Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 18, 1912, Page 6

| | | i] MRS, TOM’S PART ~ INTHE ELECTION Governor Marshall's Wife Has ' the Memery For Names, ROMANCE OF THEIR LIVES. The Notification of the Indiana Ex- , ecutive For Democratic Vice Presi- dency Honcrs a Record Breaker. By J. C. HAMMOND, Of Democratic National Publicity Bu- reau. Indianapolis. — Just about the time that thousands of friends of Gov- ernor Thomas Riley Marshall were anxiously wanting to shake his hand in congratulation over his acceptance as candidate of vice president on the Democratic ticket a smiling woman stepped before him, and if one could have heard what she whispered in his ear it would have been something like “Now, hurry in, Tom, and change your clothes.” And Tom Marshall forgot to shake hands with the enthusiastic friends until he had carried out the orders of Mrs. Tom. Indiana has honored four of her sons as vice presidential candidates on the Democratic ticket, but the crowds that r THOMAS R. MARSHALL. greeted Governor Marshall in the big coliseum in the state fair grounds here today were the greatest in the history of the party. The west wanted to show the east what could be done in notification hon ors, and, while Mrs. Marshall was hap- py, of course, over the honors for her husband, she was also worried, for her husband comes mighty close to being father, husband, son and partner all in one. And when a woman has that com- bination on her hands to care for she has every right to be worried. Governor Marshall will never gain any honors as a hammer thrower. He is not built that way. While all the country was reading the vigorous words of Governor Mar- shall which told the voters what he vexpects Democracy to do in carrying out the pledges for the next four years it’s worth while to know what part a ‘woman is taking in the affairs of the campaign—how Tom Marshall hap- pens to be in the position in which he stands today. The good people of Columbia City, Ind., never thought Thomas Riley Mar- shall was a “marrying man.” For for- ty years he had lived with his parents, nursing both his father and mother, ‘who were invalids, which was the rea- son Governor Marshall was not a mar- rying man. He felt his first duty was to his parents. Meeting Mrs. Marshall. After the death of his parents Gov- ernor Marshall dived deeper into his law practice, and one day an urgent case took him to Angola, Ind. His du- ties called him to the county clerk’s of- fice, and there he met Miss Lois Kim- sey, daughter of the county clerk, who was assisting her father in the office. From that day Governor Marshall had more business around the county clerk’s office in Angola than any law- yer in half a dozen nearby counties. Governor Marshall was forty-two years of age when he was married, Mrs. Marshall being nearly twenty years his junior. The Marshalls had been married only a few weeks when the future vice president was called to an adjoining county on a case that would consume some five or six weeks of his time. “Now, I did not want to be starting off like that.” Governor Marshall ex- plained to a friend one day, so I just told Mrs. Marshall that I thought she should go along. And she did.” Since then Governor Marshall has never made a trip without Mrs. Mar- shall going along. They have traveled all over the country together; they go to banquets and political meetings to- gether until the friends of the Indiana executive refer to him and his wife as the “pards.” “Tom Marshall is not overstrong,” explained one of his friends. “While a delicate man, his constitution is not of the most vigorous type. “When he gets into a political battle forgets his weakness. He gives all it is in him, and that will tell on man. Mrs. Marshall soon discov- that the governor would become in making a speech and the day his voice would be husky. 2 FLEEr pext She decided that he had better give up some of the handshaking and take care of his health first. So when you find him making a speech he does not stay around to hear the applause of the au- dience. Rather, he hurries to his room and changes his clothing. “Some people have said that Tom Marshall is not a handshaking politi- cian. He is not. His wife thinks it is more important to guard his health, than to carry out the old time policy, | ; and she is correct, as she is in most ; all other things.”’ i “Home Air” Prevails. | The Marshall home is typical of the | mistress. It isa home of books, and | still one does not feel “bookish.” One | of the Marshall friends said he always | felt like eating when he entered the Marshall home in Columbia City or the executive mansion at Indianapolis. Mrs. Marshall believes in a home first, and the “home air” prevails. “If Governor Marshall ever occupied the White House people would not know that historic institution,” de- clares an admirer. “Mrs. Marshall would have it a real home. People would feel comfortable even in the midst of the gold and glitter.” But it is not only as a wife and the mistress of a home that Mrs. Marshall shows her ability. She is a politician and a clever one, She also has a re- markable memory. Governor Marshall has earned the reputation of being in a class of story tellers all by himself. He can remem- ber stories, but he forgets names. A name is something to be cast aside | with Governor Marshall, and this is} one of the regrets of his life, if he has any regrets. The governor is not a worrying man. He is somewhat a fa- | talist, but if he could he would like to remember names; but, not having that ability, he does not worry, for Mrs. Marshall is the new rememberer of the family. She has a peculiar ability along this line. Not only does she remember the last name, but any