Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-08-16
WHY aIRl.s WILL WEB.

WHY 6lR1.s WILL WE'D.
She rose It the carly daybrssk,
With . sick and aching head.
And she said this cross little woman
. wonder why girls will wed
they wouiden't. I'm sure, II they rsckonsd
The thin tEat = wife must bear
Ihe nevsrdone work OF . household,
The nsvcr-done Mother care.
a Six dozen pieces to wash to-day,
And the children must go 70 school,
And every one know on washing days
baby Ii cross . a rule
And Bridget 10 new TO the work yet,
(Oh dear, how my hesd docs ache y
Yet, shall have the denner TO cook,
And oil II the beds TO make ]
But as soon as breakfast was ready.
Father came In IRON the yard
He kissed the sick little mothsr,
-" Was sure that her work WAS hard. y
He SAID to the noisy boys: ;. be still.
Your mothers mr. well to-day -
And when be hide her 8. good-by," he wished
He " could kiss the pain away"
And tho coffee or kiss--whish was IT,
Healed like . magical charm;
The spirit OF dfiigent gladnsss
Tho father worked hard 1t the blowing.
The mother forg0 her pain,
Bridget did we'll with her washing,
There wasn't drop Of rain.
Ths baking and cleaning wero over
When the boys came homo from school
BABY forgot IL was w.shing-d day.
And pleasantly broke his rule;
And at night the house was clean and br light,
There was not q thing amiss
It's only wife" the father thought,
Would do az much TOR kiss"
And the wife, sitting down in the fire-light,
Tns ba y asleep nc her side,
Her hustsnd chatting. and watching her,
With o husbands loving pine,
Thought mucir Of her full and y easant home,
Cfher children asleep IN bed !;
a nu said, with q sweet, cor tented laugh
No wonder that & ris will wed ~
Impractical Temperance Politics.
The Fourth National Prohibition
Con vention has put In nomination ex-
Governor ST. John, OF Kansas, for
President, and William Daniel, of Mary.
lane, for Vice President, and has adopt.
Ell q platform which embraces not only
Prohibition, but GreeIiba ckism, Woman
suffrage, and pro-Chinese plank. It
IL significant that on the day this was
done at Pittsburg two Prohibition Con-
ventions WIRE In session in IndiaDapo-
lis and one at Atlanta, Ca, and that
the main fact developed Mt these three
independent conventions was the preva.
lence and force of q doubt rs u the
wisdom of making q National cam.
paign. The Pittsburg Convention has
attempted to decide this question the
other way, but in defiance of the ex-
psriepce of the past. If there is one
lesson which has been Enthusiastically
en- forced in the history Of the Prohibit
ton movement, 1t Ii the necessity OF
presenting that one issue markedly and
singly to tie people, as an iniispensa-
BILE conuiti"u Of full vote. The ex-
pertinent of running Prohibition in
competition with National politics
has now been tried three times,
and The result has been the same each
time.
Last year, In Ohio, Prob ibition won
its greatest victory, the Prohibition
amendment TO the Constitution receiv-
ing 1928, 1877 votes, As against $1,000
votes cast for the License amen lment
But that instance only emphasizes the
lesson Of the preceding efforts. The
Issue In Ohio was sharp and clear-cut.
1t was Prohibition versus License. The
only question before the people was a
| temperance question, aud In dealing
with 1t they were not embarrassed OF
confused by any secondary considera
ton. This success, therefore, obviously
affords NO criterion for estimating TN
probable chances of OF Prohibition
National campaign this year. Tn
chances Of such q campaign must b.
gathered from a careful comparison be
tween the previous ones in Presiden
iial years and the contests made II
single States In Off years.
6nrh con,na fullv C0n N rmS al
that the Tribune has said on this sub
lject, for it shows beyond question tina
Prohibition has never been able ~ holt
its own when National politics were II
the field rs its rival. 1t Is evident tina
many Prohibitionints Gas shown b.
their proceedings In Indiana and Geor
gia) strongly doubt the wisdom OF hold
inga National campaign. The com
plexity OF the Pittsburg platform, more
over, will increase this doubt by intro
duc,ng the seeds of discord in man.
quarters, since there are plenty @
= friends of temperance who will not ap
. prove some of the other issues adopte,
By the National Convention.
, / The plain truth Is that In Presidential
years every arrest minded citizen feel
1t his duty TO make his vote count fd
all that II Is worth, and at such time
: even the most deserving issues are pu
!, on one side II they are advanced In q
impractical shape. Now 1t Is clear to th
unbiased observer that n Prohibitio
ticket this year can only be Adevice fe
: multiplying all the votes cast for 1t.
it ia anything more than this 1t ca
only be feeble tender to the Democrat
| ic party, and no ProhiOitionist who
7 also Republican (ani Democrats
Prohibitionists are rare) can Possibl
8 Ijustify himself III leaving his own part
Z in order 10 to cast his vote that 1t sha
!. at once bring the cause Of Prohibitto
into contempt and give aid and comic
, to the Democracy.
b As to the idea of rebuking the u
= publican party by such action. 1t vi
l. not bear analysis. For what kind Of
= rebuke is that by which an advocate
:. temperance supports the party OF ru
q by W.. y of intimating his dlssatisfactit
!. with his natura, friends? The Proht
y itionists have clearly made . mistal
lin deciding TO hold . National can
L lpaign, and they thus put In leopard
Q the moral prestige OF the Ohio victor
of last year. They are also diverting
Waste reforming energy which II q
d piled with equal persistence Within pa
II " lines could not fail soon to produ
results, Nationally speaking, that q
not likely to be attained during g
z next half century by impractical
D. forts IN an hor3 n ia the great iNau00