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THE SCE ANTON TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 4, 189ft.
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Something About the Next President and
Vice-President of the United States.
Our Next
WILLIAM M'KINLEY.
i:iiKiaphiiS of William McKinley
I mv" Intely been numerous, but the
story of Ills lift? is easily worth retell
inir. Ah the Times-Herald well snys:
McKlnley's life belonss in tho snuio
historical category of lives os Lin
coln's, tlrant's, Garfield's ami Logan's.
Horn in obscurity, raised in poverty,
lighting aa a private soldier In the civil
war before he had attained his major
ity, leaving the army to study nnd
practice law, attaining marked politi
cal positions unions his own people,
elected to Congress, made Rovernor of
bis native State. e.viiKorlciieiiiK crush
ing liimcuil reverses, upholding his
iiuuihon.l and his honor at a'.l times and
under all circumstances this has been
I is life, and this i:i an American life.
J lis ancestors gave him Scotch-Irish
blood of the best uuulity, and they were
.American citizens before tho revolution
came. It Is n mater of hlstoricul proof
now that the large influx of Scotch
Irish Into the thirteen colonies during
i lie seventeenth and eighteenth cen
turies laid the foundation for what Is
row known in all parts of the world
os the true tyoe of the American cltl
..II. McKlnley's ancestors played their
1 art in this formation of national char
; ( ler.leavlngH'liimthebringinB of their
Mime to the highest honor that Amorl
i .ins can liesioiv upon on American.
As family traditions run, the McKin
I y tnmily in America consists of two
main h"s one of the south and one of.
Til' north, ll Is rroni that of tho north
tt.ut William McKinley springs. His
yieat-groat-giandlntlicr was James
All iinley. lie was n boy, 1-' years of
av. when he arrived in the colonies
with his parents, who crossed the At
lanile in a small sailing vessel. Will
lam McKinKy, the brother of James,
.-Mbseqiieiuly settled in the couth. One
i .umber of Ms branch of tho family
I" came nn nssnciuto Justice of the
supremo court of the l ulled States,
iiinl another Is now n .Presbyterian
minister at C'lcariield, l'a. James Mc
Kinley made his home in Pennsyl
vania, becoming the father of David
McKinley, who was the great-grandfather
of the present Jiupubllcan leacl
r. Ills homa was In York County,
Pennsylvania, and he become s revolu
tionary soldier. Jle was ill years old
.vlien he enlisted With the American
forces' and served two years. lie
fought iii the battles of Paiilis Hook,
Amlioy and Chestnut Hill, und was
honorably discharged. When the war
whs ended he settled in Westmoreland
'unity, Pennsylvania, where he lived
for lifteen years, then removed to Mer
cer County, and in 1S11 settled In Col
umbiana, County, Ohio. Among the
children of Iiavid McKinley was n
.lames JlcKinley. who became the
giamlfalher of William McKinley, Jr.
William McKinley, Sr., was the son of
.lames AIcKinley and the father of the
McKinley whom the Kepubllcans have
chosen as their leader. He wus horn
in I""i7 or the Dougherty farm, Mercer
county, Pennsylvania, and when -2
y-ui old whs married to Nanry Alli
son. He made his final home in Can
ion, where his wife still survives him.
Seven of the children still live. William
AIcKinley, Jr., was born at Niles, Ohio,
January ', 1M3.
Niles, In is 11, was one of the smallest
towns of Ohio, a place where fanners
came to trade and where there wa9 an
iron furnace. McKinley's father was
managing this furnace, and the boy,
from his family's intimate connection
with the Iron business, gained In early
life part or that knowledge of Indus
si rial life and work which since has
stood him in such good need In public
life. The house in which McKinley
was born. at Niles was of frame, a com
bination of a country store and dwell
ing. There was a good-natured family
dispute when he came Into the world
as to what his name should be. There
v. as already a David In the family,
James, a Mary, and a Snrah. What
more natural, then, that he should be
given his father's name? Afterward
an Abner was horn and he became the
playmate of William, and the bond of
fellowship between the two has con
tinued till this day. Niles had poor
school advantage for the many chil
dren In the AIcKinley family. Father
and mother saw this. They were am
bitious for the future of their children,
and schooling they must have. 80 they
moved to Poland, In Mahoning County,
where there was an academy.one of the
old-time institutions of' learning of
which there are few counterparts In
these days. A Miss E. M. Blakelee was
MoKlnley's teacher in this academy or
seminary. She was a graduate of Ober-
lin College, a firm, earnest character.
who wielded great Influence over the
coming statesman. It was between her
and McKinley, In his school days, that
the dispute still famous In Poland took
luce, as to which was the better poem.
