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

gan the great battle for his liberty.
The arguments Of the district attor-
neys were brutally bitter in their
arraignment of Mr.. Darrow, but they
did not have any effect upon the jury.
Mr.. Rogers, one Of the attorneys
for the defense, delivered one of the
most unique and mastery addresses
ever heard in a court room. He
severely arraigned the district attor-
neys and forcibly dwelt upon the in
terest of the Merchants and Manu-
facturers' association and the Ma
tional Erectors' association in the
prosecution of Mr.. Darrow. He par
ticularly arraigned Assistant District
Attorney Ford, who was more bitter
than Fredericks, against Mr.. Darrow.
In summing up his argument, Mr..
Ford gave word picture of the life
Of Clarence S. Darrow.
Lauds Darrow's Great Work for the
Workers and Needy.
''Now let's see what kind Of man
Darrow Is, in view of the vicious
statements that have been made
against him. said Rogers, glaring at
Ford.
Some time ago there was a. great
coal strike in Pennsylvania. Then
we learned that we can do without
! lawyers, doctors, judges, but we can't
do without the laboring man. .
80 President Roosevelt appointed a
commission to arbitrate. the strike,
and who represented the miners !?
Clarence Darrow.
GO into the mines of Pennsylvania,
ask the man there with the lamp on
his cap who gave him his education.
He'll tell you that he was breaker
boy, working IA hours a day, picking
slate from coal on the breaker, and
that the strike came-and Clarence
Darrow got him his rights, shortened
his hours, lightened his labor, raised
his wages.
ASK the firemen on the railroads,
the clerks in the Chicago department
stores who arbitrated their strikes,
lightened their lives, and they'll tell
you-Clarence Darrow.
His Many Fights. :
"Who carried the f1gnt of the city
Of Chicago against the street railways
| to the supreme court and Won it?
Clarence Darrow.
And they say he corrupts every
body he comes in contact with! Did
ne corrupt the supreme court? They
say he blew up the Times
Rogers told of the horrible dyna-
hitting. until many were moved to
! tears.
| Il saw those charred bodies taken
out OF there, no bigger, some times,
than the buckets in which they car
r1ed them. I saw the weeping women
and children. And the man who would
assa ssinate Darrow's character by tell
ing you he had anything to do with
that, would assassinate something else
beides character"
| In a low voice, Rogers said: II tell
you, when all men in this country
get their rights, when all have work,
when all are equal, there will be NO
dynamiting.
| "But so long as there are hungry
babes, while others are living on the
fat of the land, there will be violence
do not favor violence. I have fought
the labor unions all my life.. drew
up, the famous anti-picketing ordi-
nance. Yet, If I had walked the
streets all day long, Offering to sell
my hands or head. to feed my hungry
crying baby, and couldn't get work
and knew there were others living
Lon bees knees and humming birds
j tongues, and giving monkey dinners
! I'd commit violence. I'd tear the front
of the First National bank with ms
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