The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-26

be ended.
We don't want Haywood punished for
somebody else's crime n he was not a 90
conspirator. Much has been said here about
this defendant coming here before a jury
taken from a community mentally poisoned
anything for the blood Of Haywood" az
counsel for the defence said. Have You heard
any cries for Haywood's blood IN Boiser DO
you know Of any poison in your heartsf
You have sworn that your minds were free
from malice. There In not anybody who
doubts II. There Ia no one but believes
that " Haywood goes back 10 Denver or IL
punished for this crime n will he In either
case because a fair. impartial jury has sat
upon the case, and ~ 10 to our community
credit that. despite the fact that even though
our states fair favor has been impuRned,
II has gone at this trial 40 soberly, so fairly
and so calmly.
Now, gentlemen, We are not here lighting
organized labor. This Is merely a trial for
murder. Frank Steunenberg has been muir
dsred. \ foul crime has been
and the manhood Of Idaho wants to know
who did II. Does Tins mean a fght on or
gsnized labor. industrial war, class against
class. the poor against the rich?
u means Law, Justice. fairness and abso-
lutelv nothing else. and " I we're iRhting
for the cause OF Ia Dor I'd NOT in weigh against
society or Christianity. because without
those things the laboring man goes down
into sla very and dirt. The only safety of
the la boring man II the integrity OF TINS
government, under which he has lived and
prospered more than any other land on the
face of The earth.
With that the Senator plunged al once
into a preliminary consideration or the
St%eunenberg case. Every trail that led 10
the bloodstained remnants Of Frank Steu-
nenberg's gate, he said. led back 10 the
-. nW L.. :.
the hour he first met Haywood III Denver
this man Orchard never went forth to
crime except from Denver
Then followed an explanation OF the law
Of conspiracy. Once a conspiracy was
formed. the Senator said. all it's member
became responsible for the act OF every
member Of IL. For that reason the defence
could not throw Jack Simpkins overheard.
II il was proved that Simpkins and Hay
wood were member of q conspiracy as a
result Of which S~,eunenberg. met his death
then Haywood was Responsible for every act
that Simpkins performed under that con
spiracy.
As an illustration Senator Borah described
the fine and military precision with which
the federation men blew up the Bunker
Hill and Sullivan mine, in which he said they
used what a certain school Of philosophers
in this country worship more than the
Christian does his Bible. namely, dynamite. y"
The Senator got this on with a terrific
snap and ring that presa ged great things
later on. h air became suddenly electric.
IL remained 40 all the evening.
mir. barrow has called Harry Orchard
a veritable devil and agree with him y.
cried Borah a moment later. wher eupon
he went on to declare that the Western
Federation was "A criminal organization,
Somewhere within IT," he declared.
lis a criminal power that denies law, has
no respect for human life and holds might
as sacred and that alone.
Why, Mr.. barrow says" pursued the
Senator. IF IL were possible TO get 1000
up of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mill
IL is proof positive that IL ought to be done.
That may be true in Chicago. but il ia not
true in Idaho. In Idaho il is the law that
millionaire. farmer. scab or union man is
entitled to the protection Of his property,
his life and his liberty"
Senator Borah went on to riddle the
various defence theories OF Orchards
character
First, they say that Orchard was a homi-
cidal maniac; then they "a y he wasa Pinkerton
agent and lured Jack Simpkins on the train
at Caldwell. They tell you that II Orchard
had not confessed the grass would be growing
above his grave to-day, You know that's
false. you know that IL Orchard hadn't CON
fessed the learned counsel from Chicago
would have been here to-day proving sbso-
lutely to you that Orchard couldn't have
killed Frank Steunenberg.
But the blacklist thing that Harry Orchard
ever did. MIR, Richardson tells YOU. was TO
tell on this stand the name Of his daughter
We put him on the stand. but who dragged
that daughters name from his reluctant lips;
Mr.. Richardson himself.
NO" said barrow, you asked him his
name"
so we did" cried the Senator, turning
Upon barrow like a flash but IL was counsel
Gz..A. 1.fn,.o aAI 80 NNhor that farAa1 him
TO mention His daughters given name. II
is counsel for the defence himself who thus.
according TO his own admission, il respon-
sible for the commission or the blacklist
crime that Harry Orchard ever committed. "
Counsel for the defence collapsed at this
and barred the way no longer. Senator
Borah continued:
Much has been said here in derision of
Harry Orchards profession Of reli gion. !
suspect that this is n subject tn at does not
interest you much. | suspect that YOU are
going to decide this case pretty much on the
evidence. But want TO SAY that though
they tell you Orchards profession Of religion
is a fake contri we'd on the part Of Mcfarland
for the sake of its effect on this jury. let me
call your attention to the fact that this feature
If the case was not developed In the least by
the state. Somebody had told Mr.. Richard
son that a former member of the Western
Federation Of Miners had got reli EioD, and
this striking novelty drove him 10 in vestigate
the story 10 see If IL was true. lie found
IL was, and now he does not like IL and he
tells YOU so. Curiosity il sometimes costly.
In a terrific passage the Senator outlines
bis own position regarding immunity to
Orchard. He said:
Now tell you the man who placed the bomb
a. Frank SteunenberG's gate will meet The
fate that he deserves. and ! tell Won now that
there will be- no compromise, " by any act
If mine he ever gains his freedom ! pray that
God will wither my right arm Till II drops
from its socket. We've got him in the peni
tertiary: let ns keep him there until the time
comes when he shall go hence. and let me add
to that that the man who intimates that
would compromise with Harry Orchard
doesn't understand a single drop Of blood
that circulatcs in my veins,
This passage, delivered with splendid
effect. was followed by this declaration:
This crime has been committed Orchard
is guilty of IT,. lie says he is ready TO meet
his God. The law demands his payment
When the time comes let him pay, and there's
no twelve men in Idaho who would vote TO
turn him loose. and there never could be an
Idaho Governor who would OUTAGE the man
hood Of this State sufficiently to save this
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