Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-31
BARROW ATTACKS
Jury REFORM BILL
Lawyer for Mcnamara Broth
eTs Speaks at the New
Auditorium.

In an address on Labor and Politi-
cal Activity" delivered 10 a small
sized audience IN the New Andito-
! rum last night, Clarence Darrow, a
noted lawyer, who came into nation
wide prominence when be defended
the MacEamara brothers, labor aeits-
tors, called upon his hearers 70 vote
against the constitutional amendment
providing for the selection Of juries
by the courts when they went to the
polls next Tuesday.
| 1t Is not customary with me TO
| deal with local issues, said the
speaker. but this matter has been
| called to my attention and ! feel il
my duty to urge you to vote against
| this proposition for your own good
At present Juries are picked BIZ the
sheriff and court. working together.
The amendment. If passed. would put
the selection OF juries in the hands Of
the court
The liberties Of no workingmen are
] safe with the courts. ! ssv this usl.l. =
out qualification. Judges do not come
from your clase. II they ever did, il
was 80 long ago that they've forgot
ten about It. They are not associates
Of the people. They live In clubs. no
| tells and fine houses. Its pretty hard
| for workingman TO live in club or
! hotel. Why, IL he spends more than
a quarter for dinner he Is under sue
picion.
Power should be taken away from
| the courts, instead Of enlargine IT,"
said Mr. Darrow. Power should be
! placed In the hands OF the people. or
as near the people as IL Is possible 10
get
Mr. barrow said lawyers. who com
| pose the courts, are hostile TO the
buckingham. Most of them have been
corporation lawyers. Why Because
they are the best. the abiest- Not one
| Of them would hesitate to get out OF
bed any hour Of the night to issue an
| Injunction 70 destroy your union But
| they wouldn't do anything to fnJurs
the lawyers union.
C.pis.I and Labor Unfriendly.
Mr.. barrow said capital and labor
were not friends. They are business
enemies, he declared. He pointed out
the plans of big business to control
industries and said the aim of union
ism was to control the labor of the
country. Big business can dictate
terms because they control things
Unionisrn cannot dictate terms until
they control the labor Of the country,
was the point the speaker made.
mot long ago there was coal
strike in progress" he said. The
strike lasted three months and arbl-
tration took three months. When i
was settled the miners found they had
received an increase of ten cents 8
ton for digging coal. Then few
bearded gentlemen got tosetner-
around q mahogany table IN New
| Y ork and decided 10 reise the price OF
coal fifty cents ton. Now, VINO won
that strike he asked. The strikers
did, of course, but the consuming pub
| lie has to pay for ii. l can't under
stand why the coal miners have
strikessat all. The mine owners should
give them their demands and charge
| $40 a ton for coal, and Why shouidn
they? Its their coal. The people OF
this country are SO law-abiding.
peaceful and ignorant that theyd
freeze unless the coal barons sain
they could have some coal
1 Mr.. barrow said clergymen. law
yers. doctors. newspapermen, in fact
ali persons who wear good clothes. as
he put il, were opposed TO unionisn'
because they believed 1t to be poor
mans organization and injurious 70
themselves and the community. But
Ethev themselves have strong unions
even though they're not united In the
true sense.
you can't save souls unless you are
a member of the union. At least you
can't be sure Of il. You can't be
lawyer unless you belong to our union.
The Law fixes that. Opponents OF
labor unionisrn point TO the long APP
premiership the would-be working
man must serve. But look at the long
term one must serve before he can
become q lawyer or a doctor.
Urges Political Action.
81 know man has not always gone
after things in the right way. know
the difficulties that have confronted
ihim. believe they should use res-
lsonable methods In gaining their
points. Political action is the only
means TO get things.
Men interested in labor should vote
for themselves and their cause. For
get political parties and vote for your
cause. You never hear Of a banker or
q railroad man who cares about party
They look for safe men. So should
you.
THE Socialist party is the only
party that has the interest of the peo-
pie at heart. I've never belonged 70
| II. hut I've voted the ticket often. Il
Is the only party that will bring JUS
tice TO the poor. Although small in
america IL is the greatest on earth.
Il is the only party that has an inter-
national program II is the emancipa-
ton of the workingman-
Mr.. barrow spoke here under the
auspices Of the Essex Trades CouIl-
I'll The meeting WAS presided over