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Show HOUSE MAY VOTE 01 w wmm Prohibition Leaders Fear Delay and Seek to Force Ballot. The prohibitionists of the honse yesterday yes-terday held two caucuses to outline a plan of campaign for the passage of the Wootton prohibition bill. About twenty 'drys' of the house, wirhout reference to party, attended the two caucuses. One was held at r.oon yesterday and the other at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Representative "Samuel "Oldham of Cache, Democrat, called the meeting of the prohibitionists. Mr. Oldham told the members that he had canvassed the house and that the prohibition bill was sure of at least thirty-one supporters. He said that the only danger to the bill was in delay, and for" that reasou he suggested suggest-ed that'tho members favoring the bid get together on tho amendments offered by the committee and others that are to be presented on Monday by the members of the houso. The suggestion that the members of the "dry'1 caucus act as a uuit on proposed pro-posed amendments and in excluding a mend met s not now before the house did not meet with favor. It was tacitly understood that, thnso at the caucuses wouid vote as a unit only on the final pas:ice of the measure, and that they would be free to ote as they ehoo on all amendments which may eome before the house. Tt was pracricallv decided that the prohibitionists iu the house would attempt to force a vote on the bill before adjournment Monday afternoon. after-noon. On account of the absence of a number num-ber of members from the city over Sunday, Sun-day, the caucus of the prohibitionists whieh had been called for tonight was callrd otT. Several of the leaders in the prohibit ion fiuht will meet today and tonight to outline a plan of action, and the prohibitionists will meet before the opening of the ,-ession on Monday forenoon fore-noon to d iseus.s tho o licet of a mend-monts mend-monts whieh may be proposed. |