New Britain herald., 1925-06-01
FORMER VICE
 PRESIDENT DIES
(con,inued from First pase)

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 T have talked with all the lead inE men of the world in regard to peace and world problems and they all believe that education and re- affirmation of belief In good are the only hope of the world, All Ameri- cans must work Intellectually or physically 50 that they will prcserve American principles and aid other nations in getting together on. similar plan so that at last the bat. He flags may be burned in the par. lament of the world"
 Keen Sense of Humor.
 A sparkling sense of humor, knack for plain speaking, and a phil oscphy of life rooted in the old fash toned virtue made Thomas Riley Marshall one of the most interesting figures of his time in American public life.
 His bubbling wit washed out every suggestion of false dignity, and hls direct manner of expression reached the understanding of the millions. He prided himself somewhat that he was not diplomat and that he never outgrew the tenets Of that simple faith in God and man to which he was born. Sometimes his blunt expressions of opinion and bis refusal to put on the cloak of an ex- alted reserve in high office worried his friends and dismayed his politi- cal advisers; but he always insisted that a man must first of all keep peace with his own convictions.
 Test of Fidelity.
 A supreme test of his fidelity to that precept came upon him in the days when Woodrow Wilson lay stricken at the White House, shut off from the nation by veil Of im- penetrable mystery. Out of the many Thisperings of others in high place in the government there emerged | project to declare the war presi- dent incapable Of performing the duties of his office, and to elevate the second in command to the pres idsncy. The suggestion even eccu- pied the serious thought of some members of the Wilson cabinet. But when 1t was preached to yice-Presi- dent Marshall he declined with char acteristic bluntness and fnality to have anything to do with 1t.
 Devoted To Wilson.
 If he ever lost a moments sleep from the strain of those trying months when 50 narrow . margin separated him from ( lasting place among the nations presidents, his close associates never suspected it. From the first to the last, in his of fcial acts and in al! his utterances, he remained devoted to the chief un- der whose banner he had become the first vice-president since John c. Calhoun to succeed himself in office.
 Always Fair in Senate
 In his capacity as presiding off cer of the senate he Is remembered chiefly for the conceded fairness of his rulings and for the biting re- bukes he administered to senators who insisted on taking themselves toe seriously. Many a. political sham battle on. the senate floor. carried on amid a thunder of high sounding words, was broken up by . nicely directed shaft of hurnor and sarcasm from the chair.
 On these occasions the galleries always greeted the sally with laugh ter and handciappins. but the vice. president. with q straight face, al- ways responded by drawling cut the cut-and-dried caution prescribed by senate precedents to curb applause.
 The Five-cent Cigar
 It was after an unusually tiresome season of high-fown oratory in the chamber with a long succession of senator's suggesting . long list of panaeeas for the postwar health of the country that MT. Marshall de- livered himself of that dicturn which has become the most celebrated of all his homilies:
 What the country really needs Is q good hve-cent cigar"
 Was Not Proniinent
 Like the president with whom he served. Mir. Marshaii came to high responsibility after but A short ap- prenticsship in public office. Five years before his election to the vice presidency he was regarded as per- manently established in comfort able law practice at Columbia City, Ind, was known to but limited number outside his own community, never had held elective office, and apparently was without political ambition.
 But in 1908 an unexpected turn of events elevated him to the gov srnor's chair at Indianapolis, where he was serving when the democratic national convention ct Baltimore selected him as the vice presidential nominee in, isl7.
 Never Forgot od Friends
 Despite his rapid rise to fame, Mir. Marshall never forgot his old friends or put away his old ways, To ths end of his days dignity con. tinued to rest lightly on his shoul- dsrs and back in Indianapolis he was the same democratic, easy-ge- ing citizen who had swept into staid Washington like an exhiliorating breeze in 1918.
 Loyal to College
 One of the devotions which he carried with him to the grave was to his alma mater, Wabash college st Crawfordsville where he gradu- Ated at tho age of is and upon board