The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-06-08
REPUBLICANS FACE
UNIQUE SITUATION
an FIRST TIME SINCE 1860 UN-
FUN ,nSTRUCTED DELEGATES
m RULE CONVENTION.

cu1CAGO.- The republican ma
,..Sol convention faces an unprece-
donted situation.
The old time leaders appear to be
onlv in actual control of the con-
INV but have gained so many
,oro uninstructed, unpledged dele
~a+os than they started out to get
sEo+ thew may find themselves I'M
uo 70 handle successfully their own
vain body, to say nothing of the re-
serves. cd
For the first time since the first
ronublican national convention OF
1870 there is an actual majority OF
nninstructed delegates about to sit
IN a national convention.
The early plea for an unlnstructed
and deliberate body of delegates, put
ant nv the old guard, has been taken
~ more than it's original face value
The result now seems to be that
the convention will be actually de-
lucrative. and one that the old guard
NAV not be able to handle, even with
balance of power conceded.
The aggregate of uninstructed, I'M
rIadqed delegates will be nearly lou
greater than the majority required
10 nominate, 400.
This NAV be reduced somewhat be-
fore the convention assemblies by the
change of near promises into actual
hedges to one or another of the can
didates.
Rut it now seems apparent that
more than 525 of the delegates will
he without strings, and that they are
prepared to go through with the gen.
eral program that. has been advoca-
ted by conservative party leaders.
Anti-Wood men affirm that Gen;
Wood can not obtain more than 21O
delegates ON the first ballot. Colonel
Proctor, Wood manager, however,
claims 385 on the first ballot. Low
den claims from 210 to ESQ.
The Judgment in Chicago is that
Hoover, johnson and Harding are
eliminated, so far as the real prize is
concerned, and the conviction is
growing that there will be no dark
horse.
Convention Cost Higher.
IF the republican national conven-
ton lasts a week something like
S3.OOO.0OO will be spent feeding and
housing those who help to pick the
republican nominee and those who
watch the big show. ~
1t is estimated more than 10000
visitors will be in Chicago during
convention week. At the average
of 81 a day hotel rooms will cost
100000 daily. At half that much
for meals, food bills will run about
S150,00O daily.
Hotel men have established clear
ing house for the reservation of no
tel 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 rooms from Sunday,
June 6. two days before the circus
opens. They are entitled to hold
them until June Is, or longer, If the
convention drags into a second week.
Suites that ordinarily rent for $25
a day are contracted for at $40 and
more. Average rates in downtown
hotels for 81 and SIS rooms and bath
give way to convention rates of $l3
and $14 day for two persons.
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 exclusive
Gold Coast" section. They want a
mere $500 to $4,000 a week. This
includes everything, even servants
everything except the key to the wine
cellar.
More than one hundred and fifty
thousand applications have been put
through all available sources, it is
estimated, for the 1909 tickets that
will be issued for the convention.
This is the greatest demand ever
known.
The Chicago convention commit
tee, through the Chicago chairman,
Fred W. Upham, has allotted it's
available tickets solely on the basis
that 500 contribution to the con-
vention expense fund of $3.50, 1000 en-
titles that subscriber to a claim 20
one convention ticket.
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