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...Baron Von Bunsen said his hearers would readily detect as he proceeded with his lecture. In Germany it is customary in each electoral district, as the time for an election approaches, for a few of the leading members of a party to assemble and hold a sort of informal caucus, at which it is decided what candidates will best represent the party. The gentlemen whose names are mentioned prominently in this connection are then notified, and a formal caucus is held, at which the nominee receiving the largest number of votes is declared to be the regular party candidate...
...college election, is surely diseased and vitiated, and needs most emphatically some cleansing process. Have we come to such a pass that a man's reputation and character may be sacrificed upon the altar of student ambition, or to satisfy the spewing wrath of some vituperative, vindictive caucus monger...
...choice. On the first ballot it was found that the number of votes cast exceeded the number of men in the class. New ballots were ordered, and finally on the sixth trial, with a careful roll-call, a fair vote was obtained. When the methods of the political caucus and ward-meeting are introduced into college elections, it may well be doubted, we repeat, whether a wholesome moderation, which hesitates to follow absolutely the dictates of party interests in college matters, may not be a blessing in disguise...
...Maine legislature organized yesterday. At a caucus of the Republican members Senator Frye was renominated by acclamation...
...Readjuster caucus nominees for State auditor and railroad commissioner in Virginia were elected...