Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-08

ing, and, with far-seeing eye, made out
over the heads of the jury the snow-clad
mountains Of Colorado. He saw there the
miners, upon whose votes depends his stay
In Washington He saw the possibility of
reelection, and the chance here to make
little speech for the benefit OF their listen
his constituents. Like his associate from
the Senate, he had not spoken to the case
in point. and these were the men who had
denied the facts upon which the prosecu-
done so.
Mr.. Birney contrasted the coming of the
Coxey army with that Of the Philadelphia
worktngmen who came over a few weeks
best interests Of labor. These men had
come as gentlemen, and had been received
as such in this most hospitable city. The
Coxey movement found no sympathy among
such men as these, and they were working
men In the truest sense of the word.
AND these men claim that they are work
fngmen and the leaders of a movement of
the laboring classes" said Mr. Birney. turn
ing toward Browne and Coxey.
Severe Attack.
That man a workingmani Save the
word! A fakir, a charlatan and a mounte-
bank. who dresses up in ridiculous gar
ments and exhibits himself to curious null
tttudes at 10 cents a headi
That other man a laboring mani
wealthy man, who owns a stock farm and
stone Quarries, who admits that he has re-
ceived all the money contributions for the
movement which bears his name, and has
never made an accounting!
"A great deal has been said about our
trying these men on some other charge
than the one on which the information was
drawn. wish We were. l only wish we
charge OF deluding these honest men and
making Of them tramps and vagabonds
These men are living in idleness now and
camped upon dunghill while the men who
brought them here on a FOOLS errand are
living at the best hotels"
As to Lobbyists.
great deal had been said in the course
of this trial by Senators and members
about the lobbyists. They seemed to know
an immense amount about this class of
people. remarked Mr.. Birney, caustically.
and he assured them that II they would
only make known to him officially the at
tempts that nad been made to bride them.
successfully or unsuccessfully, he would
be only too glad to take proper action in
the matter. Mr.. Birney then paid his COM
pliments to Mr. Lipscomb as 4 ''hignly
proper man to shout hurrah for the labor
ing man. and to howl down Wall street,
a man who has never done a stroke OF
hard work IN his life and who has made
snug fortune out OF speculations in real
estate"
Mr.. Birney closed his argument with a
brief summing up OF the evidence in the
case. claiming that 1t was proved beyond
were guilty OF the ofense with which they
were charged, and that, inasmuch as they
were associated in the acts committed and
IN the circumstances that led up to them,
they were each and all of them responsible
for what occurred on the grounds of the
Capitol last Tuesday.
The Judges Charge.
He closed his address at IL As O'Clock, and
the matter Of the judges charge to the
Jury was then taken up. The charge was
unusually long for such an apparently
simple case. and covered pretty much every
point of law that had been raised in the
trial Judge Miller spoke to the Jury briefly
with reference to their rights and duties
telling them that while the three men were
charged jointly in the information they
must separate them in their own minds and
decide to the individual guilt of each one
of them His remarks were very compre-
tenstve and at the same time thoroughly
impartial The statute upon which this in
formation was based, he said. was not in
any sense a blow at the rights of the people
or at freedom of speech 1t simply set
apart certain places where the people might
not assemble and interfere with legislation
by harangue gatherings. The necessity for
this was obvious. AS to the alleged uncon-
stitutionality Of the law, this was a matter
tron which every individual has right to
Us own opinion. but he must not presume
that IL should not or would not be enforced
}n case he violate it.
Judge Miller went at some length into
the matter of the relation of the general
government to the District of Columbia
and the character of the lands set apart
for the uses of the government, and the
laws governing them. TO keep them free
from party strife and all forms OF conten-
ton that might subyert the principles of
law and order. The jury must consider
solely the evidence in the case, and IL was
not theirs to question the propriety Of the
statute. Furthermore they should not be
biassed against any of the defendants by
any sympathy or hostility that they might
entertain toward their views. and the prin-
ciplsS of the movement which they headed
The judges remarks were listened to with
the closest attention, not only by the men,
bers OF the jury themselves. but by every
II an in the large crowd that filled the court
foom-
Given to the Jury.
At five minutes to 1 O'Clock the case was
given to the jury. who retired to their room.
and the door was locked while they deliber-
ated upon their verdict.
Mrs. Coxey and her step-daughter Miss
Mamie Coxey who officiated as the angel of
peace in the May day parade. were present
during the morning as interested spectators
of all that went on in the court room They
remained seated while the Jury was out. but
did not appear to be particularly anxious
over the outcome of the trial A few min
utes after the jury had left the room the
court took recess until half-past l o. clock
At O'Clock the jury was still out. with
no indications OF a result.