The sun., 1916-08-20
Edward Marshall Finds the Nominee
Wholly Patriotic, Much Interested in
Fellow Men and Radiantly Genial

inc theory unAt WnlIe IL was tne |
smoothest II could not be covered in
the time allotted. Instead Of following
IL he took a trench on the high speed.
jumping It..
Attended," cried the oficer from
the midst Of high explosives.
Keep your shirt on said the
Yankee boy laconicaily. 81 hope
nothing will 20 of in your lap. but IL
We don't take a short cut we can't
get there in time. Hold tight"
Zip-he vent into q shell crater and
swooped out Of 1t al acute angles;
swish! he swerved from an exploding
whixx.banE: bling! ne went against
and owe much barbed wire. his tires
popping Just too late to rob his a
OF the momentum necessary for the
jumping Of another trench.
And 30 on. And they got there.
And they got there ahead OF time. ac-
complaining all and more than all that
they had started out to do. The am
munition blew up no one but the
enemy.
Most Of the time the French oficer
regretted that he had requested the
young man from Boston to transport
those high explosives for him.
The French Government gav the
oficer q decoration for his fortitude in
staying in the car and the Yankee
boy achieved a reputation for sad
recklessness. Perhaps France thinks
the youth Is quite devoid Of humor.
Some Of these who had been anxious
to have the lawyer Hughes take up
the insurance matter were lifted faint
ing from the car. so to speak. after
no had carried them with him on the
trip. His face was set during that
world beating journey. his teeth were
clenched, he had very little to say
about anything else and very little
time for smiles. But tho Job was car
ried through.
He didn't let his own skin shrink
under the threat Of political shrapnel.
and those who had asked him to act
as chauffeur had TO take some bumps.
He did not get a reputation as a
humorist through that work.
When all this vas owe he took breath
and smiled. but when he smiled his
friends refused t bow. They didn't
recognize him in a light expression. so
he went to Switzerland, feeling that
the atmosphere Of glaciers would be
warmly genial after the chill tempera-
ture which his in~vestigative work had
thrust him into. He had just returned
for the night from the coolest Alp that
he could md, where he had been
warming his gas investigation FROST
bitten hands and ears. when a long
cablegram from Armstrong Of the In
surance Committee asked him to act
also rs its counsel. .
He didn't want the job. lie had
hoped that his next work would be Of
q happy character. which would per-
nit him 10 be mildly merry. but this
great task touched intimately the vital
interests Of thousands Of his fellow
citizens. His conscience would not let
him turf II down.
So he left the frigid Businesses that
almost baked Napoleon and came
home to a colder job than climbing up
OF sliding down a frozen mountain. II
was a tremendous job. affecting the
we'll being OF a majority OF the Ameri-
Gun population. Again he found him
selk embarked upon n task which no
one could call genial. lie had a full
sense Of his responsibility. To shake
lAiC COItituCuCc ~ IIlti!tOIls VI ihs u
surance policyholders in the companies
which held their money was a very
dangerous procedure, yet he decided
that he could not shirk the work. for
he felt thai it was necessary in order
that future confidence might he founded
on q rock.
On the homecoming ship he decided
to be ruthless In his razing OF the
structures dangerous features. but de-
termined not to leave the job till they
had been rebuilt. He fully kept both
resolutions. but In 30 doing gained
nothing In the way OF reputation as q
humorlst.
Again. in his desire TO feel upon his
cheeks q breeze comparatively warm
re sought the Alps n spent a com
fortably warm summer. by comparison
in regions of eternal snow. 1t reall,
was a complete surprise to learn latei
that tho people Of New York wished
him to become their Governor. He hat
been perfectly aware Of the frlgidity OF
! the reputation which he had been com
PEELED to build. and had supposed tina
1: would freeze to death any politica
ambitions which might rise In his hear
CT IOT uuI III tuc ucaits VI otHcis.
He came back to New York and hi
: arrival was preceded by the publica
ton In a New York paper OF a cartoon
showing the great ship on which h
: was a passenger entering New iorl
: bay In midsummer encased In ice a
the result OF carrying him In n O
her deck cabins. There were thos
among the party managers who. zee
. ing this. threw up their hands In bleal
. despair, convinced that no man coul
be elected to the Governorship who's
: mind was generally reputed to be mer
!. Cold Storage for Hard Facts. Wa
!. ranted Entirely Fatal to All Senti
: ment. and Certain to CONCEAL the Mil
' LOT Human Kindness.
But he went through the campaig
. like a whirlwind. and to the amaze
= ment Of the people and the politician
a this whirlwlnd was as one which blow
. out Of the south. for II was genia
warm and cheering. He was elected
At Hornell. after one Of the fins
. speeches In the campaign. the chaii
. man Of the meeting said:
"Gov. Hughes will now step .froI
. the platform and shake hands with a
n corners, proving himself to be entirel
II human"
al The fact hat this remark was mad
illustrated wildly the impression aboi
Hughes which circumstances entirel
Ioyo,a tho HuUhaa control had or