Word: fergusons
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...most Catholic Majesty at Washington since 1913. M. Jusserand was appointed Ambassador to the U. S. in 1903. Burton K. Wheeler, onetime Vice Presidential candidate on the LaFollette ticket, proclaimed on returning to Washington: "I am a Democrat and never ceased to be a Democrat." Governor-Elect Ferguson of Texas: 1) announced that there would be dancing at the inauguration but that she would "sit out"; 2) sent to Manhattan for two new gowns, one for the inauguration, the other for the official reception...
...other letter men who form the nucleus around which Coach Wanamaker must build his team are E. P. Cottle '26, B. C. Cutler '26, S. K. Ferguson '26, A. D. Lindley '25, F. A. Potts '26, T. D. Sargent '26, and H. C. Trumbull...
...Texas. Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson was elected Governor. Her husband, ex-Governor, impeached and removed from office several years ago, did a large part of her campaigning and is now expected by many "to be the power behind the throne"-although she says otherwise...
...cases of Mrs. Ferguson and Mrs. Norton, the Democratic nomination practically carried with it the election, as the constituencies of these States are heavily Democratic, although the Republicans polled an un- usually large vote in Texas...
...complexion of Texas seemed to be altering. In August, upon her nom- ination by the Democrats, Mrs. Miriam A. ("Ma") Ferguson was virtually accepted by the Nation as the Governor-elect of Texas. Last week, public prints of all party affiliations published despatches to the effect that this first blush had faded; that Dr. George C. Butte, Republican nominee, was offering "more resistance than any Republican since the days of the Reconstruction." The reports held that the Republican Party of Texas is once more "a white man's affair." In the old days, only Negroes would vote...