Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1908 — Mr. Marshall is Piqued. [ARTICLE]

Mr. Marshall is Piqued.

When Thomas R. Marshall found himself elected governor of Indiana, he evidently concluded that his troubles were at an end, whereas, in fact, they have just! begun. He is taking constantly besieged by ardent of-fice-seekers, in spite of his plea to be left alone, and he has found it necessary to issue another formal statement which confirms the opinion previously prevailing that he is not in a humor to tolerate place-hunters. “I have no idea as yet as to wbat offic e are at my disposal,” he says, "nor to whom I shall give them, but I do know that the interests of applicants are not being furthered by hauling me around and barrassing me for promises at a time when I am sorely in need of rest. I asked nobody to vote for me as a personal favor, and I supposed that party work was done for party success.” It is pleasing to observe that Mr. Marshall has taken such high ground, but, if he .really believes what he says, he has small knowledge of “practical politics.” It is doubtless true that a vast majority of men strive for party success as a matter of principle, without ulterior motive, but there are a, few—a comparatively few, in both of the old par-

ties —pretending to have extenlve influence whose activities are inspired solely by hope and expectation of reward. In the list of names of those ( who have been harrasslng the gov- | ernor-elect are to be found several veteran place-holders who served under Governor Matthews more than a 1 decade ago and who have not done 'anything since except to look forward 1 to the happy day which would afford them at leabt a chance to resume theftformer occupations. Furthermore, the ' governor-elect will sooner or later discover that the men who are "hounding” him, as he says, will continue*' to do so until the last scrap of patronage has been doled out, whereupon, if unsuccessful, they will turn upon him and rend him. It is too early in the fray for Mr. Marshall to lose his temper. When once the place seekers are in full blast he will have a better understanding of what It means to be “harraseed,” or of what avail 1 it is to turn away wrath by making soft answers. Invoking only the unwritten law In her defense, Mrs. Nancy Murrlll has been acquitted at Jackson, Ky., of murder. She killed Miss Mary Terry, with whom her husband .was Infatuated.