If these paragraphs mean anything, they mean sim- ply this, that the lieutenant governor wants the Sun- day closing law to remain upon the statute books for the purpose of satisfying the "conscience' ' of what he calls the people of the state. At the same time it is 82 Swelling the Tide. broadly intimated that this law need not be enforced, since he says plainly that "there is great difference between the non-enforcement of a law and its repeal." This is another exhibition of that attitude of mind which refuses to meet the facts .as they are, and which is the cause, to a great extent, of the unfortun- ate condition in which liquor legislation is found, not only liquor legislation, but legislation on other topics as well. There may be "consciences" that will be sat- isfied with a straddle of this sort, but it will never satisfy any person who desires to square principle with action. (July i, 1907.) How the Tide Against the Brewing Trade is Con- tinually Swelled. I am more firmly convinced than ever that a vigor- ous intelligent campaign of publicity on strictly mod- ern lines, following patriotic modes of thought, is a necessity for the brewing trade. It is becoming more difficult, the longer the trade waits. For, I repeat, it