South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-06-06
DELEGATES POUR
INTO CONVENTION
CITY WITH NOISE
Few Come Quietly, But Many
Bring Bands and Banners,
Lending First Holiday
Air to Session.

CHICAGO. June delegates to
the republican national convention
poured into Chicago all day and
Monday night it was estimated that
very few hundred are not on the
ground.
Many delegations came quietly
and sought their hotels without dis
play, but the few that brought brass
bands and banners and wore badges
of favorite sons, gave a touch Of
color and something of a holiday
To pre-convention days that have
been lacking.
1t was a retiring delegate who
was not buttonholed before he found
his room and supplied with infor-
nation about the situation
Lobbies Are Packed.
The lobby of the hotel where most
of the delegates stop was cleared
for action early, its chairs and
touches. even its ferns and palms
removed to safe places and Mon
day night there was nothing on the
floor but a milling mass Of dele
gates. ON the sidewalk outside and
in other hotels in the same section,
the button holing and the wills
pered conversations went on just as
vigorously as preparations were
made for the big convention show
During the day the bands that
came along with the delegations and
marching clubs furnished entertain
ment for talk-weary politicians,
held up the traffic in Michigon av
and amused the crowd that had
collected.
Arrange for Caucuses.
The routine of arrival and regis
tration was followed by the usual
ARRANGEMENTS for state caucuses at
which officers and national COM
mitteemen will be named. In sew
eral delegations. New York and Hli-
nois in particular. fractional fights
have developed over the selection
of the committeeman. In many of
the others there has been so far no
sign how many present committee
men will be on the roll when the
convention is over.
1.5OO Marion Clubmen Arrive.
Fifteen hundred members of the
Marion club OF indianapolis came
in Monday and led by a band the
club paraded the streets cheering
for Charles w. Fairbanks for presi-
dent This is the first republican
national convention the organization
has attended since 1888 when it took
an active part in the campaign
which resulted in the nomination of
Benjamin Harrison.
Sen. Penrose made the definite
announcement Monday that he
would vote for Mr. Knox on the
first ballot, at least He expects
most of his friends in the Pennsyl-
vania delegation Will follow his eX-
ample
Sen. Penrose said he was unable
to discover the drift of sentiment
of the delegates
1T is a free and untrammeled
convention with much open discus
sion of candidates" he said.
Knox votes from other states are
looked for on the early ballots.
Gov. Brumbaugh Monday con-
coded Sen. Penrose's election as
chairman of the state DELEGATION.
A procession of 5000 Sherman
supporters led by Mayor Thompson
of Chicago paraded the streets
cheering for their candidate.
Several Burton glee clubs made
the rounds of the hotels and sere-
naded the headquarters of the can
didates The Marion club of Indi-
annapolis more than a thousand
strong, paraded i'm behalf Of Charles
w. Fairbanks Sen Weeks friends
visited the hotels with a band. while
Massachusetts, meetings were held
i'm the interest of former Sen. Bur
ton and Sen. Sherman.