"Aurora Leigh" or "Lucille." Mrs.
Browning's work had Just made its ap
pearance at that time. Poland is on
Yellow Creek and It is a place of trees,
sweet singing waters, a great white
mill, and one street that goes up and
flown a bill. Hers McKinley, not quite
President.
HI. studied In the academy, pursued a
law course, led tho village debating so
ciety, performed many of tho duties
of the postmaster, taught school.
found work for his hnnds to do at nil
times, nnd became easily the most
promising young man of the commun
ity. It was at this time In 1S.1S that
he became a member of the Methodist
Episcopal church of Poland, a religious
organization with which he has been
connected ever since. There are many
who remember his characteristics in
those days when he was first forming
his character. They tell of him that
ho was genial, happy, buoyant nnd al
ways thoughtful of the happiness of
others, with whom he came in contact.
His loyalty anil devotion to his mother
wns marked from the first day that
he was able to llf' her name. Tills
fidelity to her has continued to the
present day, finding no division save
In the love he bestows upon his wife.
His mother was an Allison before h r
marriage, and Is of English descent.
She wah married in 1S27 to William Mc
Kinley, Sr. She was born in ISO!) near
New Licbon, Ohio.
"Young McKinley left Poland when
he was 1", to pursup a course of study
at Allegheny college, but a sudden ill
ness compelled him to return home
and he took up school teaching. He
went from the schoolmaster's desk Into
the nrtnv to tight for the Union. There
is nn old tavern In Poland known ns 1
the Sparrow House, which was built in
IS04. The rafters nre tumbling down
now. nnd time has almost completed
its destruction. Hut In June, 1SB1, the
old plnce was one of common resort for
the villagers, and most of the town
meetings were held there. Lincoln, at
that time, had just Issued his call for
troops, nnd Poland wns to send n com
pany to the front. A meeting had been
called to be held in the Sparrow House.
Tho place was pnckeil. JlcKinley had
come from his Bchool to hear the
Fpeeches. When one speaker said.
pointing1 to an American flag which had
been uispln . ed: "Our country s ling
has been shot nt. And for what? That
this free government may keep a race
In the bondage of slavery. Who will
bo the lirst to defend It'.'" McKinley
stopped forward, nnd with liini the
llrst young men or i'oiami. no ana
they enlisted. They became Company
K of tlte Twenty-third Ohio, one of
the fnrement regiments lent by that
state to do battle with the confederacy.
fhe company marched from Poland tu
Ytitingstown nnd at Camp Chase. Co
lumbus. Joined its regiment and en
tered on uctual service, (if the regi
ment nnd of Private McKinley. after
ward to become Major McKinley, ex-
iTesident Hayes wrote before his
death: "Ttather more than thirty
years nsro 1 first made the acquaintance
of Major JlcKinley. He was then a
boy. had just passed the nge of 17. He.
with mo. entered upon a new, strange
life a soldier's life In the time of ac
tual war. We were In a fortunate regi
ment its colons was William S. IJose
crans. Its l!sitennnt colonel was
Stanley Mathews, Young ns he wns.
we soon found that in business, in exe
cutive ability, young McKinley wns a
man or rare capacity, of unusual nnd
unsurpassed capacity, especially for n
boy of Ins nge. - hen battles were
fought or service was to be performed
in warlike things, he always took his
place. The night was never too dark:
the weather was never too cold: there
was no sleet, no storm, or hail or snow
or rain that was In the way of hi
prompt and eflicient performance of
every duty." The Twenty-third Ohio
was made up of a superior class of men
men whose families were Inrgely of
Xew Kngland origin. McKinley took
his place among them, according to
the testimony of every associate he
ever had in the army, by sheer force of
executive ability. He became a com
missary sergeant and then a second
lieutenant. This latter promotion was
for gallantry at the battle of Antietnm
nnd was made on the recommendation
of his colonel. In 1M.'. after he had be
came a second lieutenant. Colonel
Hayes, to become a president himself
nt a later dry. made him one of his
staff. Afterward he served as a staff
officer with Generals Hayes, Crook,
Pheridan and Hancock. He became n
first lieutenant of his own home com
pany In 1S63 and captain of Company
O, Twenty-third Ohio. In 1804. He was
nctinc . assistant adlutant general of
the First division. First Army corps,
on the staff of General Carroll; wa
brevetted major in March. and
mustered out of the service July 21.
