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To a late hour in the night the committee of the Harvard Union worked over the returns from the several classes. The result of the vote from the senior class, 95 for Cleveland and 58 for Blaine, was greeted with prolonged applause by the Cleveland members of the committee. This shout was, however, immediately quelled, when the chairman of the junior class sub-committee, announced the strong Blaine vote of that class. When the sophomore and freshman classes followed in favor of the republican nominee, the Cleveland men were subdued, but had their hopes raised by the returns from the graduates and Law School. But to be again disappointed, for Blaine proved to be the favorite at Harvard College by a small plurality, and therefore the choice of the students. The republican procession seems to be more popular still, as many Cleveland men prefer it to the democratic procession. If we may draw conclusions from a comparison of this vote with the canvass of last spring for candidates for the presidency, there is a manifest falling off in the Republican party. Last spring 878 students were in favor of republican and 153 of democratic candidates. This fall there is a gain of about 300 for the democratic, and the same loss for the republican candidates. The number of independents at the college may therefore be set down as 300.
The following is the result in detail:
CLASS. CL'D BL'E. ST. J. NO CH.Senior, 95 58 7 5
Junior, 85 112 6 4
Sophomore, 83 119 1 15
Freshman, 87 97 3 3
Specials, 14 25 1
Divinity 1 13 5
Graduates, 8 3 1
Scientific S. 2 5 2
Law School, 85 50 3
462 483 26 30
The second vote, for a republican or a Cleveland procession stood as follows :
CLASS. BL'E. CL'E. NO CH.Senior, 64 92 5
Junior, 135 68 5
Sophomore, 139 65 14
Freshman, 121 64 6
Special, 35 5
Divity S., 17 4
Graduates, 3 8 1
Scientific S., 5 2
Law School, 50 85
569 393 31
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