Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-18
BIG BATTLE IS ON
FOR KENTUCKY PIE
Secretary McAdoo and Ollie
James at Odds Over Rev.:
enue Co|Iectorship.
LATTER'S CANDIDATE HAS
A FAMILY OF Thirteen
Wilson's Lucky Number" May Win
for Ben Marshall Over Desha
Breckenridge.


The biggest whirlpool of internal strife
In the patronage department Of the dem
ocratic party just at this moment CEN
tiers around Ben Marshall of Kentucky.
Senator Ollie James recommended Mar
shall to- Secretary McAdoo of the Treas
ury as collector of internal revenue in
the seventh district of Kentucky. Secre-
tary McAdoo has another candidate in
mind and the fight Is terrific
Marshall believes that if Theodore
Roosevelt had the appointment to make
he would win hands down, for he is the
father Of thirteen children, who have
tWenty-one uncles and aunts, some of
whom have families of thirteen or four
teen. Life is a constant exposition of
the anti-race suicide propaganda in the
Marshall family, and there has been no
death in 1t since 1885.
''Beats Joe Tumulty.'
The first thing the politicians say when
they hear about Ben MarshalPs thirteen
children is:
''Why, he beats Joe. Tumulty, doesn't
hep
Mr. Tumulty's seven little Tumultys
seem like quiet pair of twins compared
to Marshalrs mammoth organization Of
juniors.
Mrs. Marshall is Kentucky woman.
Che was Emma w. Egbert and she mar
ried Mr.. Marshall January Z, 1885, Ac-
cording to schedule prepared for The
Star by Mr.. Marshall the names and
dates Of birth Of their children are as
follows:
Eleanor. 1885; Ben, jr. 1886; Catherine.
1888; Edwinia, 1899; Charles E., 1892:
Mary Mason, 1894; Llewellyn B., 1897:
Robert, 1898; William B., 1860: Edward
Egbert, 1906. All Of these happy children
are living.
Busy Now Pulling Strings.
Although Mr.. Marshall is thoroughly
devoted to his family. just new he is
spending considerable time pulling
strings in the political game. He has
been a democrat from the time he was
born in Franklin county, KY. and has
lived in that county all his life, vot-
ing the democratic ticket every time
At present he is circuit court clerk for
his county.
Senator Ollie James recommended
him to Secretary McAdoo for the
five-thousand-dollar position Of col
lector of internal revenue. James fol-
lowers, knowing that the senator had
been radical democrat of long stand
ing. had been chairman at the Balti-
more convention and had never been
a machine politician, believed that the
recommendation would go through
without question. However, Ben.
Marshall is up against Desha Breckin-
ridge, who is understood to be a per-
sonal friend of President Wilson and,
editor of Kentucky newspaper, the
Lexington Herald.
Wilson's Favorite Number.
However. Ben Marshall smiles and
points to his thirteen children and says
thirteen is President Wilson's favor
lite number"
Mr.. Marshall has nine brothers, and
Mrs. Marshall has thirteen brothers
and sistrs, so the little Marshalls have
plenty Of uncles and aunts. They also
are well supplied with cousins, for
two of their uncles. on their fathers
side, live in Bonham, Tex. and have
fourteen and thirteen children, re-
spectiveIy, while one of Ben Mar
shalrs sisters has thirteen children.
Ben Marshalfs mother is eighty eight
years old.