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Show PR0IITI0II5T5 TO BEGICRUSIIIE Lenders m Congress Make Plans to Force Tight in the Sixty-fourth Congress. HOBSON EXPECTS GAIN Members of Prohibition Par-tr Par-tr to Meet in Kansas City to Launch Campaign. I YlWlINCrON no J3, Lndla mawl bv the failure of the llobion revolt tlon ter a j rob. bition coostitu tional am ndmest to get the necessary two-thirds rote in yesterday a historic contest n the house proa bitionist leaders in eonjress and out began re-aliguinc re-aliguinc the r forces toda for soother fight la the suttv fourth onjrreea, which raet neit December Thev claimed a victory in that more than a majority of the house had voted for the Ilobeon resolution Representative Hobson declared a vote at the next session woull show a material ain for the cause, aad re j Iterated his pred ct ou that, should the amendment fail aga n the quett on would be a paramount issue in the earn palgn of 1916. None of the prohibition leaders in eongreM would pred ct todav that anv effort would be n ad to f oree a vote at tl us tJou in the senate on tenator ''heppa-d s const tutional amendment resol.it "c wh h was submitted eo n c dcntalK with the Hobson resolution n the houe Moot of the proh bitionists in the sen a e were incline to believe that it w Id ue a waste of time to make an ' el f o t o get the senate on record at th i un beuator Sheppard himself said he was ondec ded what should be I at erapted dmui strat on leaders, how ever were confident that there would not be tune for debate oa the resolution So th Trimble clerk of the house, examined last nijtht s final roll call far ome of the opponents of the Hobson resolution and found that 13S of those who oted anint the measure have ben re-elected and will serve in the next congress. Vrrth the total member (Continued on Fags Nine.) PEflllTllSTS TP BEGIN CROSADE (Continued from Page One ) ship of tho ho so 111 votl i, 110 neg at vob defeat a jroruscl onst tut ona amendment Bo if all th se who vot 1 against tbo resolut o aat night li 1 1 to their pot t ons it is figured that th op osition would need iy eight of the 134 new menbers in tho ufixt congress to make certa n anothu dofeut NEW CAMPAIGN TO BE LAUNCHED AT ONCE KANSAS CITY. Mo Dec 23 Mem bers of the proh union party from Kan sas Iowa a d Missouri w 11 meet bore Jenuary 8. next, to launch a new cam uaign, to last 120 days in an effort to get the names of 5 000 000 voters on petitions for national prohibition before the question again comes up in con gross Among the speakers announced are Bepresentat ve Richmond P Hob son Eugene N Chafm and former Gov ernor John P St John of Kansas. The campa gn to secure the vast nom ber of slgnatursB will be vigorously prosecuted in all sections The Unitoa States has been divided into eloven dls tricts Kansas City will be headquar ters for Miesour Kansas Oklahoma, Nebraska and New Mex co 0 G Hall national committeeman of the prohibit on rarty here who is in charge of the meeting said the S 000,000 signers of the petit on will be asked not to support anr party in 1918 which does not nave nat ona prohibition n Its latform Mr Hall said a conven tlon is be ng arranged to be held either in Chicago or Kansas City n 1916 of 60 000 delegates to force the issue of nation wide prohibition in tho election of 1916 |