The Mena weekly star., 1907-06-27

uo,se Idaho, June 25.-A great
 rowd gathered Monday morning ir
 ' room where William D. Haywood
 on trial to hear the speech od
 r,.rsnce Darrow of Chicago, outlin z,ng the purpose of the defense ir q #onhat,ns the evidence put in by
 sba state. The formalities or open z,ng the session at an end, MT. Oar
 rou at once took Up his place direct
 \ in front of the 12 solemn-visaged
 men in the jury box and began in @l. slow. mellow drawl character &,stic of him to state the theory and SDlan of the defense to be offered for Htis client # Mr Darrow reminded the jurors of &the instruction given them by the zrourt that they are to keep their <mInds entirely open as to the guilt zor innocence of the accused man un- ztil all the evidence from both sides Shas been introduced.
 You have listened to the theory
 and the evidence of the state" Mir. *Darrow proceeded. MT. Hawley has lowered wide ground in his opening Nor the state and we will have to meet him step by step. The defend |ant here is charged nominally with Etbe murder of former Gov. Steunen. |berg. There had to be some nominal Eeharge. But the state has told you |the case rests upon giant con. |spiracy of which the defendant |among others is a part
 "The state attorney has told you the murder of Gov. Steunenberg was but an incident. They have told you |the Western Federation of Miners |was an organization to commit mur- |der, to control politics. to hire law |yers and other criminal things. Part of this Is true; part of it Is not true.
 The Western Federation of Min. |ers is an industrial, not murderous organization. It has from time to |time taken hand in politics but we |srs not going to hang every organi. |zation which has done such a thing. If we did no corporation would be safe. The Western Federation of Miners did all it could to pass the eight hour law in Colorado. Utah and Montana. It tried to elect friendly United States senators. It tried to elect Mir. Hawley but m- fortunately failed"
 Mir. Darrow went on to say that there was no claim that the Western Federation of Miners was an organi- zation Of angels. Angels do not wcfk in the mines" declared the at- tornsy they are the mine owners"
 MT. Darrow went on at length to outline the organization of the West ern Federation of Miners. He de- elared 1t was nothing but a beneficial association, trying to uplift its class. u Was not until ten years after the organization of the union that either haywood or Mover took office in 1t.
 We will show that the Pinkerton detective agency has been a chief iactor in this case from the begin nlng They have organized them selses into band to spread calumny against the Western Federation of Miners.
 We will show that in one case, snere cage fell, because of de. lective machinery and Is men were Aiiied it was laid to the Western federation of Miners.
 The burning of the Moscow Uni. ,erslty was laid to the leader of the v, Federation of Miners. Every nesiPate child born west of the has been wrapped in it's '"aodling clothes, hurried to Denver anu laid on the doorstep of the West ''n Federation of Miners"
 nere' as at other points in his 'p'ecn MT Darrow's sarcasm caused sa'e alter wave of laughter in the .ourt room. Some times the bailiffs Aao to rap for order.
 "Aen the court took a recess at n ,.n, until 2 ?. m. Mir. Darrow was