The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-25
corning the carriers plight in the business depression.
 Ma Ferguson Leads

Ma Ferguson Leads Dallas, Texas, July 25-(U. P.) Miriam A. (Ma) Ferguson, who
 canned peaches during a previous | term as governor when not Occu- pied with affairs of state, will meet
 Governor Ross Sterling in a run off | election for the Texas democratic gubernatorial nomination. Mrs Ferguson was leading Ster-
 ling 264,594 votes to 191.42S on the
 basis of almost complete returns from Saturdays primary.
 The situation duplicated the 1880
 election when Mrs Ferguson led Sterling in the first primary only | to lose the nomination in the sec- l only. In Texas. democratic nom-
 ination is tantamount to election. Saturdays balloting restores
 "Ma" and her equally coforful hus-
 band, James Pa" Ferguson, to po- sitions of front line import in Tex
 as politics.
 Their stormy and colorful exper-
 fences date back to 1917 when
 Ferguson, elected by Farmers, was
 impeached and busted. He was barred from making further races.
 "Ma" became the family candidate. She was elected governor in 1924
 on anti-Ku Klux Klan sentiment.
 The Fergusons left their Temple.
 Texas ranch and moved again into
 the gubernatorial mansion. Dallas, Texas, July 25-(U. P.)-
 Texas democrats voted two to one for resubmission of the state pro-
 hibition laws to the people, check
 of Saturdays primary election re-
 vealed to-day. The incomplete vote was: For Submission ...."... 21S,963 Against Resubmission ..... 88,518
 Drys Lean Toward Hoover P.)-A strong impression that dry forces will support President Hoover in the presidential elections was left to-day by w. c. T. U-. leaders, including Dr Ella A. Boole, national president. From Dr D. Leigh Colvin, chair man of the national prohibition committee, came prediction of an important development within 8 few weeks making the national campaign between President Hoov- CT and Governor Franklin D.. Roosevelt an out-and-out-wet-dry flight.
 pr Boole, Dr Colvin and other leaders spoke at two-day confer ence of the New York State Wo-
 mems Christian Temperance Union. No official action on the campaign
 was taken.
 "When President Wilson needed
 a man to take charge of the hu-
 manitarian job of feeding the starv- ing Belgians he picked Herbert Hoover" Dr Boole asserted. When President Coolidge needed a man to take charge of the ~Mississippi
 flood disaster relief he picked MT
 Hoover"
 She added that if there had been
 rny other president of the White
 House the past four years he
 would have selected MT Hoover to tackle the current economic prob lems.
 Tunney Has Them Guessing Hartford, Conn, July 25-(U. P.) Democratic leaders were perplex- ed to-day over how to make best use of the glamor and popularity of James Joseph -Tunney, who is being discussed as a possible can- didate for senator or congressman at-large.
 Despite tendency on the part of a few of the old line politicians to depreciate Tunney's drawing pow- CT and to favor giving important nominations to persons whose party service has been of longer stand ing, the rank and file of democrats have hailed Tunney as Q God-send to the party.
 Tunney has not announced him. l self candidate for any office but his friends say he is available for any
 service the party might ask of him. He has already manifested g will ingness to deliver campaign speech es, his prospects received a decided
 boost by the statement Friday of
 James A. Farley, Roosevelt presi-
 dential campaign manager, that he had all the qualifications for sen- atorial candidate.
 Practical minded democrats have pointed out that Tunney's wealth and the wealth of his Stamford and Greenwich friends would make him
 highly-ussful candidate. In addi- tion. he would probably insure the
 important Fairfield County vote for
 What He Might Do ! WQHcesteA Masss July 2k ts 1u.