1Sf,3. He saw good fighting through all
hts army service and he met it, by all
testimony, as he has congressional
fighting since. They tell here in Can
ton and at Poland fmen who fought be
side him) that he always had his face
fronted toward the ouarter whence he
exnected trouble. He wns nt th? en
gagement of Cnrnlfex Ferry. Then he
enme to South Mountain and the
bloody field of Ant let am. He was in
the engagement at Kernstown, near
Winchester, and at Onenquan.
General Hayes loved McKinley ns
though he were he his own son. nnd
when h? had pent him nt the l:a t'e of
KerrtoTn cn a rten"Vous m!t-".
which eecbwd to prcuil.e certain dtatJ
for the young soldier, his emotion at
being compelled to do It wns visible to
the staff. On McKlnley's safe return
Huyes said to him: "I never expocte't
to see you in life again." At Opequan
.McKlnley's good judgment and quick
apprehension of what should or what
should not be done stood him in good
need. The battle wns fought by Sheri
dan, hut McKinly played a strong part
In bringing about the final success, it
was so with all of his actions during
the five years he served in the army
On" of his intimates here says of h's
career then: "He took great care tir be
sure that he was right, but o:.ce tat s
tied nothing could stop him. That qiiul
Ity made him one of tile best soldiers
Ohio sent to the war." It was almost
at the close of his army life that Mc
Kinley became a mason, receiving the
degree tu Hiram lodge, Winchester
Vn.. May 1, lsfi.".. He is now a Knight
Templar, a Knight of Pythias and s
Greek fraternity man. They tell here
and in Po'and that MnJ'-r MeKinl-y was
loath to leave the army when the war
was at an end. and that he wus strong
ly urged by General Carroll to enter the
regular branch of the service. He that
ns It may. his father, whose Iron fur
nace Interests had grown to consider
able proportions, was extremely desir
ous that he should enter civil life, and
so his son decided to do. He returned to
Poland nnd began the study of law
with Judge Charles K. (Hidden of
Alulioming county. During this time he
went to Albany. New York, and took a
two years' course in the law school
there. He wns admitted to the bnr in
lSio, and began thnt part of his career
which will end In the presidency. He
wns a poor man: he had no resources 1
save his native pluck and brain, but he1
determined to win, nnd win he has. He
left Poland in the spring of lst!7 and
begon the practice of law in Canton.
Since then, except as he has gone to
congress or been In the gubernatorial
cl.nsr at Columbus, this has been his
heme. What he has accomplished here
is part of the history of Ohio now nnd
of the nation. Stark county was so
Democratic in those early days that a
Republican nomination for any county
ollice was looked on ns an empty honor.
Nevertheless, two yoirs after taking up
his residence in Canton McKinley was
nominated for county prostcutor on the
Republican ticket. He accepted the
nomination, stumped the county from
one end to the other, made himself ac
quainted with every vnt r in the county
and wns elected. He not only surprised
the Democrats, but his own party by
his victory. He served two years and
then was defeated for re-election by a
majority of 43. But he had made a strung
impression on the people of Canton, and
in lSiG wus elected to congress, where
he remained until ISM as a representa
tive from the Eighteenth Ohio district.
In lS'Jl he became governor of Ohio.
While In congress serving on the com
mittee of the revision of laws, the Ju
diciary committee of expenditures of
the postoilieo department and the com
mittee on rules he mude his executive
strength felt as he had In the army
nnd at the bar before. When Garfield
was nominated for the presidency Me
Kink y was assigned to the com.nmlttee
mi ways and means in his place, und
lemaineiwlth the roimnltto until the
end of his congressional career. While
there he gave to Americans his famous
tariff bill and the doctrine of protec
tion for American industries.
McKinley at home Is verv little dif
ferent from JlcKinley at Washington
or "swinging around the circle" on a
campaigning tour. Simplicity charac
terizes all that he does, and much of
this is unquestionably due to the two
predominating inlluences over his life
that of his mother and that of his
wife. Gentleness and consideration
for others are the distinguishing traits
of his character. I'mlnubtedly this Is
ns much a matter of education as of
natural attributes. For over a score of
years he has been a devoted attendant
upon a. delicate wife. He Is 53 years
and In superb health. He possesses
the family characteristics physically.
