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EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON:- I desire to correct a statement contained in the report of the Harvard Union meeting which was published in yesterday's edition of the CRIMSON. It was there stated that "the defeated candidates intend to contest the legality of the whole election." Now there were no "defeated candidates" at the meeting last night, for both the vice-president and myself publicly withdrew our names from candidacy a fortnight ago, and had not the slightest intention of allowing them to be so used under any circumstances; nor were any other candidates nominated either by myself...
...farce of a contest, which is presumably for a cup but in reality is for the engraving of the names of winners upon a cup which is no longer open to competition, takes place. The "Mott Haven cup" belongs to Harvard; yet Yale, Princeton and other colleges have been working hard that the names of their best athletes may appear as winners upon the trophy which was won by our athletes last year...
...class nines are tied once more in the contest for the base-ball championship, each having won two games and lost two games...
...notices posted in the college buildings yesterday, and signed by certain members of the Union. It was denounced as a forgery. No reply was made to the denunciation. After numerous motions to adjourn, the ayes at last won, and the meeting broke up. The defeated candidates intend to contest the legality of the whole election. It is stated that they will not submit the documents of the Union to their successors, nor will they admit the constitutionality of anything done at the meeting yesterday. As they have possession of the archives, the end of the interesting struggle seems...
...quadrangular contest in college base ball is rapidly changing into a triangular one. From present indications the triangle will be nearly equilateral...