The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-11-18

don't you. I suppose you are against
the government?
The old mans hand strayed up to
bronze button on his coat and tears
welled in his eyes. Then he straight
ened up as memories rushed over
him. In thunderous tones that made
the little lawyer shrink into his seat:
you! you ask me that! Me who
fought to save this government! No!
am not against the government"
The sneer came back to the face of
the little lawyer and he started in
again:
barrow Pleads for Juror.
But, because you hold the views
you do about capital and labor, you
incline to, the gas theory, don't you? ?"
Il object to any further examina-
ton of this kind. It is of positively
insulting nature and designed to HUI
initiate this old man."
A wordy war between DAVIS and the
ordered the Mcnamara attorney to sit
down and the inquisition went on. FL
nally Horton challenged the juror and
Darrow arose to- resist. He said:
IF the court please, I would like to
say a few words in reply to my young
friend here, who seems to catch at
any straw he can to get rid of a man
because he has not strong bias on
his side. Old men are not the only
garrulous ones, as has appeared am
ply in this court. Lots of people talk
too, much, and too often and too long,
and ask too many questions. Neither
will the green old age of 70 look so
green or SO old to my young friend
in a few years, it is possible a few
years added to his life will tend to
balance him up and make him not
quite so bloodthirsty.
Juror Is Too Old.
Nov, your honor, anything that
has been said or offered in this case
is trifling in the extreme. Is there
juror in the box who is better quail
fled under the law than this juror?
Not one. The court is asked to ex-
cuse this man so that, forsooth there
shall be nobody in the box upon whom
they shall have to exercise a preemp-
tory challenge. We have at least one
juror in the box against our protest
who has reached the age of -: ...
I'VE have a large number of them
who have expressed the strongest and
almost decided opinion and are still
sitting there waiting the preemptory
challenge of the defense as far al
those challenges may go. And in ev-
cry instance, no matter how strong
the opinion, counsel for the other side
has sought to force upon this court,
upon this defendant. although the de-
PENDANTS life is at jeopardy in this
trial <@4 335ty
READS Appeal to Reason.
This man is challenged simply be-
cause he has read the Appeal to Rea-
son. . and yet in that box nearly every
juror has been reader Of the Times
and some of them for many, many
years have imbibed its doctrine and
Its faith. have admitted their preui-
dice against union labor, have ad-
mitted their strong opinion in this
case, have even gone SO far az to say
that the defendant would have Is
prove his innocence beyond reason-
able doubt before they would acquit.
Here Is q Juror who says he has
no opinion in this case, and 1t is per-
fectly plain that he has none. He has
no opinion as to the destruction of
the Times; ne has no opinion what,
ever as to the guilt or innocence Of
the defendant He comes here with
perfectly open mind 80 try this.case,
excepting he has read q few copies
ofs the Appeal to Reason and OF the
Times. d.
Old soldie S.
81 old man who foug ff,f shil