Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-01-13

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done if / would contribute nv mite
in raising truth which has been
crushed to earth
AS has been the custom IN the So
ciety for years there was a contest
over the election of President, which
occurred on the 10Th of Nov. And
as is generally the result of such
elections, member whom all Co
lumbians delight to honor was de-
feated. His defeat hurt others worse
than it hurt himself / truthfully be-
lieve. His head did not diminish a
bit while some of his supporters had
to trade hats with the ''preps." But
they were soon able to trade back as
they soon conceived an idea that re-
stored them to their normal sizes.
The compromise before referred to
between the old and, the new began
to manifest itself And their inten-
tion was discovered too late to pro-
tect the best interests of the society
They had succeeded in unifying their
faction with those who had been de-
feated in former contests and had
no intention of returning to society
And by their winning ways, ways that
seize candidates during a campaign
they had difficulty in securing,
as before stated, the cooperation of
the lady members.
The night came to elect the con-
testants. 1t was the night on which
the newly elected officers were in
stalled. There was full attendance
of members and some strangers were
present. Considerable time was talk
en- up by those, who took upon them
selves the robe of office. in respond
ing to calls for speeches. Under the
head of election of members or 7
names were proposed by the other
factions. They were elected and
took the affirmation of membership.
Considerable time was consumed
some on account of the lnexperience
of the presiding officer-before the
head Of New and Miscellaneous bus
mess was reached, under which head
the election of contestants was to
take place. When we arrived at this
head there was motion made which
was carried that we proceed to elect
contestants nominating land elect
ing the debaters first. There were
two nominations made, one from
each faction and the balloting com
menced. But permit me to state be-
fore proceeding farther that the pre-
siding officer having been put
in nominations by one faction it be-
came his duty to ask some one to
the chair while the balloting was 60
ing on. / mention this in order to
make clear what follows.
The members of one faction were
very much surprised to see those
members who had been elected on
that evening come up and cast their
ballots, for the following section of
our constitution, which l here copy
in order that you may know all the
facts and not part, was fresh in
every one of our minds.
Art. V. Sec. 3. ssNo mem Der shall
be eligible to vote at any election
unless he shall have been in actual
attendance at the University, and a
member of the Society, at least three
weeks previous to such election, and
shall have paid all dues and fines.
We contend that enough voted
who did not comply with this sec
ton to have defeated their candi-
dates
These votes were challenged but
the presiding officer, who was a
member of their faction, ruled that
they were legal and they succeeded
in getting the votes counted few
minutes before ten o'clock at which
time the society adjourns
We were indignant at seeing the
constitution and precedents of the
society thus trampled under foot and
they felt half defeat at not being
able to do all their treachery at one
time. We went our way from the
hall and they went theirs. We met
and petitioned the President of the
University for redress of wrong.
They met and decided to inflict up
on us more torture The next day
we presented to the President our
prayer asking help. The same hour
they filed a request that the society
be let alone. They said it did not