Arizona republican., 1920-05-28

The prohibition question and it's pos- sible effect on the forthcoming presi- dential campaign has been under con- sideratfon by party leaders for several discussed at national committee meet ings here as far back as last January
 Say Nation Wants Prohibition
 One member of the national com mfttee who Is here, said today that the committeeman believed the ''wets" to be in the minority, and that the coun- try asa whole wanted prohibition.
 National committeeman who arc
 gathering here for the opening of
 the hearing on contests Monday
 received with interest today the
 reports of Senator Hiram W. John-
 sons speech at Concord, N. C., In
 which he declared he would not
 "bolt' the convention # not nomi-
 mated. The probable attitude Of
 the senator In the event of defeat
 in the convention has been the
 source of speculation for weeks
 along presidential row" and his
 pronouncement on the subject was
 received with visible relief
 q am glad to hear that" said "A IT. Hert of Kentucky, chairman Of the convention committee on arrangements have thought all along that that would be MT. Johnson's position"
 Senator Johnson will enter the con- vention with 109 instructed delegates Major General Leonard Wood has 15S votes pledged to him. Governor F. O. Lowden is third in the list with 74 pledges.
 Convention Hall Ready
 With approval today by the city building inspector of the temporary galleries. installed to add 1000 extra seats to the normal capacity of the coliseum, Charles R. Hall, superintend- ent of the building, notified the con- xFnrzffore that n FtrEnffM have the hall ready to turn over to the re- pubhcans late next week.
 Special correspondents Of many met ropolitan newspapers were thrown into nounced by the Western Union com pany that it would have no wires running into the convention hail. Superintendent Hall notified the com pany that the building trades council had threatened to call out all workmen employed at the coliseum if non-union telegraph companies attempted to place wires in the building. The Postal Iele- graph company said it had not heard of the trouble and expected to install an office.
 The union men have been trying 10 organize the elevator boys in the West ern Union building. The elevator boys, according to the company, al- ready are unionized, as they belong 90 the Western Union Employees asso- citation.
 Win Discard Historic Gavel
 L. W. Henley. secretary of the con vention committee, placed an order for new gavel today and the historic mallet used in 1912 and 1916 will be discarded. Tt has gone through two defeats" Mir. Henley commented, "and because of the associations connected with it I think we would better lay it aside and buy a less dangerous weapon"
 There will be plenty of rooms in Chi cago, at reasonable prices. to care for the 40,000 convention visitors, accord ing to the information bureau or the Association of Commerce. First-class hotels in the loop have 13s00O rooms available and outlying hotels 2l,OQO. Scores of apartments whose owners have listed them at fancy figures are going begging. One owner of @ nine room house asked S12.O for six days. There were no takers. The average price of 250 apartments listed was S459 for the week, but not more than P dozen have been rented
 Rooms are available in hotels and homes at an average price of % per day.
 Women Demand Say Women leaders here are conferring with committeeman in an effort to draft a plan for participation of the newly enfranchised voters in the direc- tion of the Republican party. The plan will be presented to the convention, it is understood, with the recommenda- tion of Chairman Hays and the na- tional committee that it be adopted. Some of the women are asking for 50-50 voice in party affairs. and at the other extreme some are said to be con tent with the present arrangement whereby an advisory committee of one l representative from each state, with no voting power, sits with the national committed \ request that a plank endorsing independence for the Philip pines be incorporated in the Repub- i lican platform will be made to the l platform and policies committee by a l special commission of FIlipinos, Jose l P. Meleneio announced today.