The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-06
Epigramtic Utterances of Tho
Riley Marshall.


Government Ia "a necessity. II
was never intended to be a lux
uTy."
II a government takes more
from the taxpayer than is neces-
sary to effectively and econom-
ically conduct Its business, then
the government is 4 thief and we
ought to call in the police"
III you want to bust q trust,
get a lawyer and put some fell
low in the penitentiary."
Il believe as much as any man
In vested rights, but not in vest
cd wrongs"
There is no money In honest
politics. He who flies high In Of
Ace has some one holding the
string to his kite
Sox populi is vox det---when
the people know what they are
talking about
do not tell me that the hum
Bile wage-earner OK today is will
ing to look along the vista of the
years and see nothing but
pauper's grave at the end, while
a few men by legislative enact
ments are enabled to dwell In
marble halls and scatter money
like drunken dukes at monkey
dinners"
That people is not wise which
is not just"
Governor Thomas Riley Marshall.
although a Hooster by birth, In a
scion of one Of the oldest and most
notable families Of the Old Dominion.
The Marshalis OF Virginia, from the
days of the father of the great chief
Justice of that name. have taken rank
with the Washing1ons. the Ran
ioiphs, the Lees and other families
whose histories are part of the his-
tory OF the State and OF the country.
I Tom Marshall, as he is called. In
Indiana, is worthy complement to
Woodrow Wilson as running mate.
Like Governor Wilson. Governor Mar
shall is regarded as a good cam
paigner, and like the New Jersey gov
: nxnnr he makes his most effective
points Ia eaastae and aIttg afiGraIraa.
Born In Indiana
Governor Marshall was born in
North Manchester. Wabash county,
Ind. tifty-two years ago. His father
was Or. Daniel NJ. Marshall. ply
stefan In comfortable circumstances.
His mother. who was Martha l.. Pat
ierson before her marriage, was "a d.
rect descendant of Charles Carroll, OF
Carrollton. Md, a signer OF the Decla-
ration of Independence.
In 1879 Marshall was graduated
from the Wabash college, at Craw-
louisville. Ind, receiving the degree
Of bachelor OF arts. At college he
achieved a remarkable reputation for
scholarship. qualifying easily for Phi
Beta Kappa.
After his graduation Mr. Marshall
moved TO Fort Wayne AND took up the
study of law In the Office of Judge
Waiter Dds. On the day he was TWEEN
ty-one years old. March II. 1875. he
was admitted TO the bar. Meanwhile
he had settled in Columbia City. Ind.
land he has made his home at Column
bia City ever since.
II was not long before Marshall be-
gan to display unusual legal ability.
and became "a conspicuous figure In
the courts of northern Indiana.
II was while playing the role OF n
country lawyer that Marshall wcoed
and won Miss Lois l. Kimsey. OF
Angola, Ind. in 1895. file and his wife
have been inseparable companions
though no children have been born to
them.
Marshall might have remained
country lawyer but for his sound com
mon sense in refusing to run for con-
Kress on the Democratic ticket when
asked TO do so In fssS. lie was of
fered the nomination but he said no.
He was urged TO run on the ground
that II was his turn to be elected, as
EVERY other decent Democrat I'm the
district had been. but he stood Arms
and said that he would not consider
politics as a vocation and would not
accept any nomination for a less Of
flee than gvernor.
Progressive With Brakes.
Governor Marshali's friends call
him a Progressive with brakes set.
He has been lndiana's governor since
1908, receiving majority Of $4,000
! Mt the same time that the Hoosier
State went for Taft by 10000. FITS
election was all the more noteworthy.
inasmuch as In 1904 Indiana had gone
Republican by more than $4,000.
The governor IL short, slender.
wiry man with a keen eye. There II
little of the politician about him. In
fact, from the moment that he be-
came the nominee for governor. he
was the despair OF the party leaders
/ throughout the State. He did his
campaigning in his own way, jour
neying from town to town with Mrs.
Marshall and caimly telitnr the voters
what they might expect II they elected
him. He did not go in for nears-to-
heart conferences with the leaders in
\ every town. nor did he resort to the
business Of general Misunderstanding.
\ baby. kissing. cigar distributing and