The Connecticut labor news., 1924-09-27
NEXT GOVERNOR
 OF TEXAS FEARLESS WOMAN OF ABILITY

By International Labor News Service.
 Dallas, Texas, Sept. 27.-There is considerable amusement here about the editorials and articles printed in North ern and Eastern newspapers regarding the political situation in Texas. The transformation thus spread seems boundless.
 Every writer who tackles the sub ject puts his own interpretation on the event Most of them are wrong
 Tn the "run-off" of the democratic primary Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson of Temple, wife of former Governor James Ferguson, and Felix D. Robert son, a former police court judge, now on the district bench of Dallas, were the two contestants.
 Early in the campaign, MT Robert son was announced as the candidate selected by the leaders of the Ku Klux Klan as their choice. MT. Robertson said he was proud of the honor con- ferred on him by the Klan-
 Challenge Is Accepted.
 The Fergusons accepted the chal lenge They have been the uncom- promising enemies of the Kaln since, its inception and through MT. Fergu- sons weekly, The Forum, the fight was waged for years.
 There was an attempt to shift the issue to the prohibition question be- cause James Ferguson was opposed to prohibition and never hesitated to say so. A woman on the platform speak ing for Mrs. Ferguson, put crimp in the situation by saying she would rather vote for dry anti than a wet prohi."
 This was a more telling thrust than appears on the face of the statement for Zeke Marvin of Dallas, the chief packer and advisor of Robinson and a man who occupies a high place with a fantastic title in the Klan, owns a chain of drug stores and en- joys a tremendous profit made from the prescription" business.
 The attempt to shift the issue from the K1an was unsuccessful, but there were many sidelights and many is sues injected in localities, but in the main 1t was a fight on the K1an.
 Not Feminist Victory
 Those who are singing peons of joy because a woman has been elected and hailing it as a sign of the great ad vancement of the feminist movement simply are fooling themselves
 Texans did not vote for Mrs. Fer guson because she was woman. They didn't vote for her because they wanted a woman for governor-they elected her in spite of the fact they didn't want a woman governor. Three gen erations hence they may be electing women because they want them and because their merit is acknowledged.
 Mrs Ferguson's administration will, however, go long way toward break ing down the indurated prejudice against women holding office in Texas, for 1t is generally admitted 1t will be a clean, high-class administration and probably the best the state of Texas has ever had. Farmer Jim" will see to that His enemies admit his ability to do that.
 Mrs. Ferguson will not be merely a titu1ar governor She will be governor in fact and will be devoted to routine and details of the office, but she will have ever at her elbow man of dis tinguished ability to advise her ar ev- cry move The worst enemies of the Fergusons admit their honesty, lnteg- rity and ability
 Mrs. Ferguson Is Nominated. James Ferguson was governor ot Texas He was impeached by the leg islature. He declared 1t was a kan- garoo court impeachment and that he would fight until he was cleared of the charges and his name vindiCated. He claims this election IS full v1nd1cat1on. | A movement also IS on foot by mem bers of the legislature to reverse the decision and expunge from the records | all comment thereof. This would re- establish Mir Ferguson and remove the disability against holding public office When the campaign started James Ferguson was an independent cand1- date for governor. His enemies car ried the matter to the courts and got decision that he was ineligible to office on the grounds of his impeach- rnent
 The next day petitions were started and Mrs. Ferguson was made the can didate instead of her husband. The move created considerable mirth at