The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-18
CLARENCE DARROW, 55 TODAY,
 IS A DISCIPLE OF TOLSTOI

Under indictment ln Los Angeles on charges of bribery and corruption of crisis of his career set for the four teenth of next month, Clarence s. Dar- row is perhaps not very happy on this his fifty-ifth birthday Once the hero. the plumed> knight, of organized la bor, the lawyer-philosopher is now viewed with suspicion by many of his former friends. Declaring his inno- cence, MT. Darrow has announced that he will fight to the last ditch. The distinguished labor attorney is a dis ciple of Tolstoi and the author of book entitled Resist Not Evil,'' but and the Moyer-Haywood-Pet case he showed himself right nifty resister, and probably he will be no less the fighter with his own liberty and reputation at stake. Against him, according to District Attorney Freder- icks of Los Angeles, will be pitted the damning evidence of the telegraph. as well as the testimony of those he is alleged to have sought to influence while engaged as chief counsel for the McNamara defense.
 Kinsman, O., was the Darrow birth place, and April IS, 1857, the date. He was educated in the public schools of the Buckeye State and in 1875 was admitted to the bar. While still a youngster he attained an enviable rep- utation in his profession, and was ap- pointed general counsel for the Chica- go & Northwestern Railroad Company. Then he became interested in organ ized labor, delivering addresses and writing articles in defense of the cause. Ten years ago. when President Roosevelt appointed an arbitration commission to look into the anthra- cite coal mining situation, Darrow was chosen to present the side of the successful O.. fense of Mover, Haywood and Petit bone, the leaders of the Western Fed eration of Miners who were charged with the murder of former Gov. Steunenberg of Idaho, added to Dar- rows reputation.
 One, of the greatest influences in Darrow's life was the late Gov. Alt geld, of Illinois. Before Darrow had won his spurs he became protege of Altgeld, and when the latter died the young lawyer delivered a eulogy of his friend and partner that is a classic of it's kind, and scarcely infer for to Ingersoll's "Oration at His Brothers Crave"
 Whether angel of light or devil of darkness, Darrow is possessed of charm and magnetism of personality that cannot be denied. He usually made variety, and he is far-very far-from being handsome. But talk how he can talk. when once aroused!
 Buddha, Christ, Socrates. Plato and Confucius have had their influence in the formation of the Darrow phil osophy as set forth in his books, but his great master is Tolstoi. Holding to the ideal of nOn-resistance, as preached by the great Aussian( Dar- row yet admits that there are times when it is necessary to fight for sur vivaI In his Resist Not Evil," Oar row saws:
 "The doctrine of nOn-resistance to evil does not rest upon the words of Christ alone. Buddha, Confucius, destruction of war, of conquest, of vio- lence and of hatred, and have taught the beneficence of peace, of forgive ness, of nOn-resistance to evil But modern thought is not content to rest the conduct of life upon the theories of moralists. The rules of life that govern men and states to-day must be in keeping with science, and con- form to the highest reason and judg- ment of man. That men should turn the other cheek, should love their enemies,' should resist not evil,' has ever seemed fine to teach to children, to preach on Sundays, to round a per iod in senseless oratorical flight ;but it has been taken for granted that these sentiments cannot furnish the real foundation for strong characters Or great states"