Show Law and Lots of It I This is a government of laws law's and not ot of men Vere all men and honest holiest wore were all aU laws Just and fair were all men Interested only in tho doing of jU justice to others othor and the securing of or Justice to toi themselves S a a. government of laws would bo an government government- i Exchange I With all men wise and honest and all interested only in doing a and d securing justice there would be no need of government at all aU An infallible rule of wisdom honesty and justice would ne need d no hacking Jacking by b 1 legislation It would be arrant folly foUy to afflict perfection perfection tion wi with willi h laws rules and regulations Government of laws and not of men is getting into disrepute because of weakness and injustice in the making and enforcement enforcement enforce enforce- ment of laws and because of the impossibility of arriving at justice justice justice jus jus- tice by merely considering law and not men You cant can't make laws that will fit every individual case ue as regards wisdom and justice j Our administration of law attempts to do this leans to th the exI extreme ex ex- ex I and we have the law as a respecter of persons Any I leaning of the law toward leniency an any 1 consideration of breeding l environment or lack of opportunity should go to the poor man the unfortunates but they are arc bent the other way and we have havea I a government of laws and not of men so far as the majority of i men are concerned Even the honest impartial judge rarely looks further than his books and never gets a view of the distinction I between law and justice Every discovery of injustice under the law breeds more mOle law which under the usual process becomes partial in administration until we bid fair to wind up as the most completely law governed people that ever inhabited the earth with government of by and for men lost in the chaos |