The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-08-24

a boy. who. walking along the sea-
shore, with q few clouds In the sky,
with the sea tapping at his feet, sud
denly has the sky fallen down on him.
him. r. ",e
ION one side was the Burns men
and the National Electors association
and all its money. On the other, the
laboring man.. / couldn't consider pol
tiles, l couldn't consider persons, il
l was to save the mems lives. Did 1
betray my client?
Older came, Steffens came We tele-'
graphed to Gompers to send us a man.
Davis said I would be misunderstood
by labor. I had no right to consider
myself. &5>:.
Tells of Negotiations for McNamara
Pleas.
The matter was considered on
Wednesday, and Steffens said he would
see that the original proposition went
through. But word came from the
east. from the seat OF money and from
have to plead guilty to something and
take a sentence, too:
by Saturday we had agreed to the
terms, as nothing better could be had.
spent most of the day 1.-THE jail, and
]. B. agreed to take life and J. J. 10
years. Next day Davis went to Fred
ericks and Fredericks told him he
would accept the proposition. NOBODY
denies it.
Nov, when it was in this condition.
when I had every reason to believe
the case would never be tried--do you
think would give Franklin $4,000 and
send him kiting down Main street to
b buy q juror riskins my life to no pur-
1T was job to get me into the
penitentiary, to spend the rest of my
life in cell. Think Of it, gentlemen:
On the Path. the. day after. this ca:
worked, to keep the negotiations from
being called off. to avert the catas-
trophe threatening our cOmomn coun-
try through the clash of the two
powers.
who have been slowly coming back
since this thing is more generally un-
derstood.
The Mcnamara case fell like a
a class struggle, gentlemen, with all
the hatred engendered in a class
struggle, with these two bodies meet
ing in almost mortal combat. They
called on me to go and defend them.
and didn't want to go.
"Gentlemen. I hate war. I love
peace, and 1 have taught it all my
life. The world is full of hate, and
war, and murder, and strife, and vio-
lence. But we are going ever upward
no more hate and war.
II could have gone ahead with that
Mcnamara case. It was a war-a war
between the rich and the poor. If those
men had been hanged there are thou
sands in the world today who would
still have gone on with it, and made
honor, and fame. and money.
Il have worked with those men. l
have stood on the pinnacle and heard
the cheering mob sound by praises.
I've gone into the valley of the shad
ows, down under. their feet, and sum-
moned what courage I could to with
stand the Kisses and imprecations of
that same mob.
Il have followed my conscience die
hands of these twelve men,"
"Gentlemen, there isn't much more
to be said. You may not agree with
send me to the penitentiary-1'l go.
Life is a game of whist. The unseen
cards are shuffled by the hands of
fate. I don't like the way the cards
are shuffled, but like the game.
I'll play the game through the long.
long night with the cards I'm dealt,
until the break of day.
Gentlemen. thousands Of men, wom-
en- and children. deep down in the
mines, in the stores, the shops and on
the railroads, on: the iron frames Of
skyscrapers and: = in the bowels of
steamships are looking to you to save
and vindicate my name.
and they'll thank you
Concluding his address, his face
streaming with tears, Mr.. barrow stood
eyes. too, were filled with tears. and
then turned to his wife.