The Washington times., 1925-07-13
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liRious liberty IN the State anc
Federal constitutions.
Neal stopped to strip off his coat
his face dripping wet. Across the
room, defense counsel smiled toler
antly: William Jennings Bryan sal
tanning himself quietly. He lis
tened intently to the argument.
1.-THE Constitution gives each citi
zen the right to worship Almighty
God according to his conscience,
said Neal in closing. Every man
differs somewhat in his Worship.
And this law makes the religion OF
the majority the religion OF all the
people or the State
EThey tell us that IL we don't
like the law we should get It re-
bealed. The bitter tragedy and
htnor Of such q statement. We
know a majority of the. people of
Tennessee favor this law. But we
are here representing the minority.
''The man who justifies majority
rule. which destroys the rights OF
any minority. is either ignorant or
holds in contempt the most sacred
guarantees of our Constitution.
Arthur Garfield Hayes. OF de-
tense counsel followed Neal. He
also attacked the law, charging 1t
denied religious. liberty and freedom
Of thought to the religious minori-
ties Of Tennessee.
Hayes drew an imaginary law
parailelinR the Tennessee statute,
which provided that any one teach
ing q theory contrary to the story
I'm the Bible which makes the earth
center OF the Universe, shall be
considered. q felon and punished
by death"
This caught the crowds humor,
and the defense won its first friend
ly expression from the crowd.
Mckenzie Scoffs At Defense.
General Ben G.. Mckenzie. dean
Of the Dayton bar and known as
the towns chief wit, spoke first
Tor the state. He devoted his re-
marks to rfdiculing the statements
Of defense counsel. scorinak frequent
" for hearty laughs from the auz
dience. Before he finished bad feel
ing developed and attorneys for
both sides clashed over the gen.
erals ethical conduct.
"Mr. Hayes eaid Mckenzie,
reads us something about hang
ing q fellow in the courtroom and
maintains it is similar toathe Ten
nessee law"
They are. not kin. McKenzfe
shouted. cit is not half so much
kin to this case as he says we are
That was McKenzie's first
1,so,-~5 lo,.av1afr0 hAoTsfflvy
at Hayes.
emo such act ever passed
through the fertile brain Of Ten
nessean,'' Mckenzie went on.
Another roar from the crowd.
but l don't know what might
happen up In his country"
A third roar of laughter and ap-
prevail. The aged general was now
In fun sweep, turning the batteries
Of his. wit upon the lawyers from
away up North"
I'VE don't need experts to tell Us
what this law means" Mckenzie
kept on, his dry resonate voice
cracking like a whip. Its a plain
statement and every Tennessean
knows what It means. -
I'VE don't need anybody from
New York to come down here to
tell US what It means" -
Laughter again swept through the
courtroom. It spurred the defense
attorneys into action. Dudley Field
Malone, usually debonair but now
red with anger. leaped to his feet.
IT object to this sort Of thing"
cried Malone.
Mckenzie halted. turning toward
Malone with surprise and staring
over the top of his nose glassas.
''I want to know whether the at
torney is speaking TO the motion
made by the defense or talking on
the subject Of the admissibility Of
scientific evidence" Malone de-
manded.
why, I'm talking~fo the mo.
ton" Mckenzie replied. $50
The crowd moved restlessly. Muir
nurs started and then stopped for
Malone was shouting:
"I want to say here. once and
for all, that ! don't want to hear
any further allusion, except in
good humor, to the geographical
locations Of attorneys in this case
We are not here as New Workers
or as representatives of any sec
ton of the country but we are
here as Americans seeking justice
in a court Of law"
Mckenzie appeared astounded
The crowd sat quiet.
81 Love You," He Says.
Why" the veteran Dayton law
yer said slowly, you all amt &C