WOMAN CANDIDATE
GOVERNORSHIP OF KANSAS
AGAINST KU KLUX KLAJf^
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COrXRIQHr.)
...■■ ■■■■ "' ' (BBUTEIi 8 IEttOBAU.J '' ■ \ / - ■■■■:'. '■... .'/NEW 'YORK, 25th; August. "■' • A.-telegram fi-bm Dallas, Texas' says-, that an anti-Ku KluxKlan-. candidate, Mrs.-: Miriam, Ferguson,'--has been.nominated- in the regular Democratic'^ ticket for the-' governorship of Texas.. This is , considered' tantamount to her election, .as.-.the State is strongly Democratic. I£. elected, she will be' the first-woman Governor in the United States: . : Mrs.: Ferguson terms her triumph aW a blow to the Klah, and has'announe-' ed that she. will oust all 'Elan/officers from their-positions' if she :is' elected.She also thought nomination as a vindication of the family, name, her husband, having- been impeached for improper use of State funds when. Gover- . nor.of Texas seven! years ago. Mr. Fer1-' - guson cohducted a-• speaking camoaien -' oh his wife's behalf. -' ' fa,:
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 50, 27 August 1924, Page 5
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133WOMAN CANDIDATE Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 50, 27 August 1924, Page 5
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