Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-08-29

greeted Governor Marshall in the big
coliseum in the state fair grounds here
today were the greatest in the history
Of the party.
The west wanted to show the east
what could be done in notification hon
Ors, and, while Mrs. Marshall was hap
py, Of course. over the honors for her
husband, she was also worried, for her
husband comes mighty close to being
father, husband. son and partner all in
one. And when woman has that CON-
bination on her hands to care for she
has every right to be worried.
Governor Marshall will never gain
any honors as Il hammer thrower. He
Is not built that way.
While all the country was reading
the vigorous words of Governor Mar
shall which told the voters what he
expects Democracy to do in carrying
out the pledges for the next four years
it's worth while to know what part
woman is taking in the affairs of the
campaign-how Tom Marshall hap
pens to be in the position in which he
stands today.
The good people of Columbia City,
Ind, never thought Thomas Riley Mar
shall was marrying man" For for
ty years he had lived with his parents,
nursing both his father and mother,
who were invalids. which was the rea-
son Governor Marshall was not mar
rying man. He felt his first duty was
to his parents.
Meeting Mrs. Marshall.
After the death Of his parents Gov
ernor Marshall dived deeper into his
law practice. and one day an urgent
case took him to Angola. Ind. His du-
ties called him to the county clerks Of
fee. and there he met Miss Lois Kim
sey, daughter Of the county clerk, who
was assisting her father in the office.
From that day Governor Marshall
had more business around the county
clerks office in Angola than any law
yer In half dozen nearby counties.
Governor Marshall was forty-two
years Of age when he was married,
Mrs. Marshall being nearly twenty
years his JUNIOR
The Marshals had been married
only a few weeks when the future vice
president was called to an adjoining
county on case that would consume
some FIVE or six weeks of his time.
"Now, l did not want to be starting
or like that" Governor Marshall ex
planned to friend one day, so just
told Mrs Marshall that | thought she
should go along. And she did"
Since then Governor Marshall has
never made trip without Mrs. Mar
shall going along. They have Travelled
all over the country together; they go
to banquets and political meetings to.
gether until the friends of the Indiana
executive refer to him and his wife as
the "pards.'
"TOm Marshall Is not overStrOng,
explained one of his friends. while
not a delicate man. his constitution is
not of the most vigorous type.
"When he gets into political battle
he fOrgets his weakness He gives all
that is In him. and that will tell on
any man. Mrs. Marshall soon diScOv-
cred that the governor would become
heated in making speech and the
next day his voice would be husky.
She decided that he had better give up
some of the handshaking and take care
Of his health first. So when you find
him making II speech he does not stay
around to hear the applause of the au-
hiQnna hn t.,
and changes his clothing.
"SOme people have said that Tom
Marshall is not a handshaking politi-
clan. He Is not. His wife thinks 1t Is
more important to guard his health
than to carry out the old time policy,