The Cordova daily times., 1920-06-05
EVERYTHING IN READINESS FOR
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OiAAOS~oO OOAASSbAA1S historic building where the Repub1i- can National Convention of 1920 will be held, beginning next Tuesday, has A history rich in political interest. Five national political conventions have been held within it's walls, record unsurpassed by any building in tic United States.
 Every four years since 1904 the Re- publican party has met in the Colise- um to nominate it's candidates for president and vice-president, and in 1912 the Progressive party also met to nominate Colonel Theodore Roose- welt for president.
 The Coliseum was completed in 1909. It was designed as model convention hall and erected on the site of the old Libby War Prison Mu- scum, at Wabash avenue and Eff teeuth street, less than mile from the hotel and retail shopping district.
 The castellated walls of the old war prison were used for the Wabash ave- nue side of the structure. It was built of stone, brick, steel and glass and is 40 feet long, 70 feet wide. and cost nearly $1,OO0OOo. It has wide balcony extending around three of the walls. and this has been amplified sor this years convention by the ad- Sition of a second balcony on the north side.
 AS a result the seating capacity, 13.187, is the greatest in the buildings s history. Only 1z,4O0 were seated at the 1916 convention.
 The main floor of the Coliseum will seat s,400 delegates, alternates, press representatives and spectators. There will be 100 doorkeepers, 200 ushers and 2,OOO sergeant-at-arms All the Tshers and doorkeepers will be over seas soldiers, sailors and marlnes' working with military discipline under J0C UtISCtlUu ol 1OA 1iISA eNA AAAJ By this system the national commit tee hopes to avert the over-crowd1ng of four years ago when hundreds or persons stormed the doors, force their way passed the untrained door, keepers and preempted seats for which they held no tickets.
 ~1o+ 0% C01Ifn end of the building will provide seats for the officers of the convention and members of the Republican National committed Behind this is raised platform with 5000 seats for the use of presidential candidates and other distinguished guests. On either side of the speakers platform, extending across the building is a press section containing 575 seats for working news paper men.
 Facing the speakers are the seats for the 984 delegates and an equal number of alternates. This section IS enclosed by a heavy rail to hold back the CTOWuS Ol II SnA1CO opOSb"EOAo '~4N freouently, during moments of intense enthusiasm, attempt to storm the speaked's stand. The rest of the main floor and all the balconies will be given over to visitors.
 Tickets for spectators have been divided among the national commit state in nTnn0TtIO0 to the state representation in the convention, with the exception or block of about 2,500 seats, which go to the Chicago convention committee, which financed the convention ar rangements With less than 10000 visitors seats to be distributed, the committeeman had received more than 75,OO0 requests for tickets weeks in advance of the convention.
 The Chicago Convention committee of which Fred w. Upham, Republican national treasurer is chairman, raised s15O,O0O to bring the conven- tion to Chicago The high cost or everything has hit the convention. Music, which cost $2,800 for the en- tire convention in 1916, costs $1,OOO a day for band of 50 pieces this year. Other expenses are in proportion.
 The Republican National committee moved it's executive offices to the Coliseum several weeks in advence of the convention Adjoining the nam building is an annex connected with the Coliseum proper by several broad arches and entrances. Here are lo- cated the executive offices and ad- ministrative headquarters, tempor- arv hospital in charge of 100 Chicago physicians, and, in the basement, telegraph and telephone room where