The evening world., 1920-06-07

open out on 'he main space. and over
each door is the name OF one or more
Of the gentlemen who are conducting
the campaign OF Cen Wood along
the lines laid down by Col. Proctor OF
Cincinnati who contributed half a
million dollars TO the cause.
There is somethng military
about the way Wood headquar-
ters is laid outJ something lndi-
eating that the General has
something 10 do with the ar
rangoment. NeVertheless, an ir-
reVerent person passing by those
numerous little doors on both
sides Of the room is irresistibly
reminded Of the interior Of the
] Elite livery stable Of bypone
days, whore the names of the
! horses we're posted over the doors
Of the stalls.
! Close 20 the centre of the room a
| big box has been set up and covered
with American iags. This is the
rostrom from which aspiring and
perspirlng patriots will dispense Lam
| guage TO crowds from to-day on, or
as long at a time as the crowds viii
let them.
Gen. Wood holds forth in q room at
the rear OF the hall every afternoon.
and while he Is on the Job he ls the
most accessible OF the candidates who
are here. An element OF the pic
turesquo Is given the Wood head
quarters by scarlet and green feath-
'trs which the women wear in their
hair and the men wear fastened TO
their hats or coat lapels. The feather
is the emblem OF the Wood boom and
anybody is Rt liberty 70 make three
guessos a. to the appropriateness OF
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located in the Congress Hotel, but no
signs guide the way 20 II and no in
formation as TO It's location can be
cleaned at the hotel desk. There
Frank Hitchcock. the we'll known gum
shoe performer who has been known
TO pass clear across the country and
back pursuing the elusive delegate
without making q sound. holds forth
behind locked doors which no person
may enter without tho password
There is no association between this
Wood headquarters and
the big layout downstalrs. and very
little communication either for that
matter. IL would appear that Mr..
Hitchcock is not enamored OF his as
sociates In the management Of the |
boom and that the feeling IL mutual.
not 10 say unanimous. The Harding
headquarters In the Congress Hotel |
utilizing a room on the second floor |
capable of accommodating a couple !
OF thousand people Is on the order OF |
the Senator himself rathar massive
and diHnlricd, beflttlng n candidate |
who carries himself as though he was |
born wearing cutaway coat and |
striped pants. This headquarters is
not quite ready for business.
I,owden headquarters In the Con-
gress Hotel spreadg all over the sec
ond floor. but there does not appear
10 be much doing. All tho visitors are |
OF the farmer type. There hasn't been |
a. Chicago delegate or politician OF |
any getting capacity In the Low |
hen headquarters since II was open. |
I am informed the reason Is that |
Mayor Thompson Of Chicago Is the |
absolute Republican boss of Ghis city |
ana he is against Lowden. The exer- |
else OF his influence beat Lowden in
Chicago in the primaries and gave the
city 70 Wood.
Calvin Coolidge headquarters in the
Congress Hotel occupies three small |
rooms and hasn't begun TO function.
II was closed most OF yesterday, the
Coolidge boomers following the New
England Sabbath observance prac-
tees.
Nicholas Murray Butler of New