Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-08

great Southwest. His pioneering spirit.
MS delight in deeds as against mere
words, his broad sympathieS and his
ole-hearted democracy commend him
TO his Commonwealth The nomination
virtually assures his election to the
governorship, and his administration
VIII be watched with cordial interest
Tar and wide" The Baltimore Sun
comments: Since women now have
the ballot all over the Nation, it Is
agreeable to note that great State Is
able TO resist the emotional appeal Of q
woman candidate whose one idea Ia to
serve male member of her family who
cannot operate politically on his own"
The dismal errors of the Moody adj
mlnlstratlon, in the Judgment Of the
ForG worth StaT-Telegram, made It
possible for Jim Ferguson to come back
ana make serious bid for supremacy,
IL is up to Mr.. Sterling to COM
pleCe the victory over Fergusonism, only
partially obtained at the polls, by giv-
ing the State an administration which.
by It's probity, harmony and accom-
pllSnmeng In the cause of good govern.
ment, Will offer no cause for 6isar.
pointed and disguised voters to turn 70
Fergusonism as {. protest.
X
THE run-of primary brought out the
greatest number of votes ever cast in 4
Pemocratlc contest in Texas" says the
y nuanoKe World-News, observing that
jim Ferguson glibly offered to the
people Of Texas two Governors for tina
price OF one" and concluding: "Evi.
GENTLY the people of Texas, BY 100, 900
majority, prefer one Governor of the
Steriing type to two of the Ferguson
type" The Louisville Courier journal
AYERS that, considering the result az
the nrst primary, Texans have set a
magnlncent example of the use of the
run-oh primary"
She might have made a picturesque
Governor. comedies the Scranton
Tlmes, but that paper adds. "Vitunera.
ton and abuse marked the canpaisn
OF the Fergusons against their Opponent
and they have learned that this method
is not always successful" The Shreve-
port Journal finds that 1T Is the earnest
hope OF great majority OF Texans that
the last has been heard of the Fergu-
sons II politics" The Texarkana Ca
zette concludes: Personalities in poli.
tics and prejudiceS were dealt a severe
blow, Ferguson'S prince and pauper'
slogan failing to put him in the execu-
tive mansion. Prisoners in the peniten-
tiary viii stay there until they have
paid the penalties assessed against
them. Business principles will rule In
the handling of State affairs. Fergu-
SoniSm is stamped out"
The Lone Star States verdict was
victory for intelligence" states the
Birmingham News Mrs. Ferguson
should never have been dragged away
from her preserve and jelly making TO
draw chestnuts out of the fire for her
ambitious husband All is well, how
ever, that ends w~il If the Fergusons
will but brush up the old motto. God
Bless Our Home and keep their eyes
firmly fixed upon it--recalling, of
course, that Texas voters did actually
v1ndicate Farmer Jim once upon q
time-TexaS may come at last to re-
member the Ferguson affliction as some
thing one with forever
The Admission Star believes that
" Fergusonism' has been definitely
thrust out of Texas z litice by the
Democratic voters. and it is lust as
well for at beS4 Ferguson control ,yas
freakish and was no credit to Texas
The Charleston Evening Post AYERS that
In politics anything may happen, and
IN Texas politics it would seem that
everything does happen, but a second
return of the Fergusons to power Is
probably to be the exception" The
Lynchburg Advance asserts, "AlthouRil
the Fergusons still retain a firm grin
o a large part o. the electorate. The
victory Of Sterling indicates their power
Is beginning to wane." The Lexington
Leader concludes, 1.-THE Fergusons NAV
now wake up to the fact that politicaIlv
thev are dead in Texas"