rohibition will never be a success until it prohibits the
Prohibitionists. And yet I most sincerely hope and believe that
the time will come when drunkenness shall have perished from the
earth. Let us cultivate the love of home. Let husbands and wives
and children be companions. Let them seek amusements together.
If it is a good place for father to go, it is a good place for
mother and the children. I believe that a home can be made more
attractive than a saloon. Let the boys and girls amuse themselves
at home--play games, study music, read interesting books, and let
the parents be their playfellows. The best temperance lecture, in
the fewest words, you will find in Victor Hugo's great novel "Les
Miserables." The grave digger is asked to take a drink. He refuses
and gives this reason: "The hunger of my family is the enemy of
my thirst."

_Question_. Many people wonder why you are out of politics. Will
you give your reasons?

_Answer_. A few years ago great questions had to be settled. The
life of the nation was at stake. Later the liberty of millions of
slaves depended upon the action of the Government. Afterward
reconstruction and the rights of citizens pressed themselves upon
the people for solution. And last, the preservation of national
honor and credit. These questions did not enter into the last
campaign. They had all been settled, and properly settled, with
the one exception of the duty of the nation to protect the colored
citizens. The Supreme Court settled that, at least for a time,
and settled it wrong. But the Republican party submitted to the
civil rights decision, and so, as between the great parties, that
question did not arise. This left only two questions--protection
and office. But as a matter of fact, all Republicans were not for
our present system of protection, and all Democrats were not against
it. On that question each party was and is divided. On the other
question--office--both parties were and are in perfect harmony.
Nothing remains now for the Democrats to do except to give a
"working" definition of "offensive partisanship."

_Question_. Do you think that the American people are seeking
after truth, or do they want to be amused?

_Answer_. We have all kinds. Thousands are earnestly seeking for
the truth. They are looking over the old creeds, they are studying
the Bible for themselves, they have the candor born of courage,
they are depending upon themselves ins