The sun., 1912-07-04
TOM MARSHALL AND HIS
WIFE, CHUMS ALWAYS
Governor Never Goes Alone,
Even on a Campaign
ing Tour.
SHE PICKS HIS NECKTIES
Used to Wear Long Hair and
Red Cravats. hut Wife
Attended to That.

; nee. walked into the Indiana Capitol to-
day and proceeded to his work as usual.
II II had not been for the congratula-
tions Of State officers and friends who
called on him there would have been
nothing to indicate that an honor had
been paid to the Indiana Executive.
The Governor was aroused from sleep
at o'clock this morning by a news
paper man. who called to tell him that
! he had been nominated. Before he
could answer the telephone rang and
Mrs. Marshall hurried TO answer.
"Tom." she said. "a newspaper man
tells me that they have just made II
unanimous
"Well, ! declare the nominee re-
piled, as he rubbed the sleep from his
eyes.
Speaking of Ills nomination. the Gov
| crnor to-day said: ~ was not q can
didate and ! did not expect to be Sc
lected. i am too poor a man to have
ever sought such a position. II I can
| he OF value to Democracy, either In
Indiana or elsewhere. will serve
When Gov Wilson said that he with
| stood the attacks OF his enemies with
! an elastic temperament and Pres
byterlan creed" he did not know that
he was voicing the religious inclination
of the Democratic national ticket.
BY a coincidence Gov. Thomas Riley
Marshall nominee for Vice. President
likewise In a Presbyterian.
Born in Manchester. Ind. in 1854.
Thomas Riley Marshall has spent his
entire Sc years In his native State.
Graduating from Wabash College In
1873, when he was 81 years old, he
practised law in Columbia City. Ind.
until he was elected Governor two years
ago. He is a member Of many clubs
and holds LII. d. degrees from Wabash,
Notre Dame. a Roman Catholic uni
versity. and the University Of Pennsyl-
vania. He married Miss Lois I. kimsey
Of Angola. Ind. in 1885.
In the literary State they call Tom
Marshall the Little Giant. When one
sees him for the first time he wonders
why. because there is nothing colossal
about the slender. undersized man with
sloping shoulders and quiet mien. His
hair and mustache. turning from gray
to white. do not bristle. his brows do not
beetle So one can notice 1t. and even
his violet blue eyes are mild. 1t Is only
when one knows him and his political
history that the Little Giant" term
IL understood
The Governor likes his friends and he
| will stand by them through thick and
thin to the last ditch. When the Guber-
material race was on two years ago there
we're number OF we'll known Indiana
Democrats cunning for II. and Marshall
had not been heard Of. But he had
run--told him he was the only man who
could save the day. So Marshall ran
to please his friends-and he was nom-
| mated and elected.
II can afford to lose the Goycrnorship.
| but ! cannot afford to lose single
friend or fail to serve their best in
| terests." he said simply.
Though Tom Tagsart Of French Lick
| Springs. Democratic national chairman,
claimed the credit for Gov. Marshalrs 3
| Endorsement by the Indiana Democratic
State convention. Boss. Tasgart and
many other Indiana politicians are
q .ainst the Governor because he sprung
on them the revolutionary proposition
to let the United States Senators of In
diana be chosen by the State convention
| OF that party carrying the State at the
| next election, TO be formally elected by
the Legislature
The Indiana Governor Is strong for
economy. Government Is a necessity
and not a luxury" ne says. "and no
government has the right to take from
the taxpayer one cent more than IL
! absolutely necessary to conduct the
business Of government effectively and
economically"
Gov. Marshall came into the lime
light on a wave Of reform. The Gov
ernor believes in reform--in moderation.
Also he believes in progressng-with
moderation.
| 1t required heroic measures on the
part of his friends to induce Gov. Mar
shall to take his Presidential chances
seriously. and even then he refused ia
allow any effort to be made in his be-
half outside the State of Indiana.
"The Presidential nomination is a
thing too big TO he run after and too big
to run away from was his comment or
tho situation. 'It Is sure to overtake
you II you should happen to he the man
really wanted by the people.
II am not a candidate for any Office
under the sun. How can man be Of
! good service to his employer II that mar
Job? ! was elected Governor for foul
years and ! intend TO give my employ.
ers-the people Of lndiana-four years
OF service"
| Gov. Marshall says he is the last oi
his race: that he has no children. nt
father or mother living and no brother
! or sister,
Since the days when Gov Thomas r.
Marshall was a practitioner OF law In
Whitley county, Indiana, he has had a
close adviser and cOnfidant In politics
department and dress, and that adviser
has been Mrs. Marshall.
She was Lois Kimsey, 23 years old
assisting her father. who was Whitley
County Clerk when Attorney Marshall
then 40 years old, first met her.
Tradition has II that the attorney was
introduced to the young woman on the
steps OF the Court House. Two men
| still arguc. each declaring that he per-
formed the Introduction. with the weight
OF evidence in favor OF Judge Stephen
| a. Powers.
| However that may be. all agree that
| Tom Marshall was n whirlwiud at
courtship. and for twelve weeks he occu-
pied all tho time of the beautiful Lois
Kimscy. Then they were married. Tom
paid his father-in-law "A substantial foe
and Mrs. Marshall began there and then
to shape her husbands political career
| Never a moment did she doubt that
hc had n career. though II was not gen
orally In evidence In those days. eigh
teen years ago, Mrs. Marshall could no,
make speeches. but she knew mon an,
had, as sho still has, n rcnia arkablc mem
ory for names and faces Likewise she