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Real Power Behind the Republican Convention
Charles N. Lurie surveys the backstage of the 1920 Republican gathering in Chicago. He credits Victor Rosewater and Harry S New for arrangements while the sergeant at arms William F Stone holds ultimate sway over seating, receptions, and protocol at the massive Chicago Coliseum.
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Charles N. Lurie
Moving Picture Machine
United States
K the Maree
White Rabbit
William Howard Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Robert Marion la Follette
Wisconsin
Albert Baird Cummins
Taft
Roosevelt
Cummins
la Follette
Iowa
Chicago Coliseum
Victor Rosewater
Omaha
John F. Hill
Harry 8. New
Indianapolis
National Committee
William Hayward
Nebraska
New York City
Committee On Arrangements
Stone
Committee On
Hineelf
William F. Stone
Baltimore
Williamn Jennings Bryan
Hink
Coliseuny Wre
Libby Privon
Wabash Avenue
Chicago
Congress Hotel
Auditorium
Coliseum
Republican National Committee
Ae Well
Eemen
New York
J. Ogden
Wm Oh Page
Wey