South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-18
INDIANAIANS WILL
STOP At CONGRESS
Various State Delegations to
Republican Convention
Select Hotels.

News Times Special Service:
CHICAGO. May 18.-ChicagO is
preparing to entertain the largest
crowd in her history the week Of
June 7. when thousands Of republi-
cans in all their varied states OF he
lief will flock here 70 select a 1916
standard bearer-maybe two stand
ard bearers.
Never before. according to hotel
men here. who are used to national
conventions. has there been such
nationwide cry for accommoda-
tions. They freely predict that all
records will be broken. Even now,
IL is practically impossible TO Sc
cure accommodations in the hotels
in the loop"
Besides the male visitors to the
republican and progressive con-
claves. hotel men are confronted
with the task OF caring for several
thousand women who will be here
10 attend the WOman's convention
the same week. It is the women
that are planting grey hairs in the
inn-keepers' heads. Local suffra-
gists and women's clubs are cooper
ating with the hotel men in an at
tempt 10 solve this problem, but
even with their help 1t has monu-
mental proportions.
The task OF caring for the wom-
en- is infinitely more puzzling than
that OF the men. Mere men, IL was
pointed out. can be stuck on cots in
semi-public places with perfect
propriety. whereas Chicago will
hardly permit OF the same treat
ment TO her female guests.
Extra walters by the hundreds
are being drilled and booked for
emergency calls.
Many of the reservations have
been made in the larger hotels ever
since the republican national com
mittee announced that the conven-
ton was coming here.
Delegations Quarters.
Headquarters OF the various Sats
delegations have been established.
Following is a partial list Of them:
Congress hotel California. Colo
RADIO. Connecticut. Illinois Indiana.
Iowa, Idaho. Kentucky. Massachu-
sets. Michigan. Minnesota. Missouri.
Montana. New York. New Jersey.
New Mexico. Ohio. Nebraska. Okla
homa, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island.
Tennessee. Virginia and West Nir-
ginia- Wisconsin and Delaware Will
be at the Kaiserhof: Maryland and
New Hampshire at the LasalIe:
North Carolina at the Lexington:
Kansas and Utah at the Auditori-
um; South Dakota at the Palmer
House. and Florida at the Grand
Pacific.
Col Roosevelt has yet TO select his
personal headquarters. Three suites
have been reserved for him-at the
Congress- Blackstone and LaSalle
hotels. respectively The progress
sive party has reserved $40 rooms
at the Lasane. 100 rooms at the
Auditorium and the ball room at the
latter place for committees
All presidential candidates will be
under the Congress roof The Flor
entine room is occupied by the
Roosevelt progressive headquarters
Theodore Burton and his Ohio sup
porters will he nm the Elizabethan
room. and the English room will
Dee filled with Charles Warren Fair
banks and his Indiana and Kentucky
adherents
Sen. Cummins and his Iowa dele
cation have the Oak room The
presidential suite, 1902. viii be oc-
cupied by Sen. John ". Weeks and
his Massachusetts boosters. Sen.
BOrah and the Idaho men will be
in 1154
New York has made its headquar-
ters in B6-BS. from which both the
Hughes and Root candidates. Will
be- promoted
Pennsylvania has taken the Green
room, expecting TO have candidate
in either Knox. Penrose or Brum-
baugh