The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-15


Morgan County. Now in Morgan
County it is the proud boast of every
white man that there never was a
Negro on the jury. We brought Negro
after Negro who was born and raised
there, who was so to 60 years old,
and they said, mo Negro in Jackson
County had ever served on jury"
They knew this from their own
knowledge.
Now the Judge could have avoided
this huge farce. We produced wit
ness after witness to prove this. We
brought doctors, professionals, minis
tiers, workers. Their answers were in
teIligent. Many OF them were college
graduates. Some Of them are quail
fled to vote, and anybody who knows
what 1t means for q Negro to be
qualified to vote knows just what
that means. Negroes are expected to
recite from memory the Constitution
Of the q. s. in order to qualify as
voters.
Now what does the judge do? We
prove our point up to the hilt. Then
he says, alright, you have proved
your point, that there has been ex-
clusion OF juries, you have made out
prima facie case"
Yet, Judge Horton would not give
US an opportunity to prove that. the
men on theh jury panel were all
white. What does the District At
torney do? He calls one jury COM
missioner. He asks, Have you con-
sidered any Of these Negroes in pre-
pairing the jury rolls?" "Sure, we
have considered some of these
names" "And you excluded them.
Did you exclude them because of
race or color?" mo-"
Now the point we made was this:
You can't go inside of a mans head
and see what his intentions are. We
judge from facts. II over period Of
IS years Negroes have been excluded,
and It Is conceded that 1900 ont of
the 5000 In Morgan County are quail
ified 10 serve on juries, then exclu-
sion does exist
Motion denied" says the Judge.
One jury commissioner against all
other witnesses and the facts them
selves. Did that stand in his way of
following that up with a speech. II
am a tender man, I wouldn't hurt
any human thing" He means it,
perhaps, just as honestly" and Sin
cerely" as he believes that the Negroes
are inferior beings, that only white
man can do justice alike to black and
white, but that the black cannot do
justice either to the black or white.
It Is in that sense, that you must
understand his fairness"
Now I want to give you the climax
to the fairness" of the Judge. Ala
bama had determined that the out
side world should have the Illusion of
fairness. They had the militia out
to protect us. They knew that crosses
were burnt for the first time in three
or four years in Alabama and In the
town where Victoria Price came from.
They knew that In Decatur q meet
ing of over 200 business men had been
held and that march had actually
been started on the jail. They know
militia, had said, 'Tf there Is an
acquittal here, he'll will break loose"
So Judge Horton made these
speeches recognizing the danger that
was there He heard Wade Wright
make his outrageous attack, this
blithering idiot, sitting there and
frothing at the mouth, yelling at the
top Of his lungs 20 that everybody
who was peeking In from the outside
could hear what he was saying. You
could hear him across the Tennessee
River. You brought down Carter.
You should call him 'Carterinsky.'
Brodsky puts new suit Of clothes on
Carriers back Send him back 10
New York. Alabama justice cannot
be bought and sold with Jew money
from New York"
Was this any worse what Solicitor
Barley said IN o smooth, soft voice?
This is an Anglo-Saxon country. We
white men have brought this civiliza-
ton to high level Free this man
and every white father who has
daughter viii trenlble." Is this any
less vicious than what Wright said?
ButWnght was picked out as the
one to do 1t. Wright comes from Nor
gan county. Bailey comes from Scot
tsboro. But Wright knows every last
man on the Jury.
Objections are made by the de-
Tense. Motions are made for a mis-
trial.
What does the judge do, Motion
deneid." And when these vicious
speeches are all over, the Judge takes
a second in which to say. Gentlemen
Of the Jury, disregard what Mr..
Wright said" That's fairness" for
you!
1t may be fairness to those who
are seeking to hide the real situation,
but 1t is not fairness to those who
understand that this is the flower of
southern prejudice, of southern OPP
preston of he Negroee, that this fair
ness Is cloaking the murder Of the
innocent Scottsboro boys