Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-14

thaL' was IN the American EeNoluNlou'
There was not one specific act that was
charged to the mine workers, but was
charged to the loyalIsts. whom they teach
their children to love and venerate. You
and l may SIT here and Judge men by the
dead letter. Of the law. We may say that
this act Is right and that act is wrong. but
up there sits the living Ged and He Judges
the. acts of men by another standard than
ours. Let me say there Is the legal side
and the moral side, The boycott Is an
ancient weaponf It is' reApeotsble when the
operators use it, but not respectable when
we use It." -s.,s, .
Then he paused. almost breathless, be-
fore passing on to draw a distinction be-
tween the criminal and the legitimate boy
colt.
A minute later he was calmly discussing
the sociological aspect Of the ''scab.'
"As a class" he said, "this body of men,
as in this case, have always been ready to
take the benehtsethat flow from organized
laber, though never willing to fight to
obtain them. 80 t1s
GAS a rule the sseabt has no abiding place
on the face of the earth, He is a wander
ing tramp, ready to be used by anybody
who will pay the price to use him, and
when the strike is. over, the operators let
him walk home again, or let the union send
him home. He, is the plant tool of The
men who in this great struggle, wisely or
unwisely. are against the laboring man,
and 1t cannot be but that he will be de-
spised, mistrusted, hated and reviled by
all men who low liberty and who love
their fellow men, and who have the point
of view Of the organized laboring man"
Regarding the demand for an eight-hour
lo.s. ~ cid = e a4. 49,
This is not a demand to shirk work, as
Is often claimed to be the case. 1t is q
demand for the light of the individual to
have a better, a fuller. completer life;
and this, like everything else, depends on
your point Of view. There is only one
standpoint from WHICH you have a right to
approach this question, and that is what
will make the best man, the best American,
help to build UP a nation where there will
be no more strikes and no more violence.
other gentlemen may measure 1t In dollar
and cents. shall not"
He compared the miners life with that
of a professional man; who gets a chance
to better his condition. There is nothing
high and ennobiing and great in digging
COAL he said. 1.-The miner want a chance
to develop the best that is in himself. 1t
is no answer to say, 9If you give him a
shorter day he will not use it wisely Such
an argument is scarcely worth a reply"
Arraigns New Jersey,
e. After pleading for the Weighing Of coal
wherever possible, Mr., Darrow discussed
the merits OF the union.
IT am not willing to admit for a single
moment" he said, that anything can be
! gained for manhood, for righteousness, for
the good of all, by going into some petty
legislature and asking to merge the in
( dividual flesh and blood man into a cor
poration created by the state. Why, we
were told in the argument that the state
of New Jersey, Of all the places on earth
the state of New Jersey. had introduced a
law to compel labor organizations to In
corporate. New Jersey has been busy with
the Incorporation business. New Jersey
has issued Its bogus charters and sent
them broadcast over the United States, it's
charters which have been simply letters of
marque and reprfsaI for every pirate that
sails the high seas OF commerce to cap
ture what he can get, until New Jersey
has become a stencil and a byword in the
minds Of all people who believe in fair
dealing and Justice between man and man."
Proceeding he paid a. tribute to the or
ganizatfon witch. had welded 14F,000. men
who spoke twenty different languages, of
all degrees Of intelligence, Of all degrees
Of moral character, into one homogeneous
mass. Them I'M conclusion, he said:
This contest IS one of the most I'm
portant that have marked the progress of
human liberty since the world began, one
force pointing one way, another the other.
Every advantage that the human race has
won has been at the fearful cost. Every
contest kas' been won by struggle. Some
man must die that others may live. 1t
has come to these poor miners to bear the
cross for themselves, but that the human
race may be lifted up to a higher and
broader plane than II has ever known be-
FORE
Then he sat down and the pent up feel
ings Of the crowd broke forth in tumultuous
applause.
Judge Gray waited smilingly for silence
and then dismissed the sitting with a sort
OF benedietion. =
at is' due to counsel, and to those who
represented BOTH sides.' he said, that
should say that we leave you, or rather
you leave us with a feeling In our heart
Of regret that the long session is about
to be broken up. 1t speaks we'll for coun-
sci on both sides that no unpleasant cpl
sode has occurred, nothing that should maj
the situation in which reasonable men and
citizens Of a great country find them
selves mutually endeavoring to arrive al
Just conclusions and a just verdict in Q
great controversy.
1.-THE work is now ours and / know thai
we have your best wishes that we MAJ
have a safe and a righteous deliverance.'