The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-28
CAPITALIST TO
! OPPOSE HER IN
. NEXT PRIMARY
Winner of RInoff Event on
Auq. rs Considered Sure
Victor in Fall.
SHEPPARD MARGIN WIDE
Dry Senator Gets Three
Times as Many Ballots
as Wet.
BY EARL B. STEEL
United Press stan Correspondent

DALLAS. July pa matronly
woman who turn to the house.
vifelv tasks Of canning preserves
during political doldrums and a
multi-mulionaire newspaper pub
Usher and oil man will lay their
policies of government before Texas
democrats in the run-of primary
race Aug. IS for the gubernatoriai
nomination.
The outcome Of that contest
which promises to run the "nole
scale in contrasts. is regarded as
virtual determination OF the sIaUe D
next chief executive.
Miriam A. CIa) Ferguson, whose
,oIitical fortunes have scared and
fallen and scared again, ana Ross
Sterling emerged successful TON
saturdays primary in which eleven
candidates we're entered.
Ma Has Big Lead
If Mrs Ferguson, referred to by
thousands of Texans as Ma, oe-
feats Sterling. it will send her to the
states executive mansion Tor a
fourth time. -
twice she has gone there as the
wife of Farmer Jim" Ferguson, her
husband. who served term ana a
half and was impeached. and once
as Governor in her own right.
Returns gave Mrs. Ferguson a
lead over Sterling of more than
5000 votes.
The campaign Of the two primary
victors will offer new clash De-
tween capital and labor.
Mrs. Ferguson calls herself the
"dirt farmer" candidate.
Sheppard Is Victor
Sterling rose to prominence in
the state through his success as
publisher of the Houston Post, and
his accumulation of a fortune
through oil and real estate. His
political career opened when he was
appointed highway commissioner by
Governor Dan Moody who did not
seek denomination. His strength is
regarded as being largely in metro
politan areas and among men OF
business, while Ma" Ferguson cen
tiers her appeal among the rural
population.
United States Senator Morris
Sheppard, Texarkana, seeking a
fourth term, won from f. Henry,
Houston, wet opponent, getting
three times as many votes as Henry
All but one of the states congress
men had safe leads. The losing
candidate was John c. Box Of the
Second district. who was far behind
Martin Dies Jr., Orange, Tex.
Farmer Jim" Ferguson, who took
the stump for his wife, has publicly
announced he will be Mrs. Fergu-
sons chief adviser if she is elected
Governor Dan Moody who. after
the entry of Ross Sterling, N
highway commission chairman, re-
fused to comment on the race. an
nounced he would take the stump
against "FergusoniSm."
Moody Against Fergusons
I am for any one who rum
against the Fergusons," he said. ny
prediction is that the state will not
again be ashamed at home anC
ridiculed abroad by the shameful
and ridiculous spectacle of proXl
government"
The Fergusons latest victory align:
both ma and pa against one of the
most colorful figures in the Texas
business.
Thirty-five years ago Ross Ster'
ling, at the age of 20. operated
freight boat on the Gulf of Mexico
plying from Anahuac to Galveston
He acquired a chain Of three grocer.
stores, became head of a countr.
bank and then part holder in twt
producing oil wells. His fortun
now is estimated at S30,O00.000.
Road Bonds Big Issue
Sterling'S leading plank is pro
posed enactment of a SS50,000 state
wide road bond issue. He also ha
presented plans for prison and ta'
reform and agricultural marketing
The FerguSon's record shows
tireleSs fight against the Landlord.
In this campaign, they have prom
ised a buSineSS-like administration
reduction of the gasoline tax ant
a levy on factory made cigars ant
cigaretS.
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