Evening star., 1925-07-18
]URY'S "GU|LTY" ALL
] DAYTON HAS LEFT
DarroW Expects Revenge on
Bryan in Higher
Tribunal.

Tribunal.
BY ROBERT L. SMALL.
DAYTON, Tenn, July 1S.-Dayton's
day is nearly done. There is to be
a little more of the tumult and the
shouting, a few more bitter words in
court, the formal retirement of the
jury and the quick rendition of a
verdict of guilty. The verdict may
come by next Tuesday night, or it
may be delayed until Wednesday.
This trial has been notable for its
delays. But the end is near, so lar
as Dayton is concerned.
There Will be immediate appeals to
the higher courts. The defense on
Monday and Tuesday will merely be
going through the formality of com
pleting the records, upon which the
appeals are to be based.
There never has been a chance for
anything but a conviction here on
the narrowest possible Interpretation
OF the law. Some of the optimistS
Of the defense thought they were
making headway before Circuit Judge
Raulston and that he would be liberal
enough to let expert testimony as to
the meaning of evolution go before
the jury They reckoned without the
funddmentaliSm of the court. From
the moment Judge RaulSton insisted
on opening the court each morning
with prayer the liberals" of the de-
Tense We're doomed.
Judge Accepts State Idea.
The court has held that the Tennes-
see law says no one shall teach THAT
man descended from a lower order of
animals. Young Scopes, the nominal
defendant here, taught from d book
which recited that all living creatures
rose from a single life cell, man along
with all the rest of the animals.
Throughout the hearing here the
State has persisted in its contention
that evolution means but one thing
that man came from a monkey.
This has been injected into the records
at every possible crook and turn. The
judge has accepted the States idea.
William Jennings Bryan has preached
upon it.
Are we men or are we Monkeys"
the good Dayton folk have asked
themselves. Judge Raulston hearkened
TO the cry and has decided in favor
OF the men.
Mr.. Bryan naturally is jubilant over
the turn of affairs. He feels he has
won great victory. The Tennessee
statute has been attributed to his
NC11I4LllS anu " MS propaganda. NO"
thdt the court has ruled that the
statute must be held to the strict let
ter and its declaration that no person
may teach a theory which denies the
divine story of the creation Of man
as set forth in the Bible, Mr.. Bryan is
convinced great step forward has
been made.
Mr.. Bryan has taken the position
thdI any man who does not believe
the SIhla literal i-
an agnoStlc OF an infdel. Judge Raul
ston has agreed with him
Defense Lawyers Convicted.
The Judge by ruling out the entire
theory of the defense, that evolution
is compatible with Christian belief,
has convicted Clarence Darrow, Dud-
ley Field Malone, Arthur Garfield
Hays and the other counsel for poor
little Scopes, in the eyes of this com.
munlty. To them the trial is over. The
real defendants who have been set
ting the county by ears are the law
yerS from the foreign States" of New
York and Illinois. Poor little Scopes
just read a paragraph or two out of
book. The book had been taught in
the State for years. But suddenly it
was made Illegal. The theory, which
had been good enough for the children
in February, was completely outlawed
in March. Scopes was a sort of victim
OF circumstances. He never has utter
ed a thought of his own on evolution
or the descent of man.
But in behalf of Scopes there was
imported into the State and county
three eminent lawyers. Bryan has
called one of them, Darrow, the great
est criminal lawyer of modern times.
These men came into the county and
began eNpounding in court their
theory that the world is at least 600,-
900 years old when Mr. Bryan and
the Bible say it is less than 5000
years old. These men came here and
protested against opening the court
each morning with fundamentalist
and anti-evolution prayers. These men
came here and talked about lonely
little cells at the bottom of the ocean"
growing and growing and growing.
until finally they emerged from the
sea and walked upon the land and by
and by became men and women. These
men came here and said the Bible
should be read in the light of reason
and in the light of the scientific
knowledge which has come to the
world since the Good Book was
written.
Bryan Pleased With Success.
But Mr.. Bryan has said the Bible
anu IlS miracles ana 1JS supernatural
phenomena must be accepted as the
revealed religion" There should be
no attempt, he said. to explain the
story Of creation. The evollNionists
have contended that the Bible has not
explained Gods processes Of creation
MIR. Bryan has said to attempt to ex-
plain these processes would be to
make agnostics. infidels. scoffers and
atheists of the children of the country.
Mr.. Bryan has won his great vic
tory before Judge Raulston. Clar-
enCe Darrow, the greatest criminal
lawyer of modern times" has been
hested in a misdemeanor case by the
great commoner and evangelist.
Mr.. Darrow says the higher courts
will tear this Dayton trial to bits Mr..
Bryan says the learned judgment of
the learned Dayton court will stand
( Meantime there is yet to come the
conviction and sentencing of young
Scopes. The maximum penalty is a
fine of $500. Judge Raulston already
has denounced Scopes crime as a
t'high" misdemeanor, so the fine is
sure to keep company with that con-
ception of the offense.
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