Although Inclined to stocklness in build,
he Is shapely and Well proportioned. Ho
is mtiseiilar naturally. He has been
compared to Stenhen A. Douglass in
appearance, but he is more like him in
pose nnd manner than in personal ap
pearance. He married Miss bin Sax
ton, of Canton, January 23. 1S71. She
came to join with his mother in mold
ing and shaping the life which means
so much to doth of them. Miss Sax
ton wns the daughter of James A. Sax
ton, one of the wealthiest nnd most
prominent men for years of this sec
tion of the state. .Major AIcKillleV met
her lirst in lxtiii. w In n he wns fresh
Irom the army, and modest wi'h the
honors which had been bestowed upon
him. in 1m!7. when be made Canton his
permanent home, ,M,.t Miss Saxlon
airain, and tin y were mutually aniiiei
e.i 10 each other, but an engagement
did not immediately !',,,,u-. Miss Sax
ton, a beautiful and nttrielive ejrl,
completed her ediicat ion at the private
school of Aliss Eastman, at Ji "doit, l'a.
She also attended school In Cleveland,
and then spent six months abroad in
travel with friends. On her return
from Europe she entered the bunk of
her father as cashier, and remained
t'n re mini marriage, it is told Hint
al the lime .Major .Mi-Kinky solicited
pinker Saxton for the hand of his
d-iui:l!ter. Hie ans'ver made to him
ui.i: "You are the only mr.n I lnvo
ever know n to uhom I could intrust my
daughter." 'I' tie marriage proved t!)
be a most Iiappv union. While sorrow
lias conic to both husband and ife, lis
effect has been to more closelv draw
I hem together nnd to make their home
life w hernvi-r they nre the comment
and admiration of nil permitted to en
ter the charmed cinle. Tluve is n
"lory told of Mrs. Abq-inlev's admira
tion for her husband, which runs this
way: ' Airs. AIcKinley Is such a de
voied wife that I believe If her hus
band should become a free trader she.
too. in n short lime, would bo a enn
vit 10 the faith." Two children have
been Isnn to the couple, but both died
years ago! Since ihen the fi ility of
J'rs. AIcKinley has keot her husband
an almost constant attendant upon
her when otlieiul tluiies have nut inter
feied. Thlr innrriage was one of love
a strong man and n beautiful, intel
lectual, woman uniting ihcir energies
for tint good of till with whom they
enme In contact. Mrs. AfcKinley was
'i Presbyterian in the early days of her
life, but sulis.'M'H'Titly joined the
church of her husband, the Methodist.
She delights to have children call upon
her. nnd next to her love for them, is
her fondness for llowcis. Her favorite
(lower is the pink mse. For nrt nnd
stntimry nnd the drama she has an in
tense feeliiur. She enjovs the friend-
phip and
admiration of Jopenh Jeffer-
son. and. ns her health permi
at-
tends the theater.
Jlr:. Mr Kin ley's life hns been a con
slant object lesson to her husband, an
inspiration which his best friends here
feel is constantly spurring him on to
gi eater achievement.'. As th? lady of
the White House, which she probaWy
will be, she will entertain with rare
grace, as she did at the Ebbltt In
Washington as an assistant to Airs.
Hayes. She was for fourteen years a
resident nt the Ebbltt, the period dur
ing which Major AIcKinley was In con
gress. When he was governor of Ohio
they lived at the Noll House in Co
lumbus. Their old home in Canton has
become a historic place. It 13 a large
biick structure, located in the principal
busine.-3 Etreet of the city, t nd has a
roof tm-ler which have ben sbeHo-nd
j-,, r--fl"'ri. Elnl-. Fied. Cr: -t,
Central buv.u, Sutor Sherman,
Logan nnd a host of other famous men.
Probably few private residences In this
ountry have ever had at one time or
another as many famous men visit It as
this modest structure. Here the great
study work of JlcKinley's life, the
preparation of himself for tariff bat
tles, has taken pluce. From this he
has also gone out to make himself the
reputation of being one of the foremost
lawyers of Ohio. He was known be
fore going to congress as one of the
first advocates in the state, and two
celebrated cases won that reputation
for him. One of these cases was where
he defended a number of Ohio miners,
chgrged with having Incited a riot and
rioting. He not only defended the case
with extraordinary ability, but cleared
all of the men but one. nid then,
knowing that his clients were poor men,
refused to accept a fee from them.
