r, the struggle of the Commercial
Club against the I. W. W., which is just one phase of the bigger one,
this struggle is going on in spite of Cooley, this struggle is going on
in spite of McLaren, this struggle is going on in spite of Arthur L.
Veitch of the Merchants' and Manufacturers' Association, this struggle
is going on in spite of McRae, this struggle is going on in spite of the
Commercial Club, because it is founded on a principle so big, so
wholesome, and so decent, so righteous, that it must live. And it will
go on until in this country we have industrially that which we have
struggled so long and hard for and finally won politically; until we
have democracy.

"There is nothing in revolution, gentlemen, that is wrong. We came to
the condition in which we now find ourselves by revolution; first the
grand American revolution and then the revolution against chattel
slavery. It was nothing more nor less than revolution, because slavery
was then entrenched under the highest law of the land, the decision of
the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case. We took it out of the courts
and slavery was wiped out. Slavery again will be wiped out!

"The thing about this case which makes it of most serious importance,
the thing about this case which makes it of public interest, the thing
about this case which has so enlisted the sympathy of every one
connected with it, which makes us feel the importance of a just verdict,
is that it is not merely the liberty of a man that is at stake, but in a
larger measure than you know there is at stake in your verdict in this
case the rights of the working people, their right to organize, their
right to protect themselves, their right to receive and enjoy the fruits
of their labor.

"There is involved the question of whether or not the working people
shall receive justice or forever must be victimized by organized
capitalists. There is involved the question of whether or not such
things as have gone on in Everett for the last six months may continue
forever with the endorsement of the jury or whether the working people
on the other hand may go and discuss their wrongs and grievances and
strive for their rights.

"As I have confidence in the righteousness of this cause and the
integrity of this purpose, so I have confidence that your verdict will
be not guilty."

Attorney Fred Moore closed the case for the defense with one of the
greatest speeches ever delivered in a court room, a speec