OBITUARY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 621, 25 September 1909, Page 5

OBITUARY.

GOVERNOR ; J lUy" TclccraiiY-Press" AaancUl'lun.-Oiipjrlch.U -~-.': Now York,' September. v 23,--Tho death is announced of Mr. John John r sou,. Governor; of. Minnesota;. aged. 48... : ..'■; , Governor Johnson's' death is ■ a L heavy blow; to' tho Democratic party. '-';. '■-. , : ' • DECEASED'S "PERSONALITY." :";■ / The late Governor.John■,-A.', Johnson, of Minnesota, came into not very favourable notice through n',- cabled. report 1 ot a Bpoech alleged to have heok uiad6;by him, last year, in which ho is,said to havo declared that VAinoricans must obliterate the-imaginary lino between tlio. United State.3 and, tho Oanaaiau States.'' This was interpreted-in England as spread-eagleism calculated to appeal, to anti-British elements with a viow, to furthering Governor Johnson's candidature \for "tho Democratic Presidential nomination (which. went to Mr; Bryan). But United States charactor sketches of Governor Johnson do not.: suggest' spreadeagleism, but rather, a thoughtful and sincero personality—one whose loss is bound -to be felt in tho badly-led Democratic "camp. '' A writer in'thc- "Independent" said of him :-- "It is on tho platform that Governor Johnson's dignity is most apparent and most appreciated. Bvoryinch of his six feet one helps to give force-to, his words, 'As an orator he is unstudied, always natural, .and h° always makes himself .clear. ■ Ho is much given to the .use tof-gestures, evon in private conversation, and a deep orotund voice adds materially to tho effect. . . ~ To see Governor Johnson in his offico is to see a busy man hard at work. Ho is exacting toward;those hnder'him, but ho is more exacting toward himself. Ho.takes 'comparatively, little timo for recreation, - and most of that is spent nt homo,'with hiswifo, andiheir life together gives every sign of being ideal. But the door to his'office is. nevor closed to those-who want ;to see him, and the humblest citizen of;the State': finds a ready welcome if. 1 ho .has occasion to visit'tho executive chamber. . .. V He; is ". as ; plain and democratic as-an|bld shoo."' '-' -.' . Governor John'-; A... Johnson was': elected Governor .of-'Minnesota in 190t:by.a notnmvhat narrow, majority, receiving 1+8,091 votes as Democratic candidate, while '■ the Republican catidldato (Mr. Diinn) got 141,817 votes. "■ In ISIOG .' Minnesota gave Mr. < Johnson a better majority, ns i ho polled 61,09: per cent, of. the total .vote, whilo tho Republican Candidate (Mr. Cole) polled ; 34.03 per 'Cent.

v' -./ROBERT.'HOE. ' -''.' ■_ '■':.; New York, Scptonbor 23. Robert Hoojt the: manufacturer of printing machinery, is dorid; aged'. 70.'. ' . [Robert Hoo was the Boh and'grandson of printing machinery inventors and manufacturers, and -.did .much> to advance the industry nnd tho famo'tho foundation's of which wo'ro laid by his grandfather ltoboit. Born In New York in. 183!),-deceased developed tho printing press from tho ■ "Uoo cylinder" of the IB4li patent to the present double-septuple. Ho also developed presses of greatly improved typo for printing in colours, Tho firm has largo factories'in Kew York and London, and includes In its jna&ufaoturos- circular .saws and saw. Wta, Tho wvwo U ft Uouwkold ,vud is jsrianng efltefcL . ■»•