New Britain herald., 1925-06-01
Always Quiet Man !

Always Quiet Man
 Coming from Virginia stock but a Hoosier by birth, Thomas Riley Marshall. while a successful lawyer. never courted national prominence until 1t was trust upon him in 1908 by his nomination as governor of Indiana and again later whom he waa selected as President Wilson's run ming mate In 1919 and lsl6.
 Mir. Marshall was born in North Manchester, Wabash county, Indiana March 1t, 1854. the only son of pr. Daniel NJ. and Martha A. Patterson MarshalE He attended the public schools and his mothtS had dreams of him becoming famous preacher. but the trials of a circuit rider in those days did not appeal to him and after being graduated from Wabash college at Crawfordspille. Indiana at 10 years, he read law and was ad. mitted to the bar at Columbia City. Indiana, upon his 21st birthday. The story of his life from then on until he was elected governor of Indiana. which opened the way for him to become national figure. is a plain narrative, his entire time being de- voted to the practice of law.
 Governor Of Indiana
 Shortly after taking up law, Mir. Marshall was nominated for prose- cutting attorney in a republican stronghold but defeated. His next political venture did not como until early in 1908 when friends suggest cd he become a candidate for con- gress from the twelfth Indiana dis trict. He declined, however. explain- ing he was afraid he might be elect cd. When it was suggested that he seek the democratic gubernatorial nomination in Indiana, MT. Marshall replied that while his one ambition was to become governor of his home state, he would do nothing to attain the nomination although his friends could do what they pleased. When the state convention was held, in In- dianapolis later, he was selected as a compromise candidate between the forces of Thomas Taggart, former United States senator, and the anti Taggart forces, and won in the bitter 1908 in which he carried the state by 10000 while President Taft car rier 1t by 15,oOo.
 During four years az governor, his administration was characterized especially by the enactment of legis- iation looking to the normal and physical welfare of the states unfor- tunates One policy inaugurated by him was that of never allowing . child to be born in prison or a per- son to die behind the bars if there was & home to which they could go.
 Nominated in 1s1:
 MT. Marshall was nominated for the Hce-presidency in Baltimore in 1912 after his name had been before the convention for q number of bal lots as q presidential candidate with the Indiana delegation soiidly behind him. He was again renominated with President Wilson at St. Louis in 1916.
 Mfr. Marshall prided himself on the fact that he had always been just a plain every day average American citizen" democratic and unconventional. and to his neighbors in Columbia city was always affec- tionately referred to as Tom" Married in 1895
 He married on Oct. ?, 1895, Miss Lois I. Kimsey of Angola, Indiana. Because of his deep love for his mothsr he did not marry until she died. The same devotion always ex- isted between him and Mrs. Marshall who always accompanied him on campaign or lecture trips. With. the exception of never missing an op- portunity to see . baseball game, Mr. Marshall was not an enthusiast over outdoor sports.
 AS for hobbies hs had just one, and that WAS Clarence Isnatius Nor risoni his little adopted son, who died February zs. 1921. While Mrs. Marshall in 1917 was directing | diet kitchen in Washington main tainsd for the poor children. she was attracted to a sickly little year-old waif. When they went to their summer home in Michigan that summer, Clarence IsRatius accom- panied them. With the mothers consent, the child upon their return was permanently made a member of their household although no steps for its legal adoption were then taken. In order that the childs mother might be near the baby boy Mir. Marshall secured employment for her at their hotel.
 Possessed with 6 wealth Of hu- man sympathy for his fellow men, MT. Marshall had q quaint and sub tie sense of humor. which the pail of senatorial dignity failed to dampen. Many times the humor was ex- pressed at the expense of some sen ator. MT. Marshall was a good story teller and nothing delighted him more as vice-president than to steal out of the senate chamber into his private office, smoke q pipe and entertain friends by reeitinE in- stances of his experience as a coun- try lawyer.
 His Private Life
 Mfr. Marshall was an cmnivorous reader but as he once expressed 10