Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 308, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1916 — DRY FORCES JOIN HANDS FOR BATTLE [ARTICLE]

DRY FORCES JOIN HANDS FOR BATTLE

Anti-Saloon League to Take Part In State Federation Program—Combine On One Bill.

.Plans for unified action of the dry forces of the state to work together for state-wide prohibition at the conning session oi the legislature were completed Wednesday at a conference at Indianapolis of the Indiana Dry Federation and representatives of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League. The latter organization became identified with the Dry Federation, although it i& announced the League will be one unit of the general dry movement and that it will-continue to maintain its owu separate organization. An agreement was reached on the selection of a legislative steering committee made up of three members from each order, the six to elect William E. Carpenter, of Brazil, chairman of the committee, and the seven to select two additional members. That would make a committee of nine, with the Dry Federation probably having a majority of the members. It was said that the organizations will foster only onq bill, a prohibitory measure to be drawn and presented in both hdiisesrof the general assembly, which bill probably will bear the names of democratic and republican members. Mr. Carpenter, who was elected president of the Dry Federation at Wednesday’s meeting, is a business man at Brazil. He''has been identified with the dry movement in Indiana for several years and is a stanch advocate of the dry cause. He is superintendent of the Sunday school at Bran zil, which is noted for being one of the largest in the country.