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Show MARSHALL NEW IN POLITICS I - ,. s - . 4 Gov. Thomas R. Marshall of Indiana, In-diana, the Democratic nominee for vice-president, rode to the front of his party on a wave of reform. But the Indiana wave was not so boisterous as those that broke on the New Jersey coast and elsewhere. Governor Marshall Mar-shall believes in reform in moderation. modera-tion. Also he believes in progressing with moderation. He does not believe be-lieve that this great and glorious commonwealth com-monwealth is going to the "demnition bow-wows;" in ft 2t, he points with pride to his belief that the country Is just a little bit better politically, financially and hiorally than ever before. be-fore. It required heroic measures on the part of his friends to induce Governor Marshall to take his presidential chances seriously, and even then he refused to allow any effort to be made in his behalf outside of Indiana. Governor Marshall was born in Manchester, Ind., in 1854 and has spent 'his entire fifty-eight years in his native state. He was graduated from Wabash college inl873, when he was twenty-one years old. He practiced law In Columbia City, Ind., until he was elected governor two years ago. He is a member of many clubs and holds LL.D. degrees from Wabash, Notre Dame and the University of Pennsylvania. He married Miss Lois I. Kimsey of Angola, An-gola, Ind., in 1885. In the Literary State they call Marshall the "Little Giant." When one sees him for the first time he wonders why, because there is nothing colossal about tho slender, undersized man with sloping shoulders and quiet mien. His hair and mustache turning from gray to white, do not bristle, his brows do not "beetle" so one can notice it and even his violet-blue eyes are mild. It Is only when one knows him and his political history that that "Little Giant" term is understood. |