El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-06
Thomas Marshall, the New Vice President, Able Man

Indianapolis, Ind, Nov s.-GovernOr
Thomas Riley Marshall, although a
HOosier by birth, is a scion Of one Of
the oldest and most notable families Of
the Old Dominion
The Marshalls, Of Virginia from the
days Of the father Of the great chief
justice Of that name, have taken rank
with the WashingtO1s, the RandOlphsi
the Lees ana other families whose his
tories are part OF the history Of the
state and Of the country
Tom Marshall, as he is called in In
diana. is worthy complement 10
woodrow Wilson as a running mate.
Like governor Wilson, governor Mar
shall ls regarded as a good campaign
he makes his most effective points in
caustic and witty ep1grams-
Born in Indiana
Governor Marshall was born In North
Manchester, Wabash county. nd So
years ago. His father was DR.. Daniel
NJ Marshall, a physician in comfort
able circumS tanceS- his mother who
was Martha z Patterson beforel her
Charles Carroll. Of 'CarrOlltOn, a signer
o. the Declaration of Independence.
In 1873 Marshall was graduated from
the Wabash college at CraWfordsTllie,
Ind, receiving the degree OF bachelor
of arts. At college he achieved a. re-
markable reputation for scholarship,
qualifying easily for Phi Beta Kappa
After his graduation Mr.. Marshall
moved to Fort Wayne and took up une
study Of law in the office of judge Wal
ter DDS On the day he was q years
old. March IA, 1875, he was admitted to
the bar. Meanwhile he had settled in
Columbia City, Ind, and he has made
his home al Columbia City ever since
1t was not long before Marshall be-
gan TO display unusual legal ability,
and became conspicuous figure IN the
courts Of northern Indiana
It was while playing the role Of a
country lawyer that Marshall WOoed
and won Miss Lois / KimSey, OF Ar
COLA, Ind, IN 1895 He and his wife
have been inseparable companions
Refuses to Run for Congress.
Marshall might have remained a
country lawyer but for his sound COM
mon sense in refusing to run for con-
gress on the Democratic ticket when
asked 10 do so in 1898 He was offered
the nomination, but he said no.
He Was urged to run on the ground
that IL was his turn to be elected, as
every other decent Democrat in the
district had been, but he stood firm,
and said that he would not consider
politics as vocation ana would NOT
accept any nomination for less office
Governor 8IarshaIIs friends call him
a Progressive With the brakes set He
has been Indiaua's governor since 1905
receiving a majority Of 200 at the
same time that the HOOSler state went
for Taft by TO- 000 his election was all
the more noteworthy inasmuch as in
1904 Indiana had gone Republican by
more than $4,000.
Has the Keen Eye.
The governor is a short, slender, W1ry
man with keen eye. There is little Of
the politician about him. In fact, from
the moment that he became the nom
inee for governor, he was the despair
Of the party leaders throughout the
state. He did his campaigning in his
own way, journeying from town to
town with Mrs. Marshall and calmly
telling the voters what they might eZ-
poet if they elected him He did not
go in for heart to heart conferences
with the leaders In every town. nor did
he resort to the business Of general
handshaking, baby kissing, cigar dis
tributing and such like conventions OF
the political game.
was handicapped by the fact that the
upper house in Indiana was Repub-