Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
NEW TERM SOUGHT
BY MRS. FERGUSON
Needs More Time to Finally
Erase Blot on Family Name,
She Announces.

By the Associated Press.
AUSTIN, Tex, February 27.-Gov
Miriam A. Ferguson, first woman gov
ernor of Texas. today announced she
is Democratic candidate for re-elec-
ton. Her platform is further vindica-
ton for the Ferguson name from the
stigma of Impeachment of her hus-
band, James f. Ferguson, when gov
ernor in 1917. which was her princi-
pal plea in her successful campaign
I before. Her two-year term expires
early in January.
My experience with the governors s
office has taught me that filling the
! office is a little too big for one man
or woman" she said in her announce
ment. 1T takes both ma and pa to
get over the rough places. So, in or
der that nobody may be deceived or
misled, L want it distinctly understood
that Jim and l will continue to pull
together in the same old way"
/ The announcement places two wom-
| en- and one man in the Democratic
race for governor. Mrs. Edith Wit
mans Of Dallas, first woman member
/ of the Legislature, has been candi-
| date for some time.
hOOuy ouOII w III fAtt'
Lynch Davidson of Houston, former
lieutenant governor, is the man seek
! ing nomination to date. Whether Dan
! Moody, young attorney general, and
who, the Fergusons have charged, in
I stituted suits attacking highway con-
/ tracts for political purposes of his
! own, will get in the race probably
| soon will be known.
! In her 1924 campaign Mrs. Fergu-
/ son said she would not seek office
again IF our prayers for vindication
are answered" She now claims that
the name of James K. Ferguson has
not been cleared entirely Of the stigma
! of his impeachment and that until she
/ considers vindication complete she
will continue in politics.
While 1t is true that the people
| elected me in the belief that the
stigma of impeachment. would be re-
moved from my family name, yet |
am sorry to say that it has not been
DONE the announcement said Il
! had hoped and prayed that the black
page of Impeachment yet on the pa ges
! of the public records at Austin would,
in response to the verdict of the peo-
| pie. be stricken and blotted from the
records that | might have been fur
ther relieved from the cares and bur-
/ utIlS 0i DuDllt llle dIiu OiiItt'
Says More Time II Vital.
/ Here the governor declared that the
| amnesty bill, which had for its pur-
| pose relieving those under impeach-
ment. did not mention anybody s name,
and thus did not specifically clear the
Ferguson name She asserted that if
( nothing further was done that the
; finger of scorn would continue to be
! pointed at the family"
This is the main reason why l
again am n candidate on this issue,
and az long as God shall give me
strength to work and pray, | am going
to continue to ask the people of my
native State to help me remove the
cloud that has hung over me and mine
so long"
She pointed out that, following a
Texas custom, men governors had
been given two terms and asked the
consideration for herself.
Il shall meet any charges and If l
have proved myself unworthy, l must
bear the consequences" she said. If
il is not proven that | have been un-
faithful and will be unworthy, then, in
the name Of fairness and in the name
of my sex l shall insist on the same
second term in office that has long
been given to men.