When this news went out into the vari
ous mining communities of eastern
hio it made for AIcKinley a reputa
tion for fairness and generosity that
has never been forgotten by that class
of labor. The either case was that of
Dr. Cans, once the lending physician
in Stark county. He was charged with
malpractice and was defended by
Major AIcKinley. The counsel's Bpeech
In defense of his client was on a par
with any oratorical effort of his life,
and was much talked about by the
legal profession of the counties In the
judicial district. As a lawyer, AIcKin
ley was known here as always thorough
and careful In the preparation of his
cases. He possessed a power to mas
ter details often overlooked by many
public men of equal brilliancy In other
respects. He is called a "worker." He
Is always reading and studying and
asking questions. It is told of him
that when a student in the Bible class
of the Atethodist church at Poland his
distinguishing trait was the frequency
and pertinacity with which he nsked
questions. He Is never satisfied with
knowing enough. He thinks constant
ly that there Is something which he has
not yet learned along the line of eco
nomic study, which he has made the
work of his life. Yet he will turn from
his books to play a game of cribbage
or a friendly hand of euchre. He is a
temperance man. He never drank
liquor and never will, and in this Mrs.
AIcKinley strongly supports him. At
social functions her glass is Inverted.
He smokes a Btrong cigar, and it must
be a good one. He sneaks slowlv. with
a careful choice of language, fitting
his words to the character of the ar
gument he is making. His voice Is
penetrating. When the AIcKinley tariff
bill passed in the house a Washington
correspondent wrote of his style of ora
tory: "There were no meretricious
glittering phrases to tlcKle the fancy.
Every sentence was ns solid as the
granite in the eternal hills."
He held an audience of Georgia peo
ple at a Chautauqua assembly near
Atlanta for two hours once while
speaking of the subject of protection.
Henry W. Grady said afterward of this
address: "It was only by the grentest
self control .that I restrained myself
from rising ns Mr. Ak'Kinley concluded
Ms wonderful speech an declaring my
self henceforth rendy to follow h'm
as a disciple." Three times Major Mc
Kinley has figured prominently In Re
publican national conventions, and the
Canton people have not finished telling
stories vet of the power he wielded in
them. He came to the Chicago con
vention of 1884 as a Blaine delegate.
Juge Kelley, odf Pennsylvania, said at
that time that there was no man upon
whose shoulders he would rather let
his mantle fall than William McKinley.
The' people of the whole Mahoning
Valley were for Blaine, and McKinley
was sent to Chicago to speak for them
and their favorite. In Chicago he was
a strong advocate of the sentiment
that all legitimate means should be
sought to nominate Blaine, but if that
was impossible, Ohio should cast a solid
vote for Sherman. Sherman respected
McKlnley's attitude, and the Canton
man came back to his home and dis
trict stronger than when he went
away. It was at this convention and
in the platform adopted that McKinley
gave to the people his motto In public
life: "It is the first duty of a good gov
ernment to protect the rights and pro
mote the interests of its own people."
In IMS he came to the Chicago conven
tion of his party again when the great
effort wns made to nominate John
Sherman for the presidency, and al
most as strong nn effort made to nom
inate AIcKinley himself. He proved his
manhood then and his devotion to those
to whom he had pledged his word by
absolutely refusing to allow his name
to be considered under any circum
stances. When approached by the New
Jersey delegates nnd told that they
were going tu rust their ballot for him
and that he would be nominated his
answer was: "Huther than that 1
would suffer the loss of my good right
nriii. Yes. I would suffer death. To
accept a nomination, If one were pos
sible, under these circumstances would
inevitably lead to my defeat, and it
ought to lead to my defeat." These
utterances give a clenr insight Into
th? kind of manhood that controls all
of Alajor Alcinley's actions, and ex
pluins In one way the extraordinary
hoi J which he has on the affections
an the conlldcnce of the Alohoning dis
trict peonle. In 1S92 he became per
manent chairman of the national con
vention at Jlinneapolis. He was a
delegate-at-large on the Ohio delega
tion and was pledged to support the
renomiuation of Harrison. There was
but one ballot taken In that conven
tion for the presidential nomination.
W hen the roll was being called the
chairman of the Ohio delegation an
nounced the vote of that State as 44 for
AIcKinley and two for Harrison. Jlc
Kinley sprang from his seat and shout
ed out: "I challenge the vote of Ohio."
lie attempted to prevent the vote of
bis State being cast for him, but on
another vole taken It stood 4n for him
and one for Harrison. Harrison, of
course, was nominated, and McKinley
gave of his time and strength all thnt
any human being could to secure his
re-election.
...
