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Election Frauds.
KILLEX CO TOTED OUT. DOUI1LE
I1 13 AD ED MEETING.
The largest and warm est meeting of
the Maxwell club ever held was that on
Saturday evening the 12th. At the pre
vious meeting Mr. Abbott had been de
clared elected president ovor Mr. 'Killen
by a vole of 17 to 14.
The Killen faction claimed fraud in the
counting of this vote and promptly at
seven-thirty were on the ground prepared
for war. Tim Abbott faction laboring
under the impression that the meeting
would be called to order at eight, came
in later only to find that the minutes of
the previous meeting had been amended
to read "Killen" instead of "Abbott"
for president. Mr. Killen had been in
ducted into office and the regular order
of business was being proceeded with.
Mr. Abbolt took his place at the, table
and the meeting from this on was a
double-header. Now the fun began. The
vials of orator jT were uncorked and the
streams of rhetoric burst forth over frats
and barbs. Opinions wore moulded and
remoulded until many were pinching
themselves to find out where they were at.
'Before any agreement was in sight Mr.
Oarr came to the rescue with a motion to
consider the matter in committee of the
whole with Mr. Ooodner in the chair.
The motion was unanimously carried.
After some more sparring for advantage
it was decided to investigate the ballot
with th thirty-one members who voted
at the last meeting as committe of inves
tigation. The previous question was moved and
lost. Then all semblance of order de
parted. Everybody tried to get the floor
and all were doing their best -to make
themselves heard when "Cap" came in
and turned out the light.
The boys are unanimous and enthusi
astic in their praise of the fairness and
parliamentary skill of Mr. Cloodner.
OfWIMXl'BI).
The contest between Frats and Barbs
in the Maxwell club was on again Satur
day night.
Since the election of officers two weeks
ago there has been a fight between the
opposing factions. On that evening the
two tellers, Mr. True and Mr. M ousel I,
after counting the votes for president
announced the result to bo 17 for Mr. Ab
bott and 14 for Mr. Killen. From the
previous voting on motions the barbs had
ascertained that they were IS strong and
when the count was given some of the
barbs suspected fraud. So after the
meeting had adjonrned they procured
the ballots which had been thrown into
the waste basket and counted them.
Their suspicions were veil grounded
there being IS voles for Mr. Killen in
stead of l.i, as had been reported. De
cember 12th, the club met at half past
seven, the time provided for by the con
stitution and' proceeded to investigate
this fraud.
The Barbs producod affidavits of the
IS men who had voted for Mr. Killen;
this evidence seemed conclusive and they
moved to substitute the name of Mr.
Killen for that of Mr. Abbott in the min
utes of the previous meeting. The motion
carried and Mr. Killen took the chair.
Later new mombers having come in,
the club went into a committee of the
whole for further investigation with Mr.
Goodlier as chairman. The Frats op
posed this insisting that Mr. Abbott u
the righiful president, but the motion was
carried by a vote of 27 to 22. The Barb
pushed tho investigation against tin
filibustering of the Greeks and the com
mittee of the whole was about ready to
rise and report when Cap. put out tin
lights.
Saturday night the club convened
again. Meanwhile a number of the
Barbs had gone home for vacation and
this left the Prats in the majority. Tin
minority still urged thematter, but could
do nothing farther t'han prevent their
opponent from rescinding th" motion t
investigate. The affair is still unsettle 1
but the Barbs are determined to "fight it
out on this line if it takes all summer."
HERBERT BATES.
CUAItACTEIl SKE'l'OIl IIV AXN1E IMtHY.
If. you had been a second prep six
years ago you would have handed in
your essays to Prof. Itair? the bear
wlio claimed for his dens rooms twenty
seven arid twenty-nine. But 4n Novem
ber yon would have seen a notice upon the
bulletin board in a strange scrawl:
