FINAL SCENES

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 23 July 1925, Page 5

FINAL SCENES

IN SCOPES’ TRIAL.

EXCHANGE OF COURTESIES. ALL PARTIES SATISFIED. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION COPYRIGHT. NEAV YORK, July 21. John Scopes, a' school teacher, who was fined 100 dollars, was heild in five, hundred dollar bail pending ail appeal in the Supreme Court, in September. A Baltimore newspaper ottered a bond and was accepted as. security for bail. Mr. Bryan and Air. Barro-w were, anxious to continue with their avowed puriloses, hut the judge called a, halt and ordered Mr. Bryan’s testimony to be expunged from the record, claiming it was irrelevant to the question at issue, namely, did Scopes teach that mail was descended from the lower older of animals? A conference of the prosecution- anu defence attorneys decided, to lorego all the closing speeches, Air. Darrow asking for a verdict of guilty, since the only way to t-ho law was "to take it to the higher court. He said: “We have done our best to turn back the tide that has sought to force itself on the modern world of resting every fact of science by religious dogma.’.' Judge Raulston’s final tribute niigh/t be regarded as a tribute to tbo defence of principle. , ,He said: “A great man its one who has a passion for truth .and follows it aigjadnst all opposition. It takes- courage to oppose public sentiment-.” The trial came to a sudden, dramatic ending following on Mr. Harrow’s short and .sharp examination of Air. Bryan as. a Bible expeit, causing an attorney (Mr. Gerald) to cry: “What is the meaning of this harangue?'’ . Air. Harrow shouted angrily: “To sho-w up fundamentalism and to prevent bigot* and ignoramuses from controlling" the educational system of the United States.” Air. Bryan, .springing to his feet and shaking his fust in Air Barrow’s face, cried: “To prevent, the word of God from the greatest atheist and agnostic in the United States.” Asked if lie -had any .statement to make before .sentence was imposed. Scopes declared: “Your Honour, I feel I have been opposing an unjust law*. I will continue to support»my ideals.'' An exchange o-f courtesies followed the end of the trial, aili in good humour, the defence thanking Tennessee for its hospitality. Judge McKenzie (the prosecution counsel), on behalf of the citizens of the county, said: “We have learned to take a broader view of life since you came. We want to be more broadminded than some give us credit for. Thank you for coming. We respect your attitude and think we have benefited.”