The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-22
FEATURES OF THE CONVENTION

| I"Forsaking the democrats for the repub- l licans?"
 Not yet" answered Bryan. Just do- ing some newspaper reporting"
 Going to Batimore?'
 Yep"
 "Goin to be a reporter there. too?"
 Not me-be too busy otherwise" We'll I'm here for newspaper work
 too, but not doing much of 1t myself IGood-by"
 | Chicago. June 21.-The Blaine club of Cincinnati, which came to Chicago 375 strong, broke ranks last night and 300 left for their homes on a special train of 16 coaches.
 Ray Hillenbrand president of the club
 remained with 75 of the members to see
 the convention to a finish. Most of the
 men in the club are business men. and when they started 1t was the intention
 to have all members back home on Fri day. He said all of the members thought the convention would be over by that time.
 Garry Hermann was the leader of the
 marching club on the return home. 1 The Blaine club was one of the chief at- 1 fractions when it arrived in Chicago the !, day before the opening of the big political
 meeting.
 1 Chicago, June 21.-The prospect of the ] republican national convention extending
 into next week has become so imminent from the proceedings thus far that the
 committee on arrangements of the na- 1 tional committee took steps last night to 1 hold the Ces nm for such an emergency. q have efmmuncated with Stewart Spalding, secretary of the Coliseum com l pany said Chairman Harry s. New of l the committee on arrangements, and have | notified him that In for he 1 terms of the lease the committee wishes
 to reserve the Coliseum in it's present con 1 dition with all the convention arrange ments for next week"
 MT. New would make no comment or.
 how long he thought the convention hall
 would be needed, but he declared no
 chances would be taken.
 l Chicago, June 21--There has come a de- | cided slump in betting on the result of i the republican national convention AL l though bets are still being made at even money, ruling erders are to l at present that Taft will win the nomination Some 1 Roosevelt packers, however, ask and to 1 for their money. The favorite betting
 proposition now is on the prospect of a l bolt. Several wagers were made today, some at odds of 10 to ' that the Roosevelt faction will bolt the Coliseum convention
 and hold one of their own.
 l On the board of trade there are still
 many who believe that Roosevelt will be
 successful. There are, however, many l more of the opposition faith, as was evi-
 dent when broker in the pit announced l that he had 5000 to bet that Roosevelt would win the nomination. The money he
 said. was placed with him by a member l of stockyard packing firm. The broker evidently had expected that there would be some difficulty in finding takers, and 1 the Sl00C was offered at evens. Hardly had l he mace his announcement when he was
 beseiged on all sides by members of the bourd pleading for a chance to cover some of the coini The money was disposed of I in sums ranging from s100 to s3l0 and
 there was still crowd of brokers be- moaning their fate that they were unable
 to get any of the easy money" | Chicago. June 21.--The high cost of living | here during convention week made itself 1 felt today with republican delegates. Col 1 lections and subscriptions were started l bH members of the national committee. | and subscriptions were started by mem- I bers of the national commmittee and in- l divduals to defray expenses of those dele l gates on whose purses the extended ses- | sion was telling. It is the first time in | many years, members of the committee said, that this situation had intruded on
 a national convention
 i Some of the delegates had planned to
 leave for home tomorrow, their funds I having become so far depleted they were
 unable to remain longer Less than a dozen already have surrendered their seats in the convention to their alternates and to prevent general decimation of the | voting delegate seats, those in better financial circumstances began to start an aims collection for the ndigents.