Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-25

with idaho to hold the bag. Idaho
has a fine privilege in this trial-to
pay for II. And you men Of this jury
VIII have the pleasure OF working to
pay up the deficiency warrants which
have been issued by the state 20 meet
the expenses Of the prosecution.
Back of the prosecution. too. you
viii find General Buckley Wells, the
adjutant general Of Colorado. who
brought these men here. There he
stands. with his epaulets and his Har-
ward accent. a cruel tyrant with all his
culture, for that is what cultufe is
for-to gel rid ~ all humanity there
~ In a man"
Here again Darrow reverted 10
Orchard. aud renewed the versatile
denunciatiOn which was ever at his
things h. termed Orchard s|eornfully
a "%cherubim' and q paragon Of yir-
tue since his conversion.
When Mr.. Darrow late In the even
ing finally reached The Colorad labor
troubles he grew eloquent IN ris de-
nunciatiOn Of capital, n his defense
Of he workingman. He told or the
e%ight-hour law passed by the cote
RADIO Legislature IN 1899. and the fightl
against that law by the owners OF the
mines and the smolters.
They took Il TO the supreme court.
and Of course that court declared II
UNCONSTITUTIONAL he exclaimed. "Of
course II Is unconstitutional to pass a
law taking away from the Guggen-
helms the right TO take twelve hours
work out Of the hide Of their working
men instead Of eight. What are con-
stiiutlons for except TO be used for
the rich and to destroy laws made
for the poor. Wealth Is stronger
fbu,. tho a -nfr.ny4 f1a4 the IatF Z
what are laws for IL the rich have to
obey them
II am not here to say 10 you men
that labor organizations do no wrong.
! know them too wen for that. They
have often done wrong. they have
often been unjust and frequently cor
rupt, but the labor organization has
always stood for the poor, for the
weak. for humane laws and for hui
man life ana liberty.
'1he men struck In Colorado for
the eight-hnur day. and they got It,
Are you men Of the jury going to take
II away from them. Mr.. Hawley risks
you TO destroy the Western Fedora
tion Of Miners by hanging Its lead
ers, Are you going to do Vt? DO YOU
doubt they have done some brutal
things: some criminal things and some
that were not wise and some that
were unjust. lie us admit IL.
know It, and | am not going TO lie TO
you about II.
but admitting this. would you de-
the Western Federation ana
hand IT, 10000 men over to deal sim
gle-handed with the Mine owners as-
ISOLATION. with the Guggcnheims? II
you destroy The labor unions OF this
country you destroy liberty when you
strike the blow ana viii leave the poor
to do the bidding Of the rich.
~ tell you, men, that so long as
the employers Of labor have the spirit
or Rockcfellerism in their hearts
there Is going to be trouble. Hawley
the Western Federation of Min
ers has made trouble, Il has, and
glad OF II. for when we cease 10
cause trouble we become slaves"
'The troops were called into Grip
Creek because old Man stuart
was beaten up I'm sorry for the old
man. but he admits he was working I
eight hours a day-living off the
fruits of what the union had worked
for, and working when the union was
not. If some Western Federation man
been beaten NJ. II they had all
becu slugged and beaten, Governor (
Peabody would never have called out {
any troops,
And when you mon Of the jury
mink of old Man stuart, think You
also 81 the Darling OF Colorado !
pulkeley Wells. tooling around the
BAY district Of Boston ami +.
4pcndlng his golden plenty Think of )
Bulkclcy Wells. the man who tied a ,
to a telegraph pole IN zero :
weather because he was not Wringi1g +
Of the victims carcass all the a
Fnlfcn r%uiucns he would Ike ia spend d
n Boston or In England. Think Nol a
III Iulkeley Wells ana the others ot
Uk-uthcr idirtH-Whosc families {
are clothed In silk. spouged with the G.
.ifetl sacrifice of working mem thiuK !
Of them. I tell you, and give them =
soun responsibility I'M the events 81
Colorado"
Continuing 10 The very close of his
rcparka for the daV to hcratc and de- {
nounce the prosecution, MT barrow e
spo'c of the time when they Wou'u {
leading forth the next victim TO J
he sacrifice" lie ever coupled ih !
pr, ocuttou with the Mine owners
,ssuciatlon. and spoke of the latter u
carnival of crime and destruction
rhe men driVcn from colorado Co lh'
corners of d world, had all ft-
turned tu Boise 60 give tho ho 90 or u
drsuite The fact that they were e
their lives iu their hands by q
,nn ing Within reach 'oi the iron manu-
ID thc prosecution !,
harrow had begun 20 detailed review A
Of Inc evidence iu the ease ass cour
ada urned at . o'clock tonight uuiu
,'r.,tk tomorrow morning
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