Harvard National Convention.

The committee having charge of the mock national convention, to be held May 18, have been very active in taking every possible precaution to make the convention a success. Representative men from the different states have been invited to represent their states in the convention, and they have almost all accepted. The complete list of men finally agreed upon by the committee will be published in a few days. All the state delegations are in, with the exception of three or four states, which will probably be heard from today. The committee have been especially desirous of getting men who really live in the states which they are to represent in the convention. This has been very difficult in a few instances because there are not enough men in the University from some of the distant states to fill out the state delegations.

The platforms adopted by both parties will be made up in caucus so the different representatives can each have a voice. The Republicans under W. S. Youngman L. S., and the Democrats under H. Friedberg '96, will probably caucus next week and decide upon their platform candidates, etc.

The committee has agreed, after much discussion, to drop the final ballot. It had been decided by the head delegates of the different states to cast an informal ballot after the two parties had each nominated their man to determine which of the two men was the choice of the majority. It was thought that this would lead to too much wire pulling and might finally impair the success of the convention.