Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1888-08-18

that work. 1t cannot expect the pure young man
OF to-day to vote for a superannuated old party
that boots at the Bible and has not backbone
enough to insert in its platform temperance
plank without first having the approval of one
who controls larger liquor interest and stands
back of more saloons than any one man in the
United States 1t cannot expect the sympathy and
prayers OF undetermined, pure women, who if they
have not the right the veriest scamp or william has
(because he is of the male persuasion) to VOTE
cannot be hindered from welding their holy in
fuence, which is felt throughout the world.
Neither can it expect the blessings of mothers,
whose hearts have been bruised and broken by
the cruel mocker, wine, nor the blessings of wives
whose fondest hopes and brightest dreams and
happy lives have been blasted by rum. More
over, it cannot and most probably does not ex-
pect the blessings and help of the Holy God,
without whose help success is never met, and
with which victory is as sure to come as is the
dawn of the day of judgment. Some of those
whose manly courage and virtue helped to make
the GLORIOUS past'' of this party, have passed
forever off the worlds broad stage of action.
Other noble, grand and patriotic men, seeing
the corruption in the party, and having seen the
depths of shame into which it has fallen, have
said to it, 'Farewel, foreyer!" and have enlisted
with the party which will purify politics, guard the
home and give to women that which is as dear to
her heart as to the heart of her brother-the bal
lot.
In this old party there are yet remaining some
whose motives are pure, and who are good and
true, but they are SMALL a very small number,
and they will sooner or later leave their parents
party to identify themselves with one or two par
ties That one which will rage an unrighteous
war, and meet with an gnominous defeat, or that
one which is to engage in glorious fight and gain
aglorious victory. An enemy in friends garb
is the worst foe to fight. Such an enemy is the
Republican party to the "Home Protection party"
The friends of temperance have long since given
up all hopes of getting any help from the Demo-
cratic party. They make no pretences to being
temperance party, and hitch no small temperance
tail on their big whisky kite, to fly it through
election and for this bit of candor, if such it be,
they deserve grain OF credit.
Many have been the anxious hearts that have
watched for the platform of the Republican party.
Loyal hearts that loved their party, but patriotic,
noble hearts, which could not sacrifice their prnci-
pie on any party altar. And what did that party
do? That party at the very close of the con-
vention put in their platform so-caed tenn
perance plank, about half as strong as the brew
ers and distilers inserted in their platform, but
evidently as strong as they thought they could
stand, hoping by so doing to catch the temper
ance VOTE But they will find, when it is, alas, too
late, that in so doing they have sealed their doom.
The glories of the Republican party are past.
Another and greater party is steadily and surely
rising. party that has come to stay and
measure arms with the liquor party, and which
will know no defeat until over a million souls,
which are now bound by the iron chains of strong
drink are emancipated, and until it shall be made
a crime to license, in any way, traffic which is
filing our land with criminals, paupers, idiots,
etc., and which is filling hell with souls
This great "third party" which is gathering
its forces from north and south and east and west,
is the party TO which true womanhood, our country