The Washington times., 1910-03-07
MARSHALL PICKED /
FOR PRESIDENCY
lndianian Thinks Hoosier
Governor Will Be Strong
in 1912.
ECONOMY is MADE
ISSUE IN STATE
Record on That Line Expected to
Make Him Labor'S
Choice.

Governor Tom Marshall, Of Indiana
will be the biggest man in the Demo-
cratic party In 1912. He will be in a po-
sltion 70 command more labor votes
than any other man the party could
nominate for the Presidency.
Such are the predictions Of Frederick
L. Feick. Of Indianapolis, who Is in
Washington for a few days TO confer
with some OF the Hoosier State Con-
gressmen about affairs back home
Feicl. was on the stan Of the National
Democratic committee during the last
campaign, and is a prominent labor
leader IN Indiana.
According TO the way he sizes up the
political situation i'm his own state, Gov
crnor Marshall is conducting his ad-
ministration upon the strictest economy
principles. which is pleasing the labor
element who are placing the blame for
the high cost Of living on the Payne
Aldrich tariff
IN other words, says Mr.. Feick, while
the tariff is making living conditions
harder, Marshall is working for econ
omy IN the administration Of state af-
fairs. which affords a contrast so pro-
nounced that fl bids fair TO make him
one Of the most popular governors the
state ever had.
Predicts Candidacy.
ThiE popularity. says Feick, viii
spread beyond the bounds Of the State
and make the present chief executive
Ct Indiana not only the strongest man
in his party. but the choice of the labor
element throughout the country for the
next President OF the United States
You people in Washington he said,
do not realize how much the tariff is
being blamed throughout the country
for the high cost OF living IN Indiana,
especially. this is true It may well be
regarded as O. good omen for the Demo-
cratic party that tnere should be a Dem
ocratic governor with economic prin-
Ciples in a State which so generally
yearns for economy.
Governor Marshall is becoming more
popular every day. and the tariff is be-
ing more severely condemned. Never
has the outlook for the Democrats IN
Indiana been moro suspicious than at
the present time. on account OF the bus
iness-like administration Marshall is
giving the people.
Governor Harmon. Of Ohio. will ind
Marshall a hard man to beat II IN
majority Of from 5000 TO 5000. as there
IS every prospect OF its doing, II viii
mean that the party viii have IT'S
strongest Elan in a State which has
about the most important strategic pO-
Htical location. II is such a COmbina-
tiOn the party has been waiting for, and
it will surpass anything that political
maueuverinC can show as between HaT-
mon and Ohio and the rest Of the cOun-
Try
Public Experience Brief.
some Of the Southern leaders may
oppose Marshall on The grounds that
as ne has been governor for only one
term and has held no other public Of
Hce his experience does not Justify his
being elevated TO the highest position
the nation has 10 offer But, with IN
diana ready 70 support him as 1t has
supported no other Democratic nominee
FOR the Presidency. This opposition may
Dc overcome without great difficulty
Indiana Is pleased with her TepIy-
ecutatiVes i'm Congress, according 10
FeiCK, Tor the reason that they have
been unusually successful Tn carrying
out the wishes OF their constituents,
and in actively supporting certain de-
sired legislation Of the thirteen mem
bcUs from Indiana i'm the House eleven
of them viii he returned next fall, judg-
inG from tine present outlook.
This viii be but getting Indiana into
lin" for a strong showing by the time Of
tho next Presidential campaign, SAYS
FeiCk. when labor and tariff may be eX-
pected To- do something for Marshall
and DeWOcTacy-