combination of names comes as second nature to her, and she carries this ability on down to the children and cousins of any one seeking the governor. | While the governor is shaking hands {and trying to remember whether his | caller is Jones or Smith, Mrs. Marshall |is busy supplying the information and asking about all the relatives. Ideal Partners, Governor Marshall has no brothers or sisters, and his parents being dead } leaves him somewhat barren of rela- | tives. Governor Marshall’s friends are en- thusiastic over his home life. When | | he has started on talking of his wife | a new light in the Hoosier executive | | comes to the surface. | | They come near being ideal married | partners. | “I was talking to Tom one day,” jexplained one of his most intimate friends. “We were leaning back, and Tom had been telling some of his good stories to illustrate various topics of | |our conversation. We were waiting for Mrs. Marshall to come back from | @ shopping tour, and I happened to re- mark that I liked Mrs. Marshall bet- ter every time I met her. “Well, now that’s the way she strikes me, Jim,’ he said ‘We have | been married some sixteen years, and as time goes that is a long or short period, just as you think. To me it is but a fleeting day. Then I think back over my married life and find I have grown to know Mrs. Marshall better every day. A man must not only love but he must also respect his partner in this life—respect her in all things. |She must have wonderful qualities to make the love and respect grow deeper and better each day. That’s been my history. “‘The fact that Mrs. Marshall has been in sympathy in my work, my play, my life, is good. But I have been ‘MES. MARSHALL. |! sympathy with hers. Ours is not a one sided life. We have been part- ners, and that’s the way it should be in this world.” Mrs. Marshall has watched over his administration of the affairs of Indiana with a jealous care. There has been nothing of the spectacular in his ad- ministration, It has been a sane gov- ernment. The laws that he has fought for and won show the spirit of the man, They are uplifting. They deal with the improvement of man, woman and child. While Governor Marshall is describ- ed as a “tender hearted” executive, nevertheless he is a fighter. He be- longs to the old fighting stock of Vir- ginia. Governor Marshall is not a dodger. He has his opinions, and he lets them be known. While he is an organization man, he knows that organizations are not perfect—that they can make mis- takes. If they make mistakes he thinks it is his duty to say so and get the saying over at the first pos- sible moment. Mrs. Marshall is not satisfied with ALSO AT ARMAGEDDON. — ‘GRAND RAPIDS HERALD-REVIEW, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1912 —New York World. _ ROLLA WELLS IS EARLY ON THE JOB Democratic National Treasurer Is After Small Contributor. ‘THE PEOPLE TO HELP. There Is to Be No “Tainted Money” Used In Electing Wilson and Mar- shall. New York.—A small, smooth shaved, middle aged man with a coat of tan that gave evidence of much outdoor life recently came into the Waldorf carrying a suit case early in the after- noon and registered as “Rolla Wells, St. Louis, Mo.” The smooth shaved little man, who | is to be the watchdog of the Wilson campaign money from now on, was asked for vital statistics, whereupon it was learned at first hand that he is a banker and ex-mayor of St. Louis, is fifty-six years old, was graduated at Princeton in 1876, or three years be- fore Governor Wilson was graduated; that he has two sons who are Prince- ton men and a grandson who some day will be a Princeton man; that he had no notion of seeing New York this summer until the Wilson organi- zation selected him as its treasurer and that just at present the one thing that sticks out in the appointment in his mind is that the new job cut in se- riously upon a most beautiful vacation which he and Mrs. Wells had been en- joying in a camp at Little Traverse bay, Michigan. Mr. Wells believes in getting at his desk at 8 o’clock in the morning. “We are going to raise our campaign fund through the small contributions,” said Mr. Wells. “I am sure that a large part of the money will be raised by popular sub- scription. “The people have confidence in Woodrow Wilson, and they will give what they can of their means to elect such a man president. “I am a great believer in publishing broadcast, before and after election, | the various contributions made. “There are men who can well afford | to give the committee $5,000, but I want to assure the public that we are not going to have any tainted money. “We are appealing to the people, and | we are relying on them to help elect Wilson and Marshall. “I have two boys who have been graduated from Princeton, one five years ago and one seven. But it is nor because ours is a Princeton family that I like Governor Wilson. He is a great big man and the type that we should have in public life.” Woodrow Wilson says this is not a time to be afraid to “speak out in meet- ing.” That he was not afraid is dem- onstrated by his logical speech in ac- cepting the Democratic nomination. Roosevelt was willing to crawl from the White House to the capitol in 1908 if he could help his friend Root: To- day he would like nothing better than meeting Root up a dark alley. The Democrats are depending on the small contributor to help elect Wil- son and Marshall. The appeal is being made to the people, and the people are responding. Wilson will make the most accessible president who has ever occupied the White House. He is typically a Dem- ocratic man. Farmers have awakened to the folly of the so called bleszings of a protec- her domestic duties alone. She wants to do her