Word: fergusons
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Caller. Mr. Albert Petsch of Fredericksburg, Tex. is a representative in the state legislature. One morning last week he walked into the executive offices of Governess "Ma" Ferguson in a businesslike manner. He had a right to walk in with self-confidence, for he was a leader of the friends of the Governess last spring in securing the passage of a bill which restored to her husband the civil rights which he lost when as Governor he was impeached and removed from office...
...Honorable Miriam A. Ferguson, Governor, State of Texas: "We, the undersigned, members of the 39th Legislature of the State of Texas, having in mind our oaths of office and our duty to the people of the State, do hereby respectfully petition...
...brief, they asked Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson to summon a special session for Jan. 4 that they might: 1) provide funds to oust the tick from Texas steers; 2) provide funds to oust the hoof and mouth disease from the same; 3) "amend the highway laws of this State to such an extent as will, in the judgment of the Legislature, sufficiently protect the interests of the people and promote the establishment of an efficient system of public highways...
...Company voluntarily agreed: 1) to pay back $600,000; 2) to cancel the rest of its contract; 3) to forfeit its right to do business in Texas. The astounding implications of this action on the part of the company stirred up a hornet's nest around Governess Ferguson and her husband "Jim." It was understood that Jim had picked the members of the Highway Commission, and he was known to have attended their meetings. So it was felt he should share the blame with them. Last week, with talk of impeachment in the air, two of the three Highway...
...impeached? No evidence or charge had been made public that the Governess or her husband had received or were to receive any of the road company's excessive profits. As the Legislators talked it over last week, they were not sure that they wanted to impeach Mrs. Ferguson, but if they could not "clean up" the highway situation in any other way, they thought they might impeach her for "incompetence" or "negligence...