Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-18
PARDON FLOOD ENDS IN TEXAS
AS WOMAN GOVERNOR GOES
Leaves Mark of 1000 Glenn
enCY WritS for Successors
to Shoot At.
Gulf Between Retiring ExeCu-
tive and Moody as Wide
as Atlantic Ocean.
BY Consolidated Press

BY Consolidated Press.
AUSTIN, Tex. January 18.-Today
marked the end of the regime OF
Ma" Ferguson, who with approx
imately 1000 clemency proclamatl tons,
has probably set a twoyear record tor
all State executives to shoot at. The
whole administration OF Ma" Fergu-
son has been overshadowed by her
husband, former Gov. Jim Fergu-
son. and it is no exaggeration to say
that Texans have been waiting pa
tiently but anxiously for this days
san to rise.
The new governor, Dan Moody
whose name IL really Dan and not
Daniel. is only SO years old, but he
is unQuestionably the most popular
man in the State. Today you could
find many Texans with their eyes to-
ward the horizon Of higher political
honors for their young chief execu-
tive, who is claimed to be the young
est governor Of all the As States of
the Union.
Gulf as Wide as Ocean.
Virtually all of the amenities of an
inaugural .occa sion surrounded by ira.
ditiOn were gone through today. but
the gulf between the FerguSons and
the Moodys was as wide as the At
lantic Ocean. While Gov Moody has
expressed himself as favoring a lib
eral pardon system" it is predicted
that getting a pardon in Texas during
the next two years will be akin to
finding needle in a hay stack. The
pardon orgy is over. 1t ended today
with a startling last-minute batch
CIOnnH l.,
record has left the State gasping.
1t is absolutely true that prosecut-
ing attorneys and judges of many
counties ceased prosecutions several
weeks ago lest sentences imposed be
set aside by Gov. Ferguson, on the
recommendation of her husband
Most of the thousands of cIemenCy
ORGANIZATIONS have been set down to
the sofe-heartedness of a woman gov
ernor. but the politically minded have
progressed to see in some of them the
building of new Ferguson ma
chine to grip The State anew A
certain faction of the Democracy of
the State, led by State Senator
Thomas B. Love. former national com
nitteeman, and McAdoo leader in
Texas. is endeavoring to spike "a
renaissance of Fergusonism" by back
ing bill to repeal the amnesty act.
which the former governor
was restored to his full civil rights
after having been impeached during
his term OF Office and thereby debar-
red from holding further office
Bill Expected to Pass.
The e is said TO be an excellent
chan e that this bin OF amnesty re-
peal will pass
Gov. Moody is not urging it. lie
was fought by the Fergusons during
the two primaries last year, but he
is not vindictive and if the bill should
become a law it will be without his
signature. This is partly due to the
fact that Mr.. Moody. as attorney gen
eral of the State. already has declared
the original amnesty act. engineered
by MA" Ferguson, to be unconstitu-
tional and of no value.
Former Gov. Ferguson is said TO be
casting his eyes toward the United
States Senate. and, of course, there is
nothing in the State disbarment which
would interfere with his holding ma
tional Office. If he were elected his
recognition would be entirely up TO
the Senate.
The Fergusons go out of Office uor
no one in Texas ever speaks of Ma
alone) largely unsung, because even
the women of the State do not feel
they have had a fair deal. No sooner
was Mrs. Ferguson elected than she
announced she would lean upon her
husband in everything. Therefore
the women do not believe they have
had a fair chance in the governorship
They also feel that Ma" in subor
herself to her husband, has
set the feminist cause back a dozen
wears. Ma" is not interested in that
She ran to Vindicate her husband,
succeeded, had him restored to citizen
ship and has virtually emptied the
jalls and prisons. 1t was said of the
Fergusons today that they are down
but not out. and Texas is likely to
hear more from them.
MoOdy's Friends Joyous.
Meantime, however Texans are re-
joicing in their new governor and are
wonderful reign for him.
He halls from Williamson County,
about 40 miles north of here; he is
self educated, is fearless, tireless, hon
est to a puritan degree, tall, hand
some. clean cut, cleareyed, the picture
of young America. The new governor
is a Baptist and does not believe in
dancing, though he planned to attend
three divisions of a grand inaugural
ball given in his honor tonight.
The new governor sprang into fame
a few years ago, when, as district at
lorney of his home county, he prose
cuted several members Of the ku KIux
Khan and sent them to State prison for
fogging young man of Taylor, Tex.
The celebration today is Statewide,
and Texas is as big as several ma
tons.
Texas is remembering THE Fergu-
sons" however, for their success in
putting through the Legislature the
anti-search and seizure bill. which
makes it a penal offense for prohtbi
ton officers to search a home or auto
mobile without a warrant. Both MA"
and Jim" insisted this was but car
f.ying out the spirit of the bill Of
rights. Apparently it was the one pop
ular act of their administration.
Meantime, just because Ma" is be
ing turned out of the Statehouse, Tex