 During his term , Marshall focused primarily on advancing the progressive agenda . He successfully advocated the passage of a child labor law and anti @-@ corruption legislation . He supported popular election of United States Senators , and the constitutional amendment to allow it was ratified by the Indiana General Assembly during his term . He also overhauled the state auditing agencies and claimed to have saved the government millions of dollars . He was unsuccessful in passing the rest of the progressive platform agenda items or persuading the legislature to call a convention to rewrite the state constitution to expand the government 's regulatory powers . 
