h that seered
its way to the minds and hearts of the jurors. Far more than a defense
of Thomas H. Tracy it was an explanation of the industrial problems
underlying society, the class warfare rooted in industry and manifesting
itself on November 5th. It was a sustained and definite statement of the
aims and objects of the I. W. W. and Moore showed, not only a great
knowledge of the problems of the working class, but a wonderful command
of satire and irony. Following is an abridgement of Moore's speech to
the jury:

"May it please the court, and ladies and gentlemen of the jury; For a
period of something like five hundred years the Anglo-Saxon has seen fit
to place the final adjustment of the question of justice in the hands of
twelve men. In the evolution of the law, that number has been increased
until now in this state we have fourteen. Likewise, in the evolution of
the law and in the face of the vast amount of public protest, and in the
face of the most reluctant world, we have enlarged the term jurors to
include women jurors. This is the first time that I personally have ever
tried a lawsuit in which ladies sat in the jury.

[Illustration: HUGO GERLOT]

"The state has told you why this case is one of grave responsibility for
them. Allow me to tell you why this is one of grave responsibility for
you. One hundred and ninety-six witnesses have appeared for the
defendant in this case. Yesterday, counsel brought home the fact that
many of these witnesses were not residents of this community, were
without homes, without any permanent places of abode. All true. The
responsibility that you have in this case is commensurate with the fact
that the case reveals to you, as it were, a cross-section of our lives.
You who are property-qualified have a responsibility to pass upon the
liberties and the lives of a body of men who are propertyless. If there
is any change in men's thoughts and views as they acquire a home, as
they settle down, as they marry, as they bring into the world children,
then I ask you in all fairness to attempt to put yourselves in the
places of this defendant and of this defendant's witnesses who have
taken the stand, and to realize that your responsibility here is
commensurate with the fact that the testimony reveals, as it were, a
most deplorable condition of modern life. In other words, your
responsibility here is that of measuring out absolute and complete
justice between warring elements in our modern