share in problems of the po- litical and business world. Mrs. Mar- shall is said to have discussed in de- tail with her husband his action on | the Baltimore convention, and when it | was seen that Marshall was the man who was going to go on the ticket with Wilson he wanted to know what | his wife thought about it. “It won’t be any harder than being Governor of Indiana, and if the party | thinks you are the man it only agrees | with my opinion,” she said, and that | settled the matter with Governor Mar- | shall. | Mrs. Marshall had the honor of be- ing the first woman in Indiana to hold | an office. She was appointed county clerk of Steuben county by her father and held that office for a number of years. When Governor Marshall and his | wife were about to be married she de- cided that her last official act of the | office would be to make out the mar- | riage license. Governor Marshall ac- companied his wife to the county clerk’s office and watched her with | care as she noted the records in the big book and filled out the license and watched her as she carefully signed | her father’s name, with her own as | deputy. i Mrs. Marshall, having blotted the | ink, said, “Now we can go.” “Not yet.” laughed Governor Mar- shall. “Why, we are all fixed,” explained Mrs. Marshall, pointing to the license. “Yes, but I have to pay for it,” re- plied the governor. “It’s all right for you to make it out, but it’s up to me to pay the fee.” And he did. Mrs. Marshall is a keen student, and, | having established the practice of go- ing with her husband on all his trips, be they short or long, they make it a point to carry along some book. Mrs. Marshall is as much of a hu- manitarian as the governor. Ayglance at some of the bills that have been passed by the 1911 Indiana legislature gives an insight into the governor: To curtail child labor. To regulate sale of cold storage prod- ucts. To require hygienic schoolhouses and medical examination of children. To prevent blindness at birth. To regulate sale of cocaine and other drugs. To provide free treatment for hy- drophobia. To establish public playgrounds. To improve pure food laws. To protect against loan sharks, To provide police court matrons. To prevent traffic in white slaves. To permit night schools. To require medical supplies as part of a train equipment. Governor Marshall has also played | an active part in providing for protec- tion of labor, as is exampled by the following acts: | To create a bureau of inspection | for workshops, factories, mines and | boilers. | To establish free employment agen- cies. To require full train crews. To require safety devices on switch engines. To require efficient headlights on engines. To require standard cabooses. To provide weekly wage, etc. And Governor Marshall has con- sulted with his “partner” on all these bills. He is quoted as saying a man can’t go far wrong in taking the advice of a wife—if she is his partner as well as his wife. Having exhausted his supply of ad- jectives in denouncing Taft, Roosevelt is now leading a campaign of denun- tiation of every one who does not agree with himself. Farmers have pulled against the short end of the yoke long enough. Wilson and Marshall promise to see that the pulling is made more nearly even. ‘Wonder how the colonel likes being an outcast? | “energy.” | of light moving with the incessant i i q September days bring thoughts of Fall We have just ozened up a beautiful line of New Fall Suitings, Dressmaking. Ser3es, Whipcords, Also a beautiful display of Trimmings, in Laces, Braids and The Fall Suits are Here Priced at from $10 to $25. A handsome line of those comfortable little Serge and Cloth Dresses to select from at from New line of fall and winter $5 to $16. Underwear in combination and two- piece garments. 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As the spaces between are always full of water, these masses are prevented from coalescing. The softer part of the lake constantly evolves gas, which consists largely of carbon dioxide and sulphureted hy- drogen, and the pitch. which is honey- combed with gas cavities, continues to exhibit this action for some time after its removal from the lake. The asphalt from Trinidad in its fresh state can be picked up and mold- ed without soiling the hands. The sub- stance is pulled apart on the surface with picks. and the pieces are carted away to the ships. In the bay of Car- denas, Cuba. asphalt is drawn up from the bed of the sea through eight or nine feet of water.—Harper’s Weekly. RIDDLES OF THE UNIVERSE. A Scientist Says Science Really Knows Very Little. I have been asked to define the word I cannot. Suppose that 1 should be asked, “What is the cause specific speed of 186,383 miles during each successive second of time?” 1 would be utterly unable to reply. First, I cannot think of the cause of this unthinkable velocity. How an- swer? The fact is. science does not know what anything really is. Electrons are the vanishing points. They are on the limit of knowledge. of even hope, of thought. All are agreed that they are electricity, but that does not help in the solution of any riddle of the universe. It does not seem possible that sci- ence will come to an end in any at- tempt at explaining. Some new dis- covery surpassing all others may yet be made. Really, such a discovery must be made or science will come to an impenetrable wall. for we cannot at present think of mind, life or an electron. How progress or advgnce in search of anything if we are qnable to think of it? This is a gloomy out- look, but just now it appears to be hopelessly impossible to discover any fact as to what mind, life and elec- tricity are. 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