ATnny peisons not Intimately ttc
ouainted with the life history of Jlajor
AIcKinley have wondered what Inllu
ences have combined to give him his
power over other men. first, and finally
over a whole nation. Reference has
been to the strong mother, who lives
with him. nnd to the sweet-faced
wife, as having had much to do with
hirt masterly control over himself. There
was. In his early days, though, the in
lluence of Anna AIcKinley, his sister,
upon him. She lies buried now In the
beautiful Westlawn cemetery of this
city. She wns one of the many noble
women Canton people delight in honor
ing. She became a school trustee, and
was one of the principals In the gram
mar school system of the city for years.
She was an educator of marked force
and strength of character. When Mc
Kinley. fresh from the army and anx
ious to do something to aid his family
financially, hesitated about taking up
the study of law. because he thought he
should enter business life, where he
could earn money readily, it is said to
have been Anna AIcKinley who de
ckled thai he must enter the law. and
that the whole family should combine
their energies to backing him until he
had a practice of his own. This trait
of rtandinf turrthfr and by -.me another
has always been a strong feature of the
n.t're ilfe of tno AIcKinley family. It
is where the r. -""h-il-h blend In them
comes t.o tne cun'acc preeminently. Ilia
Our Next Vice-President.
wife brought the same trait in her
make up to him when they were mar
ried. Says a friend: "She believes so
completely that what her husband does
Is right, and encourages him to con
tinue in so doing." Another Scotch
Irish" trait of Jlajor McKinley is the
simplicity of his dally living. He keeps
only two servants. He blacks his own
shoes and shaves himself at 7 o'clock
every morning. Early In the morning
he may be seen in his yard attired In
a linen duster and a straw hat attend
ing to his flower garden, kept especially
for pleasure and gratification of Mrs.
McKinley. After his breakfast he goes
to his "workroom," as It is called, and
begins the opening of his vast cor
respondence. He has many callers.
There are 30,000 people In Canton, nnd
It Is not an exaggeration to say that
almost everyone of them gets around
to the McKinley house Borne time each
week to ascertain how "things are get
ting on." They always get an answer
and a cordinl reception. AIcKinley Is
a power Irr the Alethodlst church here,
and has a great deal of church work to
look after, and that takes up some of
his time each day. Often, nt that hour,
JlcKinley may be found in his library
writing letters. When he sleeps is a
mystery to those who know him best.
This brief record of the life of Major
AIcKinley is really what Crton people
know or him ana thli.K of mm. tne
testimony Is as easily obtainable from
the iron-workers or the miners of the
oIn,hhe hher nf'lir" tfl
m iSf,? nt v.liuL J
to the position ot President of the
I'nlted States in the prime ot life, fitted
in every way to make a superb chief
executive. What the wage earners of
Canton say of him must bu echoed in
every part of the nation: "He is our
friend."
GARRET A. HOBART.
Oarret Augustus Hobart wns born at
Long Branch, N. J., June 3, 1S44. His
father was a man of moderate means.
Garrett gained his education In the
district school, afterward attending
the classical school of William W.
Wondhull, in Freehold, Monmouth
count-. Subsequently he studied in
Schermerhorn's school at Matawan, N.
J., and in 18(10 matriculated as a so
phomore at Rutger's college, from
which he graduated in June, 18t3, with
high honors. .
After teaching a term of sehnol. young
Hobart In December. IS6I!, removed to
Paterson nnd entered the law ofllce of
Socrates Tuttle. In this connection
Robert P. Porter, Jn his Life of Garret
A. Hobart, published by the N. O.
Hamilton company, Cleveland, O., tells
the following interesting incident:
Mr. Tuttle, like the older Hobart, was
of New Hampshire origin. He, too,
came from Cook county. Though
brought tip as a blacksmith, he became
Impressed with the Idea that the great
name he bore would be more harmoni
ous in connection with the eloquence
of the bur than with the ringing rhy
thm of the anvil. Carrying out this
Idea, Socrates Tuttle enst off his leath
er apron, threw away his hammer und
took up the calling of schoolmaster.
The change of occupation Involved a
change of residence, and soon we Und
Mr. Tuttle, schoolmaster, boarding nt
the house of that other New Hamp
shire man, Addison W. Hobart, now
residing in New Jersey. Tuttle, how
ever, had still higher ambitions. He
was fitting himself for the legal pro
fession and afterwards became a luw
yer of eminence.
Just before the subject of this skelcli
was ushered into the world, the young
blacksmith-lawyer left the home of the
elder Hobart to make his home in Pat
erson. "Good-bye, Hobart," said Socrates
Tuttle, as he left for his new home;
"if It's a boy, mind, you must make a
lawyer of him, and he shall study law
In my ofllce, for I shall become an im
portant lawyer by that time."
