Caption: Magazine - English Club The Illinois (1907)
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B a r eth pur. fc-dmpl ton In the politic! of the outside world c aid not be i nvioted. Anoth r species of el bioneering which flour ishc to a greater or a lesse bent, is that of vilification of the candidal B. It has occurred within the obt rvation of the author thai when nothing else Could he said against a candidate, his opponent d I ? have resorted to personal slander in order to drive tu< the casting of disparaging personal r marks at certain of the candidal s was a factor in securing a lar e number of feminine votes, indeed sufficient to directly affect the result of the election. It is not the intention here to bring a t r e n c h a n t indictment against female suffrage hut it is nevertheless patent to all familiar with the facts t h a t B vast majority of the co-eds who veto at all, do so un- het Wh obtain to an alarming e x t e n t , it should he a m a t t e r of keenest regret that it, should pr< iil at all. There is another factor in Illinois politics without mention of which the present article must he incomplete, viz., the influence of the fraternities. In times remote the fraternity element was a Constant source of strife and division in every affair of a political nature. The fraternity ami the non-fraternity men constituted two distinct faction! viol e n t l y a n d unalterably opposed to each other, The issue in every election was whofh | ft " b a r b " 01 "frat" man should be successful, of recent y. ir however, there has been a gratifying bend m v ,»u from this old spirit of antagonism. It is no Long r 1-12
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