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...Prediction. Besides colorful invective and simple talk for simple people, Jim Ferguson, onetime cowhand and horse-wrangler, possesses a splendid flair for bluffing. At a judicious moment last week he released an article called "The Result," in which, with a column of figures that would have impressed the average farmer whether he could read or not, it was told that "Ma" Ferguson would receive exactly 453,884 votes; Dan Moody exactly 307,887; and Lynch Davidson about 63,000. Moody men guffawed. Lynch Davidson growled about "political liars." Jim Ferguson hitched up his pants and hustled on to wind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Rodeo | 7/26/1926 | See Source »

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