El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-24
To
BREAK RECORDS.
Chicago Expects Greatest
Crowd in History at Re
publican Convention.


Chicago. III. ~ 24-How 10 handle
the thousands of persons who each day
will gather in the vicinity Of the Col
iseum while the Republican National
convention is in session. is problem
that is causing city and convention OF
ficials some little worry.
They believe that the same methods
that applied TO previous conventions
viii not be sufficient this year. in view
of the unprecedented interest in it, and
the absolute certainty that the greatest
crowd in history viii flock to Chicago
for the convention which will open on
June :.
1t is probable that the streets VIII
be closed to traffic Immediately sur
rounding the huge coliseum Chief Of
police Healey and William T. Stone.
sergeant at arms for the convention,
are both in favor of such q plan
Street car companies viii Dee asked
to route their Wabash avenue cars
over on State street If this DIan fl
nally is adopted the streets will be
closed TO all but those having proper
credentials and the residents Of the
neighborhOOd-
Arrangements have been made for
those arriving in automobiles 10 use
a rear entrance. A vacant lot On Mich
igan avenue directly across from the
Coliseum, will be available for park
ing purposes.
Girl Sews 5000 Yards Bunfing.
One OF the busiest Chica-oans today
is Miss Jean Humes, a pretty, drak
haired, dark eyed girl, who is sewing
5000 Yards Of bunting 10 be used in the
decorations She is a veritable Betsy
Ross.
In q small rear room to the Annex.
Miss Humes has been busy for a week
with her sewing All day long she
whistles and sings as she guides the
long bolts Of cloth through her ma
chine. In all, $4,000 yards Of cl0th viii
be used in decorating the great en-
closure The immense steel s.frders
will be draped in white. and this i'm
mense canopy viii be flounced with
1000 yards OF gold cloth There viii he
500 flags
At the extreme south end Of the
building. directly behind the spea ker's
stand, there viii be a life sized pOr-
trait Of Abraham Lincoln. draped with
the coat OF arms of the United States
and American flags.
The work of getting the Coliseum
ready is now in its final stages Little
remains but the Furnishing AMI polish
ing before the Republicans sweep into
it TO nominate a standard bearer.
James 3. Reynolds. secretary OF tne
National Republican committee. is act
lively at work on final arrangements
for the national convention. Secretary
hEF nous COMES as the advance agent
of Charles D Hilles, chairman Of The
committee.
Few Contests Expected.
Secretary Reynolds first move vas
to get the delegate contests filed in
shape for consideration by the national
committee. which viii sit to hear them
on June / The contests this year are
very few and come entirely from the
south. Four years ago there were so
many contests that they disrupted he
Republican party. This year there are
but A. These include the entire dele
cations from Georgia and Louisiana.
and are:
Florida, /; Georgia. II; Louisiana, u:
Mississippi. ,; Missouri, .: Oklahoma, 4:
South Carolina, 8; Virginia /; Dist OF
Columbia, p
Nearly all concern factional disputes.
those Of Louisiana and Georgia being
contests between the black and -ans''
and the lilly whites" which bob Up
every four years.
Heavy Demand for Tickets.
Demand for convention tickets tas
put another task before the nl-Ional
committee II is the proposition OF
recognizing double delegations from .
states splitting the vote half a vote 2
each for such delegations. The sub
committee on arrangements was
against the idea and new secretary
Reynolds viii prepare data showing
what state delegations are asking 10
have dual delegations recognized and /
have II ready for the national com !
mittee.