of Grant
on the field of battle as I saw him dur
ing those memorable days when the
Wilderness and adjoining fields of
Spottsylvania were drenched with hu
man blood.
GRANT IN THE WILDERNESS.
After visiting a number of places In
the Wilderness, where men were fall
ing as rapidly as the leaves from a tree
in October, I found myself at the head
quarters of General , Meade, In a copse
of woods that topped a rising piece of
ground that during the afternoon of
the second day's ' fight commanded a
view of the woods and shrubbery, where
Hancock's and Longstreet's corps were
facing each other in deadly conflict.
GENERAL FITZHUOH LEE. ...
From the Chicago Times-Herald. By ths Courtesy of B. H. Kehlstat .....
While standing about half-way between
the tent of General Meade and the bot
tom of the hill, taking sort of a birds
eye view of the terrible fighting In the
woods beyond, I saw General Grant, ac
companied by an orderly, riding slowly
up the hill, as though bent on a visit
to see General Meade.
Grant presented a somewhat jaded,
wornout appearance, and he was well
covered with dust He seemed to be
engaged In deep thought He dismount
ed, and after glancing toward the scene
of fighting in the woods he threw the
reins of his horse to the orderly and
walked slowly up the hllL Getting aside
and entirely alone Grant took a seat on
the trunk of a tree and looked steadily
at the ground before him. .
He then took from his pocket What
appeared to be a map, and after
spreading- it out on his lap, bent his head
over it with his hand to his forehead.
and was apparently engaged in study
ing It. The writer and a few officers
who were attracted to the spot by the
presence of Grant stood contemplating
him at a respectful distance. After
musing for a few moments Orant took
from his pocket a tablet and a lead
pencil and commenced to write some
thing. When he had finished he had,
doubled up the paper, and, calling up
his orderly, handed the manuscript to
him, with a few words of instruction,
and the orderly quickly rode oft with
the paper In his hand.
The time, the place the occurrences
In progress all around, and the period
that elapsed before It was published to
the world in the form of an official dis
patch from President Lincoln, has ever
since I saw Grant writing while seated
on that tree stump, convinced me that
Grant was then and there engaged In
penning the famous dispatch to the War
department: "I propose to fight it out
on this line if it takes all Bummer."
I further believe that then and there .
Grant had resolved to make his great
flank movement, which was really a
move forward In the face ot defeat, and
which brought the army up to Lee's
front at Spottsylvania, Instead of re
crossing the Rapldan after the misfor
tunes of the Wilderness. After Orant
had finished writing on the tree stump
he arose, and walking slowly to his
horse, remounted and rode off, and was
seen to press forward Into scenes where
bullets were flying thickest and which
caused the remark made by an officer
and overheard by the writer: "Orant
has no light to expose himself that
way. What would be the result to us
it he stops a bullet?" -
a
GRANT AT SPOTTSTLVANUt. "
I did not see General Orant again
until during the very height ot the fight
ing at Spottsylvania. I was riding up
a rising piece of ground in full view of
the battle going on, when I met General1
Grant mounted and surrounded by a
number of his staff. He was Intensely
engaged in watching the progress of the
lighting on his front, a short distance
away, and ever and anon he would be
making some quiet remark to those
nearest him.
I rods as near up to Grant as was per
missible at the time, and as he was
talking and gazing steadily Into the
woods where the battle raged fiercest I
heard a staff officer behind him say:
"Well, we had a pretty good account
of that affair from Mr. Washburne" (a
member of congress who accompanied
the army, and a great friend ot General
Grant). -The remark was made In re
lation to some exciting incident that
had taken place. Grant turned his
head around, and with a quiet smile re
marked: "Oh, yes, I heard him, but
you know Washburne was considerably,
excited about that time."
On the morning of the 12th of May it
rained in torrents, and the battle ot
Spottsylvania was raging at Its worst.
It was the morning that Hancock made
his celebrated charge. Oeneral Orant
was standing by a large wood Are, dry
ing his clothes, and near him stood Oen
eral Meade, General Humphries, Oen
eral Hunt, chief of artillery, and the
writer of this article. Grant was watch
ing the battle going with great Intent
ness, and then, turning to Meade, he
remarked: "Well, General, let's be go
ing." Meade said: "Walt a short
time. I want to see how Warren de
velops himself."
Just then an orderly came up to
Grant and handed him a dispatch.
Grant then read the following: "Gener
al, I have captured from 30 to 40 guns. I
have finished up Johnson, and am now
going Into Early," This was the only
real good news of the campaign, and
word came with the dispatch that C000
prisoners had been taken. Grant, after
reading the dispatch, handed it over to
Meade, and in quiet, unconcerned way ,
simply remarked: "Bully!" and then
said: "Come, General, let's go over to
quarters," and the little party then
broke up.
General Edward Johnson, the cap
tured rebel officer, was brought into
Meade's quarters. Grant was there, and
Johnson was Introduced to him. Grant
shook hands with him In a quiet. Im
passive way, when Johnson drew back
to the rear a lltle and gazed long and
steadily at the Union commander.
WISDOM OF THE FATHERS.
Every manufacture encouraged In our
own country makes a home market, and
saves so much money to the country that
must otherwise be exported. Dr. Benja
min Franklin.