"All right. Tuttle, that's a bargain."
was the response, and the two friends
parted.
It wns a boy!
Twenty years later, Oarret A. Ho
bart did enter the law ofllce of Mr.
Tuttle, by that time one of the lending
lawyers of New Jersey, and a few years
later he united his fortune with as
lovable, amiable nnd Intellectual a wo
man as ever made a man happier and
stronger and better for being his wife
and that young woman was Socrates
Tuttle's daughter.
While studying law In Mr. Tuttle's
office young Hobart resorted to many
side issues in order to gain means to
prosecute his studies. One of these
sources of income enme to him by rea
son of his clerkfchip In the First Na
tional bank of Paterson. For many
weeks he worked faithfully as a clerk
In thnt bank. The bank was a very
modest concern at that time, with a
capital of $100,000. It has since become
a most prosperous institution, with a
capital and surplus of nearly $SOO,000,
and with assets of nearly $3,000,000. and
Garret Hobart is one of the largest
stockholders.
Garret Hohart's first office was that
of Judge of election In the Fourth
ward of the city of Paterson. He was
elected to this office In April, lSilS, and
received a salary of $4 a year for ser
vices rendered. In the fall of 1S72 se
lected as Republican candldnte for the
lower house of the legislature from
Passaic county.
He mnde a thorough canvass, win
ning friends wherever he went, and
was elected by the largest majority
ever given to any candidate In that
district, even running ahead of Gen
eral Grant, the Republican nominee
for president.
80 thoroughly aid he satisfy bis cony
stituents during his two years of ser
vice in the legislature, that when the
nominating convention assembled in
the fall of 1874, they Insisted upon
nominating him for a third term. This
was contrary to all precedent, hut it
was the unanimous wish of his people,
nevertheless; Hobart was reluctant to
be the first to infringe upon the rule,
and with characteristic consideration
of others, preferred likewise to stand
aside that some other candidate might
receive the honor which had been his
for the usual period.
In 1876 he was elected a member of
the state senate and tilled the posi
tion of trust with credit to himself and
his constituents.
In 1879 he was renominated unani
mously by tho Republicans of his
county, and re-elected to the state sen
ate by a majority of 1,899, the largest
majority ever given up to that time
to any candidate in the county. In
ISit he was elected president of the
senate, and was re-elected In 18S2.
During these two years in the chair,
he displayed such knowledge of parlia
mentary law, that his decisions were
seldom if ever questioned, and were
never reversed.
His career as a legislator may be
summed up by saying that he advo
cated and devised a large number of
measures calculated to promote the
happiness of the vast majority of the
citizens of his state, that he favored all
measures In the Interest of the people
! a.W.'in preference to IndivlduaTln.
toreHts; that he took advanced ground
, f ,h .,, , ,h ..
in favor ot the welfare of the masses.
and favored legislation for the protec
tion of those least capable of protect
ing themselves.
He has always been In favor of tho
soundest kind of sound money, as the
best currency In which to pay the re
turns due to either labor or capital.
This Issue was raised In New Jersey
In ISSfi, when General Thomas D. Hox
sey, of Paterson, one of Mr. Hobnrt's
warmest personal friends and admirers,
was the Greenback candidate for gov
ernor, and mude a most energetic can
vass for the promulgamation of his
theories In favor of cheap money, both
paper and silver. Mr. Hobart took ev
ery occasion. In public and In private.
to controvert the arguments of General
Hoxsey, and to show that cheap money
Invariably meant that wages nlone
would be cheapened and everything
else would be Increased in price, but
paid for in a depreciated curiency,
Since retiring from the state senate
In l!SS2. Garret A. Hobart has never
held nny public office. Repeatedly ho
has been urged to accept the nomina
tion for member of congress from his
district, but he has uniformly declined.
pnrtly because his extensive business
interests required his constant ntten
Hon. but largely because of that 1111
sol Ash consideration for the desires o
otheri which has continually prompted
him to stand aside und allow others
to be thus honored.
Oarret A. Hohart's domestic life has
been one of singular felicity. Mrs.
Hobart wus a granddaughter of one of
the early settlers of Paterson, Haltus
Winters, of German descent, and of
Ksther Dickey, of the well-known
Dickey family of Philadelphia, who.
under the leadership of Williiun Dickey,
came from Ireland in lift). Mrs. Ho
bart and her mother were noted, not
alone for their beauty, but for the un
usual combination of denies! ie excel
lence, quick wit and good humor, de
rived from this admixture of Teutonic
and Celtic blood.
