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EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON: In your Tuesday's issue appeared two communications objecting to the students taking part in the Cleveland and Hendricks torchlight procession...
...answer to the second objection is even more simple. It certainly would be of political significance. That is what a torchlight procession is for-to show political feeling and to influence as many as possible in favor of its candidates. That is the object of all public demonstration. That some of the students go for the "frolic" either having no choice between the parties, or subordinating their convictions to their desire for a "spree" does not alter the question. A political demonstration it is intended to be and as such it will be regarded...
...meeting of the Blaine and Logan club of the Law School yesterday afternoon the following officers were elected: President, C. R. Saunders of Cambridge; vice president, S. Norris, Jr., of Bristol, R. I.; secretary, T. C. Batchelder of Boston. The club voted to parade in the regular Republican torchlight procession and a committee consisting of the president, Bertram Ellis, and H. H. Crapo, is to have charge of all the arrangements for the parade...
...senior class met last evening for the purpose of reaching some decision in regard to the torchlight procession. As was expected the meeting was largely attended and a great deal of enthusiasm was shown for the rival candidates. After considerable discussion and a number of speeches, an informal vote was taken which resulted as follows: Cleveland, 67; Blaine, 56. A number of motions were made and lost, but finally it was decided to march in the procession for those candidates for whom the majority of the college is in favor, as shown by the Harvard Union canvass. The result...
...were chosen, being the same in all but one case, as that of last year: President, F. S. Coolidge; vice president, Snelling; secretary, W. B. Scofield; treasurer, Higginson; captain of the crew. Mumford; captain of the nine, Millard; captain of the eleven, Brooks. The voting for marshals in the torchlight procession was close and well contested, finally resulting in the election of the following: First marshal, Burgess; second marshal, Keyes; third marshal, Scott...