Evening star., 1912-07-03
GOV. THOMAS R. MARSHALL of Indiana


diana legislature last winter which starts
off with the following advice to the law
Makers
1T is not unlawful for you to hold pri-
vate conferences. but 1t Is inexpedient. IL
you are wise you will avoid the appear
ance of evil Beware of the man who
wishes to show you good time the day
after he has been introduced to you. He
has an AK to grind and he intends to
chop his own wood with 1t. There is no
money in honest public service. He who
flies high in public Office has some one
holding the strings of his kite. Beware of
the high flyer. By way OF warning. let
me suggest that your constitutional i'm
bribery will go unpunished. II personal
interest be permitted to thwart the pub
lie will. you will be justly condemned. IL
log-rolling and swapping of votes be al
lowed to pass pet measures, you will be
charged very justly of being spoilsmen
rather than legislators. Your success or
failure will be measured by the standard
of whether you wisely enact legislation
for the interests of the whole citizenship
of this state
Held Them to Mark.
From the foregoing it is perfectly plain
to see what the democratic candidates
notions are as to the fundamental duties
of public official. And with his shrewd
eyes steadfasty fixed upon the lawmak-
ers of his state he has held them to the
mark without apparently interfering in
the least with their deliberations.
Mr.. Marshall has strong conviction
that the three departments of the gov
ernment should not interfere one with
the other. holding that that was the in
tention Of the founders of the republic.
For that reason he has looked askance
at Presidents and governors. who instead
of suggesting legislation along certain
lines, have presented to Congress and to
legislatures their personal measures
The critics OF the Indiana governor say
that he has gone too far in this regard,
declining to interfere when his interfer-
ence would have worked benefit to the
state. However that may be, the law
makers have had a wholesome respect ii
not q fear for their governor and the
people Of the state generally hold him
close in their affections.
Marshall a Scholar.
Mr.. Marshall is a scholar His educa-
ton at college was along the old fash
ioned classical lines. and it imbedded in
him love of books and of abstract men,
tai speculation that has increased with
the years. He has never been caught by
the craze for outdoor physical exercise.
In fact. he has an aversion for 1t. He
never had a fancy for toiling with his
hands All jobs of physical labor he
turns over to some one else. The answer
he makes when asked what he does for
exercise is that he reads. and so long as
he has good health he says he will take
no other
Any one assuming from this that the
presidential candidate Is lazy would be
firing in the opposite direction from the
mark. He is a prodigious toiler. but he
tolls with his mind and not with his
hands.
There is prodigious human side to
Mr. Marshall. One needs only to spend a
few hours in Columbia City to be con-
vinced of this. The people of that town.
his old friends and neighbors. speak of
him as little Tommy Marshall. And
the tones in which these words are spo-
ken indicate the affection that lies be-
hind them.
The devotion of Mr. Marshall to his
admirabl wife is that of a knight of old !;
it is reminiscent of that of the late Pres
ident Mckinley to his sadly afflicted help
mate.
Seventeen-Year Honeymoon.
His seventeen years of married life Mr.
Marshall refers to as q honeymoon,
and, as has already been stated. he has
not been absent from his wife one night
since their marriage Furthermore, it is
eVluenlly HIS lHteHtluH tiol tHCy oh0ii
never be serarated for so long q period
as long as they live.
Soon after his first election as gov
ernor he declined to go with party OF
governors on tour of inspection down
the Mississippi river, because no pro-
vision had been made for him to take
Mrs. Marshall along. Immediately an
other boat was put in commission tor
the wives of the governors. and he again
declined because it would necessitate
their separation. and besides he didn't
think his not going would hurt much.
Having none of their own. MIR. and
Mrs. Marshall lavish their affection on
other peoples children. The Columbia
City friends of the candidate say that
il was not an uncommon thing to see
the then obscure lawyer standing on
the corner and watching the children as
they went by on their way to school. II
any child bore evidence of having come
from a home of poverty where new
clothes were an infrequent II not an
unheard-of luxury. his kindly eye was
quick to notice that child and off he
store for a new suit of clothes, and
then to a book store for complete
supply of school books This he would
do quietly, gently and with every ef-
fort to keep it hidden from the eyes OF
the world. "He simply. wanted to make
would say.
Friend of Young Men.
And this deep sympathy of his has
not been confined to children. There
ern Indiana, bright young lawyers, doc
tors and the like. who we're assisted
through college by him. II seems to be