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Show WW. BROWNING, postmaster t at Ogden, who was killed yes- j terday at Logan in an automobile I accident. i I III I llTET j Prohibitionists to Campaign in 1S20, Leaders in Chicago Chi-cago Decide. (Chicago Tribune Special Service.) CHICAGO. Sept. 1. The prohibition; party will maintain intact its national party Individuality through the 1920 campaign, cam-paign, and the present national committee will continue to function just as though the eighteenth amendment to the federal I constitution had not been ratified. I "Where do we go from here?" as ex- I pressed by Treasurer . V. Faris is a j question that remains to be settled. I By substantially unanimous vole the ! decision was reached in the national com-! com-! mitt.ee this afternoon that the parly or- ganization be maintained as a gohiL;- con-j con-j cern, at least for the lime being. This ! means there will be a national party convention con-vention next year. But t lie majority pen timent, as expressed ex-pressed in the committee, is that this shall be held after the Republicans and Porno- crats shall have held their conventions and indication is given of what the "old j party" positions will be on "honest" dry I (Continued on Paso 2, Column 4.) DRY PARTY WILL REMAIN INTACT (Continued From Page One.) legislation in conformity with the dry constitutional amendment and the character char-acter of law enforcement that may be expected. Then, according to yesterday's decision, will be determined "the proposition of nominating candidates for president and vice president. The other questions that seriously divided di-vided the party leaders will be settled in the first session of the committee tomorrow. tomor-row. Protracted and frequently bitter debate de-bate marked nearly every step of the proceedings. pro-ceedings. No test vote was taken and none of the managers cared to make a forecast. The unfinished business includes these matters: i Shall the prohibition party be kept alive for the solution of issues other than that of prohibition? Will the enactment and enforcement of laws making effective the federal prohibition pro-hibition amendment complete the purpose of the party? Shall the prohibition party do world work, either directly or indirectly, through the "prohibition foundation"? The last issue was the one that started the biggest rumors. The party funds include in-clude a substantial endowment, part of which has been given directly for purposes pur-poses of world extension of the'dry movement. move-ment. The debate centers around the extent to which these funds can be diverted di-verted for other propaganda, should the decision be the prohibition party has ended its job. One strong minority, including many of the old-timers and some of those who have been leaders since the party was born in Chicago fifty years ago, stands for no -com promise policy at evry stage of the game. This nucleus was the starting start-ing point for those who voted yesterday to maintain the party machinery. The old-timers old-timers now Insist the fiirht must continue for national prohibition just as though the federal amendment were still pending, pend-ing, cn the theory only the prohibit-ion party, in power at Washington, can produce pro-duce a bone-dry nation. The more conservative wing, embraine the younger blood in t he na ti final committee, com-mittee, is willing to give the old parties a chance to give life to the amendment, on tho presumption any honest administration, adminis-tration, whatever its politics, will enforce the const I tu tion and all its a meni ments. Indications tonight were that tho vote tomorrow will find th conservative element ele-ment in control, that the decision will he to go ahead with the world-wide n-e-ment. alone the lines already upi'' -n, and that "business ns nsuaj-'" e motto at na tlonal hend" ? oh parties have 3- hands. 'Jr |