The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-02
Ready for the Camnaign.

/ The ticket and platform of the Prohibit
tion party sre before the people, and an
earnest campaign in support of them will
doubtless soon be begun. There is
nothing to be said against the ticket, and
not much for it, Gen. Clinton B. Fisk, the
nominee for President, is resident
of New Jersey and has some
thing more than a local reputation He
is somewhat past middle life, is fair stump
speaker, and second to no one in his advo-
cacy of the cause of temperance. He was
one of the delegates TO the General Confer
ence of the Methodist church, which was in
| session in New York during last
month, and made himself very
popular with the delegates by the
| satisfactory way in which he looked
alter their comfort. He was earnestly re-
quested 10y his prohibition friends to go to
Indianapolis and assist the Prohibition
convention to make a ticket and
frame platform; but, knowing
that that chances were that he
would be the conventions nominee for
President, he thought it would be wise for
him to remain in New York and court the
good will of the members of the conference.
Very little appears to be known about
Mr. John A. Brooks, the candidate for Vice
President, outside of Kansas, the State in
which he resides. 1t Is said however, that
he is a man of fair ability and has made an
excellent reputation as Prohibitionist 1t
is expected that he will render his par ty
valuable assistance during the campaign.
The platform is just about what it was
expected it would be, with perhaps two OK
ceptions. These are that it declares for
woman suffrage and for tariff for revenue
only. Neither of these provisions will
strengthen the ticket. The number Of voters
who are in favor Of granting suffrage to
women is small Perhaps o majority of
PrOhibitionists are opposed to the suffrngs
plank in the platform. because it favors not
only giving the ballot to women, but, also,
taking it away from those who lack GER
tain educational qualifications.
The tariff plank can hardly be acceptable
to very large proportion of the adhereuts
of the party. Although there are great
many Prohibitionsts in the South, com
paratively few of them belong to the
Prohibition party. The party's strength is
chiefly in the North, and its members are,
as rule, recruits from the Republican
party. In adopting Prohibition, they have
not abandoned their tariff opinions, and it
would not be remarkable if they should
protest against the tariff plank.
The Prohibition leaders estimate that
their ticket will receive about 500, 900 votes.
That estimate is too high. Very few DEM
ocrats will leave their party this year to
support a ticket that has no chance what
ever of being elected, and the Republicans
are going to make an extraordinary effort
to poll for their ticket the vote of every
man who has Republican inclinations. The
Prohibition vote four years ago was about
$50, 900, and it may reach 300, 900 this year.
That vote, however, would not include all
who favor Prohibition, nor one-haf of
them. The Prohibitionists who believe that
party is necessary to the success Of their
cause comprise only a small proportion of
those who are earnestly working for the
suppression of the liquor traffic.