Word: ma
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...real woman has fared none too well in politics lately. A red-polled, 32-year-old Baptist last week headed Governess Miriam A. ("Ma") Ferguson of Texas back toward the cows and chickens whence she emerged two years ago to "vindicate" her impeached husband Jim. Attorney-General Dan Moody won the Democratic primary with well over 50% of the votes cast, thus precluding a "run-off" primary unless Mrs. Ferguson's husband-manager could establish his loud charges of poll frauds. In Texas, Democratic nomination equals virtual election. Under the terms of a wager* Governess Ferguson was honor-bound...
...Evolutionists: "Oh, forget it! The Ferguson family can't settle it, anyhow. Ma said to leave it in the books 'cause it didn't make any difference. And I said: 'Well, if it don't make any difference let's yank her out.' And there...
...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 up his free-and-easy wife-boosting rodeo...
...Ma's Bet. Between "Ma" Ferguson and Sunday-school-teaching Dan Moody stood a bet as primary day approached. They had wagered their present state offices on the outcome: Ma to resign if he beat her by a single vote; Dan to resign if she beat him by 25,000 Perhaps that seems a casual bandying of high public trust, but they like things casual in Texas. The candiates' gamble added local color to the campaign which was last week rushing to a climax...
...office-the spectacle of a woman governor's husband occupying her official desk and quite openly running the state's business in her stead. And no day passes without some echo of certain highway-building deals perpetrated by Jim Fergusen behind the petticoats of Governor Miriam A. ("Ma") Ferguson, his obedient wife...