Mrs. Hobart Is decidedly fine looking
of medium height, slightly full in tig
ure, with dark hair und eyes, anil a
wonderfully pleasant mouth and
handsome teeth.
Her home life is the calm, unruffled
life of an essentially domestic woman.
She Is modest and unassuming, and
likes her home better than anything
else In the world. vv hen she first
heard of her husband's name being
connected with the vice-presidency, she
rather shrunk from it, for she knew
what that meant to her In a social
way. Hut her life Is a part of that of
her husband, nnd she said that what
ever he wanted she wanted. If she
were the wife of the vice-president,
there is no fear but that she would
preside over ull the social functions
appertaining to that position witn quiet
dignity nnd tact.
Mrs. Hobart Is a brilliant eonwrsn
tlomlist. and can intelligently converse
on a wider range of subjects thai one
woman In a thousand. Re it politics,
music, art. literature, or what not, the
listener imagines that she has made
the subject at hand a life study. An I,
by the way, speaking of art, th" picture
gallery attached to Mr. Hmmvt'.i resi
dence has few equals In the state. It Is
not large, but every piece is a gem,
and some are the works of the great
mastr rs.
Mrs. Hobart Is a woman who is be
loved by all who know her, a domestic
woman, a womanly woman. Just the
sort of a woman that nature Intended
should be the wife of such a man as
Garret A. Hobart.
A Correct Diagnosis.
From the New York Weekly.
Cp,orBpKh? You got engaged Inst
night? Gus, my old. my dear friend, tell
me bow you did It."
Ou"Henlty. 1 hardly know myself.
Couldn't help it. Just like fulling down
stairs. I was on the edge of a proposal,
she gave me a push and there 1 was en
gaged. "Well, T haven't had any such experi
ence. Kvery time I try to start my knees
knock tom-ther, and my teeth chatter,
and my tnnitue cleaves to the roof of my
mouth. I've tried a dozen times to pop
the question to Miss De Pink, and slump
ed every time."
"And did she lot you slump?"
"Yes."
iXou art courting the wrong girj
THE
LEADER
124-126 Wyoming An.
A week of unparalleled bar
gains. We have purchased
within the past ten days
thousands of dollars' worth of
desirable Dry GoodsNCloaks,
Millinery, Etc., at less than
cost of manufacture on ac'
count of an over stocked mar- j
ket. Manufacturers had to'
unload at any price for cash
to meet their obligations. We
will give the public the bene
fit of our great purchase. Be
low we mention a few of our
great values.
IS pieces black figured Dress Goods:
would be cheap at 2&c Leader'
price, 19c.
S pieces 50-Inch Serge, In black, onlX
Sue. grade. Leader's price, 140.
75 pieces assorted Plaid Dress Goods;
regular price, li'fto. Leader's price,
9c.
23 pieces assorted Fancy Dress Goods
none in the lot worth less than 40c.
Choice of any. 29c
35 pieces Extra Pine Qnaltty Scotch
Cheviot and Fancy Dress Goods;
those goods were bought to retail
at 75c. Leader's price, 49c.
10 pieces plain and brocaded Black
Silks, uOu. grade. Leaders price,
39c.
12 pieces plain and brocaded Black
silks, 6uc. grade. Leaders price, 4'JC
S pieces Black Faille, 24-Inch silk, (5c
graue. Leader a price, 46c
One lot of Fancy Bilks In printed
warps and colored striped; pric
has been 75c Leader's pries now
47c.
20 Ladles' Beaver Jackets, box front 1,
worth 13.50. Leaders price, il.sw.
75 Children's Reefers, sailor collars,
braid trimmed, sizes, 4 to 14; wortn
13.00. Leader's price, $1.99. !
10 dozen Ladles' Flannel Waists, red.
blue and black; worth $1.50. Lead
er's price, 4c. ,
30 dozen Ladles' Fleece Lined Com
bination Suits, In all sizes worth
$1.00. Leader's price, 49c ;
48 dozen Ladles' Jersey Ribbed Vests
and Punts, fleece lined, worth 25c.
Leader's price, Uic.
One case Men's Natural "Wool Shirts
and Drawers; superior quality;
cheap at $1.00. Leader's price, 69c.
S gross Daisy Buttermilk Soap. Lead
er's price, 5c. for a box of 3 cakes.
25 dozen Ladles' fine quality Black
Cashmere Glaves. sizes, 5Vi to 8Vi;
worth 25c. Leader's price, 14c.
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