Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 106, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1916 — 25,000 WANT SEATS AT G. O. P. CONVENTION [ARTICLE]

25,000 WANT SEATS AT G. O. P. CONVENTION

Indiana Wants 1,000 Seats to Accommodate Members of Fairbanks Reception Committee. Chicago, 111., May 2.—Twenty-five thousand applications for tickets to the republican national convention now confront Fred W. Upham, chairman of the Chicago arrangements, committee, and the flood of requests has just started. Not more than 10,000 of thees applications can ggt results, Mr. Upham says, and preference will be given to the subscribers to the fund that landed the “world’s greatest political convention” for Chicago when Mr. Upham and his local committee were fighting for subscriptions last winter. Indiana is sending in a flat demand for a block of 1,000 seats to accom-, modate the members of the “Fairbanks reception committee,” which will open headquarters in a month. Marching clubs from all over the country have submitted requests, indicating the spectacular features that made history in earlier national conventions are to be outdone next month in Chicago.