The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-31
Governor Marshall Intends to
Float Down the Mississippi
River With Taft on Invasion
OF Dixie.
SOUTH WILL INSPECT
lNDlANA'S GOVERNOR
CoIoneIs Will Have Opportu-
nifty to Figure Out Whether
Thomas Is Real Presiden-
tiaI Timber.

Indianapolis, Ind, Aug. 31.-Consii-
orable interest is manifested here over
the coming trip which Governor Mar
shall is to take with President Taft
down the Mississippi river into the
very heart of Dixie land. Indiana's
,Goveruor will be one Of the party Of
fourteen governors OF various states
who will go with the president on that
very important trip. and 1t is safe TO
aay that no. other governor will attract
more attention in the South than Gov
>rnor Marshall. The curiosity here
now 10 as to how he will be received
An the South and as to what kind Of an
impression he will make on the South
eru democrats who will look him over.
They Don't Know Him.
They do not know Governor Mar
shall in the South-or anywhere else,
for that matter, outside of Indiana
and this will be the first opportunity
the southerners have had to size him
up and mako UP their minds whether
or not he 70 presidential timber. It
lis true that while congress was in spe-
Icial session on the tariff question ru-
NOR reached Washington that Cover
nor Marshall was appointing republi-
cans to offices in this state when he
could just as we'll find democrats to
It'll the places. This aroused the Ire
of the Southern democratic congress-
men and they stood on their hind feet
and howled. They could not stand
for a democrat appointing repubH-
can to anything, no matter what the
,provocation might be, SO they were not
slow in letting the world know it.
Claim He Won't DO.
These Southern congressman de-
clared in loud tones that Governor
Marshall would not do for president
for this reason. He would not salts
fy the south. The south wasn't built
that way. II might go in the North
but It would not go in the South. This
Authorization that Governor Marshall,
a democrat, was appointing repuhli-
cans to office when he should appoint
democrats. was shown to be untrue,
but still these Southern statesmen con-
shocked beyond recovery.
They were told in explanation that
Governor Marshall only appointed re-
publicans to office in this state in cas-
es where the law required him to do
SO, and where he had no choice in the
matter. The law requires that all
boards and commissions in Indiana
shall be composed of men from both
political parties, and Governor Mar
shall was only following the mandates
OF the law.
May Have Hard Time.
Just how far this impression OF Gov
ernor Marshall has gone In the South
10 not known. 1t may be confined to
the congressman and the statesmen OF
the South. for they may not have
spread the Information throughout the
land. II this is the case 1t will not
be so difficult for Governor Marshall
to overcome the prejudice that may
have been created by the report
against him. But If it has percolated
throughout the Southern states and
II the general public has become con-
WINGED that a democratic governor
would SO far forget the traditions OF
his party as to appoint republican 70
even the littlest, tiniest bit of an office
It will be q hard matter for the Indiana
governor to overcome the trouble.
1t is a pretty safe bet. however. that
Governor Marshall will make good
with the Southerners. He Ia q man
after their own style. He is full OF
that old fashioned manner that goes
in the South. and yet he can be as dig
nified as any colonel that ever trod
Dixie's sod II he wants to be. He
tells a story as we'll as anyone, and he
is full of them He is not as tall rs
a southern colonel, but he has mus
tache that so closely resembles tina,
Of Southerner that it will more than
make up for any difference in any
other direction.
OF Future importance.
It is believed here that much in the
future Of Governor Marshall will de-
pend on the impression he makes In
the southland on this trip with Presi-
dent Taft. 1t has been announced
that he will make the trip. and 1t is
understood that the trip is certainty
OF course. plans might be changed
but there is nothing now to indicate
that they will be.
Everybody knows that Governor
Marshall Is probably the most fire.
Quently mentioned OF any man in the
country for the democratic nomina
ton for president. and that there is q
wide spread. healthy boom for him
throughout the land. 1t Is the gen
eral understanding, too. that while he
Is not doing anything actively to fos
ter that boom or to push it along, nei
Their is he doing anything to head il
Off He goes on the theory that il
the party wants him for its candidate
for president 1t will nominate him
whether he makes any effort or not
So he is Just letting the matter drift,
along and take its own course II
the meantime Governor Marshall Is OF
his good behavior. He Is governor o.
ono Of the great states Of the unioI