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entirely superfluous. There are enough laws now to suppress these dives, if the laws are properly adminis- tered. To add another law on the statute books will not mend matters unless that law is enforced better than the existing ones, and if there is enforcement of law, the existing laws are sufficient. Conditions are similar all over the country. What we need is law, not laws. We are met with the objection that our executive officers cannot be trusted to enforce the laws. If that is true, it is a confession that popular government is a failure, and that the country needs a strong central authority, independent of public opinion in the differ- ent localities. The Growler is not prepared to accept so pessimistic an opinion as to the capacity of our people to govern themselves. Another serious objection is the prevailing legal notion in regard to equal rights. This notion has led to stripping the executive officers of a great deal of discretionary power, so that in this country many mat- ters are regulated by law which in Europe are left to the discretion of the executive officers. That is one of the serious criticisms of the American common- wealth in the famous book of James Bryce, the new British Ambassador "to this country, whose publication is used as a text book in many American educational institutions. The distrust of the executive also ar-