tate honestly believe that prohibition
is an interference with their natural rights, and they feel justified
in resorting to almost any means to defeat the law.

In this way people become somewhat demoralized. It is unfortunate
to pass laws that remain unenforced on account of their unpopularity.
People who would on most subjects swear to the truth do not hesitate
to testify falsely on a prohibition trial. In addition to this,
every known device is resorted to, to sell in spite of the law,
and when some want to sell and a great many want to buy, considerable
business will be done, while there are fewer saloons and less liquor
sold in them. The liquor is poorer and the price is higher. The
consumer has to pay for the extra risk. More liquor finds its way
to homes, more men buy by the bottle and gallon. In old times
nearly everybody kept a little rum or whiskey on the sideboard.
The great Washingtonian temperance movement drove liquor out of
the home and increased the taverns and saloons. Now we are driving
liquor back to the homes. In my opinion there is a vast difference
between distilled spirits and the lighter drinks, such as wine and
beer. Wine is a fireside and whiskey a conflagration. These
lighter drinks are not unhealthful and do not, as I believe, create
a craving for stronger beverages. You will, I think, find it almost
impossible to enforce the present law against wine and beer. I
was told yesterday that there are some sixty places in Cedar Rapids
where whiskey is sold. It takes about as much ceremony to get a
drink as it does to join the Masons, but they seem to like the
ceremony. People seem to take delight in outwitting the State when
it does not involve the commission of any natural offence, and when
about to be caught, may not hesitate to swear falsely to the extent
of "don't remember," or "can't say positively," or "can't swear
whether it was whiskey or not."

One great trouble in Iowa is that the politicians, or many of them
who openly advocate prohibition, are really opposed to it. They
want to keep the German vote, and they do not want to lose native
Republicans. They feel a "divided duty" to ride both horses. This
causes the contrast between their conversation and their speeches.
A few years ago I took dinner with a gentleman who had been elected
Governor of one of our States on the Prohibition ticket. We had
four kinds of wine during the meal, and a pony of brandy at the
end. P