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Show Dallas, Texas, A woman was fcler ted governor of Texas, incom- j jdete but representative returns from, all parts of the state Indicated early Wednesday, She Is Mih. .Miriam A.! F'erguson. a Democrat, who rn'ide the rac(. to vindicate the family name from the Impeachment of Imt bus band, James '., I crgijf.on, when he wag governor several years a:-o. The reason she gave for being a candidate candi-date was that, her husband was (lis qualified by the Judgment of Impeachment Im-peachment and she only could enter the campaign. Although she had a lead which was increasing as returns came in, her Republican opponent, Dr. George (' llut.te, refused to concede Mrs. Fer-UHoti's Fer-UHoti's election. Agencies tabulating the Texas vote reaved collecting returns shortly after midnight, Tue-.day. The estimated vote was about 000,000, nod about t half of it was reported early today. Although many precincts were un heard from, the vote tabulated was ormidcred by the Fergusons as as- j uring her election. The figures from 1474 of the 4.'!K.r precincts in the state gave Ferguson 140,821; Butte, tot,0K3. |