The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-05-21
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$4,000 Beg Seats For The
c.. o. P. National
Convention
BY EDWARD NJ. Thierry.

chicago, May 1911 the RepuD-
lican national convention lasts a
week something like s3,000.0O0 will
be spent feeding and housing those
who help to pick the Republican
nominee and those who watch the
big show.
II is estimated more than 10000
visitors will be In Chicago during
convention week. At an average OF
81 day, hotel rooms will cost $780,
900 daily. At half that much for
meals, food bills will run about $780,
900 daily.
Hotel men have established a clear
ing house for the reservation Of hotel
rooms. Prices have gone up from
so to 200 per cent. There's no such
thing as making reservations and
canceling at the last minute. Con-
tracts have been signed, convention
visitors taking room from Sunday.
June 6, two days before the circus
opens. They are entitled TO hold
them until June 10, or longer, IL the
convention drags into a second week.
Suits that ordinarily rent for s25
a day are contracted for at $40 and
more. Average rates in downtown
hotels for 81 and SIS rooms and both
give way to convention prices of s13
and $14 a day for two persons.
"All hotel rooms for convention
week are rented on the basis of two
occupants. said George E. Wolf, chief
of the hotel bureau. This is to pre-
vent congestion by room hogs. II one
person insists upon having a room
TO himself he can have it-by pay
double rates"
The convention hotel bureau has
listed 32S hotels and go apartment
houses to accommodate convention
visitors. In addition ads will be- in
serted in newspapers for rooms in
private houses.
Anybody coming to Chicago for the
big political circus who hasn't got Il
room nailed down already will be out
of luck. All downtown hotels are
contracted for end the ou,lying ho-
tells are filling rapidly.
Wealthy visitors will be shaken
down for all the traffic will stand =
If they insist upon lavish comfort and
privacy. The bureau has listed
scores of people willing to rent for
from four days to a week entire
houses and apartments in the exclu-
slve Gold Coast" section. They want
a mere 5000 to $4,000 a week. This
includes everything, even servants
everything except the key to the
wine cellar
10000 Want Seats.
Fifty thousand applications for
seats at the convention have already
come in to ]. w. Henley, secretary Of
the arrangements committee. Hen
ley has been beseeched, cajoled, kid
ded and threatened into promises of
ringside positions. And before he 5
through he will be blessed and ours
ed because
There will be only about 10000
seats for the curious public when the
big meet opens June 8. Henley's lit
tie Job is to divide $4,000 into 10000
He is organizing a force, of 200
doorkeepers, composed mostly of men
used to holding the line. They are
ex-Soldiers.
mo more politically appointed SER
geants-at-arms, rushing their friends
into an already packed house, says
Henley.
Four stalwart doughboys will be
on guard at each of the fifteen doors
to the Coliseum. Seat holders Will
be armed with badges and tickets.
Nobody enters without both. They
will not be disturbed until the last
minute, to prevent forgery.
National committee tickets are all
located according to delegate repre-
sentation, with corresponding de-
.creases and increases according to
size of states, distance from Chicago
and loyalty to Republican stand
ards"
Estates that have strayed from the
straight and narrow path of Repub-
licanism will be penalized in ticket
distribution, says Henley.
Chicago gets 5000 tickets In ex-
change for coughing up the money to
stage the convention. On pro rata
basis, a $50 contribution TO the con-
wention entities the donor TO one seat.
1920 Seats Available.
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