Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1913 — OUR NEW GOVERNOR NEEDS BIG CHAIR [ARTICLE]

OUR NEW GOVERNOR NEEDS BIG CHAIR

Samuel M. Ralston Weighs 276 Pounds and Tom Marshall’s Seat Was Not Large Enough. i The chair of state which has served Indiana governors for years will be renounced by Samuel M. Ralston, our new governor, who weighs 275 pounds, and Tuesday he selected one of his own from a number of availables which Thos. F. Colbert, custodian of the state house, had brought there Jor the governor-elect to inspect * Although Governor Marshall was very much smaller than his predecessor, Gov. J. Frank Hanley, he occupied the same chair, but when Mr. Ralston tested it he said, “Not for me,” and immediately started things for a chair equal to sunborting him. He said he found tflr old chair uncomfortable. The chair he selected is of mahogany, upholstered in black leather and will cost approximately SSO. Tuesday Retiring Governor Marshall and Mr. Ralston held a conference lasting an hour and a halt going over the routine business of the office and discussing some of the problems of office, which some times hold over for years.