The American School System. By J. Hirst Hollowell. (Northern Counties
Education League.)—Mr. Hollowell must observe the decencies of controversy before he can expect to be taken seriously. He speaks of the proceedings which resulted in the Cockerton judgment as a "conspiracy." The Cockerton judg- ment was a declaration of the law by the highest Court in this country. It is quite open to Mr. Hollowell and his friends to bring about, if they can, an alteration of the law. While it
remains it is the duty of the citizen to observe it and of the Courts to give an enunciation of it, and, we may add, of the citizen, again, to treat the decision with respect. To speak of a " con. spiracy " can hardly have any other meaning than that there was a corrupt understanding between the Judges and the petitioners. If Mr. Hollowell were an American citizen and ventured to speak in this way of the Supreme Court, he would find that there is less tolerance of such offences there than here.
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