The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-26
BORAH TALKS FOR THE STATE
DARR0W ENDS ms HAYWOOD
PLEA IN A FLOOD OF TEARS.
the Chscags Lawyer DevOtes the Closing
Hours OF His Harangue % an ArrsiSu.
ment OF Capital aud an Appeal to CLASS
PreJudce-senster Borah's Argument.

BOISE, July 25.-Lawyer Clarence OAR
row finished the final appeal to the jury
for the life Of William d. Haywood late thii
afternoon after speaking eleven hours and
q half.
Tonight at 7 o'clock Senator Williary
Il. Borah began his closing argument for
the State.
Darrow's speech to-day, as yesterday vas
a bold and slashing attack on the finsn-
cisl interests of the country. All day long
barrow was engaged in the fascinating
task Of painting for the jury's benefit q
vivid picture Of Darrow's mind.
IL was a socialistic harangue from begin-
ming to nd. The lawyer did indeed de-
part from his oratory style long enough
to review a good deal Of the evidence In
the case, but he could not keep at this sorJ
Of thing long at any one time. He had ~
leave of every now and then long enough
to fling a dart Of sarcasm or OF denunciatior
at the Western employers Of labor or BE-
make a perfervid appeal for the down
trodden workman.
He arrayed class against class before thu
jury's eyesl and practically appealed to
| them in the end to save his client becsuss
he represented one class against another.
These were his closing words;
when Meyer and Haywood can no longer
speak TO you, the voice Of the socuser will
be heard. know that he will talk to you
of law and order and Of the flag which
these mine owners have d~esecrated, and I
know the net of suspicious circumstance
that his shlful brain will weave while I arm
compelled to sit still and listen. But | ask
you TO answer him for me and to remember
that there is nothing in this case from be-
ginning TO end but Orchard, the perjured
villain, the unhanged scoundrel and MUIR
derer. II you can vote to kill Bill Hay
wood on his testimony, then peace be with
you.
Il know that in this case I am BIASED.
For thirty years ] have been giving my
efforts to thecause OF labor. but this l know:
! That never in this world were twelve men
called upon 70 decide issues IN momentous
as these that depend upon your verdict.
1T will be a sad day for me II you decide
that Haywood must ascend the scaifold. 10
win be a sad day for the crippled woman
whom your action will make a widow and
for the children that will be made orphans.
But they are not my chief concern.
Thousands of hands will delve in the mines
for their support. But don't you think for
a moment that If you hang him you can
cruelty the labor movement Thousands
more hands will take up the banner where
he lays II down. | am speaking for the
poor. the weak and the weary, when l say
hat the eyes Of the world are on o twelve
men of Idaho tonight. Wherever the
English language is spoken men are won-
dering and talking and dreaming about the
verdict you twelve men are To give. IL you
kill this man the railroad officers Of this
country will chant your praises. Down
among the vipers and the cultures of Wall
Street many will approve your course. In
almost every bank in the world where men
hate Haywood because he is the champion
of the poor they will applaud your actor.
But If you acquit him there will he men
who will reverently bow their beads and
thank God for twelve men who dare to do
their duty. Out on the prairie, under
meath the ground. out upon the seas men
who labor and suffer. women and children
pale and worn with toll. the poor, the weak
and the suffering of the world stretch OUT
their hands to this jury and implore them
to save Bill Haywood's life"
At this point MIR. Darrow's voice failed
him, the tears streamed down his cheeks.
he choked up and sank into his chair.
Haywood sat sternly in his chair all the
while, with a face like that Of a gravehs
image. At his side his wife was weeping
quietly behind her fan. His mother too
was visibly affected.
The jury betrayed no more emotion than
Haywood himself. Their oo~untenances re-
manned as they have been from the first.
impassive. illegible. They did not even
blink.
A while before that when barrow was
speaking OF the witness Stuart who was
beaten and shot because he would not
quit work at the order of the federation.
he shrieked:
We workmen are held to strict sccount-
ability. When one man Is beaten up because
he tries to break the union there are rosrs
and howls from all the so-called civilized
world. But when courts and Judges conspirs
to kill . poor workman. TO murder him under
forms Of law. there is nobody. except q no
body. to raise q voice In protest.
The crowd tina came TO hear Senator
Borah began to gather outside the court
house doors at 8 O'Clock. Ten minutes
after the doors were open the court room
was packed. Hundreds were turned away
and the lawyers had to 60 UP the back stairs
to get in at all.
The Senator started Oh with a gentle
rebuke to Dsfrow for the attack he made
upon the motives Of the prosecutor In
tho ca1e. Immediately thereafter he
sounded his keynote with unmistskabls
'clearness. when he declared hat no gJaver
duty could possibly rest upon the State
than that Of protecting the lives. the liberty
n the property Of its citizens. This task
the prosecution thought they were trying
to discharge. Continuing. he said:
Il ought TO be SUFFICIENT to attack the argu-
ment Of a lawyer. but counsel for the defence
has seen nc to make a personal attack con-
tanning limitations Of corruption. For what
reasons ! know not. but there seems TO bs
running through this case an attack upon
the motives OF everybody. high and low. who
has had ANYTHING tn dO with tha urnrk nf